The Good Doctor Just Gave a Major Clue About ANOTHER Heartbreaking Character Ending
A season 7 storyline suggests that The Good Doctor might be planning another heartbreaking loss before the series wraps up. For the past seven years, the Freddie Highmore-led series featured autistic doctor Shaun Murphy dealing with professional and personal challenges, often with the help of his mentor, Dr. Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff). Shaun is now an attending physician and the final season has focused on his relationship with an autistic resident he must teach, but there may be some more serious stories on the horizon.
The Good Doctor season 7 trailer promised heartbreaking storylines as the series comes to its conclusion, and it has already made good on that promise with Asher’s shocking death. Asher is gone but not forgotten, and other characters continue to grieve profoundly over this senseless loss. However, recent events suggest that there is another heartbreaking loss to come, and it will have to happen quickly since The Good Doctor is ending after season 7.
Glassman’s History With Brain Cancer on The Good Doctor
It’s possible that Glassman again has brain cancer. His diagnosis was a large part of his storyline during The Good Doctor season 1. During that time, Glassman believed he was terminally ill and that nothing could change that fact. However, Shaun refused to accept Glassman’s prognosis and insisted on researching alternative treatments that might be effective. It was partially because of Shaun’s determination that Glassman eventually went into remission, but that was far from the end of cancer’s pernicious influence on his life.
Glassman spent much of The Good Doctor season 7 episode 7 attempting to chase down some lab results. It hasn’t been revealed yet what those lab tests were about, but it’s logical to assume that they were brain scans, given Glassman’s history. He not only beat brain cancer after his grim diagnosis, but also had meningitis while undergoing chemotherapy during season 2, followed by learning during season 6 that he had a series of mini-strokes that rendered him unable to do surgery. Someone with that history would want to get regular scans to ensure they stay ahead of future problems.
