The play is adapted from the Korean drama " Good Doctor " of the same name, directed by Seth Gordon and Mike Ristor, written by David Shaw , and starring Freddie Highmore and Nicholas Gonzalez. Aired on ABC on September 25, 2017
"The Good Doctor" tells the story of a young autistic patient with savant syndrome who becomes a surgeon
Sean, a boy with autism since childhood, was kicked out of a third school by an angry father who killed his rabbit.
Sean has a younger brother who protects him from bullying. After the rabbit died, he ran away from home with Sean and lived on an abandoned bus, he gave Sean a set of toy scalpels and told Sean that he was the smartest.
But in one game, the younger brother unfortunately fell from the top of the train and left Sean forever.
"The rain smelled like ice cream that day, and my rabbit went to heaven before my eyes; the copper pipes in the old building smelled like burnt food that day, and my brother went to heaven before my eyes. I couldn't save them very much. It's sad." "They didn't have a chance to grow up, they should have grown up."
The death of Rabbit and his younger brother became the most direct driving force behind Sean's desire to become a surgeon
Almost all members of the hospital board disagreed with the hiring of Sean, only the dean insisted
On the way to the hospital interview, Sean was late for the interview in order to save a child, but it was also because in the process of saving the child, Sean showed superhuman thinking ability and professional level, and was finally successfully accepted by the board of directors. A real surgeon.
Sean, who first entered the hospital because of his own reasons, could not complete his work well. The leading doctor, Melendez, would taunt him from time to time. Sean could not understand the taunting, nor did he understand the meaning and purpose of the taunting.
Sean will directly say the worst possible situation in front of the patient; he will insist on doing a full set of examinations because of the patient's minor symptoms; he does not know how to commit the patient; he does not like being asked questions and cannot cooperate well with team members ...
It seems that everything Sean shows is proof that his autism affects the people skills, communication skills a doctor should have.
But Sean still has the best memory, a high level of professionalism, a unique way of thinking...
He's a gifted surgeon
In the play, all kinds of people are sent to the hospital for all kinds of illnesses, and almost every episode tells about the situation of one or two patients.
[Chuck: A patient with liver failure. Because of drinking a glass of champagne during Prohibition, he was moved to the bottom of the transplant list. Lost the opportunity for immediate surgery. 】
One person has one life, and many times we follow the rules because of this.
When Dr. Claire was still digesting the anger that his liver was taken away by another hospital, Sean thought it was a good day.
[Evan: Advanced osteosarcoma. Looks a lot like Sean's younger brother Stephen. 】
Whether to tell a patient his actual condition has long been a matter of debate. But when the patient is a child, most tend to let go. Like Evan's parents, he chose to hide it directly.
The starting point is for the good of the child, which is understandable. It's just that Evan already knew the truth
Children are sensitive and weak, but children can also be brave and optimistic.
[Bobby: The tumor has spread. As the world champion of e-sports, he had an imperfect childhood and suffered from cancer, and was at a low point in his career. 】
He didn't tell the doctor that he had a tumor in his calf three years ago. Dr. Melendez blamed him for concealing it, but the dean completely understood.
Because Bobby chose to "shut the door and don't listen to those doomsday assertions. Live every day to the full, not die in despair"
Bobby fell from the top and his career was over. But it's only a career that ends.
We are often taught to accept. Accept your mediocrity, accept worldly standards, accept destiny.
But if we really accept everything, is there anything in this world that we can change?
Bobby doesn't like to 'take it' and he becomes world champion
We can also dislike "acceptance" and become a better version of ourselves
"The Good Doctor" is a medical film, almost all of which takes place in a hospital.
People don't like hospitals, hospitals are always full of life and death pain.
But it is often in the face of life and death that people say goodbye to love and hate, experience despair, know how to cherish, and understand how important the life lying on the hospital bed is to them
In the play, in addition to showing the doctors' calm wit and excellent medical skills, they also show their love, family and friendship, making each character three-dimensional and real.
Sean's ignorant love for Leia, the sex and love between Claire and Carew, the split between Melendez and his fiancée, the dean's love for Sean as his father and friend, and the coolness of Claire's mother , the tacit friendship in the team...
All in all, this is an excellent drama worth watching.
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