Shaun leaps to an autistic patient's aid, Claire continues to struggle to grasp the loss of her first patient, and Jared finally uncovered some details of his life in this episode of "The Good Doctor."
With Claire still struggling with the loss of her patient, others speculate that she is unfocused. Dr. Glassman is is especially concerned. Said speculation leads to her "suspension" until further notice, as Dr. Glassman demands she has grief counseling and only then will her it be decided if she is ready to return back to work. While I did think that Claire was being a bit babied, I do understand that a first death can be hard for someone in this profession. It goes without saying, though, that this is to be expected in this line of work. In the meantime, Claire continues to take the loss hard and turns to Jared for comfort. This could provide for more of a dynamic between these two and I, for one, was glad to see more than just "the friends with benefits."
Thus far, Jared has continued to have a wall around the heart, especially in the regard of treating his patients . . . until recently, that is. "22 Steps" continued a glimpse into Jared's personality, as he finally decided to more feeling and less stern, likely due to Claire's continued encouragement. Jared connects over his patient named Glen, who has a lot more than just heart failure wrong with him. Glen is truly convinced that he doesn't have a quality of life with his condition. Jared believes that Glen is wrong -- he has much to live for -- and tries his best to convince him of this.
The highlight of "22 Steps" was that we found out that Jared isn't just a good-looking, spoiled jerk. While I don't exactly feel for him, we did learn that his family barely cared for him. He saw them only once a year and that was on Christmas. Once finished with school, his family left him to be on his own. The way this revealed did not feel all too sincere to me, but it is what it is.
In the end, Glen is, unfortunately, not convinced by Jared.
Shaun is confronted with a conflict of his own when he treats an autistic patient. The real challenge comes when the patient's family challenges Shaun's competency. Claire, once again, assists Shaun and proves yet again what an asset she is. While I am enjoying their budding friendship, this is reaching a point of annoyance. I am hoping Shaun will reach a point where Claire isn't tethered to him. I am immensely glad that Shaun has someone looking after him, but isn't the goal for him to become more independent?
The end of the line for Liam's family -- to clarify, the autistic patient -- is when Shaun considers operating. For the first time ever, I admire Dr. Melendez; however, that does not change the fact that I still do not like him. He finally stood up for Shaun and fought for him. It was nice to see. In the end, there was the happy ending: the surgery was a success.
The part that I enjoyed the most was when Shaun reveals to Dr. Melendez that he did not have supportive or caring parents. I truly loved how Shaun opened up about his past to someone. It was a huge leap of faith for him.
In the end, I can understand Claire's struggles with grasping her first patient's death. As doctors, they bare witness to something like this everyday. My only hope is that Claire is able to grasp this sooner rather than later and doesn't consider a change of profession. I truly love Claire's character. She is good-natured, conscientious, and just gorgeous on the inside and out. She has a heart of gold and it has been evidenced many times. Aside from Shaun and Dr. Glassman, she is really the only other character I have taken a strong liking to at this point. There is so much to love about her!
. . . But the other doctors? I am honestly still trying to feel something.
Jared opening up to his patient doesn't exactly warrant an emotional connection from me. It just isn't enough. I still feel like I need more than just this single dimension from him because the father-mother-son storyline kind of feels like been there done that. How many medical shows are going to exhaust this storyline with male leads before we see something more creative?
I treasured the final scene with Dr. Glassman and Shaun. How adorable! I am sure that Shaun bearing witness to an autistic patient with a supportive family (while Shaun had a lack thereof) was tough for him. Shaun's closest thing to family is Dr. Glassman. How special it must be for him to get to watch football with Dr. Glassman! While we don't know where Shaun's parents are in the present, I am sure that it doesn't matter . . . but what if, at some point, it would matter? What would Shaun do should he ever happen upon them? Dr. Glassman is the father that Shaun never had, but is that enough for him? Their relationship truly is something special.
I give "22 Steps" an 8.2/10.
With Claire still struggling with the loss of her patient, others speculate that she is unfocused. Dr. Glassman is is especially concerned. Said speculation leads to her "suspension" until further notice, as Dr. Glassman demands she has grief counseling and only then will her it be decided if she is ready to return back to work. While I did think that Claire was being a bit babied, I do understand that a first death can be hard for someone in this profession. It goes without saying, though, that this is to be expected in this line of work. In the meantime, Claire continues to take the loss hard and turns to Jared for comfort. This could provide for more of a dynamic between these two and I, for one, was glad to see more than just "the friends with benefits."
Thus far, Jared has continued to have a wall around the heart, especially in the regard of treating his patients . . . until recently, that is. "22 Steps" continued a glimpse into Jared's personality, as he finally decided to more feeling and less stern, likely due to Claire's continued encouragement. Jared connects over his patient named Glen, who has a lot more than just heart failure wrong with him. Glen is truly convinced that he doesn't have a quality of life with his condition. Jared believes that Glen is wrong -- he has much to live for -- and tries his best to convince him of this.
The highlight of "22 Steps" was that we found out that Jared isn't just a good-looking, spoiled jerk. While I don't exactly feel for him, we did learn that his family barely cared for him. He saw them only once a year and that was on Christmas. Once finished with school, his family left him to be on his own. The way this revealed did not feel all too sincere to me, but it is what it is.
In the end, Glen is, unfortunately, not convinced by Jared.
Shaun is confronted with a conflict of his own when he treats an autistic patient. The real challenge comes when the patient's family challenges Shaun's competency. Claire, once again, assists Shaun and proves yet again what an asset she is. While I am enjoying their budding friendship, this is reaching a point of annoyance. I am hoping Shaun will reach a point where Claire isn't tethered to him. I am immensely glad that Shaun has someone looking after him, but isn't the goal for him to become more independent?
The end of the line for Liam's family -- to clarify, the autistic patient -- is when Shaun considers operating. For the first time ever, I admire Dr. Melendez; however, that does not change the fact that I still do not like him. He finally stood up for Shaun and fought for him. It was nice to see. In the end, there was the happy ending: the surgery was a success.
The part that I enjoyed the most was when Shaun reveals to Dr. Melendez that he did not have supportive or caring parents. I truly loved how Shaun opened up about his past to someone. It was a huge leap of faith for him.
In the end, I can understand Claire's struggles with grasping her first patient's death. As doctors, they bare witness to something like this everyday. My only hope is that Claire is able to grasp this sooner rather than later and doesn't consider a change of profession. I truly love Claire's character. She is good-natured, conscientious, and just gorgeous on the inside and out. She has a heart of gold and it has been evidenced many times. Aside from Shaun and Dr. Glassman, she is really the only other character I have taken a strong liking to at this point. There is so much to love about her!
. . . But the other doctors? I am honestly still trying to feel something.
Jared opening up to his patient doesn't exactly warrant an emotional connection from me. It just isn't enough. I still feel like I need more than just this single dimension from him because the father-mother-son storyline kind of feels like been there done that. How many medical shows are going to exhaust this storyline with male leads before we see something more creative?
I treasured the final scene with Dr. Glassman and Shaun. How adorable! I am sure that Shaun bearing witness to an autistic patient with a supportive family (while Shaun had a lack thereof) was tough for him. Shaun's closest thing to family is Dr. Glassman. How special it must be for him to get to watch football with Dr. Glassman! While we don't know where Shaun's parents are in the present, I am sure that it doesn't matter . . . but what if, at some point, it would matter? What would Shaun do should he ever happen upon them? Dr. Glassman is the father that Shaun never had, but is that enough for him? Their relationship truly is something special.
I give "22 Steps" an 8.2/10.
