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The Best Episodes of The Good Doctor Season 2

Every episode of The Good Doctor Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Good Doctor Season 2!

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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 personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 1 - Hello
    8.1/10(1906 votes)

    #1 - Hello

    S2:E1

    Shaun’s proposed treatment for a homeless patient puts him and Dr. Kalu in Dr. Andrews’ crosshairs. Claire tries to overcome Dr. Melendez’s reluctance to do a risky heart operation. Dr. Glassman faces a difficult decision about his health.

    Director:Mike Listo
    Writer:Freddie Highmore

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  2. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 2 - Middle Ground
    8.3/10(1723 votes)

    #2 - Middle Ground

    S2:E2

    As Shaun pushes back against Dr. Melendez in order to treat a gravely ill hospital janitor, Dr. Lim risks a lawsuit to repair a teenage girl’s ritual circumcision. Dr. Glassman exercises demanding oversight in choosing a doctor for his brain surgery.

    Director:Steve Robin
    Writer:David Shore

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  3. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 3 - 36 Hours
    8.1/10(1670 votes)

    #3 - 36 Hours

    S2:E3

    Dr. Melendez, Dr. Brown and Dr. Park have given a young married couple two choices about their future: save the wife’s life or their future ability to start a family. Meanwhile, when Dr. Lim has to take care of some personal business, she leaves oversight of the emergency room to Dr. Murphy and Dr. Reznick; and Dr. Glassman’s post-op recovery leaves him struggling to get the rest he needs for recovery and also confronting his relationship with his daughter.

    Director:Larry Teng
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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  4. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 4 - Tough Titmouse
    8.0/10(1710 votes)

    #4 - Tough Titmouse

    S2:E4

    Shaun recalls his own past to help an intellectually disabled teenager face separation from his mother, while Claire is put between an injured teenage rock climber and her worried parents. Meanwhile, Glassman’s post-op hallucinations force him to confront a personal tragedy.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:David Hoselton

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  5. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 5 - Carrots
    7.8/10(1597 votes)

    #5 - Carrots

    S2:E5

    When a patient suffering from anorexia can’t gain the necessary weight needed to survive heart surgery, Claire suggests they perform an experimental surgery which Melendez strongly opposes. Shaun worries Glassman’s refusal to walk the hospital floor will keep him from being discharged and tries to persuade him to ambulate. Meanwhile, Shaun and Lea change the terms of their current relationship.

    Director:Sharat Raju
    Writer:Liz Friedman

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  6. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 6 - Two-Ply (or Not Two-Ply)
    7.8/10(1542 votes)

    #6 - Two-Ply (or Not Two-Ply)

    S2:E6

    Morgan and Shaun’s indecision on how to treat a young violinist who visits the ER with an infected finger could affect her future in more ways than one. Meanwhile, Lim, Claire and Park can’t figure out if their young patient is really ill or looking for attention.

    Director:Tara Nicole Weyr
    Writer:Simran Baidwan

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  7. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 7 - Hubert
    7.7/10(1514 votes)

    #7 - Hubert

    S2:E7

    Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Morgan Reznick must contend with two brothers who are bargaining over life and death. Meanwhile, Dr. Claire Brown’s friend who is dying of cancer asks her for something she doesn’t think she can give her; and Dr. Aaron Glassman is dealing with the effects of his treatment.

    Director:Marisol Adler
    Writer:David Renaud

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  8. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 8 - Stories
    7.8/10(1489 votes)

    #8 - Stories

    S2:E8

    Dr. Shaun Murphy, Dr. Audrey Lim and Dr. Claire Brown’s E.R. patient is forced to reveal a secret to her husband after their treatment caused a complication. Meanwhile, Dr. Neil Melendez, Dr. Morgan Reznick and Dr. Alex Park struggle with a patient whose parents don’t believe in vaccinations.

    Director:Michael Patrick Jann
    Writer:Sal Calleros

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  9. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 9 - Empathy
    8.0/10(1497 votes)

    #9 - Empathy

    S2:E9

    Dr. Neil Melendez, Dr. Morgan Reznick and Dr. Claire Brown grapple with a patient’s wish to perform an operation that would keep him from acting on his pedophilic urges; and Dr. Shaun Murphy learns a lesson in empathy.

