We also learn more about Shauns childhood how he grew up in an abusive household and ran away to live in an abandoned bus with his younger brother Steve and they struggled to get by without the support of their parents. Relationships Shaun is letting Lea make all of the decisions in terms of their wedding theme, meanwhile struggling with a difficult medical case and a misdiagnosis he made that was all captured on camera. Carly has Shaun touch one of her breasts for the first time, exciting Shaun who tells Carly that she has no sign of lumps. Shaun and Carly eventually narrow down the drugs, but it comes down to Carly to make a choice. With Lea's pregnancy now safe, Shaun loses much of his overprotectiveness and instead excitedly prepares for the impending birth of his son. Both agree that its not too troubling to have a harmless crush as long as nothing more develops from that. However, this time its on Carly's side due to still being upset over Shaun and Lea's night in Wyoming. Shaun eventually decides to stay in San Jose. Lea encourages him to try and drive her car, which Shaun is initially reluctant about since Dr. Glassman had never wanted him to drive, saying that Shaun would get distracted and stop focusing on the road. After some pushing by Glassman and a case that has similarities to Lim's, Shaun finally reaches out to Lim and although he isn't sorry for what he did, Shaun admits that he is sorry for the pain that he caused her. He was bullied by other children in school and teased for being autistic. Despite seeing two couples who share such a relationship despite the trials they are facing, Shaun is left with uncertainty about whether or not his relationship is worth pursuing. To Shaun's excitement, Carly calls herself his girlfriend and the two officially define their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend. At the same time, he treats a conspiracy theorist who believes he is being poisoned and who trusts only Shaun out of all the doctors due to his blunt honesty. While he cares a lot about her, he struggles with her renewed presence in his life, now living in fear that she could leave again like she did the first time. The two also share a very easy working relationship, quickly falling back into working together and bouncing ideas off of each other like no time at all has passed. In Waiting, Shaun is assigned a case of a young boy with bullet shrapnel that traveled to his brain and may result in his death. He plays soccer, but a lot of Aspies are athletic. Shaun is allowed back into the hospital and helps them diagnose pericardial effusion, watching the ongoing surgery from outside the OR doors. At the same time, Shaun's relationships with Lim and Glassman have both become strained following Lim's paralysis which may or may not have been as a result of his unauthorized surgery to fix Lim's liver. Shaun immediately comes to the rescue and instructs a fellow doctor how to perform life-saving measures, making on-the-spot diagnoses that seem unusually pertinent but ultimately save the boys life. At the same time, Shaun faces a personal crisis when his friends point out that Carly didn't invite Shaun to spend time with their friends and they have not officially defined their relationship as that of boyfriend and girlfriend. Afterwards, Andrews privately approaches Shaun and admits that he had been driven by his own doubts and anger over the repercussions of Andrews' choice to save Shaun at the cost of his own career. Shaun says he would definitely listen since he hates the sound it makes. Shaun is revealed to have never met another autistic person before encountering a patient with it at the hospital. However, Lea loses contact with Shaun in the process. Glassman subsequently credits Shaun's keeping Lea in the hospital for saving her life. In the later years of his residency, Shaun becomes more assertive and sure of himself, although sometimes this results in slightly disastrous results when Shaun argues with his superiors. At first Lea hides her emotional distress from Shaun, but at Claires behest admits to him that she is still overwhelmed with grief and would like to take her parents up on their offer to stay with them in Hershey for a while. Glassman goes so far as to praise Shaun's save to Lim despite his initial anger and later tells Jerome that Shaun is the one that they need, not himself. This makes Shaun question how much trust they have, seeing how Lea had not told him this important piece of information until now. However, an investigation into the matter had come up inconclusive on whether or not Shaun was responsible for what happened. They got married right out of high school and soon realized it was a mistake and divorced again. With no other doctors available, Shaun is forced to perform the C-section himself as his first solo surgery with Dr. Garcia supervising from outside the ER and only Nurse Deena Petringa assisting him. In Were All Crazy Sometimes, Lea starts acting somewhat erratically after her car got towed by an extortionist tow truck driver and Lea plots a ploy to get back at him for his coercive practices. Shaun says the price of parenthood is not worth it if it makes him upset and irrational. Steve and Lea are able to get Shaun to focus and he is able to determine the problem and save Lim's life. Autistic adults may also have inflexible thought patterns and behavior, and may . Shaun's caution proves to be warranted as she experiences internal bleeding as a complication of her earlier miscarriage. The wedding is cancelled just before its about to get started. Shaun is unable to saw through the rebar stuck in Vera's leg and rescue workers can't reach them in time. Shaun is caught in a dilemma of wishing to tell the truth to Evan because he thinks he should know about his condition and going against the parents wishes not to let their son know. As a resident at St. Bonaventure, he must learn the ropes of hospital work, while facing unique challenges and embracing his strengths due to his diagnoses of autism and savant syndrome. Shaun later tells Lea that he is uncomfortable touching more than one thing at once which Lea suggests he tell Carly. The paramedic who ends up transporting Shaun to the nearest hospital afterwards remarks he is very lucky to have a resourceful partner such as Lea, which Shaun wholeheartedly agrees with. As a