(S6. E17) My Live Reaction / Review for The Good Doctor Season 6 Episode 17 ''Second Chances and Past Regrets''. The previous episode was good and I gave it a rating of 9/10. Let's see if this one is better or worse. It's nice to have Jared back. It sucks that Jared is now a first year resident because he is much more experienced. Jerome is HIV positive? Damn, that sucks and it makes sense that Asher is mad at him for hiding that. It seems like Asher doesn't care about Jerome having HIV, I don't know if that's good. Dr. Kalu makes Shaun mad, they need some boundaries. Overall this episode was good and I enjoyed it. My rating is 9/10.
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After all the good takes this show had, this episode they advocated against disclosure with your partner
AvatarAryk23 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This show always struck me as a great form of advocacy for many modern social issues plaguing us today... but this episode took a dark turn from that which left me scratching my head.
In this episode, two characters in a relationship are conflicted because one of the two did not disclose being HIV positive and the other just found out after they've been together for quite a while now. The show then has other characters comforting the HIV positive person saying they have nothing to feel bad about because they're undetectable. The show then tries to advocate for hiding HIV status from a sexual partner, so long as you're undetectable.
Having been diagnosed with HIV myself, this is the most irresponsible thing I've ever seen these show runners do. Fact of the matter is that while being undetectable means there is a MINIMAL risk of transmitting the disease, there is still a greater than 0% chance, and thus it is IMPERATIVE to disclose your HIV status if positive to anyone you have intercourse with, BEFORE you have intercourse.
They had an opportunity to advocate for he acceptance and normalization of HIV positive persons, but instead chose to advocate for being dishonest and hiding such an important thing that your sexual partners have the right to know.
I sincerely hope this topic receives more attention from the community pointing out how inappropriate this is.
In this episode, two characters in a relationship are conflicted because one of the two did not disclose being HIV positive and the other just found out after they've been together for quite a while now. The show then has other characters comforting the HIV positive person saying they have nothing to feel bad about because they're undetectable. The show then tries to advocate for hiding HIV status from a sexual partner, so long as you're undetectable.
Having been diagnosed with HIV myself, this is the most irresponsible thing I've ever seen these show runners do. Fact of the matter is that while being undetectable means there is a MINIMAL risk of transmitting the disease, there is still a greater than 0% chance, and thus it is IMPERATIVE to disclose your HIV status if positive to anyone you have intercourse with, BEFORE you have intercourse.
They had an opportunity to advocate for he acceptance and normalization of HIV positive persons, but instead chose to advocate for being dishonest and hiding such an important thing that your sexual partners have the right to know.
I sincerely hope this topic receives more attention from the community pointing out how inappropriate this is.
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Lythas_8520 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Like the other reviewer said.. major no no with the couple and even considering what the dude with HIV did was ok... or his choice... no no.. his choice to tell would have been telling he had a dog that died.. or that he had a friend that died or whatever but something related to health.. no matter if he can transmit it to the partner..
as for the cases, they werent interesting.. the boy that was taken care by the grandma or the girl with brain tumor..
the most interesting part was the interaction between dr kalu and shawn.. very realistic them butting heads like that.. it would have been difficult to everyone.. dude coming back after 5 years.. or 4, i dunno.. and shawn is now an attending and he is a first year resident with more experience than any other.. they will milk at least 2 episodes making them go back and forth.
as for the cases, they werent interesting.. the boy that was taken care by the grandma or the girl with brain tumor..
the most interesting part was the interaction between dr kalu and shawn.. very realistic them butting heads like that.. it would have been difficult to everyone.. dude coming back after 5 years.. or 4, i dunno.. and shawn is now an attending and he is a first year resident with more experience than any other.. they will milk at least 2 episodes making them go back and forth.
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