
TV show · drama
Pure Genius
2016–2017 · 1 season, 13 episodes · canceled
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Seasons and episodes Pure Genius
Season scores: TMDB, out of 10.
Season 1
2016 · 13 episodes · about 9h · 7.0/10
1. Pilot43 min · 7.2/10
Silicon Valley tech titan James Bell enlists Dr. Walter Wallace, an exceptional veteran surgeon with a controversial past, to run his state-of-the-art hospital with an ultramodern approach to medicine.
2. It's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Silk Surgery43 min · 7.2/10
Malik and Zoe don't see eye to eye when it comes to using a revolutionary procedure involving spider silk to save a boy's crushed legs versus the safer route of amputation. Elsewhere, James, Walter and Talaikha care for a young woman in desperate need of a liver transplant who, to their surprise, is reluctant to accept a donation from her estranged father.
3. You Must Remember This43 min · 6.5/10
James wants to treat a police officer who suffered a brain injury in a car crash and lost all of his memories with a cutting-edge method to recode his brain; at the same time, an obese woman is given an appetite suppression sensor; and Zoe tries to erase security footage of her kiss with Malik.
4. Not Your Grandmother's Robotic Surgery43 min · 7.0/10
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.
5. Fire and Ice43 min · 7.7/10
James convinces a hockey player with a severe spinal injury to undergo risky surgery that could enable him to walk again. Also, James invites Walter’s wife, FDA executive Julianna Wallace, to Bunker Hill to persuade her to approve a new skin bio-printing trial.
6. Bunker Hill, We Have a Problem43 min · 7.3/10
Walter and the Bunker Hill surgeons must perfect a revolutionary remote surgery when someone on the International Space Station needs an emergency procedure.
7. A Bunker Hill Christmas43 min
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.
8. Around the World in Eight Kidneys43 min · 7.5/10
James and the Bunker Hill surgeons attempt to make medical history with the largest chain of internationally paired kidney donations ever, comprised of eight simultaneous organ transplants and 16 surgeries.
9. Grace43 min · 6.5/10
When a young man comes to Bunker Hill ravaged by a drug-resistant strain of HIV, James attempts a radical anti-viral treatment. Also, Walter must work quickly when his daughter’s best friend contracts a fatal flesh-eating bacteria, and James makes a connection with Louis Keating’s nurse.
10. Hero Worship43 min · 7.0/10
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.
11. Touch and Go43 min · 6.5/10
James and Zoe work to help a teenage girl 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.
12. I Got This43 min · 6.5/10
Talaikha and Malik treat Georgia Ray, 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.
13. Lift Me Up43 min · 7.5/10
Angie tries to target her mother’s illness using radical nanobot technology, but she looks to Scott for help when her mother prefers using traditional methods. Also, when a graffiti artist with a clotting disorder falls from a bridge, Walter, Malik and Zoe attempt to use suspended animation to stop his internal bleeding.
Season summaries1 season, 13 episodes
Season 1
2016 · 13 episodes · about 9h · TMDB 7.0
1 season, 13 episodes, about 9h in total, from October 27, 2016 to January 26, 2017. Episodes run about 43 min.
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What is it about? Pure Genius
Tech giant. Medical pioneer.
A young Silicon Valley tech-titan enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting-edge, new school approach to medicine.
Genre: drama. Themes: medicine, technology, hospital, billionaire, doctor, medical drama.
Cast and crew Pure Genius
AllCreators
- Created byJason Katims
- Created bySarah Watson
- NetworkCBS
Full cast18 cast members across all seasons
Cast:
- Dermot Mulroney · Walter Wallace · 13 ep.
- Augustus Prew · James Bell · 13 ep.
- Odette Annable · Zoe Brockett · 13 ep.
- Reshma Shetty · Talaikha Channarayapatra · 13 ep.
- Aaron Jennings · Malik Verlaine · 13 ep.
- Ward Horton · Scott Strauss · 13 ep.
- Brenda Song · Angie Cheng · 13 ep.
- Drew Fonteiro · Digitalist · 2 ep.
- Guilford Adams · Will · 1 ep.
- Jade Pettyjohn · Madeline Sorenson · 1 ep.
- Cesili Williams · Astrid Pierre · 1 ep.
- Lulu Brud · Skylar Stevens · 1 ep.
- Jessica Garza · Lydia · 1 ep.
- Sloane Morgan Siegel · Evan Coleman · 1 ep.
- Justin H. Min · Eugene · 1 ep.
- Leslie L. Miller · BH Ambassador (as Leslie Miller) · 1 ep.
- Jazzmun · Gloria · 1 ep.
- Phillip Phillips · Self · 1 ep.
Crew:
- Jason Katims · Executive Producer
- Michelle Lee · Executive Producer
- Jason Katims · Writer
- Norberto Barba · Director
- Dylan K. Massin · Director
- Jon Cowan · Writer
- Meredith Averill · Writer
- Michael Engler · Director
- David Semel · Director
- Rosemary Rodriguez · Director
- Michael Weaver · Director
- Mark Piznarski · Director
- Jessica Yu · Director
- Richard J. Lewis · Director
- Patrick R. Norris · Director
- Denise Hahn · Writer
- Ted Sullivan · Writer
- Andrew Hinderaker · Writer
- Sarah Watson · Writer
- Yahlin Chang · Writer
- Julia Brownell · Writer
Trailer Pure Genius
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Details Pure Genius

- First episode
- October 27, 2016
- Last episode
- January 26, 2017
- Status
- canceled
- Network
- CBS
- Country
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Rating
- TV-14
- Studios
- CBS Studios, True Jack Productions, Universal Television
Frequently asked questions
How many seasons does Pure Genius have?
1 season, 13 episodes. The last episode aired January 26, 2017.
Who’s in Pure Genius?
Dermot Mulroney, Augustus Prew, Odette Annable, Reshma Shetty, Aaron Jennings, Ward Horton, Brenda Song, Drew Fonteiro, Guilford Adams, and Jade Pettyjohn. Created by Jason Katims and Sarah Watson.
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