Best-bets for Dec. 2: Strong dramas and silly vampires
1) “Brilliant Minds,” 10 p.m., NBC. The subject here is pain – an unbearable excess of it or an unexplained absence of it. There are flaws; a “revelation” from one patient is something the doctors should have known from her medical history. But the story is told with intelligence and emotion, particularly from Zachary Quinto (shown here with Alex MacNicol), as Dr. Wolfe. Add the doctors’ personal dramas and you have a strong hour. Read more…