[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers from “The Good Doctor” Season 2, Episode 1, “Hello” — the premiere episode.]“The Good Doctor” is back for another season of medical anomalies, cutting-edge procedures, hospital politics, and uplifting storylines.
As the anti-“House,” the series is unapologetically sentimental and heartwarming thanks to its lead.
Seen through the lens of Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore), a doctor with autism and savant syndrome, everyday human interactions become more fraught, and in turn shine a light on the viewers’ own perceptions of the world.In short order, the series presses reset on Shaun’s world by removing his mentor Dr.
Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff) as head of the San Jose St.
Bonaventure Hospital and installing the much more antagonistic and ambitious former chief of surgery Dr.
Marcus Andrews (Hill Harper) in his place.
This challenges Shaun to not only navigate his job without the protection of his mentor but also learn to be the moral support
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