He displays several traits of his condition, including heightened sensory sensitivity, abnormal inflection when speaking, lack of interest in eye contact, and heavy reliance on routine. During the first two episodes of season 4 (Frontline, Part 1 and Frontline, Part 2), Shaun and Lea struggle with the challenges of social distancing due to COVID-19, Shaun insisting to completely cease physical contact due to the increased risk of Shaun getting infected and passing it on to Lea. He eventually decides that the billboard can stay up. His attending and direct boss, Dr. Melendez, thinks Shaun has a significant deficit and Shaun will never do anything more than suction under his supervision. [119] He progressed to the semi-final of the China Open, where he lost 16 against Trump. [92] In the final, he trailed 511 after the first day, and was beaten 918 by Higgins. Shaun has "almost perfect recall," extraordinary and genius-level intellect, and the excellent analytical abilities that allow him to make highly accurate diagnoses. [99] After the match, Murphy complained about Ding leaving the arena too often after frames, saying "I can't believe anyone needs to go to the toilet after every single frame. [225][226], Murphy is noted for his straight cue action[12]which Steve Davis once called "the best cue action I've ever seen"[12]his long potting,[42] and his breakbuilding. In an attempt to calm him down, Lea is being pushed away by Shaun and he tells her he cant marry her. To honor his brothers memory, Shaun reads to Evan from the battered old library copy of To Kill A Mockingbird that Steve gave him as a present and leaves the book with Evan. [70] He reached the final of the 2007 Pot Black tournament, where he was defeated by Ken Doherty. [173] In November, he won the Ruhr Open by defeating Robert Milkins 40 in the final. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. Shaun repeatedly insists that he had done nothing wrong as he had saved Lim's life, but both Lim and Glassman push him to take some kind of accountability for his actions. It was shown that despite her distant attitude towards Shaun, she truly cared about him and was devastated to have to send Shaun away. He bonds with a 10-year-old patient over shared experiences (The Family), while he and Lea decide that they want to put their wedding plans on hold and live in the moment. Shaun later decides to wear the cap during the procedure itself. After their relationship resumes platonically, Shaun has trouble adjusting to Lea having a boyfriend and shows signs of possibly being in love with her. At one point, Shaun advocated against giving a patient surgery to fix a dent in his forehead as the surgery was cosmetic and unnecessary. When the party eventually takes place, it is less than perfect and ultimately ruined by Dr. Glassmans awkward, drunken speech, with Shaun and Lea returning home afterwards with long faces. Shaun is then forced to treat pregnant mother-to-be Viola who suffers complications requiring a C-section. Murphy won the match 102, completing his career Triple Crown. Both agree that its not too troubling to have a harmless crush as long as nothing more develops from that. [124] At the Shanghai Masters Murphy reached the quarter-finals, but lost 45 against Mark Selby. In Rationality, Shaun is faced with the challenge of getting Salen to take down the large billboard she put up outside the hospital that uses him and his ASD status as a literal poster boy for diversity hiring at the hospital. [234], Murphy became a Christian at the age of 15, after meeting a religious family on holiday. The two ultimately reconcile and move in together. Shaun admits that it's been a hard night, but he never would've been able to save Lim without Lea's support. Shaun acts as first responder, saving the life of a pregnant woman with an acute cardiac problem whom he keeps treating at the hospital for the injuries she sustained. In "Risk and Reward," Shaun communicates to the mother of a child with severe birth defects that her actions during pregnancy may have caused her childs defects. Shaun changes his mind about the poster not being inspiring to anyone after a patient he treats says the poster prompted him to ask for Shaun as their physician specifically. Shaun Murphy (born May 6, 1948) is an American blues and R&B singer songwriter, best known for her powerhouse singing style. He struggles with the decision not to join Dr. Lim in her fight to get Salen extricated from St. Bonaventure. [217] Murphy met Mark Selby in the final of the World Championship in a repeat of the European Masters semi-final seven months earlier; he lost 1815. View this post on Instagram. Despite this, Shaun has genuine feelings for Carly as shown when she asked him to speak with her instead of ignoring Carly if he had feelings for her at all. In the quarter-final, he faced Trump in a tense match that went to a deciding frame, after Trump won five consecutive frames from 712 down to level at 1212. This is how I put food on the table. The incident and Lea's unwavering support of him throughout it causes Shaun to only love Lea even more. [63] In his next match, a victory over Jamie Cope in the Welsh Open, he scored centuries in four consecutive frames, becoming only the second player to do so (after John Higgins in the 2005 Grand Prix final) and the only person to achieve this in a best-of-nine-frames match. In "Aftermath," Shaun and Glassman spend a day with Lea at her job, though Shaun remains concerned about Glassman who decides to leave the hospital early after his meningitis surgery. Thousands of randomly generated ideas - funny, weird, creative, fancy, badass