chitowngirl November 17 Share November 17 (edited) 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 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/
Nijntje November 17 Share November 17 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. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8510120
peeayebee November 17 Share November 17 Were you able to watch the actual "The Man from Grozny"? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8510129
AnimeMania November 19 Share November 19 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 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8511450
Ellee November 19 Share November 19 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. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8512145
peeayebee November 20 Share November 20 (edited) 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 November 20 by peeayebee 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8512554
AnimeMania November 20 Share November 20 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. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8512578
KaveDweller November 20 Share November 20 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. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8513288
Ellee November 21 Share November 21 @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. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8513307
KaveDweller November 22 Share November 22 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. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8514421
possibilities November 22 Share November 22 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. 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8514430
PurpleTentacle November 24 Share November 24 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. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8516231
Sandman December 4 Share December 4 (edited) On 11/17/2024 at 1:58 PM, peeayebee said: Were you able to watch the actual "The Man from Grozny"? I’m in Canada, too, and my provider labeled this episode as “The Man From Grozny,” as well as repeating this episode (under its proper title) the following week. Needless to say, it definitely felt like I had missed something as I watched this episode. (I’ve since discovered that the actual “Man From Grozny” episode is still available on demand. Speaking of missing something, no boundaries and poor communication skills? Dr. Landon is a mess! This character is becoming less believable with every episode. And I don’t understand why Pierce didn’t just say “It’s inappropriate for me to continue treating you”? The patient, Alison, is clearly manipulative, absolutely knows who Pierce is, and her veiled threat to harm herself, even if it’s genuine, could have been countered. This seems like a situation that actually should involve Dr. Landon as Chief of Medicine, as opposed to, say, her son’s love life! I’ll admit it was a cute bit having Susan Bay Nimoy say that Oliver reminded her of a young version of her late husband, but I begin to think the show’s writing is just a little too much in love with its own cleverness. Edited December 4 by Sandman Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8524127
bros402 December 11 Share December 11 On 11/19/2024 at 9:08 PM, peeayebee said: 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. The medication was to help with a low sex drive. However, I think most of those medications are for pre-menopausal women (from what I have heard from women in the young adult cancer community who are in chemo induced menopause, those medications can not be used once you hit menopause) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8529863
possibilities December 11 Share December 11 In Menopause Manifesto (book about menopause written by a gynecologist). there is a chapter on post-menopausal sex and she does say that most of the time the solutions are not pharmaceutical. However, there are some situations where there are some meds that are useful. We never really found out what the exact medical issues were for the patient of the week, so it's hard to say what would or wouldn't fix it. Was she depressed before? Was she having pain? Was she having problems with blood flow? There are lots of different possibilities. I think the network probably didn't want to get too explicit. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8530091
bros402 December 12 Share December 12 13 hours ago, possibilities said: In Menopause Manifesto (book about menopause written by a gynecologist). there is a chapter on post-menopausal sex and she does say that most of the time the solutions are not pharmaceutical. However, there are some situations where there are some meds that are useful. We never really found out what the exact medical issues were for the patient of the week, so it's hard to say what would or wouldn't fix it. Was she depressed before? Was she having pain? Was she having problems with blood flow? There are lots of different possibilities. I think the network probably didn't want to get too explicit. Yeah they skipped over a lot of it and just went "neurosyphilis" I was half expecting them to bring up the Tuskegee Study when they mentioned the neurosyphilis Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8530829
possibilities December 12 Share December 12 I wonder if people will now be stupid enough to refuse treatment for syphilus, in hopes of getting this side effect if it goes on long enough. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8531285
bros402 December 13 Share December 13 8 hours ago, possibilities said: I wonder if people will now be stupid enough to refuse treatment for syphilus, in hopes of getting this side effect if it goes on long enough. ugh, I hope not Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/150638-s01e08-the-lovesick-widow/#findComment-8531528
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