is a television series (on ABC, to my great surprise, since they really haven't much of a track record recently for developing drama series) currently in their fifth season where the protagonist is a surgeon who happens who's been diagnosed with high functioning autism which has resulted in him having superior medical technical and diagnostic skills but limits his ability to relate to others in various situations. While the show is well written, I admit that the show generated an even higher level of affinity for me due to the unusually high percentage of asians in the cast and the show even features which might be the first ongoing interracial relationship in mainstream network media featuring an asian male and a caucasian female. But the show is centered around the challenges encountered by the protagonist in navigating through his relationships professionally as well as romantically.
In the current season, the main story arc involves the hospital being bought by someone who places a high priority on patient/customer satisfaction, which includes ratings on doctor/patient interaction. Of course, the protagonist receives a number of poor ratings from treated patients despite the medical outcome, which results in the protagonist making efforts to improve his interpersonal skills, which have predictable results. Even so, despite his abrupt manner of delivery, the protagonist manages to communicate something that prompts someone else to alter their viewpoint (ostensibly for the better). It turns out that the protagonist's fiancee works in the IT department and has access to the patient feedback files, and she deletes a number of negative reviews, which results in an apparent improvement in ratings of patient feedback for the protagonist. In the closing scene, the protagonist concludes to his fiancee that the steps he's taken to improve his interpersonal skills have had a positive result and the scene ends with a shot of a neutral expression on the fiancee's face.
The scene clearly resonates with me on some level, though I can't tell you exactly why at the moment.
