Shaun ends up informing Evan about the cancer, but Evan says he already knows. Shaun's intervention and solution of the problem earns him Nakano's respect with the older doctor going so far as to ask Shaun to join him in the surgery and then later tell him that it was nice operating with Shaun. He does so, enjoying it very much, but right afterwards he needs to run to the bathroom to throw up from all the alcohol. The two also share a very easy working relationship, quickly falling back into working together and bouncing ideas off of each other like no time at all has passed. Glassman admits that he thinks that she's right and he's furious at Shaun about it, but he had kept that fact out of his report as he'd felt that Shaun didn't deserve to have that mark on his career as a surgeon. Big changes are afoot at St. Bonaventure when the hospital is taken over by a corporation named Ethicure that has a profit-driven CEO at the helm by the name of Salen Morrison. During the date, Shaun asked Carly 83 questions, many of which were quite invasive for so early in a relationship. However, Lea loses contact with Shaun in the process. Claire eventually speaks to Carly who admits that she enjoyed Shaun asking so many questions as Carly hates small talk. By WN Writer Quick Information Date of Birth Aug 10, 1982 Age 40 Years, 8 Months Nationality British Profession Snooker Player Marital Status Married The road trip in Islands, Part 1 takes Shaun and Lea out of the city and into the boondocks, and along the way there are some new adventures to be had for Shaun. Despite seeing two couples who share such a relationship despite the trials they are facing, Shaun is left with uncertainty about whether or not his relationship is worth pursuing. Shaun's caution proves to be warranted as she experiences internal bleeding as a complication of her earlier miscarriage. As Shaun keeps honing his medical skills, Melendez has a change of heart eventually about Shaun never doing anything more than suction. Due to her concerns about Andrews' motivations, Lim sends Shaun out of the room while she talks to Andrews privately, but he ultimately presents the patient with surgery and he accepts it despite the tremendous risks and the completely experimental nature of the procedure. Shaun comes to the realization that its inevitable that people will change, but that its most important that as a couple, you change in the same general direction. In turn, Shaun tries to be more accommodating to Glassman's way of doing things during the surgery which Glassman appreciates. Glassman goes so far as to praise Shaun's save to Lim despite his initial anger and later tells Jerome that Shaun is the one that they need, not himself. Alive SUBSCRIBE for the biggest and best videos from the only official World Snooker channel on YouTubeWebsite: www.worldsnooker.comTwitter: @WorldSnooker1Facebook. 15. high IQ (not low IQ) 96.7. He also has trouble forming an emotional connection to his unborn child that is so far only a somewhat abstract concept of a small fetus in Leas womb. However, Andrews is sympathetic enough to excuse Shaun's behavior despite his anger because Shaun is grieving over the recent loss of his child. In Forgive or Forget, Shaun suggests he and Lea take a camping trip in an attempt to have a change of scenery and provide some much needed reprieve. Claire later tells Shaun that every date is a disaster and every relationship is out of control, but if you stick with it, you'll end up with someone who will help you when you need to be helped, love you when you don't feel lovable and be with you no matter what. Just before admitting his love for Carly, Shaun takes and holds her hand for a brief time despite his previous aversion to holding hands with Carly at all. In an unfortunate turn of events, Shaun falls off a toppled over tree and dislocates his ankle, rupturing an artery in his foot. As a result, he may make a decision that is rational and by the rules, but morally wrong or otherwise harmful such as taking away Dr. Glassman's license due to the rules dictating it while not understanding why Glassman was angry with him, Shaun was able to see that Glassman was upset, but not able to understand why he was upset. Over the course of the next few days, Shaun realizes that Jordan may be right and decides that Lea is definitely good enough for him. However, Shaun's actions that day made Andrews proud of his sacrifice which he thanks Shaun for and tells him that "very few things that are worthwhile in life come without a cost Shaun.". In "Trampoline," Shaun visits a bar instead of attending a job interview, leading him to get into an altercation with Zack Cordell who suddenly collapses after kicking Shaun in the chest. Doctor Jackson Han suggests that while Shaun may make a good surgical resident, he would not make a good surgeon because of his communication issues which would hamper Shaun with interacting with his patients and leading a team of his own residents and believes that Shaun is able to function as a resident because he has the safety net of his attendings and fellow residents. Lim orders Shaun to apologize, but his attempts to instead explain his reasons to the nurse escalate the situation. He dislikes direct questions and confrontation. Shaun's unique diagnostic skills are noted by many characters, including Dr. Jackson Han who displays prejudice against Shaun for his autism. As the water rises and Shaun goes over three minutes, Vera is submerged