Boys Don't Cry

"Boys Don't Cry"

Episode Information

Season 6

Episode 7

Overall 101

Airdate:

November 28, 2022

Viewers:

3.32 million

Writer:

Garrett Lerner & Adam Scott Weissman

Director:

Mike Listo

Episode Chronology

Preceded by:	Followed by:
"Hot and Bothered"	"Sorry, Not Sorry"

"Boys Don't Cry" is the seventh episode of Season 6 of The Good Doctor. It is the hundred-and-first episode overall, and aired on November 28, 2022.

Synopsis[]

When a woman pregnant with sextuplets arrives at the hospital, Dr. Marcus Andrews must split the doctors into teams to ensure their health and safety following their high-risk delivery. Meanwhile, Shaun and Lea must face their own hurdles as they discuss starting a family.

Plot[]

Lea is in high spirits as she is ready to try again for a baby. She has an appointment with her doctor and she is hoping for good news so she and Shaun are sending good vibes to the universe.

On the other hand, Andrews gets a visit from his ex-wife Isabel. She wants him to operate on her patient, Jenna who is pregnant with sextuplets. The couple has been through a lot and finally conceived through IVF. Andrews decides to take the case and meets the couple to tell them about the surgery plan.

The babies already have health complications and time is of the essence to ensure every baby has a chance at life. The surgery starts and every baby has a doctor assigned to them. Baby A has Asher and Jerome. Baby B has Reznick and Baby C has Park . Baby D has Shaun and Perez while Baby E has Glassman and Allen and Baby F has Lim and Powell.

Lim performs surgery on baby F while she's still attached to the placenta to repair Baby F’s trachea and allow her to breathe on her own. Glassman also needs to perform surgery on Baby E to help stabilize her spinal cord immediately after birth.

The birth is the easiest part, the real job is making sure each baby survives and they gauge that by their first cry. So far, only Baby A is doing well and has been able to cry. Babies B and C are twins, sharing the same placenta, so Andrews suggests putting Baby B and C together, which means Reznick and Park have to be there together. Baby D has a complication and Baby E is looking weak after the spinal surgery and Glassman doesn’t think she will make it.

Throughout the episode, each team works relentlessly to save their baby. For some like Shaun, the experience triggers emotions in him. He is hoping to be a dad himself and he admits to Perez that he is anxious about Lea’s upcoming appointment. The appointment doesn’t go well. Sadly, Lea might never be able to carry a pregnancy to full term.

Glassman and Allen are forced to think outside the box and do the impossible for the little girl. The case affects Reznick, strengthening her desire to be a mom. Park offers to be her sperm donor but after much thought, they decide it is not the best idea and Park offers to help her choose a sperm donor.

Asher and Jerome question whether they want kids. Jerome wants a big family while Asher isn’t sure whether he will ever be ready for kids. He changes his mind when he sees Jerome holding the baby as he sings to it.

On the other hand, Powell and Lim bond as they treat Baby F and Lim even tells her about a date she might have with the guy she met at their basketball tournament. Powell plays cupid and gets the two to have an impromptu dinner and the date goes well.

After numerous complications and emergency surgeries, the babies finally cry and the parents are ecstatic. Andrews is happy that they were able to save all six babies and so are their assigned doctors.

Shaun goes home and finds Lea crying; the news from the doctor hit her hard.