Scripted series · ABC
The Good Doctor
Everyone operates differently.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Freddie Highmore
Dr. Shaun Murphy
126 eps
Fiona Gubelmann
Dr. Morgan Reznick
113 eps
Nicholas Gonzalez
Dr. Neil Melendez
58 eps
Will Yun Lee
Dr. Alex Park
112 eps
Christina Chang
Dr. Audrey Lim
115 eps
Paige Spara
Lea Dilallo
114 eps
Bria Samoné Henderson
Dr. Jordan Allen
66 eps
Noah Galvin
Dr. Asher Wolke
65 eps
Chuku Modu
Dr. Jared Kalu
36 eps
Richard Schiff
Dr. Aaron Glassman
126 eps
Brandon Larracuente
Dr. Daniel Pérez
23 eps
Hill Harper
Dr. Marcus Andrews
116 eps
Beau Garrett
Jessica Preston
19 eps
Tamlyn Tomita
Allegra Aoki
30 eps
Jasika Nicole
Dr. Carly Lever
26 eps
Osvaldo Benavides
Mateo Rendón Osma
20 eps
Antonia Thomas
Dr. Claire Browne
80 eps
Graham Verchere
Shaun Murphy
8 eps
Lisa Edelstein
Marina Blaize
6 eps
Daniel Dae Kim
Jackson Han
4 eps
Chris D'Elia
Kenny
4 eps
Sunita Prasad
Surgical Nurse
3 eps
Necar Zadegan
Jordan Ko
3 eps
John Patrick Amedori
Dash Snyder
3 eps
Brittney Wilson
Julie Fletch
3 eps
Karin Konoval
Deena Petringa
13 eps
Ricky He
Kellan Park
6 eps
Jennifer Birmingham Lee
Mia Wuellner
5 eps
Bethany Brown
Rochelle St. Marry
8 eps
Rebecca Wass
Nurse
3 eps
Dylan Kingwell
Steve Murphy
7 eps
Juliana Wimbles
EMT
13 eps
Brian Marc
Enrique Guerin
9 eps
Alvina August
Alana Paikin
4 eps
Marsha Thomason
Isabel Barnes
3 eps
Teryl Rothery
Jen Lancaster
24 eps
Kelly-Ruth Mercier
Donna Malkin
3 eps
Joanne Wilkinson
Anesthesiologist
4 eps
Doron Bell
EMT
6 eps
Carly Bentall
Carly
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Good Doctor actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Good Doctor reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
The run
Seasons
7 seasons · 126 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201718 episodes
7.7IMDbBest episode · S01E18 More
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201818 episodes
7.9IMDbDr. Shaun Murphy’s world has begun to expand as he continues to work harder than he ever has before, navigating his new environment and relationships to prove to his colleagues at the prestigious St. Bonaventure Hospital’s surgical unit that his extraordinary medical gifts will save lives.
Best episode · S02E14 Faces
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201920 episodes
8.1IMDbDr. Shaun Murphy continues to use his extraordinary medical gifts at St. Bonaventure Hospital’s surgical unit. As his friendships deepen, Shaun tackles the world of dating for the first time and continues to work harder than he ever has before.
Best episode · S03E20 I Love You (2)
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
202020 episodes
8.0IMDbDr. Shaun Murphy continues to use his extraordinary medical gifts at St. Bonaventure Hospital’s surgical unit. As his romantic relationship with Lea deepens, he will also face new responsibilities as a fourth-year resident when he is put in charge of supervising a new set of residents that will test him in ways he cannot predict. Meanwhile, the team must deal with the uncertainty and pressure that the COVID-19 pandemic brings now that it has hit their hospital.
Best episode · S04E20 Vamos (2)
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
202118 episodes
8.5IMDbBest episode · S05E07 Expired
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
202222 episodes
8.7IMDbBest episode · S06E22 Love's Labor
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
202410 episodes
8.4IMDbShaun and Lea get off to a bumpy start as new parents, while at work Shaun tries to navigate a problematic with one of the new residents he has to supervise: another doctor with Autism Spectrum DIsorder who idolizes him but also seems to "push all his buttons" by their very nature. Life hasn't run out of curveballs for Dr. Glassman, either, and it seems determined to force him to relive one of the hardest lessons he's yet refused to learn. Not all is bleak, though, as Drs. Park and Reznick take stock of their relationship and a chance reunion between Drs. Kalu and former team member Dr. Claire Brown soon has them entangled again as though no time had passed.
