document_title: European Union Referendum Act 2015

question_text: how many mps voted for the eu referendum

text: European Union Referendum Act 2015

text: Origin[edit]

text: On 1 January 1973 the United Kingdom and Gibraltar joined what was then known as the European Economic Community (the Common Market), under terms negotiated by the then Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath.[6] In accordance with British constitutional convention, specifically that of parliamentary sovereignty, accession was not subject to approval by referendum. Both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party were divided over the issue, and the European Communities Act 1972 was passed due to sufficient Labour abstentions to counteract the number of rebel Tories.[7] In the run-up to the UK General Election February 1974, the Labour Party manifesto promised a Referendum 'on renegotiated terms', which its leader, Harold Wilson, hoped would end the division of his party.[7] However the election proved indecisive and marked the end of Heath's premiership as Prime Minister and Wilson was forced to call a second election later in the year. After the UK General Election October 1974, the Labour Party formed a minority administration and held the referendum on continued membership the following year, which was approved by 67% of voters.

text: For a few years the issue was largely settled but, with the approval by Parliament of the Single European Act, the Maastricht Treaty and the Lisbon Treaty, there were calls from eurosceptic Members of Parliament for a new UK referendum on continued membership. Conservative Party leader David Cameron announced in January 2013, in what became known as "The Bloomberg speech", a proposal to undertake a renegotiation of the terms of the UK's membership of the EU, and subsequently to hold a UK referendum on its membership of the Union. However, at the time of Cameron's speech, the Conservative Party was in Coalition government with the Liberal Democrats who, along with the Labour Party, were at the time opposed to any new referendum being held. The Conservative Party did not have an overall majority and a private members bill by Conservative MP James Wharton to legislate a in-out referendum by the end of 2017 was blocked in the House of Lords. The proposals were contained in the Conservative Party manifesto for the United Kingdom general election, 2015, in which the Conservatives won with an unexpected overall majority. Following the election, the opposition Labour Party withdrew its opposition to holding an in-out EU referendum.[8] On the bill's second reading, on 9 June 2015, MPs voted by 544 to 53 in favour of the principle of holding a referendum with only the Scottish National Party opposing the Bill.[9]

text: The Act[edit]

text: The act legislated for a referendum to be held in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on whether to remain a member of the EU, to be conducted by the Electoral Commission and overseen by an appointed "Chief Counting Officer" (CCO) and a "Deputy chief counting officer" (DCCO) who declared the final result for the United Kingdom. By regulation the act ordered the Secretary of State (in this case the Prime Minister) to appoint a date for the holding of the referendum, as long as the date was no later than 31 December 2017, and not on 5 May 2016 or 4 May 2017. The Electoral Commission is the public body under the terms of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 that was given the task to raise public awareness ahead of polling day, and to oversee the conduct of the referendum.

text: The referendum[edit]

text: Limitation[edit]

text: This act required a referendum to be held on the question of the UK’s continued membership of the European Union before the end of 2017. The bill does not contain any requirement for the UK Government to implement the results of the referendum, nor set a time limit by which a vote to leave the EU should be implemented. Instead, this is a type of referendum known as pre-legislative or consultative, which enables the electorate to voice an opinion which then influences the Government in its policy decisions. The referendums held in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1997 and 1998 are examples of this type, where opinion was tested before legislation was introduced. The UK does not have constitutional provisions which would require the results of a referendum to be implemented, unlike, for example, the Republic of Ireland, where the circumstances in which a binding referendum should be held are set out in its constitution. In contrast, the legislation which provided for the referendum held on AV in May 2011 would have implemented the new system of voting without further legislation, provided that the boundary changes also provided for in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 were also implemented. In the event, there was a substantial majority against any change. The 1975 referendum was held after the re-negotiated terms of the UK’s EC membership had been agreed by all EC Member States and the terms set out in a command paper which later became known as the Referendum Act 1975 and was passed by both Houses.[10] The Bill became law when it received Royal Assent sent on 15 December 2015.

