Dave Shore
The Good Doctor

|THE GOOD DOCTOR - first 3 episodes
...since we're at it, let's review it. American medical drama (but with production based in Vancouver) directed by David "Dave" Shore, with a soundtrack by Daniel "Dan" Romer, consisting of 18 episodes spread over 6 summer evening appointments, tells the story of a young man with Savant syndrome, a type of syndrome classifiable as Autistic, namely Shawn Murphy, who manages to become a professional surgeon excelling in university studies in the nursing field, and whose subjects he often tends to explain important fundamentals to various department colleagues (even if at somewhat inopportune moments), arousing general compassion not quite empathetically, except for the understanding Dr. Claire Browne, played by Antonia Thomas (same surname as the recent Tour de France winner, but she is Afro-British and quite a sight for any single observer),
a Doctor who regularly makes the protagonist fall in love for the second time in his life, following a successfully resolved emergency intervention at the last minute.
What happens in the opening scenes of the series in "A Quiet Genius," "The Dirty Work," "A Gift from Oliver," is narrated by Freddie Highmore aka Shawn sometimes with Forrest Gump-like accents (without sadly mimicking, so far, Hanks) sometimes with moves akin to Clooney in E.R., and a respectable Nicky Gonzalez aka Neil Melendes, who gradually accepts the character and personality differences in the operational group, despite some disagreements with Murphy and Browne, both "new faces." A note of partial discredit for the minimal role of the protagonist's psychologist, yes, but I hope to change my mind.
See you on Wednesday 15/8 avocets and sparrows