Chills with Emotion: Chicago Med "Cold Front"

Like a cold front being the cold air, a new Chicago Med brings another tremendous power.

"Cold Front" will be rememberedembeforom its emotional and powerful stories of our heroes facing the odds to help save their patients. If there's an episode that best describes what the show is about, it would be this very episode.

When a blizzard hits Chicago, it causes a massive pileup on the highway, and it looks like everything will be coming to Med. Choi and Jeff are there to treat as much as they can, alongside Casey, Severide, and Bowden being there. There, there was a family of four in a van, a man who was in an explosive truc,k and a pregnant woman who was found away from her car.

Let's start with the family: a family of four, one being a cousin, comes in as the father was taken to the OR fast, the mother being treated for cuts and wounds, but it was the boys that needed treatment—one with a hip fracture and the other with a leg fracture.

Both were in dire need of blood, but with a storm, none can't come in; the hospital was low on blood, but there were only a couple left. It left a heavy decision time for both doctors and even the mother/aunt as to who gets the blood. The one who'll survive would be the lady's nephew. Do you think that her husband agreed with it? No, he couldn't believe she let them pick her nephew over their son.

Let's move on to probably one of the most memorable stories in this episode was of Dr. Ethan Choi, who treated the burned victim from the crash. But when Dr. Latham saw him, he wanted Choi not to give him treatment because he burned over 95 percent of his body, but Choi tried to fulfill his patient's dying wish to tell his wife how much he loved her.

But after putting him on the vent, Rhodes tells Choi that they needed it because of the shortage due to the storm. Choi took his patient off the vent and helped him pump air til his wife got there, but Rhodes later wanted him to help put a tube in for another patient; at that point, the patient heard what was going on and grabbed his arm to tell him that it was okay to let go. I don't know about you, but I was literally in tears throughout Choi's story. But here's probably another one: as soon as Choi is done with that other patient, he overhears Halstead and Manning about the son's condition and that he needs- blood now. Choi is blood and gives as much as the kid needs.

Over moments: Rhodes and Latham had another good-to-WTF moment. Dr. Charles meets a loud patient who needs a refill, but when he leaves the hospital and "his brother" calls to tell Dr. Charles that he has died, it sets Charles down a moody path. But here's a surprise: the patient didn't die. He wanted to mistreat Charles, but he would pay the piper at the end: being held for 72 hours. And I think we might need to keep an eye on Wheller down the road; I'm a bit worried about him after the last couple of weeks.

"Cold Front" is another excellent and mighty one-hour television. The writing was so powerful, and the acting was on another level. I want to give Brian Tee the performance of the night, maybe even the performance of the week, as he was just outstanding. Also, Gehlfuss and Torrey gave their best performance, but mostly, we got to see a couple of #Manstead moments. Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Med when they return in the historical television Chicago Crossover event on Wednesday, March 1st at 8/7c on NBC, and new episodes return on March 2nd at 9/8c on NBC.

Who's Da Boss? Powerless "Sinking Day"

With profits at Wayne Security performing well, who's to take the credit: Emily or Van?

When Van ask Emily to look at a report about the company's profit, things were looking amazing. To Van: he's excited and takes credit as to Emily thinks that she's the one who brought profits up. The two don't see eye to eye but Emily thinks that what she does can profit better than Van's way.

When Ace Chemicals owner sees their product, to stop people from falling in and turning into evil clowns every three months, but it wasn't what the owner wanted and told them that he sent an email out with ideas of what he wanted. Emily didn't get the email but the owner explains that he sent it to Van about it and soon after Ace Chemicals leaves Wayne Security for Lexcrop.

As soon as word got out, Van's father shows up all upset and tells him he lost respect for him. Later on, Emily tries to talk to Van about the issues and use her father and his flower shop as an example. But she gives him the courage to make a call to other companies but stop short, but Emily found that Atlantis was in need of help so she called them for a meeting.

The meeting seemed to go well until they had to leave to get back to their city for Sinking Day, whatever the hell that mean. So Van tells them that he celebrates Sinking Day too and invites them along and tells them that Aquaman will be there too. Making promises that he might not seem to keep puts a stressful Emily at bay, but comes Sinking Day and everything look like the low budget of enchanted undersea dance from Back to the Future.

