Season 5
🎬 18 Episodes 📅 2021 ⏱ 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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📊 Season Stats
18
Episodes
2021
Year
46
min / ep
13.8
Watch Hours
5/7
Season No.
⭐ 9.0
Best Episode
Ep. 7 · Expired
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🎬 Episodes 18 episodes
1
⭐ 8.2
New Beginnings
Shaun and Lea's upcoming engagement party has everyone in a festive mood; a young single mother learns her son may have contracted his cancer from a surprising source; Mateo finds out if his previous issues in America will be resolved.
🎬 Mike Listo ✍️ David Shore
2
⭐ 8.1
Piece of Cake
Dr. Shaun Murphy and the team race to save a pregnant woman's baby and find her current situation as a convicted felon complicates it even more than they realize. Meanwhile, the hospital takes on some unexpected changes that the staff are not prepared for.
🎬 Tim Southam ✍️ David Hoselton
3
⭐ 8.3
Measure of Intelligence
Shaun confronts Salen about the many changes she has implemented since coming on at St. Bonaventure. Glassman is forced to accept his new role at the hospital.
🎬 Anne Renton ✍️ Thomas L. Moran
4
⭐ 8.5
Rationality
Dr. Shaun Murphy and the team treat a young girl whose father’s personal research complicates their treatment plans. Meanwhile, Dr. Park, Dr. Reznick and Dr. Lim’s patient refuses a life-saving lung transplant despite having a family donor.
🎬 David Straiton ✍️ Peter Blake
5
⭐ 8.6
Crazytown
Dr. Park and Dr. Murphy treat an elderly Asian man brought to St. Bonaventure by his daughter after being the victim of a hate crime. In addition, Lea goes behind Shaun’s back to help raise his negative patient satisfaction scores.
🎬 Rebecca Moline ✍️ Jessica Grasl
6
⭐ 8.7
One Heart
Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Alex Park must grapple with a life-and-death decision and decide between saving one patient over another. Meanwhile, Dr. Morgan Reznick goes a little too far in her attempt to win Salen’s favor.
🎬 Sarah Wayne Callies ✍️ David Renaud
7
⭐ 9.0
Expired
Shaun and Lea happen upon a terrible car accident and discover a young pregnant mother who has been badly injured and needs immediate medical attention. Dr. Glassman is apprehensive when a figure from his past reaches out for help.
🎬 Mike Listo ✍️ Mark Rozeman
8
⭐ 8.8
Rebellion
Now that Shaun has called off the wedding, he is forced to confront Lea about their relationship and determine what he really means to her. Meanwhile, the team debate their opinions on plastic surgery and Dr. Audrey Lim hopes to expose Salen’s cover-up over an infant’s death to take her down before …
🎬 Gary Hawes ✍️ Thomas L. Moran
9
⭐ 8.7
Yippee Ki-Yay
In an effort to please Salen, Andrews takes on a high-profile case and assigns Shaun and Allen to help perform a risky surgery to restore the voice of a famous pop star.
10
⭐ 8.6
Cheat Day
Salen takes extreme measures when she learns that the surgical staff have joined Lim's efforts against her. The team treats a liver transplant patient whose organ donor unwittingly gave him cancer.
11
⭐ 8.8
The Family
Dr. Shaun Murphy makes a personal connection with a precoious young patient which threatens his objectivity. Meanwhile, while volunteering at a long-term care facility, Dr. Morgan Reznick realizes she could help Dr. Aaron Glassman’s clinic by offering telemedicine services for nursing homes and care…
12
⭐ 8.2
Dry Spell
Drs. Lim, Park and Wolke treat a woman with Valley fever and discover a secret she has been hiding from her fiancé. Meanwhile, Drs. Murphy, Allen and Andrews treat a 45-year-old virgin and help her make a big decision about her life.
13
⭐ 8.3
Growing Pains
While Drs. Lim, Murphy and Wolke help a teenage “biohacker” whose self- experiments begin to compromise his health, Drs. Morgan, Park, Jordan and Glassman treat a young woman who wants a controversial surgery to treat her depression and chronic pain. Additionally, Dr. Reznick looks to take the next …
14
⭐ 8.2
Potluck
When someone mistakenly brings a hallucinogen-laced dish to the hospital's company potluck, much of the hospital staff and doctors are incapacitated -- leaving doctors Murphy, Glassman and Allen forced to take on all the hospital's cases, further exacerbating Dr. Murphy and Dr. Glassman's conflictin…
🎬 Rebecca Moline ✍️ Mark Rozeman
15
⭐ 8.3
My Way
While Doctor Andrews treats a foster kid for injuries sustained at his group home, Shaun and team look to Lea's expertise with cars and auto repair to help a patient whose iron lung has broken. Meanwhile, the patient's niece, a documentarian, takes an interest in Shaun.
16
⭐ 8.4
The Shaun Show
As Shaun and Lea head toward their wedding day, a documentary film maker has chosen to follow their lives to showcase relationships and weddings of atypical couples.
🎬 David Straiton ✍️ Tracy Taylor
17
⭐ 8.8
The Lea Show
Sophie takes Lea out for a day full of luxurious wedding planning. And after a near fatal oversight, Dr. Lim senses an underlying issue is behind nurse Villanueva's unprofessional behavior.
🎬 Steven Paul ✍️ David Hoselton
18
⭐ 8.7
Sons
Shaun and Lea make a big life decision and are pleasantly surprised by the support they receive from their friends at the hospital. Meanwhile, when Dr. Wolke's parents show up with a revelation, Asher struggles to accept that he and his father may never truly understand one another.
🎬 David Shore ✍️ David Shore