The Good Doctor ( TV series ) - wikipedia The Good Doctor ( TV series ) 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 Irene Keng Hill Harper Richard Schiff Tamlyn Tomita Composer ( s ) Dan Romer Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons No. of episodes 6 ( 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 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 abc.go.com/shows/the-good-doctor The Good Doctor is an American medical - drama television series, developed by David Shore, based on the 2013 South Korean series of the same name. The show is produced by Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios, with Shore serving as showrunner. The series began airing on ABC on September 25, 2017. The series stars Freddie Highmore as Shaun Murphy, a young surgical resident with autism and savant syndrome at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. Antonia Thomas, Nicholas Gonzalez, Chuku Modu, 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. Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast and characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Guest 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 7 References 8 External links Premise The series follows Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome from a small town, where he had a troubled childhood. He relocates to join the prestigious surgical department at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. Cast and characters Main Freddie Highmore as Shaun Murphy : A surgical resident with autism and savant syndrome. 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. Nicholas Gonzalez as Neil Melendez : Attending surgeon. Antonia Thomas as Claire Browne : A resident who forms a special connection with Shaun. Chuku Modu as Jared Kalu : A resident. Beau Garrett as Jessica Preston : A hospital board member who is a friend of Dr. Glassman and whose grandfather founded the hospital. Irene Keng as Sarah Chen : A resident. Hill Harper as Marcus Andrews : Chief of surgery. 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. Tamlyn Tomita as Allegra Aoki : Chair and Vice President of the foundation that controls the hospital. Guest Dylan Kingwell as Steve Murphy : Shaun 's younger brother ( in flashbacks ). He also plays a boy in the present named Evan that looks like the brother. Jasika Nicole as Carly Eve Gordon as Nurse Fryday Michael Muhney Marsha Thomason as Isabel Andrews : Marcus ' wife. Episodes No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers ( millions ) `` Burnt Food '' Seth Gordon David Shore September 25, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 25 ) 11.22 On the way to his job interview at the San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, Dr. Shaun Murphy encounters a boy injured when a glass fixture shatters and falls on him and jumps in to assist, his unique perspective on the world guiding him through the procedure. He also helps another doctor who is there, by instructing him on how to stop the boy from dying. On the way to the hospital, Shaun notices that the boy 's vitals have changed, and argues that something is wrong, but no one believes him. Dr. Aaron Glassman, president at the hospital, tries to convince the board to hire Shaun despite his autism, while Dr. Marcus Andrews fights against him. Dr. Claire Browne tries to prove herself to her overconfident superior Dr. Neil Melendez. The doctors realize that Shaun is right and ask for his assistance in saving the boy 's life, which he does. During his childhood, Shaun suffers due to an abusive father and bullies at school, but is protected and assisted by his younger brother, Steve, until tragedy strikes. `` Mount Rushmore '' Mike Listo David Shore October 2, 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 02 ) 10.93 `` Oliver '' John Dahl Bill Rotko October 9, 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 09 ) 10.69 Shaun and Claire fly to San Francisco Municipal Hospital to get a patient a liver. They ca n't fly on their way back due to the fog rolling out and are forced to use a police escort. Problems keep coming one after the other ; first, the liver 's temperature went above the required maximum, forcing them to have a sudden stop at a local store, where they cool it by submerging it in slush. As they proceed with their journey, Shaun discovers that the liver has a clot. With only two hours of viability left, the duo decide to perform an operation on the way in order to remove the clot and flash the left lobe, to protect 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 likelihood that he might be moved to the bottom of the list. Chuck later confesses that he actually took a drink on his daughter 's graduation. In order to protect its reputation and the future patients, the hospital decides to move Chuck to the bottom of the list. To their dismay, Shaun and Claire arrive back, only to find out that the liver has to be taken to another patient in another hospital. `` Pipes '' Steven DePaul Thomas L. Moran October 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 16 ) 10.60 Through an ultrasound, an expectant woman 's fetus is diagnosed with a tumor at its tail bone ; the mom has Antiphospholipid syndrome, making surgery a high risk. Dr. Melendez suggests termination of the pregnancy but Shaun interjects by suggesting clotting pre-operatively with an infusion of unfractionated heparin, angering his attendees. During surgery, there is a complication ; a blood clot at the artery in her heart. Dr. Kalu has an idea that they should stop her heart and put her on a bypass machine for the duration of the surgery ; that way she wo n't