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Far side of the Moon, photographed by Apollo 16
The far side of the Moon, sometimes figuratively known as the dark side of the Moon, is the hemisphere of the Moon that always faces away from Earth. The far side's terrain is rugged, with a multitude of impact craters and relatively few flat lunar maria. It has one of the largest craters in the Solar System, the South Pole–Aitken basin. Although both sides of the Moon experience two weeks of sunlight followed by two weeks of night, the far side is sometimes called the "dark side of the Moon," with "dark" meaning "unseen" rather than lack of light.[1][2][3][4]
About 18% of the far side is occasionally visible from Earth due to libration. The remaining 82% remained unobserved until 1959, when the Soviet Union's Luna 3 space probe photographed it. The Soviet Academy of Sciences published the first atlas of the far side in 1960. In 1968, the Apollo 8 mission's astronauts were the first humans to view this region directly when they orbited the Moon. To date, no human being has ever stood on the surface of the far side of the Moon.
Astronomers have suggested installing a large radio telescope on the far side, where the Moon would shield it from possible radio interference from Earth.[5]
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1 Definition
2 Differences
3 Exploration
4 Potential
5 Alleged UFO sightings and conspiracies
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Definition[edit]
Tidal forces from Earth have slowed down the Moon's rotation to the point where the same side is always facing the Earth--a phenomenon called tidal locking. The other face, most of which is never visible from the Earth, is therefore called the "far side of the Moon". Over time some parts of the far side can be seen due to libration.[6] In total 59 percent of the Moon's surface is visible from Earth at one time or another. Useful observation of the parts of the far side of the Moon occasionally visible from Earth is difficult because of the low viewing angle from Earth (they cannot be observed "full on").
The idiomatic phrase "dark side of the Moon" does not refer to "dark" as in the absence of light, but rather "dark" as in unknown: until humans were able to send spacecraft around the Moon, this area had never been seen.[1][2][3][4] While many misconstrue this to think that the "dark side" receives little to no sunlight, in reality, both the near and far sides receive (on average) almost equal amounts of light directly from the Sun. However, the near side also receives sunlight reflected from the Earth, known as earthshine. Earthshine does not reach the area of the far side which cannot be seen from Earth. Only during a full Moon (as viewed from Earth) is the whole far side of the Moon dark. The word "dark" has expanded to also refer to the fact that communication with spacecraft can be blocked while on the far side of the Moon, during Apollo space missions for example.[7]
Differences[edit]
See also: Lunar mare
Detailed view by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
The Moon transits across the Earth as seen by the DSCOVR satellite, with its far side entirely visible
The two hemispheres have distinctly different appearances, with the near side covered in multiple, large maria (Latin for 'seas,' since the earliest astronomers incorrectly thought that these plains were seas of lunar water). The far side has a battered, densely cratered appearance with few maria. Only 1% of the surface of the far side is covered by maria,[8][9] compared to 31.2% on the near side. One commonly accepted explanation for this difference is related to a higher concentration of heat-producing elements on the near-side hemisphere, as has been demonstrated by geochemical maps obtained from the Lunar Prospector gamma-ray spectrometer. While other factors such as surface elevation and crustal thickness could also affect where basalts erupt, these do not explain why the farside South Pole–Aitken basin (which contains the lowest elevations of the Moon and possesses a thin crust) was not as volcanically active as Oceanus Procellarum on the near side.
It has also been proposed that the differences between the two hemispheres may have been caused by a collision with a smaller companion moon that also originated from the Theia collision.[10] In this model the impact led to an accretionary pile rather than a crater, contributing a hemispheric layer of extent and thickness that may be consistent with the dimensions of the farside highlands.
The far side has more visible craters. This was thought to be a result of the effects of lunar lava flows, which cover and obscure craters, rather than a shielding effect from the Earth. NASA calculates that the Earth obscures only about 4 square degrees out of 41,000 square degrees of the sky as seen from the Moon. "This makes the Earth negligible as a shield for the Moon. . . . It is likely that each side of the Moon has received equal numbers of impacts, but the resurfacing by lava results in fewer craters visible on the near side than the far side, even though the [sic] both sides have received the same number of impacts."[11]
Newer research suggests that the reason the side of the Moon facing Earth has fewer impact craters is heat from Earth at the time when the Moon was formed. The lunar crust consists primarily of plagioclases formed when aluminium and calcium condensed and combined with silicates in the mantle. The cooler far side experienced condensation of these elements sooner and so formed a thicker crust; meteoroid impacts on the near side would sometimes penetrate the thinner crust here and release basaltic lava that created the maria, but would rarely do so on the far side.[12]
Exploration[edit]
The first image returned by Luna 3 showed the far side of the Moon
Until the late 1950s, little was known about the far side of the Moon. Librations of the Moon periodically allowed limited glimpses of features near the lunar limb on the far side. These features, however, were seen from a low angle, hindering useful observation. (It proved difficult to distinguish a crater from a mountain range.) The remaining 82% of the surface on the far side remained unknown, and its properties were subject to much speculation.
An example of a far side feature that can be seen through libration is the Mare Orientale, which is a prominent impact basin spanning almost 1,000 kilometres (600 mi), yet this was not even named as a feature until 1906, by Julius Franz in Der Mond. The true nature of the basin was discovered in the 1960s when rectified images were projected onto a globe. The basin was photographed in fine detail by Lunar Orbiter 4 in 1967.
