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Chicago Med Team on Connor/Robin's Future, Sarah vs. [Spoiler] and More
That beautiful smile on Dr. Connor Rhodes’ face didn’t stay there for long during Chicago Med‘s Season 3 premiere.
After happily bringing home his frisky girlfriend Robin from the hospital, Connor’s delight turned to concern as he began to question if her hyper-sexualized behavior was actually a symptom of her not-so-cured illness.
Chicago Med Recap“It will create tension in their relationship because Connor is always wondering if she’s still ill,” executive producer Diane Frolov tells TVLine, “and Robin always feels like she’s being scrutinized by him. Connor wants to take care of her, but Robin hates feeling like she’s needy. She wants to be his lover, not his patient.”
Robin is also “very aware of the toll” that the couple’s complicated dynamic is “taking not only on herself, but on Connor, as well,” star Colin Donnell adds. “He’s trying to make that work at home, while coming to work and being in competition with a new doctor. It does start to take its toll. We really see that develop, and it comes to a head over the first part of the season.”
Read on for scoop about the season opener’s other big developments, including Dr. Charles’ friction with Sarah Reese, that “Manstead” lip-lock and more.
A SHOT OF TRUTH | Dr. Charles survived being shot by his patient, but his troubles were far from over after a three-month time jump. All healed, the psychiatrist testified in the shooter’s favor for an insanity plea. His mentee Sarah, however, saw it differently, arguing for the prosecutor’s side in court. “That’s going to be a big, big strain on their relationship,” Frolov says. “She so looks at him as a father figure and is invested in that, so she was really personally impacted by the shooting.”
Meanwhile, Dr. Charles is dealing with the idea that he might be responsible for what happened to him. The doc is wondering, “‘What did I miss? He’s mentally ill. How did I contribute to this?'” Oliver Platt shares. “I get a handle on the shooting a little bit quicker than Sarah does. We’re still telling stories about how it affects her work.”
SEALED WITH A KISS | Will-they/won’t-they pair Will and Natalie finally took the next step when she boldly planted a kiss on him. “It seems like Natalie and Will almost switched places,” Nick Gehlfuss describes. “Will’s trying to take on more responsibility, and is being tested a lot to see if he’s learned his lesson on some things, and trying to restrain himself.” Meanwhile, “Natalie’s going the opposite,” his co-star Torrey DeVitto adds. “She’s taking more risks,” like smooching her pal. But “Manstead” won’t be without its difficulties: “Tensions that kept them apart earlier will creep into their relationship,” EP Andrew Schneider warns.
NEW COUPLE ALERT! | Dr. Ethan Choi and nurse April Sexton are officially a thing now, but she wants to keep their romance on the down-low, especially since another nurse is already complaining about favoritism on Dr. Choi’s part. Given their “hierarchical” workplace dynamic, the pair will struggle with the question of, “How do you navigate a relationship when your loved one is your boss or your underling?” Frolov describes. “They’re going to have to figure that out, and that’s not an easy thing, because you have people with their lives in the balance.”
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Chicago Med boss breaks down all that romance in the season 3 premiere
If the premiere is any indication, season 3 of Chicago Med is going to need a high-powered heart monitor, as the show appears to be ramping up the romance. Not that we’re complaining.
First (well, actually, last in the episode, but first in our minds), Will Halstead (Nick Gehlfuss) and Natalie Manning (Torrey DeVitto) finally shared a kiss two full seasons in the making after she revealed she’d taken a three-month sabbatical just to figure out how she felt about him. We learned that the kiss Ethan Choi (Brian Tee) and April Sexton (Yaya DaCosta) shared in the season 2 finale was the first of many — not that anyone in the hospital knows that yet. And Robin Charles (Mekia Cox) was checking out of the hospital after treatment for her brain tumor and checking into Connor Rhodes’ (Colin Donnell) pants and causing some concern.
While it may not be romantic, the father-daughter-ish relationship between Daniel Charles (Oliver Platt) and Sarah Reese (Rachel DiPillo) took a considerable hit, even after we learned Dr. Charles survived his season 2 finale shooting.
We hit up executive producer Andrew Schneider to help keep our heart rates from spiking and walk us through the futures of some of our favorite pairings.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: That Will and Natalie kiss was quite a nice surprise; it happened so early in the season. Can you talk about that choice to make that kiss happen right out the gate in the premiere?
