We’re back! Brilliant Minds Season 2 Episode 13 ‘The Rabbit Hole’ tests Oliver and Josh’s true feelings and reveals some secrets that fracture Carol and Oliver’s friendship, while he gets closer and closer to Sofia…and the chasm that comes with her. Ready?
Here we go!
Overcoming Relationships in Brilliant Minds Season 2 Episode 13 ‘The Rabbit Hole’
Okay, we have to be honest and say that it hurt a lot when Josh said in Brilliant MindsSeason 2 Episode 13 ‘The Rabbit Hole’ that his relationship with Oliver had no future and wasn’t that serious. But we forgive him because that’s garbage and Josh know it. Josh tries to convince himself that Oliver didn’t sweep him off his feet and that he’s over him, but then he’s there, asking about him and talking about his charm while smiling, reminiscing. Sure, Jan.
Beau may be ready to start a family with Josh, but Josh isn’t because he loves Oliver. Perhaps if Beau had come back into Josh’s life a year ago, things would be different. But Oliver changed everything for Josh, whether they’re together or not. And Josh can keep denying it to himself all he wants, but he can’t hide the truth. And thankfully, he’s starting to realize it.
The same thing is happening to Oliver. He also denies being bothered by Beau’s situation in Brilliant Minds Season 2 Episode 13 ‘The Rabbit Hole,’ but it’s clear he’s jealous. Very jealous. And it hurts him that Josh is with Beau and hasn’t given him another chance because “he’s too much.” It’s clear they’re two lovestruck fools who need to put their pride aside and be honest with each other.
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Fractured Friendships
Josh isn’t the only problem Oliver faces in Brilliant Minds Season 2 Episode 13 ‘The Rabbit Hole.’ His friendship with Carol is fractured in a deep and horrific way. And it hurts us. Oliver feels betrayed twice over. When he learns that it was Dana who reported Carol, his world collapses once again. Despite himself, his interns had become incredibly important to him.
His team is his support system. Oliver trusts them implicitly. But almost nothing remains of that team. Markus and Jacob are gone. Charlie is a fraud. But Oliver still had Dana and Erika. And now he learns that Dana almost caused his best friend to lose her job and her license. For him, that’s the worst kind of betrayal. Dana hurt one of the most important people in Oliver’s life. And he can’t forgive that.
But what hurts Oliver the most in Brilliant Minds Season 2 Episode 13 ‘The Rabbit Hole,’ is knowing that Carol already knew… and didn’t tell him. His best friend kept this crucial information from him. They always talked about everything, and now Carol has kept this bombshell from him.
Oliver feels this as a betrayal, too. One of the most painful. What happened to their friendship? How did they get there? Is that friendship as important to her as it is to him? Oliver questions everything. It’s as if Oliver’s entire life is crumbling, piece by piece.
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The Truth Is Inconvenient
Playing devil’s advocate here, Oliver is also hiding things from Carol. For example, about his father and that he met Sofia. So Oliver has no right to demand transparency from Carol. Oliver feels that Carol is distancing herself from him, but the truth is that he’s distancing himself from her.
And Carol knows it. She knows him, so she knows he’s not at his best. But she doesn’t know what to do to help him. That’s why Carol did the only thing she felt she could do: spare him more suffering. But once Oliver demanded honesty from her in Brilliant MindsSeason 2 Episode 13 ‘The Rabbit Hole,’ Carol told him the truth.
And Oliver can’t stand it. That’s why he gets defensive. He may not want to accept it, but Oliver isn’t okay. And no matter how much he throws himself into his work or drinking and dancing with Sofia, he’ll still be wrong. On the contrary, the more he tries to pretend, the worse. Eventually, Oliver will explode…and there will be no going back.
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Other Stuff in Brilliant Minds Season 2 Episode 13 ‘The Rabbit Hole’
- Thorne knows he messed up and misses Carol. We like that she’s making it difficult for him. It’s clear that things aren’t over between them.
- Dana was surprised that Carol didn’t fire her and start fresh. We don’t know what we would have done, to be honest.
- Like Carol, we also hope that Dana realizes that what she was going to do would have done more harm than good.
- AI will never be a doctor or a friend. And we’re glad this show is brave enough to talk to us about the dangers of treating them as such.
- Silva is the best. We love him, even though he sometimes speaks his mind.
- Sofia isn’t helping Oliver by telling him what he wants to hear.
- We think that’s why they’re so attached to each other. They’re both messed up, and it’s easier to be with someone who plays along than with someone who tells you the truth, even if it hurts.
- They’re toxic for each other.
- In a week, everything will change. Why is Sofia in the mental institution? How does Oliver rescue her and end up being an intern himself? We need answers!
Brilliant Minds Season 2 airs on Mondays at 10 pm ET on NBC.
We barely saw Josh and Oliver together, you people and the writes are headcanon-ing this whole deep, life change, transformative love they have for each other.
My money is on Sofia being a figment of Wolf’s imagination. This show loves to show us people’s inner worlds and how mental illness can effect anyone. Sofia has a lot of design parallels to Wolf (dresses similarly, has an apologeticly strange personality, drinks tea and tends to the plants) and shares brainwaves with him. She even called Josh narcissistic for dating a neurosurgeon!
So far, nobody else has interacted with or acknowledged her presence. Josh stood in the doorway while she was in the room and didn’t even glance in her direction. Tbf, Wolf was possibly blocking her from view, but that’s also strange. Josh wouldn’t know who she is anyway, so why did Wolf feel the subconscious need to hide her?
I think that’s why she’s also present at the mental hospital with him. “I came to rescue you” might actually be a statement about himself. He admitted himself into the facility to save himself. He’s unable to admit he needs the help, but he can get where he needs to be by framing it as a length to go to save a patient.
Tbh, perhaps the last bit is wishful thinking on my part. I think Evil Scary Mental Health Facility is overplayed and contrary to the pro mental health advocacy messaging of Brilliant Minds, so having the twist be that they aren’t the bad guys and Oliver needs to accept help would be way more meaningful to me.