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Mandy Patinkin Joins 'Brilliant Minds' as Mysterious Doctor With Risky Case
NBC's 'Brilliant Minds' introduces Mandy Patinkin as a 'mysterious' doctor alongside Zachary Quinto in Us Weekly's exclusive first look
In Us Weekly ‘s first look at the Monday, January 6, episode, Oliver Wolf ( Zachary Quinto) and Josh Nichols ( Teddy Sears) show up to help a woman trapped under a collapsed building, which is when they notice a good samaritan on the scene. Brilliant Minds, which premiered in September 2024, is inspired by the Oliver Sacks books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars and follows a neurologist and his team of interns as they tackle challenging neurology cases while dealing with their own relationships and mental health. After reading about the inspiration for Brilliant Minds, Quinto considered the role “an honor” to take on, adding, “The tragedy of his life was that he felt like if he brought that part of himself into his work, he would have been denied those opportunities.
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