Before space exploration began, astronomers did not expect that the far side would be different from the side visible to Earth.[9] On October 7, 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 took the first photographs of the lunar far side, eighteen of them resolvable,[13][9] covering one-third of the surface invisible from the Earth.[14] The images were analysed, and the first atlas of the far side of the Moon was published by the USSR Academy of Sciences on November 6, 1960.[15][16] It included a catalog of 500 distinguished features of the landscape.[17] A year later the first globe (1:13 600 000 scale [18]) containing lunar features invisible from the Earth was released in the USSR, based on images from Luna 3.[19] On July 20, 1965 another Soviet probe, Zond 3, transmitted 25 pictures of very good quality of the lunar far side,[20] with much better resolution than those from Luna 3. In particular, they revealed chains of craters, hundreds of kilometers in length,[14] but, unexpectedly, no mare plains like those visible from Earth with the naked eye.[9] In 1967 the second part of the "Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon" was published in Moscow,[21][22] based on data from Zond 3, with the catalog now including 4,000 newly discovered features of the lunar far side landscape.[14] In the same year the first "Complete Map of the Moon" (1:5 000 000 scale[18]) and updated complete globe (1:10 000 000 scale), featuring 95 percent of the lunar surface,[18] were released in the Soviet Union.[23][24]
As many prominent landscape features of the far side were discovered by Soviet space probes, Soviet scientists selected names for them. This caused some controversy, and the International Astronomical Union, leaving many of those names intact, later assumed the role of naming lunar features on this hemisphere.
On April 26, 1962, NASA's Ranger 4 space probe became the first spacecraft to impact the far side of the Moon, although it failed to return any scientific data before impact.[25]
The first truly comprehensive and detailed mapping survey of the far side was undertaken by the American unmanned Lunar Orbiter program launched by NASA from 1966 to 1967. Most of the coverage of the far side was provided by the final probe in the series, Lunar Orbiter 5.
The far side was first seen directly by human eyes during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968. Astronaut William Anders described the view:
The backside looks like a sand pile my kids have played in for some time. It's all beat up, no definition, just a lot of bumps and holes.
It has been seen by all crew members of the Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 through Apollo 17 missions since that time, and photographed by multiple lunar probes. Spacecraft passing behind the Moon were out of direct radio communication with the Earth, and had to wait until the orbit allowed transmission. During the Apollo missions, the main engine of the Service Module was fired when the vessel was behind the Moon, producing some tense moments in Mission Control before the craft reappeared.
Geologist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt, who became the last to step onto the Moon, had aggressively lobbied for his landing site to be on the far side of the Moon, targeting the lava-filled crater Tsiolkovskiy. Schmitt's ambitious proposal included a special communications satellite based on the existing TIROS satellites to be launched into a Farquhar–Lissajous halo orbit around the L2 point so as to maintain line-of-sight contact with the astronauts during their powered descent and lunar surface operations. NASA administrators rejected these plans on the grounds of added risk and lack of funding.
The China National Space Administration plans for its Chang'e 4 mission to achieve the first landing on the lunar far side in late 2018.[26][27] The lander will be equipped with a low frequency radio spectrograph and geological research tools.[28]
Potential[edit]
Some of the features of the geography are labeled in this image.
Because the far side of the Moon is shielded from radio transmissions from the Earth, it is considered a good location for placing radio telescopes for use by astronomers. Small, bowl-shaped craters provide a natural formation for a stationary telescope similar to Arecibo in Puerto Rico. For much larger-scale telescopes, the 100-kilometer (62 mi) diameter crater Daedalus is situated near the center of the far side, and the 3 km (2 mi)-high rim would help to block stray communications from orbiting satellites. Another potential candidate for a radio telescope is the Saha crater.[29]
Before deploying radio telescopes to the far side, several problems must be overcome. The fine lunar dust can contaminate equipment, vehicles, and space suits. The conducting materials used for the radio dishes must also be carefully shielded against the effects of solar flares. Finally the area around the telescopes must be protected against contamination by other radio sources.
The L2 Lagrange point of the Earth–Moon system is located about 62,800 km (39,000 mi) above the far side, which has also been proposed as a location for a future radio telescope which would perform a Lissajous orbit about the Lagrangian point.
