document_title: Hinterland (TV series)

question_text: how many seasons of hinterland are on netflix

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text: Hinterland (TV series)

text: Production[edit]

text: The series reflects the commitment made in April 2013 by the Director of BBC Cymru Wales, Rhodri Talfan Davies, to show more Welsh language life and culture on the mainstream BBC channels.[4]

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text: On a tight budget—funds that took two and a half years to raise—the total production cost was £4.2 million.[9] The programme makers received £215,000 in repayable business funding from the Welsh Government and the first series was mainly filmed in Aberystwyth and the surrounding Ceredigion region on the west coast of Wales, over a 124‑day period in 2013. The show was filmed in both Welsh and English, with the location-based production offices contained within the former Ceredigion Council offices Swyddfa'r Sir, which also acts as the external scene of the show's police station.[10]

text: Each scene is filmed twice, in the English and Welsh languages, apart from a few scenes where Welsh with subtitles is used for the English version.[11]

text: The Welsh version was broadcast (in eight parts) on S4C in October 2013, with the bilingual version (in four parts) broadcast on BBC One Wales in January 2014 and on BBC Four later that year.[12] The broadcaster that produced The Killing, Danmarks Radio (DR), acquired the rights in 2012 to broadcast the show in Denmark,[13] before filming had commenced.[4]

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Richard Harrington as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Mathias
Mali Harries as Detective Inspector Mared Rhys
Alex Harries as Detective Constable Lloyd Elis
Hannah Daniel as Detective Sergeant Siân Owen
Aneirin Hughes as Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser

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text: Episodes[edit]

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Series
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
8
29 October 2013 (2013-10-29)
21 November 2013 (2013-11-21)

2
9
1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)
1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)

3
8
30 October 2016 (2016-10-30)
18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)

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text: Series 1 (2013)[edit]

text:
Episode
Title
Director
Writers
Original air date
Viewers (millions)[14]

1
"Devil's Bridge - Part 1"
Marc Evans
David Joss Buckley & Ed Thomas
29 October 2013 (2013-10-29)
0.81

On his first day in his new job in Aberystwyth, DCI Tom Mathias is called out to investigate a suspicious disappearance. In a quiet seaside bungalow, he discovers a bathroom covered in blood but no sign of the resident owner, Helen Jenkins. Discovering that Jenkins was once the manager of a children's home, DCI Mathias and DI Mared Rhys venture up into the mountains, where DCI Mathias uncovers evidence which suggests Helen has been thrown from the parapet at Devil's Bridge into the water below.

2
"Devil's Bridge - Part 2"
Marc Evans
David Joss Buckley & Ed Thomas
31 October 2013 (2013-10-31)
0.58

The subsequent investigation leads Mathias to investigate former residents of the home, who have since gone on to blow the whistle on the illegal activities which took place during Helen's tenure. As the case becomes increasingly complicated, Mathias discovers that a former resident who suffered a traumatic event at the home as a child may hold the key to an otherwise impenetrable case.

3
"Night Music - Part 1"
Gareth Bryn
Ed Talfan
5 November 2013 (2013-11-05)
0.66

DCI Mathias investigates the brutal murder of 69-year-old Idris Williams, who was found bludgeoned to death in his farmhouse on the Aberystwyth mountains. Despite the lack of an apparent motive for the attack, the disappearance of camera equipment and one picture from the victim's dark room suggest that whilst photographing the local landscape, Williams pictured something that nobody wanted him to see.

4
"Night Music - Part 2"
Gareth Bryn
Ed Talfan
7 November 2013 (2013-11-07)
0.57

As the investigation progresses, information regarding the deep and twisted family history of local farmhands begins to offer up further suspects, and the disappearance of three prisoners from a POW camp back in 1943 provides a vital lead in uncovering the killer's identity. Before the killer is caught, however, a second victim is kidnapped from the nearby guild, and Mathias realises that time is running out to find the victim alive.

5
"Penwyllt - Part 1"
Rhys Powys
David Joss Buckley & Ed Thomas
12 November 2013 (2013-11-12)
0.72

In the isolated village of Penwyllt, the body of a young labourer, Michael Reynolds, is found in the murky depths of a quarry lake. Initial forensics reveal that Reynolds did not drown where he was found, as water samples found in his lungs contain traces of sheep urine and faeces. As the investigation draws DCI Mathias into the heart of the close-knit community, he discovers that Reynolds was having an affair with the wife of the local pub landlord, and was taking the son of one of his co-workers deep into the forest to visit an hermetic villager, who some years previously had torched his own home and nearly killed his estranged wife and two children.

6
"Penwyllt - Part 2"
Rhys Powys
David Joss Buckley & Ed Thomas
14 November 2013 (2013-11-14)
0.66

When the body of a second victim is found in a nearby garage, Mathias goes against the advice of Prosser - but his continued digging eventually uncovers the scene where Reynolds was killed and who was responsible.

7
"The Girl in the Water - Part 1"
Ed Thomas
Jeff Murphy
19 November 2013 (2013-11-19)
0.64

The carefully posed body of a young woman in a red dress is found in Borth marshes. Initial suspicion points towards an ex-boyfriend, who was assaulted by the girl's father shortly before the girl died, and whose alibi is false. However, Mathias soon discovers the girl was also romantically involved with her university professor, who had tried to end their relationship on the night she died. As Mathias begins to grow close to the girl's grieving mother, he realises the investigation has missed one key suspect. However, when he tries to look into the suspect's past, Prosser questions Mathias' actions.

8
"The Girl in the Water - Part 2"
Ed Thomas
Jeff Murphy
21 November 2013 (2013-11-21)
0.49

After Mathias discovers a plot to murder a second victim, he becomes determined to catch the culprit and save the intended target - but the case pushes him to the edge, both personally and professionally.

text: Series 2 (2015)[edit]

text:
Episode
Title
Director
Writers
Original air date
Viewers (millions)[14]

1 (9)
"In the Dead of Night"
Ed Thomas
Jeff Murphy
1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)
0.86

With blood on his hands, and his future hanging in the balance, DCI Mathias is forced to return to the front line after an arson attack on an isolated farmhouse leaves a mother and child fighting for their lives. Drawn into a community of failing farms and long-standing feuds, what is it about the case that draws Mathias in, pulling him back from the brink? With Prosser casting eyes from all sides, Mathias is forced to juggle the current investigation while recovering the remains of his tattered reputation.

2 (10)
"Ceredigion - Part 1"
Gareth Bryn
Debbie Moon
13 September 2015 (2015-09-13)
0.54

Mathias finds that his world has been turned upside down after his wife Meg turns up in Aberystwyth, and an investigation by the IPCC into his conduct is about to reach its conclusion. But when a bus driver is found shot dead on an isolated mountainside, the investigation provides a welcome escape.

3 (11)
"Ceredigion - Part 2"
Gareth Bryn
Debbie Moon
20 September 2015 (2015-09-20)
0.55

The team have a suspect to question, but Mathias believes he is an unlikely killer. In his current state of mind, Mathias is fascinated by the lifestyle choices taken by ex-soldier John Bell. He also knows that he cannot avoid Meg for much longer.

4 (12)
"The Tale of Nant Gwrtheyrn - Part 1"
Julian Jones
Eoin McNamee
27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)
0.45

The murder of a local dignitary and barrister leads to the uncovering of a tragic story of love and loss, fueled by distrust and suspicion in the depths of the hinterland. Why were Nora and Daniel living such a secluded life? What has Mathias discovered in the garden? Will he find Daniel before Glyn Powell gets hold of him?

5 (13)
"The Tale of Nant Gwrtheyrn - Part 2"
Julian Jones
Eoin McNamee
4 October 2015 (2015-10-04)
0.42

The clock is ticking, but Mathias knows the relationship between Branwen Powell and Daniel is key to uncovering the truth.

6 (14)
"Dark River - Part 1"
Ed Thomas
Sue Everett
11 October 2015 (2015-10-11)
0.37

The discovery of a body in a lake leads to an investigation about a local teacher from a small rural school. What is Gwilym's secret? Who is Ben Willis? Why did another ex-teacher commit suicide? Who is the mysterious girl, and why is she hiding from Mathias?

7 (15)
"Dark River - Part 2"
Ed Thomas
Sue Everett
18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)
0.46

Is Greta still alive? This is a world rife with secrets. Will Mathias and the team unravel them in time, or is it already too late?

8 (16)
"The Sound of Souls - Part 1"
Ed Thomas
Ed Talfan
25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
0.31

A burnt body on the dunes embroils the team in a long standing family feud associated with the murder of a young mother, 13 years earlier. Mathias is convinced the young woman's murder holds the answers, but Prosser isn't keen on Mathias' delving into the past.

