S01.E08: The Lovesick Widow

[chitowngirl]

When an elderly woman is brought in with signs of dementia, Dr. Wolf investigates whether she's suffering from a neurological disorder or having a late-in-life awakening; Dr. Pierce grapples with a chilling discovery about one of her patients.

Edited November 17 by chitowngirl

[Nijntje]

I'm in Canada, and this episode was briefly available on demand last week (labeled as "The Man from Grozny"). My tv provider took it down the next day.

Unfortunately, neither Citytv nor my tv provider have made "The Man from Grozny" available yet, so watching this episode spoiled some things.

[peeayebee]

Were you able to watch the actual "The Man from Grozny"?

[AnimeMania]

Andrew Horton as Tom Price

Julia Chan as Alison Zhang-Whitaker

Kristopher Turner as Kevin Sullivan

Jim Watson as Patrick Sullivan

Susan Bay Nimoy (Wife of Leonard Nimoy) as June Sullivan 

[Ellee]

I truly love this show. It gets one thinking. I’m not a medical person but have/had enough medical bs (yeah, my technical term) in my life that I appreciate so many things shown on Brilliant Minds.   I’ve finally watched Roman/John Doe’s story and am trying to formulate the many emotions going through me still. 
 

Regarding June and her journey I am mixed. I love that she is living her life and enjoying it fully at her age but personally my sappy side says ‘my sons come first’.  Is that right or wrong?  I don’t know.  If grandchildren are involved, I’d live to hug and love them and teach them whatever I could and then hug them some more.  
 

I can’t imagine that that wouldn’t fulfill me.  
 

So again, right or wrong?  I don’t know.   
 

What am I missing?  Not thinking of?  I’d love to read what everyone thinks. 
 

Oh — love that it was Van and not Jacob.   Not sure what I think about doctor’s ex-husband’s ‘girl’ situation but I’m sure there is more to come on both storylines.  

[peeayebee]

I saw Susan Bay Nimoy in the opening credits and wondering if she was Leonard Nimoy's widow. I don't know how everyone else feels, but I don't think she's a very good actress.

However, I found her story interesting. I think it was a good decision to allow her her sexuality and "twinkle" rather than subdue her into a typical, traditional grandmother. I didn't catch everything Oliver said, but I think she would be on medication that wouldn't stifle her sexual drive, but would in some way control it? Maybe someone else can clarify this.

I don't get what's going on with the psychiatrist and her patient. If I were the doctor, I would have insisted that I couldn't treat her any more. I would probably even be upfront with her and say that I knew she had had an affair with my husband. 

As for ... (checking characters' names) ... Ericka and her choice of Van, I'm confused. She was always looking at Jacob and seemed infatuated with him. What happened?

Edited Wednesday at 02:09 AM by peeayebee

[AnimeMania]

In an earlier episode Van was trying to ask Erika out on a date, but Erika said that she had feelings for Jacob. Jacob is chasing every woman in town. So, Erika decided to give Van a chance, although they went pretty far for a first date.

[KaveDweller]

On 11/19/2024 at 12:46 PM, Ellee said:

Regarding June and her journey I am mixed. I love that she is living her life and enjoying it fully at her age but personally my sappy side says ‘my sons come first’.  Is that right or wrong?  I don’t know.  If grandchildren are involved, I’d live to hug and love them and teach them whatever I could and then hug them some more.  

I don't see why she can't hug, teach, and love her grandchildren and also explore her sexuality. She can't be around her sons and grandchildren 24/7.

21 hours ago, peeayebee said:

As for ... (checking characters' names) ... Ericka and her choice of Van, I'm confused. She was always looking at Jacob and seemed infatuated with him. What happened?

I felt like she was using him a little bit and it is not going to end well. He seems to have stronger feelings than she does.

[Ellee]

@KaveDweller  That is so true.  I was under the impression that June was behaving uncontrollably for the most part.  Maybe I misunderstood. It could have been that the sons were getting reports of her behavior and not witnessing her behavior. 

[KaveDweller]

On 11/20/2024 at 7:12 PM, Ellee said:

@KaveDweller  That is so true.  I was under the impression that June was behaving uncontrollably for the most part.  Maybe I misunderstood. It could have been that the sons were getting reports of her behavior and not witnessing her behavior. 

My take was that the retirement place she lived had rules she was breaking, but not that she was doing anything that crazy. Her sons just seemed horrified hearing about their mom having sex.

But I could have missed some parts at the beginning.

[possibilities]

They really didn't tell us enough to know whether her behavior was actually compulsive, or just enthusiastic and liberated. She seemed to me to be fine, but they really leaned hard into the sons being condemnatory, rather than showing the point of view of any of patient's partners.

If she was in flagrante with other residents, perhaps they were consenting, which as far as I'm concerned means it's not a problem. If they had said she was harassing people, that would be different. But at least two men showed up to embrace her. So I think it was just prudery on the part of the sons and social control on the part of the place they had been housing her.

 

[PurpleTentacle]

I liked that the "misunderstanding" between Wolf and Dr. big hands was short lived. A lesser show would have dragged that out for half a season.

That scene between Wolf and his mother and the flashbacks were heart wrenching. I dind't have the same experiences, but having been a gay kid in the 90s I still feel a certain connection to this storyline.