Snazzy Daisy May 13 Share May 13 Synopsis: Quote 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: Quote 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 Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy July 9 Author Share July 9 NBC Reveals Fall Premiere Dates for The Voice, #OneChicago, Law & Order: SVU and More Quote MONDAY, SEPT. 23 10 pm: BRILLIANT MINDS series premiere Link to comment
DanaK July 14 Share July 14 Per the showrunner on the Brilliant Minds panel at the Television Critics Association's Summer press tour, the first season will be 13 episodes Link to comment
DanaK July 14 Share July 14 (edited) Also, Steve Howey, André De Shields, and Mandy Patinkin are guest starring in season 1; Patinkin apparently will be around for 2 episodes. And Quinto's character will be openly gay, inspired by the show being a takeoff of Oliver Sacks apparently Edited July 14 by DanaK Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy July 15 Author Share July 15 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. Other Source Quote 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. Quote 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. Quote De Shields plays “an Alzheimer’s patient in an end-of-life care facility,” who Dr. Wolf helps to reconnect with his family. Link to comment
AnimeMania July 27 Share July 27 Brilliant Minds Monday, September 23, 2024 NBC 10pm For this doctor, solving medical mysteries means seeing the world through his patients' eyes. Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy August 6 Author Share August 6 Zachary Quinto is Eccentric Dr. Wolf in NBC’s New Medical Drama Brilliant Minds | Official Trailer Link to comment
AnimeMania August 10 Share August 10 (L-R) Teddy Sears as Dr. Josh Nichols, Ashleigh LaThrop as Dr. Ericka Kinney, Alex MacNicholl as Dr. Van Markus, Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf, Tamberla Perry as Dr. Carol Pierce, Spence Moore II as Dr. Jacob Nash, Aury Krebs as Dr. Dana Dang Link to comment
AnimeMania August 17 Share August 17 Brilliant Minds is a Medical Drama TV Series airing Monday, September 23, 2024 on NBC at 10pm. 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. 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 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. 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 Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy August 31 Author Share August 31 BRILLIANT MINDS' Zachary Quinto & Tamberla Perry on Oliver Sacks connection & more | TV Insider Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 7 Author Share September 7 Man with a scan: Zachary Quinto solves mysteries of the brain in Brilliant Minds Link to comment
Granny58 October 10 Share October 10 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. 1 Link to comment
Ellee October 10 Share October 10 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. Link to comment
Granny58 October 10 Share October 10 22 minutes ago, Ellee said: Would the decision to do the pacemaker be a lifelong? Or if she chose beta blockers be lifelong? Just curious. sounded like both are lifelong. 1 Link to comment
bros402 October 12 Share October 12 On 10/10/2024 at 9:56 AM, Ellee said: Would the decision to do the pacemaker be a lifelong? Or if she chose beta blockers be lifelong? Just curious. You can go to a pacemaker if beta blockers don't work, or stop working. 1 Link to comment
DanaK Tuesday at 09:30 PM Share Tuesday at 09:30 PM The show returns from its mid-season break on January 6 http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/11/19/nbc-unveils-powerhouse-midseason-lineup-160014/20241119nbc01/ Link to comment
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