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Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7 Was Full of Twists, But Has Goodwin Made A Huge Mistake?

Critic's Rating: 4.2 / 5.0
4.2

I knew it! As soon as Archer issued his ultimatum about one of them leaving the ED Chief position, it was inevitable that Goodwin would demote him.

Threats never pay, and Archer’s obnoxious behavior at the case review didn’t help matters.

Chicago Med‘s Season 10 Episode 7 offered a resolution to the Archer/Lenox conflict — for now, anyway.

Dr. Archer standing and looking incredulous on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7
(NBC/James Washington)

Archer and Lenox Seemed To Be Competing To See Who Could Be More Irritating On Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7

The case review scene was hard to take.

Lenox was trying to express herself professionally, but Archer decided to be super aggressive. He wouldn’t let her speak. In the space of a few seconds, he hurled about a billion accusations at her, and he wouldn’t shut up so that the meeting could proceed.

Archer’s claim that Lenox did whatever she wanted and didn’t care about patient autonomy was rich, coming from him.

One of his first stories on Chicago Med was about him deliberately putting a patient in a coma so he could override their wishes and do a procedure they’d refused to consent to!

After that scene, I was Team Lenox, but then Lenox had to be impatient and nasty to Student Doctor Howard for no good reason.

She gave contradictory instructions and then was abusive to Howard when she didn’t follow them.

Howard looking at a monitor off-screen while removing an ax from someone's back on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7
(NBC/James Washington)

Half of her anger was probably because she was in a bad mood about the way Archer had treated her, but that wasn’t an excuse.

Lenox needed to be professional enough to leave her anger at the door and be fair to the doctors working under her.

The fact that she was trying to instruct Howard at all was a point in her favor.

Archer hates teaching students, and earlier in the season, he had to be told that it was part of his job description.

Archer talks to Hannah while she's on the phone on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7
(NBC/James Washington)

Ironically, Howard’s Support Probably Saved Lenox’s Job

Despite the way Lenox was treating her, Howard was the one person willing to be honest with Goodwin about Lenox — both good and bad.

I was about to get mad during that final scene on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7 when Goodwin told Lenox what Howard had said. As annoying as Lenox can be, Archer is worse.

I can’t abide hypocrites, especially ones who think that female doctors should be put in their place while being just as stubborn and insistent that they’re always right.

If Lenox had been demoted, this review would have been full of vitriol.

Mitch leaning over the bar and looking at someone on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7
(NBC/James Washington)

I should have known that there would be a twist. How many times have Dick Wolf’s shows done that at this point?

People in positions of power on these shows always seem to be headed in one direction but end up doing the opposite, and Goodwin was no exception.

Archer seemed to be taking it well. He showed up at the bar and bought everyone a drink like he had no care in the world.

Maybe he’s secretly relieved not to have so much responsibility on his shoulders, but somehow, I doubt it.

He’s up to something, but I don’t know what.

Headshot of Sarah Ramos as Caitlin Lenox, wearing her lab coat on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 2
(NBC/George Burns, Jr.)

With the promo for next week showing Goodwin saying to her stalker, “So it was you this whole time,” I’m worried they’re going to do something stupid like have Lenox turn out to be the bad guy.

That would suck and, obviously, would render her decision null and void, though she has bigger problems if Lenox is coming after her with a knife.

Hopefully, her stalker is not a major character.

I can’t believe any of the doctors currently on staff would send her death threats and won’t be happy if it turns out that’s the case.

Doris, Frost, and Ripley look at something in the distance while at a bar on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7
(NBC/James Washington)

The Lenox/Archer Drama Overshadowed Many of The Medical Cases On Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7

The Lenox/Archer drama seemed to dominate the show, even though there were three medical cases.

The guy with the ax in his back seemed like an afterthought. His case was a plot point so that Lenox could continually yell at Howard, so there’s nothing to discuss about it.

Dr. Charles’ case was the most interesting of the remaining medical cases, as it almost always is.

It was surprising that Jemma’s father didn’t turn out to be an abuser.

He kept talking over her to give his version of events to the doctors and later confronted her about drinking based on a half-understood conversation between the doctors that he overheard.

