The WORST episodes of Brilliant Minds
Every episode of Brilliant Minds ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Brilliant Minds!
Follows revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist Oliver Wolf and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier — the human mind — while also grappling with their own relationships and mental health.
#1 - The Contestant
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2025
A reality show contestant lands at the hospital with an unusual delusion. Dr. Pierce fights for her future at Bronx General. Wolf clashes with Frederick over a personal matter.
#2 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2024
Dr. Oliver Wolf reluctantly accepts a job at Bronx General Hospital where he's forced to work with a team of interns as they treat a mother who can no longer recognize her children.
#3 - The One That Got Away
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2025
A blast from the past shakes up Dr. Wolf's world when he becomes his next patient.
#4 - The Girl Who Cried Pregnant
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2024
Dr. Wolf and the interns go back to high school to treat a group of pregnant teenagers.
#5 - The Resident
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/2025
Wolf helps a ballerina recover from a mystery illness. The team tries to save Sam's life and get him on the transplant list. Secrets are revealed at the hospital's annual holiday gala that change the course of the doctors' lives.
#6 - The Disembodied Woman
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2024
When a high school girls’ basketball coach faces a debilitating illness, Dr. Wolf must help her reconnect with her body before it’s too late. Ericka and Dana treat a frat boy who sees dragons.
#7 - Once Upon a Time in America
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2025
Dr. Wolf and Dr. Nichols must do whatever it takes to keep two patients in critical condition alive.
#8 - The Lovesick Widow
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2024
When an elderly woman is brought in with signs of dementia, Dr. Wolf investigates whether she's suffering from a neurological disorder or having a late-in-life awakening. Dr. Pierce grapples with a chilling discovery about one of her patients.
#9 - The Pusher
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2025
Dr. Wolf and his team treat a young patient accused of a serious crime. Dana navigates unfamiliar territory in the romance department. Pierce returns to work.
#10 - The Rider
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2026
A rugged cowboy struts into Bronx General with mysterious symptoms and brings the rodeo with him; Dr. Wolf develops a relationship with someone who has ties to his father.
#11 - The Rabbit Hole
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/2026
When a college student comes in with a life-threatening illness, Dr. Wolf and his team have to get acquainted with sorority life. Dr. Thorne treats a child who collapsed under mysterious circumstances.
#12 - Phantom Hook
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2025
As Wolf deals with a personal crisis that brings up dark corners from his past, the interns assist an MMA fighter exhibiting strange symptoms. Meanwhile, Pierce is visited by Bitsy, an Upper West Side housewife with a penchant for gossip, who gives her some shocking intel about a nearby influential surgeon.
#13 - The Colorblind Painter
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2024
When an artist refuses to paint for his upcoming show, Dr. Wolf and his team must figure out why. Dr. Pierce goes into uncharted territory with a patient.
#14 - The Other Woman
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/2024
Dr. Pierce treats a patient in crisis, presenting an ethical dilemma. Dr. Wolf and Dr. Nichols disagree on how to treat a patient.
#15 - The Doctor's Graveyard
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2025
Dr. Wolf is haunted by a ghost from his past, and a patient arrives at Bronx General who appears to have risen from the dead.
#16 - The Upside Down
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2025
On a flight gone wrong, one patient's life is literally turned upside down.
#17 - The Man from Grozny
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2024
Dr. Wolf and the team perform their most experimental treatment yet: a brain-computer interface implantation in their John Doe patient's brain.
#18 - The Blackout Bride
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2024
When a bloody bride stumbles into Bronx General, Wolf races against the clock to save her.
#19 - The Man Who Can't See Faces
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/2025
Dr. Wolf meets a pastor dealing with mysterious visions. The interns grapple with the fallout from the building collapse.
#20 - The First Responder
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2024
An unexpected patient crashes into Bronx General with mysterious life-threatening symptoms.
#21 - Lady Liberty
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2025
Dr. Wolf and Dr. Pierce are tasked with a house call to evaluate a woman under a conservatorship. Dr. Kinney's curiosity is piqued by a patient outside the hospital.
#22 - The Boy Who Feels Everything
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2026
Dr. Wolf and the team come together as one of their own fights for her life.
#23 - The Doctor Whose World Collapsed
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2025
Dr. Wolf and his team face their biggest challenge yet when an apartment building collapses in the Bronx.
#24 - The Lost Biker
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2024
A member of a biker gang seeks out Dr. Wolf's help as he grapples with life-threatening memory loss. The interns are tasked to help a young girl struggling with mysterious seizures.
#25 - The Haunted Marine
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2024
Wolf must help a Marine grapple with mysterious symptoms before the birth of his child.