One Chicago: Biggest takeaways from March 17’s Fire, PD and Med episodes
One Chicago’s most burning questions for March 17, 2021.
What are the biggest takeaways from One Chicago this week?
With every new episode of Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago PD there’s usually something to talk about, whether it’s character development, a big plot twist, or an element of the show that leaves fans confused.
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for this week’s installments of Chicago Med, Chicago PD, and Chicago Fire.
Here are the three biggest talking points from this week’s One Chicago episodes—let us know your thoughts on each question in the comments.
Chicago Med: Is Dean Archer the show’s new bad guy?
There’s always one antagonist in Chicago Med’s Emergency Department. First it was Dr. Stanley Stohl (Eddie Jemison), then it was Dr. James Lanik (Nate Santana), and now it seems to be Dr. Dean Archer (recurring guest star Steven Weber).
In “For the Want of a Nail” the show made Archer look like a real jerk in multiple ways. The one that One Chicago viewers knew about was him revealing the relationship between Dr. Crockett Marcel (Dominic Rains) and Dr. Natalie Manning (Torrey DeVitto). In fairness, Archer wasn’t wrong on that one, since Natalie decided to undercut him by calling in Marcel. She used their relationship to get her way, and as Archer pointed out, that’s not right plus it could expose the hospital to all kinds of legal trouble.
If the script had left it at that, it would’ve been fine. But then Archer was also backseat driving on the case that Dr. Ethan Choi (Brian Tee) was helping out with and pulled his own stunt going behind Choi’s back to order certain tests. It totally unraveled what could’ve been a cool approach to his character.
Let’s face it: Chicago Med needs someone who plays by the rules. If Archer had come in and just tried to call out Natalie, we would’ve had a character who stays inside the lines, which the show’s not really had in a few seasons. But when he does the same thing to Choi, it sends the message that he doesn’t really believe what he’s saying; he only cares when it happens to him. And then to get smug about it with Choi just makes him look like a jerk.
It’s too bad, because Steven Weber has been great on the show so far and could have run away with a well-shaded character. But so far, he just looks like another Stohl or Lanik—here strictly to irritate people.