NBC’s Brilliant Minds season two, episode 10, begins at Harlan Oaks with Dr. Amelia Frederick (Bellamy Young) berating Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) for his behavior. Oliver claims he’s being held against his will, but Amelia reminds him he voluntarily signed in. She brings up “him” and says it’s time to talk about the incident.
(The following is a recap of season two, episode 10—the fall finale—and there are spoilers.)
The story flashes back three months to a ballet rehearsal. The lead dancer panics, believing she’s literally frozen. Obviously, this is the main patient of the week storyline.
Dr. Charlie Porter (Brian Altemus) tells his therapist, Terry, that Oliver has been incredibly unfair and out of line. Terry reminds Charlie that they’re working on letting go of his anger, and suggests that he show Oliver who he really is.
Elsewhere, Oliver’s mom, Muriel (Donna Murphy), is busy decorating Oliver’s home for Christmas. She loves the season; Oliver thinks it’s way too early for a Christmas tree. Muriel brings up the hospital gala taking place that evening and gives him permission to skip it, calling it an early Christmas gift.
“I can handle the gala if it means you’ll stop using these impromptu visits to psychoanalyze me,” says Oliver.
Dr. Carol Pierce (Tamberla Perry) is in a great mood because her divorce is final. Dr. Anthony Thorne (John Clarence Stewart) is also happy as they walk through the hospital. He just learned he has his kids for Christmas. They agree to toast their good news at the gala.
Dr. Jacob Nash (Spence Moore II) is done with his emergency department shift and back with the other residents. The gang’s busy calling hospitals to find a liver for Sam. So far, they’re striking out because everyone thinks he’s too big of a risk.
Oliver speaks with the ballet dancer, Juliet (Casimere Jollette), admitting he’s a huge fan of the city ballet. She’s anxious to get back to rehearsals since tonight’s opening night. Her file indicates she was diagnosed with sepsis and respiratory failure but left the ICU against her doctor’s advice. Juliet doesn’t think this has anything to do with that, since that ICU visit was three months ago.
Charlie intrudes on the exam, and Juliet corrects him when he says she fell. She claims her dumb partner dropped her. Also, everyone has it out for her. Oliver tries to get Charlie to leave but he refuses. Charlie shines a light in Juliet’s eyes and she reacts by saying her eyes are burning. She feels frozen again and doesn’t know where she is. She tries to run off but collapses.
Oliver and Charlie meet with Zora, the ballet’s artistic director, and Zora confirms Juliet’s partner didn’t drop her on purpose. Juliet’s currently in imaging to make sure she doesn’t have a brain bleed. Zora thinks Juliet changed after leaving the hospital; she’s no longer fearless.
Oliver explains Juliet signed out way too early and that she could now be experiencing issues connected to the previous ICU visit. Zora disagrees. She believes it’s just stage fright and is going to replace her with her understudy.
Amelia pops in on Carol, and they discuss the gala which Hudson Oaks is sponsoring. She wants Carol to know that Hudson Oaks really wants to be their partner when it comes to long-term care.
Oliver, no fan of Amelia, pulls Carol away to consult on Juliet. Juliet reveals that when she’s dancing, she feels like she’s transported somewhere else. “Sometimes it’s like I’m freezing, trembling, cold in my bones. Like my body is made of ice,” says Juliet. She also experiences a choking feeling and a sharp pain like she’s being stabbed in the back. And then it just ends.
Later, Oliver goes over her ICU charts, and everything she’s experiencing relates to her visit. She was intubated, hence the choking feeling, and she had a lumbar puncture. Plus, ice packs were applied to bring down her fever. Oliver believes she’s experiencing ICU PTSD three weeks after leaving the hospital. Carol agrees she’s having flashbacks to hallucinations she had under sedation. She suggests exposure therapy, but Charlie disagrees with both suggestions. Oliver thinks he should keep his opinions to himself, and they get into another shouting match. Charlie’s happy this time he has Carol as a witness.
Oliver reminds Charlie that his mistake with the Torres family almost cost the patient his life. Charlie strikes a nerve when he asks if Oliver’s ever made a mistake with a patient.
Oliver speaks with Dr. Josh Nichols (Teddy Sears) and demands to have Charlie taken off his team. Josh suggests that it’s Oliver’s job to train him, and Oliver fires back that Charlie is a lost cause.
Dr. Van Markus (Alex MacNicoll) and Jacob talk about Van’s ex, Michelle, and Van reveals he’s going to ask her to move in with him. Jacob approves, but Van senses something’s up. Jacob confesses that when he went home to Texas his old team doctor offered him a spot in his residency program. He’d be doing neuro in a sports context, and he admits that’s his dream job. Van can tell Jacob’s torn between staying and moving back home.
Carol gets Juliet to explain that when she was intubated, she panicked and they had to hold her down. She could hear Zora in her head telling her was stiff as a board. She felt bad, but was also brave enough to tell Zora off.
Dr. Dana Dang (Aury Krebs) and Dr. Ericka Kinney (Ashleigh LaThrop) check on Sam, sending his mom off to get some food and rest. Ericka pauses after looking in his eyes, and Dana confirms it appears Sam’s condition is worsening. Ericka’s voice breaks as she tries to stay positive about Sam’s prognosis.
Carol and Oliver recommend that Juliet stay overnight in the hospital. Carol wants her to face her fears via exposure therapy. (Oliver deliberately closes the door before Charlie joins them.) She’s taken to the ICU room where she spent three weeks with pneumonia, and they hand her a record of everything that happened while she was there. Nico’s also involved since he was one of her nurses when she was hospitalized.
