Chicago Med season 4, episode 19 takeaways: Never Let You Go
What can Chicago Med fans learn from Never Let You Go? Look closer at this week’s episode with our Chicago Med season 4, episode 19 takeaways.
What did One Chicago fans learn from the latest Chicago Med episode? Here’s what we took away from this week’s installment, “Never Let You Go.”
“What You Don’t Know” featured a hostage situation in the Emergency Department that got a few people shot. After the Chicago Police Department only made things worse, it was up to an unlikely source to be the hero: Sharon Goodwin (S. Epatha Merkerson), finally getting some screen time to do more than just chastize her doctors and nurses.
If you missed any of this week’s episode or just want a refresher on the events that we’re about to discuss, you can catch up with our Chicago Med recap.
Below are our takeaways from this week’s episode:
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1) The Dad Curse strikes again
This episode’s subplot involved Cornelius Rhodes (guest star D.W. Moffett) having a hole in his heart and needing surgery. It was just the latest instance of the One Chicago franchise using people’s family members, particularly their dads, as plot devices.
Remember that earlier this season Pat Halstead (Louis Herthum) was killed off in the first crossover event. Last season Robert Haywood, Dr. Sarah Reese’s (Rachel DiPillo) dad, was revealed to be a killer. Now Cornelius is a patient. He’s never been a great guy, but still it’d be nice to see some parent-child relationship on this show that doesn’t have a negative storyline attached.
Speaking of negative storylines, this episode also proved how much Chicago Med has turned Dr. Ava Bekker (Norma Kuhling) into a villain, because when it was revealed that she had performed the surgery on Cornelius it immediately prompted questions of if she’d done it correctly or not. That wouldn’t happen with any other character.
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2) Those were some random cameos
“Never Let You Go” brought in some guest stars for what amounted to brief cameos with no real purpose. Robin Charles (Mekia Cox) was here just to show us more of the Charles family near the start of the episode, Gwen Garrett (Heather Headley) had little to do but react to Cornelius having his health scare, and Ingrid Lee (Anna Enger) turned up for one scene near the end presumably to further hint that she has a thing for Dr. Will Halstead (Nick Gehlfuss).
These are good actresses, but why spend the time bringing them in for an episode where they’re not really used? Both those scenes could have been cut and it wouldn’t have affected the episode that much. It was disappointing to see their names in the opening credits and then find out that we were hardly seeing them.
3) Goodwin has a bigger purpose
Chicago Med just proved it can do more with Sharon Goodwin than it’s been doing. She’s spent all of the third season being the hospital administrator and not much else, but there’s a lot more that can be done with her character. Yes, she has to fulfill certain functions as the person who runs the hospital and oversees everyone else, but it’s as if the show forgot she was in her office and largely left her there.
“Never Let You Go” proved why she’s in charge. She’s a strong woman who can still help in the ED and has the courage to make the tough decisions. Audiences deserve to see more of that and less of her worrying about budget and PR issues, especially with Connor’s impending departure, which means Goodwin will be the go-to character for any big picture discussions.
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