result, Shaun didn't see or speak to his parents again until much later in life. He is sent home with a medical walking boot and pain medication. The Good Doctor (ABC, Sony) is a medical drama that airs on the ABC television network and premiered in September 2017. Shaun and Leas wedding on the hospital roof is beautiful, Glassman manages not to botch the speech this time and talks about how much Shaun means to him, and they happily dance with most of their closest friends and colleagues in attendance. As Lea fears for the worst, word comes that someone else has been found. A feel good show for some, an inspiration for many, The Good Doctor was inspired from a South Korean medical drama of the same name. He also tells her that he's trying to accept that Steve's death wasn't his fault. In the end, Shaun himself decides he wants the error reported, and he and Glassman go to Andrews office together to make a statement. Shaun pointedly rebuked the parents afterwards as they had caused their son to get sick and they subsequently began listening to their son rather than unilaterally making decisions for him. Shaun was picked up by a police officer, who tried to take him back to his parents; at this point, he fell apart in the back of the squad car, screaming and crying about Steve's promise to him. When Shaun was first hired at the hospital, Andrews had expressed concern about this exact sort of thing as a reason against hiring him, worried that Shaun's autism and communication issues would negatively impact his ability to lead his own residents. They havent had sex in nine days, and it leads Lea to resort to using a vibrator to boost her own morale, which unfortunately Shaun inadvertently walks in on. The episode Parenting introduces an interesting new dynamic with Leas parents coming to visit San Jose to see their daughter and meet her new boyfriend. Dry Spell introduces a new conundrum for Shaun and Lea. Claire later tells Shaun that she sees him as a role model on certain things and seeks Shaun's advice on how to deal with her mother. However, after being reminded that his job is also to teach, Shaun settles the matter by keeping Danni out of the surgery, but instead having her watch so that she can still learn. When its time to drive to the courthouse, Dr. Glassman and Jordan surprise Shaun and Lea with a new plan: Theyre going to get married on the roof of the hospital in classic tux and wedding dress with Dr. Andrews officiating. Glassman bring the news that Shaun's father has died a short time later and as Shaun cries, Lea comforts him, holding Shaun in her arms with Shaun showing none of the hesitation or trouble he had with Carly. Although the baby appears to be beyond saving, Shaun has a literal last minute inspiration that allows the team to successfully complete the surgery. Shaun's breakdown leads to him sitting against the wall in the locker room and thumbing his toy scalpel to the point that it breaks and then continuing even after that. [1] However, Shaun points out that Glassman already seems to have made up his mind as he now refers to his ex-wife as his first wife, suggesting that Glassman already has a second wife in his mind. Lea is happy and says yes, of course she will still marry him. As he is having cold feet regarding his approaching marriage to Debbie, Glassman seeks Shaun's advice for the first time, exciting Shaun who doesn't have anything to offer. Shaun is left torn between being a supportive friend and what the rules say he must do, leading Shaun to take away Glassman's driving license (Empathy). After his foster mother got diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sent Shaun away again. Morningstar and S&P Capital IQ 1 . Shaun comes to the realization that its inevitable that people will change, but that its most important that as a couple, you change in the same general direction. Shaun is pretty oblivious to the trouble hes in and tells Glassman he would like to give two weeks notice because he will move to Hershey to continue his residency there. In "SFAD," Carly is away on a business trip and Shaun hesitates to text with her, leading an amusing incident where Shaun tries to figure out Carly's eye roll emoji with Lea's help. In an attempt to calm him down, Lea is being pushed away by Shaun and he tells her he cant marry her. Shaun is a capable person, who doesn't mind going to glassman when he needs advice. He assigns Shaun the non-surgical scut work while the other residents get to treat patients and actively assist in surgeries. Asher Wolke, who has been estranged from his family for years, his father in particular, jokingly suggests having Shaun help Asher and his father resolve their issues with each other as a result. This brings the cowbell into the mix, which Shaun wants them to ring if either of them ever feels they are veering off-course. Playing a character with autism on such a big stage, Highmore takes the role very seriously. His patient Isla also prompts him to send a clear signal to Lea that theyre committed in their relationship, so he makes an engagement ring out of gum wrapper and re-proposes to Lea on their patio in a classic getting-on-one-knee gesture. Shaun's subsequent breakdown in the locker room causes him to break the toy scalpel Steve gave him as a child as Claire helplessly watches, unable to help her friend. In "Hard Heart," unlike Park, Shaun is unable to see young patient Nathan as anything more than a patient despite Park looking at the case from the perspective of a parent as well as a doctor. In "Change of Perspective," three months later, Shaun is now a surgical attending and shares an office with Park. Chambers about autism again. The two ultimately reconcile and move in together. Shaun insists that his being too emotional helped in this case, because otherwise they would have not found out about the vasa previa in time to correct it. However, Shaun proves to be correct in his course of treatment and he manages to save Lim's whole liver. Just before admitting his love for Carly, Shaun takes and holds her hand for a brief time despite his previous aversion to holding hands with Carly at all. Though Lim agrees to have Park deliver the devastating news at Shaun's request, Andrews forces Shaun to go through with it, causing Beth to have Shaun thrown off the case. 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