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Nov 26, 2018 · With Freddie Highmore, Nicholas Gonzalez, Antonia Thomas, Tamlyn Tomita. Shaun learns to drive, Dr. Melendez and Dr. Lim are about to see who becomes the head of Surgery, Shaun tries his hand on being empathetic and most important, shocker for Dr. Reznick and Dr. Browne.
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The Good Doctor is an American medical drama television series remake of the 2013 South Korean series of the same name that aired on ABC from September 25, 2017, to May 21, 2024, lasting seven seasons and 126 episodes.
Nov 26, 2018 · “The Good Doctor” tackled its thorniest storytelling challenge yet with an episode that asks its characters — and viewers — to sympathize with a pedophile.
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"Empathy" is the ninth episode of Season 2 of The Good Doctor. It is the twenty-seventh episode overall, and aired on November 26, 2018.
Dr. Neil Melendez, Dr. Morgan Reznick and Dr. Claire Browne grapple with a patient's wish to perform an operation that would keep him from acting on his pedophilic urges; and Dr. Shaun Murphy learns a lesson in empathy.
Following the revelation that Dr. Glassman is losing his memory, Shaun tries to ask for his license due to his condition which Dr. Blaize agrees with and he will notify the DMV if he doesn't give it to him right now. Claire, Morgan and Neil walk with their patient, George Reynolds who has an embolism and only noticed his symptoms a few hours earlier; it seems like he is having a stroke from the medications and they are taking them to the OR.
Dr. Park works with Shaun on Billy Cayman, a young man in a juvenile detention center who has a dent in his forehead. He was made fun of for it throughout his life. While Shaun states that they will order an MRI for his lung and fix his fractured eye orbit, Park offers to repair Billy's forehead but Shaun says it is a pre-existing condition and shouldn't be approved. Meanwhile, Claire and Morgan are doing the procedure on George when they realize he doesn't have an embolism and could be taking the meds because he is transitioning. However, Neil wants to focus on what they know and hope that George has other options; if he keeps taking them he will keep having strokes.
Shaun tells Park that the forehead operation would be cosmetic and expensive. Park argues that it would save his life which Shaun sees is the guard's job, which leads to Park realizing Shaun has no empathy as Shaun sees that it is a bad reason to help someone since he sees that it can be unfair. Morgan and Claire confront George about not having hyperplasia and they need to know the truth. He admits he is not transitioning, nor hyperplasia. He has problems with his sex drive and can't have a life; only those meds are making life remotely tolerable.
Aoki meets with Dr. Andrews, telling him to spend more time with his attendings and scheduled his announcement in two days to reveal who he is making Chief of Surgery. Meanwhile, Claire learns from Morgan that George has checked himself out, she did some research and realized the medication he is on is only prescribed to deviants and they both worry they might have released a child molester. They watch as George leaves on the bus, but cannot call the police because they have no evidence of a crime.
In the lunch area, the residents bet on who is going to be Chief of Surgery. Shaun wants to know if empathy is needed to be a good doctor. Claire states that she thinks it can get in the way of decision-making, but Morgan thinks empathy is of the utmost importance when dealing with patients. Shaun explains his condition and makes it very difficult to switch places with people he is treating (despite Claire's attempts to reassure him).
George is brought back into the ER, where he is severely bleeding from the scrotum; EMTs believe it is a hate crime but Claire knows he did this to himself. George says he is not a monster and never touched a child, though his sister was his best friend and now she has children; if he can't keep taking the drugs, this is his only option. Despite the damage done, his testicles are unscathed while he begs them to finish the job. Morgan and Claire meet with Neil and Andrews concerning George. Morgan wants to castrate him but Claire feels he should be put on medications and have a psych evaluation. Neil tells him to patch him up and set his referrals.
Starring
•Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy •Nicholas Gonzalez as Dr. Neil Melendez •Antonia Thomas as Dr. Claire Browne •Tamlyn Tomita as Allegra Aoki •Will Yun Lee as Dr. Alex Park •Fiona Gubelmann as Dr. Morgan Reznick •Christina Chang as Dr. Audrey Lim •Paige Spara as Lea Dilallo •Hill Harper as Dr. Marcus Andrews •Richard Schiff as Dr. Aaron Glassman
Guest Starring
•Tyler Ritter as George Reynolds •Mason Gooding as Billy Cayman •Elfina Luk as Nurse Dalisay Villanueva
Co-Starring
•Juliana Wimbles as EMT •Teryl Rothery as JL •Zahf Paroo as Dr. Ashique Selim (credited as "Anesthesiologist") •Madeleine Kelders as Radiology Tech
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