Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 13 "Life Me Up" Review

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. And Walter is put in an awkward position when Julianna discovers James used the unapproved GSS drug on Louis Keating.

This was a really interesting episode that had some really cool moments to it that were really entertaining to watch. I really liked the parts with Angie in this episode and her trying to reach this point of understanding with her mother. And I did really like the points that Scott brought up to Angie that she is really smart with the ideas of making the rest of the team come up with this radicle cure for her mother and well as that fact that she keeps telling her mother what to do and what she needs to do is tell her mother what she thinks and listen to what her mother thinks. Then the parts with the graffiti artist were interesting with all the different presiders they went through in order to save this guys life.  And I liked the conversation between the guy's brother and Walter were the point was made that sometimes there just are people who will do what they think regardless of what others try and tell them. Julianna discovering what James did was kind of cool with how Walter took it because when James told him he seemed shocked but also kind of okay with it, but he also still knew the danger behind using this unapproved drug. Then when Julianna asked Walter about it and he lied saying that he was behind giving Louis the drug and not James, even though it was pretty clear she knew it was James. And I just really hope we get an answer on what Walter will do now that James made it know that he won't stop giving Louis the drug. And just overall this was a really great episode that was entertaining to watch.

Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 12 "I Got This" Review

Talaikha and Malik treat Georgia Ray one of the world's biggest pop stars, for laryngeal cancer, but when it is revealed that there is 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.

This was a really great episode that had some interesting moments in it and a great story as a whole for each of the characters. The story with Georgia Ray was interesting with how they chose to show everything with having a really stuck up pop star kind of being dragged buck down to normality. And the moment with James freaking out at her for being stuck up was really great with how well the writers structured every word he said. It was a little weird how quickly Georgia's opinion on everything changed but I guess they could put that up to the realization of her career possibly ending brought her back from being a diva. Then the other main patient who was a drug addict and pregnant was really cool with the fake womb they made to help the baby. And just watching the mother going through all these processes to finally get clean and gain that inner strength to stay clean was so cool. Then the parts with Angie were very interesting to watch her being reluctant to talk to her mother because they don't really get along, but she still cares about and is worried about her mother. Then when the truth came out about what was actually wrong with her mother it was interesting to see everyone involved deal with that. And Louis was fun to see James constantly checking up on him and worrying that the cure he gave the last episode wasn't working. And just overall this was a great and interesting episode that was fun to watch.

Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 11 "Touch and Go" Review

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. And Malik is jealous over the special connection between James and Zoe.

This was a really interesting episode that was kind of sad at moments but still really entertaining to watch how everything turned out. I really liked the moments with Nina and Louis in this episode and just everyone dealing with the fact that Louis's condition is getting worse.Then the man who came in with this mysterious disease was really interesting with how they went about proving that he was sick with a brand new disease and they managed to find out what was actually making him sick. Then the moment when Walter and James were talking to each other about the ways Walter is going to cure his patient and how that kind of connects to what James wants to do for Louis. All the moments with Malik spying on James and Zoe were really interesting with how quickly he seemed to become jealous over everything when if he has been working there long enough he should be aware of the things that James and Zoe do together. Of course, it probably didn't help much that Zoe ended up lying to Malik about whether or not there ever was a thing between her and James. Then the girl with the skin condition was really great with all the different and unique ways they went about helping her to get to her prom. It was a little sad in the moment when she ended up loosing her dress when she started bleeding through it or the idea of how painful it is for her to walk. But the ending was really sweet for her and how they eventually got her to the dance and got her able to walk on her own with minimal pain. And just overall this was a really great episode and I can't wait for more.       

Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 10 "Hero Worship" Review

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. Also, Walter and Taliakha 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.

This was a really interesting episode that focused more on one patient and her problems and everything around that problem. Like the main focus was the women with dying lungs and they actually brought up and worked on the cause of her problems and not just trying to fix her. It was very interesting to see James outside of the hospital and doing a bit of work on his own. The actual creation of the lung to help save this woman's life was really cool with the concept that the lung had no engine it was just powered by the women's own heart. The fact the Prescott was not willing to take the blame for all the lung problems going on in that one area was not all that surprising to me. And the ending of this episode I really liked how James got back at him without necessarily telling the public the full truth. The boy who couldn't walk was a really interesting story that took a really kind of cool take on why this kid was struggling to walk. And just overall this was a really interesting and kind of unique episode.   

Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 9 "Grace" Review

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.