text: In accordance with the Act and the public duty of the Electoral Commission, an impartial guide was posted to every household in the UK and Gibraltar in the week beginning of 16 May 2016. The advisory leaflet was titled: "Why the Government believes that voting to remain in the European Union is the best decision for the UK". This leaflet clearly stated: "This is your decision. The government will implement what you decide".[11]

text: Campaign period[edit]

text: The act legislated that the official referendum campaign period up until polling day would be of ten weeks duration (which in the event proved to run from 15 April to 23 June 2016) with an official 'purdah' period where all government and public bodies were not permitted to comment or publish information specifically in regard to the subject of the referendum (four weeks duration, in the event running from 27 May until polling day).

text: Campaign groups spending[edit]

text: Under this act and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, the Electoral Commission had the authority to designate and to provide funding for two official lead campaign groups, one for "Remain" and one for "Leave". Each designated group had access to grants worth up to £600,000 as well as television spots and free leaflet drops. The Act declared that these designated groups were not permitted to spend overall more than £7 million. The Act permitted other registered campaign groups to participate but that their overall spending was limited to a maximum of £700,000. Spending by unregistered groups was limited by the Act to a maximum of £10,000. The Electoral Commission announced the official "Remain" and "Leave" designated groups before the beginning of the official campaign period (on 13 April 2016) ahead of the deadline on 14 April 2016: Britain Stronger in Europe for "Remain" and Vote Leave for "Leave".

text: Political parties spending[edit]

text: Under the act and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 political parties were permitted to provide funding for the referendum, although their spending was limited according to their performance at the 2015 general election and, under the rules, the political parties were limited to the maximum of each amount as follows:

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Conservative Party £7 million
Labour Party £5.5 million
UKIP £4 million
Liberal Democrats £3 million
SNP £700,000

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text: All other political parties who received less than 5% of the national vote share had their maximum spending limited to no more than £700,000.

text: Individual spending[edit]

text: Unless individuals are officially registered with the Electoral Commission, the maximum limit for spending in the referendum was to be no more than £10,000.[12]

text: Referendum question[edit]

text: The question that appeared on ballot papers in the referendum before the electorate under the act was (in English):

text: Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?

text: with the responses to the question to be (to be marked with a single (X)):

text:
Remain a member of the European Union
Leave the European Union

text: and in Welsh:

text: A ddylai'r Deyrnas Unedig aros yn aelod o'r Undeb Ewropeaidd neu adael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd?

text: with the responses (to be marked with a single (X)):

text:
Aros yn aelod o'r Undeb Ewropeaidd
Gadael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd

text: Original proposed question[edit]

text: Originally the bill gave the question to appear on ballot papers:

text: Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?

text: and in Welsh:

text: A ddylai'r Deyrnas Unedig aros yn aelod o'r Undeb Ewropeaidd?

text: permitting a simple YES/NO answer.

text: The original proposed question was very similar to the question voters were asked in the original 1975 EEC Referendum. However, during subsequent research by the Electoral Commission found that "members of the public feel the wording was not balanced and there was a perception of bias" and proposed a change in the wording of the question. The proposed change was accepted by the government in September 2015, shortly before the bill's third reading.[13]

text: Voting areas[edit]

text: Under the provisions of the Act, the designation of a "voting area" (also known by some as "Counting areas") on the day of the referendum was to be overseen by "Counting officers" (CO) who were to declare the results of their local areas within the United Kingdom and Gibraltar is as follows:

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A district in England for which there is a district council
A county in England in which there are no districts with councils (Unitary authority)
A London borough
The City of London (including the Inner and Middle Temples)
The Isles of Scilly
A county or county borough in Wales
A local government area in Scotland
Northern Ireland
Gibraltar

text: There were a total of 382 voting areas. 326 in England, 32 in Scotland, 22 in Wales and single areas for Northern Ireland and Gibraltar. The local counts in the voting areas began from 2200 BST (Western European Summer Time) on Thursday 23 June 2016 after all polling stations had closed. Recounts within "voting areas" were permitted when circumstances require under the instructions of the "Counting officers (CO)." It was the first time that a United Kingdom referendum was counted overnight as both the previous 1975 EC Referendum and the 2011 AV Referendum were counted during the course of the following day after polling stations closed.

