Note: This story contains spoilers from the "Brilliant Minds" series premiere. "Brilliant Minds" introduces Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf, a neurologist whose unique life and skillset is loosely drawn from the acclaimed Oliver Sacks -- down to the complex relationships laid out the NBC procedural's pilot.

The NBC medical drama ‘Brilliant Minds,’ chronicles the life and career of neurologist Oliver Sacks through a semi-fictional contemporary narrative set in New York. As a gifted medical practitioner, Oliver Wolf Sacks’ fictional counterpart,

Brilliant Minds” follows the same template as the long running medical drama “House,” but with a focus on neurology and a less-prickly guy at its center, played by Zachary Quinto.