<Li> Chris D'Elia as Kenny, Shaun's new neighbor, who moves into Lea's apartment . </Li> <Li> Graham Patrick Martin as Blake </Li> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "Burnt Food" </Td> <Td> Seth Gordon </Td> <Td> David Shore </Td> <Td> September 25, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 25) </Td> <Td> 11.22 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> On the way to begin his surgical residency at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, Dr. Shaun Murphy witnesses an airport sign fall and shatter glass onto a young boy . Another doctor is first on the scene and begins applying pressure to the child's neck . Shaun tells him that he's pressing on the wrong part of the neck for a child . With his unique ability to visualize the internal body and using improvised methods and tools, Shaun is able to stabilize the boy . On the way to the hospital, Shaun notices that the boy's vitals have changed . Hospital staff are alerted to the arrival of the boy . Shaun tries to tell the doctors about the boy's vitals, stating that he needs an echo - cardiogram . The doctors disagree and begin surgery . While operating, something goes wrong and Claire Browne, a surgical resident, recalls Shaun mentioning an echo . Thanks to Shaun's diagnosis, the boy's life is saved . Meanwhile, in a hospital board meeting, Dr. Aaron Glassman, president of the hospital, tries to convince the board to hire Shaun, despite his autism . Flashbacks give us a picture of Shaun's childhood and his motivation for becoming a doctor . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "Mount Rushmore" </Td> <Td> Mike Listo </Td> <Td> David Shore </Td> <Td> October 2, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 02) </Td> <Td> 10.93 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (January 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> Dr. Melendez is doing rounds with Dr. Browne and Dr. Kalu . Melendez calls out Shaun for arriving late on his first full day . A middle aged woman is brought into the ER with abdominal pain . Shaun immediately diagnoses a malignant tumor . Melendez assigns Browne as his number two for the surgery while giving Shaun "scut work" - all the work that residents hate doing . On the operating table, the doctors find the tumor is much bigger than expected and has encased all of her arteries . Looking at biopsy results, the residents find out that she is suffering from leiomyosarcoma, making surgery seemingly impossible . Shaun's ability to visualize the internal organs allows him to figure out that removing one of her kidneys would allow a better look, enough to view and possibly remove the mass . To Browne's dismay, Kalu suggests Shaun's idea to Melendez, getting the credit for the idea . Meanwhile, Shaun's attention to detail in his scut work gets him into trouble . Instead of releasing patients ready for discharge, Shaun rechecks them and orders additional tests . Upon learning this, Melendez assigns Nurse Freydey as Shaun's "boss" for the day . Later, after rechecking a discharged young girl's test results, Shaun races to her home . The parents are annoyed that he's bothering them after midnight and at first refuse to let him in . Shaun insists he will not leave before seeing their daughter . His diagnosis is correct and they must rush her to the hospital for surgery to save her life . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "Oliver" </Td> <Td> John Dahl </Td> <Td> William Rotko </Td> <Td> October 9, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 09) </Td> <Td> 10.69 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Shaun and Claire fly to San Francisco Municipal Hospital to get a liver for a transplant patient . They can't fly back due to fog and are forced to use a police escort . Several problems arise . First, the liver's temperature rises to near the allowed maximum, forcing them to stop at a local store to cool it by submerging it in slushie . As they proceed with their journey, Shaun discovers that the liver has a clot . With only two hours of viability left, the duo decides to perform an operation en route in order to remove the clot and flush the left lobe, protecting it from the ice bath . Back at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, Chuck, the recipient of the liver, is discovered to have alcohol in his system, a development that could move him to the bottom of the list . Chuck later confesses that he actually took a drink at his daughter's graduation . In order to protect its reputation and its future patients, the hospital decides to deny Chuck the liver . To their dismay, Shaun and Claire arrive back, only to find out that the liver has to be taken to another patient at another hospital . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "Pipes" </Td> <Td> Steven DePaul </Td> <Td> Thomas L. Moran </Td> <Td> October 16, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 16) </Td> <Td> 10.60 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (January 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> Barb Allen, 22 weeks pregnant, and her husband, Mark, come to St. Bonaventure hoping that doctors can save her baby . A large non-cancerous tumor is growing so close to the fetus that for the baby to survive it must be removed . After an ultrasound, she hears from Dr. Melendez the same thing she's heard from two other second opinions . The safest thing to do is terminate the pregnancy . Due to a medical condition that leaves her susceptible to clots, she risks having a heart attack during surgery . Barb says she'll do anything to save the baby . Shaun interrupts offering a way to control the clotting factor pre-operatively . His suggestion is considered and surgery is scheduled . However, Melendez is angry that Shaun contradicted him in front of a patient . Complications arise when the husband changes his mind about the surgery . After a meeting with legal staff and the board, the surgery is rescheduled . However, during the procedure Barb suffers a heart attack, causing the surgery to be aborted . In recovery, Melendez explains that the baby is fine . She insists on trying the operation again . Ultimately Jared suggests stopping her heart and putting her on life support reducing the risk of a second heart attack . Surgery is successful for both mother and baby . Meanwhile, Dr. Melendez assigns Shaun and Claire case, as a punishment, to lance a boil for a patient of Dr. Andrews . 18 year old Olivia is experiencing severe pain in her genital area . After an examination, the "boil" turns out to be an abscess needing drainage . Olivia admits to being tested every month for STD's since she does pornography for a living . During the routine procedure to drain the abscess, they discover fibroid tumor wrapped around the nerve in the genital area . Surgery will mean losing feeling in her genitalia . As Dr. Andrews and Claire discuss the surgery with Olivia, Shaun rushes in with an alternative method to reconnect the vessels in a way that would leave her with no feeling in her thigh instead of her genital area . She agrees to it and the operation is successful . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> "Point Three Percent" </Td> <Td> Larry Teng </Td> <Td> David Hoselton </Td> <Td> October 23, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 23) </Td> <Td> 10.39 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Shaun notices a young boy with an indubitable resemblance to his deceased brother Steve, forming a bond with him . The boy's name is actually Evan and was brought to the hospital by his parents for reportedly breaking an arm; unbeknownst to Evan, he is in fact suffering from stage 4 Osteosarcoma . Shaun later suspects that he might have been misdiagnosed with cancer but indeed was suffering from Langerhans cell histiocytosis . In order not to give both Evan and his parents false hopes, Shaun decides to lie, attempting to perform a bone marrow aspiration, but he is caught red - handed by the parents . Subsequently, Evan starts coughing out blood, sending him to the OR . While on the operating table, Dr. Neil Menendez and Dr. Claire Browne discover that the cancer had metastasized, undoubtable proof that he is indeed suffering with terminal cancer . The other doctors are trying to find a prognosis of a 66 - year old man, brought to the hospital by his estranged son, with an allergy causing him to have convulsions . Dr. Browne later finds out that the man is suffering from Echinococcus, a cyst form of tapeworms . Saddened by Evan's fate, which Evan has in fact known about the whole time, Shaun reads Evan the final few pages of To Kill a Mockingbird, a book of Steve's that he never finished reading before he died . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> "Not Fake" </Td> <Td> Michael Patrick Jann </Td> <Td> Simran Baidwan </Td> <Td> October 30, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 30) </Td> <Td> 10.60 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Shaun and the rest of the residents are working the graveyard shift when numerous casualties from a wedding bus crash come in . Among the victims are a woman with severe, visible burns, on whom Dr. Kalu tries an experimental procedure, and a young man with a damaged leg who can either have it amputated, or have an artificial bone inserted . The relative newness of the latter procedure causes a conflict between the man's parents and his soon - to - be bride . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> "22 Steps" </Td> <Td> David Straiton </Td> <Td> Johanna Lee </Td> <Td> November 13, 2017 (2017 - 11 - 13) </Td> <Td> 10.14 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Shaun encounters Liam, an autistic patient brought in to the hospital . Having to face prejudice from the young man's parents, Dr. Melendez defends him for the first time and acknowledges his exceptional abilities . On Dr. Glassman's directive, Claire continues her therapy sessions in order to curb her guilt over the death of a patient she inadvertently caused in the previous episode . On the other hand, Dr. Kalu gets a 73 - year - old man with severe chest pains thus needing urgent medical attention and a pacemaker but his desire is to die; in order to give him hope on life, Dr. Kalu does everything he can to have him accept treatment, to no avail in which the latter finally lets him sign the DNR . