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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, October 09, 2017 - 10:43 pm 
Cop says...."This is better than having a baby in my car".
Did anyone notice where they picked up the heart (I mean where in the city) I wasn't paying attention and I wanted to think about how long the drive took.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 2:31 pm
I not sure where they picked up the liver. I have to take rests during this show to decompress. It makes a nervous wreck out of me. Did anyone else recognize Tuvok from Star Trek Voyager?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 4:02 pm
Dipo, I forget.. But Shaun had a map in his head at one point.. They seemed to be coming from the north, going south on the 101.
But I missed most of it, don't remember them crossing the Golden Gate bridge.
Yes, it was a liver, not a heart. (it would be one giant heart!).
I am finding likeable moments and silly ones.
Like when the guy who longs to depose and replace the president sees him in the dining room, he dumps his uneaten lunch, stalks over to confront the president and snark about his brought from home healthy meal.. then snatches an apple 🍎?
I like how the young woman doctor is trying to figure out how to communicate with Shaun.. Like .. Oh, you don't like answering questions.. But will comment on statements.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 10:09 pm
Didn't they go to San Francisco to pick up the liver? And the hospital they work at is in San Jose, which is about an hour and a half south of San Francisco. They would not go across the GG Bridge unless they were going north into Marin County. They would drive down the Peninsula all the way from SF to SJ. 280 is probably the fastest route.
I think Freddy Highmore is doing a great job portraying a young man with austism, but some of the situations are really far fetched. Like performing surgery on the trunk of a car by the side of the road on a liver? Out in the hot sun? That alone would have raised the temp of the organ.
I thought it was really sad that Chuck was disqualified from the donor program because he drank a glass of champagne at his daughter's graduation. As stupid as it was that she would offer her father a drink when she knew he was waiting for a liver transplant, she will always know that it was her fault he couldn't have the operation.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 11:58 pm
Well yes, I do know they would not cross the Golden Gate between San Francisco and San Jose!
I just had no idea where the helicopter 🚁 had taken them.
(I have been to the Bay area many times and lived in Berkeley for several years, but just wasn't paying attention to geography between two made up hospitals.)
I would think that they would have come back in an ambulance, escorted by a police cruiser.. And that the hospital might have provided ice or ice packs.
IF they pulled over to remove the clot, they wouldn't stop in a single lane connector road.
I was sad about Chuck, but I couldn't believe the character would have taken that chance.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 5:42 am
One definitely has to suspend disbelief but well worth the effort. Like I said upthread, I'm sure all the science is correct but not very likely to ever happen. Sort of reminds me of all the 'nonsense' portrayed in the original Star Trek that we now take for granted...even a lot of things from Star Trek TNG.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 10:16 am
Sea, they did ask for an ambulance at the hospital in SF, but were told there was a big accident on one of the freeways, so there were no ambulances available. Why they had to get the police escort.
And I don't think they stopped in a single lane connector road. They looked like they were pulled off onto the side of the freeway to me. Some places have wide pullout areas. I wonder how they filmed that? I can't imagine it would be safe to film a scene like that on an actual freeway.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 10:18 am
One definitely has to suspend disbelief but well worth the effort. Like I said upthread, I'm sure all the science is correct but not very likely to ever happen. Sort of reminds me of all the 'nonsense' portrayed in the original Star Trek that we now take for granted...even a lot of things from Star Trek TNG.
I think the big difference between watching a show like Star Trek and this one, OG, is that on ST you know you're in a different universe where different rules apply. But this show takes place in our universe, so some situations are a stretch to believe.
Hubby likes this show, so we'll continue to watch until he gets tired of me rolling my eyes. 
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 11:45 am
For some reason I was thinking that they were in Marin picking up the liver, but like I said I wasn't paying attention. I just thought that because it isn't that far between SJ and SF so shouldn't have been an issue, even driving.
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Aka
Member
01-02-2007
| Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 3:08 am
Just my opinion:
To continue watching a series, I must enjoy and care what happens to characters. I must also enjoy the plots.
In this series, there are only two characters I enjoy and I don't enjoy the plots.
