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Chicago Med season 5 character preview: Will Halstead

By Brittany Frederick

CHICAGO MED -- "With A Brave Heart" Episode 422 -- Pictured: (l-r) Marlyne Barrett as Maggie Lockwood, Nick Gehlfuss as Dr. Will Halstead -- (Photo by: Elizabeth Sisson/NBC)
CHICAGO MED -- "With A Brave Heart" Episode 422 -- Pictured: (l-r) Marlyne Barrett as Maggie Lockwood, Nick Gehlfuss as Dr. Will Halstead -- (Photo by: Elizabeth Sisson/NBC) /
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What will Chicago Med season 5 have in store for Will Halstead? Look ahead as we preview Chicago Med’s new season for Nick Gehlfuss’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 Will Halstead (Nick Gehlfuss).

Where we left off

Will Halstead was last season’s winner of the “worst season for a One Chicago character” award. Chicago Med put him through multiple traumas, including things that he shouldn’t have ever had to deal with—and by the end of the season, he had nothing to show for it.

He had to deal with the loss of his father (recurring guest star Louis Herthum) almost right off the top, and then was dragged into an operation where he was essentially strong-armed into working for the FBI. Will spent half the season as a confidential informant, which culminated in him almost being shot, except for some last-second intervention from brother Jay (Jesse Lee Soffer).

After all that, his reward was having to abandon his wedding and be placed in witness protection in Arizona. Though Will came back to Chicago eventually, Natalie wasn’t the same when he came back; she eventually returned his engagement ring and pretty quickly took up with her new love interest, Phillip Davis (recurring guest star Ian Harding).

So though Will wants nothing more than to marry Natalie and be a good doctor, he’s lost his dad, his fiancee, and the season ended with another attempt on his life that injured Natalie. Will can’t catch a break, and that needs to change immediately.

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