The Good Doctor (2017)
The Good Doctor is a 2017 drama series created by David Shore and Dan Romer. It stars Freddie Highmore, Richard Schiff and Hill Harper.
Shaun Murphy is a gifted young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, and the operating room is where he speaks most clearly. He arrives at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital carrying a hard rural childhood and a mind that maps anatomy in vivid flashes, yet struggles to read the people around him. Freddie Highmore plays him across seven seasons, opposite colleagues who range from wary to protective. Cases move fast, ethics get messy, and every week tests whether brilliance alone earns trust. Warm, earnest, and built for the lump-in-throat moment, it follows one resident learning the hospital and himself.
Quick answers
What is The Good Doctor about?
Shaun Murphy is a gifted young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, and the operating room is where he speaks most clearly. He arrives at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital carrying a hard rural childhood and a mind that maps anatomy in vivid flashes, yet struggles to read the people around him. Freddie Highmore plays him across seven seasons, opposite colleagues who range from wary to protective. Cases move fast, ethics get messy, and every week tests whether brilliance alone earns trust. Warm, earnest, and built for the lump-in-throat moment, it follows one resident learning the hospital and himself.
When was The Good Doctor released?
The Good Doctor was released on 25 September 2017.
How many episodes does The Good Doctor have?
The Good Doctor has 126 episodes across 7 seasons.
Who made The Good Doctor?
The Good Doctor was created by David Shore, Dan Romer and Thomas L. Moran.
Where can I watch The Good Doctor?
The Good Doctor is available on Hulu, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch The Good Doctor
Stream: Hulu
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
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Cast
- Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy
- Richard Schiff as Dr. Aaron Glassman
- Hill Harper as Dr. Marcus Andrews
- Christina Chang as Dr. Audrey Lim
- Paige Spara as Lea Dilallo
- Fiona Gubelmann as Dr. Morgan Reznick
- Will Yun Lee as Dr. Alex Park
- Antonia Thomas as Dr. Claire Browne
- Bria Samoné Henderson as Dr. Jordan Allen
- Noah Galvin as Dr. Asher Wolke
- Nicholas Gonzalez as Dr. Neil Melendez
- Elfina Luk as Dalisay Villanueva
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A few thoughts on The Good Doctor
Rain Man stays the touchstone for Shaun's brilliance and social distance, Dustin Hoffman's savant drawn with the same care. Players who want the pressure of the table can try the Trauma Center games, where steady hands and split-second calls decide a patient's odds.
Hospital dramas built around next week's impossible diagnosis
Shaun Murphy diagnoses the case no one else can crack, then has to convince San Jose St. Bonaventure he deserves the scalpel. Grey's Anatomy, Chicago Med, ER and The Pitt all run on that same rhythm of ensemble doctors racing a clock, while New Amsterdam widens the lens to hospital politics, and Trauma Center: Under the Knife puts you inside the operation itself.
Outsider doctors who have to earn the room's trust
Shaun's autism draws doubt before anyone sees his talent, echoing the way Rain Man's Raymond baffles a world built for people who think differently. House runs on that same abrasive brilliance, Doctor John gives its healer a body working against him, Jin strands a modern surgeon in an era with no use for his skill, and Jewel in the Palace makes its heroine fight just to practice.
Medical dramas willing to look at the profession's dark side
Not every doctor show shares Shaun's earnestness. Dr. Death turns a real surgeon's string of botched operations into a study of unchecked ego, Nip/Tuck lets its plastic surgeons chase vanity and self-destruction, Code Black shows an ER buckling under more patients than it can safely hold, and Presidio Med follows physicians whose bedside manner frays under the same pressure Shaun learns to master.