"For the Want of A Nail"
Talk about a freaky episode!
Dr. Charles, Halstead, and April treat a patient, Romona, who comes into the ED with a nail in her foot and a brain bleed. But she didn't want to be treated at Med but wanted another hospital. It gets creepy when they learn that Romona has been going to the other ED for over a year, pulling fake emergencies.
Charles gets Romona to accept the surgery at Med, but there seems to be a fallout when she shows signs of having a crush on Dr. Charles.
After Auggie has left with his brother and adoptive family, Maggie helps a young pregnant woman who suffered an emergency and needed a C-section. Maggie and the young woman learn that that baby has spina bifida occulta. But bonding with the young woman made her decide to search for her daughter, and she gave up.
Dr. Archer has an issue with Manning and Marcel when they overstep his medical judgment with a patient and tell Ethan about their relationship. That gets both Manning worried about going public with her relationship with Marcel.
"For the Want of a Nail" was a good episode, but sometimes freaky regarding Romona and Dr. Charles. Has anyone got that Fatal Attraction fab from her? What an excellent way to work with new colleagues when it comes to Dr. Archer, who pushes the envelope when it comes to being a creep as well. I loved that Maggie storyline once and loved how she guided the young woman on whether to keep her baby or not. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/
"So Many Things We've Kept Buried."
Talk about another powerful episode!
Will and Ethan treat a surrogate patient to her daughter's baby, who's having heart complications. Ethan and Will differ in treating the patient; also, I feel they were showing off with Dr. Virani. But in the end, Will comes through with a treat that could have gone south but didn't.
Dr. Marcel tends to a problematic surgery when a bullet in a patient's leg moves to the liver. But when Godowin's son offers a way to get that bullet out of the patient's liver, it doesn't go so well and runs to the patient's heart. That is until Marcel learns that the patient has a heart defect and takes him into emergency surgery before the bullet goes into the brain. Luckily, Marcel got the safe and bonded with the patient, who at first wasn't pleased being in the ED.
April goes the extra mile in this episode when she treats a patient in the field at a construction site. She tries her best to see the patient through.
Meanwhile, Dr. Charles and Manning treat a patient who suffered from a broken arm that needed surgery, but something doesn't add up when she tells them she attacked near an ally. There was no video footage of it, and she later learned that her husband had shot her, who happens to be retired from the military.
Charles doesn't think that it's not domestic abuse but instead that the patient's husband is suffering from night terrors and is attacking her without knowing it. The husband won't face charges but will go to a facility to get help.
"So Many Things We've Kept Buried" was a unique and powerful episode. I loved the Marcel storyline and bonding with the patient after showing him that he goes a mile to help his patient. Plus, Dr. Charles and Manning's story of the couple was so good and heartbreaking. And I loved the battle between Ethan and Will, and I just had this feeling that they might be going at it because of Virani. Anyone?
Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.
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Chicago Med airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC, and all seasons are available on PeacockTV.