This was a very interesting episode that was a little hard to follow at some points but also still very entertaining to watch. I really loved finally meeting Walter's daughter because she had been brought up here and there and literally like the day before this episode aired I was wondering what Walter's daughter was like, so it kind of was perfect timing. The the bacterial infection that the daughters friend had was great with how they showed it because I'm kind of familiar with this bacterial infection and some parts of it were spot on with how it spreads and how hard it is to tell it has spread until it is kind of hard to see it has spread until it is kind of too late. It was a little sad to see Walter kind of getting left out of his family because he lives so far away, but it is also nice that his daughter is there for him. The HIV patient was very interesting with how they chose to do his story and I really liked his mentality that is nothing was going to save him and he only had a short time to live he might as well make that short time matter by helping others like him. Then it was very interesting to see how they eventually chose to cure him even though it was a little hard to follow all that was going to happen in the surgery. The moments between James and Zoe were nice to have them working things out and understanding where each of them stands in their feeling towards one another. And just overall I really enjoyed this episode and it had some great moments to it.

Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 8 "Around the World in Eight Kidneys" Review

James and the surgeons of Bunker Hill try to make medical history with an organ transplant chain of 16 surgeries with donors and patients from all over the world.

This such an interesting and great episode that managed to have a lot of development in its characters even though with this episode they had to deal with a lot of characters. I really liked their whole set up of this international organ chain with that moment of all them speaking different languages and everything to get files and find people it was just so cool to see. And I really liked how each of the donors was a variety of different people all just wanting to help each other out. I really liked the mine lady and her daughter and just how willing the mother was to die a slow and painful death just so that her daughter could go and live her dreams as a dancer. And the whole device they worked on to help with her dialysis was kind of cool with how they eventually made it all work. Then Zoe doing all this stuff behind Walter's back just so she could save her patient I don't must care for because it was complete manipulation of another person. Then the truth about the secret patient was kind of cool because they did a really good job of keeping everything about the person a mystery. And the moments at the end of this episode were really great with all the people who needed kidneys meeting those who donated to them. And I really liked that the lady who was supposed to donate to Constance made the promise that once she was able to she would donate. And just overall this was a really sweet and entertaining episode to watch.       

Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 7 "A Bunker Hill Christmas" Review

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.

This was a very interesting episode that had a lot of really great stories in it that were so much fun to watch. Madeline was such an interesting and great character that was in there to help out so many others by just being willing to listen to them. I liked the moment where she tries to get Zoe to sing along with her that was such a fun and sweet moment. Then the part with James finally telling Zoe how he feels was so sad because of the timing of it but it leaves be curious to know what would have been her answer if she hadn't already scheduled a date with Malik. Then the ending moment between Madeline and James was not all that surprising but it still was so sweet to watch and it made me cry seeing how happy she was. Then the whole relationship between Malik and Zoe I find really interesting, but I don't think it will last for very long. Giselle's whole story was also really cool to watch them working on ways to help her so she could go back to helping others. Then the whole relationship troubles between Julianna and Walter I can kind of understand them, but it was a little weird that she flipped her opinion in one night kind of. Then everything around Louis in this episode was a little sad because he has done all this waiting for a cure and now he just has to do more waiting because their cure hasn't been fully tested out yet to be able to go to human trials. And just overall this was a really entertaining and great episode. 

Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 6 "Bunker Hill, We Have a Problem" Review

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; and Zoe and Malik's flirtation heats up.

This was a very interesting episode that going in I really didn't know what to expect and I was very pleasantly surprised and really enjoyed watching it. The whole idea about the ISS procedure was kind of cool to watch and see how everything went down. And I do have to agree with Walter that James wanting to stream the surgery live is not a goo idea for all the different things that could go wrong and hurt the reputation of Bunker Hill instead of growing it. I did kind of like the idea that the doctor on the ISS had to be his own nurse when it was discovered that he was ill but I also kind of feel bad for him because he had to be awake through all that pain. I was kind of hoping that James would've still streamed the surgery even though Walter told him not to, but the fact that he didn't is good and showing that he is growing as a character. The story with the E. coli was kind of cool to watch them working on how to fix everything and find the source of the E. coli. It was very interesting to see how they kind of hid the source of the E. coli outbreak until James figured it out because I came to the same conclusion at the same time he did because it made a lot of sense. The main couple that had the E. coli were a little hard to watch with how loving they were to each other, but the ending scene for them was really sweet. It was a little weird in the moment where Angie compared Dr. Scott's thing of always eating an apple and comparing it to being an addiction. And I was kind of waiting for something to happen because of Zoe and her lack of sleep but nothing did so I was a little disappointed that the idea that Zoe was really tired really was not all that important of a fact at all. And just overall this was a really entertaining and fun episode to watch. 

Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 4 "Not Your Grandmother's Robotic Surgery" Review

When James' beloved elementary school teacher is diagnosed with an aggressive form of 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.

