‘The Good Doctor’ Boss on That Emotional Finale and What’s in Store for Shaun Next Season

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “The Good Doctor” finale, “More.”]It seemed that Dr.

Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) was wrong to encourage his mentor Dr.

Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff) to get a second opinion, because the new diagnosis for inoperable brain cancer was even bleaker than the first — giving him an even shorter window to live.

But this is “The Good Doctor,” the ABC medical series in which a doctor with autism and savant syndrome can see solutions where others can’t.

After a brilliant brainwave in which Shaun posits that the hospital could go through Glassman’s nose for a third diagnosis, it turns out that he actually has a different brain cancer that could be treated.Creator David Shore, who had adapted the series from the Korean drama format, spoke to IndieWire about Murphy’s neighbors, bringing in new characters, what to expect in Season 2, and how Glassman was never going to die…

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