The WORST episodes of Chicago Med
Every episode of Chicago Med ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Chicago Med!
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#1 - Like a Phoenix Rising From the Ashes
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/20/2022
Halstead and Asher work to save a surrogate's baby. Charles cares for a patient on a hunger strike. Choi and Archer help a patient with ties to Choi's late father. Scott and Maggie are stumped by a drunk patient who claims to be sober.
#2 - Status Quo, aka the Mess We're In
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2021
Daniel helps Scott with a longtime patient who was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. Stevie, Maggie and Vanessa investigate the legitimacy of a patient's cancer diagnosis. Crockett is caught off guard. Will pitches a new medical technology.
#3 - When Your Heart Rules Your Head
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2021
Will finds continued success in his trial. Daniel's daughter receives life-changing news. Noah finds himself in a situation not even April can fix.
#4 - Be the Change You Want to See
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2021
Scott and Will deal with a dishonest patient whose lupus is in remission. A wealthy donor makes inappropriate advances toward Stevie. Vanessa, Marcel and Daniel try to convince a young woman to have life-saving surgery.
#5 - Those Things Hidden in Plain Sight
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/2020
Goodwin announces a new ED Chief, and the choice doesn't make everyone happy. Dr. Manning takes a stand for her patient and finds herself dealing with the repercussions. Dr. Charles tends to family affairs.
#6 - Some Things Are Worth the Risk
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/21/2021
Archer and Ethan respond to a scene that brings back some bad memories. When Carol's condition worsens, Natalie is willing to do whatever it takes to get her mom feeling better.
#7 - End of the Day, Anything Can Happen
Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/11/2022
Dylan helps the daughter of a mob boss. A grandmother comes to Med desperate to save her grandson. Ethan struggles with some shocking news about his father. Will and Vanessa care for Maggie’s high school classmate.
#8 - For the Want of a Nail
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/17/2021
As Natalie deals with her own trauma, she steps in to help a mother in need. Dean continues to stir the pot with more than one doctor. A patient comes to Med needing immediate treatment but doesn't want it from them.
#9 - You Can't Always Trust What You See
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2021
Halstead returns to Med to help Goodwin with a secret investigation. Archer and Charles deal with twins who insist on being identical inside and out. Stevie and Dylan treat a young patient with sickle cell anemia.
#10 - Row Row Row Your Boat on a Rocky Sea
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/17/2024
When the E.D. is flooded with patients from a crash, the entire team is pulled in to help. Charles can't shake the feeling that he knows the new E.D. attending. Archer has second thoughts on the eve of his kidney transplant.
#11 - Better Is the Enemy of Good
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2021
Will runs into trouble when one of his trial patients falls ill. His own stress and symptoms have Ethan struggling to get through the day.
#12 - In Search of Forgiveness, Not Permission
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2021
Dr. Marcel and Dr. Manning lay everything on the line to assist a sick woman. Dr. Halstead faces an uphill battle in getting participants involved in his clinical trial. Dr. Choi clashes with a patient who demands absolute perfection of himself.
#13 - A Red Pill, A Blue Pill
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/12/2021
Third-year med students begin their rotation in the ED and Maggie keeps a careful eye on one of them. Natalie, whose mother's health takes another decline, tries to cover up how she broke the rules to treat her.
#14 - To Lean in, or to Let Go
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2021
Vanessa and Archer disagree on how to handle the victim of a motorcycle accident. Scott and Charles deal with a UNICEF negotiator with repressed trauma. Hammer and Halstead treat a high schooler with Addison's disease and a clingy mother.
#15 - Fathers and Mothers, Daughters and Sons
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2021
Ethan hires an old Navy colleague to join him in the ED. A final custody hearing threatens to separate Daniel and his daughter. Maggie must make a choice that will change Auggie's life.
#16 - What You Don't Know...
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2018
When things become complicated, Will is forced to lie to Natalie. Ethan and April find out some compromising information about Emily’s boyfriend and Ava is unsure of what to do with a patient who is refusing treatment.
#17 - May Your Choices Reflect Hope, Not Fear
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/16/2022
Halstead helps a patient with long-haul COVID-19 symptoms. Taylor reflects on her dating life when she learns that a patient's daughter is having an arranged marriage. A new family is born out of tragedy.
#18 - Devil in Disguise
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/10/2018
Dr. Charles and Dr. Reese search for answers when a mother brings in her daughter claiming she is possessed. Dr. Rhodes and Dr. Bekker are tasked with finding a way to save a pair of conjoined twins. Dr. Halstead struggles to get Dr. Manning’s attention. Maggie measures her options in the wake of her recent actions.
#19 - Judge Not, For You Will Be Judged
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/13/2022
Archer and Asher clash over a patient with close ties to Goodwin. After a patient is shot during a home invasion, Scott and Marcel help with the investigation. Maggie and Halstead work to protect a patient who is in the country illegally.
#20 - The Things We Thought We Left Behind
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2022
Marcel and Blake clash with Shentu when a famous football player needs a liver transplant. Scott is reunited with old friends when their son breaks his arm. Hammer and Charles work together when a patient falls ill after back-alley plastic surgery.
#21 - Lying Doesn't Protect You From the Truth
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/18/2022
Scott and Choi treat a patient shot during a drug raid. Charles and Taylor work together to properly diagnose a motivational speaker. Halstead and Asher turn to Marcel for help with a pregnant patient.
#22 - Change Is a Tough Pill to Swallow
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2021
Scott and Daniel treat patients suffering from glass child syndrome and misdiagnosed ADHD. Crockett has to navigate hospital politics when he cares for a surgeon's daughter. Will and Stevie must lay egos aside to help save an elderly patient.
#23 - A Square Peg in a Round Hole
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2021
Marcel helps Blake replace a patient's liver. Taylor tries to prove herself. Will continues to pursue the truth about Cooper. Ethan gets closer to returning to life in the ED.
#24 - An Inconvenient Truth
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/17/2018
After taking the lead on a surgery, Dr. Bekker feels the heat after something goes wrong. Dr. Manning and Dr. Charles are faced with a tough decision concerning the gender of a 9-year-old girl. April and Dr. Reese rush to find the son of a dying patient. Goodwin’s godson is admitted to the hospital.
#25 - Ghosts in the Attic
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/2019
Halstead hides the theft of his gun from a suspicious Manning. Tensions are still high between Connor and Bekker, who take a risk operating on an HIV-positive patient. Hank breaks down when he sees a patient from his past.