> Plus “he’s a brilliant surgeon but he can’t be trusted to speak to patients” describes most surgeons. Just make sure someone is in the room to translate from autistic surgeon speak to patient speak and back. This is much less of a problem than the show insists it is.

yup, and it isn't an accurate protrayal of autism

they infantilize the main character and any disabled character who appears.

You think they'd at least have a disability consultant, but nooooooooope

Imo it's way more ensemble than House, the other characters have their own fairly fleshed out stories and arcs separate from Shawn's autism that span entire and through multiple episodes. Its very much "pretty doctors with problems" and one of them happens to be autistic. Compared to House where if Hugh's not in a scene, chances are the characters are talking about him or the case he put them on. Same with The Rookie, the hook is that he's an older new cop, but after the first season or 2 it rarely comes up again except as a gag occasionally and the storylines moved past that to be more ensemble

That being said, I haven't seen The Good Doctor in a while. I think I stopped at the end of the season where that blonde super ambitious doctor learned she has some genetic nerve disease that's going to ruin her hands and prevent her from being a surgeon later in life. Not that I think its a bad show, just not must see tv. The Rookie though was getting too ridiculous, it started great as like a more light hearted less gonzo The Shield, but then the main cast started getting way too personally involved in their own cases. Like Jesus how often does Nolan get kidnapped.

It doesn't get better, don't worry.