and Shaun goes underwater to share his oxygen with her through a kiss as he continues the amputation. The surgical team from San Jose is given the hard choice to pick the few patients they can treat in the time they are there, having to turn some of them away for various reasons. Shaun tells Andrews that Steve had always told him that being told to face reality is just a person's way of getting you to do something you don't want to do. Jared recalls that, before he left, Shaun had told him that Jared would eventually find happiness, but he was miserable in Denver and fears that he's a failure. Lea Dilallo (wife)Cintia D'Souza (former crush)Carly Lever (ex-girlfriend) The patient almost dies on the operating table and only survives because of her unusually strong clotting factors that stop her bleed on its own. In "Quarantine: Part Two," Morgan is instrumental in helping Shaun break out of the shutdown by getting him to focus on Santa Pete's abdominal surgery; with Doctor Lim incapacitated by the virus, Shaun and Morgan complete the surgery by themselves and save the patient. As a resident at St. Bonaventure, he must learn the ropes of hospital work, while facing unique challenges and embracing his strengths due to his diagnoses of autism and savant syndrome. What Lea doesnt know is that Shaun didnt tell anyone that he left with her, so Glassman has to lie to Melendez about Shaun taking a few personal days while Glassman himself is worried and keeps calling Shaun. Shaun's first date with Carly proves to be awkward and eventful, but it leaves Shaun overwhelmed and unhappy because of all the unpredictability he experienced. It gets Shaun into serious trouble with the new Chief of Surgery, Dr. Jackson Han despite his friends arguing his case. The actual dinner with Leas parents turns out to be somewhat uncomfortable as expected, but Shaun saves the day by making analogy to hemorrhoid surgery and suggesting they treat the dinner as a means to become more comfortable with the idea of Shaun and Lea being a somewhat mismatched but happy couple. Though Shaun was awkward in asking, Carly understood what he was trying to ask and accepted, leaving Shaun so excited that he forgot to leave the chocolates and flowers he bought for Carly. Since 2017, British actor Highmore has played Dr. Shaun Murphy, a surgical resident with autism, on the ABC medical drama. Although Shaun initially experiences problems with driving, Lea is able to help translate driving into medical terms and Shaun succeeds in learning the skill. Seeing all the colleagues around him either quitting their jobs, he comes to the realization that he doesnt want to keep working at St. Bons if none of his friends are there anymore, so he convinces both Lea and Glassman that its the right thing for him to stand up and fight together with all of them. This makes them rethink and they come back to invite Shaun and Lea for dinner later. Lea tries to tell him that he should be embracing life and that hell never be happy if he constantly lives in fear. Lea is happy to hear it and apologizes again for manipulating Shauns scores, knowing full well how it made Shaun feel weak and useless. Verchere was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on February 4, 2002. However, Shaun helps Park find a solution for Nathan that can be done in a single surgery rather than multiple ones. They send Zack to the OR and save his life. In "Shrapnel," Shaun, Asher and Danni treat Charlie, a military reenactor with shrapnel in his arm. Affiliation: Chambers is on the autism spectrum and his wrist pain is caused by his repetitive suturing technique. The Brain Voiced by Maurice LaMarche in Pinky and the Brain A mix between Orson Welles, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Don Quixote, this adorable little genius, whose intelligence has been significantly raised due to Acme Labs experiments, is hellbent on taking over the world by any means necessary. I'm not quite sure how to interpret this question, but I'll try nonetheless. Former World, UK and Masters champion Murphy, 40, had a gastric sleeve. A particularly stressful situation arises in Apple, when one morning Lea bursts into Shauns apartment and stress-eats his last apple, complaining vocally about how the landlord shut off her power the night before because she was playing her music too loud. With Glassman no longer there to offer support, Lea makes the questionable decision to delete some of the worst reviews patients left for Shaun so that his average scores go up, which Shaun later proudly reports to her as a big accomplishment on his part. Throughout the case, Shaun encourages his old friend to return to surgery. When Glassman says he hasnt and the boy will likely die, Shaun is very distraught, and Glassman suggests that perhaps this case is hitting home for Shaun because he is an expecting father and thus it affects him more than hed like to admit. Lea thinks Glassman was wrong not to trust Shaun and has him actually taking her car out into the street after they go a few rounds on a motel parking lot. The Good Doctor (ABC, Sony) is a medical drama that airs on the ABC television network and premiered in September 2017. Lea seems happy with that, but admits to Shaun later that shes also disappointed that shes not going to have a more ceremonial white-dress wedding a concern that Shaun voices to Dr. Glassman. Shaun repeatedly insists that he had done nothing wrong as he had saved Lim's life, but both Lim and Glassman