Shaun must study to respect boundaries.
He spent most of The Good Doctor Season 3 Episode 17 attempting to persuade Lea to exit on a date with him, satisfied that he may overcome her resistance along with his problem-solving abilities.
Lea stated she could not be with him as a result of he’s autistic, however that is not the issue. His insistence on ignoring her saying no was.
The Good Physician tried to make this a characteristic of Shaun’s autism, and perhaps to an extent it was.
Melendez: I do not suppose you make folks fall in love with you. They both do or they do not.
Shaun: That isn’t true. Everybody begins not in love with you after which they’re.
Melendez tried to inform Shaun that you would be able to’t make folks fall in love with you and Lea tried to inform Shaun a number of occasions that she wasn’t .
Many individuals with autism are open to others explaining social guidelines to them as a result of they simply do not get it, however Shaun was so wrapped up in his perception that Lea was attainable that he wasn’t prepared to pay attention.
After all, none of this might have occurred if Morgan hadn’t put concepts in Carly’s head about how Shaun was in love with Lea and Carly hadn’t informed Shaun to go be with Lea.
I’ve by no means believed Shaun actually was in love with Lea. It appeared that he took Carly’s directions actually and tried to admit emotions to Lea that did not actually exist.
Shaun: I can study to be comfy together with your approach of doing issues. I can deal with your messiness and your neediness and your selfishness.
Lea: Shaun. Cease. Your approach of displaying me that you’re attentive to my wants is to name me out of labor with no discover to go all the way in which throughout city so you may present me you unalphabetized your beans.
And now he is obsessing on her as a result of Carly informed him he was in love with Lea and needs to be together with her.
Lea did not assist, both, together with her non-specific explanations of why she and Shuan could not be collectively.
Folks with autism do not take hints very effectively, and Lea was doing the whole lot however explaining precisely what the issue was — till Shaun lastly pushed her onerous sufficient that she admitted the reality.
Morgan: Discover somebody who loves you the way in which you’re.
Shaun: Folks all the time say that, however should not we be with somebody who makes us need to be a greater model of ourselves?
Morgan: Perhaps. However attempting to not be autistic will not make you higher.
She does not need to be with Shaun as a result of his autism clashes with no matter it’s she’s speculated to be.
This complete mess is why Shaun ought to have stayed with Carly within the first place. I hate the cleaning soap trope of individuals bouncing forwards and backwards between two folks however on this case I might love for him to appreciate he made a mistake and attempt to make issues proper with Carly.
For as soon as, Morgan had some respectable recommendation.
She was proper that Shaun needs to be with somebody who accepts him for who he’s, autism and all.
That is Carly, not Lea.
Let’s hope her absolute rejection of Shaun is the top of this nonsense, although from the promo trailer it does not seem to be it.
Claire: Her husband wasn’t mistaken. Typically it’s important to settle for that issues are nearly as good as they get. In any other case you are simply setting your self up for disappointment.
Shaun: What good does it do to surrender if you happen to’re already heartbroken?
In the meantime, the medical instances each concerned questions associated to who ought to resolve what stage of danger is suitable.
Each Alice’s husband and Lim made the choice for another person — was both of them proper?
Lim’s angle aggravated me.
Sure, Max was solely 16. However he is also a avenue good child who has in all probability seen a ton of trauma. Youngsters in these conditions typically need to develop up quick.
I get it. I am a screw-up. However Wes is not. He got here and acquired me once I was too messed as much as drive. He cleaned me up after fights. If I keep out of jail… if I am a father sometime… if I am not a misplaced trigger, it is due to Wes. He does not should die.
Max
He is emancipated, which implies legally he ought to have the precise to make medical choices for himself, and as Park identified if he have been Wes’ organic son this would not even be a difficulty.
Wes was dying and Max was the one dwelling donor, however Lim stubbornly refused to permit him to donate based mostly on some criterion that did not make any sense.
If she was nervous about whether or not Max understood the dangers, she may have referred to as in a psychiatrist aware of adolescents to judge that.
She determined {that a} child Max’s age could not probably perceive long-term penalties or that as a result of he’d acquired into hassle previously, he could not make any good choices now.
Then she lied to him to make him really feel higher about her refusal.
And for what? Wes remains to be dying whereas a possible donor is sitting in one other room crying. Everybody on the case besides Lim noticed how ridiculous and short-sighted that was.
Alice’s husband was equally annoying.
His fears have been comprehensible, however he did not appear to have any empathy for Alice in any way.
She had been struggling for years from some form of sickness that made her dizzy and weak, and his opinion was that she ought to simply put up with that in order that she did not need to bear a dangerous surgical procedure.
Regardless of how afraid he was, he may have expressed some understanding of how she felt. As a substitute, he used an ultimatum to make the choice for her.
It ended up understanding since Shaun found out another remedy, however sheesh.
There was some bizarre stuff between Claire and an ex-patient whose spouse had now handed on.
I used to be shocked Melendez inspired her to go for it because it appeared there can be some moral points concerned in that form of relationship.
Melendez in all probability did imagine Claire can be joyful if she was with this man, however the cynic in me can not help questioning whether or not he thought this was a great way to dispel the rumors about him and Claire.
I’m wondering what Morgan may need stated. She’s sarcastic, untrusting, and sometimes provides good recommendation, so it could have been fascinating to get her tackle this.
Lastly, I hope the subplot about Park’s son will get developed extra.
Park: A few of that is on you. Each time we discuss you do not inform me something about your life.
Cal: That is since you do not need to know.
Park: That is not true.
Cal: Sure it’s! You are saving sufferers 100 hours every week. You do not need to really feel responsible so that you ask if I am okay since you need me to be. So I let you know I am high quality.
Callum hasn’t been round for some time, and he seems to be vaping pot to self-medicate for his nervousness and sense that Park is not actually fascinated by him.
This might be one thing fascinating for Park to grapple with as we head towards the season finale.
Your flip, Good Physician fanatics.
Is that this the top of the highway for Shaun and Lea, and would you like it to be? And who was proper: Lim or Max?
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