Annie Wu has established herself as a tough-as-nails new doctor who keeps bumping heads with most of her fellow Gaffney Med colleagues, but she might have bitten off a little bite more than she can chew thanks to her choice to speak out against Sharon Goodwin. Will she last at the hospital? Not with an attitude like that one.
Annie and Goodwin’s conflict starts over a patient when Goodwin steps in to try to cool things down between Gail, an accident victim, and the wife of the man she crashed into. Goodwin disapproves of Wu’s attitude, while Annie doesn’t appreciate Goodwin stepping on her toes. As the day goes by, Sharon learns more about Gail’s condition—a lung issue caused her to pass out, versus her being drunk behind the wheel, and she’s on the list for a lung transplant. Gail’s horror, the man she struck died—and she’s offered his lungs. She cannot allow herself to go through with the transplant, however, in light of how upset the man’s wife is.
Goodwin also involves herself in Wu’s case of the week—that of a pregnant woman involved in the pile-up caused by Gail, who turns out to be both codependent on her partner and homeless. Asher and Ripley get involved too, but it’s Sharon who cooks up the idea of boarding them to test them for a virus, claiming they were exposed.
Wu is angry, to say the least, and claims that everyone is giving Sharon preferential treatment due to the fact that she used to be a hospital authority figure. To be honest, she’s right about this part, and with Sharon interfering in not just one but two of her cases, she has a right to gripe. Goodwin actually does admit that Wu is completely correct and that everyone needs to quit treating her like a baby.
But this underscores the major problem with Wu’s character—she is abrasive and fights with anyone who dares to second-guess her behavior. We’re only three episodes into the season, and she’s already fought with Ripley, Sharon, and Archer. She’s pretty unlikable, and it’s the kind of unlikability that usually results in a character dying “tragically” during the next big crossover event. Perhaps we’re wrong and Wu’s going to buck the system, but it doesn’t seem likely from here. But pricklier characters have won viewers' hearts over before—just look at Archer.
Chicago Med airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.
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