Shaun's ability to relate to Tara due to his own experiences allow him to convince her to take a gene therapy that could cure her. Shaun refuses to give up and he eventually manages to find a surgical solution that saves Charlie's arm. Shortly after Lim ends their friendship, Shaun begins rearranging his and Park's shared office furniture, leading to him and Park clashing before moving into a disused storage room as his private office. Shaun Murphy is the star of the feel-good TV show, The Good Doctor. As a result, like Shaun, she has spent a great deal of her life as an outsider. Together, Shaun and Jared discover that Roland has a tapeworm larva in his brain and successfully treat him. Rushing to Glassman's house, Shaun announces that he's come up with a surgical solution to fix Lim's paralysis. Jackson Han (enemy)Salen Morrison (enemy) At the same time, Shaun urges Glassman to get a second opinion, more tests and more imagining to truly confirm the diagnosis. Notably, during this ordeal, despite Shaun's behavior, his friends recognize that it comes from his concern for Lim and, despite Shaun arguing with them and at one point completely going against Glassman's orders, they don't hold it against him. While Shaun is unable to contribute his knowledge, Claire replicates the conditions behind Shaun's thought processes with Zack and manages to figure out what Shaun had been trying to tell him, realizing that he was actually trying to say "treponema." Lying in bed with Carly afterwards, Shaun smiles in excitement at having had his first time. During the ceremony, Shaun and Carly cross wrists as a compromise to Shaun's aversion to holding hands which pleases them both. Shaun thus being evasive and distant upsets Lea who returned to San Jose in hopes of finding support from her friend after a bad experience in Hershey. He is shy and avoids social media. Shaun is pretty oblivious to the trouble hes in and tells Glassman he would like to give two weeks notice because he will move to Hershey to continue his residency there. In "Fractured," after returning to work, Shaun works with Morgan to treat Kerry, a woman with a badly broken leg who refuses anesthetic due to being an opioid addict. The only drawback that will eventually taint their big day is that Dr. Lim and Nurse Villanueva, unbeknownst to the party guests, are being stabbed a few stories below as the result of a domestic violence dispute. They are going to provide a rare opportunity to the locals to receive life saving surgery that otherwise wouldnt be offered to them out in the rural area they live in. Shaun Murphy was born on August 10, 1982 in Nottingham, England, UK. Professionally, Shaun gets wrapped up in one of Andrews cases of a young woman who is slated for a risky surgery that Shaun advises against because he is convinced it will kill her. Shaun later decides to wear the cap during the procedure itself. This shows that he is a highly visual learner. During the date, Shaun asked Carly 83 questions, many of which were quite invasive for so early in a relationship. In "SFAD," Shaun is able to empathize and bond with Tara, a young woman whose lack of immune system has trapped Tara in a bubble for her whole life. The patient is called Evan and is there for a broken arm, although Shaun discovers that Evan has terminal bone cancer that his parents havent told him about. Shaun comes to the realization that its inevitable that people will change, but that its most important that as a couple, you change in the same general direction. During the first two episodes of season 4 (Frontline, Part 1 and Frontline, Part 2), Shaun and Lea struggle with the challenges of social distancing due to COVID-19, Shaun insisting to completely cease physical contact due to the increased risk of Shaun getting infected and passing it on to Lea. In "Mutations," Carly and Shaun continue to struggle with intimacy, even after Lea moves out. At Carly's request, the two simply hold each other, with Shaun going so far as to actually hold Carly's hand, but he quickly becomes uncomfortable and has to leave. However, Andrews is sympathetic enough to excuse Shaun's behavior despite his anger because Shaun is grieving over the recent loss of his child. Shaun questions whether this indicates a problem in their relationship, but Lea insists its just a dry spell and itll blow over because theyve both been busy. Carly reminds Shaun of their first meeting when he threatened to throw a rock through the pathology lab window to get her to help him immediately and admits that she thought it was cute how much he cared and then she realized Shaun might be the most genuine person she has ever known when they started working together in pathology. Shaun ultimately runs off in the middle of the conversation after coming up with the solution to his case, but is intrigued by Claire's claim that the walk was a second more relaxed date. At the same time, in the aftermath of his confrontation with Lim, Shaun appears to be secretly struggling, although he does his best to hide it. Lea rushes inside to find that Shaun succeeded in saving Vera through an amputation and both are lifted out of the basement by the firefighters. He also mentions an interest in football in at least one episode. 