Warning: This article contains spoilers for the The Good Doctor series finale.

The Good Doctor star Freddie Highmore has reflected on the emotional ending for his character Dr. Shaun Murphy. The show, which recently ended with its season 7 finale, follows the title character, an autistic doctor who is devoted to his profession. It is a remake of the South Korean show of the same name starring Joo Won. Over the years, the Good Doctor cast has also included Nicholas Gonzalez, Antonia Thomas, Chuku Modu, Hill Harper, Richard Schiff​​​​​​​, Tamlyn Tomita, Will Yun Lee, Christina Chang, Fiona Gubelmann​​​​​​​, Paige Spara, Noah Galvin, and more.

TVLine recently sat down with Highmore to discuss the Good Doctor finale. When asked about the TED Talk that Dr. Murphy gives at the end of the episode, Highmore revealed that the speech that felt “almost more meaningful” actually came earlier, when he makes the decision to treat Claire (Antonia Thomas) despite FDA regulations, potentially ending his career as a doctor. This was the case because they filmed it in the “very same space where we filmed Shaun’s speech to the board in the pilot episode,” a location that hadn’t been seen since then. Read Highmore’s full quote below:

It was very special, and certainly put into perspective just how far he had come. In terms of speeches, though, funnily enough, the speech that felt almost more meaningful to film was in the previous act — the one where he’s in the boardroom — because we returned to the very same space where we filmed Shaun’s speech to the board in the pilot episode. We had never been back to that location, and David really wanted to [revisit that]. There was something surreal, and also lovely, about standing up there, in the very same spot seven years later, and to give a very different kind of speech as Shaun is coming to terms with the fact that Dr. Glassman won’t be with him for much longer. That felt really beautiful as a landing point.

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Source: TVLine