9 (17)
"The Sound of Souls - Part 2"
Ed Thomas
Ed Talfan
1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)
0.39

Will Mathias discover the truth of the matter, or will the person who's stalking him get in his way?

text: Series 3 (2016)[edit]

text:
Episode
Title
Director
Writers
Original air date
Viewers (millions)[14]

1 (18)
"Aftermath - Part 1"
Gareth Bryn
Debbie Moon
30 October 2016 (2016-10-30)
0.71

The murder of local minister Elwyn Jones leads a recovering DCI Mathias and his team deep into the secrets of a small farming village in rural Aberystwyth. Meanwhile, DS Owens leads the investigation into the attack on Mathias, and suspects that Iwan Thomas is more than likely responsible. Prosser, however, is determined to protect Mathias - and himself - as the truth begins to boil the surface.

2 (19)
"Aftermath - Part 2"
Gareth Bryn
Debbie Moon
6 November 2016 (2016-11-06)
0.66

As the identity of Elwyn Jones' murderer becomes clear, Mared and Mathias are forced to confront the possibility that the truth may tear his family apart. Meanwhile, Mathias goes in search of Iwan Thomas, unaware that he has a prior engagement with Prosser.

3 (20)
"A Poacher's Discovery - Part 1"
Ed Thomas
Cynan Jones
13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)
0.69

Following the disappearance of Iwan Thomas, Prosser decides to distance himself from the case by pointing the finger of suspicion at Mathias. Meanwhile, the murder of a curator who is found buried in woodland leads Mathias and the team into the seedy history of a local artist, Lewis John, until he provides a solid alibi for the night of the murder. As Sian continues to investigate the attack on Mathias, she follows up on a reported sighting of Iwan Thomas' car, and unexpectedly finds his lifeless body at Devil's Bridge.

4 (21)
"A Poacher's Discovery - Part 2"
Ed Thomas
Cynan Jones
20 November 2016 (2016-11-20)
0.79

Prosser brings in an independent investigator, Superintendent John Powell, to investigate Iwan Thomas' death, but is surprised to discover that he has history with Mared. Sian is drafted onto the investigation team, and immediately points the finger of suspicion towards Mathias. As Iwan's brother Gareth discloses to the police that Mathias was looking for Iwan on the night he died, Mathias remains undeterred, and uncovers vital evidence that suggests that Laura Dean's murderer was none other than her boyfriend, Ifan.

5 (22)
"Both Barrels - Part 1"
Gareth Bryn
Jeff Murphy
27 November 2016 (2016-11-27)
0.54

A shooting at a rural petrol station leads Mathias and the team in search of a schizophrenic man who later resorts to kidnapping his own son. As Powell edges ever closer to uncovering the truth surrounding Iwan Thomas' death, Iwan's brother Gareth provides him with a secret file containing evidence which suggests Prosser's involvement in the child abuse scandal. As Mathias goes out alone as part of a house-to-house enquiry, he unexpectedly comes face to face with the armed suspect at an isolated farmhouse.

6 (23)
"Both Barrels - Part 2"
Gareth Bryn
Jeff Murphy
4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
0.53

Held captive in the isolated farmhouse, Mathias tries to bargain with Llew in an attempt to secure his freedom. As word of Mathias' unexplained disappearance begins to spread, Mared begins to realise that he could be in serious danger and organises a search. Former Chief Superintendent Robert Owen meets with Powell and attempts to pressurise him into delivering a suicide verdict in the case of Iwan Thomas. As armed police close in, Mathias tries to prevent any further casualties by persuading Llew to hand himself in.

7 (24)
"Return to Pontarfynach - Part 1"
Ed Thomas
Mark Andrew
11 December 2016 (2016-12-11)
0.81

The suicide of convicted murder Caitrin John gives Mathias a surprising new lead into the suspicious death of Iwan Thomas. With Powell having closed the case following pressure from on high, Mathias seeks Mared's help to run a private investigation. The disappearance of a local GP in 1994, who was connected with the home, proves to be the leverage needed to crack the whole case wide open, much to the dismay of Prosser, who tries to suspend Mathias before the investigation can gather any weight.

8 (25)
"Return to Pontarfynach - Part 2"
Ed Thomas
Mark Andrew
18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)
0.40

Prosser, on a knife edge, confronts Robert Owen and demands he confesses the truth about what happened to Hugh Vaughan on the night of his disappearance, but as tensions reach boiling point, Prosser is unable to restrain himself and takes his second victim. Sian discovers that Prosser was the last person to have contact with Iwan Thomas before his death. As Mathias is forced to arrest his once respected superior, the entire net of abusers begins to crumble, finally bring the case to a close.

text: International broadcasters[edit]

text: Television channels[edit]

text:
Belgium: the Flemish public broadcasting organization VRT started airing the Welsh-language version on 14 July 2014.[15]
Denmark: DR broadcast the bilingual version, with the title "Mord i Wales", on 12, 19 and 26 May and 2 June 2014.
Finland: YLE premiered the bilingual version, with the title "Syrjäinen maa", on 12 October 2014.[16]
A German-dubbed version, with the title Inspector Mathias – Mord in Wales, started on German television Das Erste on 12 July 2015.[17]
Norway: NRK premiered the bilingual version on 11 April 2014.
Poland: Ale Kino+ premiered the bilingual version, titled Hinterland, on 5 November 2014, and has broadcast all three series.[18]
Slovenia: The bilingual version premiered on RTVSLO, their public broadcaster on 14 April 2014, with the title "Zločini v Walesu" (Crimes in Wales). The four-part first series continued on 21, 28 April and 5 May respectively. The first series was repeated the following year in April and May.[19]
The Netherlands: KRO premiered the bilingual version on 20 May 2014. The second series started to broadcast on 16 July 2017.
United Kingdom: The bilingual version was first screened UK-wide on BBC Four in 2014, with the first series broadcasting from 28 April until 19 May, 2014.[20] The second series was broadcast from 23 April until 21 May, 2016. The first series aired on Monday nights, whereas the second series aired on Saturday nights.
France: Broadcast on Netflix in a French version and a Breton version (Serr-Noz) on local channels, Tébéo, Tébésud et TVR, with French subtitles

text: Netflix[edit]

text: On-demand streaming service Netflix streams the English-language Hinterland series online across Japan, Taiwan, India, South Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The version available on Netflix differs from those originally transmitted in the United Kingdom: it is almost exclusively an English language version, and two part episodes are combined. The three seasons are available to stream on Netflix.


document_title: Book of Hosea

question_text: who was the book of hosea written to

question_tokens: who was the book of hosea written to

text: Book of Hosea

text: Background and content[edit]

text: Hosea (הושֵעַ) prophesied during a dark and melancholic era of Israel's history, the period of the Northern Kingdom's decline and fall in the 8th century BC. According to the book, the apostasy of the people was rampant, having turned away from God in order to serve both the calves of Jeroboam[1] and Baal, a Canaanite god.[2]

text: The Book of Hosea says that, during Hosea's lifetime, the kings of the Northern Kingdom, their aristocratic supporters, and the priests had led the people away from the Law of God, as given in the Pentateuch.  It says that they forsook the worship of God; they worshiped other gods, especially Baal, the Canaanite storm god, and Asherah, a Canaanite fertility god.  Other sins followed, says the Book, including homicide, perjury, theft, and sexual sin.[3]  Hosea declares that unless they repent of these sins, God will allow their nation to be destroyed, and the people will be taken into captivity by Assyria,[4] the greatest nation of the time.

text: The prophecy of Hosea centers around God's unending love towards a sinful Israel. In this text, God's agony is expressed over the betrayal of Israel.[5][6][7] Stephen Cook asserts that the prophetic efforts of this book can be summed up in this passage "I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior" (Hosea 13:4) Hosea's job was to speak these words during a time when they had been essentially forgotten.[2]

text: Summary[edit]

text: The Book of Hosea contains a number of YHWH prophecies and messages for both Judah and Northern Israel (Samaria). These are delivered by the prophet Hosea.

text: General outline[edit]

text: A brief outline of the concepts presented in the Book of Hosea exist below:

text:
Chapters 1–2; Account of Hosea's marriage with  Gomer biographically which is a metaphor for the relationship with YHWH and Israel.
Chapter 3; Account of Hosea's marriage autobiographically.  This is possibly a marriage to different women
Chapters 4–14:9/14:10; Oracle judging Israel, Ephraim in particular, for not living up to the covenant.

text:
No further breakdown of ideas is clear in 4–14:9/14:10.[8]
Following this, the prophecy is made that someday this will all be changed, that God will indeed have pity on Israel.

text: Chapter two describes a divorce.  This divorce seems to be the end of the covenant between God and the Northern Kingdom.  However, it is probable that this was again a symbolic act, in which Hosea divorced Gomer for infidelity, and used the occasion to preach the message of God's rejection of the Northern Kingdom.  He ends this prophecy with the declaration that God will one day renew the covenant, and will take Israel back in love.

text: In Chapter three, at God's command, Hosea seeks out Gomer once more.  Either she has sold herself into slavery for debt, or she is with a lover who demands money in order to give her up, because Hosea has to buy her back.  He takes her home, but refrains from sexual intimacy with her for many days, to symbolize the fact that Israel will be without a king for many years, but that God will take Israel back, even at a cost to Himself.

