Not to be confused with Audrey Lim.
"Lim" is the sixth episode of Season 4 of The Good Doctor. It is the sixty-second episode overall and aired on January 11, 2021.
Synopsis[]
As Chief of Surgery Dr. Audrey Lim struggles to cope with the residual emotional trauma of COVID-19, she encounters a young war veteran fighting debilitating PTSD. After discussing his case with the team, Dr. Claire Browne suggests a radical treatment to help him. Meanwhile, still reeling from the recent loss of his mentee’s patient, Dr. Shaun Murphy declares he doesn’t want to teach the new residents anymore. And elsewhere, an eccentric patient keeps the team entertained.[2]
Plot[]
While appearing to not get much sleep, Lim soon goes to work on her Ducati when she comes across a man named Ben who was accidentally hit by a car. Lim has him taken to hospital where he has surgery and is found to have a shrapnel inside of him. Meanwhile, Claire has concerns about how Asher appears to be fine in the wake of Carlo's death which Lim brushes off. As Morgan asks for her help in dealing with a woman who is having an abortion which she'll need a lot of medication for, they see Shaun with a couple of stuffed singing frogs; Lea's birthday is the next day and he's thinking about getting one for her as a present. Lim tries to advise a more personal gift and to teach a resident who hasn't done an abortion, but Shaun is reluctant as he's still afraid of someone else dying in his efforts to teach. Lim offers to help Shaun, but Enrique and Olivia are treating Rose Babcock, an elderly woman who has just had a surgery and is quite difficult to deal with.
While Rose is being treated, she claims to be an empath and can feel Dr. Lim’s stress to the point of her blood pressure rising. However, her mumbo jumbo makes Dr. Lim very uncomfortable. Meanwhile, Ben has now awoken and is becoming rather hostile; he is a former soldier and is having vivid flashbacks due to his time in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which his partner Zoe helps with. Shaun soon reports the only one who hasn't done an abortion is Jordan since she doesn't believe in them as a Christian. Olivia offers to do it in Jordan's place, which Lim accepts.
Zoe soon states about how Ben has PTSD from his service, which they have tried to help with therapy as Lim keeps hearing ringing in her ears which she tries to drown out with music. Shaun soon asks for Lim's approval on another potential gift he has got Lea, but Lim refuses as she sees the fact concerning how Shaun got it means that it won't be good for Lea. Jordan soon asks to be part of the abortion out of agreeing with Lim's statement that it will be important to learn how to do it, but Lim refuses to be largely involved in helping as Asher reports that Ben is awake and his arm is in pain; it's from when he dislocated his shoulder while in a convoy. Lim attempts to order Ben to be put on painkillers, but he states his aversion to them when Claire suggests a Stellate Ganglion Block which could help his PTSD which he accepts.
As Claire and Lim end up in a disagreement over the Stellate Ganglion Block as it's experimental and could put Ben at risk, Claire confesses that she got Jordan to be involved in the abortion to not annoy Lim. The fact that Jordan is getting involved leads to Morgan confronting them both because of the pressure being put on the patient who is being treated by Jordan (a newbie) and Shaun. Lim agrees to work with Jordan on it, while Park states that he thinks Rose might actually be an empath which Lim refuses to believe. Ben is soon in the OR, but Shaun's hand starts to shake while he's trying to inject the anaesthetic which Claire does instead.
While Ben is recovering, Lim gets a text and is informed that he accidentally hit Zoe, hurting her, after he lashed out from a noise he heard. Claire offers a Vagal Nerve Stimulation to help Ben's PTSD, but Lim is still afraid about how they're experimental but Claire still tries to push for. Andrews is also equally unhappy about Jordan being made to do the abortion, only for Lim to claim that Andrews is just annoyed that Olivia as his niece isn't doing it but he states that Olivia got the job because of Lim's reputation which she doesn't appear to be living up to. Lim and Jordan soon work on their patient who admits to being afraid, which Jordan helps with. Lim soon leaves for a while for other work when she's informed that Asher's in the stairwell; he actually is still upset about Carlo, which Lim is sympathetic over and tells him about how stressful dealing with the pandemic was. One patient who they couldn't help because they were too busy concerning those who had COVID was a young expectant mother who died due to it. Their job is to move on, but no-one gets over losing a patient.
Lim supervises the abortion, but Jordan is reluctant because of her beliefs and Lim takes over. This leads to Lim angrily berating Jordan for agreeing to the abortion and then not doing it. Meanwhile, Shaun presents some adult toys that he had found and asks Lim for what she thinks. Claire then suggests an amygdala ablation for Ben, which Lim still refuses and sees that they could subject him to brain damage or put him in a coma. Shaun attempts to offer advice, but Lim lashes out at him for trying to get involved as opposed to doing his job to teach. Claire realizes that Lim also has PTSD and offers to relate having it while offered support from Neil. She offers her own support while Lim admits this is true, but again states a need to deal with it.
Claire and Lim are then informed that Ben is on the roof, intending to suicide from being too traumatized. He believes himself to be a threat to others, including Zoe, but Lim concedes to doing the surgery. Shaun offers to help while Lim offers to supervise him guiding Asher through the process, which he reluctantly agrees with. It's successful, while Park still states that Rose's stats are normal. Meanwhile, Lim observes how Park and Morgan have been engaging in petty bets and games which is now spilling over to their work life. Neither wants to deal with a mouse they have, but the nonsense leads Dr. Lim to send them both home for being foolish, inappropriate and wasting everyone’s time.
Lim tries to discharge Rose, who states that she sensed Lim's PTSD which Lim tries to deny when Rose suffers a heart attack from trying to take on Lim’s stress. Jordan soon apologizes to Lim for abandoning the abortion, while admitting to having had one herself but is living her dream as a doctor. The surgery on Ben is successful and he is to be given tests to see if he is actually alright. He can even talk about his former injury while comforted by Rose. As a birthday party is thrown for Lea, Lim's PTSD leads to her not being able to think and walk straight. Lim then informs Rose that she has a treatable heart condition and needs to quit seeking out pain or she'll die. Reluctantly, Lim asks about her own issues and how to deal with them, to which Rose points out that Lim is afraid of confronting her issues and them breaking her. Despite what Rose tries to tell her, Lim tearfully keeps this to herself and return home on her Ducati but gets hurt after having dizzy spells.
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Trivia[]
- On November 30, 2020, the title for the winter premiere was officially revealed.[3]
- On December 29, 2020, a first look at the winter premiere was unveiled through TVLine.[4]
- The procedure Lim had Shaun walk Asher through while helping Ben is the same one previously used to save Caroline's life in Sex and Death.
- Glassman does not appear in this episode due to Richard Schiff testing positive for COVID-19 at the time of production.
- When the staff sang Happy Birthday to Lea, the closed captioning erroneously displays, "Happy birthday, dear Nina." The Audio Description, however, correctly identifies the celebration as Lea's birthday.
- This is the 50th appearance of Andrews.
- The songs Over the Rainbow by Misterwives and Cool, Calm, Collected by Elektric Animals were played during Lim's motorbike rides to and from work.
- This is the first time Neil was mentioned but didn't appear.
- Claire's PTSD is mentioned for the first time since Season 3.
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External Links[]
"Lim" at the Internet Movie Database
