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The Worst Episodes of Pure Genius

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A young Silicon Valley tech-titan enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting-edge, new school approach to medicine.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.6/10(385 votes)

    S1:E1

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

    Director:David Semel
    Writers:Sarah Watson, Jason Katims

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  2. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 2 - It's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Silk Surgery
    7.6/10(311 votes)

    S1:E2

    Malik and Zoe don't see eye to eye when it comes to using a revolutionary procedure involving spider silk to save a boy's crushed legs versus the safer route of amputation. Elsewhere, James, Walter and Talaikha care for a young woman in desperate need of a liver transplant who, to their surprise, is reluctant to accept a donation from her estranged father.

    Director:Richard J. Lewis
    Writer:Jon Cowan

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  3. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 3 - You Must Remember This
    7.6/10(277 votes)

    S1:E3

    James wants to treat a police officer who suffered a brain injury in a car crash and lost all of his memories with a cutting-edge method to recode his brain; at the same time, an obese woman is given an appetite suppression sensor; and Zoe tries to erase security footage of her kiss with Malik.

    Director:Jessica Yu
    Writer:Yahlin Chang

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  4. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 5 - Fire and Ice
    7.6/10(246 votes)

    S1:E5

    James convinces a hockey player with a severe spinal injury to undergo risky surgery that could enable him to walk again. Also, James invites Walter’s wife, FDA executive Julianna Wallace, to Bunker Hill to persuade her to approve a new skin bio-printing trial.

    Director:Norberto Barba
    Writer:Julia Brownell

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  5. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 10 - Hero Worship
    7.7/10(222 votes)

    S1:E10

    When a woman arrives at Bunker Hill with a mysterious lung ailment, James is conflicted after he connects other respiratory cases in her area to possible contamination from a microchip factory owned by his hero, tech guru Douglas Prescott.

    Director:Michael Weaver
    Writer:Ted Sullivan

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  6. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 9 - Grace
    7.8/10(239 votes)

    S1:E9

    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 work quickly when his daughter’s best friend contracts a fatal flesh-eating bacteria, and James makes a connection with Louis Keating’s nurse.

    Director:Rosemary Rodriguez
    Writer:Andrew Hinderaker

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  7. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 11 - Touch and Go
    7.8/10(227 votes)

    S1:E11

    James and Zoe work to help a teenage girl with a rare skin blistering disorder, employing radical treatments to heal her skin in time for her to attend her school prom. Also, as Louis Keating’s GSS condition gets worse, James is tempted to use his experimental cure to save him.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writer:Meredith Averill

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  8. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 12 - I Got This
    7.8/10(235 votes)

    S1:E12

    Talaikha and Malik treat Georgia Ray, 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 expected, they incur the singer’s wrath when her vocal chords and career are threatened.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 4 - Not Your Grandmother's Robotic Surgery
    8.0/10(263 votes)

    S1:E4

    When James' beloved elementary school teacher is diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, he tries to employ a risky robotic surgery to save her, an approach with which Walter disagrees. Also, a military veteran blinded in combat and riddled with guilt refuses Zoe and Talikha's high-tech treatment that could restore his vision.

    Director:Mark Piznarski
    Writer:Jason Katims

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  10. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 6 - Bunker Hill, We Have a Problem
    8.0/10(268 votes)

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Dylan K. Massin
    Writer:Meredith Averill

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  11. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 13 - Lift Me Up
    8.0/10(232 votes)

    S1:E13

    Angie tries to target her mother’s illness using radical nanobot technology, but she looks to Scott for help when her mother prefers using traditional methods. Also, when a graffiti artist with a clotting disorder falls from a bridge, Walter, Malik and Zoe attempt to use suspended animation to stop his internal bleeding.

    Director:Norberto Barba
    Writer:Jon Cowan

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  12. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 8 - Around the World in Eight Kidneys
    8.1/10(256 votes)

    S1:E8

    James and the Bunker Hill surgeons attempt to make medical history with the largest chain of internationally paired kidney donations ever, comprised of eight simultaneous organ transplants and 16 surgeries.

    Director:Dylan K. Massin
    Writer:Denise Hahn

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  13. Pure Genius Season 1 Episode 7 - A Bunker Hill Christmas
    8.4/10(280 votes)

    S1:E7

    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 optimism inspires him to become a better person.

    Director:Michael Engler
    Writer:Jason Katims

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the worst rated episode of "Pure Genius". It scored 7.6/10 based on 385 votes. Directed by David Semel and written by Sarah Watson, Jason Katims, it aired on 10/27/2016. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "It's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Silk Surgery".