text: Regional counts[edit]

text: The act also provides provision for the results from the "voting areas" to fed into twelve "regional counts" to be overseen by "Regional counting officers" (RCO) which were appointed in the following areas and declared the results for their areas as used under the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002:

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East Midlands (40 voting areas)
East of England (47 voting areas)
Greater London (33 voting areas)
Northern Ireland (1 voting area)
North East England (12 voting areas)
North West England (39 voting areas)
Scotland (32 voting areas)
South East England (67 voting areas)
South West England (also including Gibraltar) (38 voting areas)
Yorkshire and the Humber (21 voting areas)
Wales (22 voting areas)
West Midlands (30 voting areas)

text: For the purposes of the referendum, the local result from Gibraltar was fed into the South West England regional count. The regions each declared their results once all local voting areas had declared their local results early on Friday 24 June 2016. There was no provision under the Act for any national or regional recounts by the Chief Counting Officer and Regional Counting Officers.

text: Franchise[edit]

text: The right to vote in the referendum applied to UK and Gibraltar residents who are British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens, in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and the Representation of the People Act 2000. Members of the House of Lords were able to vote in the referendum. Citizens of other EU countries resident in the UK were not allowed to vote unless they were citizens of the Republic of Ireland, Malta or Cyprus. The same Acts permitted UK nationals who had lived overseas for less than 15 years to vote.[14] Voting on the day of the referendum was from 07:00 to 22:00 BST ([Western European Summer Time) (07:00 to 22:00 Central European Summer Time in Gibraltar) in some 41,000 polling stations staffed by over 100,000 officials. Each polling station was specified to have no more than 2,500 registered voters.[8] Also under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act 2000 postal ballots were also permitted in the referendum and were sent out to eligible voters some three weeks ahead of the vote (2 June 2016). Residents of the Isle of Man, and the other Crown Dependencies Jersey and Guernsey, were not be eligible to vote in the referendum, as those territories are not part of the UK [nor of the EU].[15]

text: The minimum age for voters in the referendum was 18 years, in accordance with Representation Acts (above). A House of Lords amendment proposing to lower the minimum age to 16 years[16] was rejected.[5]

text: Calling of referendum[edit]

text: On the morning of Saturday 20 February 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron held a special cabinet meeting in 10 Downing Street with his fellow Ministers (the first such meeting to be held on a Saturday since 3 April 1982 at the start of the Falklands War). After the meeting, he announced outside the door of No 10 that the referendum would be held on Thursday 23 June 2016. On Monday 22 February 2016, Parliament enacted secondary legislation to authorise the holding of the referendum on that date.[17]

text: Eligible voters[edit]

text: On Tuesday 21 June 2016, the Electoral Commission announced the provisional official number of eligible voters who were entitled to vote in the referendum on Thursday 23 June in each of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar following the closing date for registration on Thursday 9 June 2016 (these figures include all Commonwealth and Irish citizens along with members of the House of Lords who are not normally eligible to vote in UK general elections).[18] The final number of eligible voters was published after 9 pm on Thursday 23 June 2016 by the Electoral Commission.[19]

text: The following shows both the provisional figures and the final figures in heavy bold brackets.

text:
Country
Eligible voters

United Kingdom
(together with
Gibraltar)
46,499,537 (46,500,001)

text:
Country
Eligible voters

United Kingdom
46,475,420 (46,475,882)

Gibraltar
24,117 (24,119)

text: English regions (together with Gibraltar)[edit]

text:
English regions
(together with Gibraltar)
Eligible voters

East Midlands
3,385,057 (3,384,299)

East of England
4,398,430 (4,398,796)

London
5,424,289 (5,424,768)

North East England
1,934,228 (1,934,341)

North West England
5,237,900 (5,241,568)

South East England
6,472,915 (6,465,404)

South West England
(together with Gibraltar)
4,138,015 (4,138,134)

West Midlands
4,116,199 (4,116,572)

