[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 3, “The Lost Biker.”]
Three episodes into its freshman season and Good Minds is already having a homosexual previous time! Not solely has the brand new drama starring the superbly solid Zachary Quinto as genius neurosurgeon Oliver Wolf drawn very wholesome numbers in its first two airings, nevertheless it’s additionally simply revealed that Wolf isn’t the one gay healer on workers at Bronx Normal. Seems, the Chair of Neurology—and frequent thorn in his facet—Dr. Josh Nichols (our previous pal from The Flash, Teddy Sears) can also be a member of the Rainbow mafia.
In tonight’s just-aired episode, Wolf and Nichols discovered themselves in a really sticky state of affairs whereas (actually) racing to assist a motorbike gang member (Steve Howey) affected by hydrocephalus. Through the bumpy journey to the hospital, Nichols’ cellphone linked to his automotive sound system and that rattling Siri started studying off a voicemail from a fella he’d had a special form of bumpy journey with the night time earlier than. Busted however not bashful, Nichols downplayed the second however all of us noticed Wolf’s response. So what does this imply? Will we see a gathering of the Minds? Sears isn’t spilling that tea simply but, though it seems like a superb transfer to let these two simmer till not less than later within the season!
Sir! How have you ever been? Showrunner Michael Grassi hinted this summer time that your character was going to deliver some battle, however that Nichols and Wolf would discover, I believe he mentioned, “frequent floor” in some locations. And I used to be like, what’s occurring right here? Do you know what was up with Josh coming into the present?
Teddy Sears: I imply, I believe I knew as a lot as they did once they had been conceiving the characters when the pilot script was written. Once I auditioned for it, it was all within the breakdown. It is a very ordered, very structured, very by-the-book, conventional medical surgeon, and he’s very profitable due to that, and naturally, a distinction to Wolf’s method. They usually additionally [said] there’s additionally a possible for him, I don’t know, to be form of match is perhaps the proper phrase. A potential accomplice.
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Okay. And don’t fear, this received’t run till after the episode airs. As a result of we wish individuals to get to hearken to the voicemail message from the man from Equinox.
[Laughs] Sure! Dustin from the Abs class. Sure, we do discover out within the midst of a really burly biker state of affairs that Josh is homosexual. However right here’s one thing: It was revealed within the authentic pilot! We shot a extremely fantastic scene at a bar that funnily [was used] in one of many promos. It’s a scene we’ll by no means see. So we knew this getting into that they’d this second at this bar…basically within the pilot, it was two scenes. I’m going to Wolf’s workplace and say basically, “Hey, hey, man, I believe we began off on the improper foot. Let me purchase a drink.” After which they reduce to a bar they usually’re simply in the course of speaking, having a pleasant time. However Wolf is like, “What have you learnt about me?” And I say, “You might have fairly the fame in the neighborhood.” Wolf’s like, “Within the physician neighborhood” and I say, “The homosexual physician neighborhood.” After which I inform him—and the viewers—the legend of who Wolf is. For no matter motive, they didn’t suppose it was mandatory. Possibly it was too quickly. Possibly they simply thought, let’s not have these guys be chummy till later.
Possibly they didn’t need to expose the very fact that there’s a homosexual physician neighborhood! It’s most likely a secret society!
[Laughs] That’s proper! Possibly they took a tough take a look at the entire thing they usually thought, let’s pull again from that. However both means, we do be taught in Episode 3 that Josh is homosexual, that Josh clearly he has a thriving, if not attention-grabbing, life outdoors of the hospital that comes up on the most form of inopportune time. That was a really, very irritating, very high-tension scene…and we discuss so quick! Zach and I discuss so quick, and that’s one thing that I believe you’ll see all through the season is these two characters form of match cadence. They go toe-to-toe rather well. And to circle again on what Michael mentioned this summer time, these two completely method their sufferers and their makes an attempt to achieve decision otherwise. However there’s a large quantity of respect as a result of finally, they each care in regards to the well-being of the affected person, not nearly getting the surgical procedure performed and transferring on to the subsequent affected person, if that makes any sense.
Completely! It’s really so refreshing that neither of those medical doctors nor the interns are all for being hotshot medical doctors.
Proper, proper. As a result of we’ve seen that earlier than. We’ve seen that present earlier than, like, “Right here comes the hotshot physician. He’s the s**t!” I imply, there’s a component of that although to Josh that we spoke about, that surgeons basically, particularly neurosurgeons, need others who know that they’re the surgeon. There’s form of a pecking order of the hospital. So generally, there’ll be a surgical cap worn across the flooring of the hospital when it doesn’t have to be worn, to form of let others know who’s vital. [Laughs] Josh, I believe, form of loves being good at his job and it’s an enormous a part of his id.
One other factor that’s attention-grabbing about Episode 3 is that it was the primary time for me—and for Josh—the place we had to consider issues like bedside method. How do I communicate to a affected person? How do I pitch concepts for find out how to resolve this specific medical challenge? How do I communicate, how do I ship information, proper? As an actor, I hadn’t found out what my bedside method was but, how I’d current my course of remedy or ship information. So this was the episode the place we see all these issues and I acquired an opportunity to determine that out and that form of helped the trajectory of the character.
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That is smart, too, as a result of that is actually the primary time we get to see him at work. Up ’til now, it’s been him observing and exchanging dialogue with different characters, however actually not moving into the job. After which, there’s a touch that Josh is as unconventional as Wolf is. Why is that this man driving round with spinal needles in his automotive?!
Proper?! Like, what’s occurring on this man’s life that he has these? [Laughs] We’re going to be taught extra because the present goes on, why this man is so ready and why there’s form of all these contingencies on the prepared, if you’ll. And that has so much to do along with his background and what he was and who he was earlier than he grew to become a surgeon. Once I learn the script, too, I used to be like, “Why is that this in his glove compartment?” However I may get my head round why once I discovered extra about Josh, particularly in Episode 5.
So we do get to search out out extra about Nichols. The stuff between you and Quinto is so good, however do you get to work together with the opposite characters extra?
Oh, completely. At varied levels of the season, you’ll see me work together with all of ’em. And specifically, there are just a few notable scenes with Donna Murphy form of halfway via the season. After which, Wolf and I primarily workforce up on stuff and that’s form of the place that’s. I’ll say we even have such dynamite visitor stars, which says so much about this present. I believe there’s a need for excellent actors to hunt out good materials. Possibly I’m biased, however I actually do suppose the writing is spectacular.
Good Minds, Mondays, 10/9c, NBC
