Chicago Med season 5 DVD review

Chicago Med season 5 is now available on DVD.

The fifth season of Chicago Med has arrived on DVD this week through Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (the home video arm of NBCUniversal). Here’s everything you need to know about Chicago Med season 5 on DVD.

Season 5 aired from September 2019 until April 2020, when it was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitating the shutdown of TV and film productions. However, this set includes all of the 20 episodes that made it to air.

You can get your copy of this DVD set on Amazon where it currently retails for $29.99. It arrives in the same week as Chicago Fire‘s latest season; you can read our review of that set here.

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What are the Chicago Med season 5 DVD details?

Season 5 comes home in a six-disc set containing all 20 episodes, exactly like the Fire release.

Those episodes include the final appearances of Colin Donnell and Norma Kuhling as they returned to wrap up their characters’ storylines after being let go from the series after season 4.

The season premiere also features the debut of Dominic Rains as Dr. Crockett Marcel, who takes over for Donnell’s Dr. Connor Rhodes. Billed as a guest star in the premiere, Rains is moved to the main cast immediately afterward.

Video is anamorphic widescreen (which makes it similar to what you’ve been seeing on NBC if you’re watching in HD). Audio is Dolby Digital 5.1.

Closed captions are included for fans who are hard of hearing. For viewers who aren’t primarily English-speaking, the only other language included is French, and that’s subtitles only; there are no additional audio tracks.

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Is Chicago Med season 5 available on Blu-Ray?

No. There is no Chicago Med season 5 Blu-Ray release, in keeping with the fact that the show has never been put out on Blu-Ray in the United States.

This has nothing to do with the show itself; it’s expensive to put a series out on BD, and so unless a studio (in this case Universal) knows they’re going to be profitable, most TV series only get DVD releases. The good news is that DVD is still a pretty solid presentation of the show in terms of its audio and video.

What are the Chicago Med season 5 DVD special features?

Here’s the major letdown with this set. The only extras are the Chicago Fire and Chicago PD hours that made up fall’s “Infection” three-parter. That’s it; no deleted scenes, bloopers, commentaries or behind the scenes videos.

And because Med only participated in one of the two crossovers this season, that means this set has less special features than either of the other two shows.

At under $30, it’s still a good buy if you prefer having physical media or you’ve started a collection and want to keep it current. The price to buy the episodes digitally is about the same, so you don’t need the DVD but there’s also no reason not to get it either.

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