Emily greeted the members and things looked good. Van shows up and bring each of the three members a personal gift, fake alcohol, Brandon Frazier movie collection and two things of perfume. As the ball was rolling, Van's dad shows up and take it way from Van. Van goes to his office, playing his guitar with no pants just singing about he has daddy issues and needs a tissue. Emily gets him going once again and tells his dad that it's his business and client and to back off and so he did and the deal went smooth until I think Van went to grab the big tuna that was a mistake to have there. Later, Van and Emily sat down and started singing a song from their heart about the day.  

"Sinking Day" was a good episode, mostly watching the performance between Vanessa Hudgens and Alan Tudyk was just amazing, funny and memorable. Those two have some comedy chemistry going on. The second story plot was okay, it just seemed to be like a snack story when it comes to knowing if Alex, the accountant, is The Olympian. But I really liked the short opening of the Hudgens, Pudi, Funches and Pierson talking about where we from and race as it was humorist to hear the word half Philadelphian.  The writing was good as well. Overall, I give this episode a 8.5/10.

You can catch Powerless Thursday nights at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.

Chicago Med: "Heart Matters"/"Graveyard Shift"/"Mirror Mirror"/"Theseus' Ship"

"Heart Matters"

A blast from the blast leaves one nurse on the sidelines while a case of a transplant takes a swift turn.

"Heart Matters" was, once again, another great hour of television. There were so many, many moments in this episode that stood out the most. Here are my top moments that stood out.

1. Maggie and the CPD officer: In one of the most intense encounters, the officer who arrested Maggie last season comes to Med after a fall. She comes in and leaves Maggie stunned. They cannot get the best officer's husband, not wanting to deal with M; TrudyTrudy gets Goodwin to switch nurses and go with April. But Maggie opens up to the officer about what she does to help her patients, like what they do to protect/serve the people. Soon, it was time for the patient to go up to the OR, and a line of officers from hall to hall was present as she was taken to the room. And just before taking out her organs, they announced her name on call one last time.

2. Manning against the Troll: After last week's twisted medical story, Manning had to present at the MMA, for which she went over what happened and learned from her experience and in the future. With pressure for her, Jeff doesn't seem to be the kind to help; even being a student, he tells the Troll that he should lay off on her, like a knight. That embarrassed Manning and didn't help their relationship, but it served a good purpose with Manning and Halstead as he seemed to be her steady rock through it all.  

3. The Heart of the Matter: The officer, being a donor, gave a chance to Rhode's patient, who needed a heart transplant to come in but took a detour because she and her daughter got into an accident due to her being under the influence of alcohol. After learning about the alcohol she had had, the Medical Advisers Broad denied her the transplant, but she didn't care because her daughter needed surgery. But after hearing of the bad news, there was a donor in California who was a match, but being that long of a flight, the heart went back to the mother.  This story was one of the heartbreaking and uplifting moments as well.

I can't say enough how Chicago Med has been laying down some of their best stuff so far. The writing has been nothing but solid, heartfelt, and entertaining. The cast does a great job as a group in this episode. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

"Graveyard Shift"

There's a saying, "Full Moon, Saturday Night." If you ever watched ER, in its first season, there was an episode that took on the night shift of the hospital, and things were crazy. This episode was close to it.

Halstead, Jeff, and a resident worked together on three kids who happened to get high on something, maybe spice, that sent them down pretty severely. It was to the point that one of them needed to be dialysis. Well, with Halstead and Jeff managing well, the resident who was working with them was overwhelmed with all that he was taken in, and even the Troll wasn't a big help either. It was so bad that he was drunk and must be walked out.

Choi gets Goodiwn's word about helping a patient with a heart issue. When they got Rhodes to do it, it wasn't til Choi told him that the patient happened to be a panda. How freaking cute!!! The good news is that the panda was saved after a few issues during surgery, but Med will have a great PR moment for a while.

Reese decided to work the night shift to see that her patient would be treated correctly, but she didn't know that she would be on call to call the time of death to some patients. After working on the two of them pretty well (the second one was Dr. Latham's, which is awkward!), she gets a call about her patient had just died and called it too. She couldn't process it anymore and met with Dr. Charles and told him that she'd do therapy because she didn't know how to handle all of this and didn't want to disappoint him. We learned she talked to her mother about working in psych at the hospital but didn't care. It was to that point that she was trying to prove her wrong about it.

Dr. Latham has been an exciting man to watch lately as he figures out he has Asperger's and asks Dr. Charles for help. Charles recommends some shock therapy that lasts only a tiny amount and a twenty-minute session. After his encounter with Reese about not understanding everyone's emotions, he returns to Charles and asks for that shock therapy, for which it has helped, but for how long?  

