Binge Watch Review: The Good Doctor Season 6

The Good Doctor season six picks up right where season five left off with Dr. Lim and Nurse Villanueva in critical condition following a stabbing by Owen, Villanueva's boyfriend. Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Aaron Glassman have a difference of opinion as to how they should proceed with Dr. Lim's surgery, and when Dr. Glassman leaves the room, and "the parameters change" as Dr. Murphy calls it, he chooses to do things his way. This leaves Dr. Lim in a wheelchair and very angry at Shaun.

This season the writers don't put Shaun in a very good light. Not only does he refuse to apologize to Dr. Lim because he thinks he did nothing wrong, but later on, he's insistent that Dr. Glassman get another brain scan because he sees some anomalies in his surgeries. When it comes back normal, that still doesn't stop Shaun who eventually discovers that Dr. Glassman has had a mini-stroke.

This leads to a showdown between the pair when Dr. Glassman can't remember the next step in a surgery, and Shaun orders him to say it out loud, humiliating his friend and mentor. That's not something Glassman is willing to forget anytime soon.

Dr. Park and Dr. Resnick start out the season bickering, but eventually find their way back as friends after Park learns that Resnick is trying to have a baby. Before she can get pregnant, a medically fragile baby is left alone at the hospital when her mother dies. Resnick agrees to foster her, and Park starts to help. This leads to a reunion between the two, and, at the end of the season, they are a couple again.

Lea gets pregnant again, but it's not smooth sailing. She has to go through two scary surgeries, and one of the best scenes is when Shaun is sitting on the floor outside the OR waiting for news. One by one, his friends start showing up and sitting on the floor next to him and across from him, offering their silent support. It's a big swerve from when Shaun first arrived at the hospital in season one.

Fortunately, the surgeries go well, and Lea is able to carry the baby to term. It's a joyous occasion except for the fact that Glassman, who is still hurt by Shaun's actions, isn't there when the baby is born. He does, however, send a gift, a blue blanket with the name "Steve" on it, as though he knew what Shaun and Lea would name their baby. It's a bittersweet moment when Shaun tells Dr. Glassman that they were having the baby, and he just says "congratulations" and goes back inside his apartment.

I have to admit, I was with Dr. Glassman on this one. Shaun did not have to humiliate him, calling him out in front of Dr. Lim, who by this time is back on her feet. After everything Dr. Glassman had done for Shaun and everything Shaun had learned about how to treat people, I feel like, at this time, he should have known better.

There were plenty of really good episodes in this season, especially when Dr. Perez, one of the new residents, gets in a car accident. He's a drug addict and asks Dr. Jordan Allen not to give him opiods. But when his blood pressure goes up really high, she's scared he's going to have a heart attack, and she gives him something anyway. Afterwards, Perez decides to leave the hospital and go back home to Texas as he knows he's going to need some help with his recovery.

Along with the good episodes, there were a few powerful ones, but none more than Sorry, Not Sorry. Dr. Resnick treats a victim of sexual assault, and it's a heartbreaking storyline that leads to a crushing reveal about the doctor.

Overall, I'd give this season a 7 out of 10 only. It would have been higher had the writers written Shaun a little differently.

The Good Doctor is available to stream now on Hulu.