# Katey Sagal To Recur On ‘Best Medicine’ For Season 2

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/katey-sagal-to-recur-on-best-medicine-for-season-2/
- Published: 2026-11-02T18:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T18:22:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/katey-sagal-cast-best-medicine-season-2-1237211415/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music, Offbeat, TV, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- Katey Sagal joins *Best Medicine* for season two.
- She plays Louisa’s estranged mother, Kathleen Gavin.
- Her episodes are due later this season.

## Summary

Katey Sagal has joined the recurring cast of Fox comedy series *Best Medicine* for its second season, with her episodes due later this season. She will play Kathleen Gavin, whose unexpected return as Louisa’s estranged mother disrupts her daughter’s life and brings a difficult figure back to the village.

The series follows surgeon Martin Best, who leaves Boston to work as a general practitioner in the East Coast fishing village where he spent summers. His blunt manner clashes with the locals, while Kathleen is described as combative and self-serving; Martin learns why residents call her “Shady Katie”. The show is based on the British series *Doc Martin* and also stars Abigail Spencer and Josh Charles.

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