I enjoyed this episode because it had entertainment, a cute animal, emotion, and something to learn about: don't jinx someone on having a good night. I thought Lathan, Reese, and even Charles and his daughter sharing a moment were some great story plots in this episode. I wish Halstead would be more caring with that resident, but it's Halstead; his brother Jay is that way sometimes, too. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

"Mirror Mirror"

Talk about a brilliant hour of television.

"Mirror, Mirror" is an episode that I'm sure will be remembered as such a clever, creative episode. Let's recap this:

Halstead gets followed by the Troll, who happens to be taping promo videos for the hospital website after an interesting patient (organs in the opposite place in its body). It was so clever that Rhodes took the case. But later on, when a patient seems to have a sinus issue, the Troll gives him a steroid, and off he goes, but Halstead sees something that he doesn't like and pushes to get tested. After the test results come to him, it turns out he has a tumor, but Halstead thinks that the tape the Troll has might be too much. Halstead talked to the patient about terminating the release forms for privacy, but the guy didn't want to do it because he was finally doing something he would be recognized for.

Choi and Jeff treat a patient with a gun in his...well....butt. Let's say it was up there, and it was loaded. Choi and Jeff try to get it out in the ED, and Reese sees the opportunity to talk to the guy, but he doesn't want to talk. After the gun goes off, going through the body and hitting Jeff, Choi gets the gun out and takes the kid to the OR.

Reese tries to open up to the kid again about talking to her, but he doesn't and would never want to talk to anyone. He tells her that she doesn't know what she wants and that he took her to look at herself in the mirror and talk to herself about what she sees during a session with Dr. Charles' therapist.

But the exciting story came when Manning treated a mother and daughter and had an accident. The mother is all cut up on the forehead, but the daughter seems interesting as she isn't even hurt, but she feels like something is wrong. After tests show nothing, Manning goes to Charles for help, and it turns out she can feel and show signs of what other people are or are having.

I thought this episode was just another brilliant hour of television. They have such good stories and perfect characters, some that I'll probably remember for a while. The writing was excellent. This will be an episode I would want to rewatch again. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

"Theseus' Ship"

Chicago Med keeps it coming with its stories and characters.

"Theseus Ship" is probably one emotional episode and a performance I'm sure will be remembered.

The one story that drew me the most out of this episode was about Manning and an eight-year-old cancer patient. The kid has an infection, but he hasn't been taking his treatment in a while and questions the dad about it. The dad tells Manning that his son decided to stop the treatment as he doesn't want it anymore. Can you believe that?

It was when Manning talked to the kid about taking the treatment, but he told her he was ready for what was next. I went OMG, with a tear or two going down my face. But when April pressured Manning about calling DCFS on this, she wasn't for it until the test results were back, but she called for them, and by the time they came, it was too late as the results came showing that the cancer had been shrinking and that the infection was getting better. But the DCFS had to take the father away in handcuffs.

Everything else from Halstead/Charles/Charles and the cat lady was sometimes funny. The split personality patient was the second-best story plot in this episode. I was more interested in her than the cat lady, to be honest. And, of course, Dr. Latham and Rhodes were excellent as well.

It was another fantastic episode. I'll probably remember this episode with Manning's story and Reese and Charles's storyline. The writing was good as well. The characters were as rich as the previous episodes. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Thursday nights at 9/8c on NBC.

Brotherly Love: This Is Us "Jack Pearson's Son"

If you were hoping for some Valentine moments that will warm you heart this week, think again my friend.

"Jack Pearson's Son" is just another great episode but this time we get to see an uglier side to Jack and Rebecca's relationship. Furthermore, Randle has been pushed to his limit when everything has been put in front of him. And a wedding is pushed back until Kate and Toby learn more and more about themselves.

Let's start with the couple that had a pretty good track record for romantic memorable moments. This is isn't the episode for us to say I wish we were like them. We finally get to see some downfall of jealously when Jack learns that Rebecca's going on tour with the band and one of them was a ex-boyfriend she dated.

After Rebecca's concert at the bar, Jack has a one on one talk with the guy and let's just say that it didn't end well for Jack and noting violent had happen too. But Jack decided that he didn't want to go to their place every year they go on Valentine's Day eating back cheeseburgers and such. I'll have to side with Rebecca on this argument that he might be over thinking the whole dating thing if it was only a short two months.

Besides Jack and Rebecca, Randal and Kevin moment has to be the most memorable one to date and for this week. I literally wanted to call my brother and see how he's doing.

