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 6 Recap: 6×06 Hot and Bothered
The Big 100! The Good Doctor celebrated the 100th episode this week, and that’s an amazing milestone to reach! After all the teasing how special it was gonna be, I’m not sure it lived up to the hype, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Season 6 Recap: 6×05 Growth Opportunities
Happy Halloween! Okay, not anymore, but this episode aired on Halloween, and it shall also be noted that none other than Daniel Dae Kim directed this one. Overall I daresay a pretty solid episode, and definitely lots of character development and interesting aspects to explore. I definitely liked this one.
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Season 6 Recap: 6×04 Shrapnel
I have mixed feelings about this one, although overall I came away with a positive impression after the first viewing. Lots of stuff was covered, new things were learned, and it seems the direction of some important aspects just got a serious course adjustment. There’s certainly many things to ponder, so let’s get to it.
Character Insights
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Shaun’s Life Decisions Shirt
I have touched on this in a previous episode recap, but I wanted to talk about Shaun’s important life decisions button-down and dig into this a little deeper.
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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.
News and Interviews
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When a Good Doctor needs a Good Lawyer…
You may have already read or heard the news, but in case you haven’t, Deadline leaked the big news earlier this week that ABC is currently developing a The Good Doctor spin-off called The Good Lawyer. It’s an interesting prospect, and there are several little tidbits about The Good Doctor season 6 in the article. […]
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The Royal Television Society Interview
In Conversation with The Good Doctor‘s David Shore and Freddie Highmore Caroline Frost from the UK Royal Television Society speaks to The Good Doctor showrunner David Shore and executive producer and star Freddie Highmore via video conference.
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. Audrey Lim (#2)
Audrey Lim was a stabbing victim in episodes 5×18 Sons and 6×01 Afterparty.
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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.
Fanworks
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Shaun & Lea: Everything Good Fanvid
I uploaded this to YouTube back in June but neglected to add it to the blog, so here it is for posterity — my Happy!Shea video to a song by Ashes Remains that just spoke to me how it captures Shaun and Lea’s love for each other. (Contains spoilers for season 5.)
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Mismatched in Matrimony
Have you seen The Shaun Show and The Lea Show from season 5, and wondered what the final cut of Sophie’s reality TV show episode featuring Shaun and Lea would look like?
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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.)