Chicago Med season 5 character preview: Daniel Charles
What will Chicago Med season 5 have in store for Daniel Charles? Look ahead as we preview Chicago Med’s new season for Oliver Platt’s character.
With Chicago Med season 5 coming in just a few weeks, it’s time once again to preview the new season for each character and look ahead to fresh episodes.
Where did your favorite character leave off when we saw them last? What are the big facts that fans need to remember before the season premiere? Where should they go next in season 5 for the best outcome? And is that where they’ll actually end up, or what direction is the show likely to take them in based on what we know so far?
Check out our detailed character preview, and let us know your thoughts on where you’d like to see each character go and why in the comments.
In this article, we’re profiling Daniel Charles (Oliver Platt).
Where we left off
Daniel Charles started last season on a down note, as Chicago Med wrote out his student and his surrogate daughter Dr. Sarah Reese (Rachel DiPillo). Reese blamed Charles for not telling her that her estranged father was a murderer, and left Chicago to finish her residency in Texas. Losing her caused Charles to lash out once, but otherwise, Reese was hardly mentioned again—and things seemed quickly back to normal for the show’s now-only psychiatric expert.
With Reese gone, there were less psych storylines and more of Charles being a supporting player, offering his experience to consult on other people’s cases. But while he had a smaller role inside the hospital, the writers filled the extra time with a personal story for him.
His ex-wife Caroline (recurring guest star Paula Newsome) came to the hospital to get into a new clinical trial for her cancer, and in the process Charles fell head over heels in love with her again! it got to the point that when he thought she was leaving the city, he tried to get her a job so she’d stay, and then was prepared to resign to follow her. But Caroline dropped a bombshell: she’d lied because her health was getting worse.
Chicago Med season 4 ended with Charles and Caroline getting remarried, though her health is an issue that they’ll have to deal with in season 5.