push him to take some kind of accountability for his actions. While he cares a lot about her, he struggles with her renewed presence in his life, now living in fear that she could leave again like she did the first time. Glassman, temporarily back in San Jose to sell his house, bears witness to Shauns breakdown and an accusation made by Shaun that the baby would not have died if Glassman, in his role as hospital president, had reined Salen in. Shaun is then forced to treat pregnant mother-to-be Viola who suffers complications requiring a C-section. He's a young, troubled genius, and. The professional snooker player was born Shaun Peter Murphy on August 10, 1982, in Harlow, England. Late Teens Shaun is left torn between being a supportive friend and what the rules say he must do, leading Shaun to take away Glassman's driving license (Empathy). He insists on eating the same thing for breakfast every day: yogurt and a green apple except for Mondays when he has breakfast with Dr. Glassman at the hospital. Carly has Shaun touch one of her breasts for the first time, exciting Shaun who tells Carly that she has no sign of lumps. Lea does get somewhat stressed out but insists to Shaun that everything is fine, flip-flopping between wanting to cancel the engagement party or not. After some difficulty with new resident Dr. Danica "Danni" Powell, Shaun considers firing her on her first day, despite being reminded of how much he'd pushed back against his own attendings as a resident. Despite this, Shaun has genuine feelings for Carly as shown when she asked him to speak with her instead of ignoring Carly if he had feelings for her at all. Shaun and Lea keep running into each other on occasion, such as her picking him up in her car when he misses his bus stop and has to wait to get the bus in the other direction. Shaun comes to San Jose to apply for a job as junior surgical resident at St. Bonaventure Hospital, a job that he is only being considered for because his mentor Dr. Glassman fought for, seeing how he is currently the hospitals president ("Burnt Food"). Shaun is allowed back into the hospital and helps them diagnose pericardial effusion, watching the ongoing surgery from outside the OR doors. However, this time its on Carly's side due to still being upset over Shaun and Lea's night in Wyoming. Things dont exactly go smoothly when Shaun is forced to collaborate professionally with his mentor and surrogate father Dr. Glassman and the two of them clash over stress-induced disagreements over how to handle the pandemonium and shortage of available staff. Shaun's diagnostic skills impress Han who decides to transfer Shaun to pathology against his wishes so that Shaun can continue to save lives, but will not have to interact with patients. Shaun encounters an unexpected reminder to his brother Steve when he runs across a patient in the ER who looks uncannily like his brother. In "SFAD," Shaun is able to empathize and bond with Tara, a young woman whose lack of immune system has trapped Tara in a bubble for her whole life. As he keeps learning, he is being supported by his fellow junior residents Dr. Claire Browne and Dr. Jared Kalu, with Claire taking a particular interest in befriending Shaun, trying to understand how he operates and how she can connect with him. She tells Shaun that they both need to think about whether this is the right time to raise a child. The next day, Shaun decides that he wants to help Lea plan the wedding, so that when things go wrong, they go wrong for the both of them. After one of his mistakes in leadership costs a patient his life as Shaun does not check on Asher's work, Shaun refuses to continue training residents until Lim makes Shaun talk Asher through a procedure on another patient. He displays several traits of his condition, including heightened sensory sensitivity, abnormal inflection when speaking, lack of interest in eye contact, and heavy reliance on routine. After realizing that Claire was responsible for Shaun's doubts, Carly bluntly tells her to butt out of their relationship. Olivia is capable, but isn't confident. As Carly goes to leave, Shaun takes her hand for the first time and agrees, stating that he loves Carly and the two embrace. Answer (1 of 2): Oh, this is pretty old. Shaun suffers an emotional breakdown and forcefully demands his job from Han in a way that leads to Han firing Shaun. As a result, she ends her friendship with Shaun, announcing that their relationship will be purely professional from now on. At Carly's request, the two simply hold each other, with Shaun going so far as to actually hold Carly's hand, but he quickly becomes uncomfortable and has to leave. He tries to tell Pam and Mike that Lea has changed for the better and that she is definitely ready to be in a relationship with Shaun. Though they experience some problems adjusting to being roommates, the two are able to find solutions and maintain a supportive platonic relationship. . Shaun becomes excited as he now truly feels married for the first time. Shaun later finds out that Lea has been acting a little strangely because she discovered two days ago that she is pregnant. In "Moonshot," Shaun and Park treat Rosalind, a doctor who has advanced the field of leukemia treatment but in the process, pushed everyone in her life away from her. Shaun is pretty oblivious to the trouble hes in and tells Glassman he would like to give two weeks notice because he will move to Hershey to continue his residency there.