List of A Gifted Man episodes

A Gifted Man is an American medical drama series created by Susannah Grant for CBS, who served as an executive producer alongside Jonathan Demme, Neal Baer, Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman. The series stars Patrick Wilson as Michael Holt, a talented but self-absorbed neurosurgeon at an upscale New York City clinic who starts questioning his purpose in life when he is visited by the spirit of his dead ex-wife Anna (Jennifer Ehle).

On May 10, 2012, A Gifted Man was canceled by CBS.^[1]

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release date
			Season premiere	Season finale	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	16	September 23, 2011	March 2, 2012	December 18, 2012[2]	N/A	N/A

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
1	"Pilot"	Jonathan Demme	Susannah Grant	September 23, 2011	101	9.45[3]
After the ghost of his ex-wife visits him from the afterlife and asks him to help run her low income clinic, Michael Holt finds himself running back and forth between his patients at his neurological facility, Holt Neuro, and his less fortunate patients at the clinic.
2	"In Case of All Hell Breaking Loose"	Jonathan Kaplan	Neal Baer & Daniel Truly	September 30, 2011	102	8.18[4]
Michael works double duty trying to save a pregnant friend he recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and a little boy with sickle cell disease.
3	"In Case of Discomfort"	Peter Werner	Jonathan Green	October 7, 2011	103	7.52[5]
While interviewing doctors to run the clinic and angering prospect Kate Sikora in the process, Michael helps a man who passed out, but who refuses care due to lack of insurance. Meanwhile, as Michael evaluates a woman, he notices lesions on her brain that require immediate surgery, even as he does not know the exact diagnosis.
4	"In Case of Separation Anxiety"	Jonathan Kaplan	Alison Tatlock	October 14, 2011	104	7.71[6]
When Michael treats a patient who is hearing voices, he turns to Anton for help. Meanwhile, Kate’s first day at the clinic does not go well.
5	"In Case of Loss of Control"	David Platt	Daniel Truly	October 21, 2011	107	8.67[7]
Michael enlists the help of a psychiatric consultant in diagnosing a problem involving a girl who is depressed over the death of her mother but claims to be abstinent and not taking birth control. Meanwhile, a grant Kate has received for the clinic winds up needing to go to pay for an operation for an uninsured—and undocumented—boy.
6	"In Case of Memory Loss"	David Platt	Lisa Melamed	November 4, 2011	105	8.55[8]
Michael brings a friend with a former drug habit and an unknown current problem to the clinic. While he is there, the friend runs away, but Michael encounters a former football player on whom he performed a surgery years earlier but who has since become homeless and lost much of his memory. Meanwhile, a teenage girl is brought to Holt Neuro due to problems coping with the recent murder of her best friend, and it is suggested that she take the beta-blocker propranolol to treat the condition. Notes: Nine months before this episode aired, former Bear and Giant Dave Duerson, 50, shot himself in the chest and willed his brain to science to study the effects of brain injuries on football players, as did the character in this episode. Six months after this episode aired, Junior Seau, 43, also shot himself in the chest, and his brain was donated to science.
7	"In Case of Exposure"	Peter Werner	Adam S. Simon	November 11, 2011	108	8.25[9]
After his son comes to the clinic claiming to have received bruises on his back and front from a single fall skateboarding, a man is called in, but he shows violent behavior. He is determined to have a serious brain tumor causing emotional issues and impending death if not treated. After Michael convinces him to let him perform surgery, he confesses that he was involved in a hit and run with a red-haired woman around the same time and place where Anna was killed, causing mixed emotions for Michael. Meanwhile, a FDNY firefighter is having emotional issues of her own following her failure to save teachers from a fire, and her anti-depressants are causing neurological issues.
8	"In Case of Missed Communications"	Donna Deitch	Jonathan Greene	November 18, 2011	109	8.24[10]
Zeke and Kate treat an elderly man who is brought into the clinic not breathing. After intubating him, they find a DNR bracelet. Meanwhile, Rita's son returns home from Afghanistan but soon is in a motorcycle accident causing spinal damage. Michael eventually learns that he too had a living will indicating that he not be kept alive by a machine.
9	"In Case of Abnormal Rhythm"	Constantine Makris	Becky Mode	December 2, 2011	106	8.01[11]
An old patient brings her soon-to-be-wed daughter to Holt Neuro to be checked out due to passing out from stress. Though it turns out she is fine, her mother is having stroke spyptoms requiring complicated surgery. Meanwhile at the clinic, a disoriented school teacher is found to have contracted rabies on a camping trip, and it is up to Michael and Kate to save her in time.
