I’m glad that Chicago Med gave us a fantastic midseason finale, but come ON!
The quality has been inconsistent this season, with some episodes being great and others barely watchable.
Chicago Med Season 11 Episode 7 felt more like older episodes than most of this season… just before the series disappears for almost two months.
Most of the Midseason Finale Was Compelling
I could have done without Lenox deciding to do the cops’ job for them, and the last-minute blackout was somewhat contrived.
Like Archer said, the backup generators should have kicked in — did someone sabotage them somehow?
I can’t hold that against Med, though. With this ridiculously long hiatus coming up, the show had to do something to keep people interested for almost two months.
Plus, this midseason finale was far more enjoyable than the Chicago Med Season 10 midseason finale, which had Sharon stabbed in her office and practically bleeding out after a ridiculously long and mishandled stalker story.
Of course, Chicago Med Season 11 Episode 7 ended with Lenox getting knocked out after searching for Faye herself, so the final scene wasn’t much better than last year.
Up until that point, Faye’s domestic violence story had been far more realistic than the Sharon stalker stuff, so that was a disappointing cliffhanger.
I would have rather Lenox’s big career-risking decision be something medical.
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We were off to a great start with her nearly electrocuting herself by working on the patient immediately instead of waiting for a cardiologic consult.
The fallout from that could have been a compelling story, and there were better ways to tell the sequel to Faye’s story than have Lenox get punched in the face while trying to play the hero.
That said, I’m digging this story about Lenox taking unnecessary risks because she’s trying to live fully until her disease overtakes her body.
Ripley can’t be the only one who noticed the change in her behavior, and hopefully, whatever happened at Faye’s house will be a catalyst for Lenox facing it.
Dr. Charles Was Back With A Meaty Story
I confess — I loved this story partly because one of my nieces is obsessed with gymnastics and is currently sitting out because of an ankle injury.
Some of Med’s stories haven’t been relatable to me, and I’ve missed that, but this one hit close to home.
Of course, Chicago Med can’t possibly tailor every episode to every fan’s real life or interests.
Still, even if most of the stories don’t directly reflect issues I’m familiar with, the characters should be easy to empathize with.
Maybe that’s a me problem, but I’ve found some of the episodes this season (not all!) boring and hard to connect with.
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Anyway, the injured gymnast’s angle took second place to Charles’ suspicions that his new colleague had poisoned the young patient to cover up that his clinical trial was failing.
I’m relieved that Charles was wrong about this.
There have already been too many stories about people messing around with clinical trials on Chicago Med — that was the whole reason Natalie left at the end of Chicago Med Season 6.
I’m also sick of the “technology is evil” types of stories.
Theo’s research is about using fMRI technology to help predict mental illness, which Charles has reduced to “letting a machine diagnose my patients for me.”
That’s no different from the stupid way the OR 2.0 storyline was handled on Chicago Med Season 9.
AI has both positive and negative effects on medicine, so some balance would be nice.
After Charles already discovered that Theo’s methods can be helpful, we don’t need to undo that by having Theo put patients at risk to protect his research.
Charles’ apology and admission that he and Theo might make a good team gave me hope that this time, Med won’t devolve into a simplistic story about new tech being bad.
Hannah’s Story Was The Saddest, But Not For The Reason I Feared
I’m not hallucinating, right? The promo DID show Hannah doubling over as if she were miscarrying?
Because that didn’t happen yet, thankfully, and the promo for the winter premiere had her seeming like her normal self.
Sadly, it’s likely that that will happen at some point, considering what Allen McDonald has said in interviews, but the longer we can put it off, the better.
Hannah’s storyline was sad enough as it was.
Jeremy’s cancer was advanced, and the surgery he opted for was a Hail Mary that would likely give him a poorer quality of life but buy him enough time to meet his unborn child.
Of course, Chicago Med Season 10 did something similar with Sully, but Sully’s child was born before his terminal diagnosis and in any case, Hannah wasn’t pregnant then.
This story did what it needed to do for Hannah: make her think about her own baby while another woman begged to be induced prematurely so her husband could meet hers.
I don’t know what was up with Archer and Kingston, though. The OR isn’t a great place to meet potential dates, and Archer conveniently omitted that he would soon be a father again when he was talking to her.
I’m also not interested in Frost’s love triangle.
I don’t watch Chicago Fire, so I don’t have an opinion on Novak, and I don’t like the trope of someone secretly harboring feelings for someone else and then waiting until after they’re partnered up to express themselves.
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If you enjoyed this article, check out our other One Chicago coverage. You might also enjoy our thoughts on other medical dramas, such as Brilliant Minds or Grey’s Anatomy.
Chicago Med airs on NBC on Wednesdays at 8/7c and streams on Peacock on Thursdays. The series will return with new episodes on January 7, 2026.
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