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PURE GENIUS
Air Date: Thursday, January 05, 2017
Time Slot: 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#PG110) "Hero Worship"
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JAMES IS CONFLICTED WHEN HE LINKS A CLUSTER OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION CAUSED BY HIS TECH HERO, ON "PURE GENIUS," THURSDAY, JAN. 5

David Paymer Guest Stars as James Bell's Tech Hero, Douglas Prescott

"Hero Worship" - 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 (David Paymer)
. Also, Walter and Taliakha work to find why a young man can't walk despite his legs being in good condition, and Zoe becomes jealous of James's connection to Nina, on PURE GENIUS, Thursday, Jan. 5 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

REGULAR CAST:

Dermot Mulroney (Dr. Walter Wallace)
Augustus Prew (James Bell)
Odette Annable (Dr. Zoe Brockett)
Reshma Shetty (Dr. Talaikha Channarayapatra)
Aaron Jennings (Dr. Malik Verlaine)
Ward Horton (Dr. Scott Strauss)
Brenda Song (Angie Cheng)

GUEST CAST:

Alexis Krause (Nina Diaz)
Elka Rodriguez (Anna Guerrero)
Lourdes Benedicto (Claudia Guerrero)
David Paymer (Douglas Prescott)
Paul Haitkin (Emcee)
Sloane Morgan Siegel (Evan Coleman)
Michael Patrick McGill (Jim)
Carmella Riley (Cindy)
Shay Ali (Samir)
Nirayl Stone (Ambassador)

WRITTEN BY: Ted Sullivan

DIRECTED BY: Michael Weaver

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