The Good Doctor

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It's a nice photo.

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I did not approve that billboard.

Section 25 of your employment contract allows

use of your image for publicity and marketing purposes.

I do not want to be the star of your ad campaign.

Are you ashamed of your ASD?

No. Good.

It's amazing what you've accomplished.

Think of all the neurodiverse people you'll inspire.

The billboard will inspire no one.

It is not fair to use my picture,

and it inverts my image.

My hair part is on the wrong side.

You're emotional. I'm right.

Pick a random number between one and ten.

Did you pick seven?

I do not understand what you think that proves.

We're not nearly as rational as we think...

Not in the way we see the world,

not in the way we think about the world.

I am constantly revisiting earlier decisions.

Then you should revisit your decision

to put up the billboard.

I will.

But you need to do the same.

Let's take 48 hours, explore all sides of the issue.

Use reason, not emotion.

Then we'll talk.

Representation's important, Shaun.

Only 4% of doctors are Black.

I get my face out there whenever I can.

This isn't representation.

It's tokenism. Nah.

She's not hiring more diverse doctors.

She's just exploiting the ones who already work here.

"Did you know there are 26 cognitive biases

"and perceptual errors that affect the business community?"

It says doctors are especially susceptible to number 5... Anchoring Bias.

Initial impressions of a patient's condition

can make us ignore contrary evidence.

Dr. Murphy, there's a new patient's dad asking to see you.

And it's more like demanding.

Oh, no. (SIGHS)

If you asked for me because I was on a billboard,

that is not a good metric for picking a...

No, my metric is that you co-authored 23 papers,

eight on pediatric surgeries, four on GI issues.

This is my girl, Holly.

Four years of puking, nausea,

blood when she goes to the bathroom.

Now, I'm sure it's visceral myopathy.

You've seen 19 doctors.

Have any diagnosed visceral myopathy?

They said inflammatory bowel, but it's not.

She keeps getting sicker and sicker.

Hmm, your abdomen is distended.

Have you been vomiting?

Worse than ever.

This doesn't seem to be a surgical case.

I'll admit you to internal medicine...

I've done a lot of reading. It's visceral...

Visceral myopathy doesn't fit her symptoms well,

and looking up diseases on the Internet is very unreliable.

Bowel is hypoactive.

She has a serious obstruction.

This has now become a surgical case.

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You've had this cough for a month now?

Yeah, kept getting worse.

Last week, I had a little shortness of breath.

Figured it was worth flying back.

From India. What brought you there?

Meaning of life.

I'm actually not kidding.

I was a bookkeeper for the city, and I just...

Needed something more.

I traveled the world until I found it.

Religion? Mmm, more like spirituality,

but through service and charity.

I live a very simple life.

Small village.

Just try and do as much good as I can.

Deep breaths.

You know, I don't feel too bad today.

Ugh, I hope I didn't overreact.

You didn't.

You're hardly moving any air in your left lung.

Depending on when you last had your carburetor rebuilt,

you will need to determine which parts need replacing.

Obviously, you're going to be replacing

all of the seals and all of the needles.

You haven't been answering your phone.

Ow.

...the damper and the float.

Once you're happy with your choice...

Odd, seeing how it's a foot away from you.

If you're not, please look at my other...

Let's talk about the press interviews

I scheduled for you.

That you scheduled for me.

You see the problem there?

In my experience, support from the old regime

is essential for a smooth transition.

We agreed I'd have yours.

What we agreed on was that I'd smile and nod.

What do you think an interview is?

Just a few nice thoughts about Ethicure, and you're all done.

I don't have a few nice thoughts,

but I can give you the thoughts I do have.

I've scripted them for you.

Thank you, but I'm gonna focus on things

that actually need my attention.

But thanks for stopping by.

(CLAMPS CLIP, MONITOR BEEPING)

Both sides of the obstruction are clamped.

Dr. Rendon, please resect segmented bowel.

GIA stapler.

I'm going to give you $10 to share with Dr. Rendon.

Divide however you like.

If he approves the split, I'll pay you both after surgery.

Oh, okay. And if he doesn't?

Then you both get nothing.

Okay.

I'm gonna keep eight and give Mateo two.

Pass. Huh?

Two dollars is better than nothing,

which is what you've ended up with.

There's nothing irrational about trying to increase

the amount of fairness in the world.

Number 12 on Salen's list. "Unfairness Aversion Bias."

It isn't a "bias." Why reward greed?

Colon wall's a little weak.

I'll send samples to path.

But obstruction's been cleared.

You have idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Uh, your left lung is heavily scarred.

The right is functioning,

but it's damaged, too.

Can you fix this?

We can start you on medicine to help you breathe,

and we can list you for a lung transplant.

Um, how long do I have without the... The transplant?

A month or two.

Okay, um...

Oh, I should tell my son.

You didn't put him on your paperwork.

I haven't seen him since I left.

He was...

12 years old.

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Number 6, "Pro-Innovation Bias."

Salen may believe the billboard is good just because it's new.

Okay. Hard to know what she believes, but fine.

Number 8. "Loss Aversion."

People demand much more to give up an object

than they are willing to pay to acquire it.

She might be overestimating the negative impact

of losing the billboard.

How many of your points

end up supporting Salen's point of view?

Mmm... None.

You might have misunderstood the assignment.

I don't think it's about proving her wrong.

She wants to see you re-examine your own assumptions.

Holly's pathology results.

Visceral myopathy.

Her father was right.

Your oxygen saturation is decreasing faster than we expected.

I'm gonna increase the...

Henry.

So tall.

Yeah.

12-year-olds tend to grow.

I heard you got married. I saw photos online...

Why am I... Sorry, why am I here?

Uh...

There's something wrong with my lungs.

Are you dying?

Probably.

You waited until you were dying to call me?

And, what? Forgive you? No.

Do you even feel bad about what you did?

For hurting you?

Yes, of course.

I wanted to keep in touch with you.

You said it was too painful.

Are you blaming me now? No.

The transplant coordinator says there's a potential match.

Why are you here?

Walt spent four years researching Holly's illness,

outsmarted every doctor.

No high school degree, but slept five hours a night

while taking every pre-med course at a junior college.

My dad's the best doctor I've seen.

What made you think it was visceral myopathy, Walt?

Well, I figured it out last week.

Holly started having trouble peeing, and...