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openAttempt to kill one parent to save the other Live Action TV
A man is a "good father" but an abusive husband. The son, realizing the latter, attempts to murder him by Medication Tampering.
openFaked emotional trauma Live Action TV
A teenager sees his father collapse unconscious; he calls 911 and—as far as anyone can see—is obviously in emotional trauma. However, we find out at the end of the episode that the reason for the father's current medical problem is intentional Medication Tampering by the son.
openParent realizes what the child has done Live Action TV
A man who abused his wife but was a "good father" ends up in the hospital. The hospital staff conclude that he hadn't been taking his medication, which they believe could only be because of Medication Tampering—someone had emptied the medicine capsules and filled them with sugar or salt. When the wife is accused of this, she explicitly denies it; when they suggest that her son knows more than she thinks, she suddenly realized that he had tampered with her husband's medication.
openInstantly-identified autism Live Action TV
A teenager is brought into the hospital, struggling against people who are holding him down. The people claim the kid is psychotic, but Shaun—an autistic surgeon—instantly recognizes him as being autistic. (Later, when the kid's parents show up, this is confirmed; the episode makes it clear that the kid and Shaun don't know each other.) The reason for the apparent psychotic behavior is that the kid Hates Being Touched, fairly common among those with autism.
Edited by Someone1981openSmart people do this dumb people do this Live Action TV
This could be two different tropes, when a smart person goes up to a piano they will play Für Elise. When a dumb person goes up to a piano they will play chopsticks.
openA character asks a question, camera focuses on the answer Live Action TV
In his backstory, Shaun—who is autistic—was abused by his father because he couldn't be "normal" while his mother stood around and did nothing; the only help he got was from his little brother Steve, who would eventually be Promoted to Parent.
In this episode, a bride and groom were on the way to their wedding when the bus they were on had an accident. The groom's parents and the bride disagree on the best treatment. The hospital lawyer has a temporary injunction against treatment, and has a judge come in to make a decision.
openThe overruled doctor was correct Live Action TV
A doctor believes a specific patient needs more tests before being sent home from the hospital (to be fair, not for the first time—and the previous times he was wrong), but is overruled and he must send her home. However, some samples he had already taken are subsequently tested, and prove she's in need of urgent, life-saving surgery. (He is subsequently proved to be correct in this case.)
Edited by Someone1981openSingle episode cross-plot character name/plot event connection Live Action TV
The episode runs 2 parallel plots.
Plot A: a kid is showered with broken glass; Dr. Murphy saves the kid's life.
Plot B: Dr. Glassman tries to convince the board of directors that hiring Dr. Murphy was the right choice.
openDr. Google Live Action TV
Someone finds out on line—correctly—what disease he has by searching for the symptoms
openMust get the truth based on someone who misheard Live Action TV
Dr. Shaun Murphy, standing in a patient's room, says that the patient needs urgent treatment and names the condition (it's completely obviousin context that he's almost certainly correct). Unfortunately, Shaun loses conscienceness immediately afterwards, and no one heard him except the patient who has no medical knowledge. The patient can only say that it sounded to him like "trampoline".
openYou don't do it, the risk for you is too high; since I'll die soon anyway, the risk for me is better Live Action TV
Dr. Shaun Murphy intends to do the only treatment he believes will save his friend, dispite this treatmentbeing unapproved. However, Dr. Glassman, who has only a few months left to live due to brain cancer, comes up with a better plan: do it himself. Although not explicitly stated, the reason can be understood easily: Shaun would be sacrificing a lifetime of a career, while Dr. Glassman has nothing to lose given the fact that he's now at the end of his life.
Edited by Someone1981openLet's get married at work Live Action TV
Shows centered around workplaces do this... Two characters are getting married, but their wedding plans fall through in a series of comic mishaps, so they decide to just get married in the workplace, reasoning that all their friends are already there, and it's a place that means a lot to them.
Brooklyn 99 did this, so did Parks and Recreation, and even the medical drama New Amsterdam.
It sticks out like a sore thumb, because it's so unrealistic. TV shows are unrealistic all the time, but when they're unrealistic for the sake of saving money on sets, it really pulls you out.
Plus, is it really healthy to be that attached to a workplace? And who has *all* their friends in one workplace?
Perhaps this is less of a trope, and more just a thing that coincidentally happened on three different shows. But it could also be part of a larger trope of significant events happening in mundane familiar places, to save on sets. Pregnant characters giving birth in workplaces for contrived reasons is something I feel I've seen a lot.
openAsk the son (a minor)...and do the opposite Live Action TV
A man is hospitalized. While he's sedated, a decision must be made if it's better to do the safer surgery of amputating his arm ir the riskier surgery which will avoid that. The only relative the patient has is a son who is too young to serve as a medical proxy; however, since the staff members don't know the patient, they talk to the son to get an idea what the patwould have preferred had they been able to ask him directly. The son says that amputation is the right answer, but the surgeons ultimately decide—from the overall information they got from the son—to take the riskier surgery.
openSurgeons for humans come up with surgery for dog Live Action TV
A dog is injured, and the vet says that one of the injuries can't be healed. Two surgeons for people come up with a surgery plan, ultimately done by the vet and is successful.
openBetter die at home with my family than risk dying in the hospital for few more months Live Action TV
A person with terminal cancer is in the hospital. A surgery is found which may give him a few more months, but he may die on the operating table. He refuses the treatment, since he prefers to die at home than risk dying in the hospital for a few more months.
openScan discovers something serious Live Action TV
Is there a name for the trope where a character has a minor injury and goes to the hospital, and that injury turns out to be nothing, but the scan uncovers something very serious, like a brain tumor, or a pregnancy? "Will Trent" has used that trope twice this season, and I've seen it before several times.
openHelping someone without their knowledge Live Action TV
Shaun, an autistic surgeon, is clearly good at the medical aspect of his job but bad at talking to patients and their families. Lea, his fiancée, removed some of his worst reviews so he would get a better score. Not only did she do this without his knowledge, but he Cannot Tell a Lie and is Brutally Honest and would be appalled by what she did.
openSubtle hint to boss to take responsibility for boss's own mental health Live Action TV
Dr. Audrey Lim has been having PTSD issues related to hospital work. Claire, a doctor who works under Lim, has been trying to convince Lim to talk to a therapist, but Lim has been refusing. When a father agrees with his gymnast daughter not to approve a surgery which would result in a Career-Ending Injury, Claire talks to Lim about it. Lim tells her to try and convince the father to be responsible.
openAlluding to a real world event Live Action TV
What trope is used when a character refers to something reported in the real world news? It could be anything from a major world event to just a bit of celebrity gossip.
Thanks.

There is reason to suspect a hospitalized man of Domestic Abuse. When the wife is asked about it directly, she simply says that he is a "good father". Obviously, had the answer simply been "no", she would have said that.