One of the NASA missions to the Moon under study would send a sample-return lander to the South Pole–Aitken basin, the location of a major impact event that created a formation nearly 2,400 kilometers (1,491 mi) across. The force of this impact has created a deep penetration into the lunar surface, and a sample returned from this site could be analyzed for information concerning the interior of the Moon.[30]
Because the near side is partly shielded from the solar wind by the Earth, the far side maria are expected to have the highest concentration of helium-3 on the surface of the Moon.[31] This isotope is relatively rare on the Earth, but has good potential for use as a fuel in fusion reactors. Proponents of lunar settlement have cited the presence of this material as a reason for developing a Moon base.[32]
Alleged UFO sightings and conspiracies[edit]
Some conspiracy theorists, notably Milton William Cooper, have alleged that some Apollo astronauts had seen UFOs on the far side of the Moon but were told to keep quiet about them.[33][34] Some have allegedly reported seeing an alien base (code named "Luna") and even encountered aliens who told them to stay off the Moon. Some photographs circulated on the Internet purport to show a large "castle" on the Moon. NASA states that these claims are hoaxes.[35]
The late Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara stated that several unspecified officials ("Chiefs") within The Pentagon were opposed to a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union, on the premise that the Soviets would continue nuclear weapons testing on the far side of the Moon, far from the observations of American observers. McNamara considered this premise "...absurd" and that “…[they were] out of [their] minds”, but he believed that it was an example of the state of mind of some Pentagon officials during the Cold War.[36] Ironically, it was later revealed that the Pentagon had their own plan to detonate a nuclear weapon on the Moon as part of the experiment Project A119. The project was created not only to help in answering some of the mysteries in planetary astronomy and astrogeology, but also as a show of force intended to boost domestic confidence in the astro-capabilities of the United States, a boost that was thought to be needed after the Soviet Union took an early lead in the Space Race and who were thought by some to be working on a similar project.[37]
See also[edit]
Moon portal
Geology of the Moon
Giant impact hypothesis
Lunar south pole
Near side of the Moon
Patsaev (crater)
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Northwest Africa 482, only meteorite believed to have originated from the far side of the Moon
Moon articles in Planetary Science Research Discoveries
Merrifield, Michael. "Far Side of the Moon". Sixty Symbols. Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
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The Good Doctor (TV series)
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For the 2013 South Korean TV series on which this series is based, see Good Doctor (TV series).
The Good Doctor
Genre
Medical
Drama
Based on
Good Doctor
by Park Jae-bum
Developed by
David Shore
Starring
Freddie Highmore
Nicholas Gonzalez
Antonia Thomas
Chuku Modu
Beau Garrett
Hill Harper
Richard Schiff
Tamlyn Tomita
Composer(s)
Dan Romer
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
15 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
David Shore
Seth Gordon
Daniel Dae Kim
Erin Gunn
David Kim
Sebastian Lee
Mike Listo
Thomas L. Moran
Lindsay Goffman
Producer(s)
Ron French
Freddie Highmore
Konshik Yu
Min Soo Kee
Shawn Williamson
Location(s)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Camera setup
Single-camera
Running time
41–43 minutes
Production company(s)
Shore Z Productions
3AD
EnterMedia
Sony Pictures Television
ABC Studios
Distributor
Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network
ABC
Picture format
720p (HDTV)
Audio format
5.1 surround sound
Original release
September 25, 2017 (2017-09-25) – present (present)
Chronology
Related shows
Good Doctor
External links
Official website
The Good Doctor is an American medical-drama television series based on the 2013 award-winning South Korean series of the same name. Daniel Dae Kim, the actor, first noticed the series and bought the rights for his production company. He began adapting the series and eventually shopped it to CBS, his home network in 2015. CBS decided against creating a pilot. Because Kim felt so strongly about the series, he bought back the rights from CBS. Eventually, Sony Pictures Television and Kim worked out a deal and brought on David Shore, creator of the Fox hit medical drama, House, to develop the series.[1]
The show is produced by Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios, in association with production companies Shore Z Productions, 3AD, and Entermedia. David Shore serves as showrunner and Daniel Dae Kim is an executive producer for the show.
The series stars Freddie Highmore as Shaun Murphy, a young savant autistic surgical resident at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. Antonia Thomas, Nicholas Gonzalez, Beau Garrett, Hill Harper, Richard Schiff, and Tamlyn Tomita also star in the show. The series received a put pilot commitment at ABC after a previous attempted series did not move forward at CBS Television Studios in 2015; The Good Doctor was ordered to series in May 2017. On October 3, 2017, ABC picked up the series for a full season of 18 episodes. The series is primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Good Doctor began airing on ABC on September 25, 2017. It has received mixed to positive reviews from critics, with particular praise given to Highmore's performance, and strong television ratings.
Contents
[hide]
1 Premise
2 Cast and characters
2.1 Main
2.2 Recurring
2.3 Notable guests
3 Episodes
4 Production
4.1 Development
4.2 Casting
4.3 Filming
4.4 Music
5 Release
5.1 Broadcast
5.2 Marketing
6 Reception
6.1 Ratings
6.2 Critical response
6.3 Accolades
7 References
8 External links
Premise[edit]
The series follows Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome from the mid-size city of Casper, Wyoming, where he had a troubled childhood. He relocates to San Jose, California, to work at the prestigious San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital.[2]
Cast and characters[edit]
Main[edit]
Freddie Highmore as Shaun Murphy: A surgical resident with autism and savant syndrome.[3] His savant abilities include near-photographic recall and the ability to note minute details and changes. He is portrayed in flashbacks to his teen years by Graham Verchere.[4]
Nicholas Gonzalez as Neil Melendez: Attending Cardiothoracic surgeon in charge of surgical residents.[3] He was also engaged to Jessica Preston, until season 1 episode 12.
