The Good Doctor Season 4 Episode 1 Recap and Thoughts

Season 4 of The Good Doctor dives straight into the pandemic and gives us a very brutal depiction of what has happened inside hospitals around the world.

The focus of this episode was very much on the pandemic and followed a few patients as they progressed through the virus. We had the older mother who was turned away by doctors initially saying it was just the flu, who later comes back and is admitted and eventually passes away. The middle age man who is diagnosed with covid and sent home, only to return a few weeks later and ends up on a ventilator. Lastly we see the pregnant woman who ends up on a ventilator and misses the birth od her own child. All three stories were brutal and show us what frontline workers were facing at the start of the pandemic.

We definite;y saw a new dynamic with our primary characters. Most of them are isolated from their loved ones and all coping with things very differently. Shaun is not very happy about not being able to have sex with Lea. Park has to make the decision to not move back in with his family and instead bunks up with Shaun. We see Dr. Glassman stuck at home and the strain it puts on his new marriage.

I'm guessing this isn't the direction this show wanted to take this season but I feel like it's important for people to see and understand what covid has done to certain peoples lives. As we slowly see the return of doctor/hospital dramas to our TV's I think we are going to see major covid coverage and while we may get sick of watching it as viewers, these shows are going to make damn sure we know whats at stake for people exposed to and combatting this virus.