Kennedy McMann’s Joni DeGroot made her debut in the ABC universe on Monday evening as she finally met Dr Shaun Murphy.
Shaun (played by Freddie Highmore) had to enlist the help of attorney Joni (Kennedy McMann) in the latest episode of The Good Doctor as fans ready themselves for the hotly-anticipated spin-off The Good Lawyer. After Shaun was being sued for malpractice for his part in a patient’s hand amputation, Joni was on hand with her legal expertise – but did their chemistry and the show’s storyline get the spin-off off to a good start?
A number of ABC viewers certainly think so with several taking to the web after the backdoor pilot to praise McMann, Highmore and the episode as a whole
However, fans have expressed their hopes that The Good Lawyer is indeed given a chance as its own standalone series in the wake of some of the USA’s biggest shows announcing their conclusions.
On ABC alone, The Goldbergs is coming to a close while the straight-to-series order for fellow new show Avalon was scrapped.