10	"In Case of a Bolt from the Blue"	John Coles	Dawn DeNoon	January 6, 2012	110	8.38[12]
While working at the clinic during a blizzard, Michael starts exhibiting signs of a strangulated hernia that requires immediate surgery. In the beginning, Michael refuses care until he has symptoms of a severe case and calls Rita who calls a private ambulance for him. Instead, Michael lets the woman get taken to the hospital with a pregnant woman and her spouse and the ambulance leaves with Michael standing in the snow. After standing there for several minutes, he collapses with pain. When Kate comes out to look at the stars a few minutes later, she finds him and brings him inside and she and Zeke perform the surgery on him. Meanwhile, Michael has to help a woman who has memory confusion and a hypochondriac boy who is having hearing problems and later determined to have been struck by lightning.
11	"In Case of (Re)Birth"	Adam Bernstein	Lisa Melamed & Alison Tatlock	January 13, 2012	111	8.76[13]
A 16-year-old runaway girl arrives at La Clinica and gives birth. Before delivering the placenta, she leaves only to come back once she experiences problems. Zeke finds out the father was killed and tries to convince the grandmother to take the baby so that he avoids foster care. Meanwhile at Holt Neuro, an artist has a brain tumor that has recently given him creativity but headaches as well. Mike wishes to remove it via surgery, while Emo feels that there are other options to control its growth while keeping the tumor intact so it can continue to provide inspiration.
12	"In Case of Blind Spots"	Peter Leto	Zachary Lutsky	February 3, 2012	112	8.41[14]
Emo becomes more forgetful, and Michael puts his foot down and decides to force him to get tested for Huntington's. Meanwhile, Kate's "Little Sister" is having unexplained impingement in her back which is preventing her from playing in a game which will be watched by college scouts, and a man that Michael rescues from the East River is experiencing dissociative and violent withdrawal symptoms and eventually blindness.
13	"In Case of Complications"	Ed Ornelas	Daniel Truly & Jonathan Greene	February 10, 2012	113	8.78[15]
Michael testifies in a court case regarding a man who set a deadly fire to a complex before having a tumor removed. This has implications later at La Clinica when someone related to a victim visits and impedes the transport of a man who needs an ambulance to the hospital and more serious consequences for Anton. Michael is reminded by Rita and Anna that Kate is a married woman.
14	"In Case of Co-Dependants"	Eriq LaSalle	Dawn DeNoon	February 17, 2012	114	9.54[16]
A 23-year-old pop star comes to Holt Neuro experiencing headaches and other symptoms that prevented her from performing well at her first come-back concert. A little girl, who can see the ghost of her grandmother, and her mother develop similar symptoms, and it turns out that there is a connection. Rita reveals how she came to leave nursing and work for Michael. Meanwhile, Anton is having post-traumatic-stress-disorder-like symptoms following his shoulder injury and is developing strange symptoms in the opposite arm, requiring a strange remedy. Kate's husband is angry that she continues to work at La Clinica after being offered a safer and more stable job, leading him to go to somewhat extreme measures.
15	"In Case of Letting Go"	Constantine Makris	Alison Tatlock & Lisa Melamed	February 24, 2012	115	9.05[17]
Michael's ex-girlfriend appears in his practice with a severe brain injury. He operates and she suddenly loses memory to when she was dating Michael. Meanwhile, a member of Zeke's band gets an unidentified infection that needs immediate attention.
16	"In Case of Heart Failure"	David Platt	Neal Bear & Daniel Truly	March 2, 2012	116	9.70[18]
In the series finale, Michael learns that a patient at the clinic has a special connection to Anna. Meanwhile, Michael reunites with an old friend who is suffering from a rare illness.

References

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13. Gorman, Bill (January 17, 2012). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Supernatural' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 18, 2012.
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16. Siedman, Robert (February 21, 2012). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Nikita' Adjusted Down, 'Supernatural' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
17. Gorman, Bill (February 27, 2012). "Friday Final TV Ratings: No Adjustments To 'Fringe,' 'Grimm' Or Any Other Original Episodes". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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External links

• Official website
• List of A Gifted Man episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• List of A Gifted Man episodes at TV.com