Fans of both David Shore-created series The Good Doctor and House, M.D. are getting another treat in the new season of the Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) medical drama. ABC announced today via TV Line that House alumnus Peter Jacobson will guest star in the February 27 episode of Season 7, titled “Skin in the Game.” This will be the second episode of the series’ final season.
This time around, however, Jacobson will check into the hospital as a patient. In the episode, he plays a man named Sal Zacharia who is a gambling addict — which gives at least one meaning to the title of the episode. Sal will be hit by a car and that’s what makes him end up at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. However, it seems like Sal’s predisposition to play with luck and chance will make him gamble with his health in ways that Dr. Murphy’s team is hardly able to accept. Whether he’ll learn something from his own reckless behavior or become a cautionary tale, we’ll have to watch the episode to discover.
Back in House, M.D., Jacobson was one of the main cast members of the series and was introduced halfway through. Dr. Chris Taub was a plastic surgeon who joined House’s (Hugh Laurie) team after the unapologetic doctor did a complete overhaul of his former coworkers. He was frequently picked on and teased by House because his marriage was in shambles but he didn’t have the courage to divorce his wife. Jacobson joined the series in Season 4 and stayed through the end.
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Jacobson joins the list of House, M.D. alumni who have guest starred in The Good Doctor throughout the show’s seven-season run. Previous actors who paid a visit to San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital include Lisa Edelstein (9-1-1: Lonestar), Robert Sean Leonard (The Gilded Age) and Anne Dudek (The Magicians). After starring in House, M.D., Jacobson had recurring roles in The Americans, Law & Order: SVU, Ray Donovan and Fear the Walking Dead.
Even though the final season of The Good Doctor will be its shortest one — only ten episodes — series creator David Shore stated he was happy with how it all ends because he and his team got to plan the ending they wanted to do. Granted, ten episodes is a lot more than most series get to wrap up their stories, but in The Good Doctor’s particular case the shortened season happened because production of Season 7 was delayed during last year’s historic double strike.
