Pure Genius

Season 1 Episode Guide

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13

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Season 1 episodes

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Episode

1

Pilot

Oct 27, 2016

Silicon Valley tech titan James Bell enlists Dr. Walter Wallace, an exceptional veteran surgeon with a controversial past, to run his state-of-the-...

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2

It's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Silk Surgery

Nov 3, 2016

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...

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3

You Must Remember This

Nov 10, 2016

When a police officer suffers a brain injury in a car crash and can't remember who he is, James suggests a cutting-edge method to re-code the man's...

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4

Not Your Grandmother's Robotic Surgery

Nov 17, 2016

When James' beloved elementary school teacher is diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, he tries to employ a risky robotic surgery to save her, an ap...

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5

Fire and Ice

Nov 24, 2016

James convinces a hockey player with a severe spinal injury to undergo risky surgery to walk again; at the same time, Walter's wife, FDA executive...

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6

Bunker Hill, We Have a Problem

Dec 1, 2016

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

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7

A Bunker Hill Christmas

Dec 8, 2016

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 optim...

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8

Around the World in Eight Kidneys

Dec 15, 2016

James and the Bunker Hill surgeons attempt to make medical history with the largest chain of internationally paired kidney donations ever, comprise...

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9

Grace

Jan 1, 2017

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 w...

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10

Hero Worship

Jan 5, 2017

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 conn...

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11

Touch and Go

Jan 12, 2017

Radical treatments are used to help a teenage girl with a rare skin blistering disorder heal in time for her prom; and James is tempted to try his...

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12

I Got This

Jan 19, 2017

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...

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13

Lift Me Up

Jan 26, 2017

Angie tries to target her mother's illness using radical nanobot technology, but she looks to Scott for help when her mother prefers using traditio...

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