Chicago Med Hitting 100th Episode Tonight

Tonight, Chicago Med will air its milestone episode.

The hours and minutes clock down to the milestone of the 100th episode of Chicago Med. That got me thinking about how this spin-off of the Chicago series began when Chicago Fire aired the episode "I Am The Apocalypse" during its third season. Firehouse 51 was called to a chemical leak that had them taking everyone to Chicago Med until a patient blew up the emergency room because he believed he was infected with a deadly virus. Go figure, right?

After the explosion, Severide was severely injured while Will Halstead and April Sexton tried to keep order in the ER with help from Firehouse 51. Boden meets with Goodwin and Charles as they team up with Chicago PD to figure out the suspect, and after testing the infected blood with Herrmann's normal blood, it was good. At Molly's, Boden gives a lovely speech to the people who worked at Chicago Med.

Soon after Chicago Med was picked up into a series, some cast members were kept sand somewhere changed. We got the famous #Manstead and carried on to #Sexchoi and more. We've gotten heart-pounding moments, heartbreaking moments, and laughs as well. We've gotten amazing episodes from the past 100 episodes, like W, ill going against a cancer patient's wishes to die, and Natalie battling her decision-making after losing her memory. Evan Ethan is fighting hard to keep a patient alive to say goodbye to his wife and more.

Tonight's the 100th episode, and while the landscape of television has changed just a bit, the meaning of 100 episodes used to be syndication for that series; nowadays, shows like Chicago PD get syndication deals before its 100th episode while Chicago Fire doesn't have any. Shows today might have two to four seasons and either be canceled or end on their terms. Some last more than a decade or two and still have more stories to tell. We should take the time to appreciate the moment that a series, whether yours, pa patches a milestone.

I re-watched the backdoor pilot of Chicago Med that I just talked about earlier, and it still holds up. And with season one, episode one still holds up as it reminds me of an updated version of ER. When Chicago Med premiered, the dramatic drama was a risk because since ER and House ended their run, the only thing was Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice, which was too soapy for my taste. The Night Shift brought the medicine and character-driven drama back on television.

Chicago Med's episode tonight should be one not to miss. I'm ready for tonight and more to come. To the cast and crew of Chicago Med, here's to 100 episodes and 100 more and beyond! Cheers!

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

Missing His Presence: Fresh Off The Boat "Under The Taipei Sun" 100th Episode

In the 100th episode of the series, with Eddie on a living exchange in Taiwan; will the family miss him or not? Here's a recap!

As Eddie is ready to set on his exchange living in Taiwan; he doesn't take any advice seriously from Louis and Jessica. But as soon as Eddie gets there, things look amazing and fun for him; until he blows his money on gifts for the family and loses his stuff on the way back to his aunt's house.

Meanwhile,  Jessica, Louis, and the family are living an Eddie-free life; riding bikes through the park and singing from The Sound of Music to eating a big dinner and saving a lot for leftovers. But as time goes, the family starts to miss Eddie, but not Jessica. Louis and the boys try to get Jessica to admit that she misses Eddie with heartfelt cards and finally did it.

As Eddie tries to find a way back to his aunt's house; a gang threatens him until a nice guy comes in and help. That is until Eddie stood up and the gang left in fear of how big he is. Eddie helped the nice guy with deliveries; used his phone instead of calling his aunt, Eddie calls his parents on a long distance, and everyone is thrilled to hear one another.

"Under The Taipei Sun" was another terrific episode for this milestone. This was such a well-written episode; even some spots from past moments in the show that really felt the episode special. But the dynamic was about Eddie and Jessica; being separated and realizing that they miss each other as a mother and son would be. There was such a strong character development between Eddie and Jessica and even Grandma, who has a Cheers tattoo of Norm. I would admit that the bike ride in the park was probably one of my favorite moments besides the phone call between Jessica, Louis and Eddie, and Jessica reading cards. Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10.

You can catch Fresh Off The Boat Fridays at 8/7c on ABC.

The Thrill of the Hunt: The Blacklist "Abraham Stern (No. 100)"

Nothing like a milestone episode go hunting for a legendary treasure and give a throwback to a former blacklister.

When Red finds a famous penny that leads to a hidden treasure, he's over the moon for because well he loves a good mystery. But when he gets road sided by Abraham Stern, that penny is gone and Red gets the FBI to get it back. Unfortunately, there just to seem to be one more penny left for Stern to take and it's at a auction.

When Ressler and Samar get there to the auction, they were tipped that the penny might be counterfeit and gets placed in the police evidence lock room. With Stern gone, Red ask for Liz about how he could get something out of the evidence room and after she explains to him about it, she offered to go in there and plant some.

Of course, Liz would help her father no matter what, but in this case she's got a bit of road detour when she killed the man that knows who killed Tom. After cleaning up his apartment, the police get there and see the place clean and as they looked around they found a blooded cloth in the sink trash disposal. So with Red's penny at the evidence along with that bloody towel, Liz goes in there with backup in this case with Glenn.

As Glenn and Liz get there, Glenn suffers a heart attack and Liz goes in there and grabs not only the penny but the towel too. As soon as Red gets the penny, Red meets with Stern and talk about story behind the mystery. Stern tells him about how his father never had everything but when he died he left him with four pennies to find a treasure because he didn't want Stern to be like him. So after talks and gave a split deal, they learn about the pennies and that it gives a map to a place in Denver and a message that leads to the highest security banks in the world. 

As Red gets his team to help Stern, they go in but Stern has other plans with his money and places Red back in the truck. But if you know Red, he never gives up or should I say always has a plan B in place when his team comes in and gets the vacuum to suck up a vent that apparently leads to where Stern's money is placed and when they started grabbing, the vacuum machine turns on and sucks all the money to Red's van.

As soon as things were getting close to done, Red calls Cooper about that Stern is at the National Bank and tells him that he doesn't feel that he should go along with him. But as Red says "I know you always get your man." And they did.

As for Liz, she not only sneaks in the Police evidence lock up but also sneaks in the FBI files and grabs a file of one of the most deadliest blacklisters of all, The Stewmaker. She uses what the Stewmaker did to his victims and used it on the man that she killed. As his body was decomposing, she finds a plastic eye in the drain that has a message or something in it.

When she meets up with Red at a pawn shop, Red gives the only penny left and turned it in for what is Winston Churchill's hat. But the one thing they talked about was Liz pretty much going rouge to find Tom's killer and she asked him for help. Red responded with a yes and a new storyline begins for the rest of the fifth season it looks like.

"Abraham Stern" was, for it to be the 100th episode of The Blacklist, literally one to remember among shows that reach this milestone. It had just the mixture of what The Blacklist is all about with humor and thrilling drama and not to mention the twist of course. Near the end of the episode when Liz and Red talked about how she was handling with one of the men who helped killed Tom, Red talking to her about how dangerous it is. It seems that from that point we come to the opposite of where these two characters were in the pilot. The Red and Cooper scenes were amazing and so funny while the chemistry between Nathan Lane and James Spader was just undeniable and so good. Looks like the fun begins for the rest of the season.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch The Blacklist Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.