The Good Doctor

Moonshot

The Good Doctor is often at its best when it helps illuminate some of the ways Autism makes Shaun's life challenging. But The Good Doctor Season 3 Episode 8 demonstrated that relationships are difficult, messy, and confusing for everyone -- neurotypical or not. Shaun, Melendez, and even the patient had serious relationship troubles, proving that you don't have to have difficulties with social cues to be at a loss as to how to save a relationship. Shaun and Ca... more

SFAD

What? Morgan was the one with all the empathy? Normally, she's making snide comments and generally being a selfish, entitled pain in the butt. But somehow, on The Good Doctor Season 3 Episode 7, she understood 12-year-old Charlie's plight, while Claire could barely stand his attempts to experience life before his surgery. The dynamic between Claire, Charlie, and Morgan was interesting, especially because Claire and Morgan seemed to have switched roles. more

45-Degree Angle

Shaun's communication issues always seem to threaten his career. On The Good Doctor Season 3 Episode 6, he was so close to having a perfect first surgery, only to ruin everything at the last second because he didn't like the way a nurse handed him a clamp. It was an infuriating last-minute fumble that snowballed into a huge deal. Shaun's reactions were classic Austism reactions. In his mind, telling the nurse to hand the clamp to him "more efficient... more

The Good Doctor Recap: Have Lim and Melendez Reached a Breaking Point?

This week on The Good Doctor, tension builds between Drs. Lim and Melendez. Can their personal relationship withstand their professional one? Episode 7 marks a breaking point for the couple — though the words “we should break up” are never said out loud. We pick up the morning after Melendez lost pregnant patient Patricia Fields. Lim tells her boyfriend that what happened to Patricia was not his fault. “She knew the risks, and she made a choice to save her baby,&... more

Good Doctor Recap: Sorry, Not Sorry

This week on The Good Doctor, Shaun’s poor communication skills put both his residency and his relationship with Carly at risk. After forfeiting his first chance as lead surgeon for the betterment of a patient, Lim assigns Shaun an appendectomy. During the procedure, Shaun asks Nurse Hawkes for a straight clamp. When she hands it to him not at a 45-degree angle, but at an angle that he deems “inefficient,” he refuses to take the clamp from her and asks that s... more

The Good Doctor Recap: [Spoiler] Pays Shaun a 'Visit' Before His First Surgery - Is It an 'Easy-Peasy' Procedure?

This week on The Good Doctor, Shaun is assigned his first surgery, but not everyone thinks that he’s ready. Meanwhile, outside the operating room, Carly and Shaun work through an intimacy issue. We begin “First Case, Second Base” at Carly’s apartment. Carly and Shaun share a kiss, then an alarm goes off that alerts them to stop the kiss and resume their movie. “Naughty thought: How about we don’t wait 12 minutes for our next kiss?” Carly suggest... more