9.7/109 votesLoading...#1 - Goodbye
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 5/21/2024
As the doctors consider their futures, they work together to solve one of the most important cases of their careers.
Director: David Shore
Writer: David Shore, Liz Friedman, Jessica Grasl
9.5/104 votesLoading...#2 - A Beautiful Day
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 4/24/2023
Dr. Glassman and Dr. Murphy's relationship may be irreparably damaged following a tense moment during surgery. While Dr. Reznick struggles during her parental leave, Dr. Park may just be the one she needs the most.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.5/104 votesLoading...#3 - Love's Labor
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/2023
Shaun and Lea are heading to the delivery room and everyone from the hospital is also there, except for one very important person. Meanwhile, a tragic accident involving Drs. Perez and Kalu pulls everyone away, including Dr. Murphy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.4/107 votesLoading...#4 - Unconditional
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 5/14/2024
Dr. Claire Browne returns from her work in Guatemala for a personal medical examination. Elsewhere, Dr. Glassman struggles to manage Hannah, who remains unresponsive to his attempts to help. Park seeks out the perfect last-minute wedding location.
Director: Mike Listo
Writer: Thomas L. Moran, Adam Scott Weissman
9.2/106 votesLoading...#5 - 39 Differences
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/13/2023
Shaun and Lea clash over their parenting styles and worry about what will happen to their relationship when their child is born. Meanwhile, Dr. Lim must find a way to save the damaged lungs that one of her long-time patients has been waiting for.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.2/104 votesLoading...#6 - Half Measures
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/10/2023
Drs. Andrews and Lim clash over a patient split nearly in half, which also reveals her issues with Dr. Kalu’s return. Meanwhile, Dr. Glassman gives Dr. Murphy some fatherly advice as they await news about Glassman’s recent tests.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.2/105 votesLoading...#7 - Blessed
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 4/17/2023
Dr. Marcus Andrews introduces some of the team to a patient whose optimism and faith seems to cause Dr. Asher Wolke the most skepticism in light of his own relationship with religion.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#8 - The Good Lawyer
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2023
Dr. Shaun Murphy seeks legal representation to help him win a case and puts his faith in a promising, young lawyer who has obsessive compulsive disorder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.1/107 votesLoading...#9 - M.C.E.
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 4/9/2024
The team must deal with a mass casualty event that forces them to put aside their emotions following a recent tragedy.
Director: Mike Listo
Writer: David Renaud, Tristan Thai
9.0/106 votesLoading...#10 - Expired
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2021
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.
Director: Mike Listo
Writer: Mark Rozeman, Jim Adler
9.0/107 votesLoading...#11 - The Family
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/2022
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 facilities.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#12 - Afterparty
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2022
Shaun and Lea’s long-awaited wedding reception is interrupted by a violent attack at the hospital and the entire team must mobilize to save the victims. Meanwhile, the trauma of seeing people he cares for in life-threatening situations is affecting Shaun in more ways than one.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.0/106 votesLoading...#13 - Sorry, Not Sorry
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2022
Drs. Shaun Murphy, Asher Wolke and Aaron Glassman meet a patient with an infected surgical sponge that was left in their abdomen. Meanwhile, Dr. Morgan Park must face her own past when she treats the victim of a sexual assault.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.0/106 votesLoading...#14 - Quiet and Loud
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 1/23/2023
Shaun and Lea soon learn that their surprise pregnancy may also come with additional complications. Meanwhile, Doctors Park, Reznick and Allen treat a teen with Gardner’s syndrome whose past surgical history jeopardizes the outcome of his current one.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#15 - Old Friends
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/2023
Dr. Jared Kalu makes a surprise return to San Jose’s St. Bonaventure Hospital with his billionaire patient. Meanwhile, Park must treat the man his wife had an affair with and try to find a way to forgive him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#16 - Second Chances and Past Regrets
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 3/20/2023
Dr. Shaun Murphy must learn how to work with Dr. Jared Kalu again and remind him that he must start all over at St. Bonaventure. Meanwhile, Dr. Murphy treats a teenager suffering from neurological problems with a very high-risk procedure.
Director: Mina Shum
Writer: Tracy Taylor, Jeff Qiu
9.0/105 votesLoading...#17 - A Blip
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/3/2023
When a patient comes in with persistent and lingering COVID symptoms, the team discovers she may be dealing with something harder to treat. Andrews and Villanueva must contend with their hierarchy at the hospital and its effect on their relationship.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.0/107 votesLoading...#18 - Faith
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 4/30/2024
Shaun and Jordan's patient is in dire need of a kidney transplant. When they find the perfect donor, they also discover that he believes he is Jesus which could compromise his ability to give consent to the surgery.
Director: Steven DePaul
Writer: N/A
9.0/107 votesLoading...#19 - The Overview Effect
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 5/7/2024
Shaun, Jared and Charlie's young patient need his parents to agree on an important medical decision that could greatly improve his health; however, his parents are unable to agree on the correct path which spurs the team to try and intervene on behalf of their patient.
Director: Tracy Taylor
Writer: N/A
8.9/107 votesLoading...#20 - Boys Don't Cry
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/28/2022
When a woman pregnant with sextuplets arrives at the hospital, Dr. Marcus Andrews must split the doctors into teams to ensure their health and safety following their high-risk delivery. Meanwhile, Shaun and Lea must face their own hurdles as they discuss starting a family.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/108 votesLoading...#21 - Critical Support
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 3/19/2024
Shaun continues to be tested by Charlie when their newest case prompts her incessant stream of questions – all in pursuit of an answer. Meanwhile, Morgan struggles on who to name as guardian for Baby Eden should anything happen to her.
Director: James Genn
Writer: Thomas L. Moran
8.8/1012 votesLoading...#22 - I Love You (2)
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/30/2020
The staff of St. Bonaventure Hospital works against time and their own personal safety to save the lives of those around them.
Director: David Shore
Writer: David Shore, David Hoselton, Adam Scott Weissman
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#23 - Rebellion
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/2022
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 it is too late.
Director: Gary Hawes
Writer: Thomas L. Moran
- 8.8/105 votesLoading...
#24 - Yippee Ki-Yay
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2022
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/106 votesLoading...#25 - Potluck
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 4/11/2022
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 conflicting work styles.
Director: Rebecca Moline
Writer: Mark Rozeman
The Best Episodes of The Good Doctor
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Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Goodbye" is the best rated episode of "The Good Doctor". It scored 9.7/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by David Shore and written by David Shore, Liz Friedman, Jessica Grasl, it aired on 5/21/2024. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Beautiful Day".