Tonight on NBC their new medical drama “The Good Doctor” airs with an all-new Monday, March 04, 2019, episode and we have your The Good Doctor recap below. On tonight’s The Good Doctor season 2 episode 17 called, “Breakdown,” as per the ABC synopsis, “Dr. Shaun Murphy is desperate to join the team on a dangerous procedure involving a patient’s tumor removal. However, having been removed by Dr. Jackson Han (guest star Daniel Dae Kim) from the surgery team, he must use his talents to help figure out the cause of an infant’s injuries.”
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The Good Doctor begins tonight with Lea (Paige Spara) returning to the apartment, finding Shaun (Freddie Highmore) pouring OJ and revealing he never went to bed. He tells her, he doesn’t want to be a pathologist so Lea reminds him he is still a doctor but simply in a lab instead of an operating room. He decides to walk to work, shouting that Lea doesn’t understand him, just like Dr Han (Daniel Dae Kim) and he is going to figure out how to change his mind.
Dr Neil Melendez (Nicholas Gonzalez) and Dr. Audrey Lim (Christina Chang) share a few kisses in the car, which abruptly comes to an end when he honks the horn. She reminds him not to smile at her when they are at work; she quickly jumps back into the car when she spots Shaun at the corner; ordering Melendez to drive before they are seen.
At the hospital, Allegra (Tamlyn Tomita) holds a press conference for the patient, Kenny; he has Claire (Antonia Thomas) and Alex (Will Yun Park) on either side of him. They will not have to pay for the surgery as Allegra thanks him for allowing them to use his case for special education. Melendez stands up to the microphone as Kenny allows them to roll his blankets back, sh0owing his tumor is over 100lbs and now they have figured out a way to remove the tumor in one piece and give Kenny his life back.
Dr. Han meets with the group who are going to judge his doctors. They try to make it very casual, as Han says being judged is very scary, but reveals he got rid of their horrible lawyer and got a private investigator to check the judging panel out. He taunts them that he might not find anything bad, but rather something embarrassing. Han hopes they will work out a compromise with him over his doctors.
Lim tells her patient’s mother that surgery went well and they were able to remove the tumor without any complications. She can’t confirm when they can leave but will have better knowledge when she gets the results from pathology, post-op. She quickly hugs Laura (Joy Osmanski) and leaves for another patient. Carly (Jasika Nicole), in the meantime, reminds Shaun why they are in pathology when Lim returns to see if they could expedite the results. Carly stops Lim, saying she would rather not know what she thinks and will wait for the results. Lim questions Shaun about seeing him this morning on the street, revealing he walked to work. He thinks for a moment but doesn’t give her an answer. Carly says they can’t investigate results and reminisce about the past at the same time so Lim excuses herself.
Aaron (Richard Schiff) sits with Dr. Marina Blaize (Lisa Edelstein) as they wait for his latest results. She feels helpless as he feels stressed. She encourages him to embrace his feelings right now, but if there is anything he needs from her, he has her private number. He wants to thank her personally, but she feels it is not necessary; they biker about her having to control everything.
Claire orders 60 units of blood from Carly, revealing the procedure they are going to do on Kenny. Shaun gives her some ideas and wants to do some research, but Claire tells him Melendez put together a big team and they have everything they need. Lim finds Melendez, telling him that Shaun saw them and they need to get in front of this. Melendez feels they should find out exactly what Shaun saw; suggesting he will talk to Shaun himself. A nurse comes over and informs them that Dr. Han wants to see them both.
In Dr. Han’s officer, Melendez is about to spill the truth when Shaun informs him they are not being suspended but the hospital will pay a fine and they will need to attend some classes. Shaun asks if this means he can be back on the surgical team, with Lim defending Shaun, reminding Han that he convinced the board that Shaun is competent. Han only issues them a “you’re welcome!”
Carly tells Shaun they have found a big problem with their tiny patient there is a trace a bleed in her scalp and the only way she could have gotten that is by someone shaking her hard. Shaun says it’s from someone abusing her! Lim insists Laura would have never done that to her baby, as her friend is doing this all herself, even using a donor to conceive. Lim refuses Carly calling CPS, saying she wants to do an MRI before they ruin Laura’s life; Lim is offended questioning whether Lim would cover up child abuse. Shaun is denied doing the MRI and Lim tells her to call someone else to do it.
Melendez finds Shaun in the lunchroom, saying he doesn’t have a girlfriend and Shaun confirms this is consistent in what he has seen in his life; Melendez is happy to see that Shaun said “yes”. Claire vents to Morgan (Fiona Gubelmann) and Alex, who are busy performing Kenny’s scans. She wants to stage a walkout but Morgan doesn’t think there should be any feelings, charity nor loyalty to this; that Han has to build from the best team they have. Alex stops them, saying the scan isn’t good as Claire says they need to page Melendez.
Lim informs Laura about ordering the other tests, questioning if she ever left her baby in someone else’s care even to take a bath. Laura insists that raising a baby after all this time of wanting her, she doesn’t get tired. She says when you love someone this much; the tests have to be wrong. Lim questions her ever being tired.
Kenny doesn’t care how risky it is, as he would rather die than continue living with this live tick sucking the life out of him. Melendez says as long as his heart works, he will stay healthy and they can control the pain. Kenny doesn’t want a pain solution, he wants to be cured and have his life back. He is upset that they are now telling him there is no hope. He thanks them for everything they tried to do as the doctors look hopelessly at each other.
