Spoilers ahead for the Season 2 premiere of Brilliant Minds , called "The Phantom Hook" and available streaming next day with a Peacock subscription .
Brilliant Minds is back in primetime in the fall 2025 TV schedule , and the Season 2 premiere was a rough ride for Zachary Quinto 's Dr. Oliver Wolf during multiple points in the timeline. While dealing with his father's return in the present (as well as taking a punch to the face from an MMA boxer with alien hand syndrome), a flash forward to six months in the future finds Wolf in Hudson Oaks Behavioral Health Services, clearly against his will. Showrunner Michael Grassi spoke to CinemaBlend about the flash forward, as well as the great song choice for the sequence.
The context for why Wolf will be committed to a psychi