text: Chapters 4–14 spell out the allegory at length. Chapters 1–3 speaks of Hosea's family, and the issues with Gomer. Chapters 4–10 contain a series of oracles, or prophetic sermons, showing exactly why God is rejecting the Northern Kingdom (what the grounds are for the divorce).  Chapter 11 is God's lament over the necessity of giving up the Northern Kingdom, which is a large part of the people of Israel, whom God loves.  God promises not to give them up entirely. Then, in Chapter 12, the prophet pleads for Israel's repentance.  Chapter 13 foretells the destruction of the kingdom at the hands of Assyria, because there has been no repentance.  In Chapter 14, the prophet urges Israel to seek forgiveness, and promises its restoration, while urging the utmost fidelity to God.

text: Matthew 2:13 cites Hosea's prophecy in Hosea 11:1 that God would call His Son out of Egypt as foretelling the flight into Egypt and return to Israel of Joseph, Maria, and the infant Jesus.

text: The capital of the Northern Kingdom fell in 722 BC.  All the members of the upper classes and many of the ordinary people were taken captive and carried off to live as prisoners of war.

text: A summary of Hosea's Story[edit]

text: First, Hosea was directed by God to marry a promiscuous woman of ill-repute, and he did so.  Marriage here is symbolic of the covenantal relationship between God and Israel.  However, Israel has been unfaithful to God by following other gods and breaking the commandments which are the terms of the covenant, hence Israel is symbolized by a harlot who violates the obligations of marriage to her husband.

text: Second, Hosea and his wife, Gomer, have a son.  God commands that the son be named Jezreel.  This name refers to a valley in which much blood had been shed in Israel's history, especially by the kings of the Northern Kingdom. (See I Kings 21 and II Kings 9:21–35).  The naming of this son was to stand as a prophecy against the reigning house of the Northern Kingdom, that they would pay for that bloodshed. Jezreel's name means God Sows.

text: Third, the couple have a daughter.  God commands that she be named Lo-ruhamah; Unloved, or, Pity or Pitied On to show Israel that, although God will still have pity on the Southern Kingdom, God will no longer have pity on the Northern Kingdom; its destruction is imminent.  In the NIV translation, the omitting of the word 'him' leads to speculation as to whether Lo-Ruhamah was the daughter of Hosea or one of Gomer's lovers. James Mays, however, says that the failure to mention Hosea's paternity is "hardly an implication" of Gomer's adultery.[9]

text: Fourth, a son is born to Gomer.  It is questionable whether this child was Hosea's, for God commands that his name be Lo-ammi.  The child bore this name of shame to show that the Northern Kingdom would also be shamed, for its people would no longer be known as God's People. In other words, the Northern Kingdom had been rejected by God.

text: Interpretation and context[edit]

text: In Hosea 2, the woman in the marriage metaphor could be Hosea’s wife  Gomer, or could be referring to the nation of Israel, invoking the metaphor of Israel as God's bride. The woman is not portrayed in a positive light. This is reflected throughout the beginning of Hosea 2. “I will strip her naked and expose her as in the day she was born” (Hosea 2:3). “Upon her children I will have no pity, because they are children of whoredom” (Hosea 2:4). “For she said, I will go after my lovers...” (Hosea 2:5).

text: Biblical scholar Ehud Ben Zvi reminds readers of the socio-historical context in which Hosea was composed. In his article Observations on the marital metaphor of YHWH and Israel in its ancient Israelite context: general considerations and particular images in Hosea 1.2, Ben Zvi describes the role of the Gomer in the marriage metaphor as one of the "central attributes of the ideological image of a human marriage that was shared by the male authorship and the primary and intended male readership as building blocks for their imagining of the relationship."[10]

text: Tristanne J. Connolly makes a similar observation, stating that the husband-wife motif reflects marriage as it was understood at the time.[11] Connolly also suggests that in context the marriage metaphor was necessary in that it truly exemplified the unequal interaction between Yahweh and the people Israel.[12] Biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan describes the importance of understanding the covenant in relation to interpreting Hosea. According to Coogan, Hosea falls under a unique genre called “covenant lawsuit” where God accuses Israel of breaking their previously made agreement. God’s disappointment towards Israel is therefore expressed through the broken marriage covenant made between husband and wife.[13]

text: Brad E. Kelle has referred to 'many scholars' finding references to cultic sexual practices in the worship of Baal, in Hosea 2, to be evidence of an historical situation in which Israelites were either giving up Yahweh worship for Baal, or blending the two.  Hosea's references to sexual acts being metaphors for Israelite 'apostasy'.[14]

text: Hosea 13:1–3 describes how the Israelites are abandoning Yahweh for the worship of Baal, and accuses them of making or using molten images for 'idol' worship.  Chief among these was the image of the bull at the northern shrine of Bethel, which by the time of Hosea was being worshipped as an image of Baal.[15]

text: Contribution[edit]

text: Hosea is believed to be the first prophet to use marriage as a metaphor of the covenant between God and Israel, and he influenced latter prophets such as Jeremiah. He is among the first writing prophets, and the last chapter of Hosea has a format similar to wisdom literature.

text: Like Amos, Hosea elevated the religion of Israel to the altitude of ethical monotheism, being the first to emphasize the moral side of God's nature. Israel's faithlessness, which resisted all warnings, compelled Him to punish the people because of His own holiness. Hosea considers infidelity as the chief sin, of which Israel, the adulterous wife, has been guilty against her loving husband, God. Against this he sets the unquenchable love of God, who, in spite of this infidelity, does not cast Israel away forever, but will take His people unto Himself again after the judgment.[16]

text: Notes[edit]

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Jump up ^ Hosea 8:4–6

^ Jump up to: a b Cook, Stephen L., HarperCollins Study Bible; New Revised Standard Version With the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books Student Edition (San Francisco: Harper Collins Publishers, Meeks, Wayne A. ed.,  (1989), p. 1193.

Jump up ^ Hosea 4:1–2

Jump up ^ Hosea 9:3

Jump up ^ Hosea 3:1

Jump up ^ Hosea 11:1

Jump up ^ Hosea 14:4

Jump up ^ Coogan, Michael. A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament. Oxford University Press, 2009. pp. 262–63

Jump up ^ Mays, James L. (1969). Hosea. SCM. p. 28.

Jump up ^ Ben Zvi, Ehud. 2004. "Observations on the marital metaphor of YHWH and Israel in its ancient Israelite context: general considerations and particular images in Hosea 1.2." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 28, no. 3: 363–84.

Jump up ^ Connolly, Tristanne J. 1998. "Metaphor and Abuse in Hosea." Feminist Theology no. 18: 58.

Jump up ^ Connolly, Tristanne J. 1998. "Metaphor and Abuse in Hosea." Feminist Theology no. 18: 60.

Jump up ^ Coogan, Michael David Coogan, A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: The Hebrew Bible in Its Context (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), 265.

Jump up ^ Brad E. Kelle (2005). Hosea 2: Metaphor and Rhetoric in Historical Perspective. Society of Biblical Lit. p. 137.

Jump up ^ Stephen L. Cook (2004). The Social Roots of Biblical Yahwism, Part 2. Society of Biblical Lit. p. 90.

Jump up ^ "Hosea, Book of, Jewish Encyclopedia

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document_title: Clothes line

question_text: where does the water from clothes go when they are dried in sun name this process

text: Clothes line

text: Comparison[edit]

text: Advantages[edit]

text:
Saves money[1][2]
Zero greenhouse gas emissions per load[1][2][3] (2 kg CO2eq of greenhouse gas emissions from the average mechanical clothes dryer per load)[3]
Less fabric wear and tear[2]
Laundry items do not shrink (hot air from a mechanical clothes dryer may shrink items)
No static cling and no perfume smells throughout the neighborhood from fabric softener and anti-static dryer sheets.
Laundry items stay softer to the touch (mechanical clothes dryers tend to remove short, soft, fine fibers), and may be less wrinkled
Laundry items often do not need ironing if line dried in a breeze
Avoids the potential of airborne lint and reduced air quality
Eliminates the noise from a mechanical clothes dryer
Does not vent indoor air to the outside and waste the large volume of conditioned (heated or cooled) air that a mechanical dryer's blower does.
For a simple line drying arrangement (rope and clothes pins) the repair and replacement costs are about $20.00 per 1,000 loads of laundry or 2 cents per load. For non-commercial mechanical clothes drying the repair and replacement costs (including labor expenses) are about $200.00 per 1,000 loads of laundry or 20 cents per load.

text: Disadvantages[edit]

text:
Putting laundry on a line usually takes more time than putting it into a mechanical dryer (as laundry items have to be hung up and fixed one by one).
Laundry items need to be hung indoors during rainy weather, or may get wet if the weather changes.
Neighbours may find it aesthetically unpleasant[1]
Exposing dirty laundry can lessen privacy, showing information about inhabitants' living habits.
Risk of theft or vandalism of clothes
Environmental contaminants such as soil, dust, smoke, automotive or industrial pollutants, pollen and bird and animal droppings can come in contact with clothing.
Clothespins can leave imprints (including rust from the spring) on the clothes.

