It will be art imitating life on an upcoming episode of Brilliant Minds . Grey’s Anatomy alum Eric Dane is set for a key guest-starring role on Season 2 of the NBC drama series. The network also released a couple on-set photos of Dane and star Zachary Quinto , which you can view below.

Dane, who revealed in April that he had been diagnosed with ALS, will appear as Matthew in episode 209, a heroic firefighter who struggles to share his ALS diagnosis with his family.

Per the Mayo Clinic, “Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…is a nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS causes loss of muscle control.” Long-called Lou Gehrig’s disease, its exact cause is not known, but there is no cure, and while treatment can’t reverse the condition, it can slo

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