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Kally100111 · 12-04-2018, 07:50 AM

Thank you for posting those interviews.

**BlondieLeigh** · 12-04-2018, 03:50 PM

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Chicago Med producers preview the busy midseason finale

One Chicago Center: Let’s start with the event everyone’s talking about. After having built the relationship between Will and Natalie for three and a half seasons, what does it mean to you to write this wedding?

Andrew Schneider: [It’s] fantastic. The great thing about having a pairing that’s been on for a while is you have so much history to build on and tell stories off of. It was very satisfying.

OCC: What can we say is happening with the rest of the characters?

Diane Frolov: One case is a very, very emotional case that April and Ethan have.

Andrew Schneider: And Ava and Connor have a surgery that is also tied into Will’s storyline.

OCC: Speaking of that storyline, you have Will going undercover this season and you had Charles looking into Robert last season. How has it been to infuse Chicago Med with these storylines that are not primarily about medicine?

Diane Frolov: We love mysteries. On the show you get a lot of medical mysteries. So it’s just something that we like to do, and it’s also fun to get a little out of the hospital once in a while.

Andrew Schneider: When we do a story like Will treating this man who’s a gangster, we make it a medical story. It’s all about his ethical decisions as a doctor, and finding out what’s wrong with this guy, and trying to get him good care.

Diane Frolov: It allows us to have multiple layers to a story.

OCC: You wrote Dr. Sarah Reese out of the show in the Chicago Med season 4 premiere. Can you talk about writing Charles without Reese?

Andrew Schneider: We wanted to use that tragedy to show how he is now. To change him and have him be gunshy about mentoring. His last [mentorship] didn’t work out and he feels some responsibility.

Diane Frolov: We wanted to see the impact of that relationship and so we’ve been playing that out.

Andrew Schneider: As we go forward, we are going to learn some more about his past.

Diane Frolov: And about his emotional life.

OCC: The wedding would be a great opportunity to have Reese or other characters return. Are there any characters we’re going to see again, either in this episode or the second part of this season?

Andrew Schneider: We have some characters coming back. I don’t want to tip off whether Reese comes back or not, but some characters are going to come back in the back half. There’s a huge surprise at the wedding.

OCC: Could those possibly include Gwen Garrett or Cornelius Rhodes, now that the latter is a member of the hospital board?

Diane Frolov: We will bring back both him and [Gwen].

OCC: With Will and Natalie about to get married, their relationship will have gone almost as far as it can. Are there any other big romantic developments for other couples?

Andrew Schneider: There will be another wedding at the end of the season.

OCC: What have been your favorite parts of Chicago Med season 4 so far?

Diane Frolov: We just really love being able to follow and and develop these long-term stories, and the conflicts between people when they have different agendas. That’s very satisfying to us.

Andrew Schneider: We’ve done it with Ethan and April and Emily. We have it with Ava and Connor and the hybrid room, and Will and Natalie because of their romance and wedding and Ray Burke. We have Gwen and Goodwin.

Diane Frolov: We have a lot of rich areas that we can go into.

Andrew Schneider: With medical and ethical issues at the same time, which is great that we can do that.

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CHICAGO MED Bosses Tease Will and Natalie’s Wedding Day Drama

CHICAGO MED kicked off its fourth season with Will (Nick Gehlfuss) and Natalie’s (Torrey DeVitto) engagement—and it’s been nothing but trouble for the duo ever since.

Almost immediately after, Will (accidentally) became entangled with an undercover operation after treating his old friend Ray Burke (Dennis Cockrum). And while having to keep that from Natalie has caused a rift between the couple—and has become increasingly dangerous for Will as Ray’s health declines—“it all comes to a head [in the fall finale],” executive producer Diane Frolov teases. “And there’s a very big surprise.”

On the surface, the wedding day starts off well. “Maggie is the maid of honor and Jay Halstead is the best man,” executive producer Andrew Schneider previews. Adds Frolov: “And little Owen is the ring bearer.”

But when Will gets another emergency call to take care of Ray, “he’s torn,” Schneider shares. However, another member of the ED is looped into what’s going: Connor’s (Colin Donnell) patient has a tie to the case, and Jay (Jesse Lee Soffer) “has to read him in.”