Dr. Charles walking into a treatment room and staring at someone on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7
(NBC/James Washington)

While he wasn’t deliberately abusing Jemma, his high standards probably led to her body dysmorphia.

She felt she wouldn’t be accepted if she wasn’t tall and thin, even though being adopted meant she would have a different body type than the rest of her family.

I’m glad that Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7 addressed the way drugs like Ozempic can facilitate a new type of eating disorder in combination with addiction.

Eating disorders are serious mental health issues that can be fatal if not treated, and the proliferation of weight loss drugs like Ozempic makes it easier for people to hurt themselves.

Hannah sitting at the bar and smiling with a beer in front of her on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7
(NBC/James Washington)

Hannah’s Story Was Interesting, If Predictable

Hannah wanted Alex and his father to reconcile so badly that I hoped to be wrong about how this would end, but here we are.

The story about an alcoholic father whose only chance for survival was his estranged son’s partial liver was predictable.

Alex was never comfortable with the father he hadn’t seen since he was eleven, so as soon as Hannah said she’d go get him, it was so obvious he’d taken off.

How did they know Alex was a match? If they did any testing to confirm it, it was off-screen.

They only mentioned pre-op testing, so I suppose it could have been then.

Loren and Hannah talk to a woman on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7
(NBC/James Washington)

I know it’s TV and not real life, but these kinds of inaccuracies irk me.

If one good thing comes out of this story, though, it’s that Hannah is trying to reach out to her estranged sister.

Hopefully, Elizabeth Asher will come to Chicago Med, and we will learn more about what her relationship with Hannah was like before the drugs.

That’ll be a strong story, and I’m here for it.

Frost drinking a beer while at a bar with Ripley, Doris, and Hannah on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7
(NBC/James Washington)

Frost’s Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7 Story Was Ridiculous

We do not need any more stories like the one Frost had.

First of all, it took 30 seconds to figure out that the woman who came in with the heart failure patient was his lover.

That was not the shocking plot twist it was meant to be!

The story was somewhat flat. Declan’s wife didn’t care much that he had an affair.

John Frost in front of a presentation screen on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 2
(NBC/George Burns, Jr)

Frost agonized over telling her, only for her to shrug her shoulders about the whole thing.

She decided not only to ignore the DNR but also to follow it up by leaving so that Declan could be with his lover, whom he clearly loved more.

That’s classy, in a way. There’s no point in staying with someone who doesn’t want to be with you.

But this story lacked emotion. The wife made the decision the same way she might have decided to try a different brand of coffee because it’s cheaper.

Lenox with her head twisted over her shoulder and looking nervous on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 5
(NBC/James Washington)

Over to you, Chicago Med fanatics.

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Robert

Friday 15th of November 2024

I really don't like Lennox at all, half the time she on screen makes me want to just slap her. She's very arrogant and acts like a diva. She needs to go

Carissa Pavlica

Friday 15th of November 2024

What's sad is that Sarah Ramos is such a nice person, and she often gets these roles that make people want to slap her.

Jennifer

Friday 15th of November 2024

I use to love Chicago Medical, it was one of my favorite shows. I have to say that ever since Doctor Lennox was introduced to the show I have not enjoyed the show, and after tonight’s show I no longer want to watch. There is something very annoying about doctor Lennox’s character that makes you want to turn off the show and after tonight that is what I am going to do. Maybe when she is no longer in charge and off the show I will turn back to watching it.

Sweet Amy

Thursday 14th of November 2024

I do not like Lenox, so I was quite disappointed that Sharon demoted Archer, and kept her. Lenox is such a know-it-all b*tcb!

Hello Larry

Wednesday 13th of November 2024

I love your reviews, they're so brutally honest, but helpful because I go back on here to get the details on the questions that I didn't notice while watching the episode live. Thanks for clearing up that it was Hannah's sister that she was on the phone with there.

I agree about Archer but he knows something more. Lenox is an interesting person so far on this show. I believe the stalker is either Lenox or the returning Dr. Reese.

Its been a great season of Med so far as the new showrunners has improved things it seems.

Ben

Thursday 14th of November 2024

@Hello Larry, I'm not sure the stalker is either Lenox or Reese - and that wouldn't make much sense story-wise, particularly Reese. In the promo, we see a person with a knife watching Goodwin. The person has black hands.

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