Antonia Thomas as Claire Browne: A surgical resident who forms a special connection with Shaun.[5]
Chuku Modu as Jared Kalu: A surgical resident from a wealthy family.[6]
Beau Garrett as Jessica Preston: The hospital in-house attorney and Vice President of Risk Management. She is the granddaughter of the hospital founder and a friend of Dr. Glassman.[7]
Irene Keng as Elle McLean: A resident (appeared only in the pilot)[8][9]
Hill Harper as Marcus Andrews: Chief of surgery and board member.[8]
Richard Schiff as Aaron Glassman: President of the San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, who has been a mentor and good friend of Shaun since he was 14.[10][11]
Tamlyn Tomita as Allegra Aoki: Chairman and Vice President of the foundation that controls the hospital.[12]
Recurring[edit]
Dylan Kingwell as Steve Murphy: Shaun's younger brother (in flashbacks).[4] He also portrays Evan Gallico, a boy in the present that resembles Shaun's brother and is suffering from stage 4 Osteosarcoma.
Paige Spara as Lea: Shaun's love interest/ former neighbor.
Eric Winter as Matt Coyle: A suave doctor who charms the hospital's staff, until he makes explicit advances towards one of them.[13]
Christina Chang as Dr. Audrey Lim
Marsha Thomason as Dr. Isabel Barnes:[14] Marcus' wife.[15]
Fiona Gubelmann as Morgan Reznick: A new resident who joins the cast for five episodes with the possibility of becoming a regular in Season 2.[16] As a resident, Morgan will turn out to be a rival for Shaun. She debuted in "She".[17]
Will Yun Lee as Adam Park: An ex-cop who decided to become a doctor in a multi-episode arc beginning in February[18]
Notable guests[edit]
Jasika Nicole as Carly[19]
Eve Gordon as Nurse Fryday[19]
Chris D'Elia as Kenny, Shaun's new neighbor, who moves into Lea's apartment.
Graham Patrick Martin as Blake[20]
Episodes[edit]
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)
1
"Burnt Food" Seth Gordon David Shore September 25, 2017 (2017-09-25) 11.22[21]
On the way to begin his surgical residency at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, Dr. Shaun Murphy witnesses an airport sign fall and shatter glass onto a young boy. Another doctor is first on the scene and begins applying pressure to the child's neck. Shaun tells him that he's pressing on the wrong part of the neck for a child. With his unique ability to visualize the internal body and using improvised methods and tools, Shaun is able to stabilize the boy. On the way to the hospital, Shaun notices that the boy's vitals have changed. Hospital staff are alerted to the arrival of the boy. Shaun tries to tell the doctors about the boy's vitals, stating that he needs an echo-cardiogram. The doctors disagree and begin surgery. While operating, something goes wrong and Claire Browne, a surgical resident, recalls Shaun mentioning an echo. Thanks to Shaun's diagnosis, the boy's life is saved. Meanwhile, in a hospital board meeting, Dr. Aaron Glassman, president of the hospital, tries to convince the board to hire Shaun, despite his autism. Flashbacks give us a picture of Shaun's childhood and his motivation for becoming a doctor.
2
"Mount Rushmore" Mike Listo David Shore October 2, 2017 (2017-10-02) 10.93[22]
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Dr. Melendez is doing rounds with Dr. Browne and Dr. Kalu. Melendez calls out Shaun for arriving late on his first full day. A middle aged woman is brought into the ER with abdominal pain. Shaun immediately diagnoses a malignant tumor. Melendez assigns Browne as his number two for the surgery while giving Shaun "scut work" - all the work that residents hate doing. On the operating table, the doctors find the tumor is much bigger than expected and has encased all of her arteries. Looking at biopsy results, the residents find out that she is suffering from leiomyosarcoma, making surgery seemingly impossible. Shaun's ability to visualize the internal organs allows him to figure out that removing one of her kidneys would allow a better look, enough to view and possibly remove the mass. To Browne's dismay, Kalu suggests Shaun's idea to Melendez, getting the credit for the idea. Meanwhile, Shaun's attention to detail in his scut work gets him into trouble. Instead of releasing patients ready for discharge, Shaun rechecks them and orders additional tests. Upon learning this, Melendez assigns Nurse Freydey as Shaun's "boss" for the day. Later, after rechecking a discharged young girl's test results, Shaun races to her home. The parents are annoyed that he's bothering them after midnight and at first refuse to let him in. Shaun insists he will not leave before seeing their daughter. His diagnosis is correct and they must rush her to the hospital for surgery to save her life.
3
"Oliver" John Dahl William Rotko October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09) 10.69[23]
Shaun and Claire fly to San Francisco Municipal Hospital to get a liver for a transplant patient. They can't fly back due to fog and are forced to use a police escort. Several problems arise. First, the liver's temperature rises to near the allowed maximum, forcing them to stop at a local store to cool it by submerging it in slushie. As they proceed with their journey, Shaun discovers that the liver has a clot. With only two hours of viability left, the duo decides to perform an operation en route in order to remove the clot and flush the left lobe, protecting it from the ice bath. Back at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, Chuck, the recipient of the liver, is discovered to have alcohol in his system, a development that could move him to the bottom of the list. Chuck later confesses that he actually took a drink at his daughter's graduation. In order to protect its reputation and its future patients, the hospital decides to deny Chuck the liver. To their dismay, Shaun and Claire arrive back, only to find out that the liver has to be taken to another patient at another hospital.
