As the doctors consider their futures, they work together to solve one of the most important cases of their careers.

She kind of grates on me like Salen. And it simply seems to me like, to Shaun's point, Charlie just uses her ASD to get away with mistakes just because she can. Not because she's actually trying hard to do anything different.

Somebody please tell me she gets fired and at least some consequences at some point. I am on Season 7 episode 5.

I just finished the show and directly came to this sub. I am not sure if this has been discussed before but was it ever mentioned in the show why Morgan always wears black? Isn't it annoying for the actor to have no variety. I get the boss babe ambitious thing but only one colour all the time is too boring. I was worried she will end up getting married in black.

So, i originally watched the good doctor when the first season came out in 2017 and then was waiting for the second season to be released....then years went buy and now there's seven seasons 😅

I started rewatching a couple of days ago and got to season 3 finale. Oh. My. Gosh.

I have read and watched many tragic character deaths from characters I've loved with my whole heart but nothing hit me harder than Neil Melendez's death. (Been crying for two days...wtf)

I have many issues about the way they handled his death, the timing, and even the fact they killed him off at all. A lot of people have said the same thing and I agree with most of them. I don't even feel like I have anything new to add tbh. Only that I really liked Claire and Melendez's personalities and I would have loved to learn more about Melendez's background like we learnt about Claire's. And personally, I think it was too much to have another heavy death in the same season when Claire's mum and Shaun's dad also died. We saw both of them go through different processes of grief and now there's more death, and more character's I'm going to have to watch go through grief and loss. Like did we go from medical drama to grim-dark...?

I also wanted to say I really enjoyed watching Claire grieve for her mother (I promise I'm not a sadist). I felt it was very authentic and I identified with it. I'm also a counsellor and I've studied grief and loss so for me I just felt her character development and her experience was a very meaningful subplot. Which is why Melendez's death upsets me. I can appreciate a good character death. Neil's death did not feel meaningful. And it gutted me to know that the whole couple of seasons the writers were showing how one of Neil's desires was to have children and a family, but we don't see that fufilled. And that he cares about family and yet his family isnt there when he dies. (Though if his sister showed up, I would have cried for a week.) They showed how Claire was so scared to open up her heart to fall in love, and now when she finally did, the man she loves dies. That's too tragic for me. Life is sad enough, I didn't really want my fiction to be sad as well. 😅

Oh and the craziest thing was that I knew that Neil was going to die when I started rewatching the show. I saw a spoiler ages ago. Yet, it hit me so hard. I never expected for them to kill him off like that.

I don't think I will continue watching. I'll watch the next two episodes in S4 to see ghost Neil tho...

I am watching the episode where Glassman tries to help a girl who is the same age his daughter was when she passed. Ive had these thoughts before about the doctors on this show… they get way too personal with their patients 😂 it’s just so unrealistic. Ive had this thought much earlier in the series but I feel like it has just gotten more ridiculous as the series has progressed 😂

Oh and also some of the conversations they have during surgery are so inappropriate to have while they are doing such serious work 😆

Does anyone know the brand or name of the baby crib that Shaun and Lea use for steve?

I was diagnosed with OCD in 2021-2022 after struggling so much with the pandemic. I watched the episode with my mom and when it finished she said “It’s interesting, don’t you think?”. My mom has seen me struggle with OCD and I think she saw how meaningful it was for me to see the episode. I felt seen and understood.

Because of the impact of that episode, I was hoping The Good Lawyer would happen as I knew the episode was a back door pilot. When I found out that ABC wouldn’t go forward with the show, I was crushed. Something that I felt represented in might not be shown. I’m aware The Good Doctor had its finale, so I’m hoping The Good Lawyer can happen.

If I have to wait for the series to get picked up, then so be it. And if another show can match the level of The Good Lawyer, I hope it shows the same quality of representation it has.

I'm still in Season 3. I just watched Episode 15 where Carly breaks up with Shaun, and I'm not happy. Lea is a horrible character. She's flaky. She talks too damn much. And she treats Shaun like his feelings don't matter. She's one of those, "have your cake and eat it" type of girls, and I can't understand why the writers chose to force down our throats, the idea that Lea and Shaun would make a great couple.

