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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: Zachary Quinto Plays a Doctor on ‘Brilliant Minds,’ But Don’t Call Him for Medical Advice
Description: Zachary Quinto has played doctors before, but he’s “never played a doctor like” the one he plays on NBC’s Brilliant Minds (September 23). Quinto plays Dr. Oliver Wolf, “based on a real-life person called Oliver Sacks, who was a world renowned, iconic neurologist and prolific author, complex, interesting, dynamic, beautiful person.” One of the things that stood out to Quinto was how unique the show is. “There have been so many wonderful and influential medical dramas over the years, and a lot of them deal with cases that are easily identifiable or solvable...in our show, the mysteries don’t often ha...