
‘Doogie Howser, MD’: Season 1 DVD review
Long before Neil Patrick Harris decided to “Suit up!” for How I Met Your Mother, he sutured up as the teenage medical genius Douglas ‘Doogie’ Howser.
Long before Neil Patrick Harris decided to “Suit up!” for How I Met Your Mother, he sutured up as the teenage medical genius Douglas ‘Doogie’ Howser.
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Unashamedly for grown-ups, the 2011 espionage thriller is a stylish and intelligent account of John le Carré’s novel.