It’s been months because the completely sensible first season of NBC’s new medical drama starring Zachary Quinto aired its finale, and we’re nonetheless ready to seek out out if it is going to be again for a second. (We positive hope it’s after that final episode!)
Good Minds is impressed by the extraordinary life and work of world-famous creator and doctor Oliver Sacks and follows a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist (Quinto’s Dr. Oliver Wolf) and his workforce of interns as they discover the final nice frontier – the human thoughts – whereas grappling with their very own relationships and psychological well being.
Learn on for every part we learn about a Season 2, together with what it may entail, who may return, and extra.
Is Good Minds renewed for Season 2?
NBC has but to announce the way forward for the present. The final two episodes of Season 1 aired back-to-back on January 6, 2025.
On the time, showrunner Michael Grassi instructed TV Insider a few potential second season, “All I can say is that we love the present a lot, and we’re so pleased that you just’re having fun with it. And fingers are firmly, firmly crossed that we get to maintain telling these tales and get to maintain making the present.”
Who’s within the Good Minds solid?
Along with Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf, Good Minds stars Tamberla Perry as Dr. Carol Pierce, Ashleigh LaThrop as Ericka Kinney, Alex MacNicoll as Dr. Van Markus, Aury Krebs as Dr. Dana Dang, Spence Moore II as Dr. Jacob Nash, Teddy Sears as Dr. Josh Nichols, and Donna Murphy as Dr. Muriel Landon. The final two episodes of Season 1 launched Mandy Patinkin as Oliver’s thought-to-be-dead father, Dr. Noah Wolf.
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The place did Good Minds Season 1 go away off?
As a result of his face blindness, Oliver had no concept that he’d crossed paths together with his father on the scene of a constructing collapse in Episode 12. It was on the finish of the episode that we realized who he actually was, when Muriel discovered he’d damaged into her home and was ready for her. Within the finale, they then needed to inform Oliver the reality, that as a result of Noah felt he was a hazard to his son (he’s bipolar), after leaving him on a tenting journey, he thought it might be finest if he was “useless.” On the finish of the finale, Oliver met up with Noah, who revealed he was sick and wanted Oliver’s assist as a result of nobody may work out why.
In the meantime, Oliver and Josh’s relationship appeared to be going properly. Josh instructed Oliver he’s falling for him and invited him to a gala at which he was being honored, just for the stunning revelation about his father to throw Oliver for a loop. He snapped at Josh and skipped out on the gala to satisfy up together with his dad. Plus, Ericka, after surviving the constructing collapse (however one of many different occupants within the elevator she was trapped in falling to her loss of life), was sneaking her buddy and new roommate Dana’s nervousness meds. Moreover, Carol realized {that a} criticism had been filed towards her, for breaching an moral code a few battle of curiosity in persevering with to deal with a affected person (the girl with whom her husband had an affair). Muriel instructed her she needed to place her on administrative go away because of this.
What would occur in Good Minds Season 2?
TV Insider spoke in-depth with showrunner Michael Grassi in January concerning the two-part finale (learn the complete Q&As right here and right here).
In relation to his father’s well being, “Oliver is about to tackle his biggest medical thriller but and doubtlessly his most difficult affected person but. So I really feel like him and his father have rather a lot to work out, and on the identical time he’s going to assist him take care of one thing that no person else has been in a position to assist him take care of,” mentioned Grassi. “There’s rather a lot going by Wolf’s thoughts proper now. It’s like, my dad’s saying that, is it a method for him to get again into my life? Does he actually need me? Is he right here as a result of he needs to restart a relationship? Is he simply right here as a result of he wants assist getting higher? I feel it’ll convey up rather a lot that we have to work by and unpack in a Season 2.” Patinkin would return, although there’s a query of in what capability.
Looking forward to a future for Oliver and Josh and the latter not responding in type about his emotions, Grassi defined, “Wolf has sturdy emotions for Josh, however like every part he does, he’s not going to at all times present it in a traditional method. I feel not saying it again in that second isn’t essentially a sign that he doesn’t really feel the identical method. … I feel that when Wolf does talk his emotions, it’s going to be in his distinctive method.”
He acknowledged that there’s “rather a lot to unpack and work out” for the couple. “I feel additionally by Wolf not exhibiting up that occasion, it goes again to one among their earlier fights that they’d, which is, I don’t assume you see me as your equal. I feel it introduced up a few of these emotions for Josh a little bit bit as properly,” Grassi mentioned. “This was actually essential to him. And it’s like, why isn’t Wolf simply speaking to him? Why are you pushing me away? What else is occurring? So clearly they’ve rather a lot to work by, however that’s going to return with some issues and a few surprises for positive.”
Carol goes to have a struggle forward of her, Grassi warned: “She’s going to struggle like hell. And I additionally assume she needs to know the way this obtained out. Was it Morris [Rainbow Sun Francks], was it Alison [Julia Chan]? Was it one of many interns? Who did this? And the way did it get on the market? So I feel there’s a little bit of a thriller going into our subsequent season, and the way she’s going to form of struggle for her job and her livelihood now that she’s a single mother in a method goes to be actually fascinating to see how she navigates this very difficult scenario.”
Basically, a Season 2 would characteristic “extra medical thriller, extra drama, and I feel extra of what we noticed this season, which was massive occasions and persevering with to discover all of our characters and persevering with to discover the human thoughts, which is the ultimate frontier of drugs,” teased Grassi. “It’s nonetheless a thriller and there’s nonetheless a lot extra for us to unpack and to study.”