The Good Doctor

Hello. I'm Freddie Highmore.

The following episode portrays our hope for the future,

a future where no one will have to wear masks

or take other steps to stay safe from COVID.

Until then, please protect yourself and others.

I'm Jordan Allen.

My first year in med school, I designed an ankle brace

that monitors extent of immobilization via a phone app.

When I licensed it to Bioventus,

I was able to pay off over half my student loans.

John Lundberg.

I've worked every summer since I was 16 at Camp Hope Heartland,

a summer program for kids with cancer in Des Moines,

where I grew up.

Asher Wolke.

Uh, when I was 18,

I left the Hasidic community that I was raised in.

I realized if there really was a God,

it had to be a cruel being

that I felt nothing but contempt for.

That's also when I decided to go to med school,

and start dating men.

I'm Olivia Jackson. I'm 25. From Chicago.

I play ragtime piano alone in my apartment.

Is that interesting?

Will Hooper.

Technically, I'm a professional athlete.

Although in a sport nobody pays attention to,

and the stipend barely covers our training expenses,

but I'm on the US National Rowing team.

Men's Eight.

Hey, I'm Enrique.

I spent last summer in Costa Rica,

where I learned to surf, which I'm totally obsessed with now.

Uh, I had a pretty interesting encounter with a saltwater crocodile.

I just thought it was a big...

Why are you wearing a swimsuit?

Oh, they're actually hybrid boardshorts.

I like to work hard,

and it's easier to do when you're comfortable.

Plus, I think the casual dress puts patients at ease.

Uh...

And Dr. Lim said that the

shorts were fine.

Hospital policy requires all residents to...

He's not a resident. He's a resident applicant.

One of six finalists for four openings.

Now, they'll be shadowing for two days.

Give them the grand tour, show them the ropes,

feel free to turn up the heat a bit.

See how they react under pressure.

You will be responsible for supervising them,

so I want your totally honest input

before I make any final decisions.

Those shorts...

Let's call them strike one.

Oh, and in addition to being an Olympian,

Will Hooper is a Rhodes

and graduated top of his class at Stanford.

He is very handsome.

He's very full of himself.

He's ranked first by every top program,

so whatever you can do to recruit him to ours, do it.

I can already give you my input on the sh...

Don't judge a book by its boardshorts.

You wanted to see me?

Good morning.

Sorry. Good morning.

What'd I do wrong?

Just wanted to check in.

See how the new role was coming along.

Honestly?

You could start our new supervisor resident relationship with a lie.

That's always fun.

Internal medicine is

boring.

Between smokers and obese diabetics,

seems like all I'm doing is protecting people from themselves.

As a surgical resident,

you never treated drunk drivers?

Or extracted random objects from guys'...

I get it. People are stupid.

Not my point, but true.

Not the same adrenaline rush,

but internal medicine can be rewarding.

Given time, if you're patient.

Thanks.

That is not how I thought this meeting was gonna go.

I thought one of the nurses complained about me.

Wasn't just one.

And if it happens again, this meeting will go exactly how you thought it would.

Sorry.

I should've just canceled the appointment.

You were right.

Dizziness went away as soon as I stopped

drinking coffee and Red Bull all day.

No worries.

Can you lie flat on your back, please?

Yeah.

You get that scar in a fire?

Sort of.

A homemade Roman candle when I was 12.

You'd be surprised

how many of us at the firehouse were pyros as kids.

I made a potato gun for my sixth-grade science fair.

Almost got me kicked out of school.

You'll have to come visit us sometime.

You'd fit right in.

You see something?

Don't talk. Just breathe normally.

You have a large tumor on the wall of your heart.

Cancer?

I don't know.

But you're definitely gonna need surgery.

As soon as possible.

I appreciate you letting me share your case with the whole class.

No problem.

I stopped being shy after the 100th time I had to do this.

I'll be using a version of Lejour's technique I've adapted.

We'll divide the breast into three pedicles,

and then redistribute the tissue

and insert saline implants

to correct the tuberous breast deformity.

Why would you want breast implants?

You're beautiful. And your breasts look fine just the way they are.

No. No, they don't.

The base is constricted,

horizontal development is deficient,

and the nipple-areola complex...

Murphy. It's okay. He's right.

That's why I'm here.

Thank you.

I know that you're trying to be nice.

My friends and family have been telling me for years,

"You're beautiful just the way you are."

But I don't feel beautiful.

You're 17.

Every girl your age feels like that.

That can't be true.

Tuberous breast deformity is a rare condition.

We're not going to debate

a personal decision the patient's already made.

I've been thinking about this since I was 13.

Every time I look in the mirror.

I'm about to start college,

and there is no way that I'm gonna begin this new chapter

until I'm fixed.

Great.

You thinking median sternotomy or right thoracotomy?

I'm thinking I should finish my review of the imaging.

Sure. No rush.

Actually, there is a bit of a rush.

But you know what I mean.

So, newbies. What up? Where y'all from?

Like hometowns, or...

Med schools.

Why would I care where you grew up?

Stanford.

Uh, NYU. Harvard.

Preferred specialties?

Ortho. All the way.

Neuro.

I'm planning a dual specialty

in neonatal and pediatric oncology.

Impressive. Also unlikely.

I know, it's a ton of work,

but I'm pretty good at multi-tasking.

In med school, I did a combined MD/PhD...

What's your mom do? My mom?

Don't stall. Just answer.

She teaches high-school French.

Homemaker.

Surgeon.

Ouch. Dad?

Also a surgeon.

Double ouch. And yours?

Hasidic rabbi.

You've left the nest.

Actually, the... the whole forest.

And yours obviously works on Wall Street.

But not a trader.

I'm guessing... an M&A lawyer?

How'd you know?

She's read your resume,

researched your social media.

She's probably run a credit check, too.

And you're under 50, but wear Brooks Brothers button-downs.

Are you done yet?

Left thoracotomy

with a possible incision into the right atrium

and inter-atrial septum as needed.

Left atrial approach through Sondergaard's groove

makes more sense.

Not to me.

He's my patient.

But you're not a surgeon.

Which is why there is no reason for you to be grilling them,

or picking the approach.

Stop worrying about protecting your turf.

Stop stepping all over it.