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The Good Doctor Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
Burnt Food
Mon, Sep 25, 201743 mins
The president of San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital pleads his case to the reluctant board of directors to allow a young doctor with savant syndrome and autism onto their surgical staff.
Episode 2
Mount Rushmore
Mon, Oct 2, 201742 mins
When prejudices about his autism force Shaun to sit on the sidelines at St. Bonaventure, a colleague doesn't hesitate to claim credit for his ideas. Meanwhile, Dr. Murphy is relentless in saving a young girl's life.
Episode 3
Oliver
Mon, Oct 9, 201741 mins
Dr Melendez is fed up with Sean, so sends Sean and Claire to collect a liver transplant for a patient but run into numerous problem along the way. Claire is trying to suss out Sean. Meanwhile Sean cannot workout why he has a fishy feeling about the liver. Yet there is an ethical dilemma at the hospital as to whether the patient deserves the liver or not.
Episode 4
Pipes
Mon, Oct 16, 201743 mins
Dr. Neil Melendez and the team have to wade through legal waters when a husband and wife have to make a life-changing decision about their unborn child. Meanwhile, Dr. Shaun Murphy struggles to adjust to his new environment at home and makes a huge step forward with his colleagues.
Episode 5
Point Three Percent
Mon, Oct 23, 201743 mins
At St. Bonaventure Hospital, Dr. Shaun Murphy encounters a young patient who looks eerily similar to his deceased brother, Steve. After discovering that the patient's parents have hidden his diagnosis from him, Shaun struggles to understand why the patient doesn't deserve to hear the truth about his own health. Meanwhile, the team can't figure out what keeps triggering their patients' increasingly severe allergic reactions and races to find the cause before another patient dies.
Episode 6
Not Fake
Mon, Oct 30, 201743 mins
Shaun and Claire devise an experimental procedure capable of saving a young groom's leg and life, but the patient's loved ones must learn to work together. Meanwhile, Jared struggles to connect with a patient whose scars may prove too deep to overcome.
Episode 7
22 Steps
Mon, Nov 13, 201742 mins
Shaun has to confront prejudice from an unlikely source when he takes on the case of a patient with autism, and Dr. Kalu has to learn to accept his limitations as a surgeon.
Episode 8
Apple
Mon, Nov 20, 201742 mins
A robbery at a convenience store, an unforgettable first date and a cold blooded surgeon. A Nazi shooter, attitudes and apologies.
Episode 9
Intangibles
Mon, Nov 27, 201743 mins
As part of St. Bonaventure hospital's international humanitarian program, the team takes on the case of a young boy from the Congo who has severe congenital heart anomalies. Dr. Neil Melendez has doubts about the safety of the procedure, while Dr. Shaun Murphy works out the best course of action. Meanwhile, Murphy's latest encounter with his neighbor Lea has him confused.
Episode 10
Sacrifice
Mon, Dec 4, 201743 mins
Members of the hospital's surgical team are initially impressed with a charming young doctor, but his true character puts one of them in an awkward position at work. Meanwhile, Dr. Glassman feels Dr. Shaun Murphy needs a little more support with his personal life and suggests he meet with a therapist. However, Shaun is determined to show him that he can do it on his own.
Episode 11
Islands: Part One
Mon, Jan 8, 201843 mins
Dr. Marcus Andrews enlists Dr. Neil Melendez on a very sensitive kidney transplant between a pair of twins whose lives intersect in more ways than one. Meanwhile, overwhelmed by Dr. Aaron Glassman's attempts to have him meet with a therapist and the demands at work, Dr. Shaun Murphy decides to take an impromptu trip with his friend Lea and leave everything behind.
Episode 12
Islands: Part Two
Mon, Jan 15, 201843 mins
The twins suffer complications from their surgery forcing the team at San Jose Boneventure Hospital to make a life-changing decision. Meanwhile, Dr. Shaun Murphy returns to the hospital after his trip with Lea and decides he needs a more permanent change and gives Dr. Aaron Glassman his two weeks' notice.
Episode 13
Seven Reasons
Mon, Jan 22, 201843 mins
Dr. Shaun Murphy suspects his patient is lying about the reason for her injury and makes a controversial assumption about her motives. Meanwhile, Dr. Neil Melendez's personal life could be affecting his work and, ultimately, his patients lives.
Episode 14
She
Mon, Feb 5, 201843 mins
Dr. Lim proposes a plan to encourage healthy competition between the residents. Dr. Melendez along with Dr. Brown and Dr. Resnick treat a father of twin girls who has appendicitis but complications occur when his the doctors discover he's taken too much extra medication. Morgan and Claire get to know each other's differences and develop a rivalry Dr. Lim along with Dr. Murphy and Dr. Kalu treat a young transgender girl who has testicular cancer. Murphy learns to accept that you aren't confined to the gender you're born with. Doctor Andrews and his wife see a fertility specialist to help with their problems conceiving.
Episode 15
Heartfelt
Mon, Feb 26, 201843 mins
Dr. Shaun Murphy's teenage patient has been confined to her home her entire life due to a rare heart condition. Despite her condition, she has cultivated a large group of friends online and hopes that the surgical team can find a way to give her the life she has always dreamed of having. Meanwhile, a young patient's perfectly matched organ donor is causing a moral dilemma for the parents and the patient.
Episode 16
Pain
Mon, Mar 12, 201842 mins
When the team treats a patient who has to decide about getting a dangerous surgery that could change his life, the man asks Dr. Murphy what he would do.
Episode 17
Smile
Mon, Mar 19, 201843 mins
Dr. Shaun Murphy questions the need for an elective surgery that will allow his young patient to smile for the first time. Meanwhile, Dr. Claire Brown and Dr. Morgan Reznick discover that their patient lied about her identity.
Episode 18
More
Mon, Mar 26, 201843 mins
The team needs to quickly discover the truth behind a young college student's unexplained injuries before his condition worsens; after losing a prized possession, Shaun's distraction during a surgical procedure may risk more than his job.
