I’ve steered myself away from watching any television series nowadays. I stopped after The Big Bang Theory ended because them not going on to another season made me sad. I didn’t want to invest in TV shows anymore because they usually wouldn’t go on for as long as I wanted them to. Although, I did watch Lucifer because that was hilarious and a different take on the Devil and God. That was just something to entertain you, not to emotionally invest it. I mean, thanks to Netflix, binge watching has become easier, right?
Last July, the husband and I had a fight so we weren’t really talking to each other–or rather I didn’t talk to him. Haha! So, he was watching something on Netflix that I didn’t want to ask what. I assumed it was a movie and I would already go to bed and he’d still be at it, laughing. When we made up, he told me he was watching The Good Doctor and had me watch along with him. However, I was several episodes late so I decided to watch the first season on my own.
Netflix only has three seasons of the show and since we both finished that, I had to download the remaining season 4 and 5. I’m almost done with season 4 and the show is still interesting to me. I once wanted to be doctor when I was young (who didn’t?) until a cousin of mine took up nursing and practiced injecting on my sister. That put me off the medical profession for life because I have a very low pain threshold and practicing on real people seemed too much. Considering that my first hospital confinement was only when I gave birth, I am totally alienated from the medical field. Sure, getting annual physical examinations were necessary but you only needed to get your blood drawn and that particular needle isn’t all that scary. And if you had a good phlebotomist, you won’t even feel it at all. But this show put surgery in a new perspective.
I mean I also watched the first few seasons of Grey’s Anatomy but I was more focused on McDreamy, McSteamy and Meredith to be interested in the medical aspect of it. However, seeing Shaun Murphy, who is autistic and with a photographic memory deal with the ins and outs of life and being a surgeon made me focus on the the show as a whole. The integration of the cases and his personal life in every episode made watching it worthwhile.
It is interesting to note that there is something you can learn from TV. It obviously just depends on which crap you pick. Haha! Seriously though, watching The Good Doctor is not just to pass the time. It is also for those who aspire to be surgeons, for parents with children on the spectrum and for anyone who wishes to learn something new. It showcases human nature in different perspectives and helps us deal with others in a new light.
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