I love watching television shows and movies. Not because I am a couch potato. My mind won’t allow me to take that occupation. I mainly stream while I work and write. Also, the shows teach me the one thing I hugely lack, sarcasm and recognizing it. A negative trait I share with the main character of the show, Dr. Murphy from The Good Doctor.
When I first watched this show … I didn’t like it. So, it was perfect for pushing on the sideline and having it as noise while I worked on my projects and an online astrophysics catalog. Then, one of the cases in the show caught my eye, and I realized how much I related to the main character (but not to the extreme, thankfully).
I know The Good Doctor has been out for a while and has been renewed for season 7, but it has FINALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.
I was a big fan of House, M.D. Hugh Laurie was the best until the show's end— they lost the character. But that is another show; perhaps, when I re-watch it, I will write/review it later.
Back to The Good Doctor -
Season 1 started slow, but it built on the character. It wasn’t long until I felt empathy and understanding for Dr. Murphy. Like him, I can’t get all the social cues, but unlike the character, it isn’t to the point that I have to keep a schedule or a routine to function - thank god. Schedules and I do not work.
In the show, you see the challenges that Dr. Murphy is given and how he pushes against them or learns. He might not see his growth, yet the audience and his friends do. They help him see the world and how there will be ups and downs. They teach him that he can pass any struggles (with the help of the memories of his dead brother).
Going to his brother who passed away, it is odd once you get to the end of seasons 2 and 3 as the actor noticeably has aged. But that is a small thing; hopefully, it will still be small as I continue to watch the series.
Then there are Murphy’s colleagues. Each has their issues and problems, their own lives, but they too have their own growth or their own failures. Like any other person, they make mistakes and fail. With the help of the others around them, they get out of their funks or problems … only it seems to find more like Dr. Murphy, which keeps the show going.
But it isn’t only the characters that keep the show running. It is the cases and how the doctors interact with the individuals (Murphy is getting better, but not much that even he knows—sometimes). People die, people live, and others can’t be helped the way the doctors want to, but they learn from their patients.
I will keep watching and see if my attention stays.