| NBC | Season Premiere Date: September 23, 2024 |
Summary:
Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) uses unconventional methods to treat his patients with the help of Dr. Carol Pierce (Tamberla Perry) and a team of interns at Bronx General hospital in this medical drama inspired by British neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks.
Genre(s):
Drama
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Season 1 Episodes
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Sep 25, 2024
The show has a real understanding of how episodes need to be paced, and they are filled with the right amount of character-building when it comes to each week’s patients, and enough bit-by-bit progress as the doctors investigate and bounce theories off one another. The stories are rich, rather than perfunctory.
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Collider
Sep 23, 2024
Its way of narratively putting viewers into patients' minds creates a startlingly empathetic showcase of medical hardship, with audiences easily seeing themselves within these nuanced portrayals of injury as well as the emotional stress of trying to help others heal. But first, the series needs to realize that its overreliance on quirky characterizations only hinders all the great elements it already has.
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Sep 23, 2024
The first couple of episodes of “Brilliant Minds” are standard fare. .... Still, as more of Dr. Wolf’s childhood and upbringing are unveiled, and the interns grow closer, viewers may find themselves drawn to the show, wanting to discover what neurological anomaly the crew will tackle next.
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Sep 20, 2024
As Quinto plays him, he’s a warmer version of his big-screen Spock. .... As in most medical dramas, there are big questions about life and death one might find disturbing depending on one’s own life and circumstances. However, some comfort may be drawn from Wolf waxing thoughtful on a relevant element of human condition.
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Sep 23, 2024
The Daily Beast
Sep 23, 2024
In the first six episodes screened for critics, Brilliant Minds regularly swings back and forth between unsettling and downright cheesy, like when one character tells Wolf that his face blindness is a gift because it inspires him to “look deeper” to see the stuff that other people miss. It’s hard to tell where the tone will land in the long run, although the early episodes at least suggest the show is willing to try stuff out until it decides what fits.
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Sep 23, 2024
The supporting characters (many of whom have their own one-in-a-million neurological disorders, go figure) are far more interesting than Oliver is, despite attempts to make Oliver sympathetic through copious and boring flashbacks to his childhood. A sob-worthy backstory doesn't make the present-day man any less wooden on screen.
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Air Date: September 22, 2025
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Air Date: September 23, 2024
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