The Good Doctor

Banana blueberry with a hint of cinnamon.

I think it's my best yet.

Hm. I like chocolate chip...

Mmm....with syrup.

I like eating pancakes in bed.

Do you want to have sex again?Yes.

Do you want to finish the pancakes first?

We are very good at pretending to be married,

but we are very bad at getting married.

I don't want to do it anymore.

Not the marriage, the wedding.

I don't want any more dress fittings or guest lists.

I just want to be married.

Shaun...

...we have 45 more minutes of our fake honeymoon.

No work.

There is an opening at the courthouse tomorrow at 4:30.

Cheese, no. Peppers, yes?

Perfect.

Is that him?

Based on the last three voicemails,

he's calling about the restraining order I filed.

How are you feeling?Like my future is a dark, formless void,

which makes it full of possibility.

Like a one-bed, one-bath rental.

You've only been here a few days.

Which is a few days longer than anyone should crash

on their boss's couch.

Thank you, Audrey.

Thank you.

Why am I watching you make a smoothie?

You're watching me dance while I make a smoothie.

It's not a smoothie if it has tequila in it.

It's a spinach and flax seed margarita.

Hey! And it makes you dance.

Mm.

Okay, listen... No.

Too much butt, though.

Think about the butt.

Asher?

What are you doing here?

Meet my parents.

Steph Lewis, 35.

She had a brainstem stroke nine years ago

that left her paralyzed from her face down.

I still have 10% movement in three fingers

so don't sell me short.

W... How'd you type that so quickly?

I have eight different pre-programmed phrases

to put people at ease.

She's had four serious bouts of pneumonia

in the last few months.

Um, she's taken levofloxacin for the infection

and glycopyrrolate for the trach secretions,

but she still has high fever, decreased energy, night sweats.

He's so sexy when he talks medical.

The pneumonia caused scar tissue,

which is compressing her lung.

She needs surgical decortication.

That's a pretty aggressive approach.

Surgery comes with serious risk,

recurrent air leaks, respiratory failure, sepsis.

And giving round after round of antibiotics

is only going to make the infections harder to...

Hello.

I want the surgery.

I know the risks. I'm sick of feeling crappy.

I have terminal lung cancer.

Doctors say I have less than a year

and no good surgical options.

I'm... So sorry.

We're not here for sympathy.

God, in his wisdom, gave us a son

who would grow up to be a doctor for times like this.

He will work a miracle through you.

I can't do lunch today. I have a job interview

with New York Medical Center.

I didn't know you were considering positions

on the other side of the country.

I'm not. I just want to get multiple offers

so I can leverage a better one from St. Bon's.

Makes you look in demand.

Uh, I'd rather look like I want the job I have now.

Oh, hello.

Hi.Yes.

Um, thank you so much for your gift, whatever it is.

We are returning it.

We're getting married at the courthouse tomorrow.

And since neither of you are invited,

Excellent. I can exchange it for store credit.

That's exciting.

They're getting married where people pay parking tickets.

What about a destination wedding?

Hmm. We're good.

I have to go. We are going to be

Stage four lung cancer

which has invaded the chest wall.

Six rounds of chemo. The treatment has caused

severe anemia and colitis.

Your hair is flatter.

We need a CT of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis,

CBC, blood cultures, and an EKG.

I will review your results with Dr. Andrews,

and we will try to find a treatment to help you.

God bless you, Dr. Murphy.

Okay, thank you.

Can you guys cool it

with the blessing people in the name of God?

This is a secular hospital.

It's called Saint Bonaventure.

Mr. and Mrs. Wolke, I'm Jerome.

We met briefly this morning.

I'm gonna draw some blood.

Jerome is...

A nurse.

Jerome is your nurse.

The surgery went well.

We removed all of the scar tissue,

and the lung expanded completely.

Why can't she move her hand?

Steph, can you blink when you feel something?

What's going on?

Will it come back?

I don't know.

I read your letter

a few months ago.

I sent it six years ago.

I wasn't sure I wanted to hear what you had to say.

But it was nice.

I just wanted to tell you about the family.

I'm not a part of the family anymore.

You made that very clear when I left.

You chose to leave.

We wanted you to stay, wanted to help you.

You're not the only one who struggles

with finding the right path.

We all must sometimes choose to deny our flesh.

You're right.

I did make a choice.

I could follow your rules,

or I could love and accept who I am.

I chose which one mattered more...

And so did you.

Are you okay?

Take a deep breath.

I need some help!

CT shows the chest wall tumor has grown.

He's bleeding into the thoracic cavity, and it is collapsing his lung.

He needs surgery to stop the bleed now.

His blood cell counts are too low.

Maybe we should do an echo to see if his heart

is stable enough for--No. There isn't time.

Get consent from your mother, and I will start

prepping your father for the embolization.

The anesthesia must have caused

a drop in Steph's blood pressure

and completed her previous injury.

Then her best bet's eye-tracking technology.

That'll be great,

as long as she only wants to speak one word a minute.

Well, she'll get the hang of it.

After months of training.

Well, it's better than what she has now.

How'd the interview go?

Mm. Great.

The head of internal medicine

is basically me 10 years from now.

We loved each other.

And her department just got a SPORE grant.

Sounds like you're interested.

It sounds like I'm answering your question.

Oh, with enthusiasm.

Wha... What am I gonna do with a second blender?

Yeah, I got you a blender.

Open it.

Weddiquette says I can't.

That's dumb. Just open it.

Oh, I can't.

Just open it.

Mm.

I really love it.

Mm-hmm. The photo's just a placeholder

But that dress looked amazing on you.

Your blood pressure looks good.

No fever or sign of infection.

We should be able to start you on eye-tracking tomorrow.

W... We tried that before.

It can take a while to get used to.

No, no, the camera's facing the right way this time.

I promise.

This is the living room.

Also the dining room, kitchen, guest room, and office.

All conveniently located in these 400 square feet.

And it's all ours!

Someone's phone's ringing.

I know.

Park.

We can give Steph her voice back.

Advance the catheter to the right fourth intercostal artery.

He got this scar teaching me how to ride a bike.