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> "Apple" </Td> <Td> Nestor Carbonell </Td> <Td> David Renaud </Td> <Td> November 20, 2017 (2017 - 11 - 20) </Td> <Td> 9.97 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> While shopping at a grocery mart for apples, a robbery takes place . With Shaun's communication limitations, he puts the lives of two customers on a first date at risk, leading to a young woman getting shot . Shaun's neighbor Lea hugs him after he admits that he made a mistake with someone getting hurt . During surgery, Dr. Lim questions Claire's ability to not let her emotions get the better of her because of a racist patient . This leads to an argument between the two with Dr. Lim ordering Claire to leave the operating room . Claire puts her emotions in check to save the life of the racist patient much to the satisfaction and delight of Dr. Lim . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> "Intangibles" </Td> <Td> Bronwen Hughes </Td> <Td> Karen Struck </Td> <Td> November 27, 2017 (2017 - 11 - 27) </Td> <Td> 9.25 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The team takes on the case of a young boy from the Congo who has severe congenital heart anomalies; Murphy's latest encounter with his neighbor Lea has him confused . He takes flirting lessons from Dr. Browne and notes and charts what he sees in regards to the "flirting trifecta". Meanwhile, Dr. Browne along with a lab tech search for a misplaced tissue sample from a woman with possible throat cancer . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td> "Sacrifice" </Td> <Td> Michael Patrick Jann </Td> <Td> Lloyd Gilyard Jr . </Td> <Td> December 4, 2017 (2017 - 12 - 04) </Td> <Td> 9.03 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Shaun has reluctantly agreed to Dr. Glassman's repeated suggestions to meet with a therapist, but ultimately changes his mind after a new patient, Bobby Otto, convinces Shaun to stop letting people tell him what to do . At the end of the episode, a confrontation with Glassman in the hospital lobby leads to Shaun having a meltdown, causing him to strike Glassman in the face and run out of the hospital . Meanwhile, Claire runs into an uncomfortable situation with Dr. Matt Coyle, who makes unwanted sexual advances toward her during a patient consultation . Jared finds out and physically threatens him . As a result, Jared is fired . In later developments, after a tense dinner with Jessica, her father and Dr. Melendez, we learn that she doesn't want to have children . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11 </Th> <Td> "Islands Part One" </Td> <Td> Bill D'Elia </Td> <Td> Thomas L. Moran & William Rotko </Td> <Td> January 8, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 08) </Td> <Td> 8.30 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Shaun and Lea embark on an impromptu road trip . Shaun drives, drinks Tequila, sings karaoke, all for the first time, and experiences his first kiss with Lea . He is devastated when Lea reveals that she plans to move to Hershey, Pennsylvania to work in her family's auto body shop . Melendez and Andrews operate on conjoined twins, one of which needs a kidney . Complications develop and the operation to separate them, planned for six months after the kidney surgery, must be done immediately . The operation goes well until it's discovered the twins have not awakened from the surgery . In an effort to get his job back, Jared apologizes to Coyle, who rejects the apology . Claire vows to ruin Coyle by finding all the other women he has harassed . Andrews calls Kalu the next day with the news that Coyle came forward, but while he's willing to give him a recommendation for other hospitals, he cannot overlook the physical assault, and will not reinstate him at St. Bonaventure . We also learn that Dr. Melendez decides it's more important to be with Jessica and that he can be a "father" in other ways . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> "Islands Part Two" </Td> <Td> Cherie Nowlan </Td> <Td> Thomas L. Moran & William Rotko </Td> <Td> January 15, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 15) </Td> <Td> 9.33 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Shaun returns to the hospital after his trip and gives Dr. Glassman his two weeks' notice, intending on moving to Hershey to be with Lea . Glassman and Dr. Melendez give Murphy a recommendation, but Glassman promises to back off if Shaun stays . After a talk with Claire in which she says she will miss Shaun, he decides to stay and returns the letter to Glassman . Meanwhile, the twins suffer complications from their surgery; Katie is not getting enough blood flow to the brain, while Jenny's heart is failing . Despite the doctors' best efforts to save both twins, Jenny dies on the operating table . Jessica looks into previous misconduct at the hospital in which white doctors were only warned instead of fired, leading to allegations of racism by Kalu's lawyer . Kalu gets his job back and is seen getting suited up for a shift at the hospital, but Dr. Andrews didn't want him back as he felt using the racism card was setting them back . Finally, Jessica tells Melendez that she wants to break up because she feels like she is standing in his way of being a father . