A bus crash forces the many doctors of St. Bonaventure Hospital to learn valuable, yet tough lessons on #1.6 of "The Good Doctor."
Jared treats a seriously wounded burn victim, but he proves to be callous and incapable of providing emotional support for his patient. The patient's hopes of being a beautiful bride are lost, as she explains and describes herself as looking like Freddy Kreuger. She was always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Jared is unsure of how to respond. He just proceeds with doing his job. Claire reminds him that there is more than just procedures to patient care. However, when Jared tries to do more than just what is needed, it doesn't exactly work out for him.
Shaun treats a patient with an obliterated femur and extreme bleeding. Shaun thinks the only answer is amputation when he comes up with no other solution. I am really starting to love Claire, as she came to the rescue yet again! She thinks of a 3D-built titanium femur, but issues arise when the idea is brought to the family's attention. The conflict here is that the patient's fiancée is aware of the patient's substance abuse and fears that it may resurface in the wake of not getting his much needed operation, while the parents know that the patient cheated on said fiancée with an ex. While this isn't all entirely relevant, the only solution is for a judge to be called to make the final decision.
Unfortunately, Claire doesn't get her much needed credit for her idea of the 3D-built titanium femur. Somewhere along the line, Dr. Melendez oddly claims that it was Shaun's idea, which confused me a bit. Were their ulterior motives?
Somewhere along the line, the topic of love becomes part of the conversation. I must admit that I teared up a little bit when Shaun explained that he didn't believe in love. His reason being, everything he loved has died. His bunny, his brother, and with that in mind, he isn't trying to add to that list. So he rather avoid love than seek it out. He even says that he doesn't love them anymore because "you can't love someone if they're dead." He then adds that he doesn't want love.
Claire struggles to grasp her first patient's death, but this lead to a heart-to-heart with Dr. Glassman.
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Dr. Aaron Glassman: "I had a woman come into the ER once. A mother, 51 years old, Francine Parker. She had two boys. She had a cough. A bad one, but a cough. I checked her out, gave her some antibiotics, sent her home. Six hours later, she was rolled into the ER. She had . . . had a heart attack and I missed it. And she died. Not one day goes by when I don't think about her."
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I truly hope this death doesn't change the goodness inside Claire. She is so kind-hearted. I hope she learns that it is only natural in her line of work and uses that to inspire her to help others.
I must admit that I am disappointed there is no mention of Evan. I supposed his storyline was only for a one-episode arc.
All in all, this was a decent episode. I give "Not Fake" an 8.5/10.
Jared treats a seriously wounded burn victim, but he proves to be callous and incapable of providing emotional support for his patient. The patient's hopes of being a beautiful bride are lost, as she explains and describes herself as looking like Freddy Kreuger. She was always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Jared is unsure of how to respond. He just proceeds with doing his job. Claire reminds him that there is more than just procedures to patient care. However, when Jared tries to do more than just what is needed, it doesn't exactly work out for him.
Shaun treats a patient with an obliterated femur and extreme bleeding. Shaun thinks the only answer is amputation when he comes up with no other solution. I am really starting to love Claire, as she came to the rescue yet again! She thinks of a 3D-built titanium femur, but issues arise when the idea is brought to the family's attention. The conflict here is that the patient's fiancée is aware of the patient's substance abuse and fears that it may resurface in the wake of not getting his much needed operation, while the parents know that the patient cheated on said fiancée with an ex. While this isn't all entirely relevant, the only solution is for a judge to be called to make the final decision.
Unfortunately, Claire doesn't get her much needed credit for her idea of the 3D-built titanium femur. Somewhere along the line, Dr. Melendez oddly claims that it was Shaun's idea, which confused me a bit. Were their ulterior motives?
Somewhere along the line, the topic of love becomes part of the conversation. I must admit that I teared up a little bit when Shaun explained that he didn't believe in love. His reason being, everything he loved has died. His bunny, his brother, and with that in mind, he isn't trying to add to that list. So he rather avoid love than seek it out. He even says that he doesn't love them anymore because "you can't love someone if they're dead." He then adds that he doesn't want love.
Claire struggles to grasp her first patient's death, but this lead to a heart-to-heart with Dr. Glassman.
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Dr. Aaron Glassman: "I had a woman come into the ER once. A mother, 51 years old, Francine Parker. She had two boys. She had a cough. A bad one, but a cough. I checked her out, gave her some antibiotics, sent her home. Six hours later, she was rolled into the ER. She had . . . had a heart attack and I missed it. And she died. Not one day goes by when I don't think about her."
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I truly hope this death doesn't change the goodness inside Claire. She is so kind-hearted. I hope she learns that it is only natural in her line of work and uses that to inspire her to help others.
I must admit that I am disappointed there is no mention of Evan. I supposed his storyline was only for a one-episode arc.
All in all, this was a decent episode. I give "Not Fake" an 8.5/10.