Yorkshire and the Humber
3,873,908 (3,877,780)

text: Constituent countries[edit]

text:
Constituent countries
Eligible voters

England
(including Gibraltar)
38,980,941 (39,005,781)

Northern Ireland
1,260,955 (1,260,955)

Scotland
3,988,492 (3,987,112)

Wales
2,270,743 (2,270,272)

text:
Constituent countries
Eligible voters

England
(excluding Gibraltar)
38,956,824 (38,981,662)

Northern Ireland
1,260,955 (1,260,955)

Scotland
3,988,492 (3,987,112)

Wales
2,270,743 (2,270,272)

text: Referendum result[edit]

text: The result was declared by Chief counting officer (CCO) and the then chair of the Electoral Commission Jenny Watson at Manchester Town Hall on Friday 24 June 2016 at 07:20 BST after all 382 voting areas and the 12 regions of the United Kingdom had all decleared their results. Of the voting areas a total of 263 returned majority votes in favour of leaving the European Union whilst 119 returned majority votes in favour of continued European Union membership including every council area within Scotland on a national turnout of 72% and in the voting regions Scotland, Northern Ireland and Greater London voted to remain whilst all other regions including Wales voted to leave.

text:
United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
National result

Choice
Votes
 %

Leave the European Union
17,410,742
51.89%

Remain a member of the European Union
16,141,241
48.11%

Valid votes
33,551,983
99.92%

Invalid or blank votes
25,359
0.08%

Total votes
33,577,342
100.00%

Registered voters and turnout
46,500,001
72.21%

Voting age population and turnout
51,356,768
65.38%

Source: Electoral Commission

text:
Referendum results (without spoiled ballots)

Leave:
17,410,742 (51.9%)
Remain:
16,141,241 (48.1%)

▲

text: Results by United Kingdom regions[edit]

text:
Region
Electorate
Voter turnout,
of eligible
Votes
Proportion of votes

Remain
Leave
Remain
Leave

East Midlands
3,384,299
74.2%
1,033,036
1,475,479
41.18%
58.82%

East of England
4,398,796
75.7%
1,448,616
1,880,367
43.52%
56.48%

Greater London
5,424,768
69.7%
2,263,519
1,513,232
59.93%
40.07%

North East England
1,934,341
69.3%
562,595
778,103
41.96%
58.04%

North West England
5,241,568
70.0%
1,699,020
1,966,925
46.35%
53.65%

Northern Ireland
1,260,955
62.7%
440,707
349,442
55.78%
44.22%

Scotland
3,987,112
67.2%
1,661,191
1,018,322
62.00%
38.00%

South East England
6,465,404
76.8%
2,391,718
2,567,965
48.22%
51.78%

South West England
(together with Gibraltar)
4,138,134
76.7%
1,503,019
1,669,711
47.37%
52.63%

Wales
2,270,272
71.7%
772,347
854,572
47.47%
52.53%

West Midlands
4,116,572
72.0%
1,207,175
1,755,687
40.74%
59.26%

Yorkshire and the Humber
3,877,780
70.7%
1,158,298
1,580,937
42.29%
57.71%

text: Results by United Kingdom constituent countries[edit]

text:
Country
Electorate
Voter turnout,
of eligible
Votes
Proportion of votes

Remain
Leave
Remain
Leave

England
(including Gibraltar)
39,005,781
73.0%
13,266,996
15,188,406
46.62%
53.38%

Northern Ireland
1,260,955
62.7%
440,707
349,442
55.78%
44.22%

Scotland
3,987,112
67.2%
1,661,191
1,018,322
62.00%
38.00%

Wales
2,270,272
71.7%
772,347
854,572
47.47%
52.53%

text: Legislative consequences[edit]

