10.0Season 4 • Episode 22
LatestDoogie sees his gift of genius as more of a curse than a blessing as he seeks inspiration outside the world of medicine.
Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.
Acting
Neil Patrick Harris carries impossible earnestness before Barney Stinson broke him.
Writing
David E. Kelley's dialogue sparkles even in scrubs.
Creators
Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Neil Patrick Harris was 15 when cast; producers initially worried he looked too young to play 16. The irony.
The show pioneered the 'genius doctor' trope that House, The Good Doctor, and Grey's Anatomy would later exhaust.
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