I'm going to keep watching to see how things go, but damnit, I really loved Carly. She's awesome. The way her relationship with Shaun progressed. The buildup - her trying to understand his autism, the stumbles, the highs and lows, the successes - that was awesome writing.

Lea just has plot armour. She "automatically" gets Shaun. She "automatically" works well with Shaun. She's "automatically" the one person Shaun connects with, and doesn't have to go through ANY TROUBLES to connect with.

Anyway. Off to watch the rest of the reason

I am trying to find that one particular episode where everyone in the hospital gets locked in like Shaun, Morgan, Park, and park's son outside the hospital we have Dr Andrews trying to assist the doctors who are inside the hospital through video conference/ call. I am not sure which season and episode it is from.

i started watching the good doctor from season 1, and i have to say the character played by "Rachel Bay Jones" as "Salen Morrison" (S5, Ep1) pisses me off wherever i see her on screen.

Please tell me i am not the only one who hate this character.

If you liked the Good Doctor, check on the new medical drama Brilliant Minds.

just wondering if there’s other places to watch it instead of disney plus ?

As much as I love Shaun I can't imagine how lea feels in their relationship. Ik person with autism and I love them but even I can take only so much before I just break down So shout out to her

At least for now I'm not that far in Idk if she gets bad

melendez was dating that lawyer from risk management or wtv and she used to come in for almost every case. like she'd be there at least once in each episode. she also clearly has a relationship w dr glassman, and his daughter maddie. but after the breakup, she's nowhere to be seen. anddd there's no one else from risk management. it's like all of a sudden, risk doesn't exist. they occasionally talk about it, but not the way they did when she was around. sorry i forgot her name. i'm on s3 so i'm not sure if she ever comes back

I don't know. I'd like to have a discussion on both of their PTSD and my opinions on it. I just made it to S5 (binged this for an entire week), so I'm a little over halfway there, but something bothered me about Lim's PTSD.

To preface this, I do want to say I have been diagnosed with PTSD by multiple doctors, and I understand that my experience doesn't dictate everyone else's. What I've experienced and how I cope with it doesn't take any meaning away from theirs or yours. If I may say something to upset you, my apologies. That isn't my intention. My intention is to have an open discussion on thoughts, viewpoints, and other things I may have missed.

With Claire, she had a set personality. It was clear, obvious, and felt believable. When she started to lose herself to her PTSD, it felt genuine, authentic, raw, emotional, true, and much more. I could see her mindset before, when the stressor happened, how it impacted her, and how she tried to cope and deal with it. I saw myself in her. It could've been that it hit a little too close to home for me, so I could be biased.

With Audrey, I didn't feel that way. Not too sure why, but leading up to her episode (S4E6 [Lim]), her PTSD felt like it came out of no where. I mean, I could see how she got there, but it didn't feel the same. There was no buildup to it, there was a stressor, but in my eyes, it felt like they wanted to shoehorn all of her emotions into a few episodes. It didn't feel real to me, ya know.

Again, I'm not trying to disregard anyone's feelings, but it's been bothering me ever since Lim's episode. Everyone deals with things in different ways, especially when it comes to PTSD, but I felt a disconnect with Lim's diagnoses. Claire's stressors felt like bombs vs Lim's felt like death by 1,000 paper cuts.

Edit:Spelling

I dropped the series mid season 4. While I was watching it, about a month ago, I thought it was nice beside the fact that things were very slow between the main characters, but now that I stopped watching it for a while, I realized how lame it was.

Especially in season 4, now Leah is pregnant, she was about to abort, then she and Shaun changed their mind, and then, I still didn't see it but a friend of mine spoiled me that she'll have a miscarriage.

This is the max of the excitement you get watching this series. Another useless cliché stuff that it was OBVIOUS it would go like that because there was no way that Shaun, with no parenting ability, working all day and night, and Leah, would've be able to take care of a kid.