text: The act made no provision for the result to be legally binding on the government or on any future government.[20] The result of the referendum required a single majority vote of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar with no super majorities, double majorities of the constituent countries or any minimum turnout threshold required for the vote to pass. The act did not specify any specific consequences that would follow the result of the referendum. In the event of a "Leave" vote, it was expected that the government would decide whether, when, and under what circumstances, the UK would invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union to begin a two-year process of negotiations for Britain to leave the EU. Since the act is also silent on the question of executive prerogative, the question of whether the government or Parliament is entitled to invoke Article 50 was the subject of court proceedings (Miller's case). James Eadie QC, acting for the government, submitted in his address to the court that because the act is silent, it would imply that Parliament chose not to limit prerogative powers in this matter.[21] On 3 November 2016, the High Court in London ruled that it is the responsibility of Parliament (and not of the Government unilaterally) to decide whether, when, and how the UK should set aside legislation (in this case, the European Communities Act 1972 that makes the UK a member of the EU). The court held that the referendum was "advisory for the lawmakers in Parliament", enabling the electorate to influence Parliament in its policy decisions. In interpreting the intent of the Act, the court considered the precedents of previous UK referendums. As a consequence the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill 2017 was introduced into Parliament to gain Parliament's consent for the invocation of Article 50. European Union law remains enforceable in the United Kingdom until or unless the European Communities Act 1972 is repealed.[8] In October 2016, Theresa May promised a "Great Repeal Bill", which would repeal the European Communities Act and restate in UK law all enactments previously in force under EU law. This bill is expected to be introduced in the May 2017 parliamentary session and enacted before or during the Article 50 negotiations. It would not come into force until the date of exit. It would smooth the transition by ensuring that all laws remain in force until specifically repealed.[22]

text: Outcome[edit]

text: Following the referendum result and the verdict of the R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union case in January 2017 the UK Government led by Prime Minister Theresa May passed the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 which legally allowed the UK to formally begin the process and formally notified the European Union of the United Kingdom's intention to leave both the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community by triggering Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union on 29 March 2017.


document_title: The Good Doctor (TV series)

question_text: who is marcus andrews wife on the good doctor

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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 mid-size city 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.[2]

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text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Freddie Highmore as Shaun Murphy: A surgical resident with autism and savant syndrome.[3] 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.[4]
Nicholas Gonzalez as Neil Melendez: Attending Cardiothoracic surgeon in charge of surgical residents.[3] He was also engaged to Jessica Preston, until season 1 episode 12.
Antonia Thomas as Claire Browne: A surgical resident who forms a special connection with Shaun.[5]
Chuku Modu as Jared Kalu: A surgical resident from a wealthy family.[6]
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.[7]
Irene Keng as Elle McLean: A resident (appeared only in the pilot)[8][9]
Hill Harper as Marcus Andrews: Chief of surgery and board member.[8]
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.[10][11]
Tamlyn Tomita as Allegra Aoki: Chairman and Vice President of the foundation that controls the hospital.[12]

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Dylan Kingwell as Steve Murphy: Shaun's younger brother (in flashbacks).[4] 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/ former neighbor.
Eric Winter as Matt Coyle: A suave doctor who charms the hospital's staff, until he makes explicit advances towards one of them.[13]
Christina Chang as Dr. Audrey Lim
Marsha Thomason as Dr. Isabel Barnes:[14] Marcus' wife.[15]
Fiona Gubelmann as Morgan Reznick: A new resident who joins the cast for five episodes with the possibility of becoming a regular in Season 2.[16] As a resident, Morgan will turn out to be a rival for Shaun. She debuted in "She".[17]
Will Yun Lee as Adam Park: An ex-cop who decided to become a doctor in a multi-episode arc beginning in February[18]

text: Notable guests[edit]

text:
Jasika Nicole as Carly[19]
Eve Gordon as Nurse Fryday[19]
Chris D'Elia as Kenny, Shaun's new neighbor, who moves into Lea's apartment.
Graham Patrick Martin as Blake[20]

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[21]

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[22]

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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
William Rotko
October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09)
10.69[23]

Shaun and Claire fly to San Francisco Municipal Hospital to get a liver for a transplant patient. They can't fly back due to fog and are forced to use a police escort. Several problems arise. First, the liver's temperature rises to near the allowed maximum, forcing them to stop at a local store to cool it by submerging it in slushie. As they proceed with their journey, Shaun discovers that the liver has a clot. With only two hours of viability left, the duo decides to perform an operation en route in order to remove the clot and flush the left lobe, protecting 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 development that could move him to the bottom of the list. Chuck later confesses that he actually took a drink at his daughter's graduation. In order to protect its reputation and its future patients, the hospital decides to deny Chuck the liver. To their dismay, Shaun and Claire arrive back, only to find out that the liver has to be taken to another patient at another hospital.

