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Once again, if you missed this week’s centennial episode of Fireside Chat in which Adam, Savanna, and the rest of the panelists took us on a nice trip down memory lane, or any episode, you can catch up by subscribing on iTunes!

Our protagonist, Dr. Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom), sports a steely expression as he goes about his residency, but beneath it is tremendous insecurity and misplaced ambition. There are plenty of young doctors in the ER earning their chops for the first time and hoping to go far, but Blake is different. He doesn’t live by the same moral code as others. He acts on impulse, without judging the consequences of his actions, and he’ll apply that same principle to cover up his misdeeds.

The cause of his turmoil is an immature young patient, Diane Nixon (Riley Keough), who takes a shining to him, despite also having an equivalently young boyfriend. She tosses feelers in Blake’s direction, which any other doctor would disregard, but Blake’s laissez-faire ethics and need for personal validation leads him astray. Propelling him on are the slights he perceives from a hard-nosed nurse (Taraji B. Henson) and his hopes of impressing supervising physician Dr. Waylans (Rob Morrow). Blake wants desperately to be acknowledged as a doctor by those beneath him, and as a good doctor by those above him. He will go to any length to ensure this happens, and any obstacle in the way concerns him; in his mind, it needs to be dealt with.

Bloom brings professionalism to the role, favoring the more subdued side we’ve seen in Elizabethtown over an energetic portrayal, such as his rendition of William Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean. The rest of the cast and characters – with one exception — are also stellar, with Keough bringing light and freshness to the screen, Henson displaying her familiar acumen, and Morrow mixing in that high-pitched whine from Mother while also demonstrating his thespian ability from other well-acted roles, such as Quiz Show. Morrow especially does a fantastic job of keeping Blake on his toes, always shuffling between backhanded compliments and muted assuagement.

The movie does not work so well, however, in any sequence where orderly Jimmy (Michael Pena) is involved, nor does it execute fluidly in a scene where Blake visits the Nixon family household. Unfortunately, The Good Doctor pins most of its climax on Jimmy, which effectively tears down the rest of the plot construction. Jimmy is simply not believable as a character, and his lines are erratically written. In one moment, he’s a blackmailer, in the next, he’s just a fun-loving member of the working class, bewildered as to why a doctor he blackmailed might have it out for him.

The budget also seems remarkably low, though by focusing so singularly on the one hospital setting, it gets away with it. The Good Doctor ultimately becomes a moderately decent psychological study, which leaves the viewer in an unpleasant state of mind and throws in a couple of double-bogeys with no birdies to compensate the scorecard. A worthy effort, if you don’t mind dedicating 90 minutes worth of your time to a picture that requires a great deal of effort to enjoy.

Episode #73 of Hunger Games Fireside Chat airs tonight at 10 PM EST. Topics for the night include:

- We’ll open the show by addressing last Wednesday’s EPIC (but not entirely unexpected) news: Sam Claflin was cast as Finnick Odair! Finally, after over a MONTH of rumors and speculation, it’s now official! “Finnick Watch 2012″ has officially ended and Hunger Games history has been made. We’ll share our opinions of Sam and this casting decision and also talk about what fan reactions have been like thus far. Be sure to let us know what YOU think by leaving a comment below! As always, we’ll try to share as many as possible during the show.

- After getting all of our Sam/Finnick feelings out, we’ll revisit the non-exclusive DVD/Blu-ray special features. We talked about them last week, but now that everyone has had a chance to watch them, we’ll go a bit more in-depth with our discussion. NEXT week, on Episode 74, we’ll take a look at the special features that can only be found on the Target, Walmart, and iTunes editions of the movie.

- We’ll cap off the show by pulling a few fun topics and questions out of our topic cornucopia (grab bag).

To listen live, click here.

It’s Monday, which means it’s time for Hunger Games Fireside Chat! Join hosts Adam Spunberg and Savanna New as they talk with panelists about the various tributes that have been cast in the past week, which blew all our predictions out of the water! The show airs live in just over half an hour. To tune in, go here.

Episode #70 of the Hunger Games Fireside Chat is airing live in just a few minutes! Tune in to hear us discuss the casting of Lynn Cohen as Mags, the possibility of Catching Fire being tagged as ‘The Idiom’ in Atlanta, and more rumors about casting and filming locations! Listen live here!

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