Alan Sawyer
ABC believes that it has found itself a winning formula with the ‘Good’ franchise and will expand in that direction. In a report from Deadline an embedded episode will introduce the audience to the new team.
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The Good Lawyer will be the next in line from The Good Doctor.
In the report, two characters from The Good Lawyer are set to appear in Episode 613 of The Good Doctor. The initial report also named the roles Joni and Janet, though neither has been cast.
It is also expected to follow another familiar formula for fans of ABC. The Good Lawyer will take a similar approach as The Rookie helping to produce The Rookie: Feds. It will also gender swap the leads going from male to female.
Deadline was not able to get official confirmation of this project being in development it had a very detailed breakdown.
How ‘The Good Lawyer’ is going to happen:
The Deadline report reads like it already has a copy of the script.
The excerpt blow contains details that are either completely spot on or amazingly fabricated:
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 is Joni. She is funny, eager, self-aware and a bit anxious and 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. Both in 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.
Deadline.