4
"Pipes" Steven DePaul Thomas L. Moran October 16, 2017 (2017-10-16) 10.60[24]
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Barb Allen, 22 weeks pregnant, and her husband, Mark, come to St. Bonaventure hoping that doctors can save her baby. A large non-cancerous tumor is growing so close to the fetus that for the baby to survive it must be removed. After an ultrasound, she hears from Dr. Melendez the same thing she’s heard from two other second opinions. The safest thing to do is terminate the pregnancy. Due to a medical condition that leaves her susceptible to clots, she risks having a heart attack during surgery. Barb says she’ll do anything to save the baby. Shaun interrupts offering a way to control the clotting factor pre-operatively. His suggestion is considered and surgery is scheduled. However, Melendez is angry that Shaun contradicted him in front of a patient. Complications arise when the husband changes his mind about the surgery. After a meeting with legal staff and the board, the surgery is rescheduled. However, during the procedure Barb suffers a heart attack, causing the surgery to be aborted. In recovery, Melendez explains that the baby is fine. She insists on trying the operation again. Ultimately Jared suggests stopping her heart and putting her on life support reducing the risk of a second heart attack. Surgery is successful for both mother and baby. Meanwhile, Dr. Melendez assigns Shaun and Claire case, as a punishment, to lance a boil for a patient of Dr. Andrews. 18 year old Olivia is experiencing severe pain in her genital area. After an examination, the “boil” turns out to be an abscess needing drainage. Olivia admits to being tested every month for STD's since she does pornography for a living. During the routine procedure to drain the abscess, they discover fibroid tumor wrapped around the nerve in the genital area. Surgery will mean losing feeling in her genitalia. As Dr. Andrews and Claire discuss the surgery with Olivia, Shaun rushes in with an alternative method to reconnect the vessels in a way that would leave her with no feeling in her thigh instead of her genital area. She agrees to it and the operation is successful.
5
"Point Three Percent" Larry Teng David Hoselton October 23, 2017 (2017-10-23) 10.39[25]
Shaun notices a young boy with an indubitable resemblance to his deceased brother Steve, forming a bond with him. The boy's name is actually Evan and was brought to the hospital by his parents for reportedly breaking an arm; unbeknownst to Evan, he is in fact suffering from stage 4 Osteosarcoma. Shaun later suspects that he might have been misdiagnosed with cancer but indeed was suffering from Langerhans cell histiocytosis. In order not to give both Evan and his parents false hopes, Shaun decides to lie, attempting to perform a bone marrow aspiration, but he is caught red-handed by the parents. Subsequently, Evan starts coughing out blood, sending him to the OR. While on the operating table, Dr. Neil Menendez and Dr. Claire Browne discover that the cancer had metastasized, undoubtable proof that he is indeed suffering with terminal cancer. The other doctors are trying to find a prognosis of a 66-year old man, brought to the hospital by his estranged son, with an allergy causing him to have convulsions. Dr. Browne later finds out that the man is suffering from Echinococcus, a cyst form of tapeworms. Saddened by Evan's fate, which Evan has in fact known about the whole time, Shaun reads Evan the final few pages of To Kill a Mockingbird, a book of Steve's that he never finished reading before he died.
6
"Not Fake" Michael Patrick Jann Simran Baidwan October 30, 2017 (2017-10-30) 10.60[26]
Shaun and the rest of the residents are working the graveyard shift when numerous casualties from a wedding bus crash come in. Among the victims are a woman with severe, visible burns, on whom Dr. Kalu tries an experimental procedure, and a young man with a damaged leg who can either have it amputated, or have an artificial bone inserted. The relative newness of the latter procedure causes a conflict between the man's parents and his soon-to-be bride.
7
"22 Steps" David Straiton Johanna Lee November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13) 10.14[27]
Shaun encounters Liam, an autistic patient brought in to the hospital. Having to face prejudice from the young man's parents, Dr. Melendez defends him for the first time and acknowledges his exceptional abilities. On Dr. Glassman's directive, Claire continues her therapy sessions in order to curb her guilt over the death of a patient she inadvertently caused in the previous episode. On the other hand, Dr. Kalu gets a 73-year-old man with severe chest pains thus needing urgent medical attention and a pacemaker but his desire is to die; in order to give him hope on life, Dr. Kalu does everything he can to have him accept treatment, to no avail in which the latter finally lets him sign the DNR.
8
"Apple" Nestor Carbonell David Renaud November 20, 2017 (2017-11-20) 9.97[28]
While shopping at a grocery mart for apples, a robbery takes place. With Shaun's communication limitations, he puts the lives of two customers on a first date at risk, leading to a young woman getting shot. Shaun's neighbor Lea hugs him after he admits that he made a mistake with someone getting hurt. During surgery, Dr. Lim questions Claire's ability to not let her emotions get the better of her because of a racist patient. This leads to an argument between the two with Dr. Lim ordering Claire to leave the operating room. Claire puts her emotions in check to save the life of the racist patient much to the satisfaction and delight of Dr. Lim.
9
"Intangibles" Bronwen Hughes Karen Struck November 27, 2017 (2017-11-27) 9.25[29]
The team takes on the case of a young boy from the Congo who has severe congenital heart anomalies; Murphy's latest encounter with his neighbor Lea has him confused. He takes flirting lessons from Dr. Browne and notes and charts what he sees in regards to the "flirting trifecta". Meanwhile, Dr. Browne along with a lab tech search for a misplaced tissue sample from a woman with possible throat cancer.
