The season premiere of Chicago Med didn't miss a beat. Here's what went down.
When Goodwin breaks the news to the ED of a closer of another hospital and that they'll be taking in more workload, they didn't expect that take on a massive trauma from a ship accident, which even got Goodwin to scrub to help.
Meanwhile, with changes coming to the ED, Archer meets his new co-chief of staff, Dr. Caitlin Lennox, who shows absolute authority and shows she can push Archer's buttons. Not to mention, I made a kickass move of helping a patient with a dislocated leg. She's won me over from the start but seems to have an agenda for Med.
Asher ignores Ripley since Pawel accused him of attacking him at the season finale. But when Ripley finally comes to talk to her, he tells her the truth about what happened; Scully had his buddies attacking him, but it was too late when he got there to stop it. Things might look good to them (from the promo for next week). I can't ignore that this is a couple to root for this season, as they are the next Manstead.
With Lennox in the ED, there's another new addition to Med: Dr. John Frost. He happens to be the cute, young angel of the staff who makes his appearance, pushing Maggie as he brings in a patient he has treated from another hospital who couldn't figure out her condition.
But with new additions, there's someone to be let go, and in this case, Dr. Hudgins got fired from Lennox. He was having difficulty dealing with the overload of the traumas that had come in; also, maybe it was the effect of his mentor, Crockett, leaving Med for Boston. I felt it was time for Hudgins to go; I loved what he had done the past couple of seasons.
"Skin or Swim" was pretty much the episode's theme. Who could handle the pressure of the emergency room? Both new doctors handle Med's world, and even a resident who has been there for a while just can't. This was a fantastic episode with a vital lite reboot at the start of the season.
The medical cases had strong stories, from a mother standing her ground on what's best for her son, even if it isn't, to Ripley and Archer treating the captain of the ship, who was hiding his medical condition. But hey, how often do you hear Archer describing doing surgery like riding on a bronco? Plus, I couldn't get enough of Archer in shock to have Goodwin as his nurse during an emergency case.
Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.
What did you think of the season premiere? Did you like the new addition? Leave a comment!
You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.
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