text: Drying laundry indoors[edit]

text: Laundry may be dried indoors rather than outdoors for a variety of reasons including:

text:
inclement weather
physical disability
lack of space for a line
reduce the damage to fabrics from sun's UV rays
legal restrictions[4]
to raise the humidity level indoors, and lower the air temperature indoors
convenience
to preserve privacy

text: Several types of devices are available for indoor drying. A drying rack or clotheshorse can help save space in an apartment, or clothes lines can be strung in the basement during the winter. Small loads can simply be draped over furniture or a shower curtain pole. The drying time indoors will typically be longer than outdoor drying because of the lack of direct solar radiation and the convective assistance of the wind.

text: The evaporation of the moisture from the clothes will cool the indoor air and increase the humidity level, which may or may not be desirable. In cold, dry weather, moderate increases in humidity make most people feel more comfortable. In warm weather, increased humidity makes most people feel even hotter. Increased humidity can also increase growth of fungi, which can cause health problems.

text: An average-sized wash load will convert approximately 4965 kilojoules of ambient heat into latent heat that is stored in the evaporated water, as follows. A typical 4 kg load of laundry can contain 2.2 kg of water, after being spun in a laundry machine.[5] To determine how much heat has been converted in drying a load of laundry, weigh the clothes when they are wet and then again after the clothes have dried. The difference is the weight of the water that was evaporated from them. Multiply that weight in kg by 2,257 kJ/kg,[6] which is the heat of vaporization per kilogram, to obtain the number of kilojoules that went into evaporating the water, or multiply by 0.6250 kWh/kg to get kilowatt-hours. (Note: If the moisture later condenses inside the house, the latent heat will be converted back into ambient heat which could increase the temperature of the air in the room slightly.) [7] To obtain a good approximation of the effect this would have in a particular situation, the process can be traced on a psychrometric chart.

text: Factors that determine the drying duration[edit]

text: Various factors determine the duration of drying and can help to decide rather to use a drier or a clothes line[8]

text:
The environmental temperature - increase of temperature decreases the drying duration
The environmental humidity - decrease of humidity will decrease the drying duration
Wind velocity - Sometimes people put a fan near the clothes when drying them indoors
Direct sun - usually only the external line will be exposed to direct sun, so usually people put the thickest clothes on the most external line.
Cloth thickness

text: Drying laundry in freezing conditions[edit]

text: Laundry may be dried outdoors when the temperature is well below the freezing point. First, the moisture in the laundry items will freeze and the clothing will become stiff. Then the frost on the clothes will sublimate into the air, leaving the items dry. It takes a long time and it is usually much quicker to dry them indoors; however, indoor drying removes heat from the air so it is a trade-off between speed and energy efficiency.

text: Controversy in North America[edit]

text: Controversy surrounding the use of clothes lines has prompted many governments to pass "right-to-dry" laws allowing their use.[1] According to Ian Urbina, a reporter for The New York Times, "the majority of the 60 million people who now live in the country’s roughly 300,000 private communities" are forbidden from using outdoor clothes lines.[9]

text: As of August 2013[update], the states of Florida, Colorado,[10][11][12] Hawaii,[13] Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin had passed laws forbidding bans on clothes lines, with Utah allowing local jurisdictions to forbid such bans.[14] At least eight states restrict homeowners' associations from forbidding the installation of solar-energy systems, and lawyers have debated whether or not those laws might apply to clothes lines. A British filmmaker, Steven Lake, was planning to release a documentary in 2011 titled Drying for Freedom about the clothes-line controversy in the United States.[9]

text: In Canada, the province of Nova Scotia's first NDP government passed An Act to Prevent Prohibitions on the Use of Clotheslines on December 10, 2010 to allow all homeowners in the province to use clotheslines, regardless of restrictive covenants.[15] The province of Ontario lifted bans on clothes lines in 2008.[16]

text: Some other affluent suburban municipalities such as Hampstead, Québec or Outremont, Québec also prohibit clotheslines.[citation needed]

text: Images[edit]

text:
Clothes pins (or pegs) on a clothes line

Pegs on a clothes line

Washing line in Iceland

T clothes line

Clothes lines in New York City, from a 1904 postcard

Across-street line in Armley, Leeds, showing pulley operated at street level, 2004.

Clotheslines fiber made with polyurethane

Clothesline in El Jadida

Retractable clothes line

A folding umbrella-style clothes line


document_title: Come and Find Me

question_text: where was the movie come and find me filmed

text: Come and Find Me

text: Plot[edit]

text: When two people, David and Claire, leave a bus at the same stop, David follows Claire. She accuses him of stalking, only to embarrassingly discover that they live in the same home. Upon walking in and finding pictures of one another together they determine they know each other and simply have amnesia. In order to get their memories back David suggests the two have sex. It is soon realized that David and Claire do not have amnesia but are dating and are simply playing a game. One day, Claire suddenly disappears. After contacting her friends and workplace, David goes to the police. Detective Sloan can offer little hope beyond posting missing person flyers.

text: A year later, Claire's friend Buck shows up. While they are out discussing Claire, David drunkenly insists Buck dare him to jump from a ledge. The next morning, Buck says he must make a flight that afternoon, and David allows Buck to stay at his apartment while he does chores. Instead, David rides the bus through the city, reminiscing about Claire. The bus driver forces him off the bus at the last stop, and David returns home early. David surprises Buck, who has trashed the apartment while searching for something. Buck knocks David unconscious and leaves.

text: After contacting the police, Detective Sloan agrees to look into Buck and Claire. Looking for clues Buck may have missed, David finds a hidden cache of pictures. These lead him to an automotive wrecking yard. While exploring it and questioning employees, he draws the attention of an accented man in a back room. Although initially friendly, he demands to know why David has come to his store to look for a missing person. When David does not answer to his satisfaction, the man tortures him with an electric prod. Finally satisfied, the man releases David and says he may not like what he finds.

text: The next day, David surprises a man, Aleksandr, who breaks into his house. After subduing Aleksandr, David learns he is a mobster based at the automotive wrecking yard who has been dispatched to learn more about David. Aleksandr says Claire killed his brother, and he intends to kill her if he finds her. Before David can finish interrogating Aleksandr, Sloan interrupts him. Sloan says his investigation into Claire and Buck has turned up nothing – neither are apparently who they say they are. Sloan suggests Claire is troubled and advises David to forget about her.

text: Questioning Aleksandr further leads David to search Vancouver for clues, though Aleksandr says the mob will be looking for him now. In Vancouver, David questions a businessman's widow after finding his face among Claire's pictures. It turns up nothing, but a limo begins following David, who panics and flees into the woods. A man chases him on foot, and David launches a surprise attack on him, crippling him. The SUV stops him before he can flee further and takes him to see Hall, who introduces himself as a U.S. government official. Hall presents photographic evidence of Claire's death and asks David to stop researching her, saying the businessman's death was an assassination by Claire, and exposing her past could endanger David.

text: David initially agrees to stop but becomes suspicious of Hall. Catching on, Hall announces he can no longer allow David to leave. David causes the SUV to crash and escapes. He eventually finds a missing person photo of Claire under a different name and contacts a man who leads him to Buck, who is now going under the name Kyle. David leads Buck, Alexandr, and Hall all to the same meeting spot. While Hall's and Alexandr's men fight, David abducts Buck and demands he and Hall leave him alone. Buck rejects his demands, saying that David does not understand what kind of mess he has gotten himself into.

text: Hall immediately afterward takes him hostage. While David is being tortured for the location of Claire's pictures, someone breaks into Hall's warehouse and kills the guards, eventually revealing herself as Claire. Claire and David return to their house to retrieve Claire's pictures, which she explains is evidence that Hall is a double agent. Before they can leave, however, Alexandr and Hall arrive outside. Both of them surround the house with armed assassins. The situation is patently hopeless. David and Claire resign themselves to going out in a blaze of glory. The final image is not of the deadly reality beyond the living room door, however, but of a dreamy reminiscence of a happier time that just may be running through both of their minds.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Aaron Paul as David[2]
Annabelle Wallis as Claire[3]
Garret Dillahunt as Hall[4]
Zachary Knighton as Charlie
Enver Gjokaj as Alexandr
Chris Chalk as Buck Cameron / Kyle
Terry Chen as Detective Sloan

text: Production[edit]

text: Zack Whedon's script Come and Find Me appeared on the 2012 Black List of un-produced scripts.[5] On June 18, 2015, it was announced that Aaron Paul would next star as David in the drama which Whedon would be making his directorial debut.[2] Brian Kavanaugh-Jones would produce through Automatik Entertainment along with Chris Ferguson via Oddfellows Entertainment. Motion Picture Capital would finance the film, while it's Leon Clarance would also be the producer.[2] On June 22, 2015, Annabelle Wallis joined the film to play the role of Claire.[3] On July 22, 2015, Garret Dillahunt also signed on to star in the film to play the girl's former handler with the government.[4]

text: Principal photography on the film began on July 27, 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia.[6][7] Filming ended on August 28, 2015.[7]

text: Release[edit]

text: In May 2016, Saban Films acquired U.S distribution rights to the film.[8] The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on November 11, 2016.[9]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 67% of nine surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 5.6/10.[10] Metacritic rated it 46/100 based on seven reviews.[11]


document_title: Love, Simon

question_text: where is love simon supposed to take place

text: Love, Simon

text: Plot[edit]

text: Simon Spier is a closeted gay teenage boy attending high school in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. He has a close and loving family: parents Emily and Jack, and sister Nora, as well as three best friends: Nick and Leah, whom he has known most of his life, and newcomer Abby.

