The chances were high that Glassman would be fine - or at least cancer-free. Richard Schiff leaving the series would be huge news and hard to keep under wraps, so it was unlikely that Glassman was going to die before the end of the season!
Still, until he had the results in hand saying he was cancer-free, there was no guarantee.
Thank goodness there was good news! The Good Doctor had already done this emotional storyline once, only for Shaun to find a last-minute cure, and I couldn't deal with the idea of going through that again.
Glassman's assertion about his likely prognosis if cancer returned was depressing enough. We didn't need to go down that road, especially not after how hard-hitting the original cancer storyline was.
Of course, we're not out of the woods now that Shaun thinks Glassman's latest misstep means something neurological is going on. The fact that he was wrong about Glassman's cancer returning won't stop him; he'll push for more tests that are probably unnecessary.
Are Glassman's mistakes indicative of dementia or some other type of cognitive decline? It's possible, but so far, he's made minor errors that don't necessarily mean anything.
Glassman wanted to retire a few years ago, but everyone insisted he return to the hospital. His minor errors could result from normal aging; he might not be as able to handle a fast-paced environment as he once was.
And as far as the crib assembly goes, anyone who's ever tried to follow directions to assemble something knows how easy it is to think you're finished and discover screws on the floor that go somewhere or other.
Shaun seems to be suffering from a version of medical school syndrome. Instead of worrying that he's got every disease he's studied, he's using his extensive medical knowledge to conclude that Glassman has a serious brain disease when there might be nothing to worry about.
Glassman will not keep consenting to unnecessary tests to satisfy Shaun's never-ending anxiety that Glassman could be dying. Shaun's driving him crazy with this, and he needs to stop before it causes a rift between them.
Elsewhere, did anyone NOT predict that Morgan would end up adopting baby Eden or, at least, getting attached to her?
Morgan agonized over whether she wanted to have a boy or a girl. But from the second that homeless guy handed Eden over to her, it felt natural for Morgan to take care of her.
Characters adopting orphaned babies have become a familiar trope lately. Blue Bloods Maria Baez and Law and Order SVU's Olivia Benson adopted babies they first crossed paths with at work.
Morgan's not a cop like the other two characters, but the basic premise is the same. She was the first to hold that baby, interact with the social worker, and learn that the infant was named Eden. So the chance was high that she had just met her daughter.