have an heart attack, which turns out to be successful. With a patient needing a boil lanced, Dr. Melendez assigns Shaun and Dr. Browne on the case, as a punishment for the former for being late. The patient turns out to be a pornographic actress ; she does not have a boil but a large Bartholin gland abscess and they prep her for surgery the following day. They successfully drain the abscess but discover that she has a Perineal myoma underneath. The fabroid tumor is wrapped around the nerve that facilitates feeling in her genitals. Therefore, the doctors have to remove the tumor but they have to sever the nerve ; hence, losing all feeling in her genitals. Shaun comes up the idea of grafting the distal end of the pudendal nerve to the branch of the femoral cutaneous nerve from her inner thigh ; this will lead to her losing feeling in her thigh while preserving feeling in her genitals. 5 `` Point Three Percent '' Larry Teng David Hoselton October 23, 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 23 ) 10.39 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 arspiration, 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 Mendelez 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 55 - 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, 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 Shaun and the rest of the residents are working the graveyard shift when numerous casualties from a bus crash come in. Among the victims are a woman with severe, visible burns, on whom Dr. Kalau 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 parent and his soon - to - be bride. 7 `` 22 Steps '' David Straiton Johanna Lee November 13, 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 13 ) TBD 8 `` Apple '' TBA TBA November 20, 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 20 ) TBD Production Development 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 ''. The story of a pediatric surgeon with Asperger syndrome was to be set in Boston and projected to air in August 2015. However, CBS did n't 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. ABC officially ordered the series to pilot in January 2017. On May 11, 2017, ABC ordered the show to series as a co-production with Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios, and it was officially picked up for a full season of 18 episodes on October 3, 2017. Casting 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. 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. The next month, Chuku Modu was cast as resident Dr. Jared Unger ; Hill Harper as head of surgery Dr. Horace Andrews ; Irene Keng as resident Dr. Elle McLean ; and Richard Schiff was cast as Dr. Ira Glassman, President of the San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital and mentor to Shaun. He was shortly followed by Beau Garrett as hospital board member Jessica Preston and a friend of Dr. Glassman. With the series order in May, Modu 's character was revealed to have changed to Dr. Jared Kalu ; Harper 's character changed to Dr. Marcus Andrews ; and Schiff 's character changed to Dr. Aaron Glassman. In September 2017, Tamlyn Tomita was promoted to the principal cast as Allegra Aoki. Filming Production on the pilot took place from March 21 to April 6, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Filming for the rest of the season began on July 26, 2017, and is set to conclude on March 1, 2018. The Surrey, British Columbia city hall serves as the fictional San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital in exterior shots. Music Dan Romer serves as the primary composer for the series. Release Broadcast The Good Doctor began airing on September 25, 2017, on ABC in the United States, and on CTV in Canada. Sky Living acquired the broadcast rights for the United Kingdom and Ireland. Seven Network airs the series in Australia. Marketing 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. '' 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 wo n't grate. '' 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. '' The trailer had been viewed over 25.4 million times after a week of its release, including over 22 million views on Facebook. The pilot was screened at ABC 's PaleyFest event on September 9, 2017. Reception Ratings No. Title Air date Rating / share ( 18 -- 49 ) Viewers ( millions ) DVR ( 18 -- 49 ) DVR viewers ( millions ) Total ( 18 -- 49 ) Total viewers ( millions ) `` Burnt Food '' September 25, 2017 2.2 / 9 11.22 2.2 7.86 4.4 19.21 `` Mount Rushmore '' October 2, 2017 2.2 / 9 10.93 2.1 7.21 4.3 18.12 `` Oliver '' October 9, 2017 2.0 / 7 10.69 2.2 7.53 4.2 18.22 `` Pipes '' October 16, 2017 2.0 / 8 10.60 2.1 7.34 4.1 17.96 5 `` Point Three Percent '' October 23, 2017 1.8 / 7 10.39 TBD TBD TBD TBD 6 `` Not Fake '' October 30, 2017 1.9 / 7 10.60 TBD TBD TBD TBD 7 `` 22 Steps '' November 13, 2017 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 8 `` Apple '' November 20, 2017 TBD TBD 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. 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. Critical response The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 50 % approval rating with an average rating of 5.6 / 10 based on 28 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. '' Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 53 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating `` mixed or average reviews ''. Giving his first impression of the series ' pilot for TVLine, Matt Webb Mitovich stated, `` The Good Doctor boasts great DNA... 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Question: who plays the doctor in the new show the good doctor
Answer: Freddie Highmore