Bringing new medical residents into St. Bonaventure must be a breath of recent air.
But The Good Doctor Season 7 Episode 2 ended up being extra foolish than critical between Charlie’s lack of ability to cease speaking and Dom’s fainting and lack of ability to acknowledge a mind scan.
What are they instructing in that medical faculty? Sheesh.
I’m uncertain how I really feel about Charlie and her extreme case of babble-itis.
As an autistic viewer, I used to be thrilled that The Good Doctor employed an autistic actress to play the character. It’s about time — there is not any motive for it to have taken this lengthy for an precise autistic individual to painting a personality that shares the approach their mind is wired.
But the approach Charlie was written made her laborious to take, which was an enormous disappointment.
The collection’ unique premise was that Shaun’s autism made sure issues tougher for him, and it appeared the writers have been attempting to recreate that with Charlie. But she got here off as a parody of neurodivergent individuals, with each unfavourable trait and few optimistic ones.
Jared: Good commentary.
Charlie: Positive affirmations are good for individuals with ASD.
I’m glad she loves being autistic. I really like being autistic, too. But that message was approach overdone as if the writers have been attempting to persuade us that they have been pro-autism via her dialogue.
And to date, she would not have a lot of a persona exterior of being autistic. Autistic individuals are nonetheless individuals. They have hopes and desires, family and friends, hobbies and pursuits… it is simply that social expertise might be tougher for us, and our pursuits can typically change into obsessions.
The Good Doctor has lengthy taken care to depict psychological well being points, particularly autism, precisely, however they missed the mark by a mile this time.
Besides making Charlie a one-note character, they made her far an excessive amount of like Shaun. Autistic individuals aren’t all alike, and to date, the solely distinction is that she talks an excessive amount of, and he is extra on the quiet facet.
All she has going for her is that she’s bubbly and wanting to study — and she is going to in all probability be crushed an increasing number of to find her hero would not like her.
How disappointing!
Her relationship with Dom is odd, too. When they first arrived at St. Bonaventure, I believed he was her aide, not one other medical pupil, as a result of he was serving to her operate.
He spent most of the hour attempting to not faint at the sight of blood — did he critically not know this may be a problem when he began medical faculty>
Park and Dom’s surgical procedure was critical, however the story got here off as foolish for numerous causes. Dom fainting all the time did not assist, and neither did Park deciding to make use of the promise of surgical procedure to drive the affected person to wash up his act.
You gotta have pores and skin in the sport.
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It wasn’t Park’s enterprise whether or not the affected person gave up playing, bought again collectively along with his spouse, or anything. The affected person consented to this dangerous surgical procedure, and it was Park’s job to carry out it. Period.
Morgan’s newfound assist of Park was refreshing. Thank goodness these two have moved previous their break up for the sake of drama.
Still, I wasn’t positive her pep speak was sufficient. Park saved failing when doing a simulation of the surgical procedure — should not which have been resolved earlier than he did the actual factor?
Fortunately, he bought it proper, particularly since the whole hospital seemed to be observing.
Talk about strain! I would not need all these individuals in the OR observatory if I needed to do a high-stakes surgical procedure.
I knew Park would succeed, although. It would have been pointless to undergo all this just for the man to die on the working desk.
Meanwhile, Glassman and Lim bought locked right into a ridiculous competitors. I had hoped that The Good Doctor would keep away from the drained TV trope of two co-presidents butting heads at each flip, however nope.
At least it wasn’t malicious. But nonetheless, it was foolish, and we did not want any extra comedian reduction. There was greater than sufficient nonsense already.
At least Shaun and Glassman lastly made up. Hopefully, that is the finish of their feud.
Shaun: You ought to have met Steve the day he was born.
Glassman: Yes, I ought to have. I used to be mad since you humiliated me and made it so I can not do surgical procedure. Did you overlook that?
Shaun: That will not be an apology.
The baby-holding scene at the finish of The Good Doctor Season 7 Episode 1 was a fakeout; Shaun was nonetheless so uncomfortable with Glassman that he nearly did not go to Eden’s get together as a result of Glassman could be there.
Fortunately, Shaun realized one thing from his affected person preventing along with his intercourse employee daughter and concluded that “family doesn’t always have to agree.” I’m glad that storyline had a degree as a result of it was one other instance of docs minding sufferers’ personal enterprise.
Charlie discovering out that Grace was a intercourse employee appeared contrived, and it solely took her just a few seconds to spill a secret she’d been requested to not inform — but another excuse she’s not endearing to date.
Thank goodness Charlie would not learn about Lea’s struggles with supplementing breast milk with components. Goodness is aware of what she would say — and to whom — if she came upon about that!
Lea’s by no means been my favourite character, and I normally do not take pleasure in the home tales. But I liked her dialog with Morgan.
Morgan was empathetic and supportive for the second week as a substitute of snarky and annoying. I like this new and improved Morgan; let’s hope she stays round!
One of the finest issues about The Good Doctor is how supportive most girls are of each other. The feminine friendships on this present are a lot enjoyable and much better than the catfights and petty jealousy many writers insist on giving to feminine characters.
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The Good Doctor airs on ABC on Tuesdays at 10/8c.
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