Episode
The Good Doctor: Potluck
Overview
When someone mistakenly brings a hallucinogen-laced dish to the hospital's company potluck, much of the hospital staff and doctors are incapacitated -- leaving doctors Murphy, Glassman and Allen forced to take on all the hospital's cases, further exacerbating Dr. Murphy and Dr. Glassman's conflicting work styles.
Details
- Series
- The Good Doctor
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2022-04-11
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Potluck is Episode 14 in Season 5 of The Good Doctor. It aired on 2022-04-11. The runtime is 43 min.
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