and more! He hasn't done that. She says she spent all day telling herself why terminating the pregnancy is a good idea, but now that it is actually happening, it she no longer wants to go through with it. He shouldn't be on the table. Shaun decides he wants to practice having dinner with Leas parents by inviting Morgan and Dr. Glassman to pretend to be Pam and Mike Dilallo. Notable persons with the given name include: People [ edit] Shaun (musician) (born 1990), South Korean musician Shaun (YouTuber), British video essayist Shaun Alexander (born 1977), American football player The topic of shower sex becomes a prevalent topic in The Uncertainty Principle when Lea pitches the idea to Shaun but he is initially resistant because he feels its unsafe and inconvenient. [216], Defending his title at the Welsh Open in February, Murphy was defeated in the quarter-finals by Stephen Maguire in a ninth-frame decider after taking an earlier 43 lead. Andrews realizes that Lim assigned the case to Shaun due its apparent ease and Beth's friendly demeanor and warns Lim about coddling Shaun. Seeing all the colleagues around him either quitting their jobs, he comes to the realization that he doesnt want to keep working at St. Bons if none of his friends are there anymore, so he convinces both Lea and Glassman that its the right thing for him to stand up and fight together with all of them. In the aftermath, Shaun tells Lea about seeing Steve and that he is trying to take his brother's advice and accept that Steve's death wasn't his fault. [4][228] During the 2007 World Championship, it was reported that he had developed a rift with his father, who was a member of the World Snooker board. [180] Murphy's only ranking title this season came at the World Grand Prix in March. The paramedic who ends up transporting Shaun to the nearest hospital afterwards remarks he is very lucky to have a resourceful partner such as Lea, which Shaun wholeheartedly agrees with. Shaun's intervention and solution of the problem earns him Nakano's respect with the older doctor going so far as to ask Shaun to join him in the surgery and then later tell him that it was nice operating with Shaun. [218][219], On 24 November, following his first-round loss to amateur player Si Jiahui in the 2021 UK Championship, Murphy commented, "he [Si] played like a man who does not have a care in the world, because he does not have a care in the world. Receiving the notification about Lim and Villanueva, Shaun rushes to their aid along with Jordan and Lea, joined soon afterwards by Andrews and Glassman. [223], Murphy has been outspoken about several other of his rivals, criticising them for having too many toilet breaks and complaining about table conditions among other things. During the date, Shaun asked Carly 83 questions, many of which were quite invasive for so early in a relationship. However, whether or not Glassman is right about how Shaun is behaving, he does genuinely appear to be bothered by having potentially caused his friend's paralysis and the fallout for it to the point that it literally keeps him up at night on at least one occasion, leading to Shaun having an unexpected epiphany and coming up with a possible solution for Lim. After the D&C, Lea is released from the hospital, going home with Shaun with the two of them sitting silently on the couch, grieving for the unborn child they lost. Shaun was picked up by a police officer, who tried to take him back to his parents; at this point, he fell apart in the back of the squad car, screaming and crying about Steve's promise to him. [107] He progressed to the semi-finals of the Paul Hunter Classic, the first European event of the season's Players Tour Championship minor-ranking series, but lost 24 to eventual winner Judd Trump. That night, Shaun visits Carly and successfully asks her out, forgetting to leave his chocolate and flowers with Carly in his excitement. In "Friends and Family," Shaun returns to Wyoming to visit his dying father who Shaun has not seen since Steve's funeral when he was fourteen. As noted by Glassman, Shaun shows mercy to Zack despite his cruel and violent actions which is extraordinary in and of itself. They have also lived in Pittsburgh, PA and Wyandotte, MI. However, Shaun points out that Glassman already seems to have made up his mind as he now refers to his ex-wife as his first wife, suggesting that Glassman already has a second wife in his mind. He insists on eating the same thing for breakfast every day: yogurt and a green apple except for Mondays when he has breakfast with Dr. Glassman at the hospital. [6] At the age of 13, he secured a five-year 5,000-a-year sponsorship deal with the Doc Martens shoe company[5][7] and stated his ambitions of winning the World Championship and becoming world number one. Carly, having done research on James' life, is devastated that her choice might cost his life, but Shaun comforts her. [159], Between August 2013 and January 2014, Murphy lost 3 stones (42 pounds or 19kg) in weight, due to a new diet and fitness regime. Chambers, sharing some of his own experiences and struggles with being an autistic surgeon and a difficulty with making friends. [238] He has claimed to be the only person to have achieved a maximum break in snooker, a nine-dart finish in darts, and a hole in one in golf.[239]. Gender: Male. He was born Alfred Thomas Highmore in Camden Town, London, England, to Sue (Latimer), a talent agent, and Edward Thomas Highmore, an actor. Shaun Robert Murphy is the main titular protagonist of The Good Doctor. There is growing resentment from Lea with the idea that Shaun may not be able to connect with the baby during the pregnancy. [65] In the World Championship, Murphy defeated Matthew Stevens 1312 in the quarter-finalsrecovering from 511 down and knocking Stevens out of the top 16[66][67]before losing 1617 against Mark Selby in the semi-finals.