The third episode of the first season of the American TV series Good Doctor, this episode is titled "Oliver".
There are still two operations in this episode, one is an ordinary man Chuck who is waiting for a liver transplant, otherwise he will only have three months to live; the other is a wealthy John Wanamaker performing routine operations.
At the beginning of the night in Berkeley Bay, a handsome motorcycle rider for less than three seconds didn't pay attention to the road conditions behind him because he was looking at the beautiful woman. He was knocked down by a car coming from behind and looked very bad. After dying of serious injuries, his liver became a living organ that could treat patients at the St. Bonaventure Hospital. Claire wants to perform a liver transplant on the patient Chuck herself, but is sent by Melendez to get the liver.
Meanwhile, to ensure that a large hospital donation could be properly accounted for, the board asked Andrews to work with Melendez to perform routine surgery on wealthy patient John Wanamaker. Andrews thought it was a distrust of himself and rejected Melendez's initiative. Moreover, the patient did not completely quit smoking according to the preoperative preparation requirements, which is not conducive to the recovery of postoperative wounds. On the one hand, due to the prudence of the doctor's profession, he had a hunch that he could not guarantee complete success, but because of his own reasons, he could not fight against the board of directors, so he was very entangled.
At this time, he chose to turn to the person he had always wanted to replace: Dean Glassman. Sure enough, Jiang was still old and hot, and in one sentence, Andrews made a decisive choice: "Who are you, do you want to be the director of a top surgeon, or do you want to be the director of the dean, if it is the latter, put away your ego, Act like a dean."
Master tricks are extraordinary, and those who achieve great things never get tangled in small things. Andrews is just too concerned about his authority being unchallenged. Compared with Glassman, he is still a chess move. After a pleasant decision, I picked up Glassman's breakfast apple and left, and turned around and took a bite to show it to Glassman, as if it was a response to Glassman's initial ridicule.
Here we see the skills of the director and screenwriter again. The action of the one turning around and biting the apple is really cute. The interaction between the two opposite people at this moment is harmonious and tacit. The characters have been supplemented again, more perfect and closer to life.
Unexpectedly, its recipient, Chuck, recently violated the transplant protocol by drinking alcohol. When retesting confirmed the results, Chuck had to admit to taking a sip of champagne to celebrate his daughter's college graduation. Symptoms of internal bleeding from emotional agitation indicated that he may only have three months to live. As hospital staff debated whether he should be removed from the transplant list under the rules, Melendez aggressively offered Chuck a chance at surgery, yet the transplant committee stuck to the guidelines and authorized the organ to be given to someone else.
Andrews, on the other hand, began routine surgery for wealthy patient John Wanamaker. When an unexpected situation occurred during the operation, he did not hesitate to choose to cooperate with Melendez to complete the operation together.
Along the way, Sean and Claire experienced problems such as a helicopter blocked by fog, a drop in the temperature of the storage box, and blood clotting in the liver. The two cooperated tacitly and successfully protected the donated liver and returned to St. Bonaventure Hospital. But when they arrived at the door of the hospital with the liver, they learned that the liver was going to be transferred to another hospital. Claire sat at the door in frustration, watching another hospital come to receive it, but Sean said, "Today is a good day, we saved a person, it's just not Chuck." Claire was relieved.
At this time, it was pointed out that Oliver was the motorcycle boy who donated his liver. I don't know when the accident will come, please cherish life, for your family and yourself.
The one I cooperated with did not have much attention to the operation, but it was a contrast to the liver transplant operation. On one side is a cautious alcoholic who dared not drink alcohol for six months. He just drank a glass of champagne for the family's first college student and daughter's graduation ceremony, and was denied the opportunity to transplant. On the other hand, the wealthy who ignored the doctor's orders and kept cigars in their hands were treated by top doctors and still enjoyed life.
This cannot be completely judged as the gap between the rich and the poor, because the patient's personal physical condition is also an important factor, but if Chuck's economic foundation is strong, the transplant opportunity should not be cancelled so easily. Reminds me of the classic answer to a reporter's question, "The reason why the rich get priority testing opportunities is probably because this is life."
In every episode, someone leaves and someone arrives. This is life, and it is also the normal state of the hospital. Sean's appearance rate in this episode is not high, but this is the life he is experiencing. Having lost his close relatives and loneliness, he cherishes the opportunities of life even more. This is the meaning of his work. Neighbor's sister has appeared, although it is only at the beginning and end of the film, looking forward to bringing new colors to Sean's life.
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