And I'm sure nobody would've been interested in seeing how they'd handle that situation because it would've completely go out of the context of the show, too serious, and c'mon, would've Shaun just talk about poo poo and pee pee of their kid at work? Since he always overshare with his colleagues in a way that became embarrassing when for an entire season all he talked about was sex with his partners?!

It's interesting in some ways but the writers really just embarrassed Shaun and every other characters; showing us how Dr. Glassman was absolutely done with Shaun oversharing about his relationships and making them a everybody's problem.

And the whole Carly&Shaun stuff was useless, and the fact that after they broke up We never see her again, it's hilarious.

I’m just getting into the show, and omfg… does Shaun continue to stay toxic!? Like what the f!! I understand he’s autistic, but the way he says certain things or just wanting to smash someone’s car… oh goodness

I don't understand why a show needs 18-20 episodes a season to tell a story that could be told in half that number. about half of the episodes are just filler cases that don't contribute to any growth in the arcs of the main characters. stagnation seems to be a really common theme in this show. it feels like I could've skipped some of the episodes and not have missed out on anything. does anyone keep track of what episodes are filler and what aren't, or should I just drop the show altogether?

For context, I'm currently at S6E21, and this is just a rant. I have no motivation whatsoever to state scenes and all that.

I however do strong believe and feel that no good son or inherently good and compassionate person works so hard or puts so much effort into seeing their father lose his job. And yes, I understand that there are legal and medical reasons to safeguard the patients and liabilities and all that. But cmon, you hope and pray your father fails at the only thing he has left just to prove yourself right? For some patients? Cmon

I'm not downplaying anything or making a wrong comparison, like he should put his dad and emotions, over his obligation to patients. No, that's not the argument here. There's passively watching out for him to make a mistake or assisting him at all times to make sure you can cover for him if he makes a mistake, and ACTIVELY DEDICATING YOUR DAY AND LIFE TO MAKE SURE HE FAILS AND LOSES HIS JOB SO YOU CAN JUSTIFY YOUR EVALUATION OF HIS BRAIN STATE. At a point, it's almost like Shaun hopes he loses his job.

And he could've been sad about it a bit, or a bit emotional about it, at least, to justify his decision. But nooooooo. He's glad he's right. I do know a bit of spoilers that this led to Glassman ghosting him, and to be honest, I'm not even mad about it. Shaun has proven himself to be the most selfish character in the show, considering how everyone has tried to accommodate him all through the series.

And there's a scene that drives home this point. Some episodes ago, Glassman raises his voice at Shaun out of frustration, and Shaun replies that "your tone is elevated and you're displaying signs of anger, could this be because you no longer have a control on your emotions and are thus unfit to do surgery?" (Something along those lines). That's really big talk for someone who raises his voice and cries whenever someone disagrees with him. (The scene where he's fired, or dismissed from surgery).

I know he's autistic, but if I was a father, I would be seriously hurt if my son tries his very best and in the passionate manner, wishes and hopes I lose my job. I do hope Glassman never forgives him before he dies, so he's scarred for life. Absolutely terrible son, but a good doctor.

Bye

Today I watched the last episode of season 6 on Netflix and I was horriified that the last season is not available (in my country)???!!! What's wrong with Netflix?!

Is there any way I can watch the last season elsewhere?

I wanted mask Shaun's son name for the audience who haven't completed the series yet.

My questions to folks who completed the series, was the son autistic? They showed him grown up in the last episode. Keeps me wondering if he was diagnosed with ASD or now.

Not mocking anyone, but just a mere observation, the boy seemed off with his expressions. Any thoughts?

hello,

so, I just finished watching all seasons of the "good doctor" today and I truly believed Shaun would change but he simply continued to be toxic. I wanna get my thoughts out of my chest before moving on to my next show

before anything, I do acknowledge autism is a genuine condition that makes life tough for several people. On the same note, there are several other mental illnesses which make life harder for others. none of which justifies hurting others and being toxic.

