JAMES AND WALTER CLASH WHEN THE TECH TITAN WANTS TO USE A RISKY ROBOTIC SURGERY TO SAVE HIS BELOVED CANCER-STRICKEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, ON "PURE GENIUS," THURSDAY, NOV. 17

"Not Your Grandmother's Robotic Surgery" - When James' beloved elementary school teacher is diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, he tries to employ a risky robotic surgery to save her, an approach with which Walter disagrees. Also, a military veteran blinded in combat and riddled with guilt refuses Zoe and Talikha's high-tech treatment that could restore his vision, on PURE GENIUS, Thursday, Nov. 17 (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:

Nirayl Stone (BH Ambassador)
Esther Scott (Elaine Gardner)
Keon Alexander (Bashir Masood)
Chasten Harmon (Natalie Masood)
Wajid Hassan (Marharishi Makkar)
Cullen Douglas (Louis Keating)
Kurt Yaeger (Sergeant John Howard)
Actor Name Margot Byer (Character Name)

WRITTEN BY: Jason Katims

DIRECTED BY: Mark Piznarski