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Post by Stephen on Oct 25, 2017 2:58:12 GMT
Hello All,
I am a new member here and have loved being a part of the discussions on this fantastic site so far!
I thought I would start a thread about NBC's new series 'The Good Doctor' starring two of my favourite actors; young Freddie Highmore and Richard Schiff, best known from his work on my all time favourite show...the West Wing!
I think this is a really well written and acted series that is owed a discussion.
Very much looking forward to hearing your opinions as the series goes on!
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Post by justfran on Oct 25, 2017 11:34:13 GMT
I’m looking forward to this starting here on Friday and am also a fan of Freddie Highmore, he was excellent in Close to the Enemy last year.
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Post by Stephen on Oct 25, 2017 17:42:51 GMT
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 26, 2017 16:18:02 GMT
West Wing - that was classy telly. I still dip in and out and find myself rooted to the sofa when one of my favourite scenes comes on ..
One of my Nebraskan friends is rating it highly -
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Post by rumbledoll on Oct 27, 2017 9:00:07 GMT
Loving it! The only downside is waiting for the next Ep each week.. What a charming fella Freddie Highmore grown up to be! He gives such a subtle performance? a pleasure to watch. Being a big fan of House M.D. it's the first thing that drawn my attention to the series and even that I am aware it's just a re-make of Korean Tv Show I feel the same David Shore vibe
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2017 10:12:20 GMT
Well written and very well acted. I saw Freddie Highmore in Psycho and remember thinking then that he was certainly not destined to be another child actor has been. His performance in this is very subtle with a lot of nuance.
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 29, 2017 9:42:33 GMT
I enjoyed the first episode. Apparently it has the highest ratings in the US since the end of series 5 of Grey's Anatomy. (GEEEOOOOOOOOORGE😭😭😭😭) Nice mix of characters and stacks of technical stuff for those who like that - could anyone (other than maybe @parsley and andrew) keep up with the writing that came up with Freddie Highmore's thoughts? I'm a quick reader and found it impossible. I'm presuming it's ok to write about the episode if it's aired in the UK? However, just in case, I will put the following in spoiler tags as if you haven't watched the first episode it would give something away that you shouldn't know before the end of the ep. I was a bit disappointed that the brother had died - I thought his whole motivation was going to be that the brother was stuck somewhere in a coma/paralysed or whatever and he was on a mission to cure him. Each series could have ended with him not quite managing but being motivated to continue. ...Well, I thought it was a good idea anyway! (And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I'm not a script writer!)
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Post by andrew on Oct 29, 2017 22:26:41 GMT
I enjoyed the first episode. Apparently it has the highest ratings in the US since the end of series 5 of Grey's Anatomy. (GEEEOOOOOOOOORGE😭😭😭😭) Nice mix of characters and stacks of technical stuff for those who like that - could anyone (other than maybe @parsley and andrew ) keep up with the writing that came up with Freddie Highmore's thoughts? I'm a quick reader and found it impossible. I'm presuming it's ok to write about the episode if it's aired in the UK? However, just in case, I will put the following in spoiler tags as if you haven't watched the first episode it would give something away that you shouldn't know before the end of the ep. Just as I've quoted your post I stupidly caught an eye of your spoiler. That was silly of me. I haven't even heard of this, but will give the first episode a watch, don't remind me about George O'Malley, greatest guy EVER.
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 29, 2017 22:36:55 GMT
Just as I've quoted your post I stupidly caught an eye of your spoiler. That was silly of me. I haven't even heard of this, but will give the first episode a watch, don't remind me about George O'Malley, greatest guy EVER. Oops. Sorry! I would imagine you don't watch medical programmes, but it would be interesting to hear your thoughts if you do find time to watch as it's an interesting concept but, I would imagine, somewhat unrealistic? Next season of Greys is about to start in the UK, but it's not the same any more (George RIP) - I can't even remember who's still there.
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