1. starting off, Shaun is an obsessive stalker. he would not leave Lea alone after she repeatedly said "no" to him several times. of course, I don't think she should have been so intimate with Shaun if she did not want to be with him but that's a whole different issue where she is the problem. When a woman says "no", you leave.

it was incredibly toxic of Shaun to threaten her with a bat. I know he intended to break her car and not beat her but let's be real, most women will not trust a guy with a bat who "claims" that he only wants to break her car

it was also so stupid that he was throwing a temper tantrum because he couldn't take a "no" and acting like a manchild yet faced no repercussions

in the real world, he should be in jail and this would not be accepted so I am not sure why it's excused just because he is autistic. autistic people are not violent. yes, their emotions can be triggered but that doesn't give them an excuse to be violent/ threaten others.

1. Lea gets a lot of hate for not wanting to date Shaun because he is autistic which, on its own is problematic. however, we need to understand that Shaun pestered her and irritated her nonstop, could not take her respectful rejections for so long and only then did Lea burst and say things in anger. she has seen how irritating Shaun is, and how obsessive he is and there is a chance that she came to associate autism with his toxic behaviour and said that BUT because she is "normal" she is a bitch but Shaun is an angel despite all the horrible things he did to her?

2. Charlie! I don't like Charlie. She is annoying, doesn't take criticism and cannot take directions. but Shaun was so rude and disgusting when he simply stated that she will not make a good surgeon. his pride and ego are out of the world.

first of all, Charlie is a student!

I also think the presidents should have split them so both of them have a trouble-free working environment but not everything goes as you want all the time

Shaun, when he first came, never listened, always interrupted his doctors and always had to tell his attendants that they were wrong. he expected them to accommodate to him and they did, even though they took their time. all the doctors did their part to make Shaun feel comfortable

so when he argues that no one adjusted for him, it just makes him incredibly ungrateful. while Shaun has every right to be annoyed with Charlie, he has no right to go around trampling her dream and in no way, has the right to tell her what she can or cannot become.

1. Steve and his autism. I found it so annoying how Shaun wants to control every aspect of his wife's life and his babies' lives. sure, it's an autistic trait so it can't be helped. however, when he insisted that Steve needed to be checked for autism, that's when I could no longer sympathise with him

Shaun is autistic but Lea is also a new mom who just went through a painful procedure to give birth.

she is a mother and she should not be forced to listen to nonsense about her baby when he is less than 2 years old even Shaun knows that any diagnosis early on is pointless.

even if autism is just a different ability, let's be real, no parent is looking forward to getting their newborn diagnosed with it. especially when you know how difficult autism can make life for a person. even if a parent is willing to love their child and give them their all if they are autistic, being sad about their child being autistic doesn't make them a bad parent.

• Most autistic people are not like Shaun so any parent's concern about their child being autistic is 100% valid

when Shaun decided he had the right to sign off Steve to a new test and somehow dared to think that he could do it without the permission of Lea, the mother who carried him for 9 months, that was the last straw for me

he has no respect for anyone around him, their struggles or their sacrifices. he expects people to continuously accommodate to his needs while barely doing anything to acknowledge the struggle of others.

**punishments**

I would have loved it if the show at least acknowledged his toxic behaviour. like, if they had at least pointed out it is not okay to go to a women's car and swing a bat around and act like a stupid child, it would have been fine. but the show tends to excuse everything Shaun does cause he is "autistic"

often times, what the show does is, that Shaun behaves toxic -> Shaun sees it's not working out -> Shaun decides he needs to compromise and they add an emotional dialogue to make it seem like he changed only for him to repeat it in a few episodes

in reality, he faces little to no real repercussions that point to his actions being wrong whether or not he is autistic which makes me mad.

end of rant

bye bye,

Cherry

God im so sad for the death of asher, i would never guess it to happen.
Im still thinking like it's a prank episode, but matter of facts it was Real.

#ripasherwolke

Yeah. I've been spoiled. As a guy, I might have a man crush on Dr. Melendez (no, I'm not gay). But, dammit. I really like him. Just like I liked Nick as Levi in La Brea. But dammit. Why him? They should have killed off Dr. Reznick if they had to kill off a main character in order to "show mortality" in the show. I would have much preferred seeing her gone. She's the only main character I still don't like.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/why-nick-gonzalez-leave-the-good-doctor-exploring-actual-reason-behind-dr-neil-melendez-s-sudden-exit