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Love is in the wind for onetime adversaries Dr. Oliver Wolf and Dr. Josh Nichols on the latest episode of “Brilliant Minds,” NBC’s new medical drama.
In “The Man from Grozny,” which aired Monday and is obtainable for streaming on Peacock, Dr. Wolf (played by Zachary Quinto) shares a passionate brush with Dr. Nichols (Teddy Sears) following weeks of growing tension between the two men.
Like most “Brilliant Minds” episodes thus far, “The Man from Grozny” begins with Dr. Wolf trying to find a way to treat an ailing patient ― in this case, a man named Roman (Alex Ozerov-Meyer) who arrives at New York’s Bronx General Hospital with locked-in syndrome, unable to move or speak after a cycling accident.
After Dr. Wolf and his associates restore Roman’s ability to communicate via a mind computer interface implantation, they learn the patient is a gay man and an undocumented immigrant from Russia’s Chechnya region who is fleeing anti-LGBTQ+ persecution in his homeland. And though the character’s story ends on a bittersweet remark , it prompts Dr. Wolf to rethink his hold romantic life.
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&#;Brilliant Minds&#; Creator On Show&#;s &#;Love Letter&#; To Real-Life Queer Doctor Oliver Sacks
Although Zachary Quinto only plays a doctor on television, his character has some very real inspiration.
In Brilliant Minds, the Emmy nominee stars as Dr. Oliver Wolf, inspired by the world-renowned gay neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, who wrote numerous bestselling books based on his case studies before he died at age 82 in
Series maker Michael Grassi explained that he&#;s &#;doing something different&#; from other medical procedural dramas, telling Huffington Publish, &#;What really differentiates our show is Oliver Sacks. This is a adore letter to a real-life doctor who treated real-life patients and told their stories.&#;
In the NBC series, which airs Mondays, Wolf suffers from a rare condition that brings a unique quality to his care. After his unusual methods fallout in his dismissal, he takes a job at Bronx General, where he leads a team of bright young interns in solving puzzling cases.
Although Sacks remained closeted throughout much of his experience, Grassi&#;s show — inspired by Sacks&#; books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat () and An Anthropol When he began writing NBC’s medical drama “Brilliant Minds,” series creator Michael Grassi says he had only one actor in thought to portray his show’s protagonist, Dr. Oliver Wolf. That would be Zachary Quinto, the Emmy nominee whose television credits include “Star Trek” and the “American Horror Story” anthology series, and who has appeared on Broadway in acclaimed revivals of “The Glass Menagerie” and “The Boys in the Band,” among other shows. “I’ve never seen Zach play it harmless in a performance. Everything he does, he always takes a big swing,” Grassi, whose TV credits include “Schitt’s Creek” and “Riverdale,” told HuffPost. “We’ve seen him play villains before. We’ve seen him do so much genre. But the thing that Zach brings to the show — something I didn’t know was feasible — is incredible wit and levity. I’m elated for viewers to glimpse how much warmth and humor he brings.” “Brilliant Minds,” which premiered last week, is based on the life of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the world-renowned neurologist and author once referred to as the “poet laureate of contemporary medicine.” Like Sacks, Dr. Wolf is both a respected neurologist and a man of extremes — in the show’s pilot episode, Finding a gay doctor to address your health needs in real life is hard enough. The similar has often been genuine on TV, where primetime medical dramas have typically opted for straight practitioners in lead roles. “It's a big deal because it's not a big deal, actually,” says Quinto, 47, best known for playing Spock in the unused “Star Trek” movies and his roles on “American Horror Story.” “Oliver Wolf's sexuality is a complex aspect of who he is as it is for any human entity. But it's by no means the only aspect of his personality or his experience.” To embody Wolf, Quinto pulled inspiration from a real-life doctor, the original basis for his character, who didn’t show up out until near the end of his life: Dr. Oliver Sacks, who was also a neurologist. Sacks died in , at age Cited as “the poet laureate of medicine .
But that’s changing, thanks to Dr. Oliver Wolf, who happens to be openly gay, on the recent NBC drama “Brilliant Minds.” Zachary Quinto — not a doctor, but male lover — portrays Wolf, who leads a team of interns studying the mysteries of the brain in his neurology department in New York City.