This is a good show. I'm on S1e13 now. I could imagine as if this is some kind of House M.D prequel. If House was quite a bit less functioning than he was in the show. For me the comparison to House is unavoidable. A quirky anti-social yet brilliant doctor solves rare medical mysteries in original ways each week. There are some differences though. Where House anti-social behavior lies in his somewhat sociopathic tendencies Murphy is autistic and he just can't help it. The show is well-paced and it is entertaining to see Murphy overcome the challenges of being a high functioning autistic doctor.
The only downside I can see about this show is it's trying to inject social justice in some of its episodes. While normally there is nothing wrong with this it gets pretty annoying when this is so obvious you are rolling your eyes in your chair.
For example, In the first episode when the president of the hospital tries to convince the board to hire an autistic doctor he gives a speech about how they should hire him because he's different so that other different people will see they got a shot. We can do better, we need to do better...etc... This is a moving speech, but this isn't the strongest argument to hire Murphy. The strongest argument is that objectively he's an asset. He objectively can do things that are very helpful to surgeons that other surgeons can't do. He has a significant edge over other candidates. And this edge outshines any disadvantages he has. In other words, the argument should have been not "We should hire him because he's different". The argument should have been: "We should hire him because objectively he's the best person for the job."
This is just a minor gripe though this is far from being the only example. I hope the won't get even more forceful with their 'wokeness' so far it's well within the bearable range. Like I said. It's a good show.
Review by Curt WagnerBlockedParent2019-10-27T17:20:27Z
This is a good show. I'm on S1e13 now. I could imagine as if this is some kind of House M.D prequel. If House was quite a bit less functioning than he was in the show. For me the comparison to House is unavoidable. A quirky anti-social yet brilliant doctor solves rare medical mysteries in original ways each week. There are some differences though. Where House anti-social behavior lies in his somewhat sociopathic tendencies Murphy is autistic and he just can't help it. The show is well-paced and it is entertaining to see Murphy overcome the challenges of being a high functioning autistic doctor.
The only downside I can see about this show is it's trying to inject social justice in some of its episodes. While normally there is nothing wrong with this it gets pretty annoying when this is so obvious you are rolling your eyes in your chair.
For example, In the first episode when the president of the hospital tries to convince the board to hire an autistic doctor he gives a speech about how they should hire him because he's different so that other different people will see they got a shot. We can do better, we need to do better...etc... This is a moving speech, but this isn't the strongest argument to hire Murphy. The strongest argument is that objectively he's an asset. He objectively can do things that are very helpful to surgeons that other surgeons can't do. He has a significant edge over other candidates. And this edge outshines any disadvantages he has. In other words, the argument should have been not "We should hire him because he's different". The argument should have been: "We should hire him because objectively he's the best person for the job."
This is just a minor gripe though this is far from being the only example. I hope the won't get even more forceful with their 'wokeness' so far it's well within the bearable range. Like I said. It's a good show.