NBC's 'Brilliant Minds' Sets Itself Apart From Other Medical Dramas With A Tender Gay Love Story

LOADINGERROR LOADINGLove is in the air for onetime adversaries Dr.Oliver Wolf and Dr.

Josh Nichols on the latest episode of “Brilliant Minds,” NBC’s new medical drama.In “The Man from Grozny,” which aired Monday and is available for streaming on Peacock, Dr.Wolf (played by Zachary Quinto) shares a passionate kiss with Dr.

Nichols (Teddy Sears) following weeks of growing tension between the two men.Advertisement “It’s one of the most beautiful scenes of the season,” series creator and showrunner Michael Grassi told HuffPost.“When I created this show, I was excited to have the opportunity to tell relationship stories in a hospital with a gay protagonist.

After we’ve sort of set up all our chess pieces, we finally get to do it.This is our opportunity to have a real romantic lead.”Like most “Brilliant Minds” episodes thus far, “The Man from Grozny” begins with Dr.

Wolf trying to find a way to treat an ailing patient ― in this case, a man named Roman (Alex Ozerov-Meyer) who arrives at New York’s Bronx General Hospital with locked-in syndrome, unable to move or speak after a cycling accident.Zachary Quinto and Teddy Sears in NBC's "Brilliant Minds." The actors also co-starred on "American Horror Story" in 2011.Rafy/NBCAfter Dr.

Wolf and his associates restore Roman’s ability to communicate via a brain computer interface implantation, they learn the patient is a gay man and an undocumented immigrant from Russia’s Chechnya region who is fleeing anti-LGBTQ+ persecution in his homeland.And though the character’s story ends on a bittersweet note, it prompts Dr.

Wolf to rethink his own romantic life.Advertisement “It was important to remind people [of] some of the freedoms we have in the U.S.

― and to tell that through a love story,” Grassi said.“Roman dreamt of moving to America, where he’d see his boyfriend on the street and they could kiss and no one would be looking at them because nobody cares.

And Dr.Wol...