The Good Doctor

Ethicure. Devoted to an improved, accessible,

for-profit, state-of-the-art healthcare experience.

An experience we curate

via our Three Pillars of the Ethicure mission.

Pillar one, our hospital.

A new color palette designed to create a sense of well-being.

Cutting edge technologies.

Faster testing and imaging results.

And countless new surgical innovations.

Pillar two, our doctors.

We want you healthy and happy,

so if you look under the table, you will find,

custom fitness trackers,

Ethicure scrubs,

along with a few other goodies.

We'll also be introducing new well-being incentives

and protocols designed to encourage teamwork

and mutual respect.

Bosses have first names, too.

Which leads us to pillar three.

At Ethicure, we do not treat patients.

We serve clients.

So we will be seeking their feedback

at every stage of the Ethicure experience,

because a happy client is a referring client.

My name is Salen.

Welcome to the Ethicure family.

I really want to break this.

Our jobs no longer depend on saving lives,

but how many smiley faces get punched.

It's cute. Thank you!

She's just incentivizing niceness.

You of all people do not want to be rated by how nice you are.

I can't fake saving lives, but being nice?

Way easier to game.

It counts your steps, your pulse ox,

monitors when you sleep, warns you when you're stressed,

and stores a thousand playlists.

If it vibrated, I'd marry it. Jordan.

Ethicure knows where we are, what we're listening to,

how we're sleeping, maybe even who we're sleeping with.

It also tracks paranoia.

You're fine with all of this?

I mean, it's great if you are,

but change is sometimes tricky for you.

I was concerned,

but Ethicure's changes seem reasonable and data-driven.

I think we should start by picking a cake.

You prioritized the cake,

over the date, the venue, the caterer...

I like cake.

I've compiled a list of the most popular ones.

What is your favorite cake?

Whatever you think our guests will like.

There is no such thing as bad cake.

Whew. Take a good look.

You won't be seeing much of me for a while.

I'll be very busy turning a good program into a bad one.

Yeah.

Shaun.

Shaun.

Oh.

Love you.

She's hemorrhaging.

Ultrasound to assess etiology.

Hanging blood and fluids, starting pressers.

The baby's placenta is covering the cervix.

The baby's brachycardic. Mom needs C-section, STAT.

You'll need to stay here.

Can't let her out of my sight, Doctor.

She's doing life for murdering her first baby.

I'm up there for two gallbladders.

Do you know I completed my residency?

Blame SurgiMatch.

I mean, I wouldn't have put you on the schedule at all

until you at least knew where the bathrooms were.

Oh, come on, guapa, look at all this stuff.

I'm a kid in a candy store and I'm starving to death.

Please don't call me guapa at work.

Yes, Audrey.

Bosses have first names, too.

What do you think of her? I'm not a fan

of an algorithm telling me what to do.

This thing did a great job

filling up my dance card for the next week.

She knows what I like.

Good to have you on board. Glad to be here.

Not all of our dance cards are full.

Mind if I tag along on your morning rounds,

maybe show me where the bathrooms are?

Sure.

Let's cha-cha.

I looked up her case.

Abby Clemmis was charged

with poisoning her baby with antifreeze.

She pleaded not guilty and got pregnant again before the trial.

But when she was convicted,

her boyfriend, like everybody else, stopped believing her.

Oh, boo-hoo.

Stay focused. You're now being timed.

All part of the productivity metric.

Forget the timer. It takes as long as it takes.

I like knowing how long it takes.

It was probably postpartum depression.

Doesn't make the baby any less dead.

But we might have a little sympathy.

Because women are helpless victims of our hormones?

Like people who should be treated rather than punished.

What's your favorite cake?

Lea and I need to pick a cake for our wedding.

Angel food cake.

Packing peanuts have more flavor.

Anything with cream cheese frosting.

I'd eat dog poop with that on it.

Oh, please, uh, don't let me distract you.

So, Salen, it's great to see you again.

I loved how you kicked the tires on this place.

Nice due diligence.

What a beautiful sound.

Discharge them.

Uh, we have a 48-hour post-op monitoring policy.

And now we have a new policy.

As soon as they're stable, you'll discharge them,

to make way for other clients in need.

This is Madeline, came in experiencing dizziness

and severe nausea after running in a college track meet.

And winning the 100 meter.

Urine analysis and abdominal X-ray were normal.

I could try a G.I. cocktail to rule out gastritis.

Sit back here.

Any pain here?

I just set a state record.

It's heat exhaustion and dehydration.

You sprint in full face?

I doubt my makeup could run faster than I do.

I ran track in college.

Mmm? I found the makeup

really helped.

You feel well enough to step up on the scanner?

Yeah.

Inset your hand here.

Scanning.

It even knows what you had for breakfast.

Perfusion's good,

pulses are strong.

Not surprisingly, you're in top physical condition.

I told you, it's just...

She's hypoxic!

We need to suction and protect her airway.

Meggie, my baby...

She's fine.

Seven pounds, three ounces,

and, uh, the lungs of an opera singer.

Can I see her?

Just a peek through a window, anything...

That's not possible.

We're gonna start processing your discharge.

After we run a few more tests, just to be safe.

I know you're feeling overwhelmed right now,

and I'm sure you'll be experiencing anxiety, sadness.

If you do suffer from postpartum depression,

you'll need to get help.

I sure didn't have that with Troy.

Those were the most wonderful days of my life.

So, that means I'm either a victim or a monster.

Pick a side.

We stopped the bleeding, but your CT confirmed

a lesion in your lung.

Which may be benign, but we have to do a biopsy to know for sure.

If I had a lesion in my lung,

wouldn't that be slowing me down?

The rest of your lung is healthy and compensating very well.

Any history of lung disease in your family?

I don't know. A medical history can help

dictate diagnostic and treatment options.

Can we contact your family?

No, um... my parents are...

They're... Your mother's here.

Are you okay, Madeline?

That's not my mother.

My parents died two years ago.

I was a toddler when she gave me up for adoption,

and then went back to Cameroon...

I didn't give you up. I was deported.

I let you stay in America so you could have a better life.

Welcome back. I worked in Cameroon for a while.

Is it okay if Esther gives us some medical history?

Does anyone in your family have high blood pressure?

I do. Is that the problem?

I told her she had to watch what she eats.

She won't listen to me.

And why should I?

I barely know you.

Showing up at my track meets

doesn't make you a mother, Esther.

What about high cholesterol? No.

In Cameroon, you don't call elders

by their first name. Okay.