Shaun and Lea have dinner together as Shaun talks about the baby abuse; Lea refers to him as a detective in a murder mystery; except the baby isn’t dead. He says Carly said the same thing, she likes solving medical mysteries and treats him well, feeling they make a good team. Lea says if that is the case, maybe Pathology will work for him. Lim and Neil have dinner, where he feels since they will be working together they should expose their relationship. Lim feels they wouldn’t be having this conversation if they didn’t feel Shaun was about to expose them; which makes her think they are not ready to have this conversation. They understand each other, but Lim doesn’t feel they should care what people at work think but maybe they should talk to Andrews (Hill Harper).
Aaron is still waiting for his food, venting to the staff that he is tired of waiting for his food. He begins to shout at the kitchen staff, but quickly apologizes, asking them to carry on and returns to his seat. Claire talks to Alex about Morgan always trying to “one-up” them. He believes Claire should not take it personally as that is who Morgan is. As they sit there, Claire seems to get an idea but back at the hospital, Han tells Morgan he sees her, which he is sure that was her primary objective. He tells her to go home as there is nothing they can do for Kenny and she will have new patients tomorrow. Suddenly, Claire and Alex rush in with an idea. The Good Doctor Season 2 episode 17 ‘Breakdown’ Recap Part 2
Claire explains the plan to Kenny on how they can do this without him bleeding out; he quickly agrees without even hearing the rest as he wants it done as soon as possible. Lim returns to Laura’s room with CPS, saying the secondary results match the first and Laura is ordered to come with them. Laura pleads with her, saying they are friends and she would never hurt her baby.
In the OR, Melendez guides Claire on how to do things but as soon as Han tells her she did a good job, the stats alarm and they are told to keep the levels steady or it will destroy his kidneys. Han says they have saved the operation, but now they only have half the time to do it.
Aaron finds Marina, who isn’t putting a rush on his results because he doesn’t need it. She reminds him that the finish line is in sight and all he has to do is just run through the tape. She promises to talk more after this patient, even suggesting to give him something for the anxiety, but she feels he has got this!
The procedure continues as Kenny already lost 8 1/3 liters of blood; Shaun says the average human body only holds 5 liters. From the observation room, Shaun realizes they should have checked for a breakdown; he isn’t talking about Kenny and rushes back to the lab, saying they need to test the baby’s samples again as it may not be child abuse.
The team stop trying to flip Kenny over, as his heart rate begins to spike, they are able to turn him and he is stable, but he crashes again, with his body going into shock. They quickly assess the situation and he has a high white blood count as Han tells them to start antibiotics. Claire says they need to abort and Han agrees, saying they are not giving up, they are trying to save a feeble patient. Melendez says they need to get Shaun in here, who has a special talent when it comes to blood flow problems. Melendez calls to page Murphy but Han tells him to stop wasting time. They can remove the half of the tumor they already cut and Kenny can live to see another day.
Carly shows Lim their results and the baby wasn’t abused, it came from the suction during birth. Claire barges in and tells Shaun they need him in the OR. He visualizes what is happening and says they don’t have enough time as it is too complex to remove the tumor completely without killing the patient but tells them how to do it without killing him and finishing the operation; Claire steps up and sides with Shaun. Han thanks him for the consult and they return to Kenny’s surgery as Shaun feels left out on the sidelines.
Aaron learns there is no residual of a tumor detected, with Blaize giving him the results and they need to do an MRI in 6 months, but he is in the clear. Aaron tears up and presents her with a gift, even after she said no. She calls him a son of a bitch as she finds a baseball, saying he caught that ball along the 3rd baseline on his 13th birthday. His father forced him to get the entire team to sign it, but that is all he has to remember that awesome day and he wanted her to have something that mattered to him. She tries to refuse but he says she can take it, leaving before she protests again. She says cancer changes people, patients telling her that their lives are better after. Aaron says those people are idiots but she asks him if he would have thought of such a special gift 11 months ago?
Kenny’s procedure continues, with the team following what Shaun said; Melendez gives Han the scissors, asking him to do the honors; they lift the tumor away from Kenny’s body, with the team nodding to 3each other and the rest of the staff clapping from above; except for Shaun.
Lim apologizes to Laura, saying she should have trusted her. Laura says it wasn’t her fault that she is the way she is because she doesn’t understand the love a mother feels because she has never allowed herself to be vulnerable; always expecting the worst of people as that is all she sees in herself. This leaves Lim wondering about things.
Kenny says he has never felt so much pain but his prognosis is excellent. He jokes about taking the tumor home in a glass bottle. Lim tells Melendez to shut up, as he questions if she really wants to do this. Together they go to Andrews’ office.
Shaun comes to see Dr. Han, saying he saved the patient and he deserves to be a surgeon and wants his old job back as he is making a mistake. Han says it seems he is doing well in pathology, saving two patients recently and if he continues they will be able to build to him having more responsibility. Shaun refuses, repeating that he is a surgeon and sits at Han’s desk, refusing to leave the office until he reinstates him. Han wonders if Shaun thinks it is a good idea to bully him as Shaun is proving his point by acting immature, can’t communicate and showing poor emotion.
Shaun repeats that he is a surgeon as Han says he has a talent he admires and he is going to give him one last chance to maintain his dignity. Shaun stands up shouting that he is a surgeon as Han says he will have to leave his office because if he calls security he will also have to fire Shaun. Shaun screams that he is a surgeon and takes off his badge.
He is completely shaken in the locker room, dumping everything on the floor. Shaun picks all his things up and angrily holds the scalpel his brother gave him. He breaks it and slumps to the floor where Claire finds him and helps put all his things away. She sits close to him, just sitting in silence with him. Shaun walks out into the rain and leaves, stopping to look back at the hospital.
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