15. high IQ (not low IQ) 96.7. Shaun appears to have possibly moved on from Lea or is at least trying to as he decided to ask Carly Lever out instead, getting coaching from Claire on how to do so. Shaun advocates for Liam during his treatment and ultimately ends up being an inspiration to Liam who recognizes that being autistic doesnt necessarily mean you cant make great achievements in life. At the same time, Shaun reveals to Claire that he and Carly went on another date involving a walk and a visit to a deli. During hospital scenes, Shaun's thought process is frequently captured in an overlay for viewers, demonstrating his eidetic memory. At one point, Shaun lived with a distant foster mother who was fond of saying "tough titmouse" in response to a challenging situation. Lea Dilallo (wife)Cintia D'Souza (former crush)Carly Lever (ex-girlfriend) In "Hurt," after an earthquake, Shaun desperately tries to reach Lea without success, eventually finding a trapped woman named Vera who was also left heartbroken by a relationship. And he always says what he means. Shaun loses out on his first lead surgery, instead guiding Lim and Andrews through the procedure he uncovered. Shaun leaves the wedding planning to Lea because she had said she wanted it to be perfect and Shaun didnt want to interfere. It turns out this isnt actually necessary, because its Dr. Andrews who takes Salen down. In "Hard Heart," unlike Park, Shaun is unable to see young patient Nathan as anything more than a patient despite Park looking at the case from the perspective of a parent as well as a doctor. St. Bonaventure Hospital In Letting Go, he fixates on a random patient who isnt even his to treat, antagonizing an important cardiac key opinion leader who was brought in to consult on a case. Glassman goes so far as to praise Shaun's save to Lim despite his initial anger and later tells Jerome that Shaun is the one that they need, not himself. After seeing how devastated Shaun is, Lim gets Beth to change her mind. However, Shaun's bluntness at times has proven helpful such as in "Disaster" when he pointed out a couple's doubts, causing them to confront those doubts and reach a resolution. Due to her concerns about Andrews' motivations, Lim sends Shaun out of the room while she talks to Andrews privately, but he ultimately presents the patient with surgery and he accepts it despite the tremendous risks and the completely experimental nature of the procedure. Shaun and Danny's difference of opinion over a xenotransplant nearly leads Shaun to fire her before changing his mind after getting some advice from Lim. Shaun does well driving out on the fairly empty and straight roads, but when Lea wants them to have some fun with burning rubber, Shaun mixes up the pedals and he ends up driving the car onto the road shoulder where he hits a large rock that damages the underside of the car enough for it to have to be fixed in a garage. Born: He puts in the ear buds of his phone and listens to the song that Lea said she liked when they embarked on their trip. He struggles with the decision not to join Dr. Lim in her fight to get Salen extricated from St. Bonaventure. What Lea doesnt know is that Shaun didnt tell anyone that he left with her, so Glassman has to lie to Melendez about Shaun taking a few personal days while Glassman himself is worried and keeps calling Shaun. The paramedic who ends up transporting Shaun to the nearest hospital afterwards remarks he is very lucky to have a resourceful partner such as Lea, which Shaun wholeheartedly agrees with. Crazytown adds another challenge for Shaun, namely Salen implementing a new patient satisfaction scoring system where physicians are now rated by patients how well they are performing. As a result of his behavior, Glassman accuses Shaun of acting childish and isolating himself like he did in high school and the beginning of med school, ironically while Glassman had been avoiding Shaun so as to not deal with his own emotions on the matter. Glassman's own anger and frustration causes him to begin avoiding Shaun while Lim ends their friendship completely. To Shaun's excitement, Carly calls herself his girlfriend and the two officially define their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend. After Julianne crashes on the table, she believes that she has a near-death experience while Shaun believes it to only be a symptom of a second, hidden tumor that can't be detected on imaging. At the end of the episode, he accompanies Lea home but she collapses outside of the hospital with intense lower belly pain. Significant Other(s): Refreshingly, he is quite down to earth, even at times quite unsure of himself. When he tries to have Dr. Glassman overrule Lims decision, Glassman agrees with Lim. In "Shrapnel," Shaun, Asher and Danni treat Charlie, a military reenactor with shrapnel in his arm. Shaun's caution proves to be warranted as she experiences internal bleeding as a complication of her earlier miscarriage. Burnt Food. Shaun goes to a nearby grocery store to buy more apples and gets held at gunpoint in a robbery. Shaun becomes a little hyperfocused on getting them out of that dry spell, suggesting several different options and ideas to get their love life back on track. Shaun acts as first responder, saving the life of a pregnant woman with an acute cardiac problem whom he keeps treating at the hospital for the injuries she sustained. As a result, Shaun is left unsure if it is worth pursuing a romantic relationship is worth it even after seeing two couples who experienced issues and came out well. In The Good Doctor, the autistic . Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) stars as Dr. Shaun Murphy, an up-and-coming surgeon who also happens to have autism and savant syndrome.This is a very difficult role for anyone to play given how broad the autism spectrum truly is. Lea encourages him to try and drive her car, which Shaun is initially reluctant about since Dr. Glassman had never wanted him to drive, saying that Shaun would get distracted and stop focusing on the road. Jared also reveals that he had carried Shaun's words before they parted with him that he would one day find happiness. As a result, she ends her friendship with Shaun, announcing that their relationship will be purely professional from now on. Playing a character with autism on such a big stage, Highmore takes the role very seriously. As a resident at St. Bonaventure, he must learn the ropes of hospital work, while facing unique challenges and embracing his strengths due to his diagnoses of autism and savant syndrome. Shaun has "almost perfect recall," extraordinary and genius-level intellect, and the excellent analytical abilities that allow him to make highly accurate diagnoses. To honor his brothers memory, Shaun reads to Evan from the battered old library copy of To Kill A Mockingbird that Steve gave him as a present and leaves the book with Evan. He loves to eat chocolate chip pancakes with a glass of milk. Dr. Glassman decides that he doesnt want to have any part in the hospital takeover and makes a deal with Salen to nod and smile in his role as hospital president for the sake of employee motivation but that he doesnt want to work at the hospital any longer under the current circumstances. After getting off work, Shaun finds Carly waiting for him. He also decides that he wants to try shower sex with Lea. Another example is how he treated Lea after her return due to being hurt over her leaving in the first place which made Shaun rude and mean to his friend. However, their initial reunion doesn't go well with Shaun exploding at his father and blaming him for Steve's death. However, Shaun points out that Glassman already seems to have made up his mind as he now refers to his ex-wife as his first wife, suggesting that Glassman already has a second wife in his mind. She gives him a last kiss before she steps into the elevator. As Carly goes to leave, Shaun takes her hand for the first time and agrees, stating that he loves Carly and the two embrace. Shaun becomes excited as he now truly feels married for the first time. Jared recalls that, before he left, Shaun had told him that Jared would eventually find happiness, but he was miserable in Denver and fears that he's a failure. They run more tests in the wake of this, and Claire has to deliver the devastating news to Shaun that there is another blood clot in the umbilical cord and the babys development process is already compromised with no way to save their unborn child. Carly is shown to understand Shaun on a level that most people don't due to having an autistic sister and as such, isn't immediately put off by Shaun's blunt and potentially hurtful answers that are given in the moment. A medical relief mission takes Shaun to Guatemala in Venga and Vamos, along with Lea and some of his colleagues. After the first attempt fails, Carly suggests using zebra fish to test the drugs and is assigned to work with Shaun due to his experience in pathology. In Newbies, Shaun is asked to help evaluate the six new resident applicants but struggles with connecting to them on a more personal level. Chambers, who has issues with his wrist. Both seasons have had consistently high ratings and . However, during surgery to fix it, Shaun discovers that the bride has extensive cancer. When Melendez is ready to send Shaun away from the OR, Dr. Andrews intervenes and pushing Melendez to treat Shaun like any other resident, which he grudgingly does (Mount Rushmore). Shaun refuses to leave, and luckily the surgical attending Dr. Melendez and resident Dr. Browne acknowledge that Shaun may have been on to something and seek him out to ask for his input. Shaun is letting Lea make all of the decisions in terms of their wedding theme, meanwhile struggling with a difficult medical case and a misdiagnosis he made that was all captured on camera. The doctors are forced to operate on Lim without bypass and Shaun suffers a meltdown when they can't find the problem, consumed with guilt over his failure to save Steve and his inability to save Lim. However, Shaun's actions that day made Andrews proud of his sacrifice which he thanks Shaun for and tells him that "very few things that are worthwhile in life come without a cost Shaun.". Shaun is then forced to treat pregnant mother-to-be Viola who suffers complications requiring a C-section. Here are some lesser-known facts about the prodigal medical practitioner. Glassman, temporarily back in San Jose to sell his house, bears witness to Shauns breakdown and an accusation made by Shaun that the baby would not have died if Glassman, in his role as hospital president, had reined Salen in. 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