Is Richard Schiff leaving The Good Doctor? Is Glassman fired?
After all, consider for a moment everything that we learned ahead of time in regards to this story. The character found himself in a position where Dr. Lim could strip him of his ability to conduct surgery, mostly due to the fact that his mini-stroke may cause his cognitive ability to be lesser than it needs to be.
However, if she did this, Glassman planned to retaliate as a result. This is what made this entire situation so tenuous, as Glassman was plotting to do whatever he could to keep his dismissal from happening. He still thinks he is a worthy surgeon, and he is furious that Shaun could do something to compromise his position … even if he does have the best of intentions at heart. Shaun just does not always see nuance, and he certainly did not consider Glassman’s feelings within this moment.
We can at least note that, for now, there is no public news suggesting that Schiff is leaving the series.
So what happened tonight?
Glassman was not fired. However, he made the decision to step away from surgery after realizing that putting down the knife was the best thing for his patients. The problem here is how Shaun chose to go about the process of calling him out. He feels hurt and betrayed by what happened, and because of that, the relationship between the two could be broken forever. Glassman felt humiliated, and Shaun has not figured out how to go about rectifying the situation.
For now, we would classify Glassman’s future as ambiguous. For the time being, we at least know that he will be in the finale. After all, we saw the character in the promo.
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