4
"Pipes"
Steven DePaul
Thomas L. Moran
October 16, 2017 (2017-10-16)
10.60[24]

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Barb Allen, 22 weeks pregnant, and her husband, Mark, come to St. Bonaventure hoping that doctors can save her baby. A large non-cancerous tumor is growing so close to the fetus that for the baby to survive it must be removed. After an ultrasound, she hears from Dr. Melendez the same thing she’s heard from two other second opinions. The safest thing to do is terminate the pregnancy. Due to a medical condition that leaves her susceptible to clots, she risks having a heart attack during surgery. Barb says she’ll do anything to save the baby. Shaun interrupts offering a way to control the clotting factor pre-operatively. His suggestion is considered and surgery is scheduled. However, Melendez is angry that Shaun contradicted him in front of a patient. Complications arise when the husband changes his mind about the surgery. After a meeting with legal staff and the board, the surgery is rescheduled. However, during the procedure Barb suffers a heart attack, causing the surgery to be aborted. In recovery, Melendez explains that the baby is fine. She insists on trying the operation again. Ultimately Jared suggests stopping her heart and putting her on life support reducing the risk of a second heart attack. Surgery is successful for both mother and baby. Meanwhile, Dr. Melendez assigns Shaun and Claire case, as a punishment, to lance a boil for a patient of Dr. Andrews. 18 year old Olivia is experiencing severe pain in her genital area. After an examination, the “boil” turns out to be an abscess needing drainage. Olivia admits to being tested every month for STD's since she does pornography for a living. During the routine procedure to drain the abscess, they discover fibroid tumor wrapped around the nerve in the genital area. Surgery will mean losing feeling in her genitalia. As Dr. Andrews and Claire discuss the surgery with Olivia, Shaun rushes in with an alternative method to reconnect the vessels in a way that would leave her with no feeling in her thigh instead of her genital area. She agrees to it and the operation is successful.

5
"Point Three Percent"
Larry Teng
David Hoselton
October 23, 2017 (2017-10-23)
10.39[25]

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[26]

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[27]

Shaun encounters Liam, an autistic patient brought in to the 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[28]

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 an argument 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[29]

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[30]

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[31]

Shaun and Lea embark on an impromptu road trip. Shaun drives, drinks Tequila, sings karaoke, all for the first time, and experiences his first kiss with Lea. He is devastated when Lea reveals that she plans to move to Hershey, Pennsylvania to work in her family's auto body shop. Melendez and Andrews operate on conjoined 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, Jared apologizes to Coyle, who rejects the apology. Claire vows to ruin Coyle by finding all the other women he has harassed. 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[32]

Shaun returns to the hospital after his trip and gives Dr. Glassman his two weeks’ notice, intending on moving to Hershey to be with Lea. Glassman and Dr. Melendez give Murphy a recommendation, but Glassman promises to back off if Shaun stays. After a talk with Claire in which she says she will miss Shaun, he decides to stay and returns the letter to Glassman. Meanwhile, the twins suffer complications from their surgery; Katie is not getting enough blood flow to the brain, while Jenny’s heart is failing. Despite the doctors’ best efforts to save both twins, Jenny dies on the operating table. Jessica looks into previous misconduct at the hospital in which white doctors were only warned instead of fired, leading to allegations of racism by Kalu’s lawyer. Kalu gets his job back and 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"
Mike Listo
David Shore & David Hoselton
January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22)
9.61[33]