ANDREW SCHNEIDER: We felt that really they had earned that relationship over two years. It didn’t seem forced, it seemed real. That being said, there will be things that will really try this relationship. It’s very had to balance a romantic relationship when you work with the person every day. Diane [Frolov, who is also an executive producer on the show] and I are the only people who seem to be able to do it. But they also have a hierarchical difference: She’s still a resident, he’s an attending physician, so technically he’s her boss. They will have disagreements over how to treat patients, they will have disagreements over gray ethical issues, so their relationship gets tested. She’s also a single mother, he’s not a parent, and he’s got financial problems. But they’re different people and as much as they want this relationship to work, it’s not easy.
It seems April and Ethan’s road is also going to be rather rocky.
The same issue is there in that there’s a power differential: He’s a doctor, she’s a nurse… Very often doctors and nurses have different ideas on how to treat a patient, and that will also come up in one of the early episodes. Again, these two people, they’re really into each other. They have a wonderful, romantic, and passionate relationship but they also have strains. And April’s pretty fiery. He can be a rigid guy, so it’s quite a combination.
How is Maggie (Marlyne Barrett) going to handle it when she finds out about them?
She actually approves of it. She likes them both. She doesn’t have any romantic designs. Maggie is going to have a romance this season. She’s supportive of April’s relationship with Ethan.
Will she defend it to the other nurses?
It doesn’t seem to be much of an issue. Once [the relationship] does come out, it’s less of a deal than April anticipated.
Stepping away from romantic pairings for a moment, where do Dr. Charles and Dr. Reese go from here? Are they ever going to be able to forgive each other?
Yes. They will. They have a complex relationship, which is professional, but because of her past and her estrangement from her own father, Charles is kind of a father figure as well as a mentor. We actually bring in her real father; he has a recurring part starting in episode 11 (played by Michel Gill).
Are he and Dr. Charles going to meet?
Oh yes. And have a very difficult relationship.
We saw a bit of it looking promising at the end of the episode, but how is Dr. Charles’ relationship with Robin, now that they’ve both gone through their respective medical journeys?
He’s really reconciled with his daughter and they have a very strong relationship, but she has difficulties that he can’t help her with. She is always wondering if any emotional reaction she has is due to her illness. She feels she’s under scrutiny by Dr. Rhodes, who’s always looking at her wondering if she’s going to be okay. She doesn’t want to be a patient; she wants a normal life, which she finds increasingly difficult to have, and which puts a particular strain on her relationship with Connor.
Is Robin having side effects, or is she just nervous about the status of her relationship?
It’s a little of both. She is having some side effects, but she’s very nervous about it and always sort of checking herself and wondering, and it puts a lot of strain on her.
How does she figure that out? What does one do if they’re in that state?
There’s not a lot you can do except try to wait out the illness. I don’t want to tip where we’re going with Robin, but it creates tremendous strain and also puts more conflict between Connor and Dr. Charles. They’re both very protective of Robin but have different approaches on how to be protective.
Where is Connor’s battle with current nemesis Dr. Ava Bekker (Norma Kuhling) headed?
In our research about surgeons, particularly hotshot cardiothoracic fellows, they’re really competitive — so their competition will be an ongoing theme throughout the season, but at the same time, there will be romantic and sexual tension between the two of them.
That doesn’t bode well for Robin.
Well…
Are Goodwin or Dr. Charles going to get any romantic stories?
Goodwin has a lot of administrated headaches and she also has to make calls when there are ethical issues, but running the hospital with the new financial restrictions and structures, that’s going to be where we’re focusing. Her ex-husband does come back to the hospital with his new girlfriend, and that always creates tension for Goodwin. But no immediate romance for her or Charles. Charles is still really recovering, both physically and emotionally, from the shooting.
There was a question about whether Dr. Charles was ready to be back at work. Is he going to take more time?
He is going to take a little more time, and he thinks that he is okay, but it actually turns out that he will have some triggers that will kind of send him into a tailspin toward the back half of the season.
What can you tell us about Malcolm McDowell’s upcoming guest stint?
He plays Dr. Bekker’s mentor, who comes in as a patient and wants to have open heart surgery while he’s awake. Which you can do. It’s unorthodox, but he wants to have the surgery awake.
Is he going to have Connor or Ava working on him?
Both of them. And Dr. Latham (Ato Essandoh) will be back in his recurring role.
Chicago Med airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.
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