text: One day, Leah informs Simon about an online confession of a closeted gay student at their high school, known only by the pseudonym "Blue". As "Jacques", Simon begins communicating with him via email. The two confide personal details and form a connection. However, their emails are accidentally discovered by another student, Martin, who is infatuated with Abby. After learning his secret, Martin blackmails Simon by threatening to make his emails public unless he agrees to help Martin win over Abby. Simon begins to suspect that his classmate Bram is Blue.

text: At a Halloween party, Simon attempts to connect with Bram but later walks in on him making out with a female student. Simon lies to Nick, telling him that Abby has a boyfriend in college. Leah walks an inebriated Simon home, where she speaks vaguely about how she feels that she is fated to love one person very intensely; Simon believes she is referring to Nick.

text: Simon meets up with Abby and Martin at a local diner after he convinces them to practice lines together for an upcoming musical. Simon bonds with their server, a classmate named Lyle, and believes that Lyle may be Blue. That night, Simon comes out to Abby and is relieved when she reacts positively.

text: At a school football game, Simon crosses paths with Lyle; before he can summon the courage to ask if Lyle is Blue, he finds out Lyle is interested in Abby. An upset Simon tells a pestering Martin to either "go big or go home" when courting Abby. Martin interrupts the national anthem and publicly declares his feelings for Abby. When Abby admits she does not share his feelings, Martin is humiliated and becomes the subject of intense ridicule.

text: On Christmas Eve, to distract people from his own humiliation, Martin outs Simon by posting his emails on the school gossip site. Simon's sister Nora tries to comfort Simon but he shuts her out and does not return his friends' frantic texts. Simon comes out to his parents on Christmas morning, to their surprise but acceptance.

text: After the holidays, Nick and Abby, now a couple, angrily confront Simon about the lies he told and learn that he had tried to keep them apart due to Martin's blackmail. Leah confesses to Simon that she was in love with him, not Nick, and is upset he came out to Abby first. After being rejected by his friends, Simon receives a final email from Blue, who is upset that their emails have been leaked. Blue tells Simon that they should stop speaking and deletes his email account. Simon is devastated, having lost his friends as well as the mystery pen-pal he has fallen in love with.

text: In the cafeteria, Simon and an openly gay student, Ethan, are mocked by two classmates. Ethan and Simon bond over the difficulties they have faced coming out. After his parents reach out and comfort him, Simon apologizes to Leah. Simon posts a confession on the gossip site apologizing to his friends, seeking out Blue and asking him to meet at the school carnival.

text: After the school musical, Leah, Nick and Abby make amends with Simon and invite him to go to the carnival with them. Waiting for Blue at the carnival, Simon rides the Ferris wheel, drawing a large crowd of peers. When Simon runs out of tickets, Martin, making amends for his behavior, buys him one more ride. Just before the ride begins, Bram sits next to Simon, revealing himself as Blue; the kiss Simon saw with the female student was a drunken misunderstanding. They ride the Ferris wheel together and kiss as their friends cheer them on.

text: Simon's life gradually returns to normal and he begins a relationship with Bram. While picking up his friends and boyfriend for school, Simon suggests that they forgo their usual morning routine and instead "go on a little adventure".

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Nick Robinson as Simon Spier

Bryson Pitts as 10-year-old Simon Spier
Nye Reynolds as 5-year-old Simon Spier

Josh Duhamel as Jack Spier, Simon's father
Jennifer Garner as Emily Spier, Simon's mother
Katherine Langford as Leah Burke, one of Simon's best friends
Alexandra Shipp as Abby Suso, one of Simon's best friends
Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Nick Eisner, one of Simon's best friends
Keiynan Lonsdale as Abraham "Bram" Greenfeld, one of Simon's classmates
Miles Heizer as Cal Price, one of Simon's friends and classmates
Logan Miller as Martin Addison, one of Simon's classmates who blackmails him
Talitha Bateman as Nora Spier, Simon's sister

Skye Mowbray as 6-year-old Nora Spier

Tony Hale as Mr. Worth, the vice principal of the school Simon attends
Natasha Rothwell as Ms. Albright, Simon's drama teacher
Drew Starkey as Garrett Laughlin, one of Simon's classmates
Clark Moore as Ethan, one of Simon's classmates who is openly gay
Joey Pollari as Lyle, a flirty server at a local diner
Mackenzie Lintz as Taylor Metternich, one of Simon's classmates

text: Production[edit]

text: Principal photography began on March 6, 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia.[6] Filming officially ended on April 23, 2017.[7]

text: Aware of how expensive the cost of the music would be in the film, Berlanti made the decision to end shooting two days early. Of the decision, he said "I did know that a lot of the film was made in homage to movies that had these great soundtracks that, at my age, you’d play the cassette tape over and over again until it would wear out. The soundtrack was the thing that kept you feeling the emotions of the movie. So it was always on my wish list to have a soundtrack that was reflective of that. It was very expensive so everyone wanted to make sure I was doing the right thing. I wanted more money to be put into the music."[8]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
Love, Simon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack album by Various Artists

Released
March 16, 2018

Genre
Soundtrack, indie pop

Length
47 minutes

Label
Sony Music Entertainment

Singles from Love, Simon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

"Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)"
Released: 16 January 2018
"Love Lies"
Released: 14 February 2018

text: The soundtrack of the film includes music by Bleachers, Troye Sivan, Amy Shark, Brenton Wood, The 1975, Normani and Khalid, among others. The first track released from the soundtrack was "Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)" by Bleachers.[9][10]

text:
Love, Simon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[10]

No.
Title
Writer(s)
Performed by
Length

1.
"Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)"

Jack Antonoff
Ilsey Juber
Harry Styles

Bleachers
3:01

2.
"Rollercoaster"

Antonoff
John Hill

Bleachers
3:12

3.
"Never Fall in Love"

Antonoff
Karen Marie Ørsted

Jack Antonoff and MØ

4.
"Strawberries & Cigarettes"

Troye Sivan
Antonoff
Alex Hope

Troye Sivan
3:21

5.
"Sink In"

Ben Berger
Julia Michaels
Ryan McMahon

Amy Shark
4:35

6.
"Love Lies"

Khalid Robinson
Normani
Charlie Handsome
Jamil "Digi" Chammas
Taylor Parks

Khalid and Normani
3:23

7.
"The Oogum Boogum Song"

Alfred Smith

Brenton Wood
3:07

8.
"Love Me"

Adam Hann
George Daniel
Matthew Healy
Ross MacDonald

The 1975
3:42

9.
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"

George Merrill
Shannon Rubicam

Whitney Houston
4:50

10.
"Someday at Christmas"

Ron Miller
Bryan Wells

Jackson 5
2:44

11.
"Wings"

Nini Fabi
Benjamin Gebert

Haerts
4:58

12.
"Keeping a Secret"

Bleachers
3:25

13.
"Wild Heart"

Antonoff
Hill

Bleachers
3:21

text: Charts[edit]

text:
Chart (2018)
Peak
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)[11]
82

Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12]
24

UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[13]
11

US Billboard 200[14]
37

text: Other songs that appear in the film but are not included on its soundtrack include "Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks, "Diamond" by MONAKR, "Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man, "No" by Meghan Trainor, "As Long as You Love Me" by Justin Bieber, "Add It Up" by Violent Femmes, "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga and "Shine a Light" by BANNERS.