Therefore, I will no longer be watching this series. My decision has nothing to do with autism.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 5:46 am
Baby, sorry my point was a little vague. What I meant was lots of things shown on those shows that didn't exist for us in reality now do. Computers, cell phones, Ipads and the list goes on and on. The far-fetched is now our reality.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Sunday, October 22, 2017 - 7:49 pm
I watched the entire show for the first time last night. It's interesting. I will watch a couple more, at least.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, October 23, 2017 - 10:39 am
For some reason I was thinking that they were in Marin picking up the liver, but like I said I wasn't paying attention. I just thought that because it isn't that far between SJ and SF so shouldn't have been an issue, even driving.
I Googled how far San Jose is from San Francisco, and it's only about 50 miles, which should take about an hour during good traffic conditions. But if they were going at a busy time of day (rush hour), it could take a lot longer. It can take an hour just to get across town in SF during rush hour and SF is not that big (geographically) of a city. Traffic in the Bay Area tends to be horrific almost any time of day.
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Jenjackso
Member
02-10-2009
| Monday, October 23, 2017 - 3:39 pm
Last time I was there, I was flying out of San Jose and it took 3 hours to get from San Francisco to the San Jose airport because of horrific traffic and accidents. The surgery on the liver, on the freeway, out in the pollution, all so crazy. I defended belief suspension at the beginning but some of this is just getting silly.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 12:36 pm
Very touching episode with the sick boy. Sean is learning.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 4:06 pm
I was in tears at the ending. So was Sean.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 4:09 pm
You definitely have to suspend belief for locales as it's filmed in BC.🙂
I'm not sure if I'll stay with this show. I like Richard Schiff but I do not like Harper Hill in this role. And I'm not finding any other characters particularly engaging.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 9:32 am
I watch it strictly for Freddie Highmore. He is so very engaging. Okay, I just plain like the show. I'm a sucker for any kind of a medical show. Over the years I've gained a lot of medical knowledge that otherwise I would never had known.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 11:55 am
I started watching this because of Highmore, too. I loved his performance on Bates Motel...but it's really hard for me to listen to this character's voice with that oddly flat cadence in his every speaking scene. I understand why he speaks that way...he's autistic...but I just find it way too distracting. His voice reminds me a lot of the emotionless android on the sci-fi show "Dark Matter".
I honestly think this role is a waste of Highmore's acting talents because he's starring in a drama playing a character who cannot express actual drama or joy or any emotion other than occasional frustration.
I'd probably continue with it if the writing was a lot better and/or if it was just a 2 or 3 episode miniseries....but as of now, I'm done.
JMO
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 6:11 am
Well, Sanfran, as my best friend likes to say, 'We all can't be a pan of biscuits'.
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Spunky
Member
10-07-2001
| Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 6:34 am
I tend to agree with Sanfran regarding the 'flat cadence of his speaking', it gets a bit annoying. However, I keep watching because I like how they come up with very strange medical cases and how the face those problems. I don't understand the need for the producers to shock and awe us with an autistic doctor, why couldn't they just have a younger version of Dr. House, before his pains and addiction to pain killers, a young doctor with 'savant syndrome' but to 'unconventional' for the medical team he's working with, and saved only because he proved to be right, that could have been enough for me.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 7:49 am
"I don't understand the need for the producers to shock and awe us with an autistic doctor.."
This kind of statement is why society still has a LONG way to go before understanding the capabilities of all individuals. There is nothing shocking at all, to me, about having a doctor with autism on a show. Not to mention, there is a reason the medical community created an autism spectrum for diagnosis.
and i personally have no issue with his speech pattern - but to each their own with TV characters and speech patterns (i hear complaints all the time about characters on other shows talking to low, or too fast, etc)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 7:56 am
I don't think anyone was commenting on the capabilities of people with autism. They were commenting on the entertainment value of the show.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 8:06 am
One of the other med shows that is on has a doctor on the Autisum spectrum. There are 3 different prime time shows and I don't remember which one it is.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 9:02 am
I have no problem with Highmore or his portrayal of an autistic person... in fact, it's quite brilliant.
My problem is that is THAT should be the part of the show that stretches you, not the mundane things.
They're ruining a great opportunity with poor writing.
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