What happens when a trusted and leading psychiatrist becomes his own patient?
Sam Tyler is a highly regarded Sydney psychiatrist with a regrettable past. Four years ago, while his police officer wife, Sophie, was gunned down during a routine patrol, Sam was in bed with another woman. Picking up the pieces of his professional life and re-establishing himself as a doctor with an impeccable reputation, the past is unleashed with terrifying consequences when Alice Lacey, a new patient, reignites his guilt over the death of his wife. Will Sam be able to protect his fragile patient when his own past is threatening to destroy him?
The Good Doctor explores the darker territory behind one man’s professional façade, and what happens when that barrier finally breaks.
Sam Tyler is a highly regarded Sydney psychiatrist with a regrettable past. Four years ago, while his police officer wife, Sophie, was gunned down during a routine patrol, Sam was in bed with another woman. Picking up the pieces of his professional life and re-establishing himself as a doctor with an impeccable reputation, the past is unleashed with terrifying consequences when Alice Lacey, a new patient, reignites his guilt over the death of his wife. Will Sam be able to protect his fragile patient when his own past is threatening to destroy him?
The Good Doctor explores the darker territory behind one man’s professional façade, and what happens when that barrier finally breaks.