The Good Doctor (ABC)

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Created by David Shore (House). It's about a young resident surgeon with autism and Savant syndrome, played by Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel).

Next week there is a break, so if you're behind ABC has the first six episodes available to stream On Demand if you want to play catch-up:

http://abc.go.com/shows/the-good-doctor/episode-guide

Great show so far, and it seems like every episode is besting the previous one. If the supporting cast isn't doing it for you after the pilot, I suggest you keep giving it a chance. I love the way that an autistic savant is portrayed in this show, which is what keeps me coming back more than anything else.


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[PhilliesFan13]

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I love this show.

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[JayBee74]

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I'm a fan too but I thought the episode with his brother lookalike was a little hokey and an unrealistic look at how someone in that position would deal with that diagnosis. I haven't seen the latest episode yet.

[Blzer]

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I'm a fan too but I thought the episode with his brother lookalike was a little hokey and an unrealistic look at how someone in that position would deal with that diagnosis. I haven't seen the latest episode yet.

I'll give you that one, I liked the episode's themes but it was not necessarily my favorite at the time. I think what I liked about it though was (besides the fact the kid actor is amazing)...

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... I like how Melendez gave Shaun the proper time of day to hear him out about his differential, though the probability was extremely low. I like how Murphy wasn't right with such an improbable diagnosis, like he's not God or something. I loved Glassman's interactions with him as well, how he really felt for Shaun in the process the entire time because of the uncanny appearance of his brother (though I do wish they picked a doppleganger actor instead, or heck just some other young cute kid). Also let Shaun open up a bit about Lea.

As far as this new episode, I loved it but one thing that I loved most about it was (not a real spoiler at all that has anything to do with the episode itself but oh well)...

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... no flashback sequences!

And it's not that I don't like the flashbacks, but they got in the way a little bit of saying, "Of course, every little thing on this show is a connection to Shaun's past, and his connections are going to be his reasons for being a better version of himself." Not all flashbacks are like that though, and I think the best use of flashback so far is the one that was shown after the fact about his past girl kissing experiences, but it was nice that we got as maximized the 43-minute run time in the present and weren't bogged down with some connection.

The other good thing about it is that it tells us that not every episode will have flashbacks. It honestly was getting to the point that I would be expecting a flashback, and then when it would show up my eyes would roll from the fact that I was pretty much calling that it was happening. Now, if episode #7 has one I won't be doing that anymore, because I don't necessarily expect them now anymore... but not having any was kind of nice to me. Maybe they were written in and edited out though for time, who knows. I'm just glad that I'm not going to be expecting that every episode even if this show lasted 25 seasons.

One thing I'm not a fan of in this show is that they do the: "Previously on..." thing for it in the beginning. That sounds small and stupid that I don't like it, but one of the main things I don't like about it is they don't show those to catch people up necessarily, but rather to bring up what topics may occur in the episode itself. Kind of takes away the surprise from anything that will happen regarding the plot at that point (or if there is shock value there, I'm now expecting it, like the brother thing).

[Armor and Sword]

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Excellent show indeed.

[Blzer]

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Yet again, another knockout episode this week.

The Good Doctor is winning television right now.

[JayBee74]

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Killing in the ratings too.

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[Blzer]

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Killing in the ratings too.

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Holy... here I was sitting on my thumbs just hoping a second season would happen. I had no idea it was the hit show of the fall!

[JayBee74]

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"Islands Part One" kicks off the winter season of The Good Doctor tonight.

[Blzer]

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This episode was ****ing incredible.

Caught myself smiling for long periods in some moments of this one. Also when one character started to tear up, I teared up right with them.

[JayBee74]

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This episode was ****ing incredible.

Caught myself smiling for long periods in some moments of this one. Also when one character started to tear up, I teared up right with them.

I thought the Lea experiment was a little exhausting and am I the only one who sees no romantic chemistry between them? I kind of hope they have her leaving but the other alternative is to somehow make her Shaun's aide, but I'm still unsure how that will work out.

Now that Jared is not accepted back at the hospital, will Claire continue her mission to end the career of the inappropriate acting doctor?