Natalie, however, is left waiting for her groom to start their wedding festivities. “She’s just in agony because she doesn’t know what’s happening,” Schneider says. “She’s completely in the dark.”

Will and Natalie won’t be the only couple facing a hardship: Ethan (Brian Tee) is back with Vicki (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), but his relationship with recent ex, April (Yaya DaCosta), remains complicated.

“Vicki is on the scene and Ethan has started a relationship with her, but it’s very tough, because he still has very strong feelings for April,” Schneider says.

“And he and April share a very emotional case together [in the episode],” Frolov adds. “There’s a lot of conflict for Ethan in the episode.”

Will there at least be a wedding ceremony to lighten things up before the fall finale concludes? “We’ll be spending a lot of time at the church,” Schneider teases.

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Am I the only one who thinks the big wedding at the end of the season may also be manstead? Unless they actually do get married tomorrow, it's very much on the cards.

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**LoyalFreakLisa** · 12-04-2018, 09:44 PM

TY for posting those interviews!

the sneak peek videos!

I'm thinking that too!

**BlondieLeigh** · 12-05-2018, 10:27 AM

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CHICAGO FIRE Boss Teases the Fall Finale: ‘We’re Going to Have a Lot of People in Jeopardy’

As CHICAGO FIRE’s fall finale delivers one of the biggest catastrophes the squad has faced, the accident hits close to home for Cruz (Joe Minoso).

“He’s on the phone with [his girlfriend] Chloe when you hear an accident happening,” executive producer Derek Haas teases. “My kids who just watched the episode [said], ‘Why do you love to have everyone who watches the show mad at you?’ And I said, ‘Well, it’s part of the job.’…They have the same reaction I see on Twitter!”

To up the stakes, the show’s crew went above and beyond to stage the crash scene. “This is the biggest accident site we’ve ever done,” Haas admits. “We had Reza [Tabrizi] directing, our main producing director, who is incredibly talented. We choreographed one long shot that took half a day to set up. I think it’s pretty much the biggest thing we’ve ever done. And that’s one of only three big set pieces we have in this episode. We’re going to have a lot of people in jeopardy, including some of our firefighters.”

And the danger won’t be contained to the the accident: Casey (Jesse Spencer) and Naomi’s (Kate Villanova) investigation takes off, both personally and professionally.

“Casey gets caught up in the investigative journalism bent of it,” Haas says. “Naomi is very good at her job. Casey definitely has shown this side of his personality, where he enjoys solving things that don’t look right, especially when people have been hurt.”

“He’s coming off a half-season where he’s had some hurt feelings, and the dissolution of a marriage,” he continues. “It’s a human thing to say she reminds him of Gabby. And, ‘Do I still have it and am I still attractive?’ Those things are natural coming off a divorce. All of those elements combined into some pretty hot moments between he and Naomi.”

Things aren’t as smooth for Severide (Taylor Kinney), who has been struggling in the aftermath of his father’s death.

“Severide has never handled tragedy very well,” Haas says. “He tends to lash out and withdraw. In this episode, he has this rare-for-Severide moment of self-reflection, and he talks about how he can feel himself do it—wrecking things. And he can’t stop himself. And then when Tyler, Stella’s old friend from high school, turns back up at the firehouse, let’s just say things don’t go very well.”

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CHICAGO P.D. Boss Previews the Team’s Reaction to Dawson’s Addiction Reveal

CHICAGO P.D.’s Antonio Dawson (Jon Seda) mostly kept his lingering pain and dependence on pills out of the squad room, but his secret is out in the fall finale.

“I think he’s struggling with addiction, in a real and tragic way,” executive producer Rick Eid previews. “He finds himself in the throes of a pain medication addiction and it spirals out of control. It results in lots of unintended, bad consequences that requires his friends, his teammates, to ultimately risk their careers in a way to help save the day.”

Though Dawson has kept his coworkers in the dark, they react “with compassion, empathy, and ultimately with action,” Eid teases. “He’s a brother, and they want to help him, and they’re going to do whatever they can to do it. There’s some surprise, there’s some sadness, there’s some disappointment, but ultimately it’s empathy, compassion, and action. They want to help the guy.”

