The lengthy look ahead to NBC’s One Chicago Wednesdays to return within the fall 2025 TV schedule is sort of over, and Chicago Med would be the first one again. Showrunner Allen MacDonald happily wasted no time in confirming when followers will discover out the aftermath of the Season 10 finale cliffhanger with Hannah knocking on Archer’s door, however the Season 11 premiere isn’t the one episode to get hyped early on.
The medical drama will hit its milestone 2 hundredth episode simply two weeks into the brand new season, and MacDonald previewed what followers can depend on, together with the return of the one and solely Dr. Will Halstead.
Chicago Med’s 2 hundredth Episode
The One Chicago medical drama will air its 2 hundredth episode on Wednesday, October 8 within the ordinary 8 p.m. ET time slot on NBC Wednesdays (after which streaming the subsequent day with a Peacock subscription). Referred to as “A Recreation of Inches,” NBC’s logline for the episode reads:
Issues get private when Ripley and Archer butt heads over the remedy plans tied to an uncommon case. Asher makes a stunning discovery with an expectant couple. A affected person throws the hospital into chaos.
Whereas not talked about within the description, the episode will even be Nick Gehlfuss’ first look on Chicago Med since Will acquired a cheerful ending within the Season 8 finale. Allen MacDonald informed CinemaBlend again within the spring that the Med group already had “plans” for the 2 hundredth episode” however “nonetheless want[ed] to work out the specifics.” Now, forward of the Season 11 premiere, it seems that a few of these specifics might have included Nick Gehlfuss’ return earlier than he takes his place as a co-lead in an upcoming crime drama.
(Like Jesse Lee Soffer as Gehlfuss’ former on-screen brother and his transfer to FBI: Worldwide, the Med alum is switching over to CBS to sort out a brand new position inside Dick Wolf’s leisure world on CIA.)
What The Showrunner Informed Us About Will’s Return
Showrunner Allen MacDonald spoke with CinemaBlend and different retailers at NBC’s latest One Chicago press junket to make clear what’s to return at Gaffney Med this fall. Nick Gehlfuss’ return is the most important casting information apart from Marlyne Barrett stepping away from taking part in Maggie, and MacDonald previewed what followers can count on with Will Halstead displaying up within the Windy Metropolis once more this fall:
Once I began this job, I went again and I watched all of the episodes, and I fell in love with Dr. Will Halstead in a short time. He was one of many characters I knew that I needed to convey again. It took a while and a few figuring out, however we now have introduced him again. It is for a couple of episode. He’s stopping by Gaffney to go to outdated associates with Owen, and that is all I am comfy saying proper now. Except for that, we’ll first see him within the 2 hundredth episode, and that won’t be the final time we see him this season.
Season 10 was Allen MacDonald’s first as a part of the Chicago Med group, and he informed me final fall that the “before everything” means that he ready to take the reins was “you sit down and also you watch 176 episodes.” On the time, he cited his love of medical dramas going again to the times of St. Elsewhere and ER, each of which aired on NBC years earlier than One Chicago kicked off.
Once I requested this fall if he had something massive that he’d needed to do for the 2 hundredth episode, he went again to these roots:
I simply needed to intensify the stakes slightly bit greater than ordinary, make it larger in that means… I used to be an enormous fan of St. Elsewhere, I used to be an enormous fan of ER, and I’ve seen most of these reveals from starting to finish. I simply bear in mind working for the TV Information within the grocery store to see what was going to occur on St. Elsewhere that week, and if it mentioned {that a} character was getting back from the previous, that was even higher. So I used to be simply sort of servicing 14-year-old Allen’s want for an older character to return again on St. Elsewhere. I feel that the followers actually recognize that.
Season 10 introduced again some long-lost characters from earlier seasons, together with Rachel DiPillo as Dr. Sarah Reese and Mekia Cox (now a star of The Rookie) as Robin Charles. It stays to be seen if Nick Gehlfuss would be the solely former star to reprise a task for Season 11, nevertheless it actually appears like followers can look ahead to a pleasant blast from the previous with Will’s return, and he will not simply be again for a single episode. MacDonald went on:
As a author, I like seeing the OG characters coming again and catching up with one another. I actually love seeing the OG characters come again and work together with the brand new characters like Lenox and Frost. I’ll tease that Frost is likely one of the first those who Will runs into when he comes into the hospital.
Since neither Frost nor Lenox had arrived at Gaffney earlier than Will left to construct his new life with Natalie and Owen in Seattle, I’m curious to see in the event that they’ll have any thought who he’s when he reveals up within the hospital. Rather a lot might rely upon who’s the very first particular person he encounters. A behind-the-scenes photograph courtesy of Luke Mitchell reveals at the very least two medical doctors he’ll be interacting with:
Will’s time on Med overlapped with Archer’s, so that they’ll be reuniting fairly than assembly for the primary time like Will and Ripley. As for different potential reunions, I’d actually prefer to see his response to Hannah’s being pregnant, though we received’t know what’s taking place on that entrance till the Season 11 premiere. It is also nonetheless not clear if there can be a time soar far sufficient forward for Hannah to be displaying any time quickly, for the reason that actress was not costumed in maternity scrubs in a single behind-the-scenes video.
Chicago Med’s Season 11 Premiere
The primary episode of Season 11 is known as “We All Fall Down,” and can shortly reply the query of why Hannah was knocking on Archer’s door and who the daddy of her child is. Sadly for any followers who’re greater than prepared for these solutions, the logline from NBC doesn’t drop any massive spoilers about Hannah’s bun within the oven. Right here’s what to anticipate:
A household of victims from a home hearth are rushed to Gaffney. Lenox fights to save lots of two sisters injured in an all-night rave turned tragedy. Tensions mount between Goodwin and Abrams over tough staffing modifications.
Whereas that doesn’t handle the Season 10 finale cliffhanger, it must be attention-grabbing to see if Lenox’s method to her work within the ED is any completely different after her devastating prion illness take a look at outcomes again within the spring. She proved to be good at compartmentalizing in Season 10, however her prognosis was very massive information to course of, to say the least.
Victims from a home hearth might theoretically imply a cameo from a Chicago Hearth forged member or two, however there are many firefighters and paramedics in NBC’s Windy Metropolis while not having the Firehouse 51 heroes to show up on Med. I am excited to probably see Goodwin sparring with Abrams, because the neurosurgeon is the sort of abrasive character who I like to observe on tv however most likely would not precisely cherish as a coworker in actual life.
Take a look at the One Chicago trailer for a peek at what’s to return on Med:
Watch On
Tune in to NBC on Wednesday, October 1 at 8 p.m. ET for the Season 11 premiere of Chicago Med, adopted by the Season 14 premiere of Chicago Hearth at 9 p.m. ET and Season 13 premiere of Chicago P.D. at 10 p.m. ET. All three premieres can be out there streaming subsequent day on Peacock, as per ordinary.
The 2 hundredth episode of Med will air only a week later, and we’ll have to attend and see if Nick Gehlfuss’ return as Will would be the solely deal with for longtime followers in that milestone. With younger Owen returning as properly, it might be enjoyable to get a shock look from Torrey DeVitto as Natalie. It would not be the primary time that Med introduced the actress again with out hyping it weeks forward of time!