The Good Doctor

Good morning.

That's your third ding.

Good morning. It's Carly.

She has arrived at her pathology conference.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Shaun, you need to text her back.

Her text wasn't a question. It doesn't require a response.

True. But it sucks to be left hanging.

You didn't like how it felt

when you thought Carly was ignoring you.

I have received your message.

Sent.

Hmm.

You made me breakfast?

Oh, God, no. I ordered breakfast.

But I managed to keep it warm.

You don't have to do this. I'm fine.

Did you get any sleep?

I got enough.

Her death's not your fault.

She knew the risks.

She made a choice to save her baby.

I bet she'd make the same choice again,

even knowing how it would end.

Thank you.

Thanks for breakfast.

We do a complete enucleation of the right eye,

then replace it with the temporary implant,

and in a few weeks, you'll...

You know why blind people don't skydive?

It scares the hell out of the dog.

Let the doctors finish. Okay, bud?

Yeah, cancer eye out. Fake eye in.

Just like last time. I got it.

Check it out.

It even moves and everything.

You can't even tell it's fake.

Very cool. Like a bionic superhero.

Yeah, and my superpower is tripping over stuff.

What time is the surgery?

3:00.

Which means I've got six hours left

to blast some aliens.

If anyone utters the word "Bubble Girl,"

I will transfer to a different hospital.

When you were his age,

would you have faced going blind with h-humor,

maturity, and acceptance?

I would have burned things down.

He's dealing with it in his own way.

We'll check in with him

while you're taking care of the rest of the paperwork.

Make sure Charlie knows there's people he can talk to.

Thank you. Thank you.

Dr. Reznick, take Charlie's blood to the lab.

Dr. Browne, talk to him.

Maybe he'll open up to you.

Heart sounds are normal. No sign of pericardial effusion.

You are the oldest SCID-patient I am aware of.

People with your condition usually die very young.

Yay. I win.

Tara, imaging confirms that you have infected tissue on your right lung,

that's what's causing your breathing issues.

And we're gonna remove it with a procedure called decortication...

And you'll use the thoracoscopic approach

to decrease risk of infection.

And I'll be in an enclosed chamber in the O.R. What else?

I assure you, we'll be taking every precaution to keep you safe.

Dr. Melendez, this building is a glorified incubator

for every infection on the planet.

Considering I don't come with an immune system,

I don't need assurances.

I need you to tell me how you're gonna not kill me.

We will administer a course

of broad-spectrum antibiotics.

You will be transported to the O.R. under a respiratory hood.

The room will be equipped with laminar air flow

and kept at a positive pressure of 8 Pascals.

Surgical instruments will be double-sterilized

and all blood products will be irradiated.

Thank you, Dr. Murphy.

Visitors will also have to go through a strict decontamination...

There won't be any.

The less time I spend with people, the better.

Are we done?

How'd your talk with Charlie go?

He wants to be left alone.

No, you want to be left alone. And yet here we are.

Precocious pre-teen going blind.

Come on, that's Claire catnip. You have to talk to him.

Did he have any tests scheduled? No.

No one's seen him, heard him, smelled him. I'm calling Security.

Hold on. What are you doing?

Where's Charlie?

Did something happen? Is he okay?

He's in imaging.

We'll have him back very soon.

He ordered a ride 15 minutes ago.

To where? It's close.

We could have him back before anyone knows he's gone.

Are you insane? You're right.

It's much better if we go back in there

and freak out two already-freaked-out parents,

and while you're at it, explain to Andrews

that you didn't do what he asked you to do.

Hmm.

Which emoji was it?

Just send it to me.

Oh...

You told me I have to respond.

There is no response to...

Okay, I think Carly's saying she misses you

and wants to know that you miss her, too.

You know all of that from one fake face?

Just text her back something flirty, casual.

Say something like, "I can't stop thinking about you."

I have stopped thinking about her many times today.

Do not text Carly that.

I have to go.

Okay.

This popcorn is terrible.

We have to get you back before your parents start to worry.

We're gonna be three years, five months too late.

The game is a blowout. So, we leave now...

What's her name?

What?

I dunno.

The only words I've ever said to her are,

"Can I have a slushy?"

I just wanted to see her one last time.

Go say hi. Are you crazy?

I was asking her that earlier.

Tell her you think she's the most beautiful girl you've ever laid eyes on,

and with your last few hours of sight,

you wanted to see her face one more time.

As lovely as this is... Don't ruin the moment.

The necrotic debris has completely encased the visceral pleura.

- Follow me with the camera. - I don't want to spring a leak.

Tissue's fused her lungs to her chest wall.

I need the Kaiser Forceps.

Damn it.

Tissue's too thick to fit through the ports.

We need to do a thoracotomy.

And we can't open her up in an air-tight chamber.

If we have to cauterize a bleed,

the whole thing could explode.

We have to take our Bubble Girl out of the bubble.

Lemonade! Get your ice-cold lemonade!

We've been gone too long.

Calm down. It'll take the kid 15 seconds to chicken out.

Or less.

I'm a wuss.

Most kids wouldn't have gone over at all. Good for you.

Can I... No.

I'm just... No.

It better be fast. What?

We're giving a sad, nearly blind kid

a few more minutes in the sun.

We could get an award for this.

Change gloves every 20 minutes.

We need to be fast, but extremely careful.

Knife.

It's a Northern flying squirrel.

They don't fly so much as glide.

You're lucky it's not infected.

Well, it's a fascinating species.

They're uncommonly high-strung for a nocturnal rodent.

Is the squirrel in the bag?

Yes.

Henry comes everywhere... No, no, no, no, no.

That's okay. I don't need to see him.

Okay.

Has he bitten you before?

It was my fault. I provoke him.

Henry's a good boy.

It's not your fault.

You can't take him from me.

He's not allowed to hurt you.

Hi. It's 12:47.

Thank you.

You're 17 minutes late for your 12:30...

Mrs. Pryce and I need to have a little talk.

It's okay. Henry and I are fine.

Who's Henry?

You hesitated before cutting her open.

We had to work fast once I made the incision.

I was running through the procedure in my head.

There's no shame in needing to process a tough loss.

You should talk to someone.

I'd prefer to focus on my current patient

rather than my last one.

Hey. Dr. Browne, where's my patient?

And before you say, "Imaging,"

I already know that's not true.

He's with me and Morgan.

He just needed to process a few things. Everything's...

Watch out!

What's going on?

Morgan just missed a turn. She's a terrible driver.