‘The Good Doctor’ Star Freddie Highmore Unpacks Claire’s ‘Moving and Poignant’ Return

Note: The following story contains spoilers from “The Good Doctor” Season 7, Episode 9.

“The Good Doctor” just set the stage for a potentially heartbreaking series finale.

The ABC medical drama took big swings during its penultimate episode Tuesday, bringing back fan-favorite Dr. Claire Browne (Antonia Thomas) as a patient instead of a visiting physician. While her prognosis was worse than originally expected, the episode followed as Claire managed to balance her usual confidant role for Dr.