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Pure Genius Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2016 - 2017
Episode 1
Pilot
Thu, Oct 27, 201643 mins
Walter Wallace is a dedicated and skilled doctor who was fired by his hospital for using an unsanctioned drug that would lead to his patient's death. He would get an offer to work at a hospital founded by a tech billionaire, James Bell, who wants to create new tech to help people. Wallace is not impressed and wants to turn him down. But some new patients arrive like a woman who is pregnant and has a tumor which if they don';t remove she will die. But it means terminating her pregnancy which she doesn't want to do. And a comatose girl whose parents want them to help her but it's determined her coma is irreversible. But Bell says they will find a way.
Episode 2
It's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Silk Surgery
Thu, Nov 3, 201642 mins
When a young boy's legs are crushed after being pinned by a car, Malik is determined to use a revolutionary procedure using spider silk to save his limbs, while Zoe lobbies in favor of the safer route of amputation. Also, James, Walter and Talaikha care for Amelia, a young woman in dire need of a liver transplant, but they're puzzled by her resistance when they tell her the donor is her estranged father, Simon.
Episode 3
You Must Remember This
Thu, Nov 10, 201643 mins
The team tries reconstructing a police officer's brain when he loses his memory in a car accident.
Episode 4
Not Your Grandmother's Robotic Surgery
Thu, Nov 17, 201642 mins
When James' beloved elementary school teacher is diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, he tries to employ a risky robotic surgery to save her, an approach with which Walter disagrees. Also, a military veteran blinded in combat and riddled with guilt refuses Zoe and Talikha's high-tech treatment that could restore his vision.
Episode 5
Fire and Ice
Thu, Nov 24, 201642 mins
James persuades a hockey player with a severe spinal injury to undergo a risky surgery that could allow him to walk again.
Episode 6
Bunker Hill, We Have a Problem
Thu, Dec 1, 201642 mins
Walter and the Bunker Hill surgeons must perfect a revolutionary remote surgery when someone on the International Space Station needs an emergency procedure. Also, the team uses social media to locate the source of an E. coli outbreak in town; Scott's secret past is revealed; and Zoe and Malik's flirtation heats up.
Episode 7
A Bunker Hill Christmas
Thu, Dec 8, 201643 mins
When a young leukemia patient comes to Bunker Hill in need of a miracle, James hopes a new t-cell cancer treatment will save her life, as her optimism inspires him to become a better person. Also, Malik and Zoe agree to go on a date just as James confesses his feelings to her, and Julianna's Christmas visit with Walter uncovers the strain in their long-distance marriage.
Episode 8
Around the World in Eight Kidneys
Thu, Dec 15, 201642 mins
When a patient with kidney problems who was hoping that a new dialysis machine will not only help her but allow her daughter the freedom to pursue her dancing. But when her kidneys get worse, her only hope is a transplant but she needs a specific type which her daughter is not. So they decide to implement a search all over the world for a donor who also has a love one who needs a transplant and they seek a donor for that person who also has a love one who is willing to donate till they find someone whom the daughter can donate to. And they all come to Bunker Hill and a doctor is assigned to a patient. And Zoe is assigned to a boy whose the one the daughter will donate to. But when one of the donors is deemed unfit to donate the whole process is in jeopardy. Zoe wants to make sure the boy gets his kidney but Wallace reminds her of certain rules they need to follow which she disregards. James comes up with an idea but it's a long shot.
Episode 9
Grace
Sun, Jan 1, 201742 mins
A young man arrives at Bunkerhill seeking treatment for a drug-resistant form of AIDS. Dr. Wallace's daughter brings an infected friend to Bunkerhill. James discusses his feelings with Zoe.
Episode 10
Hero Worship
Thu, Jan 5, 201741 mins
When a woman arrives at Bunker Hill with a mysterious lung ailment, James is conflicted after he connects other respiratory cases in her area to possible contamination from a microchip factory owned by his hero, tech guru Douglas Prescott (David Paymer). Also, Walter and Zoe work to find why a young man can't walk despite his legs being in good condition, and Zoe becomes jealous of James's connection to Nina.
Episode 11
Touch and Go
Thu, Jan 12, 201743 mins
James and Zoe work to help a teenage girl (Jessica Garza) with a rare skin blistering disorder, employing radical treatments to heal her skin in time for her to attend her school prom. Also, as Louis Keating's GSS condition gets worse, James is tempted to use his experimental cure to save him. And Malik is jealous over the special connection between James and Zoe, while Zoe awkwardly meets James' new crush, Nina (Alexis Krause).
Episode 12
I Got This
Thu, Jan 19, 201743 mins
Talaikha and Malik treat Georgia Ray (Lindsey Gort), one of the world's biggest pop stars and friend of James's, for laryngeal cancer, but when gold particles and microsurgery reveal more cancer than expected, they incur the singer's wrath when her vocal chords and career are threatened. Also, Angie's mother reluctantly sees Scott as a patient when she thinks she may be ill, and James is discouraged when he thinks Louis Keating's GSS is getting worse.
Episode 13
Lift Me Up
Thu, Jan 26, 201742 mins
Angie needs Scott's help when her mother will not agree to being treated by nano-bots; Walter, Malik and Zoe attempt to use suspended animation to save a graffiti artist; Juliana discovers James treated Louis Keating with an unapproved drug.