Chicago Med season 3, episode 12 takeaways: Born This Way

Did Chicago Med give Ethan Choi a wake-up call? What about Connor and Ava? Here are our Chicago Med season 3, episode 12 takeaways.

Last night’s Chicago Med episode was one that turned several hospital relationships upside down, so what does that mean for the future? And who should we be the most worried about?

Season 3, Episode 12 was called “Born This Way” and featured Dr. Ethan Choi (Brian Tee) not only leaving the hospital, but finally seeing his sister. Meanwhile, things deteriorated between our two cardiothoracic surgeons after they slept together, leaving Dr. Connor Rhodes (Colin Donnell) more than a little dumbfounded.

If you missed any of this Chicago Med episode or just want a refresher on the events that we’re discussing, you can catch up with our “Born This Way” recap.

Here are our Chicago Med season 3, episode 12 takeaways:

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1) Choi’s life is about to get really interesting

We saw Choi do what Choi does, and come to the rescue in “Born This Way.” He’s not afraid to work his magic outside the hospital, in adverse circumstances, or whatever else he needs to do. He could have to do a surgery with one hand tied behind his back while he was on fire, and he’d probably make it work.

But seeing a young mother give up her baby had a huge effect on him, as Choi was finally motivated to visit his estranged sister (Arden Cho, who has to be back in future episodes).

So we’re going to learn more about Choi’s family, which should be interesting; we already got a peek into his military service during Chicago Med season 1, but we haven’t learned about what happened before that.

Plus, how will that affect his relationship with April (Yaya DaCosta)? And why does it seem like Choi is becoming the voice of maturity and reason amongst our team? Not that the others are immature, but Choi’s been the guy who we look to when we need a serious decision made.

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2) The Connor-Ava relationship might work out, maybe, possibly

We’re not shy in saying that we were not fans of the idea to ship Connor with Dr. Ava Bekker (Norma Kuhling). It seemed obvious and more than a little cliche from the jump. But we have to give credit to this episode for not allowing their professional relationship to go by the wayside in adding a personal component.

Watching the professional disagreement between them was the best part of the episode. They both had genuinely different points of view, and presented them professionally, acting like mature adults. There weren’t any digs about the disagreement being because of their night together; they knew to leave that outside. If Chicago Med can continue to focus on what works with these two as a pair, and not overdo the romance angle, maybe there’s potential.

But we’re going to hold onto our healthy dose of skepticism, because why did the promo for next week’s episode have to focus on their romantic pairing, just like the promo for this one? It feels like the show really wants us to look in that direction, while the real value of the dynamic is the totally other way.

3) Will Halstead has definitely grown up

We’ve got to give some props to Dr. Will Halstead (Nick Gehlfuss) this week. He dealt with a very hard case, of a cancer patient who wanted to die because of his past as a pedophile. And we saw a very different reaction from Will in Chicago Med season 3, than we would have seen in either of the past two seasons.

He didn’t pass judgment on the patient, even when the patient was judging himself. He didn’t allow April to judge the patient, even as much as we can understand her point of view. But when it came time, he also respected the patient’s wishes—and sent April out of the room on purpose so it was his burden to bear alone.

Plus, for all the super-cute Manstead moments that the show has placed into episodes this year, it was a welcome change of pace to see Will tell Natalie that he didn’t want to talk and needed some space. After that it’d be natural to need it, and some things people have to go through alone. That is something a couple of characters got reminded of this week.

Next: Chicago Med's Colin Donnell on Connor's new romance

What did you take away from this week’s Chicago Med episode? Leave your thoughts on “Born This Way” in the comments.

Chicago Med airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on NBC.