The Good Doctor

The Uncertainty Principle

Well, that was bizarre. I wasn't happy when I read that The Good Doctor Season 4 Episode 7 featured Morgan's patient going too far with his health obsession. I figured we were in for a Morgan-centered hour, and five minutes of her is more than I can stand. It turned out that Morgan wasn't featured nearly as heavily as the description suggested, but what we got instead wasn't much better. The cases the doctors worked on could have been compelling if they hadn'... more

Lim

Of all mental illnesses, PTSD is probably the one that TV has the hardest time getting right. The Good Doctor Season 4 Episode 6 took a stab at it with a Lim-centered story that drew a clear parallel between Lim's issues now that the most intense period of the COVID pandemic had passed and a patient who has severe PTSD after returning from Afghanistan. If anything, the comparison was a bit too on the nose, but at least for once, we avoided stereotypes. The way... more

Fault

Color me surprised. Lea did something unselfish. On The Good Doctor Season 4 Episode 5, there was plenty of sadness to go around, but Lea's insistence that Shaun goes back to the hospital was a bright spot. She wasn't focused just on herself for once, and that made her a lot more likable. Lea and Shaun's relationship took up just a small part of the hour, which was fine with me. I can only take these two being together in small doses. Too much Lea t... more

Good Doctor Finale Earthquake: Whose Lives Were at Risk at the End of Part 1?

The Good Doctor was rocked by a massive earthquake on Monday that left multiple lives — and one resident’s career — in serious jeopardy. In Part 1 of the Season 3 finale, Glassman, Melendez and Lea attended a fundraiser for cancer research at a nearby brewery owned and operated by Marta (Ed‘s Lesley Boone), one of Melendez’s former patients. Disaster struck when Marta’s wife Noreen (Greenleaf‘s Kim Hawthorne) gave the trio a to... more

TV Ratings: 'The Good Doctor' Snags Season High 6.8 Million Viewers

Monday night saw yet more strong numbers for the broadcast networks, most notably for ABC’s medical procedural “The Good Doctor.” The Freddie Highmore series scored a season high 1.1 rating among adults 18-49 and 6.8 million total viewers, a full 1 million more pairs of eyeballs than the previous episode. Earlier on “American Idol” posted a 1.4 rating and 7 million viewers, a significant uptick from last Monday’s ... more

The Good Doctor's Shaun Just Exploded on Lea - Was It the Right Thing to Do?

The Good Doctor‘s Shaun doesn’t handle heartbreak well. Case in point: The surgical resident was ready to take a bat to Lea’s Gran Torino in the closing moments of Monday’s episode. Of course, Shaun had inspiration for his sudden, out-of-character impulse. Beforehand, he and Claire treated Finn, a patient with a rare form of dwarfism who was revealed to be a bit of a philanderer. When Finn’s longtime girlfriend found out about his side piece, she took it out on ... more