Did the two of you take a second to acknowledge the significance of this one, and what it means for your characters moving forward? TVLINE | It must have been special to have Freddie direct this particular episode. Then I was nervous because I was, like, “Okay, is that going to happen every take?” SPARA | When it finally hit me differently was actually when we were rehearsing the scene… I couldn’t say without getting emotional, and that’s never happened to me before. TVLINE | Paige, when did it dawn on you just how big of a moment this was in the Shaun/Lea relationship? There’s really no turning back after that final scene… You had this one especially big moment that was a long time coming. Han, and to kick the end of the season off in a new direction. HIGHMORE | Last year, it was really exciting to introduce Dr. What was different about this experience from your last? TVLINE | Freddie, this is the second episode you’ve had the chance to direct, following Daniel Dae Kim’s Season 2 debut. In separate interviews, TVLine spoke with Highmore (who also directed the episode), as well as his co-star, Paige Spara, about that pivotal Shaun/Lea moment and where the series’ central couple goes from here. Overcome with emotion, she walked out of the apartment without saying another word, as a single tear dropped from Shaun’s eye. “You don’t want to be my girlfriend because I have autism?” Lea couldn’t bring herself to answer. I am selfish, and I am so, so needy… I am a total mess,” and “you need things a certain way.” That’s when Shaun posed a difficult (and truly heartbreaking) question: “Because I have autism?” he asked. But when he confessed his love to his best friend and said that he wanted to be her boyfriend, her response was not what he had hoped it would be - at least not entirely. In Season 3’s 16th installment, Shaun admitted to himself that while he did in fact love his ex-girlfriend Carly, the person that he wants to be with is Lea. The Good Doctor reached a moment of clarity on Monday, in an episode that will forever change the Freddie Highmore-led medical drama. Warning: The following contains spoilers from the Feb. 'The Good Doctor' Episode 13 Post Mortem: Fiona Gubelmann Dissects Morgan's Family Drama

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