Best episode · S07E10 Goodbye
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S07E10
Goodbye
As the doctors consider their futures, they work together to solve one of the most important cases of their careers.
- Directed by David Shore
- Written by Jessica Grasl, David Shore
S06E22
Love's Labor
Shaun and Lea are heading to the delivery room and everyone from the hospital is also there, except for one very important person. Meanwhile, a tragic accident involving Drs. Perez and Kalu pulls everyone away, including Dr. Murphy.
S06E16
The Good Lawyer
Dr. Shaun Murphy seeks legal representation to help him win a case and puts his faith in a promising, young lawyer who has obsessive compulsive disorder.
S05E07
Expired
Shaun and Lea happen upon a terrible car accident and discover a young pregnant mother who has been badly injured and needs immediate medical attention. Dr. Glassman is apprehensive when a figure from his past reaches out for help.
- Directed by Mike Listo
- Written by Mark Rozeman, Jim Adler
S06E17
Second Chances and Past Regrets
Dr. Shaun Murphy must learn how to work with Dr. Jared Kalu again and remind him that he must start all over at St. Bonaventure. Meanwhile, Dr. Murphy treats a teenager suffering from neurological problems with a very high-risk procedure.
- Directed by Mina Shum
- Written by Tracy Taylor, Jeff Qiu
S06E08
Sorry, Not Sorry
Drs. Shaun Murphy, Asher Wolke and Aaron Glassman meet a patient with an infected surgical sponge that was left in their abdomen. Meanwhile, Dr. Morgan Reznik must face her own past when she treats the victim of a sexual assault.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S07E10
Goodbye
- Directed by David Shore
- Written by Jessica Grasl, David Shore
S07E09
Unconditional
- Directed by Mike Listo
- Written by Adam Scott Weissman, Thomas L. Moran
S07E06
M.C.E.
- Directed by Mike Listo
- Written by Tristan Thai, David Renaud
S07E05
Who at Peace
- Directed by Dinh Thai
- Written by Adam Scott Weissman, Peter Blake
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
David Shore
Showrunner
Daniel Dae Kim
Executive producer
Freddie Highmore
Executive producer
David Hoselton
Executive producer
Mike Listo
Executive producer
Sebastian Lee
Executive producer
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David Kim
Executive producer
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Liz Friedman
Executive producer
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Erin Gunn
Executive producer
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Melaina Wright
Writer
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Karen Struck
Writer
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Jessica Grasl
Writer
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Tristan Thai
Writer
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Nathalie Simone Touboul
Writer
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Brian Shin
Writer
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Patricia Carr
Writer
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Sam Chanse
Writer
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Sal Calleros
Writer
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Doris Egan
Writer
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Debbie Ezer
Writer
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William L. Rotko
Writer
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Adam Scott Weissman
Writer
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Lloyd Gilyard, Jr.
Writer
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Thomas L. Moran
Writer
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April Fitzsimmons
Writer
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Johanna Lee
Writer
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Peter Blake
Writer
Simran Baidwan
Writer
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Tracy Taylor
Writer
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Peter Noah
Writer
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Jeff Qiu
Writer
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Mark Rozeman
Writer
David Renaud
Writer
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Garrett Lerner
Writer
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Jim Adler
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Daniel Dae KimExecutive Producer
- Freddie HighmoreExecutive Producer
- David HoseltonExecutive Producer
- David ShoreExecutive Producer
- Mike ListoExecutive Producer
- Sebastian LeeExecutive Producer
Writing
- Melaina WrightWriter
- Karen StruckWriter
- Jessica GraslWriter
- Tristan ThaiWriter
- Nathalie Simone TouboulWriter
- Brian ShinWriter
Direction
- Tim SouthamDirector
- Michael Patrick JannDirector
- Steven PaulDirector
- Felipe RodriguezDirector
- Stephen DePaulDirector
- Dawn WilkinsonDirector
Cinematography
- Christopher FaloonaDirector of Photography
- John S. BartleyDirector of Photography
- Eric SteelbergDirector of Photography
Music
- Dan RomerOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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