10
"Sacrifice" Michael Patrick Jann Lloyd Gilyard Jr. December 4, 2017 (2017-12-04) 9.03[30]
Shaun has reluctantly agreed to Dr. Glassman's repeated suggestions to meet with a therapist, but ultimately changes his mind after a new patient, Bobby Otto, convinces Shaun to stop letting people tell him what to do. At the end of the episode, a confrontation with Glassman in the hospital lobby leads to Shaun having a meltdown, causing him to strike Glassman in the face and run out of the hospital. Meanwhile, Claire runs into an uncomfortable situation with Dr. Matt Coyle, who makes unwanted sexual advances toward her during a patient consultation. Jared finds out and physically threatens him. As a result, Jared is fired. In later developments, after a tense dinner with Jessica, her father and Dr. Melendez, we learn that she doesn't want to have children.
11
"Islands Part One" Bill D'Elia Thomas L. Moran & William Rotko January 8, 2018 (2018-01-08) 8.30[31]
Shaun and Lea embark on an impromptu road trip. Shaun drives, drinks Tequila, sings karaoke, all for the first time, and experiences his first kiss with Lea. He is devastated when Lea reveals that she plans to move to Hershey, Pennsylvania to work in her family's auto body shop. Melendez and Andrews operate on conjoined twins, one of which needs a kidney. Complications develop and the operation to separate them, planned for six months after the kidney surgery, must be done immediately. The operation goes well until it's discovered the twins have not awakened from the surgery. In an effort to get his job back, Jared apologizes to Coyle, who rejects the apology. Claire vows to ruin Coyle by finding all the other women he has harassed. Andrews calls Kalu the next day with the news that Coyle came forward, but while he's willing to give him a recommendation for other hospitals, he cannot overlook the physical assault, and will not reinstate him at St. Bonaventure. We also learn that Dr. Melendez decides it's more important to be with Jessica and that he can be a "father" in other ways.
12
"Islands Part Two" Cherie Nowlan Thomas L. Moran & William Rotko January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15) 9.33[32]
Shaun returns to the hospital after his trip and gives Dr. Glassman his two weeks’ notice, intending on moving to Hershey to be with Lea. Glassman and Dr. Melendez give Murphy a recommendation, but Glassman promises to back off if Shaun stays. After a talk with Claire in which she says she will miss Shaun, he decides to stay and returns the letter to Glassman. Meanwhile, the twins suffer complications from their surgery; Katie is not getting enough blood flow to the brain, while Jenny’s heart is failing. Despite the doctors’ best efforts to save both twins, Jenny dies on the operating table. Jessica looks into previous misconduct at the hospital in which white doctors were only warned instead of fired, leading to allegations of racism by Kalu’s lawyer. Kalu gets his job back and is seen getting suited up for a shift at the hospital, but Dr. Andrews didn’t want him back as he felt using the racism card was setting them back. Finally, Jessica tells Melendez that she wants to break up because she feels like she is standing in his way of being a father.
13
"Seven Reasons" Mike Listo David Shore & David Hoselton January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22) 9.61[33]
While treating a Muslim patient, Shaun senses she is lying, based on his seven reasons why people lie, and makes controversial claims. Melendez punctures the bronchus of the patient during surgery and is put under investigation after Shaun questions if his personal life is affecting his work. Jared comes to a conclusion that might explain the punctured bronchus and exonerate Melendez, while Shaun maintains his belief. In the end, Shaun's suspicion that the patient was exposed to explosive chemicals was confirmed, but for a different reason. While Claire assists in a surgery on a stroke patient, who had an aneurysm, with Dr. Lim, she learns that Coyle got a new job and a raise. They inform the patient's wife that he needs surgery or he will die. The wife refuses and Claire discovers that it is because the wife was abused and does not want her husband to survive. Claire forces her to agree to the surgery and convinces her to leave her husband. Claire meets with Kristen, another former co-worker and victim of Coyle. Finally, Shaun asks Glassman to be friends, but Glassman decides to give him his own space and not be friends, which upsets Shaun. Shaun meets his new neighbor.
14
"She" Seth Gordon Simran Baidwan February 5, 2018 (2018-02-05) 9.63[34]
The four residents including the new Dr. Morgan Reznick are paired off in a competition with Reznick and Browne being paired with Melendez while Murphy and Kalu are paired up with Lim. It determines their futures at the hospital. Murphy and Kalu are faced with a gender dysphoric patient, Quinn, in which Shaun feels that people are the gender they were born with. Murphy and Kalu come to determine that Quinn has testicular cancer and find out that she has fragile bones due to being on puberty blockers. This leads to the discussion about whether or not she there should be unilateral or bilateral surgery to remove one or both testicles. The grandma accuses the parents of abuse by letting Quinn go through with the bilateral surgery, but the parents say it's their decision. While the head doctors and family are discussing whether or not to go through with the surgery, Quinn ends up with testicular torsion which requires emergency surgery. They decided to not go through with the bilateral surgery. Meanwhile, Browne and Reznick have a male patient that ended up with a superbug which is resistant to all drugs, because he took leftover drugs for the wrong purpose. The permanent damage means he needs a colostomy put in, but Claire does research on fecal microbiota transplant, which Melendez approves. With how Reznick acts, it leaves Claire feeling like she is only a team player when she needs to be. Finally, Dr. Andrews and Dr. Barnes see a fertility specialist as they want to have children. Andrews blames Barnes for waiting so long. The fertility doctor says that Andrews has a low sperm count and are referred to a urologist.