[Blzer]

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I thought the Lea experiment was a little exhausting and am I the only one who sees no romantic chemistry between them? I kind of hope they have her leaving but the other alternative is to somehow make her Shaun's aide, but I'm still unsure how that will work out.

Personally, I couldn't care less about the romanticism itself. If it came to that, I would probably think a little less of the show. It's just too fast, like what ten episodes in? I absolutely feel the chemistry in that they serve each other well, but I wouldn't want to see boyfriend/girlfriend at any moment any time soon.

Rather, I'm loving the fact that she is debunking all of Shaun's societal pessimism. Is she going about it the wrong way? Oh yes, it's absolutely misguided. It's like that House season 6 premier "Broken" when he takes Freedom Master to the carnival, has him go on that free-fall simulator and gives him a minor sense of belief that he could fly, and then he promptly attempts to do it himself by jumping off the second floor of a parking garage. Lea has his best interests at heart, but she isn't going to win over Glassman with any of those stunts.

Nevertheless, it might be everything that therapy isn't in that regard, and it's the first time in his life that Shaun is extremely close to somebody that is not his brother. So much so that you can probably say he is feeling a bit of love in the pit of his stomach, and he doesn't know how to describe that feeling for himself yet. I'm not actually sure if she likes him (not that she's using him or anything either), but it was heartbreaking to focus on Shaun after she dropped a Penn-bomb on him. For now, if all goes awry, he is going to remember her not by a smell, but by a song... something that he never would have dared to do before.

I think this brings us to an important question regarding this show: are we expected to see development in Shaun’s personality, as if he is ‘beating’ autism in a way? And I think the response to this is pretty straightforward if you consider the fact that he lived alone for many years, likely over a decade in fact. Sure he went to college and had some human interaction, but nothing along the level of what his brother had taught him, or how often he probably shunned away from people and didn’t trust them (based on the flashbacks we have seen so far). He understands his outsider status to some extent, and before Lea his only legitimate conversations these days seems to be with Glassman (even still with some ill effects).

I think that now he is in an everyday workplace where communication with colleagues, patients, families and superiors is crucial, plus Glassman will always be at his aid and hopefully he will engage more with Lea over time, I feel we have a great opportunity to learn how to work around such deficits. He won’t beat autism per se, but he will probably not always be the sheltered version that he is now. It is important to see a slow progression with it, though. Lea has begun to break that mold, and I hope he doesn't have a resenting experience from what happened in this past episode.

So to really carry my point home, I would be okay with she leaves. I wouldn't for Shaun's sake, but I would for the emotional impact of the show. It would be much better if in the next 43 minutes of programming there was a definitive part of her leaving than they become BF/GF, that's for sure. I was never expecting that from these two, at least this early in the show's run. There are already too many ships in this show to want that. Now, Glassman needs someone to ship with, that's for sure.

Now that Jared is not accepted back at the hospital, will Claire continue her mission to end the career of the inappropriate acting doctor?

I didn't know it was a "Part One," but I absolutely believe that story line hasn't ended. I'm guessing neither has the one about the conjoined twins. I don't think this is the end we've seen with Jared working there, though.

[JayBee74]

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I didn't know it was a "Part One," but I absolutely believe that story line hasn't ended. I'm guessing neither has the one about the conjoined twins. I don't think this is the end we've seen with Jared working there, though.

Are they trying to work the twins into a recurring type role, given their Ivy League credentials and cuteness? Of course, this would be contingent on a successful operation. No special effects here as the two are identical twins in real life.

I'd like to see some character development from the lecherous doctor but the "Me Too" movement is a death sentence for this type of behavior probably leaving him irredeemable. He did admit to Andrews to less than stellar conduct to placate Claire, so that should have some consequences.

[Blzer]

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Are they trying to work the twins into a recurring type role, given their Ivy League credentials and cuteness? Of course, this would be contingent on a successful operation. No special effects here as the two are identical twins in real life.

I didn't assume so, I just assumed that they need another episode with them since we don't yet know the outcome of this operation.

[RockinDaMike]

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Glad Freddie Highmore is in another great role. He did phenomenal in Bates Motel and I definitely need to check if it’s playing locally here


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