A page dedicated to the Shaun/Lea Pairing of ABC’s The Good Doctor
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Episode Insights
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Season 5 Recap: 5×18 Sons
As apprehensive as I was about the finale, I am super glad that all my fears were swept aside with these 42 minutes of pure joy and love and heart-warming goodness. What a relief, and—the cliffhanger not withstanding—such a sweet and rewarding ending to a rather turbulent season.
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Season 5 Recap: 5×17 The Lea Show
Hmpf. I’m kinda bummed, because while somewhat enjoyable and entertaining to watch, this episode was just so… uninspired. I was hoping it would make up for what The Shaun Show lacked, and instead it was just more lacking, plus tropes galore, a not very cleverly recycled patient story, and predictable mediocrity. Did I mention tropes?
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Season 5 Recap: 5×16 The Shaun Show
Okay, mixed feelings about this one. I thought it had potential to be major cringe, and thankfully it wasn’t that. On the first viewing, it gave me all the happy feels, but the more I think about it and discuss it with others, the more I feel they could have done so much better with […]
Character Insights
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Shaun Murphy: A Comprehensive Psychological Profile
Shaun Murphy, such a complex and multi-layered character the writers and producers have come up with! I can remember very few characters in television history with the same level of depth in them. And the reason of all that complexity is that there is so much more to Shaun’s personality and attitude than simply his ASD.
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Lea & Shaun’s Relationship
Lea and Shaun started out as neighbours, became friends, and then eventually acted on their mutual attraction and became romantically involved. Here is their story.
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Lea’s Backstory
Not that much is known about Lea’s past, but we’ve gotten a few hints and tidbits over the course of the show that give us a bit of insight.
Moments Easily Missed
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Moments Easily Missed: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Moments Easily Missed highlights those subtle moments that happen between or beyond the dialogue — those moments you can easily miss if you don’t look closely enough. Ain’t no mountain high enough Warning: Contains spoilers for season 5!
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Moments Easily Missed: Jake, Meet Shaun
Moments Easily Missed highlights those subtle moments that happen between or beyond the dialogue — those moments you can easily miss if you don’t look closely enough. Jake, Meet Shaun
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Moments Easily Missed: Socked Feet
Moments Easily Missed highlights those subtle moments that happen between or beyond the dialogue — those moments you can easily miss if you don’t look closely enough. Socked Feet
Patient Case Reviews
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Patient Case Review: Dr. Alex Park
Alex Park was an appendicitis patient in episode 5×14 Potluck.
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Patient Case Review: Dr. Shaun Murphy
Shaun Murphy was a blunt force trauma patient in episode 2×18 Trampoline.
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Patient Case Review: Lea Dilallo
Lea Dilallo was a patient in episode 4×16 Dr. Ted.
Fanworks
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Shaun hits rock bottom fanvid
New year, new fanvid! My latest creative endeavour in the video editing realm is centred around Shaun hitting rock bottom after an incredibly difficult time with all the changes and betrayals thrown at him in season 5. (Naturally, contains spoilers for season 5.)
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I made a thing
I’m not a particularly gifted or experienced video editor, but it was fun dipping my toes into that water again, so here’s my first ever Shea fanvid. Enjoy!
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Fan Fiction Prompt Collection
I’m always looking for new Shaun or Shea-centric fanfics to write, and I’d love to hear more ideas from fans as to what they’d want to see written. Leave me a comment below to tell me all your favourite prompts, and I’ll see what I can do! My previous The Good Doctor stories are posted […]