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"I just want to turn on the TV and watch it. Ten o'clock on Monday -- it's a little late; I'm usually preparing for my clinic on Tuesday morning but this is one time I'm going to stay up," Gottfried said.
Gottfried is a neurosurgeon and spine surgeon at Duke Health. Now, he's used his medical expertise to help pitch and write the upcoming episode of ABC's "The Good Doctor."
"It was a hobby at first but now that I've done it long enough it actually is a hire position, but I would do it voluntarily -- don't let them know that," he said.
Next week's episode will highlight two gunshot victims rushed to the hospital after a political protest turns violent.
"I have to admit, it's quite an exciting episode and viewers are going to gain a lot from it I hope," Gottfried said. "And there are just a lot of interesting stories, but I don't want to be the person who spoils everything."
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Gottfried said it is an episode that is topical, medically accurate and one that will hopefully get you thinking.
"What I'm hoping is that a viewer is able to go on this experience but also can grow just like the characters on a show are going to grow as the episode progresses," he said.
The upcoming episode of the Good Doctor will air Tuesday, April 26, at 10 p.m. on ABC11.