‘The Good Doctor’ Ends With Season 7: Everything to Know About the Show’s Final Run
The Good Doctor ended its seventh and final season on May 21, 2024.
“I really hope that people will feel like these characters are still out there in the world doing what they do, caring for people, pushing themselves to do better, trying to help other people feel better,” co-showrunner Liz Friedman told Parade of the finale. “That’s the way it’s going to be in my heart forever, is that Shaun is out there doing the best he can in his own wonderful, hilarious, Shaun Murphy way. It’s all still happening, we just don’t get to see it every week.”
Read on for everything to know about The Good Doctor’s final run, including how the cast shook out.
Was there a Season 7 of The Good Doctor?
Yes. ABC announced that it was renewing The Good Doctor for Season 7 on April 19, 2023. The seventh and final season ended May 21, 2024.
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What was The Good Doctor Season 7 release date?
Normally, the show would have returned in the fall of 2023, but its production was delayed due to the Hollywood strikes. Instead, the show premiered on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, at 10 p.m. ET.
What happened in The Good Doctor Season 6 finale?
The Season 6 finale, called “Love’s Labor,” aired on May 1, and a lot went down in the episode. Shaun and Lea welcomed their son, Steve (named for Shaun’s brother); Glassman, Shaun’s surrogate father, failed to show up for the birth; and Dr. Perez, a recovering opioid addict, left to seek treatment back home with his family in Texas. The other big plot point? Dr. Andrews resigned as president of St. Bonaventure Hospital after the hospital’s board pressured him to choose between his job and his girlfriend, nurse Dalisay Villanueva (Elfina Luk).
