Brilliant Minds and mirror-touch synaesthesia

About a month ago I was turned on to the show Brilliant Minds by means of a Steve Shives video. My curiosity in it was piqued specifically because of his mention of two characters: the main character is faceblind, and one of the supporting cast has mirror-touch synaesthesia.

I have both of those things! And nearly every time I’ve seen them portrayed in the media it’s been infuriatingly awful!

So of course I just had to watch this show to see how it handled them.

There are mild spoilers below.

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