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Here's When Brilliant Minds Returns for New Episodes in 2025
What is Dr. Ericka Kinney's fate on Brilliant Minds?
Following the jaw-dropping cliffhanger at the end of Season 1, Episode 11, “The Other Woman,” Brilliant Minds fans are waiting on the edge of their seats for upcoming episodes.
The medical drama follows actor Zachary Quinto as he portrays Dr. Oliver Wolf, an eccentric medical phenomenon inspired by real-life neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks. Known for his unorthodox (to say the very least) methods, Dr. Wolf gets a job as the new head of the Neurology Department at Bronx General Hospital, which also happens to be run by his mother, Dr. Muriel Landon (Donna Murphy).
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He’s begrudgingly assigned to mentor four interns in addition to aiding his patients. Together, along with the guidance of his long-time friend and psychiatrist Dr. Carol Pierce (Tamberla Perry), as well as fellow neurosurgeon Dr. Josh Nichols (Teddy Sears), the medical team is tasked with assessing adrenaline-pumping scenarios and getting to the root of the issues their patients face before it’s too late.
During the holiday season, the series will be taking a brief hiatus before returning with the final two episodes of the season. Read on to learn more about when the show will come back.
When will new episodes of Brilliant Minds return on NBC?
Brilliant Minds will return with Season 1, Episode 12, "The Doctor Whose World Collapsed," on Monday, January 6, 2024, at 10/9c on NBC.
The episode will pick up right at the cliffhanger from the previous episode, “The Other Woman,” in which the last viewers see of intern Dr. Ericka Kinney (Ashleigh LaThrop) is her getting stuck in her apartment building's elevator with two other residents. The next scene pans to the hospital as Dr. Wolf and the rest of the interns find out that Ericka’s building collapsed, and no one has heard from her.
“Ericka’s been, in my mind, the leader of the interns all season. And she’s sort of really stepped up as a friend, as a support system,” creator and executive producer Michael Grassi told NBC Insider.
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“She is so by the books and Type A. And I feel like all of our interns this season have been tested in different ways by patience or experiences," Grassi continued. "And Ericka’s I felt been a real anchor to all of them. And I think we’ve been building to Ericka’s test in a weird way. Putting her in a position where she is scared for her own life, [and] at the same time has to step up and be a doctor for somebody else who’s in danger. And you really feel like everything that she’s learned all season long is put into this sequence, which is harrowing, in the elevator and also really holds up a mirror to herself.”
Where can you watch and stream episodes of Brilliant Minds?
In the meantime, you can stream episodes of Brilliant Minds on Peacock (and you can grab access to the streaming service right here).