When things just seem to pile on to Randal from work, William, and even Kevin's debut play. It gets to be overwhelmed and the one person that seem to calm him down would be Jack talking to him. With Kevin, not seeing it at first, but tries to not get scared of opening night, he gets the one advice from the one person that he doesn't like, Miguel.

Miguel tells Kevin that when he sees him he sees his best friend, Jack and hopes that when he talks to Kevin that there's some Jack in him to do what Jack would do. During opening night as the show was about to begin, Kevin thinks about what would his dad do and instead of performing the play, he ran to Randal's side, knowing that he needs him more than ever, and rushes to his side and hugs him. Just bring out the god damn tissues.

Kate and Toby takes their relationship to a new level and tries to learn about each other before their summer wedding but Toby decides that it would be best for them to take their time. Thank god!!!!

This was another home run episode!!! It had all the laughs, dramatic moments that you want to be in that conversation with the characters. And yes there were tissue moments too. I couldn't get enough of Mandy Moore in this episode but it was Sterling K. Brown and Justin Hartley's performance that really send this episode to the top of my emotion list. As much as Kevin might be a pain in the butt at times, and I know because I feel like I'm both Kevin, Randal and Kate at times, that he's learning more and more about how to be a better person. The writing was solid as ever along with the other casting performances too.


Overall, I give this episode a 10/10.

You can catch This Is Us Tuesday nights at 9/8c on NBC.

WTF!! Chicago Fire "Trading in Scuttlebutt"

Well, what can I say about tonight's episode of Chicago Fire that hasn't been tweeted out during the show?

I don't think I ever used mean words to a character so much in a while or so. Tonight's episode really was good in a way of drama. "Trading in Scuttlebutt" had the good, bad and the heartwarming moments and let's not forget the WTF! moment too.

Let's start with Severide, he gets a job offer of being the new Chief at a firehouse in Springfield. Looking around the house seems to get new stuff every year and when the Chief greeted him and told him the many things that he could do like go into the fire or stay and be the look like (kind of what Bowden does). But he offered him what seems to be a nice big pay contract.

But after he took a look at the sights: meaning making a quick visit to Anna, who works in an ER as a nurse. The two have a nice chat and kiss. Will Severide choice to move to Springfield?

Meanwhile, Brett is trying to change her lifestyle from speaking different language to working out in the firehouse. Dawson trying to cheer her up, tries to think of setting her up with someone, but instead her and Kidd takes Brett out to have some fun and meets a guy who asked her to marry her because his green card will expire (Oh NO!!!).

But the real kick the to balls comes when the firehouse gets a call of an accident with a car and a truck with concrete pipes. While there another firehouse is there ready to do their thing, the Chief get his men on it but Bowden sees the top pipe moving and tells him to stop and has his Casey and the team to secure it. After that it turns to one hell storm coming when word gets around about hoe Bowden topped the other Chief during that call.

It gets out of hand when he comes to 51 with inspections and even calling out how bad his firehouse really is from Jimmy going against him to Severide with a hit and run (and me yelling at the television telling him that it was a car theft turned hit and run, dumb ass!!!). But it got worst after he came on a call and Severide didn't take his order. Now this Chief has resigned almost everyone to other firehouses. WTF!!!!!

This was a great episode, if I do say because I literally threw my phone down after the word that everyone was moving. I thought that everyone did a great job, but once again I think the performance should go to again David Eigenberg's Herrmann, who thought was going to get robbed turned out to trust his gut and helped a guy out with money to look better for a new job. It just proves that Herrmann is the heart and soul of the team. The writing was so solid and the directing was good. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Fire Tuesday nights at 10/9c on NBC.

Chicago Fire "An Agent of the Machine"

Thrills, a break and even a job change all in this episode of Chicago Fire.

"An Agent of the Machine" is a continuation from the previous episodes, mostly from Casey's guy who was trapped in that apartment fire and Severide's relationship. But another element has been added to give it some spice as well.

So let's get to Casey, it became a serious issue when he and Dawson were at the supermarket getting beer and popcorn, until a mysterious guy asked Dawson about a burn that he has suffered. IT turns out to be that guy from the fire that Casey put off to help Kidd.  He tells her that her team will get what's coming and leaves.