This was an okay episode there were some parts that I liked and some parts that I didn't care for. I really didn't care for the fact of having this really worried James who was really acting like he only cared about one patient. It was really kind of annoying at points with how he would ask for input by the doctors and then when they wouldn't give him the answer that he wanted he would just start ignoring them. The actual robot he built to do all the surgery to help fight against the cancer was pretty cool but how I was thinking it would work is that it would be doctors and robots working together to make all the surgeries more efficient, which it eventually turned out that way, but that was not the original plan for the device. I did like all the moments with Walter trying to understand the future ways in which the hospital works while also trying to stick to his original way in which he knows works best. Those scenes were kind of sweet and really good for understanding Walter a bit more. Then I liked the ending where he eventually does end up finding a desk and a place to call his own. The Zoe working with the blind veteran I actually liked that story line a bit more than the other one. And when the truth is revealed as to why this man choices to live in his blindness and pain, it is so sad with how much guilt this one guy puts on himself. But the ending for him was so sweet and nice and I loved it so much. And just overall this was a really entertaining episode but it defiantly wasn't a favorite of mine.   

Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 3 "You Must Remember This" Review

The team tries reconstructing a police officer's brain when he loses his memory in a car accident.

This was a really great and interesting episode that had some parts that were a little confusing. The talk at the beginning where Zoe was concerned about a tape that showed her kissing Malik was a little weird of a moment because it kind of came out of nowhere because they never showed the two of them kissing. And then the fact that Zoe's emotions towards the kiss seemed to be all over the place didn't really help either. The patient who was having the memory loss was a little interesting with how James at first didn't seem to believe it was really but then learned to accept it once he got to know the guy. And the two actors who played the memory loss husband and his wife were so good at playing both their parts and showing the growing distance between the two of them because of the fact that the husband can't fully remember her. The two different experiments they did on him to work on his memory were kind of cool because it made a lot of sense in using that stuff to reactivate the brain, and it was really fun to see how excited James was in wanting to reprogram someone's brain. Then the ending for the patient and his wife was so sweet and kind of nice because it like wasn't perfect in he didn't remember everything but you could see that he was willing to work on it. The patient who was struggling to lose weight I really liked for the device they used to try and help her loose weight, then what was actually wrong with her and was the cause of why she was always hungry was very interesting to see. Then the relationship between her and her sister was really interesting with how close they were and kind of depended on each other, and with that I liked the line of "you are not the strongest version of yourself when I'm around and I'm not the strongest with you so I'm going to go." And just everything about that story plot was so sweet and had a lot of heart behind it with this women how has lost all hope and the doctors of Bunker Hill refuse to give up on her. Overall this was a really great and sweet episode that I enjoyed watching.    

Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 2 "It's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Silk Surgery" Review

 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.

This was a really interesting episode that was definitely a lot better than the first episode. I really enjoyed the bit of development of the main group of doctors, and just really getting to know them more in this episode. The doctors having a bet up of when they think Dr. Wallace will quit I think is really funny and really great, and I really hope something comes out of that. Whether it be that someone put a bet in saying that he wouldn't quit or just something I really hope that it is not this one vain thing. Then the idea of using spider silk on the little boy's legs I think it was a very interesting idea because it is this really strong material but I feel it would dissolve in the human body faster than the boy's legs would heal. Then I really enjoyed the fact that James bought six plots of land to try and impress Zoe by building a bunch of parks for some kids who really need them. Amelia was a really interesting character and so was her father with just how different they were from each other. And I really enjoyed the ending of their story where the father decided to give part of his liver to make up for the terrible childhood he gave her by making sure she lived a long and happy life. All the parts with Walter and his son were very interesting to see that dynamic of the two of them being separated and that causing a lot of conflicts. Overall I really enjoyed this episode and I can't wait for more.       

Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 1 "Pilot" Review

Dr. Walter Wallace, an experienced surgeon with a contentious past, is enlisted by James Bell, a Silicon Valley tech titan, to run his state-of-the-art hospital.

This was a really great first episode that wasn't all that exciting because basically, every part of this first episode was in the trailer for the series so nothing was all that exciting or new but it was still really interesting to see it all play out. I really like seeing the story behind the patient who was pregnant and had cancer, this episode did a really good job with that plot by having the truth be slowly reviled to us and turning the story towards something that I was not expecting. Then watching everything unfold with that plot and seeing the really good turn of events where everything actually turned out okay for her I really loved. All the characters are still really new in my mind so it is hard for me to have a full opinion on them because they don't go into great detail of each of the hospital staff, but with what I've seen of them so far I enjoy watching each of them in their own different way. The design of all the tech and the way everything was shown was really great and well organized. This show did a great job at not prioritizing one of the patient's stories over any of the others that were shown each of the stories got there own little time to shine. Overall I really liked this episode and I can't wait to see what they might do in the episodes to come.     

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