text: Release[edit]

text: Love, Simon premiered at the Mardi Gras Film Festival on February 27, 2018, and also screened at the Glasgow Film Festival and the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.[15][16] The film was released by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada on March 16, 2018, in Australia and New Zealand on March 29, 2018, in Brazil on April 5, 2018, in the United Kingdom and Ireland on April 6, 2018, in Colombia on April 12, 2018, Mexico on April 13, 2018, and is scheduled to be released in other countries on various dates throughout 2018.[17]

text: Following the film's release, several celebrities, including Jennifer Garner, Kristen Bell, Neil Patrick Harris, Joey Graceffa, Matt Bomer, Robbie Rogers, Benj Pasek, Tyler Oakley, Martin Gero, Andrew Rannells and Jesse Tyler Ferguson bought out entire theaters so that people could see the film for free, because they believe that the film conveys an important message.[18]

text: Home video[edit]

text: The film became available to pre-order on home video on January 17, 2018, was released digitally on May 29, 2018, and is scheduled to be available on Blu-ray and DVD on June 12, 2018.[19][20]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: As of May 30, 2018[update], Love, Simon has grossed $40.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $16.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $57.5 million, against a production budget of $17 million, ranking #14 out of all films since 1980 in the teen romance genre, and out-grossing every film in that genre distributed by 20th Century Fox other than The Fault in Our Stars and Romeo + Juliet.[3][21]

text: Love, Simon held early preview screenings on March 2 and March 9 before its official release on March 16. It grossed $800,000 from 927 theaters on March 9, which Deadline Hollywood considered "strong".[22] In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Tomb Raider and I Can Only Imagine, and was projected to gross $10–12 million from 2,401 theaters in its opening weekend.[23] The film made $4.6 million on its first day (including $850,000 from Thursday previews at 2,125 theaters).[24] The film went on to debut at $11.8 million, finishing fifth at the box office; 58% of its opening weekend audience was female and 59% was under 25.[25] In its second weekend the film dropped 33% to $7.8 million, finishing 7th,[26] and in its third weekend made $4.8 million, finishing ninth.[27] In the United Kingdom, the film debuted at number four, earning $1.6 million.[28] In Australia, the film debuted at number four, earning $916,697.[29] In Brazil, the film debuted at number four, earning $804,567.[30] In Mexico, the film debuted at number three, earning $982,391.[31]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92%, based on 165 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Love, Simon hits its coming-of-age beats more deftly than many entries in this well-traveled genre – and represents an overdue, if not entirely successful, milestone of inclusion."[32] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[33] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, one of fewer than 80 films in the history of the service to earn such a score.[24]

text: Benjamin Lee of The Guardian gave the film 4/5 stars, calling it a "hugely charming crowd-pleaser".[34] Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood gave the film 4/5 stars, stating that audiences "are guaranteed to fall in love with this sweet, funny coming-of-age film".[35]

text: Molly Freeman of Screen Rant gave the film 4/5 stars or an Excellent rating, stating that "Love, Simon is a funny, heartfelt, and truly touching teen romantic comedy that instantly becomes a modern classic for today's generation."[36] Josh Winning of GamesRadar+ gave the film 4/5 stars, describing it as a "warm, sensitive and engaging coming-out-of-ager" and "one of the freshest teen-coms in ages".[37]

text: Meredith Goldstein of The Boston Globe gave the film 3.5/4 stars and stated, "Love, Simon is a sweet, modern romantic comedy that manages to channel the teen movie classics of the late John Hughes, but only the good stuff."[38] Colin Covert of the Star Tribune gave the film 3/4 stars and wrote, "If John Hughes had gone on to make a smart LGBT coming-of-age charmer, most likely it would resemble this."[39]

text: Bruce Demara of the Toronto Star also gave it 3/4 stars, stating "The casting is high quality, the script - with a tantalizing mystery at its heart - is particularly well-crafted and the story hits all the right emotional notes in delivering a funny, warm-hearted and life-affirming tale."[40] Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film 3.5/4 stars and wrote, "Young and old, jocks and nerds, geeks and freaks, and everyone in between should be able to find something to adore in Love, Simon."[41]

text: Joyce Slaton of Common Sense Media gave the film 4/5 stars and described it as "tender, sweet, and affecting", with the film also receiving The Common Sense Seal, which recognizes movies that offer families an exceptional media experience.[42][43] MJ Franklin of Mashable wrote that "Love, Simon feels like an instant classic that you're going to want to watch again and again."[44]

text: Max Weiss of Baltimore gave Love, Simon 3/4 stars, calling it a "sweet, funny, warm-hearted film".[45] Kevin Scott of Exclaim! gave the film a 7 out of 10 score, noting that the film has the "expected amount of sentimentality that effectively tugs at the heartstrings".[46]

text: Peter Debruge of Variety, while stating that the film is average in execution, praised the content as "groundbreaking on so many levels, not least of which is just how otherwise familiar it all seems".[47] Jesse Hassenger of The A.V. Club gave the film a C+ and wrote that the film "is touching as a gesture", but as entertainment "it's nothing Degrassi hasn't done better".[48]

text: Becky Albertalli, the author of the book, watched an early cut and praised the film, stating: "It's funny and relevant and timeless and charming and honest and painful and so romantic. It says exactly what I wanted the book to say."[49][50]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Award
Date
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
Ref.

Golden Trailer Awards
May 31, 2018
Best Romance Trailer
Love, Simon
Pending
[51]

Best Romance TV Spot
Love, Simon
Pending

Best Billboard
Love, Simon
Pending

Best Teaser Campaign
Love, Simon
Pending

MTV Movie & TV Awards
June 18, 2018
Best Kiss
Nick Robinson, Keiynan Lonsdale
Pending
[52]


document_title: The Good Doctor (TV series)

question_text: who plays seans brother on the good doctor

text: The Good Doctor (TV series)

text: Premise[edit]

text: The series follows Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome from the small town of Casper, Wyoming, where he had a troubled childhood. He relocates to San Jose, California to work at the prestigious San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital.[3]

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Freddie Highmore as Shaun Murphy: A surgical resident with autism and savant syndrome.[4] His savant abilities include near-photographic recall and the ability to note minute details and changes. He is portrayed in flashbacks to his teen years by Graham Verchere.[5]
Nicholas Gonzalez as Neil Melendez: Attending Cardiothoracic surgeon in charge of surgical residents.[4] He is also engaged to Jessica Preston.
Antonia Thomas as Claire Browne: A surgical resident who forms a special connection with Shaun.[6]
Chuku Modu as Jared Kalu: A surgical resident from a wealthy family.[7]
Beau Garrett as Jessica Preston: The hospital in-house attorney and Vice President of Risk Management. She is the granddaughter of the hospital founder and a friend of Dr. Glassman.[8] She is also engaged to Dr. Melendez.
Irene Keng as Elle McLean: A resident (appeared only in the pilot)[9][10]
Hill Harper as Marcus Andrews: Chief of surgery and board member.[9]
Richard Schiff as Aaron Glassman: President of the San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, who has been a mentor and good friend of Shaun since he was 14.[11][12]
Tamlyn Tomita as Allegra Aoki: Chairman and Vice President of the foundation that controls the hospital.[13]

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Dylan Kingwell as Steve Murphy: Shaun's younger brother (in flashbacks).[5] He also portrays Evan Gallico, a boy in the present that resembles Shaun's brother and is suffering from stage 4 Osteosarcoma.
Paige Spara as Lea: Shaun's Love interest/neighbor.
Eric Winter as Matt Coyle: A suave doctor who charms the hospital's staff, until he makes explicit advances towards one of them.[14]
Fiona Gubelmann as Morgan: A new resident who joins the cast for five episodes with the possibility of becoming a regular in Season 2.[15] As a resident, Morgan will turn out to be a rival for Shaun. Gubelmann's upcoming first episode is titled "She".[16]
Will Yun Lee as Adam Park: An ex-cop who decided to become a doctor in a multi-episode arc beginning in February[17]

text: Notable guests[edit]

text:
Jasika Nicole as Carly[18]
Eve Gordon as Nurse Fryday[18]
Christina Chang as Dr. Audrey Lim
Marsha Thomason as Isabel Andrews: Marcus' wife.[19]

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
"Burnt Food"
Seth Gordon
David Shore
September 25, 2017 (2017-09-25)
11.22[20]

On the way to begin his surgical residency at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, Dr. Shaun Murphy witnesses an airport sign fall and shatter glass onto a young boy. Another doctor is first on the scene and begins applying pressure to the child's neck. Shaun tells him that he's pressing on the wrong part of the neck for a child. With his unique ability to visualize the internal body and using improvised methods and tools, Shaun is able to stabilize the boy. On the way to the hospital, Shaun notices that the boy's vitals have changed. Hospital staff are alerted to the arrival of the boy. Shaun tries to tell the doctors about the boy's vitals, stating that he needs an echo-cardiogram. The doctors disagree and begin surgery. While operating, something goes wrong and Claire Browne, a surgical resident, recalls Shaun mentioning an echo. Thanks to Shaun's diagnosis, the boy's life is saved. Meanwhile, in a hospital board meeting, Dr. Aaron Glassman, president of the hospital, tries to convince the board to hire Shaun, despite his autism. Flashbacks give us a picture of Shaun's childhood and his motivation for becoming a doctor.

2
"Mount Rushmore"
Mike Listo
David Shore
October 2, 2017 (2017-10-02)
10.93[21]

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Dr. Melendez is doing rounds with Dr. Browne and Dr. Kalu. Melendez calls out Shaun for arriving late on his first full day. A middle aged woman is brought into the ER with abdominal pain. Shaun immediately diagnoses a malignant tumor. Melendez assigns Browne as his number two for the surgery while giving Shaun "scut work" - all the work that residents hate doing. On the operating table, the doctors find the tumor is much bigger than expected and has encased all of her arteries. Looking at biopsy results, the residents find out that she is suffering from leiomyosarcoma, making surgery seemingly impossible. Shaun's ability to visualize the internal organs allows him to figure out that removing one of her kidneys would allow a better look, enough to view and possibly remove the mass. To Browne's dismay, Kalu suggests Shaun's idea to Melendez, getting the credit for the idea. Meanwhile, Shaun's attention to detail in his scut work gets him into trouble. Instead of releasing patients ready for discharge, Shaun rechecks them and orders additional tests. Upon learning this, Melendez assigns Nurse Freydey as Shaun's "boss" for the day. Later, after rechecking a discharged young girl's test results, Shaun races to her home. The parents are annoyed that he's bothering them after midnight and at first refuse to let him in. Shaun insists he will not leave before seeing their daughter. His diagnosis is correct and they must rush her to the hospital for surgery to save her life.