[68]. Shaun and Leas relationship grows and flourishes over the course of the season, which Shaun supporting Leas business endeavors when she partners with Jordan and Glassman on the gut monitoring sensor they want to develop (Growing Pains). As a result, Shaun didn't see or speak to his parents again until much later in life. Shaun becomes a little hyperfocused on getting them out of that dry spell, suggesting several different options and ideas to get their love life back on track. Eventually, Shaun adapts and proves himself to be a capable leader and teacher who is greatly respected by Asher and Jordan Allen as well as Olivia Jackson and Ricky Guerin before they leave the hospital. Shaun supports Leas decision, although he is saddened that Lea is so unhappy. This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 01:12. As he keeps learning, he is being supported by his fellow junior residents Dr. Claire Browne and Dr. Jared Kalu, with Claire taking a particular interest in befriending Shaun, trying to understand how he operates and how she can connect with him. As a resident at St. Bonaventure, he must learn the ropes of hospital work, while facing unique challenges and embracing his strengths due to his diagnoses of autism and savant syndrome. In particular, Shaun becomes close friends with Alex Park and, although the two clash professionally in "One Heart" with Shaun threatening to report Park for his behavior, the two choose not to let it affect them on a personal level. Lea frustratedly decides to sleep in the car while Shaun stays in the leaky tent. Kenny recognizes Shauns ASD based naivet and exploits it, e.g. Despite seeing two couples who share such a relationship despite the trials they are facing, Shaun is left with uncertainty about whether or not his relationship is worth pursuing. Shaun Murphy's nickname. With things back to a semblance of normalcy, Shauns workday routine evens out again. When Shaun regains consciousness with Lea and Glassman at his side, Claire reassures him that Zack will be fine thanks to Shaun. Murphy's then manager, Brandon Parker, issued a statement confirming that Murphy had slept with the woman but denied he had been unfaithful, stating that Murphy did not have sex with her. Although his colleagues initially express their doubts regarding the capabilities of an autistic surgeon, Shaun soon proves that he is an unparalleled asset [] Andrews advice to Shaun proves helpful as he tries to figure out his feelings, but he later suffers an emotional breakdown in Glassman's office out of fear that everyone will get sick of him and ultimately leave. [18] Although he was not yet on the first-level main tour, this victory brought qualification for the Masters[18]a prestigious non-ranking invitation tournament with places for members of the top 16, the winner of the qualifying tournament, and a limited number of wildcards. After discovering Shaun's delay, a fed-up Melendez drags him into the patient's room and forces Shaun to give her the bad news. The surgical team from San Jose is given the hard choice to pick the few patients they can treat in the time they are there, having to turn some of them away for various reasons. Shawn Murphy may refer to: . Though the surgery appears to go off without a hitch, at the end, Shaun gets into an argument with a nurse about the way she hands him an instrument, ending with Shaun kicking her out of the operating room. Shaun is of course extremely worried and wants to participate in the surgery, quoting that hospital policy would technically allow him to since he and Lea are not married. means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. Glassman eventually confronts Shaun and accuses Shaun of isolating himself and insists that Shaun must take some kind of responsibility for his actions. When Shauns heroic airport save is being broadcast all across social media and the local news, the decision is reconsidered. Shaun becomes obsessed with finding an answer, even after going home. [175][176], In the World Championship, seeded eighth, Murphy beat Robin Hull 103, Joe Perry 135, Anthony McGill 138, and Barry Hawkins 179, to reach his third World Championship final where he met tenth seed Stuart Bingham. Shaun has named his daughter Molly Murphy. With the four new first year residents under their wing, Shauns role as a seasoned resident is also to teach and mentor. In the 2001 tournament, he showed promise in his first televised match, defeating world number 15, Marco Fu,[7] and building a 41 lead over seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry, before losing the match. Shaun also quickly develops a close friendship with Claire Browne who proves to be one of the first people to understand and relate to Shaun. [197][198] He bounced back later that month and reached the final of the Scottish Open after winning against the likes of Michael Holt, Kyren Wilson, and Judd Trump to face Mark Allen in the final. Glassman reassures Shaun that he could never get sick of him, causing Shaun to calm down and pull Glassman into a hug that he only ends when Shaun realizes that he's going to be late for surgery. In "Change of Perspective," three months later, Shaun is now a surgical attending and shares an office with Park. In "Shrapnel," Shaun, Asher and Danni treat Charlie, a military reenactor with shrapnel in his arm. Select this result to view Shaun Louis