Perception - Season — 1

The season establishes a support system that allows Pierce to function despite his condition:

Reviews for the first season were mixed but generally noted its attempt to offer a more thoughtful approach to mental health: Review: Perception: Season One - Slant Magazine Perception - Season 1

Pierce's live-in teaching assistant who helps him distinguish reality from hallucinations. It is revealed they met while Lewicki was an orderly at a psychiatric hospital where Pierce was a patient. The season establishes a support system that allows

A major arc concludes in the season finale, "Light," where Pierce discovers that Natalie is based on a woman named Caroline Newsome , his actual psychiatrist. his actual psychiatrist.

Episodes cover diverse neurological and social phenomena, such as face blindness in a murder investigation ("Faces") and a young man in a cult claiming to hear the word of God, which Pierce links to a brain tumor ("Messenger").

Pierce's primary hallucination and "imaginary best friend" who offers advice on his cases.