"Heart Matters"
A blast from the blast leaves one nurse on the sidelines while a case of a transplant takes a swift turn."Heart Matters" was, once again, another great hour of television. There were so many, many moments in this episode that stood out the most. Here are my top moments that stood out.
1. Maggie and the CPD officer: In one of the most intense encounters, the officer who arrested Maggie last season comes to Med after a fall. She comes in and leaves Maggie stunned. They cannot get the best officer's husband, not wanting to deal with M; TrudyTrudy gets Goodwin to switch nurses and go with April. But Maggie opens up to the officer about what she does to help her patients, like what they do to protect/serve the people. Soon, it was time for the patient to go up to the OR, and a line of officers from hall to hall was present as she was taken to the room. And just before taking out her organs, they announced her name on call one last time.
2. Manning against the Troll: After last week's twisted medical story, Manning had to present at the MMA, for which she went over what happened and learned from her experience and in the future. With pressure for her, Jeff doesn't seem to be the kind to help; even being a student, he tells the Troll that he should lay off on her, like a knight. That embarrassed Manning and didn't help their relationship, but it served a good purpose with Manning and Halstead as he seemed to be her steady rock through it all.
3. The Heart of the Matter: The officer, being a donor, gave a chance to Rhode's patient, who needed a heart transplant to come in but took a detour because she and her daughter got into an accident due to her being under the influence of alcohol. After learning about the alcohol she had had, the Medical Advisers Broad denied her the transplant, but she didn't care because her daughter needed surgery. But after hearing of the bad news, there was a donor in California who was a match, but being that long of a flight, the heart went back to the mother. This story was one of the heartbreaking and uplifting moments as well.
I can't say enough how Chicago Med has been laying down some of their best stuff so far. The writing has been nothing but solid, heartfelt, and entertaining. The cast does a great job as a group in this episode. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.
"Graveyard Shift"
There's a saying, "Full Moon, Saturday Night." If you ever watched ER, in its first season, there was an episode that took on the night shift of the hospital, and things were crazy. This episode was close to it.Halstead, Jeff, and a resident worked together on three kids who happened to get high on something, maybe spice, that sent them down pretty severely. It was to the point that one of them needed to be dialysis. Well, with Halstead and Jeff managing well, the resident who was working with them was overwhelmed with all that he was taken in, and even the Troll wasn't a big help either. It was so bad that he was drunk and must be walked out.
Choi gets Goodiwn's word about helping a patient with a heart issue. When they got Rhodes to do it, it wasn't til Choi told him that the patient happened to be a panda. How freaking cute!!! The good news is that the panda was saved after a few issues during surgery, but Med will have a great PR moment for a while.
Reese decided to work the night shift to see that her patient would be treated correctly, but she didn't know that she would be on call to call the time of death to some patients. After working on the two of them pretty well (the second one was Dr. Latham's, which is awkward!), she gets a call about her patient had just died and called it too. She couldn't process it anymore and met with Dr. Charles and told him that she'd do therapy because she didn't know how to handle all of this and didn't want to disappoint him. We learned she talked to her mother about working in psych at the hospital but didn't care. It was to that point that she was trying to prove her wrong about it.
Dr. Latham has been an exciting man to watch lately as he figures out he has Asperger's and asks Dr. Charles for help. Charles recommends some shock therapy that lasts only a tiny amount and a twenty-minute session. After his encounter with Reese about not understanding everyone's emotions, he returns to Charles and asks for that shock therapy, for which it has helped, but for how long?
I enjoyed this episode because it had entertainment, a cute animal, emotion, and something to learn about: don't jinx someone on having a good night. I thought Lathan, Reese, and even Charles and his daughter sharing a moment were some great story plots in this episode. I wish Halstead would be more caring with that resident, but it's Halstead; his brother Jay is that way sometimes, too. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.
"Mirror Mirror"
Talk about a brilliant hour of television."Mirror, Mirror" is an episode that I'm sure will be remembered as such a clever, creative episode. Let's recap this:
Halstead gets followed by the Troll, who happens to be taping promo videos for the hospital website after an interesting patient (organs in the opposite place in its body). It was so clever that Rhodes took the case. But later on, when a patient seems to have a sinus issue, the Troll gives him a steroid, and off he goes, but Halstead sees something that he doesn't like and pushes to get tested. After the test results come to him, it turns out he has a tumor, but Halstead thinks that the tape the Troll has might be too much. Halstead talked to the patient about terminating the release forms for privacy, but the guy didn't want to do it because he was finally doing something he would be recognized for.
Choi and Jeff treat a patient with a gun in his...well....butt. Let's say it was up there, and it was loaded. Choi and Jeff try to get it out in the ED, and Reese sees the opportunity to talk to the guy, but he doesn't want to talk. After the gun goes off, going through the body and hitting Jeff, Choi gets the gun out and takes the kid to the OR.
Reese tries to open up to the kid again about talking to her, but he doesn't and would never want to talk to anyone. He tells her that she doesn't know what she wants and that he took her to look at herself in the mirror and talk to herself about what she sees during a session with Dr. Charles' therapist.
But the exciting story came when Manning treated a mother and daughter and had an accident. The mother is all cut up on the forehead, but the daughter seems interesting as she isn't even hurt, but she feels like something is wrong. After tests show nothing, Manning goes to Charles for help, and it turns out she can feel and show signs of what other people are or are having.
I thought this episode was just another brilliant hour of television. They have such good stories and perfect characters, some that I'll probably remember for a while. The writing was excellent. This will be an episode I would want to rewatch again. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.
"Theseus' Ship"
Chicago Med keeps it coming with its stories and characters."Theseus Ship" is probably one emotional episode and a performance I'm sure will be remembered.
The one story that drew me the most out of this episode was about Manning and an eight-year-old cancer patient. The kid has an infection, but he hasn't been taking his treatment in a while and questions the dad about it. The dad tells Manning that his son decided to stop the treatment as he doesn't want it anymore. Can you believe that?
It was when Manning talked to the kid about taking the treatment, but he told her he was ready for what was next. I went OMG, with a tear or two going down my face. But when April pressured Manning about calling DCFS on this, she wasn't for it until the test results were back, but she called for them, and by the time they came, it was too late as the results came showing that the cancer had been shrinking and that the infection was getting better. But the DCFS had to take the father away in handcuffs.
Everything else from Halstead/Charles/Charles and the cat lady was sometimes funny. The split personality patient was the second-best story plot in this episode. I was more interested in her than the cat lady, to be honest. And, of course, Dr. Latham and Rhodes were excellent as well.
It was another fantastic episode. I'll probably remember this episode with Manning's story and Reese and Charles's storyline. The writing was good as well. The characters were as rich as the previous episodes. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.
You can catch Chicago Med Thursday nights at 9/8c on NBC.
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