15
"Heartfelt" Regina King Thomas L. Moran & Johanna Lee February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) 7.82[35]
A female teen goes through a risky surgery to implant a sternum so she can live a normal life without being confined to her house as being in crowds, falling, or hugged could be fatal. A young male teen initially rejects the idea of having a convicted killer's liver transplanted in him, but without it he has a day to live. A former 15 year veteran cop turned doctor, Alex Park, is skeptical of the convict, Boris's, motives. After a failed attempt surgery due to Boris reacting to the anesthesia, he was ordered to stand up. Boris grabs a guard and his gun threatening to kill him. Park uses his police training to keep the situation under control all while telling him he has a choice to make. Boris kills himself so he can help the boy live. They take the body to the operating room to take organs from the dead convict. Allegra talks to Dr. Andrews about a young wealthy donor, Aidan Coulter, but Andrews says being involved with him might give people the wrong idea and that she used sex to get a big donation. Morgan tells Shaun that he needs to get an expensive tux for the black tie fundraiser in order for people to respect him. At the fundraiser, Jared tells Claire he loved her and thought maybe she would one day love him, but came to the realization that isn't true leaving the status of their relationship unknown.
16
"Pain"[36] Allison Liddi-Brown William L. Rotko & David Renaud March 12, 2018 (2018-03-12) TBD
17
"Smile"[37] TBA TBA March 19, 2018 (2018-03-19) TBD
18
"More"[20] TBA TBA March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26)[37] TBD
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
In May 2014, CBS Television Studios began development on an American remake of the hit South Korean medical drama Good Doctor with Daniel Dae Kim as producer. Kim explained the appeal of adapting the series as "something that can fit into a recognizable world, with a breadth of characters that can be explored in the long run".[38] The story of a pediatric surgeon with autism was to be set in Boston and projected to air in August 2015.[39][40] However, CBS did not pick up the project and it moved to Sony Pictures Television, with a put pilot commitment from ABC in October 2016. The series is developed by David Shore, who is executive producing alongside Kim, Sebastian Lee, and David Kim.[41] ABC officially ordered the series to pilot in January 2017.[42]
On May 11, 2017, ABC ordered the show to series as a co-production with Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios,[43] and it was officially picked up for a full season of 18 episodes on October 3, 2017.[44]
Casting[edit]
On February 17, 2017, Antonia Thomas was cast as Dr. Claire Browne, a strong-willed and talented doctor who forms a special connection with Shaun.[5] A week later, Freddie Highmore was cast in the lead role as Dr. Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism; and Nicholas Gonzalez was cast as Dr. Neil Melendez, the boss of the surgical residents at the hospital.[3] The next month, Chuku Modu was cast as resident Dr. Jared Kalu (originally Dr. Jared Unger);[6] Hill Harper as head of surgery Dr. Marcus Andrews (originally Dr. Horace Andrews); Irene Keng as resident Dr. Elle McLean;[8] and Richard Schiff was cast as Dr. Aaron Glassman (originally Dr. Ira Glassman), the hospital president and Shaun's mentor.[10][43] Schiff was shortly followed by Beau Garrett as hospital board member Jessica Preston and a friend of Dr. Glassman.[7] In September 2017, Tamlyn Tomita was promoted to the principal cast as Allegra Aoki.[12]
Filming[edit]
The Surrey, British Columbia city hall serves as the fictional San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital in exterior shots.[45]
Production on the pilot took place from March 21 to April 6, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia.[46][47] Filming for the rest of the season began on July 26, 2017, and is set to conclude on March 1, 2018.[48]
Music[edit]
Dan Romer serves as the primary composer for the series.[49]
Release[edit]
Broadcast[edit]
The Good Doctor began airing on September 25, 2017, on ABC in the United States,[50] and on CTV in Canada.[51] Sky Living acquired the broadcast rights for the United Kingdom and Ireland.[52] Seven Network airs the series in Australia.[53] Wowow, the largest Japanese private satellite and pay-per-view television network in Japan acquired the rights to broadcast the series beginning in April 2018.[54] In the Netherlands, the series began airing on January 29, 2018, on RTL 4 and on video-on-demand service Videoland.[55]
Marketing[edit]
