One Chicago Fall Finale Recap: Chicago Med "Love Will Tear Us Apart"/Chicago Fire "Quicksand"/Chicago P.D. "Penance"

 

The fall finales of One Chicago were not only highly emotional ones but left us on the edge of our seats. Here's a recap!

Chicago Me "Love Will Tear Us Apart" 

Talk about a cliffhanger, right? 

It's Thanksgiving, and while Med still cares for patience, they also celebrate Friendsgiving. Ripley learns that Sully won't be getting early release due to his condition, but do you think that will stop him from doing what is right for his friend and family? Ripley gives Sully the idea to send him to the ED and admit him to be with his girlfriend and son on Thanksgiving. 

Ripley and Lenox treat a patient who has a nearly broken spinal cord at the neck but still breathing. With dangerous surgery that is needed, not only does he go for it, but he also proposes to his girlfriend and gets married before going under the knife. You would think this might have gone south with all good fortunes, but the patient made it out fine instead. 

A familiar face returns as Dr. Sarah Reese makes her return (I can't believe it's been six years). One of her patients was brought in for an overdose, but Reese believes it wasn't an overdose but just high anxiety. But of course, Dr. Charles thinks it's serious and takes over her patient's care. For one, I see Reese's side of this, and what she says about Charles's methods does seem true. 

Archer returns as an attending and not the head of the ED. He shows signs that it's time to leave after agreeing to Asher's suggestion to rethink the idea. But when Archer gets to Goodwin's office to leave his resignation letter under the door. What does he see when the elevator door closes?

Well, he sees Goodwin, covered in blood from an attack from the stalker that has been sending death threats to her this portion of the season. It is finally revealed that the stalker was no other than the wife of a patient who died due to not receiving blood from Goodwin's decision. Will she make it out alive or not? That is to be determined by the new episode in January. 

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" was an excellent fall finale episode, from learning a bit about Lenox to that cliffhanger of Goodwin. I couldn't believe it was a patient's wife from the first episode. That was so clever and well-written this season. It was so amazing to see Reese return to Med, I had always had hoped that she would one day in the show be the attending in the ED. Seeing her butting heads with Charles while caring for her patient proves that Charles sometimes overpowers people. In this episode, Lenox showed signs of caring and even told us about her family and her relationship with her brother. I'm hoping to see more this season. 

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10

Chicago Fire "Quicksand"

The fall finale didn't disappoint at all!

The pressure is on with Herrmann and Mouch as they try to stay calm and prepare for their test. It gets crazy when both of them ask to do something, leading to Mouch finishing Kidd's training reports that Pascal keeps asking. And we get a call back to certs mints, which I remember and used to eat. 

Meanwhile, Carver gets to dogsit after they help save a man who was trying to put up a fence and gets his leg caught. With a dog named Fridge who lives in Chicago, you know who the dog is named after, the defensive tackle William Perry for the Chicago Bears. After the daughter picks up the dog, Carver realizes he might need to get one. Also, Ritter explains why Tuesday has yet to be around the firehouse.

Pascal and Monica patch things up after his issues with Bishop, but things once again build tension ( I feel like Pascal likes to have a balance of happiness and tension in his life) as Monica leaves his gun box under the bed for protection. Of course, she later tells him that she will take gun training, but did that upset him (a little)?? Instead, he offers a place where firefighters train, too.   

A blast from the past has come back to Cruz, who has been getting sniper bullets in his locker and one hanging in his car. Leon returns to tell Cruz that Junor is out from early release and that he's coming for vengeance on his brother. Just when Cruz figures it out, he makes his peace at Church to find Junior, telling him how he will care for the firefighter who closed the door on his brother. 

Pretty much the takeaway from the episode was the performance of Jocelyn Hudon's Lizzie Novak, as we witnessed during a call of a suicide victim who was hanging himself, triggered her dramatically. Even once they revived the victim, she asked why he did it. Once, she tries to deal with her emotions, but after talking with Pascal and seeing her childhood home, she finally takes the offer to talk about it with Violet. 

"Quicksand" was a solid episode from start to finish. The night has to go to Jocelyn Hudon with a powerful performance and character development. I hope we learn more about Novak's past this season. 

The Herrmann and Mouch story in this episode was once again priceless. There was so much humor and heart between them. Even the talk about Certs had me wishing the mint candy was back. With Cruz and Junoir reuniting, the drama looks like an exciting second half of the season. 

Also, with Carver single and done with Tori, will we see Carver and Violet reuniting by the end of the season? 

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

Chicago P.D. "Penance"

Picking up moments after the previous episode, Torres and Burgess see that Gloria and Cook have gone from the ally but soon spots Cook, who was dropped off and abandoned by Gloria, telling her that she doesn't want to see her again. 

Torres tells Voight the truth about him and Gloria, and after trying to apologize and resign from his position, they return to work. But with Chief Reid behind them during this case, it's becoming a stressful time in the unit. 

When the unit learns that there will be a hit on Gloria, Torres, and Burgess, make their way to her, but just when Torres tries to tell Gloria someone's coming, all hell breaks loose,e, and the two drive off to a safe place to lay low. After much talking, Gloria agrees to make a deal, but she doesn't have enough to take down her buyer, so they plan a dropoff with Torres as her bodyguard. Just when things go fine, it takes a turn, and not only does Gloria save Torres from gunshots, but she gets shot and quickly dies in Torres' arms. 

Voight sees Reid in his office, and soon they talk about the case of what they got out of it, but that wasn't really what Reid wanted to talk about as it was more about how Torres had a relationship with his CI and Burgress and the team trying to cover it up. But with no one to arrest Torres, Burgess, or Voight, Reid asks for one thing: they want to work closely. YIKES!

"Penance" was an exciting and emotional episode. Benjamin Levy Aguiliar gave an excellent performance as Torres, even getting me emotional by the end when Torres watched Gloria dying in her arms, asking God for forgiveness. Even Yara Martinez and Gloria were excellent. These two characters really connected through the past couple of seasons. I can't wait to see where Torres will be when the show returns. Meanwhile, we finally know the build-up to what Chief Deputy Reid will be this season toward Voight and the Intelligence Unit, and I can't wait to see where this goes. 

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

What did you think of the fall finales of One Chicago? Leave a comment!

You can catch One Chicago returning Wednesday, October 8th at 8/7c on NBC and catch every episode streaming on Peacock.