Brilliant Minds Season 2 Episode 3 “The Pusher” Recap: The Interns are Doing A LOT

I’m coming in straight off the bat and saying this episode is my favorite of the season so far and definitely in my top 10 Brilliant Minds episodes. I’m sure the list will change as the season goes on but we are off to a good start. If I am being honest, without the ongoing mystery of why Wolf ends up in a mental hospital (none of that was touched on in this episode) the last two episodes weren’t that great. 

“The Pusher” corrects that problem. We start off by seeing a woman get hit by a train and it appears that a man pushed her. That man is Adam, a non verbal adult with Autism. He becomes Wolf’s patient because Van’s ex, Michelle, is his social worker. The police believe he pushed his caregiver, Gloria on the subway. When she comes in, Jacob treats her under the watchful eye of Dr. Thorne. Jacob handles the treatment on his own and I think we are going to be losing him to the ER. 

Wolf and team go above and beyond to help Adam. Van tries to use his superpower of Mirror Touch but it doesn’t work so Wolf sends him and Michelle to Adam’s apartment to look for clues. Once there, they speak to his roommate who informs them that Adam is upset he will age out of care and will have nowhere to go and that he and Gloria argued about it last week, further putting suspicion on Adam that he actually pushed Gloria. During this interaction, Van and Michelle are very flirty, which sucks for me because I want Van and Ericka back together. 

Back at the hospital, the team is having a hard time making sense of Adam’s drawings and his speech. That is until Wolf cracks the code and Adam was trying to tell everyone that Gloria is sick. Turns out she has Lupus. She wakes up right after Adam is arrested and tells what happened. She fainted on the subway and Adam was trying to help her. Even more great news, Adam is released and will be living with Gloria full time. I love a “feel” good story. 

But, the episode was packed full of drama. Turns out that Dana reported Carol to the medical board but wouldn’t tell Ericka her “reasons” and she spilled right when Ericka was finally going to come clean about taking pills. This will put the besties and roommates at odds because Ericka spent the whole episode trying to find out who reported Carol. As she pointed out Wolf gets away with whatever he wants but the minute a black woman does something, she is reported, stings that Dana was the one to do it. Speaking of pills, Ericka is hiding them in a mint can and Wolfe almost took one. She has to come clean soon.

Dana had even more drama with her girlfriend who she feels is reckless and will get hurt, reminding her of her sister that she lost. Van tried to rekindle things with Michelle and was shot down, while sparks are flying between Carole and Thorne. Dr. Porter is still a jerk and Josh is the new Chief. 

Whew, so much went down and I cannot wait for the next episode. What did you think? Drop a comment and vote in our poll. 

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