Trust: Chicago Med "Trust Fall"

 

When you're in the ED, who can you rely on? Let’s take a quick look at this week's episode of Chicago Med. 

After last week's shocker for Ripley, he talks to Asher about it even further, which ends their conversation with him not trusting her. The next day, Ripley doesn't seem to be in the game, even when Lenox questions his medical methods during a trauma, which has him later talking to Sully about the decision to turn himself in. Sully told Ripley how Hannah loves him and that he shouldn't let that go. 

Charles and Archer deal with a patient who needs a procedure but denies it because Joan is an AI or chatbot on the tablet. Charles does some digging and talks to him about Joan and how she answers with fear about the surgery that the patient needs. 

Dr. Frost has been getting a patient's mother to fall in love with him. It becomes clear that Frost was a child star who happened to have his own catchphrase: " That was a close one."

Goodwin tries to figure out how to deal with the overload of ambulances, and even after, Peter tries to tell her to handle it herself. She does this in her own way by letting the ambulances stay until he can handle it. Meanwhile, Goodwin gets a death threat note, but who could it be from? 

The story most discussed in this episode has to be Dr. Hannah Asher, who treats a pregnant black woman who feels like she isn't heard about her worries. When Asher diagnosed her patient with preeclampsia, after having to do an emergency c-section, the two became close, and even Asher shared that she would love to be a mother someday for the first time. But things for Asher's patient turn serious, and she is sent back to emergency surgery, which leads to her patient dying on the table and leaving Hannah in a state of shock and overwhelming emotion. 

"Trust Fall" stands out as one of the most unforgettable episodes of the season! It’s Asher's "Love's Labor Lost" moment—if you haven’t seen that classic ER episode from season one yet, I recommend checking it out. In this episode, Asher's character grows as she transforms from a confident practitioner to someone opening up about her dreams of becoming a mother one day. It truly deepened my admiration for her! Jessy Schram delivers her most compelling performance yet.

This episode beautifully balances Asher's emotional journey with Charles's patient story and his heartwarming chats with Joan about Frost's childhood as a child star. Plus, can we talk about that mysterious death threat sent to Goodwin? Was it someone cut from Med due to budget issues, or could it be someone with a personal grudge against her? 

Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10. 

What did you think of the episode? Leave a comment.

You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC and streaming the next day on Peacock.