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New fall shows I've been watching
I talked about a show I dropped yesterday, so I thought today I'll talk about the new fall shows I'm watching.
The Good Doctor: Based on a k-drama and produced by Daniel Dae Kim, it's about a young autistic savant doctor who is hired as a surgeon at the hospital where his mentor works, above the objections of many of the other doctors. The premise is probably implausible but the main character Shaun is interesting and likeable, and the show is compelling enough to (mostly) let me suspend belief and enjoy it--although that suspension was strained slightly in the third episode when the doctors had to fill a cooler holding a liver (to be transplanted) with Slurpee liquid as an emergency measure when the temperature was getting too high during transport. Shaun's unique thought processes are dramatized in a way similar to the way NUMB3RS used to render Charlie's mathematical explanations, which is a pretty good way to help the audience understand how he thinks, since he isn't verbally articulate. Another bonus is that Hill Harper (formerly of CSI NY) has a supporting role as the Head of Surgery who initially objects to Shaun's hiring--it's nice to see him have a job again after Limitless was canceled!
Wisdom of the Crowd: Another unrealistic but entertaining show, this one about Jeffrey Tanner, a tech innovator who sets up a crowd-sourcing app called Sophe where people can submit information to help solve crimes--first and foremost, his daughter's murder. In real life, it would probably be too overrun by trolls to be useful (although the program is supposed to weed out the non-useful information) or inspire people to turn vigilante. (To be fair, the show does touch on the latter when a potential suspect gets beaten up by overzealous Sophe users.) But I suppose most of the shows I watch aren't very realistic, either. It was a pleasant surprise to see Natalia Tena (Tonks in the Harry Potter movies) as the engineer who helped to create Sophe (and also is Tanner's girlfriend). Not so pleasant are the sexual harassment allegations about star Jeremy Piven, which now gives me mixed feelings about watching the show.
I also just finished watching Marvel's The Inhumans, but I have more detailed thoughts about that, so I'll save it for another post.
The Good Doctor: Based on a k-drama and produced by Daniel Dae Kim, it's about a young autistic savant doctor who is hired as a surgeon at the hospital where his mentor works, above the objections of many of the other doctors. The premise is probably implausible but the main character Shaun is interesting and likeable, and the show is compelling enough to (mostly) let me suspend belief and enjoy it--although that suspension was strained slightly in the third episode when the doctors had to fill a cooler holding a liver (to be transplanted) with Slurpee liquid as an emergency measure when the temperature was getting too high during transport. Shaun's unique thought processes are dramatized in a way similar to the way NUMB3RS used to render Charlie's mathematical explanations, which is a pretty good way to help the audience understand how he thinks, since he isn't verbally articulate. Another bonus is that Hill Harper (formerly of CSI NY) has a supporting role as the Head of Surgery who initially objects to Shaun's hiring--it's nice to see him have a job again after Limitless was canceled!
Wisdom of the Crowd: Another unrealistic but entertaining show, this one about Jeffrey Tanner, a tech innovator who sets up a crowd-sourcing app called Sophe where people can submit information to help solve crimes--first and foremost, his daughter's murder. In real life, it would probably be too overrun by trolls to be useful (although the program is supposed to weed out the non-useful information) or inspire people to turn vigilante. (To be fair, the show does touch on the latter when a potential suspect gets beaten up by overzealous Sophe users.) But I suppose most of the shows I watch aren't very realistic, either. It was a pleasant surprise to see Natalia Tena (Tonks in the Harry Potter movies) as the engineer who helped to create Sophe (and also is Tanner's girlfriend). Not so pleasant are the sexual harassment allegations about star Jeremy Piven, which now gives me mixed feelings about watching the show.
I also just finished watching Marvel's The Inhumans, but I have more detailed thoughts about that, so I'll save it for another post.