Leonard Nimoy's Wife Susan Bay Nimoy Plays Hypersexual Widow with 'Bestie' Zachary Quinto in Brilliant Minds (Exclusive)

Susan Bay Nimoy tackles her most free-spirited role to date.

In the latest episode Brilliant minds, airing Monday, November 18, Nimoy guest stars as June, a hypersexual patient of Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) whose husband recently died.

In an exclusive clip provided to PEOPLE, Dr. Wolf has a candid conversation with June about her situation.

“You didn’t go into other tenants’ rooms because you were confused.” – asks dr. Wolf. “Is that correct?”

“My son said I was confused,” June replies, nodding in agreement. “That’s more delicious than saying their mother had sex. They don’t want to use those two words in the same sentence. I’m not ashamed of myself.”

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Susan Bay Nimoy on ‘Brilliant Minds’.

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When he asks June to walk him through her “sexual history,” she jokes.

“How many papers do you have?” june muses. “Mickey and I were high school sweethearts before we got married. I would say that for the most part we had a healthy sex life, and until a year ago he was my entire history. But now the number of my partners has increased 30 times, more or less.”

dr. Wolf took a breath before answering. “June, you should know that some diseases cause hypersexuality, and that’s why we admitted you to the hospital, so that we could determine the ideology,” he explains.

June claims that she is not sick, but she feels quite invigorated. This new chapter could actually be a kind of sexual awakening for her.

“I’m not sick. I know my body,” she continues. “I feel more alive than ever. Now that my children are grown and my grandchildren are teenagers, it’s my time. I just wish my sons could join.”

“Sometimes it’s hard for us to see our parents as anything other than our parents,” he explains.

“True,” June replies.

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Zachary Quinto on ‘Brilliant Minds’.

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For Susan, 82, the first role since she starred in a short film in 2018. Eve, formed thanks to her longtime friendship with Quinto. The two first met in 2009 when Quinto was preparing to play Spock in the JJ Abrams film. star trek — the iconic role of Leonardo originated in the popular science fiction series of the same name from the 1960s. (Leonard died on February 27, 2015 at the age of 83 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.)

Susan, for her part, felt “instantly connected” to Quinto, whom she now calls her “bestie.”

“When this 80-year-old nymphomaniac part came up, Zachary called me and said, ‘Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. You will have to audition, but they love your short film,’” she recalls to PEOPLE.

While Susan and Quinto (47) have not appeared together on the screen so far Brilliant mindsthey maintained their friendship over the years by seeing each other whenever they could. Later this year, the actress will travel to New York to catch Quint’s lead role in the Broadway play Cult of love, also starring Shailene Woodley and Barbie Ferreira.

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Zachary Quinto and Tamberla Perry on ‘Brilliant Minds’.

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“I think we are very honest with each other. I think he trusts me. I believe him. We feel safe baring our souls in front of each other,” she says, adding, “I don’t have that many very close, close friends. I have long-time friends that I’ve known for years, but if I’m sad or if I think maybe I’ve done something wrong, I can call Zachary and he can process it with me.”

Coincidentally, their 15-year friendship had an additional advantage, she continues.

“We have a relationship that survived the loss of Leonard and his end [Quinto’s] involvement with Star Trek,” adds Susan. “I’m very grateful for his friendship, but who said that this would be an opportunity for me to act again for a moment in something really good?”

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Brilliant minds airs Mondays at 10:00 PM ET on NBC and may air the following day on Peacock.

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