Chicago Med season 1, episode 7 rewatch: Saints
Look back at where Chicago Med began this summer. Read our retrospective on the seventh episode as we rewatch Chicago Med season 1, episode 7.
Over the One Chicago summer break, we’re looking back at where it all began by rewatching the first seasons of our shows—and today we’re revisiting Chicago Med season 1, episode 7.
If you want to rewatch this episode along with us, you can find Chicago Med season 1 on iTunes and DVD.
The seventh episode is called “Saints” and love is most definitely not in the air with the cases that the hospital staff has to tackle this week.
Dr. Connor Rhodes (Colin Donnell) does his best to help a couple whose first date has gone wrong in a terrible way: they were struck by a hit and run driver.
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Meanwhile, Dr. Will Halstead (Nick Gehlfuss) deals with the driver, and Dr. Natalie Manning (Torrey DeVitto) has to handle both her parents and her mother-in-law.
It’s a hectic episode, and it’s not one of the season’s best, but what makes it stand out is that the major storyline centers on Sharon Goodwin (S. Epatha Merkerson).
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A bone marrow transplant gets stalled by legal problems, so that naturally kicks it up the chain of command to Goodwin, who has to choose between doing what’s right for the patient and doing what’s by the book.
It’s an episode that finally gives a little more to do to Goodwin, who has been (and somewhat still is) relegated to either bureaucratic issues or being the hospital’s spokesperson.
While that makes sense to a point because she’s the boss, you can’t help but wish that Chicago Med would figure out ways to give her more to do—if only because she’s played by S. Epatha Merkerson and we all know how talented S. Epatha Merkerson is. In “Saints,” Goodwin gets center stage for a bit, and it’s very welcome.
The rest of “Saints” is pretty by the numbers. The story of why the hit and run driver caused the accident will likely raise a few eyebrows, and it’s always interesting to see Connor and Will both on the same case (especially given that, remember, during Chicago Med season 1 these two did not like each other all the time).
There’s also a storyline with April Sexton (Yaya DaCosta) and Dr. Daniel Charles (Oliver Platt) on the same case, which you hardly ever see anymore. One thing the first season did a bit better was a wider variety of pairings, before the show settled into its favorite teams and started writing them together. More of that would also be very welcome.
Plus, Annie Potts (Designing Women) making her debut as Natalie’s mother-in-law is fun for TV buffs. You can rewatch “Saints” yourself with Chicago Med season 1 on iTunes and DVD.
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