    Director:Joanna Kerns
    Writer:Karen Struck

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  10. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 10 - Quarantine (1)
    8.9/10(2461 votes)

    #10 - Quarantine (1)

    S2:E10

    Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Alex Park treat two patients who collapse at the local airport and whose symptoms point to an infection that may become airborne. The staff races to contain the infection before it spreads to the rest of the patients in the ER, resulting in a hospital quarantine during the holidays.

    Director:Mike Listo
    Writers:Lloyd Gilyard, Jr., Liz Friedman

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  11. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 11 - Quarantine (2)
    8.7/10(1862 votes)

    #11 - Quarantine (2)

    S2:E11

    The hospital is still in quarantine as Dr. Shaun Murphy continues to be overwhelmed by the chaos and noise in the emergency room; Dr. Morgan Reznick struggles to keep her patients alive, and Dr. Audrey Lim fights for her life. Meanwhile, Dr. Neil Melendez and Dr. Claire Browne must find a way to complete their patient’s bone marrow transplant, despite the quarantine.

    Director:Mike Listo
    Writers:Simran Baidwan, Mark Rozeman

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  12. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 12 - Aftermath
    7.8/10(1513 votes)

    #12 - Aftermath

    S2:E12

    In the aftermath of the quarantine, the staff tries to return to their normal routines. Meanwhile, as Dr. Lim recovers from the virus, she and Dr. Melendez navigate their new personal and working relationship, while Dr. Murphy and Dr. Glassman visit Lea.

    Director:Dawn Wilkinson
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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  13. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 13 - Xin
    7.8/10(1429 votes)

    #13 - Xin

    S2:E13

    Dr. Shaun Murphy, Dr. Morgan Reznick and Dr. Audrey Lim treat a woman with autism and a delicate brain condition while navigating the complicated relationship she has with her roommate, who is also on the spectrum. Meanwhile, Lea and Shaun are still figuring out their friendship and roommate status.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Brian Shin

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  14. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 14 - Faces
    8.6/10(1662 votes)

    #14 - Faces

    S2:E14

    Dr. Andrews tries to convince a grieving family to donate their teenage daughter’s face to another young girl whose face was horribly disfigured in an accident.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown
    Writer:David Hoselton

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  15. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 15 - Risk and Reward
    8.1/10(1408 votes)

    #15 - Risk and Reward

    S2:E15

    Shaun’s blunt honesty with a distraught mother of a critically ill newborn baby causes the new chief of Surgery to question keeping him on as a resident.

    Director:Freddie Highmore
    Writer:David Renaud

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  16. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 16 - Believe
    7.9/10(1400 votes)

    #16 - Believe

    S2:E16

    The new chief of surgery, Dr. Jackson Han, believes Dr. Shaun Murphy is a liability more than an asset and works to keep him out of the operating room permanently.

    Director:Alrick Riley
    Writers:Karen Struck, Sal Calleros

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  17. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 17 - Breakdown
    8.8/10(1894 votes)

    #17 - Breakdown

    S2:E17

    Dr. Shaun Murphy is desperate to join the team on a dangerous procedure involving a patient’s tumor removal. However, having been removed from the surgery team by Dr. Jackson Han, Shaun must use his talents to help figure out the cause of an infant’s injuries.

    Director:Mike Listo
    Writers:Thomas L. Moran, Lloyd Gilyard, Jr.

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  18. The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 18 - Trampoline
    8.9/10(1855 votes)

    #18 - Trampoline

    S2:E18

    As a barroom fight sends Dr. Shaun Murphy to seek treatment at St. Bonaventure’s, Dr. Alex Park and Dr. Audrey Lim disagree over an elderly woman’s post-operative symptoms. Meanwhile, Dr. Neil Melendez and Dr. Lim make their romance public, and Dr. Aaron Glassman continues to pursue a relationship with a good friend.

    Director:David Shore
    Writers:David Shore, David Hoselton, Mark Rozeman

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Hello" is the best rated episode of "The Good Doctor" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 1906 votes. Directed by Mike Listo and written by Freddie Highmore, it aired on 9/24/2018. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Middle Ground".