The Good Doctor/Season Two

Season Two
The Good Doctor
Season Premiere	September 24, 2018
Season Finale	March 11, 2019
Episode Count	18
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Season Two of The Good Doctor premiered on September 24, 2018.

Episodes

#	#	Title	Written By	Directed By	Airdate	Viewers	18-49 Rating	Prod.
19	1	Hello	Freddie Highmore	Mike Listo	September 24, 2018	7.384M	1.3%	201
Shaun's proposed treatment for a homeless patient puts him and Jared in Andrews' crosshairs. Meanwhile, Claire (Antonia Thomas) tries to overcome Melendez's reluctance to do a risky heart operation while Glassman must overcome his personal feelings about his oncologist, Dr. Marina Blaize, and face a difficult decision about his health.
20	2	Middle Ground	David Shore	Steve Robin	October 1, 2018	7.181M	1.1%	202
As Shaun pushes back against Dr. Melendez in order to treat a gravely ill hospital janitor and deal with the return of Lea, Dr. Lim risks a lawsuit and her career to help a teenage girl repair the damage caused by an archaic custom. Meanwhile, Dr. Glassman exercises demanding oversight with Dr. Blaize in choosing a doctor for his brain surgery.
21	3	36 Hours	Thomas L. Moran	Larry Teng	October 8, 2018	7.477M	1.2%	203
Dr. Melendez, Dr. Brown and Dr. Park have given a young married couple two choices about their future: save the wife's life or their future ability to start a family. Meanwhile, when Dr. Lim has to take care of some personal business, she leaves oversight of the emergency room to Dr. Murphy and Dr. Reznick; and Dr. Glassman's post-op recovery leaves him struggling to get the rest he needs for recovery and also confronting his relationship with his daughter.
22	4	Tough Titmouse	David Hoselton	Steven DePaul	October 15, 2018	6.681M	1.1%	204
Shaun recalls his own past to help an intellectually disabled teenager face separation from his mother, while Claire is put between an injured teenage rock climber and her worried parents. Meanwhile, Glassman's post-op hallucinations force him to confront a personal tragedy.
23	5	Carrots	Liz Friedman	Sharat Raju	October 29, 2018	6.786M	1%	205
When a patient suffering from anorexia can't gain the necessary weight needed to survive heart surgery, Claire suggests they perform an experimental surgery which Melendez strongly opposes. Shaun worries Glassman's refusal to walk the hospital floor will keep him from being discharged and tries to persuade him to ambulate. Meanwhile, Shaun and Lea change the terms of their current relationship.
24	6	Two-Ply (or Not Two-Ply)	Simran Baidwan	Tara Nicole Weyr	November 5, 2018	6.526M	1%	206
Morgan and Shaun's indecision on how to treat a young violinist who visits the ER with an infected finger could affect her future in more ways than one. Meanwhile, Lim, Claire and Park can't figure out if their young patient is really ill or looking for attention.
25	7	Hubert	David Renaud	Marisol Adler	November 12, 2018	6.531M	1%	207
Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Morgan Reznick must contend with two brothers who are bargaining over life and death. Meanwhile, Dr. Claire Brown's friend who is dying of cancer asks her for something she doesn't think she can give her; and Dr. Aaron Glassman is dealing with the effects of his treatment.
26	8	Stories	Sal Calleros	Michael Patrick Jann	November 19, 2018	6.835M	1.1%	208
A patient is forced to reveal a secret to her husband after treatment causes a complication. Meanwhile, another patient's parents don't believe in vaccinations.
27	9	Empathy	Karen Struck	Joanna Kerns	November 26, 2018	6.67M	1%	209
Dr. Neil Melendez, Dr. Morgan Reznick and Dr. Claire Brown grapple with a patient's wish to perform an operation that would keep him from acting on his pedophilic urges; and Dr. Shaun Murphy learns a lesson in empathy.
28	10	Quarantine (1)	Liz Friedman & Lloyd Gilyard Jr.	Mike Listo	December 3, 2018	6.971M	1.4%	210
Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Alex Park treat two patients who collapse at the local airport whose symptoms point to an infection that may become airborne.
29	11	Quarantine (2)	Simran Baidwan & Mark Rozeman	Mike Listo	January 14, 2019	6.257M	1.2%	211
The hospital is still in quarantine as Dr. Shaun Murphy continues to be overwhelmed by the chaos and noise in the emergency room; Dr. Morgan Reznick struggles to keep her patients alive, and Dr. Audrey Lim fights for her life. Meanwhile, Dr. Neil Melendez and Dr. Claire Browne must find a way to complete their patient's bone marrow transplant, despite the quarantine.
30	12	Aftermath	Thomas L. Moran	Dawn Wilkinson	January 21, 2019	6.273M	1.2%	212
In the aftermath of the quarantine, the staff tries to return to their normal routine. As Dr. Audrey Lim recovers from the virus, she and Dr. Neil Melendez navigate their new relationship. Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Aaron Glassman try to relax.
31	13	Xin	Brian Shin	David Straiton	January 28, 2019	6.577M	1.1%	213
Dr. Shaun Murphy, Dr. Morgan Reznick and Dr. Audrey Lim treat a woman with autism and a delicate brain condition while navigating the complicated relationship she has with her roommate, who is also on the spectrum. Meanwhile, Lea and Shaun are still figuring out their friendship and roommate status.
32	14	Faces	David Hoselton	Allison Liddi-Brown	February 4, 2019	5.962M	1%	214
Dr. Andrews tries to convince a grieving family to donate their teenage daughter's face to another young girl whose face was horribly disfigured in an accident.
33	15	Risk and Reward	Liz Freidman & David Renaud	Freddie Highmore	February 18, 2019	6.228M	1.1%	215
Shaun's blunt honesty with a distraught mother of a critically ill newborn baby causes the new chief of Surgery to question keeping him on as a resident.
34	16	Believe	Sal Calleros & Karen Struck	Alrick Riley	February 25, 2019	6.355M	1.1%	216
The new chief of surgery, Dr. Jackson Han, believes Dr. Shaun Murphy is a liability more than an asset and works to keep him out of the operating room permanently.
35	17	Breakdown	Thomas L. Moran & Lloyd Gilyard, Jr.	Mike Listo	March 4, 2019	6.728M	1.1%	217
Dr. Shaun Murphy is desperate to join the team on a dangerous procedure involving a patient's tumor removal. However, having been removed by Dr. Jackson Han from the surgery team, he must use his talents to help figure out the cause of an infant's injuries.
36	18	Trampoline	David Shore & David Hoselton & Mark Rozeman	David Shore	March 11, 2019	7.779M	1.3%	218
As a barroom fight sends Dr. Shaun Murphy to seek treatment at St. Bonaventure's, Dr. Alex Park and Dr. Audrey Lim disagree over an elderly woman's post-operative symptoms. Meanwhile, Dr. Neil Melendez and Dr. Lim make their romance public, and Dr. Aaron Glassman continues to pursue a relationship with a good friend.