The Good Doctor 6x18 "A Blip" wasn't a great episode. Yes, it was entertaining, and it kept us with one eye on the screen, but there was nothing that stood out, nothing that would keep us glued to the couch crying like this show has used us to.
We appreciated the interaction between Lim and her patient - I'm so proud of her and everything she's overcome - and the clash between Jordan and Jared, along with their patient's story in "A Blip," but there was nothing that really moved us... until that last scene.
Glassy was always Shaun's father and if this season did anything right it was to make clear those relationships that were always there...but never recognized. A father is not the one who generates, he is the one who cares, he is the one who understands, and he is the one who loves you as you are. Shaun's biological father didn't understand him, but he never bothered to do it, only to humiliate him.
Glassy didn't understand Shaun either, but he did care about getting to him and understanding his way of seeing the world. He never pushed Shaun's limits but was always there for him, even when it was hardest.
And Shaun, hand in hand with him, moved forward and created his own life, his own family. And in "A Blip," now that he is about to become a father, he realized more than ever how important his father was, is, and will be, to who he is today. And Shaun is afraid of losing him just when he feels him closer than ever.
Glassy is also afraid of his results, much as he denies it, but he can't say no to Shaun's request. Not when he asks him to as his son and not as a doctor. Glassy always saw Shaun as his son but he didn't expect Shaun to see him as a father and realizing in "A Blip" that he does is... enough to make Glassy - and us -emotional.