Antonio tells them that he'll have Halstead on the case, and doing so this guy that's after Casey and 51 turns out to be a real threat. With all hands on deck and not leaving anyone alone on call, they find who this guy is and a bottle of pills that were left. So they called up the local drug store and had them call the guy for a perception issue that he needs to come down, well when he did it turns out that it wasn't him that it was some other guy paid to be him.

While that was happening 51 gets a call of a warehouse fire, there happens to be someone in there, that turns out to be Casey's guy. Casey and Kidd are stuck in the floor where the guy is shooting up a store. Meanwhile, the guy has a bomb that could take out the neighborhood in the back of the warehouse. Severide and team try to empty it out and poor water in it. Trying to play the shooter, Casey makes a jump on him by knocking him out.  But better news for Dawson-Casey is that he finally put a ring on her finger.

Love is not in the air for Britt and Antonio, as Brett got a word or two from his ex-wife coming to pick little Antonio up. Brett didn't like it at all and tries to tell Antonio about it. But he has an issue of not taking the blame for himself but blaming other things like his job and such. But don't worry he did full apologize about it but it seems that Brettonio is taking a break.

One person not taking a break, Severide as he has someone from Springfield, IL to come and obverse the team. After a hard day with the shooter and the bomb that he help disarmed, the guy offered Severide a job down in Springfield to take over his position. How funny this came up knowing that the girl that he has a crush on lives down there too. Will Severide leave 51? I guess we'll just have to find out.

This was a really good episode. It was enough to put me on the edge of my seat. Love the Dawson-Casey danger drama and love the Severide-Casey bromance that so reminds me of Greene-Ross (ER). I'm not sure I would want Severide to leave. I mean I think he's better off with Kidd to say the least. I thought the writing was good and the cast did a great job. Overall, I give this episode a 8/10.

You can catch Chicago Fire Tuesday nights at 10/9c on NBC.

Strong Love: This Is Us "I Call Marriage"

Love, divorce, reunions and griefs touch this episode through and through.

"I Call Marriage" is another beautiful installment of how Jack and Rebecca's love for each other shows on screen. To me, I just want to give them the biggest bear hug every time I seen them at an heartwarming moment. Nevertheless, there are serious concerns ahead for Randle and happy moments for now with Kevin and Kate.

Let's start off with Jack and Rebecca, who we see in the past that they just got married and Jack's best man and friend, Miguel gives the best man speech. The speech becomes what is true about the newly happy couple but years later when Jack and Rebecca meet up with Miguel and his wife for the first time since they've been busy with their own things and kids, they get news about them two getting a divorce.

Jack later asked Miguel how did they know, Miguel responded that it just sort of happens. Jack thinks of something very nice and romantic for Rebecca to prove that their love isn't dying that every day is a new adventure. He takes her to their first apartment where they lived (how lovely right?). But before taking off, Rebecca and her band gets the word that they're gonna play more but she has to get Jack's approval after all e's putting in more hours and letting her still follow her dream. But that will be for the next episode.

Along with that, Kevin and Sophie finally reunited after 12 years apart. He tells her that he still wants to be with her but for her, she doesn't seem to want to go down that road again. After all, she was in a dark time when they divorce from moving back with her parents.  But after being stuck in the subway, calming her down, things might look bright for them after all, she did come back to their restaurant and spot.

Toby visits Kate for the day and is introduced to Duke, the one that has hit on Kate since she got there, and the two had a nice chat (nothing violent). But after hearing what he said, Toby decided to take a day and try some of the classes along with Kate, making her feel awkward but the two talked and it was about time that Toby tells her that she needed to give instead of take, take, take most of the time. I've realized that a lot through this season, even though a small amount has been giving. But Toby pulls out his grandmother's wedding ring and I guess you can all it a proposal.

Randle on the other hand, is dealing with grief and other things. Trying to suck it up might be the best used to describe him in this episode. When his oldest daughter is up late with William learning about chess because she's in a tournament that day, he plays out that William will be fine and lets move one.  Then comes work and when it came to him and his co-worker trying to settle a deal with a client, he wanted to be there more than his family and supporting his daughter. Good news, he missed the meeting and went to his daughter's match, for which she won. But it's the way he's been treating the girls, his wife about William that really gets me that he must be in denial but also showing signs of something else like shaking in his hands.

I enjoyed this episode enough to say it might be one of my favorite because I loved Kevin/Sophie story and not to mention Jack and Rebecca as well. The writing was good, there was a lot of really good moments that made me laugh, like Kevin telling Sophie about how he's Facebook friends with her under a different name.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch This Is Us Tuesday nights at 9/8c on NBC.