We’re back! In Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 6 ‘The Girl Who Cried Pregnant’ Oliver begins to take baby steps to overcome his past while the episode misses a unique opportunity to delve into the lives of all the characters and connect them to the viewer. Ready?
Here we go!
Going Around in Circles in Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 6 ‘The Girl Who Cried Pregnant’
Let’s get to the point: as we sensed in the preview of the episode, we wouldn’t like Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 6 ‘The Girl Who Cried Pregnant.’ We understand that the episode wanted to show, among other things, the power of friendship and how, with a friend, you are never alone. And we like that. But the way the episode has shown it’s a no for us. The case has ended up being boring and heavy for us, apart from being too convoluted.
We get the feeling that they had a lot of material, but they kept going around in circles for the entire episode until the last five minutes when they decided to give prominence to all those interesting points that they had overlooked. So those last five minutes are almost the only thing worth watching in this episode and, at the same time, it’s the symbol of everything that the episode could have been…and wasn’t. We said what we said.
For example, it’s nice to have discovered the reason for Dana’s panic attack and to see everyone supporting her in Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 6 ‘The Girl Who Cried Pregnant,’ but that deserved more than five minutes at the end of the episode. It should have been something that developed throughout it, showing us all its implications and consequences, not treated as if it weren’t important.
Also, this episode could have been used to show the experiences of all the interns during their high school years, even Oliver’s. Ericka, as a young black woman always trying to do her best, or Dana — beyond what happened with her sister — as a racialized woman with a non-normative body, we don’t think they had a particularly good time in high school.
The same goes for Markus and Oliver, due to their unusual illnesses. Jacob seems to have had the best time in high school, but it must not have been easy for him either, for sure. Explore that would have helped us to delve deeper into the characters and would have been much more interesting than dancing around the same spot for 40 minutes.
The Power of the Past
That said, at least Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 6 ‘The Girl Who Cried Pregnant,’ did delve deeper into Oliver’s past and how it influences his present. After what happened in the flashbacks of Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 5, this episode continues in the same vein and we discover that Oliver had to survive in the woods while trying to find his father…something he never did.
Oliver always blamed himself for it, always thought he could have looked for him more…and this is one more burden Oliver carries on his back. So many burdens make him feel like he is not emotionally available to have a couple. Oliver carries too much baggage, a baggage that he has not yet been able to begin to unravel and heal, and that makes him too complicated and emotionally inaccessible.
Oliver is right about this. The important thing about Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 6 ‘The Girl Who Cried Pregnant’ is that he realized this and decided to do something about it. Baby steps, as Oliver tells Carol, are where you start. And this is a necessary step for Oliver to be able to be emotionally available…and, finally, have something with Nichols. So we’re on the right track!
Other Stuff in Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 6 ‘The Girl Who Cried Pregnant’
- Carol and Oliver’s friendship is EVERYTHING.
- It sure isn’t a date, Oliver. LMAO. It’s super cute to see him so nervous when he’s always so in control.
- We miss Nichols.
- Could Ericka and Markus be a thing? Will there be a possible love triangle between Markus, Ericka, and Jacob?
- We like that Markus is learning to control everything.
- We’re glad the stranger is going to get the treatment he needs, but we’re not sure Oliver can stick to the rules.
Brilliant Minds airs Tuesdays at 10 pm ET on NBC.