While treating a Muslim patient, Shaun senses she is lying, based on his seven reasons why people lie, and makes controversial claims. Melendez punctures the bronchus of the patient during surgery and is put under investigation after Shaun questions if his personal life is affecting his work. Jared comes to a conclusion that might explain the punctured bronchus and exonerate Melendez, while Shaun maintains his belief. In the end, Shaun's suspicion that the patient was exposed to explosive chemicals was confirmed, but for a different reason. While Claire assists in a surgery on a stroke patient, who had an aneurysm, with Dr. Lim, she learns that Coyle got a new job and a raise. They inform the patient's wife that he needs surgery or he will die. The wife refuses and Claire discovers that it is because the wife was abused and does not want her husband to survive. Claire forces her to agree to the surgery and convinces her to leave her husband. Claire meets with Kristen, another former co-worker and victim of Coyle. Finally, Shaun asks Glassman to be friends, but Glassman decides to give him his own space and not be friends, which upsets Shaun. Shaun meets his new neighbor.

14
"She"
Seth Gordon
Simran Baidwan
February 5, 2018 (2018-02-05)
9.63[34]

The four residents including the new Dr. Morgan Reznick are paired off in a competition with Reznick and Browne being paired with Melendez while Murphy and Kalu are paired up with Lim. It determines their futures at the hospital. Murphy and Kalu are faced with a gender dysphoric patient, Quinn, in which Shaun feels that people are the gender they were born with. Murphy and Kalu come to determine that Quinn has testicular cancer and find out that she has fragile bones due to being on puberty blockers. This leads to the discussion about whether or not she there should be unilateral or bilateral surgery to remove one or both testicles. The grandma accuses the parents of abuse by letting Quinn go through with the bilateral surgery, but the parents say it's their decision. While the head doctors and family are discussing whether or not to go through with the surgery, Quinn ends up with testicular torsion which requires emergency surgery. They decided to not go through with the bilateral surgery. Meanwhile, Browne and Reznick have a male patient that ended up with a superbug which is resistant to all drugs, because he took leftover drugs for the wrong purpose. The permanent damage means he needs a colostomy put in, but Claire does research on fecal microbiota transplant, which Melendez approves. With how Reznick acts, it leaves Claire feeling like she is only a team player when she needs to be. Finally, Dr. Andrews and Dr. Barnes see a fertility specialist as they want to have children. Andrews blames Barnes for waiting so long. The fertility doctor says that Andrews has a low sperm count and are referred to a urologist.

15
"Heartfelt"
Regina King
Thomas L. Moran & Johanna Lee
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)
7.82[35]

A female teen goes through a risky surgery to implant a sternum so she can live a normal life without being confined to her house as being in crowds, falling, or hugged could be fatal. A young male teen initially rejects the idea of having a convicted killer's liver transplanted in him, but without it he has a day to live. A former 15 year veteran cop turned doctor, Alex Park, is skeptical of the convict, Boris's, motives. After a failed attempt surgery due to Boris reacting to the anesthesia, he was ordered to stand up. Boris grabs a guard and his gun threatening to kill him. Park uses his police training to keep the situation under control all while telling him he has a choice to make. Boris kills himself so he can help the boy live. They take the body to the operating room to take organs from the dead convict. Allegra talks to Dr. Andrews about a young wealthy donor, Aidan Coulter, but Andrews says being involved with him might give people the wrong idea and that she used sex to get a big donation. Morgan tells Shaun that he needs to get an expensive tux for the black tie fundraiser in order for people to respect him. At the fundraiser, Jared tells Claire he loved her and thought maybe she would one day love him, but came to the realization that isn't true leaving the status of their relationship unknown.

16
"Pain"[36]
Allison Liddi-Brown
William L. Rotko & David Renaud
March 12, 2018 (2018-03-12)
TBD

17
"Smile"[37]
TBA
TBA
March 19, 2018 (2018-03-19)
TBD

18
"More"[20]
TBA
TBA
March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26)[37]
TBD

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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".[38] The story of a pediatric surgeon with autism was to be set in Boston and projected to air in August 2015.[39][40] 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.[41] ABC officially ordered the series to pilot in January 2017.[42]

text: On May 11, 2017, ABC ordered the show to series as a co-production with Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios,[43] and it was officially picked up for a full season of 18 episodes on October 3, 2017.[44]

