THE GOOD DOCTOR Legal Spinoff THE GOOD LAWYER With Female Lead in the Works at ABC
ABC is bringing a new drama to viewers with a spin-off of the hit medical series The Good Doctor. The new show, titled The Good Lawyer, is coming from The Good Doctor executive producers/co-showrunners David Shore and Liz Friedman. The series will have a female lead and will be introduced as a backdoor pilot during The Good Doctor‘s upcoming sixth season, similarly to ABC’s spin-off of the series The Rookie, The Rookie: Feds, which was introduced this past season.
According to sources, two characters from The Good Lawyer, the lead Joni as well as Janet, will appear in Episode 613 of The Good Doctor, with the roles currently casting.
Written by Shore and Friedman, “The Good Lawyer will center on Joni, a 20-something woman who battles OCD but is a brilliant lawyer and gets to be a defense attorney for Dr. Shaun Murphy (Highmore) who finds himself in legal trouble.
“Relatively new to her upscale law firm, Joni, who is funny, eager, self-aware and a bit anxious, is part of Shaun’s (Highmore) legal defense team. Despite breezing through law school and her Bar exam, Joni’s OCD symptoms take a severe toll on her personal and professional life. Living with OCD, Joni has never wanted to be treated differently and is often embarrassed of her symptoms. She is a great lawyer, using her attention to detail, compulsive over-thinking and analytical skills as a superpower, but was forced to threaten to sue the firm (for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act) when they tried to fire her because of her peculiar behaviors. The role is listed as open to all ethnicities and abilities.
“Armed with a fierce intellect and a dry, rapier wit, Janet is a highly regarded attorney and partner at the firm. A seasoned veteran, Janet has represented Dr. Glassman (Richard Schiff) in several legal matters over the course of 30 years; so Glassman turns to her to represent his protégé Shaun (Highmore). Having seen it all, Janet has developed a cynical side, which contributed to her attempt to fire Joni. But when Shaun declares that he wants Joni to represent him, Janet is forced to give Joni the rope to possibly hang both of them.
“While Janet and Joni resemble the mentor-mentee duo of Glassman and Shaun on The Good Doctor, the dynamic between the two characters is very different, at least on the outset.”
I am a fan of the series The Good Doctor. I appreciate that the show has shed a light on someone on the Autism spectrum, and I look forward to The Good Lawyer doing the same with OCD. Will you be tuning in to this new series?
via: Deadline