Reviewer Rating: 4.2/5.0
4.2
I knew it! Once Archer issued an ultimatum for one of them to leave his position as ER director, Goodwin inevitably demoted him.
Threats never pay off, and Archer’s obnoxious behavior during case reviews doesn’t help.
Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7 provided a resolution to the Archer/Lenox conflict — for now, anyway.
Archer and Lennox seem to be competing for who can be more annoying on Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7
The scene at the trial was unacceptable.
Lennox tried to express himself professionally, but Archer decided to be super aggressive. He didn’t let her speak. In the space of a few seconds, he made about a billion accusations against her, and he wouldn’t shut up and let the meeting continue.
Archer claimed Lennox did whatever he wanted and did not care about his patients’ autonomy.
His first story in Chicago Med was about him deliberately putting patients into comas so he could override their wishes and perform surgeries they refused to consent to!
After that scene, I became a member of the Lenox team, but the Lenox team showed impatience and bad attitude towards Howard, the student doctor, for no reason.
She gave conflicting instructions and then insulted Howard when she didn’t follow them.
Half of her anger was probably because the way Archer treated her made her feel bad, but that was no excuse.
Lenox needs to be professional enough to leave her anger at the door and be fair to the doctors who work under her.
The fact that she was trying to mentor Howard worked in her favor.
Archer hates teaching students, and earlier in the season he had to be told it was part of his job description.
Ironically, Howard’s support may have saved Lenox’s job
Despite the way Lennox treated her, Howard was someone who was willing to open up to Goodwin about Lennox – both the good and the bad.
In the final scene of Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7, when Goodwin told Lennox what Howard said, I nearly got mad. As annoying as Lennox is, Archer is even worse.
I don’t tolerate hypocrites, especially those who believe there should be female doctors in place while stubbornly insisting they are always right.
If Lennox was demoted, this review would be filled with vitriol.
I should have known there would be a twist. How many times has the Dick Wolf show done this so far?
In these shows, those in positions of power always seem to move in one direction only to end up doing the opposite, and Goodwin is no exception.
Archer seems to be adapting well to this. He shows up at the bar and buys everyone a drink like he doesn’t have a care in the world.
Maybe he was secretly relieved that he didn’t have so much responsibility on his shoulders, but somehow I doubt it.
He’s up to something, but I don’t know what.
Next week’s promo features Goodwin telling her stalker, “So it’s always been you,” and I’m worried they’re going to do something stupid like make Lennox the bad guy.
This sucks and would obviously invalidate her decision, although she’d have bigger problems if Lennox came after her with a knife.
Hopefully her stalker isn’t the main character.
I cannot believe that any currently employed doctor would send her a death threat and I would not be happy if that were the case.
Lenox/Archer drama casts a pall over many medical cases on ‘Chicago Med’ Season 10 Episode 7
Even though there were three medical cases, the Lenox/Archer drama seemed to dominate the show.
The guy with the ax stuck in his back seemed like an afterthought. His case is a plot point and Lennox can yell at Howard endlessly so there’s nothing to discuss.
Dr. Charles’s case is the most interesting of the rest of the medical cases, almost always.
Surprisingly, Gemma’s father was not the abuser.
He kept talking to her, telling the doctor his version of events and later confronting her about his drinking based on a half-understood conversation he overheard between the doctor.
Although he did not intentionally abuse Gemma, his high standards may have contributed to her physical deformity.
She felt she wouldn’t be accepted if she wasn’t tall and thin, even though being adopted meant her body type would be different from her family’s.
I’m glad Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 7 explores how drugs like Ozempic are promoting a new type of eating disorder that combines with addiction.
Eating disorders are a serious mental health problem that can be fatal if left untreated, and the proliferation of weight loss drugs like Ozempic is making it easier for people to harm themselves.
Hannah’s story is interesting, if predictable
Hannah wants Alex and his father to reconcile so badly that I wish this was the wrong ending, but here we are.
The story about an alcoholic father whose only chance of survival is part of his estranged son’s liver is predictable.
Alex has always been uncomfortable with his father, whom he hasn’t seen since he was eleven, so when Hannah says she’s going to pick him up, it’s obvious he’s gone.
How do they know Alex is a match? If they’ve done any testing to confirm this, it’s off-screen.
They only mentioned pre-op testing, so I figured it was probably then.
I know this is television and not real life, but these inaccuracies annoy me.
If there’s one good thing about this story, though, it’s that Hannah is trying to contact her estranged sister.
Hopefully, Elizabeth Asher will make it to Chicago Med and we’ll learn more about her relationship with Hannah before she became addicted.
It’s going to be a powerful story, and I’m here for it.
Frost’s ‘Chicago Med’ Season 10 Episode 7 Story Is Ridiculous
We don’t need more stories like Frost’s.
First, it took 30 seconds to figure out that the woman who came in with the heart failure patient was his lover.
This isn’t a shocking plot twist!
The story is a bit bland. Declan’s wife isn’t too concerned that he’s having an affair.
Frost told her painfully, but she shrugged the whole thing off.
She decides not only to ignore the DNR, but to leave so that Declan can be with his lover, whom he clearly loves more.
In a way, this is elegant. There’s no point in being with someone who doesn’t want to be with you.
But the story lacks emotion. The wife makes this decision just like she decides to try a different brand of coffee because it’s cheaper.
Over to you, Chicago Med fanatics.
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Chicago Med airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC and Thursdays on Peacock.
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