The second Josh opens his eyes he knows where he is.
Dark wallpaper that probably came with the house. East facing windows that overlook the water. Books, books, and more books. Not as many ferns as there used to be but signs of life are returning.
He’s exactly where he’s wanted to be for the last seven months; in Wolf’s bed, in Wolf’s room, in Wolf’s house.
Home, he corrects.
Wolf’s place has always felt more like home than his own condo. Warm and lived in. No pressure to put dirty clothes in the hamper right away or color code the closet or squeeze the toothpaste tube exclusively from the bottom.
Being here makes him feel like he can breathe again.
I had to winnow it down by only including when he's smiling at/in response to Wolf. But, let's be honest, that's what we care about. I love the visual journey from first ep to last. [Sorry if the alt text is bad. It was hard to describe these. It's basically just Josh smiling while looking at Wolf every time.]
Spoilers for all of season 2 under the cut.
Smiling with his eyes in this first one.
It's small but there. He just pwned Wolf with his Oscar Wilde knowledge, and he's very pleased with himself.
Now we're starting to move to a different stage. The flirty stage! I'm here for it!
And then we go into a smile desert of FIVE EPISODES. 😭
And...we're back!
I'm 100% on board with these dopey smiles. The dopier the better.
I've always noticed the paintings and art on Brilliant Minds, in the hospital and outside it. The characters talk about art a lot, too, especially in 1x09 (The Colorblind Painter) and 2x09 (The Fire Fighter). Once I started to gather all the art, there was so much, it wouldn't fit in one post, but I winnowed it down.
Spoilers for all of season 2 under the cut.
I love that even in this brief scene from 1x02, the production team put art on the gymnasium wall.
It's hard to get good shots of the art in the hallways of the hospital, but I tried. This is Van in 1x03.
The art Gabriel Ferguson says could kill someone. God. It looks like something you'd buy at Lowe's. It never appears again, so maybe someone took Gabriel's advice and got rid of it.
More hallway art. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but Josh standing right between two paintings when Silva is about to tell him: You looked at your current boyfriend and you said your ex-boyfriend's name... Feels symbolic. The image is also doubled in the glass of the door on the right. So maybe I'm not looking into it too much lol.
The rec room plays such an important role, and I love that there's a mural.
I think this is the painting Ericka talks about in 1x12 when she says she bought an "investment piece." It seems like this painting at Dana's apartment is her replacement for it.
This art in the scenes between Dana and Katie is 🔥.
Oliver, of course, has tons of art on the walls of his home, though, notably, not paintings. It's botanical prints and photos, so more documentary and scientific, rather than purely artistic. His office is the same way. A contrast with Carol's house and office.
It's interesting, too, how Oliver changes his office art over time, adding things or moving them.
Carol has much different art from Oliver. This is one of my favorite shots. I remember the first time I saw it. I was so startled by that expression, and the vivid color.
Is this supposed to be art on the wall of Josh's season one office? Lol. Gabriel Ferguson would have something to say. Maybe this is some sort of equipment or light table? I sure hope so because if it's supposed to be art, Josh needs therapy.
Muriel also needs therapy. This isn't a painting that should be on a hospital wall.
The art in the patient rooms sometimes expresses an emotion that fits with the patient. Even when that patient is Oliver—an amazing painting to choose for his scene in the sleep study room.
Noah and Oliver both have fern drawings on the wall. I almost wonder if that one on Noah's wall was drawn by Oliver when he was a kid.
And Noah's art, which has some common ground with Oliver's, but also some differences.
I love 1x09 for all the art. And the discussion of it.
One of my favorite shots from the show. I love when art becomes part of the character framing.
Arianna dwarfed by the very floral and ornate art in her house.
This is another of my favorite shots: Matthew Ramati and his daughter.
after almost six years of playing hard to get I’ve officially sent in an invitation to have an ao3 account, I’ve finally succumbed to using the website for all it’s intended purposes