Dawson’s job—and the toll the entire team has been under, especially this year—made it so the show could dive into the dark, though realistic, storyline. “It’s the connection between having a legitimate shoulder injury and being in a job that has you be physically fit and capable—and taking the medication to help with that pain,” Eid says. “And that unfortunate reality some people have in response to opioids and addiction gradually swallowing who he really is and swallowing a different side of the character.”

But the ramifications of Dawson’s struggles go well beyond his own health and the reactions from the rest of 21st District in “Descent.” Eid teases, “It comes about as close to home as you can get.”

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**LoyalFreakLisa** · 12-05-2018, 10:09 PM

**BlondieLeigh** · 12-06-2018, 03:09 PM

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CHICAGO P.D. Fall Finale: Rick Eid on the Killer Twist

On the CHICAGO P.D. fall finale, Dawson’s (Jon Seda) addiction ended up being the least of his problems: his daughter was kidnapped and held hostage. The terms for her release were complicated, as the demand was that the officers release Antonio’s dealer…who got caught in a bust. (The same bust where Dawson’s own addiction started to come to light.)

The situation escalated from there. Though the team was able to get Dawson’s daughter to safety, when Voight, Dawson, and Ruzek found her kidnapper, the men let (a high) Antonio attack him—until Dawson accidentally threw the man out a window, to his death.

“He, through his own actions, he’s created a really, really complicated and messy situation,” CHICAGO P.D. showrunner Rick Eid acknowledges. “The only way out of this messy situation is to rely on his friendship with Voight and Ruzek. It comes back to this idea of family. It can be messy, it can be ugly, and filled with conflict and anger, a lot. But at the end of the day, when you need it the most, it’s family.”

“That’s what he’s going to need to pull himself out of the situation both legally and emotionally,” he continues. “This is a guy who is in the middle of an opioid addiction. He needs help dealing with that. A man is dead and he’s high. That’s not a great look for a policeman. So what happens? We pick up in real time [in the next episode] from where we left off.”

Of course, not everyone from the 21st District knows the truth. “We live in that place of who knows what, what people know, don’t know, what the plan is, how they plan to get out of this,” Eid teases. “The goal was to leave them in an incredibly complicated situation and then to see how they get out of that situation requires people to do things and take risks. But ultimately, it’s about family, it’s about loyalty, it’s about protecting the people you love, no matter what.”

But while Voight and Ruzek stood by and watched what went down, Eid says the men won’t “live in a place of regret” over not stopping Dawson.

“We’re going to live in a place of now what?” he says. “Voight stays present. Voight can understand the rage toward a man who hurts a child; he’s not terribly sympathetic to that type of human. I think it’s more now what, how do we deal with this? Voight prides himself on being the protector and being the guy who can help his family members. Will he able to?”

Dawson will have his own struggles as his daughter deals with the ramifications of her attack—“There may be more to come on that,” Eid warns of the EMT’s comment about the marks they found on her body—and he contends with his actions.

“We’ll definitely see how this situation impacts Antonio,” Eid says. “How it changes the way he views being a policeman, how it changes the way he views Voight, Ruzek, other members of the team…There’s a lot of scrutiny. [And] they make a decision, the three of them—or the two of them.”

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CHICAGO FIRE Fall Finale: Derek Haas on Casey’s New Threat, Severide and Stella, and Cruz’s Roller Coaster

CHICAGO FIRE’s fall finale turned up the heat as Casey (Jesse Spencer) found his life in danger, Cruz (Joe Minoso) nearly lost his girlfriend in a tragic wreck, and Severide (Taylor Kinney) could be pushing Stella (Miranda Rae Mayo) away.

Showrunner Derek Haas breaks down the biggest moments of the fall finale…

Casey’s in danger!

As Casey and Naomi (Kate Villanova) were riding high after an apparent win in their trailer-park investigation, the duo took their relationship to the next step and slept together. Unfortunately, the joy was short-lived as Casey woke up to discover his apartment on fire.