Nico (Al Calderon) promises to stay with her and watch Real Housewives if she spends the night. She’s still not sure, but Oliver reminds her she could worsen her condition if she leaves.
Josh is getting ready to perform a procedure on Sam when Oliver arrives with news that a liver, intended for someone else, could match Sam. It’s on its way to the hospital right now. Josh promises to talk to the head of the transplant committee tonight at the gala.
Oliver and Ericka are determined to get him to put Sam on the list, and Dana helps Ericka with her makeup as they get dressed up for the gala. (Oliver’s team looks fantastic in formal attire!) Michelle rushes in with letters of support from a shelter where Sam stayed. He used to show up every month and help by giving blood. Ericka’s sure this will help when she pleads Sam’s case.
Michelle tells Van she’s decided not to go to the gala. She thinks Liam can’t handle another heartbreak, and Van swears he’ll be there for her and their son. He’s not going anywhere. Yes! Michelle changes her mind!
Meanwhile, Juliet is shaking and scared while listening to all the beeps from machines surrounding her bed. Charlie rushes in and offers to turn the volume down, but she declines. Charlie mentions how infuriating it is when their mentors punish them. Juliet disagrees; she finds it motivating. She’ll prove to Zora that she’s better than her one day.
“She doesn’t know it now but she’s creating a monster,” says Juliet. Charlie doesn’t respond.
The gala gets underway and everyone looks gorgeous. Amelia suggests to Carol that she “shoot her shot” with Anthony, as Oliver and the team look around for anyone on the transplant team. Finally, they spot Dr. Walker and Ericka’s ready to play on his heartstrings.
Ericka introduces herself and tries to pitch Sam’s case. Dr. Walker won’t even listen and walks away.
Oliver makes a bold move and takes the stage, praising his mom for planning this event after she retired. He calls patients the real heroes, and talks about Sam. He mentions that patients with mental illness are often summarily dismissed and not put on transplant lists. Oliver tells the crowd that every hospital rejected Sam outright, except Dr. Walker’s transplant team. He lies and says Dr. Walker recognized Sam’s potential and placed him at the top of the list.
“Dr. Walker is giving Sam Mapesberry that second chance at life,” says Oliver. The team’s shocked and exchange glances as Oliver continues. Oliver wraps up by saying he’s proud that at Bronx General they believe everyone deserves care.
The crowd applauds Dr. Walker, and Oliver’s mom takes over, calling Dr. Walker an angel. She tells the crowd, which includes donors, that this is what their money is going toward. Amelia gets everyone’s attention and announces Hudson Oaks will match donations up to $100,000.
Oliver and Ericka speak to Dr. Walker, who’s confused and upset. Oliver points out that he made him a hero while Ericka scans the crowd and confirms the donors approve. Dr. Walker will put Sam on the list but warns them he has a very long memory.
Ericka’s races out of the gala, all smiles.
Carol and Anthony compliment each other and flirt. However, it turns out that Anthony’s with a date who also works at the hospital.
Oliver’s surprised when Muriel welcomes Charlie Porter to the stage to share his story of why he became a doctor. Charlie talks about avoiding hospitals because his mother was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor when he was a child. Charlie recalls that his mom suffered, and that her young, dedicated doctor swore he’d be with them every step of the way. Oliver stares at the photo of Charlie’s mom now on display and suddenly realizes who Charlie is. (He’s the son of the female patient that still haunts him to this day.) Charlie continues, saying he became a doctor because of his mom’s doctor. He recalls the doctor dangled the possibility that she could be saved and his family clung to that. That left them completely unprepared when she died.
Charlie realized in medical school there was never a possibility that she would have survived. He also realized that Oliver “sold her fantasy because he couldn’t bear to face the truth.”
Charlie believes they’re in the business of telling the truth. He hopes when he’s honest with his patients, he makes his mom proud.
(Meanwhile, Ericka tells Sam’s mom that they have a liver as the team wheels him out of the room.)
Charlie and Oliver step outside, and Charlie admits he wanted to meet the doctor who ruined his life. Oliver attempts to explain that both he and Charlie’s mom wanted to keep fighting, but Charlie doesn’t want to hear it. Oliver is shocked this is all to revenge his mother’s death, and Charlie corrects him. It’s also about his father who drank himself to death four years after she died because he couldn’t deal with the pain she’d suffered.
Charlie’s been alone since he was 14. Oliver apologizes and Charlie doesn’t forgive him. Charlie found Oliver’s father and hands him the address. He walks away, suggesting they’ll see who breaks from not processing trauma.
The night’s coming to an end and Muriel thanks the donors for the record-setting night. Muriel sings, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” as couples take the dance floor. Oliver rushes past Carol and Josh without answering her question about Charlie’s speech.
Josh and Carol slow dance, and Josh asks if she’s noticed anything off about Oliver.
Nico and Juliet watch Real Housewives as Juliet learns that her understudy got a standing ovation. She shakes it off. Elsewhere, Ericka and Jacob celebrate Sam’s liver transplant. Jacob tells Ericka that she saved Sam’s life and that she’s amazing . They kiss, and she says, “So are you.”
Oliver heads to the address Charlie gave him and breaks the glass in the door when no one answers.
Van’s standing outside with Dana when he texts Michelle after she no-shows. Dana assures him that Michelle will come around, and Van thinks he just put too much pressure on her.
The season two fall finale ends with Michelle unconscious (or maybe dead?) in the driver’s seat. It appears someone ran into the driver’s side of her car.
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