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.[5] 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.[3] The next month, Chuku Modu was cast as resident Dr. Jared Kalu (originally Dr. Jared Unger);[6] Hill Harper as head of surgery Dr. Marcus Andrews (originally Dr. Horace Andrews); Irene Keng as resident Dr. Elle McLean;[8] and Richard Schiff was cast as Dr. Aaron Glassman (originally Dr. Ira Glassman), the hospital president and Shaun's mentor.[10][43] Schiff was shortly followed by Beau Garrett as hospital board member Jessica Preston and a friend of Dr. Glassman.[7] In September 2017, Tamlyn Tomita was promoted to the principal cast as Allegra Aoki.[12]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Production on the pilot took place from March 21 to April 6, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia.[46][47] Filming for the rest of the season began on July 26, 2017, and is set to conclude on March 1, 2018.[48]

text: Music[edit]

text: Dan Romer serves as the primary composer for the series.[49]

text: Release[edit]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: The Good Doctor began airing on September 25, 2017, on ABC in the United States,[50] and on CTV in Canada.[51] Sky Living acquired the broadcast rights for the United Kingdom and Ireland.[52] Seven Network airs the series in Australia.[53] 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.[54] In the Netherlands, the series began airing on January 29, 2018, on RTL 4 and on video-on-demand service Videoland.[55]

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."[56] 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."[57] 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."[58] The trailer had been viewed over 25.4 million times after a week of its release, including over 22 million views on Facebook.[59]

text: The pilot was screened at ABC's PaleyFest event on September 9, 2017.[60] The Good Doctor is included in the 35th annual PaleyFest LA. Scheduled to appear on March 22, 2018 at 7:30 pm are members of the cast: Freddie Highmore, Nicholas Gonzalez, Hill Harper, Richard Schiff, Tamlyn Tomita. David Shore (executive producer), and Daniel Dae Kim (executive producer) will also be on the panel. Additional guests will be announced at a later date.[61]

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[21]
2.2
7.86
4.4
19.21[62]

2
"Mount Rushmore"
October 2, 2017
2.2/9
10.93[22]
2.1
7.21
4.3
18.12[63]

3
"Oliver"
October 9, 2017
2.0/7
10.69[23]
2.2
7.53
4.2
18.22[64]

4
"Pipes"
October 16, 2017
2.0/8
10.60[24]
2.1
7.34
4.1
17.96[65]

5
"Point Three Percent"
October 23, 2017
1.8/7
10.39[25]
2.0
7.10
3.8
17.50[66]

6
"Not Fake"
October 30, 2017
1.9/7
10.60[26]
2.0
6.93
3.9
17.51[67]

7
"22 Steps"
November 13, 2017
1.9/7
10.14[27]
1.9
6.92
3.8
17.14[68]

8
"Apple"
November 20, 2017
1.8/7
9.97[28]
1.8
6.98
3.6
16.99[69]

9
"Intangibles"
November 27, 2017
1.7/7
9.25[29]
1.8
6.66
3.5
15.91[70]

10
"Sacrifice"
December 4, 2017
1.6/7
9.03[30]
1.8
6.67
3.4
15.74[71]

11
"Islands Part One"
January 8, 2018
1.6/6
8.30[31]
1.8
7.10
3.4
15.40[72]

12
"Islands Part Two"
January 15, 2018
1.7/6
9.33[32]
1.8
6.66
3.5
16.00[73]

13
"Seven Reasons"
January 22, 2018
1.7/7
9.61[33]
1.9
6.91
3.6
16.53[74]

14
"She"
February 5, 2018
1.7/7
9.63[34]
1.8
7.07
3.5
16.71[75]

15
"Heartfelt"
February 26, 2018
1.3/5
7.82[35]
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.[76] 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.[77] 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.[78]

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."[79] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 53 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[80]

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".[81]

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." [82]

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 performance 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. [83]

text: Accolades[edit]

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

2018
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Television Series Drama
Freddie Highmore
Nominated
[84]

Humanitas Prize
60-Minute Category
David Shore
Won
[85]