With just hours til the season premiere of Chicago Med, here's a recap and review of seasons 7-9.
It's been a while since I've done a recap/review of the One Chicago franchise, and I want to apologize for that due to my busy work schedule. But here we are, ready for the new season just hours away. So, I will put together a recap and review (in a way that I used to write in high school when my class used to do "article summary day"). So here we go!
Season 7
With Dr. Manning's departure, Halstead returns to Med under Goodwin's condition that he do some undercover investigating into the new Vas-COM, which is used by patients who don't need it and that Dr. Cooper is using to get paid.
Meanwhile, new doctors come to Med from Dr. Scott and Dr. Hammer, who don't stay too long when she tries to help her homeless mother. While Scott is a former CPD turned doctor with a different way of treating patients, Archer has an issue.
But with Hammer gone, Goodwin brings back a familiar face. Dr. Asher returns to Med, and soon, she and Halstead bump heads on a case. Choi returns to Med but, after pushing himself once again, has a setback that has him dealing with not only another procedure but also therapy. The season ends with a cliffhanger of Halstead and Scott trapped in an apartment fire.
I enjoyed season seven. It had some transitional moves, such as the departure of Manning and Apil and the new addition of Hammer and Scott. I enjoyed watching Guy Lockard as Dr. Dylan Scott; he was my favorite new rookie of the season. While I had doubts about Asher returning, she won me over. The storylines were good, and the medical stories were just as fantastic as the aways.
Overall, I give Season Seven an 8.5/10.
Season 8
The eighth season jumps in moments after the season seven finale when Halstead and Scott escape the apartment fire. When Scott deals with a relationship with an undercover cop and loses her, he leaves Med.
Ethan returns and gets married to April but gets a nice sendoff. Meanwhile, Crockett, who rescues two people in a subway, makes an impression on billionaire Jack Dayton and buys the hospital. Dayton makes Crockett an AI-operative OR, but is it really a good thing for Med to have? It turns out it wasn't after death and a fault that Crockett and Halstead had found. Crockett tries to convince Dayton to stop OR 2.0 but shuts the program down.
Asher and Archer have had some chemistry working with one another; yeah, they butted heads, but is there a romantic relationship there? Probably not. But it's something that you can't ignore. But Dr. Charles sees Lillian, the hospital cleaning worker, and starts a relationship.
But in a stunner, we see Dr. Will Halstead decide to resign from Med and move to Seattle to be with Manning and Owen, which is one of the most satisfying endings to the characters on the show so far.
Season Eight was excellent; it had fantastic character development and a solid storyline with the AI operation room, which was very interesting. I loved the chemistry between Asher and Archer, and while I do see that there's something there, they are not meant to be a couple but excellent colleagues. While the sendoff between Choi and April was perfect, I'm a #Manstead fan to the end, and that ending with Halstead and Natatile finally being together was an emotional goodbye.
Overall, I give season eight an 8.5/10.
Season 9
Season nine was (like Chicago Fire) a transitional season, with casting changes and new additions, especially with Luke Mitchell coming in as Dr. Mitchell Ripley.
Ripley and Charles have a history, as Charles treated Ripley when he was a troubled kid. Yeah, at times, they had butted heads, but they got to work with one another to get each other respect. They even work together treating a cult member and a prisoner who has undiagnosed dementia.
Archer's liver transplant is put on hold after his son has a drinking binge. But when it is okay, Archer's ex-wife tries to stop it. Meanwhile, Archer builds a relationship with his son's sponsor. Maggie finalizes her divorce from Ben and begins a relationship with the flight paramedic.
Meanwhile, Ripley and Asher develop a strong chemistry with one another and form a relationship. Marcel takes on a new medical resident who has bent more rules than Dr. Ross or Halstead has done in Chicago.
But when a transplant for his patient gets sidetracked due to the patient's toe being infected, it turns out that they have to pull away from the transplant, which leads to the patient's dad killing himself, leaving Marcel in mourning.
Season Nine has been a fantastic season so far! I loved how they started the season with a fresh new take with an emergency in action to Med, and even the cinematography was outstandingly blowing my mind. This season's storylines were solid, but the resident pushing the limits was stale. But the one thing that I loved this season was Goodwin's caregiving of her husband's dementia, which was powerfully emotional, and even leaving him at an assistant home was very powerful as well.
Overall, I give Seaosn Nine a 9.5/10.
What did you think of the past few seasons of Chicago Med? Are you looking forward to Season 10? Leave a comment.
You can catch the season premiere of One Chicago on Wednesday, September 25th, at 8/7c on NBC.
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