Keep in mind: This story consists of spoilers from “The Good Doctor” Season 7, Episode 1.
After Shaun Murphy and his partner Lea invited an infant young boy called Steve at the end of Season 6, Tuesday’s season best of “The Good Doctor,” entitled “Baby, Baby, Baby,” sees the previous go back to San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital to tackle his very first case– 2 child clients in requirement of the exact same heart– while likewise stabilizing parenting their own kid.
“It was numerous infants and each child has their own doubles for one of the most part,” executive manufacturer and co-showrunner Liz Friedman informed TheWrap. “They were so video game for whatever.”
Taking care of children on set showed to be a difficult endeavor for star Freddie Highmore, who does not have kids in genuine life.
“When we shot the very first episode, I was on set with Freddie and Paige [Spara] and our director Rebecca Moline, none of whom have kids,” Friedman discussed. “So suddenly we recognize I’m the infant professional in the space going, ‘you get 2 feet together and raise them up and slide that diaper,’ and you’re talking Freddie Highmore through like ‘No, no, simply manhandle that child a bit more.’
Friedman kept in mind that the infant’s real mom needed to enter Highmore’s closet and surgical dress throughout shooting of the episode’s altering series.
“A great deal of it is the mommy due to the fact that Freddie was truly hesitant to toss the child around in the manner in which you do as a moms and dad for the altering,” she included. “So it was actually enjoyable.”
Regardless of his anxiety around bewaring and mild with the infants on set, Highmore informed TheWrap that dealing with them was “wonderful.”
“It’s so uncommon that you’re challenged with a child nearly out of the blue and there’s scenes that we’ve done when children are born and you’re sort of going through that mentally and after that somebody generates this reality child that is so small and it’s wonderful,” he stated. “You notice it with the team. It’s like everybody type of quiets down a bit more and it feels that bit more unique.”
In addition to Highmore and Spara, Season 7 of “The Good Doctor” stars Richard Schiff, Christina Chang, Fiona Gubelmann, Will Yun Lee, Noah Galvin and Bria Samoné Henderson.
The series, which originates from Sony Pictures Television and ABC Signature, is executive produced by Highmore, Friedman, co-showrunner David Shore, Erin Gunn, Daniel Dae Kim, David Kim and Sebastian Lee.
New episodes of “The Good Doctor” air Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. The episodes will likewise be readily available on next day on Hulu.