3
"Oliver"
John Dahl
Bill Rotko
October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09)
10.69[22]

Shaun and Claire fly to San Francisco Municipal Hospital to get a patient a liver. They can't fly on their way back due to fog and are forced to use a police escort. Problems keep coming one after the other; first, the liver's temperature went above the required maximum, forcing them to have a sudden stop at a local store, where they cool it by submerging it in slush. As they proceed with their journey, Shaun discovers that the liver has a clot. With only two hours of viability left, the duo decide to perform an operation on the way in order to remove the clot and flash the left lobe, to protect it from the ice bath. Back at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, Chuck, the recipient of the liver, is discovered to have alcohol in his system; a likelihood that he might be moved to the bottom of the list. Chuck later confesses that he actually took a drink on his daughter's graduation. In order to protect its reputation and the future patients, the hospital decides to move Chuck to the bottom of the list. To their dismay, Shaun and Claire arrive back, only to find out that the liver has to be taken to another patient in another hospital.

4
"Pipes"
Steven DePaul
Thomas L. Moran
October 16, 2017 (2017-10-16)
10.60[23]

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Through an ultrasound, an expectant woman's baby is diagnosed with a tumor at his tail bone; the mom has Antiphospholipid syndrome, making surgery a high risk. Dr. Melendez suggests termination of the pregnancy but Shaun interjects by suggesting clotting pre-operatively with an infusion of unfractionated heparin. Things are further complicated when the woman and eventually her husband refuse to terminate the baby. During surgery, there is a complication; a blood clot at the artery in her heart. Dr. Kalu has an idea that they should stop her heart and put her on a bypass machine for the duration of the surgery; that way she won't have an heart attack, which turns out to be successful and the doctors reveal she's carrying a baby boy. With a patient needing a boil lanced, Dr. Melendez assigns Shaun and Dr. Browne on the case, as a punishment for being late. The patient turns out to be a pornographic actress; she doesn't have a boil but a large Bartholin gland abscess and they prep her for surgery the following day. They successfully drain the abscess but discover that she has a Perineal myoma underneath. The fibroid tumor is wrapped around the nerve that facilitates feeling in her genitals. Therefore, the doctors have to remove the tumor but they have to sever the nerve; hence, losing all feeling in her genitals. Shaun comes up the idea of grafting the distal end of the pudendal nerve to the branch of the femoral cutaneous nerve from her inner thigh; this will lead to her losing feeling in her thigh while preserving feeling in her genitals.

5
"Point Three Percent"
Larry Teng
David Hoselton
October 23, 2017 (2017-10-23)
10.39[24]

Shaun notices a young boy with an indubitable resemblance to his deceased brother Steve, forming a bond with him. The boy's name is actually Evan and was brought to the hospital by his parents for reportedly breaking an arm; unbeknownst to Evan, he is in fact suffering from stage 4 Osteosarcoma. Shaun later suspects that he might have been misdiagnosed with cancer but indeed was suffering from Langerhans cell histiocytosis. In order not to give both Evan and his parents false hopes, Shaun decides to lie, attempting to perform a bone marrow aspiration, but he is caught red-handed by the parents. Subsequently, Evan starts coughing out blood, sending him to the OR. While on the operating table, Dr. Neil Menendez and Dr. Claire Browne discover that the cancer had metastasized, undoubtable proof that he is indeed suffering with terminal cancer. The other doctors are trying to find a prognosis of a 66-year old man, brought to the hospital by his estranged son, with an allergy causing him to have convulsions. Dr. Browne later finds out that the man is suffering from Echinococcus, a cyst form of tapeworms. Saddened by Evan's fate, which Evan has in fact known about the whole time, Shaun reads Evan the final few pages of To Kill a Mockingbird, a book of Steve's that he never finished reading before he died.

6
"Not Fake"
Michael Patrick Jann
Simran Baidwan
October 30, 2017 (2017-10-30)
10.60[25]

Shaun and the rest of the residents are working the graveyard shift when numerous casualties from a wedding bus crash come in. Among the victims are a woman with severe, visible burns, on whom Dr. Kalu tries an experimental procedure, and a young man with a damaged leg who can either have it amputated, or have an artificial bone inserted. The relative newness of the latter procedure causes a conflict between the man's parents and his soon-to-be bride.

7
"22 Steps"
David Straiton
Johanna Lee
November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
10.14[26]

Shaun encounters Liam, an autistic patient brought in to San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. Having to face prejudice from the young man's parents, Dr. Melendez defends him for the first time and acknowledges his exceptional abilities. On Dr. Glassman's directive, Claire continues her therapy sessions in order to curb her guilt over the death of a patient she inadvertently caused in the previous episode. On the other hand, Dr. Kalu gets a 73-year-old man with severe chest pains thus needing urgent medical attention and a pacemaker but his desire is to die; in order to give him hope on life, Dr. Kalu does everything he can to have him accept treatment, to no avail in which the latter finally lets him sign the DNR.

8
"Apple"
Nestor Carbonell
David Renaud
November 20, 2017 (2017-11-20)
9.97[27]

While shopping at a grocery mart for apples, a robbery takes place. With Shaun's communication limitations, he puts the lives of two customers on a first date at risk, leading to a young woman getting shot. Shaun's neighbor Lea hugs him after he admits that he made a mistake with someone getting hurt. During surgery, Dr. Lim questions Claire's ability to not let her emotions get the better of her because of a racist patient. This leads to a fight between the two with Dr. Lim ordering Claire to leave the operating room. Claire puts her emotions in check to save the life of the racist patient much to the satisfaction and delight of Dr. Lim.

9
"Intangibles"
Bronwen Hughes
Karen Struck
November 27, 2017 (2017-11-27)
9.25[28]

The team takes on the case of a young boy from the Congo who has severe congenital heart anomalies; Murphy's latest encounter with his neighbor Lea has him confused. He takes flirting lessons from Dr. Browne and notes and charts what he sees in regards to the "flirting trifecta". Meanwhile, Dr. Browne along with a lab tech search for a misplaced tissue sample from a woman with possible throat cancer.

10
"Sacrifice"
Michael Patrick Jann
Lloyd Gilyard Jr.
December 4, 2017 (2017-12-04)
9.03[29]

Shaun has reluctantly agreed to Dr. Glassman's repeated suggestions to meet with a therapist, but ultimately changes his mind after a new patient, Bobby Otto, convinces Shaun to stop letting people tell him what to do. At the end of the episode, a confrontation with Glassman in the hospital lobby leads to Shaun having a meltdown, causing him to strike Glassman in the face and run out of the hospital. Meanwhile, Claire runs into an uncomfortable situation with Dr. Matt Coyle, who makes unwanted sexual advances toward her during a patient consultation. Jared finds out and physically threatens him. As a result, Jared is fired. In later developments, after a tense dinner with Jessica, her father and Dr. Melendez, we learn that she doesn't want to have children.

11
"Islands Part One"
Bill D'Elia
Thomas L. Moran & William Rotko
January 8, 2018 (2018-01-08)
8.30[30]

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Shaun has not answered Dr. Glassman's calls prompting him to go to Lea's apartment where he barges in looking for Shaun. He is indeed hiding there, but when Lea threatens to call the police, Dr. Glassman leaves. At Lea's suggestion, the pair embark on an impromptu road trip. Besides driving for the first time, Shaun drinks Tequila, sings karaoke in a bar, and experiences his first kiss. However, Lea's revelation that she plans to move to Hershey, Pennsylvania to work in her family's auto body shop leaves Shaun devastated. In other developments, Dr. Melendez and Andrews operate on a conjoined set of twins, one of which needs a kidney. Complications develop and the operation to separate them, planned for six months after the kidney surgery, must be done immediately. The operation goes well until it's discovered the twins have not awakened from the surgery. In an effort to get his job back, Dr. Kalu apologizes to Dr. Coyle. When Coyle rejects the apology, Claire vows to ruin him by finding all the other women he has harassed. Dr. Andrews calls Kalu the next day with the news that Coyle came forward, but while he's willing to give him a recommendation for other hospitals, he cannot overlook the physical assault, and will not reinstate him at St. Bonaventure. We also learn that Dr. Melendez decides it's more important to be with Jessica and that he can be a "father" in other ways.

