The Good Doctor Season 6 Episode 11 Review: The Good Boy

Who else teared up when “Buddy’s” actual household got here to reclaim their canine?

On The Good Doctor Season 6 Episode 11, it appeared like Shaun and Lea had been including a stray, injured canine to their new household… just for one other household to assert him.

Now that Shaun has warmed to the thought of a canine, perhaps they will get one in every of their very own. Still, whereas it is nice the household bought their canine again, it sort of sucked for Shaun and Lea.

I did not count on to love this storyline. The spoiler video appeared foolish and predictable, however the story was neither.

Lea did not get the canine ultimately, however getting Shaun to return round to the thought of a messy, slobbery pet in the home was a significant victory. Plus, Shaun and Lea working collectively to get the canine to its pee pad on time was good observe for after they have to bathroom prepare a baby sometime.

The canine story was symbolic of the journey Shaun and Lea had been about to take as mother and father. They put time, vitality, cash, and love into therapeutic this allegedly unhealable canine.

Lea: When I used to be in first grade, I begged my mother and father for a pet. Tessa. She was a chocolate lab and so cute. She peed on my dad’s briefcase and he returned her the following day.
Shaun: That appears like unhealthy parenting.

This expertise allowed them to decelerate and totally course of their fears about changing into mother and father.

Shaun’s deal with the sensory points concerned with having an toddler in the home was typical of Shaun. No surprise Lea apprehensive they had been incompatible as mother and father! Her worries had been emotional, and Shaun did not have these.

In a surprisingly mature scene, Shaun reassured Lea that they’d each mess up as mother and father however would determine it out collectively. That’s essentially the most grownup Shaun has ever been.

For the primary time, I discovered his and Lea’s relationship compelling as a substitute of annoying. They normally appear extra like youngsters in adults’ our bodies than two professionals able to have a child. Thank goodness they appear to have lastly grown up!

Lea’s mom sounded unbelievably flaky — who forgets to choose up their baby from college? With a job mannequin like that, it isn’t stunning that parenting terrifies Lea.

The excellent news is that it is laborious to be as irresponsible as Lea’s mom was! So Lea can solely do higher than that, it doesn’t matter what.

I liked Lea’s dialogue with Glassman. They’ve each misplaced a baby, although the circumstances had been very totally different. After shedding her first child, Lea needs to be apprehensive about her baby dying prematurely sometime. Glassman has been by that, so he was the proper particular person to speak to about it.

I do know I could be a lot. I realized from an early age that if I did not push again, I’d be pushed round.

Powell

The parenthood theme popped up all through the hour. Even Powell admitted her stubbornness had come from her upbringing.

And, after all, Morgan and Park’s story was all about parenthood — and Morgan’s lack of it.

Andrews: Dr. Reznick heard the identical factor you probably did and noticed it in a different way.
Park: She’s not a dad or mum.
Andrews: That’s patronizing, however that does not imply he is improper. You’re assured it can save you his arm?
Park: Absolutely.
Andrews: Let’s do it.
[Morgan follows Park out of the room.]
Morgan: That was a dick transfer. I’m so bored with being instructed that childless individuals cannot really feel love.
Park: There is love, and there’s being a dad or mum. In 9 months, you will perceive.

Surprisingly, Morgan wasn’t obnoxious for as soon as.

She and Park each made good factors concerning the affected person’s potential surgical procedures and what they could imply for Dylan’s future. Park ought to by no means have claimed that Morgan could not perceive this resolution as a childless particular person. I used to be glad she referred to as him out on that asshattery!

No one may predict which surgical procedure would prove higher. This was just like the state of affairs with Lim’s surgical procedure at first of the 12 months; the opposite surgical procedure might need been much less dangerous however may even have turned out badly.

In this case, Park’s confidence that he may save the affected person’s arm paid off, however there was no approach to know whether or not it was the appropriate name forward of time. The man got here so near struggling irreversible mind harm that Andrews yelled at Park to desert this plan of action.

Park was fortunate it labored out; it may simply have gone the opposite method.

At least he apologized to Morgan, and he or she was keen to be susceptible sufficient to share that the implantation failed. Could these two proceed to behave like mature human beings, please? They’re way more tolerable this fashion!

The Powell state of affairs included my least favourite trope: the physician who has to function with out the advantage of the hospital.

Most of those MacGyver-esque conditions contain utilizing home items as a substitute of correct devices. Thankfully, this one did not. But nonetheless, this story was irritating.

Powell ended up roping Asher and Lim into this mess. Considering that Lim “misplaced” the bullet so Vince would not return to jail, your complete operation-in-the-living-room state of affairs was pointless.

If Powell had talked to Lim forward of time, she most likely may have gotten her to maintain that bullet to herself. Lim understood the difficulty. But as a substitute, Powell needed to attempt to function on Vince’s leg at dwelling, practically killing him.

Lim was proper that it was irresponsible and silly to method the difficulty this fashion. Powell deserved to get fired, and I can not say I’m sorry to see her go.

Til the top, she stubbornly insisted she did the appropriate factor and did not care that she misplaced her residency over it. What she would not get is that this is not the primary time.

Shaun wished to fireplace her way back, however Lim thought he ought to give Powell extra of an opportunity.

Powell’s insistence that she “saved” Lim by speaking her out of surgical procedure the primary time did not make sense. What makes her assume that surgical procedure would have gone badly? The new surgical procedure labored, so why not the one which Powell interfered with?

She’s gone now. Hopefully, Asher’ll survive his probation and never get roped into any extra loopy schemes.

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The Good Doctor airs on ABC on Mondays at 10 PM EST / PST.

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