The Good Doctor (4×13) Spilt Milk Review

For our review of the last episode of The Good Doctor, click here.

Synopsis: Claire is blindsided when her absentee father shows up at her door. Meanwhile Shaun feels disconnected with Lea, causes tension in their relationship. (IMDb)

This was another strong episode from Freddie Highmore and Antonia Thomas as it saw Murphy and Browne connect with their baby and father respectively.

Spilt Milk started with some characters continuing to get used to their new situations. Despite what may or may not have happened between Park and Reznick, she was not going to let it change their relationship as she was over analyzing their situation and continued what she believed to be their rivalry (she was skeptical of his attempts of being nice to her as she needed to get over her own intimacy issues). Meanwhile, Browne was blindsided by her estranged father Miles who just happened to have a stroke.

Back at the hospital, the doctors were treating a ballroom dancer named Maya (Jasmine Vega) whose collision with an elbow was the least of her problems (her relationship with her concerned gay partner Leo prompted some questions from Murphy) and Miles who seemed more concerned with reconnecting with his daughter. That was because he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. That relationship created some tiptoeing by the others. In the end, Browne had to be more involved than she wanted to be and was forced to reopen some old wounds especially as Miles refused treatment even though his refusal would put his life at risk. Nevertheless, she still made her plea and he accepted. Also, Browne might have the same gene that caused her father’s cancer.

Maya suffered from abnormally large platelets, making her blood harder to clot. That condition meant that her blood was eating away at the bones in her legs. Meanwhile, Murphy continued to be over involved with Lea and went about it in an interesting way along with his case, alternating between Glassman (Murphy had to adjust to his new situation and acknowledge the fetus as a baby which he failed to feel anything for and felt alone and all of that made Lea feel alone) and Wolke. When it came to the case, Maya was only concerned with saving her leg and avoiding amputation as it meant she could continue to dance (but it was more about continuing her relationship with Leo whom she wanted more from and thought her relationship with him was connected to dance). Her surgery hit an impasse and Leo had to decide whether or not her leg should be amputated and he chose to go forward with it.

While Wolke consoled Maya who got rid of Leo (he saw himself in her relationship with Leo), Browne spent some time with her father and was willing to reconnect with him. Being encouraged not to miss any important moments in his child’s life, Murphy went to Lea’s OBGYN appointment. Seeing the ultrasound and hearing the heartbeat was his breakthrough moment. And what a moment it was!

This was an episode more about character development than the actual cases which made for a compelling episode overall.

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Keith Noakes

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