Murphy's phone number, address, and more. In season 2, Shaun is forced to deal with the unexpected return of Lea. He also mentions an interest in football in at least one episode. He was home-schooled from age 13 after being bullied at school,[4][12] and his parents split up when he was 14. Resides in Glendora, CA. At an opportune moment, Lea divulges to Shaun that she has an ex-husband whom she no longer has any contact with. [136] He then lost in the quarter-finals of the World Open 05 against Mark Selby. In the World Championship, he defeated Gerard Greene and Ding, but lost 1213 against Ali Carter in the quarter-finals, despite leading 84. Shaun and Dr. We can assume the rest of the dinner goes reasonably well, but Leas parents later tell Lea that they dont think she is mature enough to be in a challenging relationship. [196], In December 2018, Murphy was defeated by world number 124 Chen Feilong in the first round of the UK Championship. Things dont exactly go smoothly when Shaun is forced to collaborate professionally with his mentor and surrogate father Dr. Glassman and the two of them clash over stress-induced disagreements over how to handle the pandemonium and shortage of available staff. As he is having cold feet regarding his approaching marriage to Debbie, Glassman seeks Shaun's advice for the first time, exciting Shaun who doesn't have anything to offer. [212][213] At the World Snooker Championship, Murphy had another first round exit after losing to Noppon Saengkham 410. Lea and Shaun sleep in separate beds that night, and in the morning Shaun is outside in the parking lot, pacing and lamenting that he made a mistake and he will never be good enough for anything. Across his first years of residency, Shaun keeps growing as a surgeon, working closely with Dr. Melendez and his fellow junior surgical residents on a number of interesting cases, his savant syndrome and eidetic memory often helping to recall medical details and visualizing complex medical circumstances and procedures. He was previously married to Clare Murphy. Shaun struggles emotionally with Lim's state as it reminds him of Steve's death. They got married right out of high school and soon realized it was a mistake and divorced again. Shaun succeeds in saving both of his patients and later shares a rare hug with Glassman after learning of Glassman's meningitis diagnosis. Ironically, when the time comes, Shaun himself ends up conflicted on the matter and he is relieved when an alternative arrives at the last minute. Things get humorous when Asher and Jerome bring a casserole to the departmental potluck that is inadvertently spiked with magic mushrooms (Potluck). [19] He made his first maximum break in the 2001 Benson & Hedges Championship. Big changes are afoot at St. Bonaventure when the hospital is taken over by a corporation named Ethicure that has a profit-driven CEO at the helm by the name of Salen Morrison. As Vera didn't die, Shaun doesn't have to break his promise by not moving on from Lea and Lea tells him that Shaun makes her more before they start kissing again. Shaun refuses to leave, and luckily the surgical attending Dr. Melendez and resident Dr. Browne acknowledge that Shaun may have been on to something and seek him out to ask for his input. They have two children. Shaun fights hard for Evan, getting hung up on a minimal chance that it may not be cancer after all, but which turns out wrong in the end. [112] He reached the semi-finals of the UK Championship, where he lost to eventual runner-up Mark Williams 89. In Fault, Shaun misses non-verbal cues when Asher Wolke is unsure about a diagnosis and Shaun should have double-checked Ashers medical assessment. In particular, Shaun asks for advice from Andrews about love because Andrews has been in a long and happy relationship while Glassman got divorced once. Knowing he messed up, Shaun subsequently packs some of his things to go back to Wyoming but first flees to Leas apartment where he hides under her bed when Glassman comes looking for Shaun. We also learn more about Shauns childhood how he grew up in an abusive household and ran away to live in an abandoned bus with his younger brother Steve and they struggled to get by without the support of their parents. Despite Shaun's troubled childhood, he maintains a generally positive outlook on life, choosing to pursue medicine in the hopes of improving the lives of others. When their first operation less painful operation fails, the team is forced to go with the original more painful option which they try to sooth using restraints and music. [129] He finished number 37 on the Order of Merit,[130][131] and could not qualify to the Finals to defend his title. As a surgical attending, Shaun proves himself to be an effective leader of his own team and good at dealing with his patients, both of which had been a concern that Andrews had raised while arguing against hiring Shaun as a resident, although Shaun still turns to his friends and mentors for advice. Shaun admits that Carly that his greatest fear is that he will end up alone and that Carly will tire of his issues and leave him. In "A Big Sign," Shaun, Asher and Danny treat Julianne, a famous marriage counselor with a brain tumor. On the way up the stairs, Shaun tells Dr. Glassman that he loves him, echoing the exact phrasing that Glassman had shared with Shaun that his daughter had used as a child to voice her love to her father. [227], Murphy was born in Harlow and grew up in Irthlingborough. Shaun thus being evasive and distant upsets Lea who returned to San Jose in hopes of finding support from her friend after a bad experience in Hershey.