Friday, September 27, 2019

Shock value and Farewell: Chicago Med "Never Going Back to Normal" Season Premiere



Chicago Med returned with a season premiere that had shock value, twists, and even a farewell to remember. Beware: There will be spoilers! Here's a recap!

We pick off seconds from the season finale with Will waking up Natalie, who's suffering from a head injury, rushed to Med, where we meet Dr. Marcel, who takes over Natalie's care. As Ma cel works on Natalie, Will is taken but could be a better patient. But P clip gets there worried about Natalie and tells Marcel that Natalie is his fiance, even without the ring on her finger. Mor o come later.

Meanwhile, as everyone comes in, April and Ethan learn from a pregnancy test that she's not pregnant. But they take care of a young boy who's suffering from losing his eyesight. After running some tests, they believe it's neurological and get a consultant about it, which turns out to be a small tumor. It wasn't until Ethan went over the history of his patient that it could be something else, which, in fact, happened to be a hyperthyroid, and the kid ended up not having surgery.

While covering overtime, Dr. Marcel teams up with Dr. Charles, who takes on a patient suffering from schizophrenia. The issue comes down to explaining the seriousness of the illness to the patient's grandmother, who believes she can take care of him. Dr. Charles talks to the grandmother, who later comes to understand. Also, although Charles' honeymoon was postponed, it's still on after the day.

Maggie gets a biopsy, which soon proves that she's got breast cancer. She's decided to get treatment at another hospital but wants to keep working. Goodw n disagrees with that idea. 
Conner tries to help Will;  Atwater questions him about his father's death, which seems to point to him, thanks to Ava. As Co ner confronts Ava about the situation, Dr. Latham sees him being aggressive with her, and soon, a complaint file is formed with the HR department. Tha aThisnisl Latham confronts Ava and Conner about looking back at the logs to see who ordered the insulin. Soon, Ava and Conner talk, and Ava admits to him that she did it but pulls one last trick, slicing her neck with a surgical knife. Avaiss on the table,e, and that leads Conner to leave Med for good.

Conner confronts Latham about leaving and thanks him for everything, but Latham also thanks Conner. He thanked one more person, Goodwin, who confronts him about leaving, and the two give a very heartfelt goodbye.

As for Natalie, she'll be okay, even though she lost memory of what had happened. Phil uses her injury to his advantage that they're engaged (that sick dude!). That's probably what Natalie would tell him when she got in his car.

"Never Going Back to Normal" was a fantastic season opener that gave us some sad and shocking goodbyes and a lovely welcome to a new staff member. Dr.. Marcel seems like a smooth doctor, but I can't wait to see what he brings to this hospital. Indeed, I believe Will will suffer even more from this, and I'm guessing that Philip will tell Natalie it was all Will's fault. Has a baby, but it isn't out yet for Ethan and April.   h Akerr performs beautifully as the grandmother of a patient suffering from schizophrenia. There was good writing, character development, and even strong performances from Colin O'Donnell, Marlyne Barrett, and Norma Kuhling. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.

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