A full-length trailer was released for ABC's May 2017 Upfront presentation, which /Film's Ethan Anderton described the concept as feeling like "House meets Rain Man, that just might be enough to make it interesting". However, he questioned "how long can audiences be entranced by both the brilliance of [Highmore's] character's savant skills and the difficulties that come from his autism in the workplace."[56] Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter felt the trailer was "both kinda progressive and really dated". He added, "Too much felt on-the-nose—especially Hill Harper as the main character's detractor and Richard Schiff as his noble defender", while also commentating that "On-the-nose/premise is how you have to trailer a show like this, and maybe spaced out over 43 minutes it won't grate."[57] Ben Travers and Steve Greene for IndieWire called it "a serious trailer for a serious subject. The first glimpse of Highmore's character hints that they're toeing the line between presenting a thoughtful depiction of his condition and using his perceptive abilities as a kind of secret weapon."[58] The trailer had been viewed over 25.4 million times after a week of its release, including over 22 million views on Facebook.[59]
The pilot was screened at ABC's PaleyFest event on September 9, 2017.[60] The Good Doctor is included in the 35th annual PaleyFest LA. Scheduled to appear on March 22, 2018 at 7:30 pm are members of the cast: Freddie Highmore, Nicholas Gonzalez, Hill Harper, Richard Schiff, Tamlyn Tomita. David Shore (executive producer), and Daniel Dae Kim (executive producer) will also be on the panel. Additional guests will be announced at a later date.[61]
Reception[edit]
Ratings[edit]
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Burnt Food" September 25, 2017 2.2/9 11.22[21] 2.2 7.86 4.4 19.21[62]
2 "Mount Rushmore" October 2, 2017 2.2/9 10.93[22] 2.1 7.21 4.3 18.12[63]
3 "Oliver" October 9, 2017 2.0/7 10.69[23] 2.2 7.53 4.2 18.22[64]
4 "Pipes" October 16, 2017 2.0/8 10.60[24] 2.1 7.34 4.1 17.96[65]
5 "Point Three Percent" October 23, 2017 1.8/7 10.39[25] 2.0 7.10 3.8 17.50[66]
6 "Not Fake" October 30, 2017 1.9/7 10.60[26] 2.0 6.93 3.9 17.51[67]
7 "22 Steps" November 13, 2017 1.9/7 10.14[27] 1.9 6.92 3.8 17.14[68]
8 "Apple" November 20, 2017 1.8/7 9.97[28] 1.8 6.98 3.6 16.99[69]
9 "Intangibles" November 27, 2017 1.7/7 9.25[29] 1.8 6.66 3.5 15.91[70]
10 "Sacrifice" December 4, 2017 1.6/7 9.03[30] 1.8 6.67 3.4 15.74[71]
11 "Islands Part One" January 8, 2018 1.6/6 8.30[31] 1.8 7.10 3.4 15.40[72]
12 "Islands Part Two" January 15, 2018 1.7/6 9.33[32] 1.8 6.66 3.5 16.00[73]
13 "Seven Reasons" January 22, 2018 1.7/7 9.61[33] 1.9 6.91 3.6 16.53[74]
14 "She" February 5, 2018 1.7/7 9.63[34] 1.8 7.07 3.5 16.71[75]
15 "Heartfelt" February 26, 2018 1.3/5 7.82[35] TBD TBD TBD TBD
The series premiere earned a 2.2/9 rating in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, with 11.22 million total viewers, making it the most watched Monday drama debut on ABC in 21 years, since Dangerous Minds in September 1996, and the highest rated Monday drama in the 18–49 demographic in 8.5 years, since Castle in March 2009.[76] Factoring live plus seven-day ratings, the pilot was watched by a total of 19.2 million viewers and set a record for DVR viewers with 7.9 million, surpassing the record of 7.67 million set by the pilot of Designated Survivor in 2016.[77] According to TV Guide's November 13-26 issue, the October 9 episode attracted 18.2 million viewers, beating out both NCIS and The Big Bang Theory for the most viewed primetime show that week.[78]
Critical response[edit]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 58% approval rating with an average rating of 5.49/10 based on 38 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "The Good Doctor's heavy-handed bedside manner undermines a solid lead performance, but under all the emotionally manipulative gimmickry, there's still plenty of room to improve."[79] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 53 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[80]
Giving his first impression of the series' pilot for TVLine, Matt Webb Mitovich stated, "The Good Doctor boasts great DNA... [and] has the potential to be a refreshingly thought-provoking hospital drama, based on the buttons pushed in the pilot alone." He enjoyed the "warm dynamic" of Schiff and Highmore, while describing Thomas' character as "our emotional 'in' to Shaun's distinct, distant world". He noted that "it takes a while to build up momentum", but concluded that "the very final scene packs quite a punch, as Dr. Murphy unwittingly puts a colleague on notice".[81]
The New York Times television critic, James Poniewozik, notes in his Critic's Notebook column, that for the most part the drama is a "hospital melodrama with whiz-bang medical science, a dash of intra-staff romance and shameless sentimentality." Discussing the main characters of Dr. Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff) and Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore), however, Poniewozik writes that "Mr. Schiff is convincing in the role and Mr. Highmore is striking in his." [82]
Speaking of Freddie Highmore's Golden Globe nomination on Monday, December 11, 2017, for his role in The Good Doctor, Laura Bradley, writing for Vanity Fair says: "... Freddie Highmore received the awards recognition that has long and unjustly eluded him..." Bradley feels that Highmore's performance has been "the central key" to the show's enormous success and while the show had lukewarm reviews, most critics have praised Highmore's work. [83]
Accolades[edit]
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2018 Golden Globe Awards Best Actor – Television Series Drama Freddie Highmore Nominated [84]
Humanitas Prize 60-Minute Category David Shore Won [85]
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