“It’s going to be harrowing,” Haas previews of the next episode. “Obviously he doesn’t have his equipment and uniform in his bedroom. You’re going to see Casey have to battle a blaze in his pajamas, basically.”

And with the blaze that big, there will be other problems to deal with: “Casey is going to need a new place to live,” the executive producer teases. “He’s going to be offered a place to stay by a character in our firehouse family.”

Can Stella and Severide survive this conflict?

With Severide still mourning the loss of his father—and lashing out at Stella—the couple ended 2018 at odds, with Stella opting to hang out with her friend Tyler (Tye White), while Severide stayed home alone.

“They’re on the ropes,” Haas admits. ”The arguments they have in the winter finale, which are centered around how Severide perceives Stella’s relationship with Tyler, the way Stella is resentful of this jealous side of Kelly she hasn’t seen before that reminds her of her ex-husband—they say some really mean things to each other. [So going forward,] it’ll be strained. It’ll be heading towards a bad, rocky place.”

As the series has shown, “Severide just doesn’t handle tragedy well,” Haas says. “And these overwhelming feelings of having to wreck things in his life and being powerless to stop them has really come to the forefront. They don’t handle it well. That’s sometimes the way these volatile, heavy relationships can go sour quickly.”

Will Cruz catch a break?

After hearing his girlfriend, Chloe (Kristen Gutoskie), get into a major crash in the fall finale, there was a bit of good news: she survived her major injuries and her parents are already crazy about Cruz. (It helps Chloe apparently couldn’t stop talking about him since the new couple met.) And it seems the two crazy kids might be able to go the distance.

“I love them together,” Haas gushes. “I think they’re a great, really cute fit for each other. We’re going to continue that relationship and see where it goes.”

“There’s a point in the finale where Severide is saying, maybe the people who choose the life of a firefighter aren’t meant to be happy outside of the firehouse,” he continues. “And Casey says, well what about [the successful couples]? And I would put Cruz and Chloe in that box. It can be done. I can’t say we’re going to definitively head toward wedding bells, but I really like them together.”

A chill ahead?

There will be a little change of pace in an upcoming episode of the show: “About four years ago, I got to do the Polar Plunge,” Haas says of the annual charity dip into Lake Michigan. “We’re going to do a Polar Plunge episode on the show.”

One extreme to the other!

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CHICAGO MED Fall Finale: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider on the Wedding Twist and What’s to Come

Well, it’s safe to say Natalie’s (Torrey DeVitto) wedding dress (and day) was ruined in the CHICAGO MED fall finale.

Though Will (Nick Gehlfuss) quickly went M.I.A. on their wedding day—thanks to Ray Burke’s (Dennis Cockrum) sons kidnapping the groom—Natalie stalled the traditional activities in the hopes her fiance would make it on time. Alas, with his cover blown, Will nearly lost his life helping Jay (Jesse Lee Soffer) and the feds…but an injured informant was able to lead the authorities to the doc just in time.

But things weren’t that simple for the star-crossed duo. Though a bloody Will was able to reunite with Natalie, it was only to tell her he loved her and he’d explain soon…before he was rushed to witness protection.

So what comes next? Showrunners Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider break down where MED goes when it returns with new episodes…

Will and Natalie left things on a majorly dramatic note. When the show returns in 2019, will it be picking up immediately after we saw him being taken to witness protection or will some time have passed?
Diane Frolov: We will have at least a two-month time jump, because he has been in protective custody. So he and Natalie have had no communication in that time.

How are they adjusting to their time apart?
Andrew Schneider: It’s very difficult.
Frolov: That will be a big part of the second half.
Schneider: How their relationship progresses.
Frolov: And has been impacted by everything that happened in the first half.

Are they still engaged in their mind?
Frolov: As they first come together, they do consider themselves engaged. They do want to resume where they left off.
Schneider: But things get in the way.
Frolov: And the past gets in the way.

While Will was away, Natalie will have to live in the aftermath of him being in witness protection and the botched wedding. How is she holding up and how are people treating her given they at least know she didn’t get married?
Schneider: We don’t see it [on-screen] because of the jump, but we understand how difficult it’s been for Natalie.
Frolov: And [her colleagues are] aware.

