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Pure Genius

Pure Genius

Tech giant. Medical pioneer.

2016Canceled1 Season13 Episodes6.5TMDB
CBS

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.

Created by: Jason Katims, Sarah Watson

Season 1 Episodes

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Episode 1: Pilot

Oct 27, 2016 · 43m

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.

Episode 2: It's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Silk Surgery

Nov 3, 2016 · 43m

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.

Episode 3: You Must Remember This

Nov 10, 2016 · 43m

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.

Episode 4: Not Your Grandmother's Robotic Surgery

Nov 17, 2016 · 43m

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.

Episode 5: Fire and Ice

Nov 24, 2016 · 43m

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.

Episode 6: Bunker Hill, We Have a Problem

Dec 1, 2016 · 43m

Walter and the Bunker Hill surgeons must perfect a revolutionary remote surgery when someone on the International Space Station needs an emergency procedure.

Episode 7: A Bunker Hill Christmas

Dec 8, 2016 · 43m

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.

Episode 8: Around the World in Eight Kidneys

Dec 15, 2016 · 43m

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.

Episode 9: Grace

Jan 1, 2017 · 43m

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.

Episode 10: Hero Worship

Jan 5, 2017 · 43m

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.

Episode 11: Touch and Go

Jan 12, 2017 · 43m

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.

Episode 12: I Got This

Jan 19, 2017 · 43m

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.

Episode 13: Lift Me Up

Jan 26, 2017 · 43m

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 1 FAQ

Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.

When did Pure Genius Season 1 premiere?

Pure Genius Season 1 premiered on October 27, 2016.

How many episodes are in Pure Genius Season 1?

Pure Genius Season 1 has 13 episodes.

What is the first episode of Pure Genius Season 1?

The season opens with Season 1 Episode 1, "Pilot". It aired on October 27, 2016.

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