The Good Doctor

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 25, 2017
Season #: 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 133 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 106 out of 133
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 133
  3. Negative: 17 out of 133
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  1. ameliastarr
    Apr 20, 2018
    3
    This show was great in the beginning but the main character is now lost in the drama of everyone else. No longer is he the savant but the guesser. He seems to no longer be the main character. They've allowed this character to be taken advantage of not only by his co-workers but by his own neighbors and he acts more stupid than a high functioning Doctor with autism. Where is his mentor,This show was great in the beginning but the main character is now lost in the drama of everyone else. No longer is he the savant but the guesser. He seems to no longer be the main character. They've allowed this character to be taken advantage of not only by his co-workers but by his own neighbors and he acts more stupid than a high functioning Doctor with autism. Where is his mentor, seriously. Where are the skills that he portrayed so valiantly in the beginning. Probably one more season and it'll be gone.… Expand
  2. sistab29
    Oct 23, 2017
    0
    Because the doctor is a high functioning autistic person does not mean he must sound like a 1960's robot. HOW insulting. I know several autistic people on various levels of the spectrum and NOT ONE sounds like this. Way to portray these people in such a sterotypical, insulting manner possible.
  3. LewisDanny
    Oct 31, 2017
    3
    Hamfisted, heavy-handed - whatever turn of phrase you want to use, there's absolutely no doubt the show MEANS well. The issue is the execution - from the 'kick the dog' moments of Freddie Highmore's dad (how else would you know he's a bad guy? Couldn't do it through, y'know, good and balanced writing), to the impassioned (and incredibly unneccesary plot line) of Richard Schiff chewing theHamfisted, heavy-handed - whatever turn of phrase you want to use, there's absolutely no doubt the show MEANS well. The issue is the execution - from the 'kick the dog' moments of Freddie Highmore's dad (how else would you know he's a bad guy? Couldn't do it through, y'know, good and balanced writing), to the impassioned (and incredibly unneccesary plot line) of Richard Schiff chewing the scenery with the hospitals board, being used as a vehicle to talk about acceptance in them most "after-school special" way. I want to like this, I really do - David Shore is excellent, and usually his shows are brilliant. But this is just painful to watch. If they dialled it back, removed the sense of self-important gravitas, and injected TINY bit more levity, this could be a truly great show.… Expand

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Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Sep 25, 2017
    50
    There’s a lot going on here; too much, really. Like so many TV pilots, this one is auditioning for our attention and trying to cram every key character, theme, and backstory into that first tryout. It’s possible that once the show settles in, it could improve. ... Its two leads, Highmore and Schiff, are both excellent and manage to make some very heavy-handed dialogue sound less didactic than it otherwise might.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Darren Franich
    Sep 25, 2017
    58
    The various cuts to Shaun’s tragic youth suggest tragedy that the show’s glibness can only render in the broadest strokes; bad dad, kind brother, dead symbolic rabbit. It’s actually a relief when the show separately establishes itself as a sudsy Diet Grey’s Anatomy riff, with British actress Antonia Thomas as an ambitious doctor-who-cares and Nicholas Gonzalez as a McDream-ish surgeon-who-doesn’t.
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  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Alex McLevy
    Sep 25, 2017
    67
    Shore has established the boilerplate world, and thanks to his leads, it has potential to evolve. But this first episode leans hard into the sudsy pontificating; hopefully, it’s just opening-night jitters for a show featuring a person with a condition rarely showcased on TV outside of A Very Special Episode.
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