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The series was green-lit in Fall 2023 initially under the title "Dr. Wolf," and follows the work of Dr. Oliver Wolf (Quinto), a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist, and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier — the human mind — while grappling with their own relationships and mental health.  

The cases in the show are inspired by Dr. Oliver Wolf Sacks' (1933-2015) real-life brain disorder research and treatment, some of which he chronicled in his non-fiction books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985) and An Anthropologist on Mars (1995). 

Before this series, the most well-known adaptation of Dr. Sacks' work was the 1990 Academy Award-nominated film Awakenings, starring Robin Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer, who was modeled on Sacks. 

 

About The Show:

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Actor Zachary Quinto will embody the role of Dr. Oliver Wolf as he heads a team of interns studying the mysteries of the brain in his neurology department in New York City.

Starring alongside Quinto are Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears, and Donna Murphy. 

Michael Grassi serves as writer and executive producer. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Lee Toland Krieger, DeMane Davis, Melissa Aouate, Henrik Bastin, Andy Serkis, Jonathan Cavendish, and Will Tennant also executive produce. 
 
Berlanti Productions, Fabel Entertainment, The Imaginarium, Grassi Productions, and Tavala produce in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. 

 

Brilliant Minds premieres on NBC this fall (on Monday, 10-11pm based on NBC Fall schedule)

 

Source: NBC Insider

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Mandy Patinkin Joins Zachary Quinto’s ‘Brilliant Minds’ at NBC in Recurring Role

The medical drama has added Mandy Patinkin in a recurring role, and Steve Howey and André De Shields as guest stars. Both Howey and Patinkin will star in two episodes. De Shields appears in the pilot.

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Patinkin will play an esteemed family doctor who joins the staff of Bronx General Hospital and brings his own “unconventional methods to the workplace.” His affinity for house calls and long-standing patient relationships wins the respect of our lead, Dr. Wolf, and fosters a mentor-like relationship between the two men.

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Howey portrays a “rugged motorcycle mechanic” who comes to Dr. Wolf looking for help with a gunshot wound and is forced to make a heartbreaking decision. He appears later in the season.

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De Shields plays “an Alzheimer’s patient in an end-of-life care facility,” who Dr. Wolf helps to reconnect with his family.

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Brilliant Minds is a Medical Drama TV Series airing Monday, September 23, 2024 on NBC at 10pm.
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Brilliant Minds' Dr. Oliver Wolf was inspired by famed British neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks (1933-2015). They used the case studies, patients featured in Sacks' books (Awakenings (1973), The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985), An Anthropologist on Mars (1995), Hallucinations (2012) and The River of Consciousness (2017)) as well as Dr. Oliver Sacks lectures to create the contemporary Dr. Oliver Wolf, an openly gay, motorcycle-riding, enigmatic genius neurologist working with a team of interns on the most confounding neurological cases at Bronx General Hospital, exploring the magic and wonder of the human brain.

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Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf, head of neurology at Bronx General, a world-famous author and neurologist who suffers from a rare condition, "face blindness", this gives him a unique perspective on mental health care. Dr. Oliver Wolf is in charge of training the neurology interns at the hospital. 

Donna Murphy as Dr. Muriel Landon, young Oliver Wolf’s mother. Murial does what she can to protect her son, since Oliver’s dad and her ex-husband struggles with mental health issues.

Gray Powell as Noah Wolf

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Tamberla Perry as Dr. Carol Pierce, the head of Neurology/Psychology at Bronx General Hospital and Wolf’s longtime friend. She works as one of the most sought-after psychiatrists in the city while also navigating a strained personal relationship at the understaffed and underfunded hospital. She recruits Wolf at a vulnerable time when he is between jobs to work alongside her at Bronx General to create a neuropsychology dream team, trying to help patients who many have deemed hopeless.

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Teddy Sears as Dr. Josh Nichols, a neurosurgeon who left a private practice in San Francisco to work at Bronx General. Josh is clinical, exacting and relies on technology to treat his patients — the opposite of Wolf. The two will go toe-to-toe and develop a competitive relationship full of tension.

Ashleigh LaThrop as Dr. Ericka Kinney, a first-year intern at Bronx General who has always lived her life by the books. Now with Dr. Wolf as her new attending, Ericka is thrust into the most unpredictable environment possible while also juggling to keep a secret from her fellow interns.

Alex MacNicholl as Dr. Van Markus, an intern at Bronx General, who struggles around patients in crisis because of a rare, undiagnosed condition he’s lived with his whole life. He experiences a crisis of confidence when he discovers that Dr. Wolf keeps him close by so he can study his condition.

Spence Moore II as Dr. Jacob Nash, an intern at Bronx General, an ex-college football star who, after an injury, pivoted to studying medicine. Jacob secretly worries he suffers from concussion-related brain trauma and self-medicates to cope with his fear.

Aury Krebs as Dr. Dana Dang, an intern at Bronx General, who has amassed a social media following by providing mental health tips and tricks. While Dana is transparent about her anxiety, the truth is she’d rather pop a Xanax than work to identify the root cause of her issues. 

Christopher Bencomo as Mark Owens

John Thomas Gauthier as Billy

Robert Ifedi as Biker

Elias Edraki as Charlie

Elena Khan as Nurse lab technician

Dorrett White as Nurse Carter

Nisa Gunduz as Nurse Portia Flores

Jonathan Kim as Max Yoo

Samantha Hanratty, a patient who walks into the hospital wearing a wedding dress covered in blood.

Mandy Patinkin, a family doctor who joins the staff of Bronx General Hospital, shaking up the dynamic of the doctors. 

Steve Howey, a patient, an injured motorcycle mechanic with signs of memory loss and an accidental gunshot wound, he must make a tragic choice.

André DeShields, an Alzheimer’s patient Wolf helps reconnect with his family in his final days.

Julia Chan, a patient seeking psychiatric treatment from Dr. Carol Pierce.
 
Mishel Prada, a Bronx paramedic

Ellee

Ellee

13 hours ago, Granny58 said:

I love a good medical drama, as opposed to schlocky ones, so I appreciate this.  But....episode 3.  Beta blockers would not kill that girl's joy and is FAR LESS INVASIVE than a pacemaker!!!  This was just stupid.  Millions of people are on beta blockers and guess what...they aren't zombies. 

Would the decision to do the pacemaker be a lifelong? Or if she chose beta blockers be lifelong?  
 

Just curious. 

bros402

bros402

On 12/20/2024 at 3:09 PM, DanaK said:

The season finale will now air a week earlier with 2 back-to-back episodes on January 6

http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/12/20/season-finale-of-nbc-drama-brilliant-minds-will-now-air-as-a-special-event-with-back-to-back-episodes-on-monday-jan-6-650012/20241220nbc01/

well that says that, it's getting cancelled

possibilities

possibilities

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I also thought that meant they're burning it off, but this article seems to think it's a safe bet for renewal. Scroll for NBC section of article:

https://tvline.com/lists/canceled-renewed-tv-shows-2025-scorecard/

I still think it's a bad sign, but apparently not everybody agrees.

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bros402

bros402

14 hours ago, possibilities said:

I also thought that meant they're burning it off, but this article seems to think it's a safe bet for renewal. Scroll for NBC section of article:

https://tvline.com/lists/canceled-renewed-tv-shows-2025-scorecard/

I still think it's a bad sign, but apparently not everybody agrees.

TVRatingsGuide has it at certain to be cancelled

So we'll see which is right.

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