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13 </Th> <Td> "Seven Reasons" </Td> <Td> Mike Listo </Td> <Td> David Shore & David Hoselton </Td> <Td> January 22, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 22) </Td> <Td> 9.61 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> While treating a Muslim patient, Shaun senses she is lying, based on his seven reasons why people lie, and makes controversial claims . Melendez punctures the bronchus of the patient during surgery and is put under investigation after Shaun questions if his personal life is affecting his work . Jared comes to a conclusion that might explain the punctured bronchus and exonerate Melendez, while Shaun maintains his belief . In the end, Shaun's suspicion that the patient was exposed to explosive chemicals was confirmed, but for a different reason . While Claire assists in a surgery on a stroke patient, who had an aneurysm, with Dr. Lim, she learns that Coyle got a new job and a raise . They inform the patient's wife that he needs surgery or he will die . The wife refuses and Claire discovers that it is because the wife was abused and does not want her husband to survive . Claire forces her to agree to the surgery and convinces her to leave her husband . Claire meets with Kristen, another former co-worker and victim of Coyle . Finally, Shaun asks Glassman to be friends, but Glassman decides to give him his own space and not be friends, which upsets Shaun . Shaun meets his new neighbor . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 14 </Th> <Td> "She" </Td> <Td> Seth Gordon </Td> <Td> Simran Baidwan </Td> <Td> February 5, 2018 (2018 - 02 - 05) </Td> <Td> 9.63 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The four residents including the new Dr. Morgan Reznick are paired off in a competition with Reznick and Browne being paired with Melendez while Murphy and Kalu are paired up with Lim . It determines their futures at the hospital . Murphy and Kalu are faced with a gender dysphoric patient, Quinn, in which Shaun feels that people are the gender they were born with . Murphy and Kalu come to determine that Quinn has testicular cancer and find out that she has fragile bones due to being on puberty blockers . This leads to the discussion about whether or not she there should be unilateral or bilateral surgery to remove one or both testicles . The grandma accuses the parents of abuse by letting Quinn go through with the bilateral surgery, but the parents say it's their decision . While the head doctors and family are discussing whether or not to go through with the surgery, Quinn ends up with testicular torsion which requires emergency surgery . They decided to not go through with the bilateral surgery . Meanwhile, Browne and Reznick have a male patient that ended up with a superbug which is resistant to all drugs, because he took leftover drugs for the wrong purpose . The permanent damage means he needs a colostomy put in, but Claire does research on fecal microbiota transplant, which Melendez approves . With how Reznick acts, it leaves Claire feeling like she is only a team player when she needs to be . Finally, Dr. Andrews and Dr. Barnes see a fertility specialist as they want to have children . Andrews blames Barnes for waiting so long . The fertility doctor says that Andrews has a low sperm count and are referred to a urologist . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> "Heartfelt" </Td> <Td> Regina King </Td> <Td> Thomas L. Moran & Johanna Lee </Td> <Td> February 26, 2018 (2018 - 02 - 26) </Td> <Td> 7.82 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> A female teen goes through a risky surgery to implant a sternum so she can live a normal life without being confined to her house as being in crowds, falling, or hugged could be fatal . A young male teen initially rejects the idea of having a convicted killer's liver transplanted in him, but without it he has a day to live . A former 15 year veteran cop turned doctor, Alex Park, is skeptical of the convict, Boris's, motives . After a failed attempt surgery due to Boris reacting to the anesthesia, he was ordered to stand up . Boris grabs a guard and his gun threatening to kill him . Park uses his police training to keep the situation under control all while telling him he has a choice to make . Boris kills himself so he can help the boy live . They take the body to the operating room to take organs from the dead convict . Allegra talks to Dr. Andrews about a young wealthy donor, Aidan Coulter, but Andrews says being involved with him might give people the wrong idea and that she used sex to get a big donation . Morgan tells Shaun that he needs to get an expensive tux for the black tie fundraiser in order for people to respect him . At the fundraiser, Jared tells Claire he loved her and thought maybe she would one day love him, but came to the realization that isn't true leaving the status of their relationship unknown . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16 </Th> <Td> "Pain" </Td> <Td> Allison Liddi - Brown </Td> <Td> William L. Rotko & David Renaud </Td> <Td> March 12, 2018 (2018 - 03 - 12) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 17 </Th> <Td> "Smile" </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> March 19, 2018 (2018 - 03 - 19) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 18 </Th> <Td> "More" </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> March 26, 2018 (2018 - 03 - 26) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr>

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