Osvaldo Benavides (as Mateo Rendón Osma)
Benavides was elevated to series-regular status ahead of Season 5, at which point Mateo relocated from Guatemala to San Jose, Calif., to pursue a relationship with Dr. Audrey Lim. But just three episodes later, poof! Mateo was gone! His character’s swift departure didn’t sit well with Lim — dude left her a note! — but Benavides wasn’t around long enough for us to care that Mateo was never seen again.
Show wise Claire hurt the most. But Melendez was so unnecessary.
Agree! I was one of those that stopped watching regularly after Melendez was killed.
Wish Claire would return. It was left open for her.
Dear doctors of color..skip SJSB..head to grey memorial.
Dr Wolke’s death was the worst
Yes. Claire and Melendez were a one-two punch! I miss Claire the most though.
Agree
All I know is Nicholas Gonzalez ain’t ever gonna work with David Shore ever again 😂
agree…
the others I don’t even remember !!
EXACTLY
Ummm…Claire. What kind of question is this?!? LOL
Both Melendez and clair. I had begun to like Melendez a lot by the time they killed off the character. but I liked Claire because she was a true friend to sean.
How? I never saw her as being a true friend to Shaun. Not really. She was nice to him & offered some helpful advice. But at same time, she also talked down to Shaun & treated him like a child, rather than a co-worker. She also had a major savior complex & selfish reasons for helping people.
She was a complex character, but she wasn’t a saint.
I cant believe that you ranked Carly number 3, it was such a bad character, i was relieved when she left
I agree.
I totally agree. I couldn’t stand her character and I was ready to celebrate when she left!!
I didn’t care about any of these characters (though i thought Melendez’ exit was disappointing.) There are few characters on the show that i would miss except for Richard Schiff (& that has more to do with some of his other roles than the one he’s currently in.)
Same! I never liked Claire, because of the way she treated Shaun like a child. Plus she had that whole savior complex going on.
Melendez was an interesting character & and the only one that I really miss.
I loved Antonia Thomas/Claire, Nicholas Gonzalez/Melendez and Jasika Nicole/Carly. I thought they were all wonderful in their roles and I do miss them all. If I have to pick the one I miss the most it would be Antonia. Claire had so much heart. have to be honest but I don’t even remember the others on the list.
I agree with you 100%. Claire is missed.
I am so disappointed Claire is Gone!
Her and Shaun have a good relationship!
Claire hurt the most as Antonia Thomas did such a great job with that character. She was really the one outside of Glassman whom tried to understand and love Sean .
Not really. I think Lea has done a much better job trying to understand Shaun than Claire did. I think Claire tried to understand Shaun on some level, but i also don’t think she was ever really a friend to him. Sure, Claire didn’t overtly discriminate against Shaun (like other characters) but she also didn’t treat him like an equal either. She mostly just talked down to him & treated him like a child. Maybe she did it in a way that came across as sweet, but still not treating him as an equal either.
I think the reason why a lot of people loved Claire is because she acted like she cared about everyone. But I saw it more as her having a savior complex, because of her history with her mother. I think Claire felt like she had to save people so she could prove herself & show that she could overcome her circumstances. Do she came across as caring, because of her compulsion to save people. But I ultimately I think she was a complex character who was underserved by the writers. I felt like the storyline with her mother was overdo & also needed to go more in depth with Claire confronting her savior complex.
Ultimately, I think her exit was perfect and timely for her character because she deserved better. Antonia Thomas is a talented actress & I wouldn’t mind seeing her in other things, even if didn’t like Claire that much.
I miss Claire the most of all but I think her character over shadow Shaun’s wife to be can’t have too many saints in a show
Hoping Clare comes back
Is someone else about to leave? Very randomly timed article
Checked out of the show after Melendez died and I never quit a show just because a cast member leaves so that one hurt the most!!! There was so much potential with him and Claire.
Totally agree. Their storyline was so beautifully written, this would have been the only healthy relationship for him. They were meant for each other. I also stopped watchinf after season 3. Their i love yous broke my heart.
Definitely Claire for me. Very close behind was Neil.
When main cast leaves, to me it signals that it may be a toxic work environment.
There’s no way there wasn’t some story behind killing Melendez at least, though I can’t say what that was. Getting rid of a very popular character with lots of story potential and making sure he can never come back makes zero sense without some behind the scenes turmoil.
Melendez and Melendaire were more popular than Shea. That’s it.
Well with nico Gonzalez there was actually a reason as at the time we didn’t know that he was one of the main cast members and he could still make an appearance at the back half of season 2 of nbc’s la brea but that is why he was killed off as la brea and the good doctor shoot in diffrent locations as most of the good doctor is shot on location in vancouver
Well not nesccearrily as chuku modu left because he was offered the chance to be a series regular on another show that shot in that area as he played the role of Jacob for 3 seasons on the 100 when they jumped 125 years into the future and another planet
Melendez and Claire
I agree!
If I can only choose one…it is absolutely Claire! She was one of the best actors on the show~so kind, caring, such empathy towards others, she is just an amazing actor~I wish she’d return; and my second greatest loss is Melendez, he was also a great part of the show and I saw no need to “delete” him. He’s now on Le Brea, but not near as good a role for him as he played on The Good Doctor. Both really great losses. I wish Claire would be cast on another good show for all to enjoy her acting.
Nicholas Gonzalez and Antonia Brown were the only really painful exits in my opinion. I don’t know why they were forced out. I was done with the series after that.
Nick Gonzales and Antonia Thomas. They are the most missed by me.
Melendez then Claire
The loss of Melendez killed me. I stopped watching the show after his last few ghostly appearances. What a loss. I don’t think his storyline came to a natural conclusion as the intro suggests.
Bad move. I suspect they lost many other views too.
Definitely miss Carly the most. I enjoyed her on the show even before she dated Shaun, so it sucks that she had to disappear completely after they broke up.
Excellent tv show with great actors. Great writers & story lines. My wife & I watched every show. Thank you
Claire without a doubt!
Melendez was the worst one! I liked his character . I never missed Claire Browne!
I kept watching after Melendez was killed off, but stopped watching after Claire left. I tried, but found myself hate watching episodes and was feeling annoyed as I watched them.
Dr. Melendez!!
It was an unnecessary storyline.
Show was never the same for me
They could’ve gone two ways and they chose the latter as we found out why he left the good doctor and it’s because he informed them that nbc’s la brea had been picked up and he was in it until the season 2 mid-season finale where he stayed behind in 1988