History Series / TheGoodDoctor

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Claire and Morgan are not acquainted with each other and are constantly at odds due to their differing work methods. However, in the Turkish adaptation, their equivalents (Nazli and Acelya) are actually best friends and flatmates.

* AndStarring: Hill Harper and Richard Schiff are credited in this fashion, even in episodes where they don't appear.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: When characters are approached by an individual who they don't wish to talk to as they are eating in the cafeteria, they will discard their entire meal and walk away. In "Carrots", Dr. Park sits down to eat lunch when a patient's husband comes to talk to him. Seeking to avoid the conversation, Park says he has to go and leaves his tray full of food on a dishwashing cart.

* TitleDrop: All of the Season 1 episode titles (except for "Heartfelt") appear at some point in the episode's dialogue, usually said by Shaun.

** Chuku Modu (Jared) is credited as a guest star starting from his return in Season 6, despite starting out in the series as a main character (and still being billed as a main cast member in Season 2's "Hello" despite being his only appearance in that season), and appearing in all but one episode following his return as a resident.

* TakingTheHeat: In "Decrypt", a philanthropist patient admits to the doctors that he lied about being a cancer survivor. Someone exposes him to the media. Lim insists it's Claire and is ready to fire her as soon as she finds proof. After watching them spend much of the episode fighting, Olivia takes the blame and is immediately fired. Andrews, her uncle, later admits it was him and didn't think anyone would be caught or blamed. Olivia took the blame for two reasons: to stop Claire and Lim's fighting before it permanently damaged their friendship, and because she never wanted to be a doctor anyway and felt pressured into a medical career by her uncle and others.

** In "Debts", when the other residents give Shaun relationship advice, Andrews comments, "We've officially turned into an episode of ''Series/TheBachelor''", another popular ABC primetime show. Both shows also air on Monday nights. In "My Way", Jordan mentions watching ''The Bachelorette''.

** Throughout Seasons 2 and 3, Lea is shown to work for an unnamed affluent, high-tech company, complete with perks such as private chefs and indoor go-kart racing. In the Season 4 episode "Decrypt", Glassman mentions in passing that this company was Sony.

** The episode "Potluck" contains several references to the live-action ''Francise/SpiderMan'' movies, which are produced by Sony Pictures. The end of the episode has Lim watching ''Spider Man 2'' on TV, complete with clips from the movie.
** In "My Way", Shaun and Lea meet a producer who is creating a new reality series for Hulu, a streaming platform owned by Disney that hosts all ABC programs.
** In "Growth Opportunities", a HalloweenEpisode, several characters are dressed as Disney-owned characters: Asher as Baby Yoda from ''Series/TheMandalorian'', Perez as Sully from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Lea as Ahsoka from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', Park as [[Film/TheWolverine Wolverine]], Villanueva as Minnie Mouse, and a young patient as Disney's version of WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}. Two background characters are also seen dressed as a Ghostbuster and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man; the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} franchise is owned by Sony Pictures.

** Season 6: Asher and Jerome, Jordan and Perez

** In "Growth Opportunities", a HalloweenEpisode, several characters are dressed as Disney-owned characters: Asher as Baby Yoda from ''Series/TheMandalorian'', Perez as Sully from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Lea as Ahsoka from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', Park as [[Film/TheWolverine Wolverine]], Villanueva as Minnie Mouse, and a young patient as Disney's version of [[WesternAnimation/Cinderella]]. Two background characters are also seen dressed as a Ghostbuster and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man; the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} franchise is owned by Sony Pictures.

** In Season 3 episode "Friends and Family", Glassman and Lea discuss about Shaun and his parents. At one point, Glassman asks Lea if she plans to have children one day, and she doesn't answer the question, preferring to remain silent. [[spoiler:In Season 4, Lea accidentally becomes pregnant with Shaun.]]
** In Season 4 episode "Newbies", Lea tells Shaun that she needs to constantly protect the hospital from hackers. That will be very important later in season 4 episode 10 "Decrypt".

* FunWithAcronyms: "SFAD" (pronounced "S-fad") from the eponymous Season 3 episode refers to a ritual of the patient's family: '''S'''pontaneous '''F'''amily '''A'''dventure '''D'''ays.

** Claire returns to San Jose for two episodes in Season 5 to attend Shaun and Lea's wedding, [[spoiler:although she ends up missing out on the ''real'' wedding]].

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The Season 6 episode "The Good Lawyer" is one for a potential spinoff. Very little medicine is involved, none of it takes place at the hospital, and the only main characters who appear are Shaun, Glassman, Park, and Lea. Most of the episode focuses on a lawyer struggling with OCD and her blunt mentor who doubts her potential. In other words, the basic premise is almost the same, but with law instead of medicine, and female leads.

* DoubleStandard: Jared gets fired for assaulting Dr. Matt Coyle who made unwanted sexual advances to Claire and sues the hospital for racism after finding out that all white doctors have only been given a warning over their behavior. He wins and gets his job back, but his two superiors Andrews and Melendez lose whatever respect they had for him.

** In "Growth Opportunities", Park dresses as Wolverine for Halloween. Specifically, his costume is based on the portrayal of character from the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' and ''Film/TheWolverine'', the latter of which starred Will Yun Lee, albeit not as the title character.

** In "Growth Opportunities", a HalloweenEpisode, several characters are dressed as Disney-owned characters: Asher as Baby Yoda from ''Series/TheMandalorian'', Perez as Sully from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Lea as Ahsoka from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', Park as [[Film/TheWolverine Wolverine]], and a young patient as Disney's version of Cinderella. Two background characters are also seen dressed as a Ghostbuster and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man; the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} franchise is owned by Sony Pictures.

* HalloweenEpisode: "Growth Opportunities" from Season 6, albeit only the first few scenes. The episode originally aired and takes place on October 31, 2022.

** The finale of Season 3 probably would be a full blown DownerEnding if not for the last five minutes. Morgan is able to save her patient and earn back Andrews respect [[spoiler:at the cost of permanent damage to her joints, which will likely end her career as a surgeon.]] Park's patient is mortally wounded and deliriously believes that Park is his father. Park obliges to comfort him in his final moments, which leaves himself deeply traumatized him [[spoiler:and causes him to decide to return to Phoenix and be closer to his own son. Melendez's]] condition is inoperable and he dies by the end of the episode, but not before [[spoiler:Claire]] reveals that she reciprocates his feelings of romance and the two spend his last moments together. In the aftermath, Claire and Lim comfort each other and decide to go out drinking some time. [[spoiler:The only unambiguously happy ending is Shaun and Lea, the latter of whom reciprocates Shaun's feelings after believing he died which ends the episode on a hopeful note as the two kiss.]]