Is she leaning on anyone in particular?
Schneider: They’re best friends, so she leans on Maggie particularly at this time and dealing with this relationship.

Is Will’s time in witness protection jeopardizing his job at the hospital?
Frolov: He’s OK, job-wise.
Schneider: The FBI considers him a hero.
Frolov: He helped put all these people away!
Schneider: But he’s going to have some emotional issues to deal with when we return.
Frolov: It was very traumatic for Will, what happened in the fall finale.

How will this impact the Halstead brothers’ relationship relationship going forward?
Frolov: We see Jay again. We see Will struggling with the aftermath of it. We see the brothers dealing with it.
Schneider: But most of the fallout involves Natalie—and Goodwin and Charles.

April (Yaya DaCosta) and Ethan (Brian Tee) seem to take a step closer and then a step back. After dealing with the heartbreaking loss of their young patient—whose parents abandoned her—where do they stand?
Schneider: He’s torn between Vicki and April.
Frolov: And that we take forward in the second half of the season. We continue to play that forward until that comes to a head.

Earlier in the season, Ava (Norma Kuhling) met with Connor’s (Colin Donnell) father to help secure the funds for the hybrid OR. She told her new boyfriend a little of what happened, but should viewers trust she’s told the whole story?
Frolov: Down the line, it will come back.
Schneider: Cornelius comes back to the show.
Frolov: He has a different—
Schneider: Perspective on that night than Ava gave us.

Gwen (Heather Headley), the COO, has occasionally made life for the doctors difficult. How will she be playing into things in 2019?
Schneider: Her main ally is Dr. Lanik in the ED. She has the full support of the board in trying to improve the bottom line. It’s mostly how it impacts her relationship with Goodwin. Goodwin is trying to balance the bottom line with patient care, where Gwen is just about the bottom line.

What familiar faces can fans expect in the new year?
Frolov: Emily is coming back, and bringing more problems for Ethan and April.
Schneider: [Mekia Cox’s] Robin is coming back, Charles’ daughter. We’ll see Dr. Latham—he never left the hospital, but he’ll reappear in the show.
Frolov: And we’ll continue to see Vicki. And we’re bringing on Ian Harding as a recurring character.

How will the doctors be getting along with Ian’s character?
Schneider: His baby girl is Natalie’s patient. The baby needs long-term care, so he’ll be around for a while.

Will he be having sparks with someone, perhaps?
Both: Perhaps.
Schneider: And certainly Will notices this guy and wonders [what’s going on].

Given the Will storyline in the early part of the season, there were a lot of mini-crossovers with P.D. But we’ve also seen small moments with FIRE and other P.D. characters popping up on MED. How will the universe continue to collide in upcoming episodes?
Frolov: We love doing that!
Schneider: In episode 10, [P.D.’s] Burgess appears. In 12, a lot of the FIRE characters appear. But we don’t have a three-way crossover in the works for the back half, yet.

Obviously, this wasn’t a perfect wedding day for Will and Natalie. But before the season ends, will there be another attempt at a wedding for any of the characters?
Schneider: There will be a wedding by the end of the season!

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My comments -

- So Will is only gone two months. I kind of figured he would be back in the next episode, but didn't expect them to confirm it at all.
- Pretty obvious after all the lies that Will and Natalie, despite wanting to, wouldn't be able to pick up where they left off. There's issues they need to resolve. I expect the wedding before the end of the season will be them, though.
- Can't wait for the Natalie/Maggie goodness

- Cornelius has a different perspective than Ava about that night... is this Med's attempt at a Me Too/Times Up story?
- Gwen, stop being the worst.
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for Emily coming back.
- Not getting my hopes up with Robin's return. Mekia is very pregnant and until they confirm she's agreed to return so soon, I'd just rather not have my hopes up.
- Can we get Dr. Latham's reaction to Ava/Connor before they inevitably blow up?
- So Ian's character isn't the patient. Interesting. A single father? Maybe the reason they were casting twins a few weeks ago?
- Looking forward to some of the other characters showing up. Burgess will be fun.