Sunday Obsession: The Good Doctor

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A few weeks ago, I kept seeing a commercial for an upcoming show that looked rather interesting. Now, for those of you who know me fairly well, you know that I am a comedy girl…a sitcom girl…with the only variance being my obsession with the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries (Matlock….Murder She Wrote….Murder She Baked, etc). I rarely sit down to watch a drama. I suffer from "Cant-deal-with-emotions-itis." Lol. But, I saw this commercial and thought the show looked interesting, so I set the DVR….

Y'all….If you aren't watching "The Good Doctor," you should be. It's about an autistic surgeon with Savant Syndrome that is doing his residency at St. Bonaventure Hospital on their Surgical Team.

I won't lie here…it will tug at your emotions. I have found myself in tears, especially during his childhood flashbacks, that show the connection between he and the President of St. Bonaventure Hospital. You find yourself rooting for him, wanting him to succeed. You find yourself hating some of the characters and loving others.

I absolutely love their choice for Dr. Murphy. I had watched Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel, and that was part of what drew me into watching The Good Doctor. He does such justice to Dr. Murphy's character. His awkwardness with social settings, his struggle to communicate…he is endearing and will win your heart in one episode.




I love that they go to the efforts of trying to show what Dr. Murphy is seeing in his mind when dealing with patients. He is almost looking back on diagrams that he saw while he was in Medical School. It shows that what he sees is different than that of the other doctors.




It is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. I hope you will give it a watch. It comes on ABC on Monday nights at 10 p.m.