No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers (millions) "Burnt Food '' Seth Gordon David Shore September 25, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 25) 11.22 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. "Mount Rushmore '' Mike Listo David Shore October 2, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 02) 10.93 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) 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. "Oliver '' John Dahl Bill Rotko October 9, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 09) 10.69 Shaun and Claire fly to San Francisco Municipal Hospital to get a patient a liver. They ca n't fly on their way back due to fog and are forced to use a police escort. Problems keep coming one after the other; first, the liver 's temperature went above the required maximum, forcing them to have a sudden stop at a local store, where they cool it by submerging it in slush. As they proceed with their journey, Shaun discovers that the liver has a clot. With only two hours of viability left, the duo decide to perform an operation on the way in order to remove the clot and flash the left lobe, to protect 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 likelihood that he might be moved to the bottom of the list. Chuck later confesses that he actually took a drink on his daughter 's graduation. In order to protect its reputation and the future patients, the hospital decides to move Chuck to the bottom of the list. To their dismay, Shaun and Claire arrive back, only to find out that the liver has to be taken to another patient in another hospital. "Pipes '' Steven DePaul Thomas L. Moran October 16, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 16) 10.60 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) Through an ultrasound, an expectant woman 's baby is diagnosed with a tumor at his tail bone; the mom has Antiphospholipid syndrome, making surgery a high risk. Dr. Melendez suggests termination of the pregnancy but Shaun interjects by suggesting clotting pre-operatively with an infusion of unfractionated heparin. Things are further complicated when the woman and eventually her husband refuse to terminate the baby. During surgery, there is a complication; a blood clot at the artery in her heart. Dr. Kalu has an idea that they should stop her heart and put her on a bypass machine for the duration of the surgery; that way she wo n't have an heart attack, which turns out to be successful and the doctors reveal she 's carrying a baby boy. With a patient needing a boil lanced, Dr. Melendez assigns Shaun and Dr. Browne on the case, as a punishment for being late. The patient turns out to be a pornographic actress; she does n't have a boil but a large Bartholin gland abscess and they prep her for surgery the following day. They successfully drain the abscess but discover that she has a Perineal myoma underneath. The fibroid tumor is wrapped around the nerve that facilitates feeling in her genitals. Therefore, the doctors have to remove the tumor but they have to sever the nerve; hence, losing all feeling in her genitals. Shaun comes up the idea of grafting the distal end of the pudendal nerve to the branch of the femoral cutaneous nerve from her inner thigh; this will lead to her losing feeling in her thigh while preserving feeling in her genitals. 5 "Point Three Percent '' Larry Teng David Hoselton October 23, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 23) 10.39 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. 6 "Not Fake '' Michael Patrick Jann Simran Baidwan October 30, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 30) 10.60 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. 7 "22 Steps '' David Straiton Johanna Lee November 13, 2017 (2017 - 11 - 13) 10.14 Shaun encounters Liam, an autistic patient brought in to San Jose St. Bonaventure 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. 8 "Apple '' Nestor Carbonell David Renaud November 20, 2017 (2017 - 11 - 20) 9.97 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 a fight 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. 9 "Intangibles '' Bronwen Hughes Karen Struck November 27, 2017 (2017 - 11 - 27) 9.25 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. 10 "Sacrifice '' Michael Patrick Jann Lloyd Gilyard Jr. December 4, 2017 (2017 - 12 - 04) 9.03 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 does n't want to have children. 11 "Islands Part One '' Bill D'Elia Thomas L. Moran & William Rotko January 8, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 08) 8.30 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) Shaun has not answered Dr. Glassman 's calls prompting him to go to Lea 's apartment where he barges in looking for Shaun. He is indeed hiding there, but when Lea threatens to call the police, Dr. Glassman leaves. At Lea 's suggestion, the pair embark on an impromptu road trip. Besides driving for the first time, Shaun drinks Tequila, sings karaoke in a bar, and experiences his first kiss. However, Lea 's revelation that she plans to move to Hershey, Pennsylvania to work in her family 's auto body shop leaves Shaun devastated. In other developments, Dr. Melendez and Andrews operate on a conjoined set of 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, Dr. Kalu apologizes to Dr. Coyle. When Coyle rejects the apology, Claire vows to ruin him by finding all the other women he has harassed. Dr. 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 can not 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. 12 "Islands Part Two '' Cherie Nowlan Thomas L. Moran & William Rotko January 15, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 15) 9.33 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) Shaun returns to the hospital and gives Aaron his two weeks notice. Glassman is seemingly reluctant to sign the papers to allow Shaun to resign from St. Bonaventure. Glassman finds out from Shaun that he is moving to Hershey, Pennsylvania because of Lea. He gives Murphy a recommendation, but will back off if he stays. Shaun decides to stay and returns the letter to Glassman, then meets with Lea for the last time and kisses her before she leaves for Hershey. Meanwhile, there are complications with Jenny, one of the twins that were separated. She is not getting enough blood flow to the brain and the surgical team put a stint in to help save her. The mother signs a waiver to have a heart transplant between the twins. In the surgical room, Katie shows signs of life. Shaun suggests they re-conjoin them at the thigh which would eliminate the need for anti-clotting meds and can go ahead with the heart transplant once Katie dies. While staying the night in the same room, Jenny decides to go ahead with the surgery. However, another complication arises when Jenny 's already weakened heart begins overworking, which leads to Jenny 's death on the operating table before the twins can be re-separated. Jessica looks into previous misconduct at the hospital in which white doctors were only warned not fired like Kalu was leading to allegations of racism and getting more donors for the hospital and they keep their jobs. During lunch with his lawyer, Kalu rejects the settlement offer because he wants his job back at St. Bonaventure. Kalu is seen getting suited up for a shift at the hospital, but Dr. Andrews did n'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. 13 "Seven Reasons '' Mike Listo David Shore & David Hoselton January 22, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 22) TBD 14 "She '' Seth Gordon Simran Baidwan February 5, 2018 (2018 - 02 - 05) TBD
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