Black Box
Catherine Black, a famed neuroscientist with a job at the Center for Neurological Research and Treatment, struggles with mental illness. However, this is just one of the many secrets she hides from her fiancé and her family.
- Metascore44
- 2014-2014
- 1 season
- ABC
- Drama
- TV-14
Catherine Black, a famed neuroscientist with a job at the Center for Neurological Research and Treatment, struggles with mental illness. However, this is just one of the many secrets she hides from her fiancé and her family.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2014
Episode 1
Kiss the Sky
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 41 mins
A bipolar neuroscientist humanely deals with a manic teen who has a brain tumor and a woman with dementia. Her boyfriend proposes but, struggling with her desire to live life to the fullest, she sabotages things by tossing out her meds.
Episode 2
Sweet Little Lies
Thu, May 1, 2014 40 mins
A brain surgeon kills his patient when he has a seizure during surgery; a young girl hallucinates that her head explodes; Dr Black tries to help but are lies in her way? Her boyfriend confronts her for the truth.
Episode 3
Who Are You?
Thu, May 8, 2014 43 mins
Dr. Black treats patients with Capgras delusion and a woman whose brain only sees half a picture. In retaliation for her one night stands, Cat's boyfriend confesses cheating on her and a confrontation ensues between his mistress and Cat.
Episode 4
Exceptional or Dead
Thu, May 15, 2014 43 mins
Ali discovers that Leo, Dr. Bickman's rival, doesn't have super-memory but is faking it due to a brain tumor. A new patient turns violent. Dr Black loses her ring before her engagement party.
Episode 5
Jerusalem
Thu, May 22, 2014 41 mins
Dr Black treats Jacob, a rich Jewish man with God delusions; Arthur relapses so Dr Black gives him hallucinogenic mushrooms. Dr. Lark, who refuses to leave the office, gets an ultimatum from her date.
Episode 6
Forget Me
Thu, May 29, 2014 43 mins
Dr. Black treats a man with phantom limb pain and a blind woman with visual hallucinations. Her brother tries to get Cat to reconnect with their dad but she resists. Dr. Bickman tells Leo the truth about his memory loss.
Episode 7
Kodachrome
Thu, Jun 19, 2014 43 mins
Ian and Catherine work to remove a bullet from a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist without help from modern technology. Meanwhile, a high-profile makeup artist suffers a minor stroke leaving him color blind; and Catherine meets Will's parents.
Episode 8
Free Will
Thu, Jun 26, 2014 43 mins
The Cube is under attack by a violent gunman hounded by voices; Dr Bickman must operate on his shooter. Dr Black treats a patient with alien-hand syndrome and Will suspects she is lying when she cancels their date.
Episode 9
Sing Like Me
Thu, Jul 3, 2014 43 mins
Trying to help a sax player with hand tremors who fears brain surgery, Dr Black introduces him to her musician father. Leo begs Ian for a letter of recommendation and Catherine declares her feelings for him.
Episode 10
I Shall Be Released
Thu, Jul 10, 2014 42 mins
Dr Black refuses to give up on a girl dying of rabies. She goes manic while searching for a cure and returns Will his engagement ring, this after he'd told her he'd finally fired his mistress Delilah.
Episode 11
Emotion
Thu, Jul 17, 2014 41 mins
A doorman collapses, so Dr. Bickman rushes him to the cube and performs an alternative procedure. Meanwhile Catherine gets depressed after making a tough diagnosis. Joshua fears he's enabling his sister.
Episode 12
The Fear
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 42 mins
Dr. Bickman tries new therapy with the help of Dr. Lark to get rid of memories of both sweet moments with Catherine and the failed surgery. In the meantime, Catherine's medication is not helping any more due to increased burden; she makes an another hard diagnosis and loses herself completely after burning bridges with everyone. She disappears half-naked to dark forest.
Episode 13
Consequences
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 43 mins
Catherine returns to work after a month in treatment but can she keep her job? Esme's biological father needs his daughter's help and Esme finds out about the adoption.