Rachael Leigh Cook

Perception – Alienation

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Perception – Alienation
  • tv.com: link

Perception - Alienation

While hiding both the fact that he’s stopped taking his medication and the return of his hallucinations of Natalie (Kelly Rowan) from his real, but still secret, girlfriend (also Rowan), Daniel (Eric McCormack) is approached by Kate (Rachael Leigh Cook) whose latest case involves a woman (Hedy Burress) who believes her husband (Geoffrey Blake) was abducted by aliens and replaced with a duplicate. Daniel diagnoses the woman is likely suffering from Capgras syndrome, caused by a recent aneurysm, which has made the woman believe both her husband and best friend (Maggie Wheeler) are aliens from outer space.

…

Perception – AlienationRead More »

Perception – Alienation Read More »

Perception – Ch-Ch-Changes

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Perception – Ch-Ch-Changes
  • tv.com: link

Perception - Ch-Ch-Changes

Perception begins its Second Season with Daniel (Eric McCormack) being asked by an Assistant U.S. Attorney (Scott Wolf), and Kate’s (Rachael Leigh Cook) soon-to-be ex-husband, to psychologically examine of a man (Evan Jones) convicted of murder who is being retried under his new lawyer’s assertion the murderer was never given an mental competency evaluation and may not be fit to stand trial. After talking with the subject and performing and MRI, Kate’s expert offers his opinion that their killer, who shot himself in the head after murdering his wife, doesn’t technically exist anymore and is now a completely different person.

…

Perception – Ch-Ch-ChangesRead More »

Perception – Ch-Ch-Changes Read More »

Perception – Light

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Perception – Light
  • tv.com: link

perception-light

In the First Season finale Kate (Rachael Leigh Cook) uncovers evidence that leads her to believe Professor Pierce’s (Eric McCormack) delusion of a conspiracy may have some truth. Meanwhile Pierce, after admitting himself for psychic evaluation, finds himself forced to deal with the truth about Natalie (Kelly Rowan) when his new doctor looks exactly like his most loyal hallucinatory friend.

…

Perception – LightRead More »

Perception – Light Read More »

Perception – Shadow

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Perception – Shadow
  • tv.com: link

perception-shadow

In the first half of the two-part First Season finale Professor Pierce (Eric McCormack) is presented with information from a former student (Freddy Rodríguez) suggesting a cover-up and conspiracy surrounding the apparently accidental death of a U.S. Senator. After witnessing the death of the student (which may or may not have actually happened, given his tendency to hallucinate), Pierce finds himself lead down the rabbit hole by a hallucination of JFK (Steven Culp) that involves Greek mythology, a star constellation, a secret society, and a shadowy conspiracy.

…

Perception – ShadowRead More »

Perception – Shadow Read More »

Perception – Kilimanjaro

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Perception – Kilimanjaro
  • tv.com: link

Perception

When a college student is murdered in his dorm room Dr. Pierce (Eric McCormack) is forced to get closer to his students than he would like in order to help Kate (Rachael Leigh Cook) and the FBI, who agree to investigate the case as a favor for Dean Haley (LeVar Burton). Pierce also has to deal with a football star (Aaron Hill) displaying symptoms of subdural hematoma who turned in a paper he bought online and bright but disinterested student (Shane Coffey) who seems to be doing everything in his power to flunk out of college.

…

Perception – KilimanjaroRead More »

Perception – Kilimanjaro Read More »