Chicago Wednesdays are back, baby! The action kicked off with a productive hour of Chicago Med that tested some relationships, pivoted others, and uncovered a heartbreaking scam involving a patient.
The episode didn’t miss a beat with Marcel spending the night on Dr. Pamela Blake’s couch so that he could monitor her after she was poisoned on Chicago Med Season 7 Episode 12.
Of course, he had other intentions for being sweet and attentive to her, but he remained respectful until the right moment.
For some reason, Dr. Archer decided it was a good idea to ask Marcel if Pamela was single. For someone who was against workplace romances and forced Marcel and Manning to report their relationship to HR, he has some nerve.
I guess relationships between employees are fine only when he wants to pursue a romantic relationship with a co-worker but frowned upon if anyone else does.
Marcel initially told him Pamela was taken but he eventually cleared the air and even the odds for a competition.
However, Archer didn’t have much of a shot as it’s very clear that Pamela has the hots for Crockett.
She informed Crockett that she turned down Dean’s dinner invitation, and they were off on their steamy makeout session.
And it would’ve led to much more if Pamela’s daughter, Avery, hadn’t walked in on them and questioned if Crockett stopped hooking up with her because he was sleeping with her mom.
If you felt awkward watching that unfold from the comfort of your living room, just imagine how Crockett must’ve felt.
No mother wants to sleep with the same man that her daughter slept with. And no daughter wants to sleep with a man her mother has slept with.
There are just certain lines you don’t cross.
Personally, I don’t care who Crockett decides to sleep with, but he wasn’t being upfront about it with either of them. He gave Avery Quinn the runaround every time she invited him over, and he kept his prior romance with her a secret from Pamela.
We knew this wasn’t going to end well… and Crockett went from having two incredible women to none.
I like Crockett; I think he’s a solid doctor and a good man with morals, so I’m not sure why the writers decided this was the storyline they wanted to give him.
Love triangles always deliver an abundance of drama, but a mother-daughter-lover triangle is next-level, even for Med.
Halstead is finally learning to respect boundaries, and man, I love that for him.
The old Halstead would’ve given Stevie an earful about giving her romance with her husband another try. He would’ve tried to stop her, he would’ve tried to sabotage the relationship… he would’ve done something stupid and Halstead-like.
But new year, new man! He kept his thoughts to himself, he respected Stevie’s decision, and he wished her well.
It was a nice change of pace, sure, but it was also so out of character that it took Stevie aback. Like, she stood there in the locker room wondering why Halstead was being so chill and if she should really give her estranged husband another chance. Stevie was about to remove that wedding ring and throw herself at Halstead!
Maybe I’m being a little dramatic, but it was nice to see Halstead just sit this one out despite wanting to pursue a relationship with her.
And deep down, Stevie knows she’s being naive.
They’ll end up together eventually, but I like that their romantic path has twists and turns. How boring would it be if it was just a straight shot to a fairytale ending?
This does beg the question — will Halstead ever get that fairytale ending? He is out here pushing 40.
Halstead’s case was a compelling one as his patient, Lorraine, was being swindled by her stepdaughter, Cindy.
I initially thought that Cindy was Lorraine’s nurse and realized that she could take advantage of an older lady by making her think she has Alzheimer’s and drugging her with something that would make her memory fuzzy.
Instead, she simply convinced Lorraine that she had Alzheimer’s through sheer repetition. She played into her biggest fear. How cruel.
The poor woman was duped by someone she trusted!
You can always tell someone is being shady when they overshare facts. Cindy gave too many details when she first arrived at the hospital, plus, she was too eager to get out of there. All red flags. And I’m glad Halstead picked up on the red flags, looped in Dr. Charles, and that they did their due diligence.
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The one with the questionable behavior was, well, Crockett… again.
Maybe I should rethink that whole “good man, good doctor” theory.
Though, I actually don’t think what Crockett did for his patient was so bad. Sure, he lied in order to induce a seizure so that he could speed up the whole process, but he only did it because he know his patient’s financial situation was dire and there was no other way to rule out epilepsy and measure brain activity.
How is what he did any different than giving a patient a placebo?
And while patients who get placebos are usually aware that they might not be getting a trial drug, if he told him the truth, there would be no way that he could trigger a seizure to get the results.
I agree with Dean that the only crime is that he was caught. He saved him time, money, and a lot of unnecessary hospital stress. That’s a win in my book.
Elsewhere, Dylan Scott and Goodwin teamed up to take care of a pregnant patient who came in with burns all over her stomach from spilling hot water on herself. They ended up diagnosing her with syphilis, which was an uncomfortable situation for everyone involved.
They initially assumed that the mother must’ve cheated hence why she contracted the virus, but when they told her the truth, it was evident that her husband cheated and infected her and the baby.
Emily’s reaction was, understandably, not pleased. There’s no coming back from that.
She kicked her husband to the curb right before going into labor from the penicillin.
This was one of those storylines that had potential, but we didn’t really see it pan out fully. We don’t know what happens between Emily and her cheating husband, and while we shouldn’t care, I’m kind of invested in whether or not she forgave him or let him meet his child. Who did he even cheat on her with? See… invested.
The case was set up so that Dylan would finally realize that he owed Carmen an apology. He felt for his patient who screwed things up because he’s been there. And seeing Carmen there with her son was a constant reminder of what could’ve been.
I don’t know where Terrell is, but it does seem like Carmen wishes that things turned out differently too.
Will they get together?
And then, there’s Dr. Charles’s romantic life, which took a front seat unexpectedly.
When his therapist of 20 years tried to terminate him as a client, I wasn’t exactly sure what the reasoning was.
Charles is a very respectful man, so I can’t imagine him doing anything to make her uncomfortable, especially after all that time.
But I never expected that she was going to confess her love for him right then and there.
And clearly neither did Dr. Charles! After his shock fades, will he decide to pursue a relationship with his former therapist?
I can see them making a really good couple; Charles deserves to find love after everything he’s been through!
And finally, Maggie’s story was hands down the most heartbreaking.
After feeling a little under the weather, Vanessa decided to run some tests and determined that Maggie was pregnant.
Sadly, her joy was short-lived when an ultrasound revealed that it wasn’t a baby causing her HSG to spike but rather a tumor.
While it was an honest mistake, I wish Vanessa didn’t get Maggie’s hopes up with the test results. I personally thought it was too good to be true knowing Maggie’s medical history and how much she wanted a child.
I felt terrible for thinking the worst — that her cancer came back — when it should’ve been a happy moment, but this show proves once again that it cannot let Maggie have even a sliver of happiness.
The only good thing is that she has been able to reconnect with Vanessa, who is now by her side throughout this whole journey.
What did you think of the episode? Was Crockett out of line personally and professionally? Did he push Blake right into Dean’s arms? Will Maggie’s mass be malignant or benign?
Will Stevie go through with her divorce? Will Charles find love again?
Share your thoughts in the comments below!