A marine with PTSD in Brilliant Minds season 1, episode 5? (Preview)

Dr. Wolf has a case that isn’t as cut and dry as it would initially seem in Brilliant Minds season 1, episode 5. This looks like it should be a case of PTSD, so why is Wolf taking it?

There are many stories of veterans with PTSD. It happens due to the things people see in a time of war. While that is terrible, it doesn’t seem like something Dr. Wolf would handle right away. There has to be something more to this case.

There’s a mysterious illness involved in Brilliant Minds season 1, episode 5

While the promo makes it look like this could be a case of PTSD, the synopsis tells us that it is some sort of mysterious illness. What could this be? Did he suffer a knock to the head while he was serving leading to a brain injury? That would be another typical case for doctors when it comes to marines.

Take a look at the promo and synopsis for Brilliant Minds season 1, episode 5:

"Dr. Wolf and the team must help a Marine grapple with mysterious symptoms before the birth of his child."

The images give us a look at John Doe’s story in episode 5

The images give us a little more idea about the episode. It’s clear that John Doe is going to play a part in the story, which isn’t surprising with the way the previous episode ended. It turns out that John Doe is not in a coma at all. It looks like he has Locked-In Syndrome.

This means that he is completely conscious. There is an image that gives us a look at a man in some sort of wasteland, which is likely John Doe inside his head. Is this an image of what Wolf imagines we could be seeing just to give us an idea of what Locked-In Syndrome is?

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Jaden Myles Waldman as Young Wolf, Gray Powell as Noah Wolf /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Gray Powell as Noah Wolf /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Jaden Myles Waldman as Young Wolf, Gray Powell as Noah Wolf /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Gray Powell as Noah Wolf /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Jaden Myles Waldman as Young Wolf, Gray Powell as Noah Wolf /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Ashleigh LaThrop as Dr. Ericka Kinney /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Tamberla Perry as Dr. Carol Pierce /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Ashleigh LaThrop as Dr. Ericka Kinney, Spence Moore II as Dr. Jacob Nash, Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf, Spence Moore II as Dr. Jacob Nash, Ashleigh LaThrop as Dr. Ericka Kinney /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Tamberla Perry as Dr. Carol Pierce /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Joshua Echebiri as Steve Hill /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Joshua Echebiri as Steve Hill, Theo Vandergraaf as Aiden (Ghost) /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf, Teddy Sears as Dr. Josh Nichols /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Alex Ozerov-Meyer as John Doe /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alex Ozerov-Meyer as John Doe, Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Alex Ozerov-Meyer as John Doe /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Ashleigh LaThrop as Ericka Kinney, Spence Moore II as Dr. Jacob Nash, Aury Krebs as Dr. Dana Dang, Alex Ozerov-Meyer as John Doe /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Aury Krebs as Dr. Dana Dang, Alex Ozerov-Meyer as John Doe, Alex MacNicoll as Dr. Van Markus /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alex MacNicoll as Dr. Van Markus, Aury Krebs as Dr. Dana Dang /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Alex MacNicoll as Dr. Van Markus /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Aury Krebs as Dr. Dana Dang, Alex MacNicoll as Dr. Van Markus /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: (l-r) Elena Ouspenskaia as Mrs. Petrov, Alex MacNicoll as Dr. Van Markus /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Aury Krebs as Dr. Dana Dang /

BRILLIANT MINDS -- "The Haunted Marine" Episode 105 -- Pictured: Elena Ouspenskaia as Mrs. Petrov /

Brilliant Minds airs Mondays at 10/9c on NBC. Catch up the following day on Peacock.

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