12
"Islands Part Two"
Cherie Nowlan
Thomas L. Moran & William Rotko
January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15)
9.33[31]

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Shaun returns to the hospital and gives Aaron his two weeks notice. Glassman is seemingly reluctant to sign the papers to allow Shaun to resign from St. Bonaventure. Glassman finds out from Shaun that he is moving to Hershey, Pennsylvania because of Lea. He gives Murphy a recommendation, but will back off if he stays. Shaun decides to stay and returns the letter to Glassman, then meets with Lea for the last time and kisses her before she leaves for Hershey. Meanwhile, there are complications with Jenny, one of the twins that were separated. She is not getting enough blood flow to the brain and the surgical team put a stint in to help save her. The mother signs a waiver to have a heart transplant between the twins. In the surgical room, Katie shows signs of life. Shaun suggests they re-conjoin them at the thigh which would eliminate the need for anti-clotting meds and can go ahead with the heart transplant once Katie dies. While staying the night in the same room, Jenny decides to go ahead with the surgery. However, another complication arises when Jenny's already weakened heart begins overworking, which leads to Jenny's death on the operating table before the twins can be re-separated. Jessica looks into previous misconduct at the hospital in which white doctors were only warned not fired like Kalu was leading to allegations of racism and getting more donors for the hospital and they keep their jobs. During lunch with his lawyer, Kalu rejects the settlement offer because he wants his job back at St. Bonaventure. Kalu is seen getting suited up for a shift at the hospital, but Dr. Andrews didn't want him back as he felt using the racism card was setting them back. Finally, Jessica tells Melendez that she wants to break up because she feels like she is standing in his way of being a father.

13
"Seven Reasons"[32]
Mike Listo
David Shore & David Hoselton
January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22)
TBD

14
"She"[33]
Seth Gordon
Simran Baidwan
February 5, 2018 (2018-02-05)
TBD

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: In May 2014, CBS Television Studios began development on an American remake of the hit South Korean medical drama Good Doctor with Daniel Dae Kim as producer. Kim explained the appeal of adapting the series as "something that can fit into a recognizable world, with a breadth of characters that can be explored in the long run".[34] The story of a pediatric surgeon with autism was to be set in Boston and projected to air in August 2015.[35][36] However, CBS did not pick up the project and it moved to Sony Pictures Television, with a put pilot commitment from ABC in October 2016. The series is developed by David Shore, who is executive producing alongside Kim, Sebastian Lee, and David Kim.[37] ABC officially ordered the series to pilot in January 2017.[38]

text: On May 11, 2017, ABC ordered the show to series as a co-production with Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios,[39] and it was officially picked up for a full season of 18 episodes on October 3, 2017.[40]

text: Casting[edit]

text: On February 17, 2017, Antonia Thomas was cast as Dr. Claire Browne, a strong-willed and talented doctor who forms a special connection with Shaun.[6] A week later, Freddie Highmore was cast in the lead role as Dr. Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism; and Nicholas Gonzalez was cast as Dr. Neil Melendez, the boss of the surgical residents at the hospital.[4] The next month, Chuku Modu was cast as resident Dr. Jared Kalu (originally Dr. Jared Unger);[7] Hill Harper as head of surgery Dr. Marcus Andrews (originally Dr. Horace Andrews); Irene Keng as resident Dr. Elle McLean;[9] and Richard Schiff was cast as Dr. Aaron Glassman (originally Dr. Ira Glassman), the hospital president and Shaun's mentor.[11][39] Schiff was shortly followed by Beau Garrett as hospital board member Jessica Preston and a friend of Dr. Glassman.[8] In September 2017, Tamlyn Tomita was promoted to the principal cast as Allegra Aoki.[13]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Production on the pilot took place from March 21 to April 6, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia.[42][43] Filming for the rest of the season began on July 26, 2017, and is set to conclude on March 1, 2018.[44] Although The Good Doctor is set in San Jose, California, the real San Jose is rarely seen.[45] In one of those scenes, a helicopter supposedly bound for San Francisco was clearly headed in the wrong direction.[45]

text: Music[edit]

text: Dan Romer serves as the primary composer for the series.[46]

text: Release[edit]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: The Good Doctor began airing on September 25, 2017, on ABC in the United States,[47] and on CTV in Canada.[48] Sky Living acquired the broadcast rights for the United Kingdom and Ireland.[49] Seven Network airs the series in Australia.[50] Wowow, the largest Japanese private satellite and pay-per-view television network in Japan acquired the rights to broadcast the series beginning in April 2018.[51]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: A full-length trailer was released for ABC's May 2017 Upfront presentation, which /Film's Ethan Anderton described the concept as feeling like "House meets Rain Man, that just might be enough to make it interesting". However, he questioned "how long can audiences be entranced by both the brilliance of [Highmore's] character's savant skills and the difficulties that come from his autism in the workplace."[52] Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter felt the trailer was "both kinda progressive and really dated". He added, "Too much felt on-the-nose—especially Hill Harper as the main character's detractor and Richard Schiff as his noble defender", while also commentating that "On-the-nose/premise is how you have to trailer a show like this, and maybe spaced out over 43 minutes it won't grate."[53] Ben Travers and Steve Greene for IndieWire called it "a serious trailer for a serious subject. The first glimpse of Highmore's character hints that they're toeing the line between presenting a thoughtful depiction of his condition and using his perceptive abilities as a kind of secret weapon."[54] The trailer had been viewed over 25.4 million times after a week of its release, including over 22 million views on Facebook.[55]

text: The pilot was screened at ABC's PaleyFest event on September 9, 2017.[56]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"Burnt Food"
September 25, 2017
2.2/9
11.22[20]
2.2
7.86
4.4
19.21[57]

2
"Mount Rushmore"
October 2, 2017
2.2/9
10.93[21]
2.1
7.21
4.3
18.12[58]

3
"Oliver"
October 9, 2017
2.0/7
10.69[22]
2.2
7.53
4.2
18.22[59]

4
"Pipes"
October 16, 2017
2.0/8
10.60[23]
2.1
7.34
4.1
17.96[60]

5
"Point Three Percent"
October 23, 2017
1.8/7
10.39[24]
2.0
7.10
3.8
17.50[61]

6
"Not Fake"
October 30, 2017
1.9/7
10.60[25]
2.0
6.93
3.9
17.51[62]

7
"22 Steps"
November 13, 2017
1.9/7
10.14[26]
1.9
6.92
3.8
17.14[63]

8
"Apple"
November 20, 2017
1.8/7
9.97[27]
1.8
6.98
3.6
16.99[64]

9
"Intangibles"
November 27, 2017
1.7/7
9.25[28]
1.8
6.66
3.5
15.91[65]

10
"Sacrifice"
December 4, 2017
1.6/7
9.03[29]
1.8
6.67
3.4
15.74[66]

11
"Islands Part One"
January 8, 2018
1.6/6
8.30[30]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

12
"Islands Part Two"
January 15, 2018
1.7/6
9.33[31]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

13
"Seven Reasons"
January 22, 2018
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

text: The series premiere earned a 2.2/9 rating in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, with 11.22 million total viewers, making it the most watched Monday drama debut on ABC in 21 years, since Dangerous Minds in September 1996, and the highest rated Monday drama in the 18–49 demographic in 8.5 years, since Castle in March 2009.[67] Factoring live plus seven-day ratings, the pilot was watched by a total of 19.2 million viewers and set a record for DVR viewers with 7.9 million, surpassing the record of 7.67 million set by the pilot of Designated Survivor in 2016.[68] According to TV Guide's November 13-26 issue, the October 9 episode attracted 18.2 million viewers, beating out both NCIS and The Big Bang Theory for the most viewed primetime show that week.[69]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 58% approval rating with an average rating of 5.49/10 based on 38 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "The Good Doctor's heavy-handed bedside manner undermines a solid lead performance, but under all the emotionally manipulative gimmickry, there's still plenty of room to improve."[70] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 53 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[71]

text: Giving his first impression of the series' pilot for TVLine, Matt Webb Mitovich stated, "The Good Doctor boasts great DNA... [and] has the potential to be a refreshingly thought-provoking hospital drama, based on the buttons pushed in the pilot alone." He enjoyed the "warm dynamic" of Schiff and Highmore, while describing Thomas' character as "our emotional 'in' to Shaun's distinct, distant world". He noted that "it takes a while to build up momentum", but concluded that "the very final scene packs quite a punch, as Dr. Murphy unwittingly puts a colleague on notice".[72]

text: The New York Times television critic, James Poniewozik, notes in his Critic's Notebook column, that for the most part the drama is a "hospital melodrama with whiz-bang medical science, a dash of intra-staff romance and shameless sentimentality." Discussing the main characters of Dr. Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff) and Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore), however, Poniewozik writes that "Mr. Schiff is convincing in the role and Mr. Highmore is striking in his." [73]

text: Speaking of Freddie Highmore's Golden Globe nomination on Monday, December 11, 2017, for his role in The Good Doctor, Laura Bradley, writing for Vanity Fair says: "... Freddie Highmore received the awards recognition that has long and unjustly eluded him..." Bradley feels that Highmore's perfomance has been "the central key" to the show's enormous success and while the show had lukewarm reviews, most critics have praised Highmore's work. [74]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
Ref.

2018
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Television Series Drama
Freddie Highmore
Nominated
[75]

Humanitas Prize
60-Minute Category
David Shore
Pending
[76]