Season 1
🎬 18 Episodes 📅 2017 ⏱ 46 min
A solitary surgeon arrives at a prestigious hospital carrying an invisible weight—a mind that perceives the world differently, yet sees what others cannot. The Good Doctor transforms the skepticism of his colleagues into reverence as each surgery becomes a masterclass in human resilience, proving that connection transcends words. In the quiet intensity of the operating room, a man deemed unable to touch lives saves them with surgical precision and unexpected grace. What emerges is not just medical drama, but a profound meditation on belonging, worth, and the extraordinary hiding within the unremarkable.
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18
Episodes
2017
Year
46
min / ep
13.8
Watch Hours
1/7
Season No.
⭐ 8.4
Best Episode
Ep. 18 · More
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🎬 Episodes 18 episodes
1
⭐ 7.1
Burnt Food
Dr. Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join the prestigious St. Bonaventure hospital’s surgical unit. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him, his only advocate, Dr. Aaron Glassman, challenges the sk…
🎬 Seth Gordon ✍️ David Shore
2
⭐ 7.9
Mount Rushmore
Dr. Shaun Murphy’s attention to detail complicates his first day at St. Bonaventure Hospital. Meanwhile, Dr. Claire Browne learns a valuable lesson about honesty when confronted with a difficult diagnosis for her patient.
🎬 Mike Listo ✍️ David Shore
3
⭐ 7.9
Oliver
Dr. Neil Melendez and Dr. Jared Kalu discover their patient isn’t being completely honest with them which may cost him his chance at a life-saving surgery. Meanwhile, Dr. Claire Browne must learn to communicate with Dr. Shaun Murphy as they race back to St. Bonaventure Hospital with a donated organ.
🎬 John Dahl ✍️ William L. Rotko
4
⭐ 7.8
Pipes
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.
🎬 Stephen DePaul ✍️ Thomas L. Moran
5
⭐ 7.8
Point Three Percent
While in the exam area of St. Bonaventure Hospital, Dr. Shaun Murphy encounters a young patient who looks eerily similar to his deceased brother, Steve. After discovering his parents have hidden his diagnosis from him, Shaun struggles to understand why he doesn’t deserve to hear the truth about his …
🎬 Larry Teng ✍️ David Hoselton
6
⭐ 7.8
Not Fake
Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Claire Browne devise an experimental procedure that can save the leg and life of a young groom, that is if his bride-to-be and parents can learn to work together. Meanwhile, Jared struggles to emotionally connect with his patient whose scars may prove too deep to overcome.
🎬 Michael Patrick Jann ✍️ Simran Baidwan
7
⭐ 8.0
22 Steps
Dr. Shaun Murphy has to confront prejudice from an unlikely source when he takes on the case of a patient with autism, and Dr. Jared Kalu has to learn to accept his limitations as a surgeon.
🎬 David Straiton ✍️ Johanna Lee
8
⭐ 7.7
Apple
During a robbery at the grocery mart Dr. Shaun Murphy is shopping at, his communication limitations puts lives at risk. Meanwhile, after Shaun's traumatic day, Dr. Aaron Glassman worries that he isn't doing enough to help Shaun.
🎬 Nestor Carbonell ✍️ David Renaud
9
⭐ 7.7
Intangibles
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. Me…
🎬 Bronwen Hughes ✍️ Karen Struck
10
⭐ 8.0
Sacrifice
A charming young doctor puts a member of the surgical team in an awkward position at work; Dr. Glassman suggests that Dr. Shaun Murphy meet with a therapist.
🎬 Michael Patrick Jann ✍️ Lloyd Gilyard, Jr.
11
⭐ 7.5
Islands (1)
Dr. Marcus Andrews enlists Dr. Neil Melendez on a very sensitive kidney transplant between a pair of twins; Dr. Shaun Murphy decides to take an impromptu trip with his friend Lea and leave his problems behind.
🎬 Bill D'Elia ✍️ William L. Rotko
12
⭐ 8.2
Islands (2)
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’ n…
🎬 Cherie Nowlan ✍️ William L. Rotko
13
⭐ 7.7
Seven Reasons
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.
🎬 Mike Listo ✍️ David Shore
14
⭐ 6.7
She
Dr. Shaun Murphy is surprised to learn that his young cancer patient identifies as a girl while being biologically male. Shaun must quickly learn to understand his patient, her medical needs and how to work with her family, who all feel they know what is best for her.
🎬 Seth Gordon ✍️ Simran Baidwan
15
⭐ 7.4
Heartfelt
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, …
🎬 Regina King ✍️ Johanna Lee
16
⭐ 7.6
Pain
When the team treats a patient who has to decide between a dangerous surgery that could change his life or remain the same, he asks Dr. Shaun Murphy what he would if he had that same choice.
🎬 Allison Liddi-Brown ✍️ William L. Rotko
17
⭐ 8.0
Smile
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.
🎬 Bill D'Elia ✍️ David Hoselton
18
⭐ 8.4
More
The team at St. Bonaventure needs to quickly discover the truth behind a young college student’s unexplained injuries before his condition worsens. Meanwhile, after losing his most prized possession, Shaun’s distraction during a surgical procedure may end up risking more than just his job.
🎬 Mike Listo ✍️ David Shore