Chicago Med (season 8)

The eighth season of Chicago Med, an American medical drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Peter Jankowski, Andrew Schneider and Diane Frolov, was ordered on February 27, 2020.[1] The season premiered on September 21, 2022 and concluded on May 24, 2023. The season contained 22 episodes. This season marks the final appearances by Chief Of The ED Ethan Choi portrayed by Brian Tee and Doctor Will Halstead portrayed by Nick Gehlfuss.

Chicago Med
Season 8
Promotional poster
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 21, 2022 (2022-09-21) –
May 24, 2023 (2023-05-24)
Season chronology

Cast

Main characters
  • Nick Gehlfuss as Dr. Will Halstead, Supervising Attending Emergency Physician
  • Brian Tee as LCDR Dr. Ethan Choi, Attending Emergency Physician/Chief of the ED. (episodes 1-9)
  • Marlyne Barrett as Maggie Campbell, RN, ED Charge Nurse
  • S. Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin, Chief of Patient and Medical Services
  • Oliver Platt as Dr. Daniel Charles, Chief of Psychiatry
  • Dominic Rains as Dr. Crockett Marcel, Trauma Surgeon
  • Guy Lockard as Dr. Dylan Scott, Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics Resident (episode 1)
  • Steven Weber as Dr. Dean Archer, Trauma Surgeon
  • Jessy Schram as Dr. Hannah Asher, Attending Emergency Physician

Recurring characters
  • Lilah Richcreek Estrada as Dr. Nellie Cuevas
  • Devin Kawaoka as Dr. Kai Tanaka-Reed
  • Conor Perkins as Dr. Zach Hudgins
  • Sasha Roiz as Jack Dayton
  • Marc Grapey as Peter Kalmick
  • Asjha Cooper as Dr. Vanessa Taylor, Emergency Medicine Resident
  • Wayne T. Carr as Grant Young
  • Ivan Shaw as Dr. Justin Lieu
  • Charles Malik Whitfield as Ben Campbell
  • Brennan Brown as Dr. Samuel Abrams, Attending Neurosurgeon
  • Yaya DaCosta as Nurse April Sexton, Nurse Practitioner
  • Luigi Sottile as Sean Archer
  • Mishael Morgan as Doctor Petra Dupre
  • Alet Taylor as Liliana Wapniarski
  • Kristof Konrad as Pawel Wapniarski

Guest stars

Crossover characters

Episodes
Main article: List of Chicago Med episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [2][3]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [2][3]U.S. viewers
(millions)
1421"How Do You Begin to Count the Losses"Michael PressmanDiane Frolov & Andrew SchneiderSeptember 21, 2022 (2022-09-21)6.59[4]
Following the season 7 finale, Will and Dylan are saved from the apartment fire. However Dylan's girlfriend Jo passes away from her injuries, leaving Dylan devastated. The person who committed arson at the apartment is later arrested. Meanwhile, Ethan gets a surprise visit.
1432"(Caught Between) The Wrecking Ball and the Butterfly"Nicole RubioTeleplay by : Stephen Hootstein
Story by : Stephen Hootstein & Danny Weiss		September 28, 2022 (2022-09-28)6.49[5]
Will treats a mother and her son for their injuries from a car accident, but the mother refuses treatment.
1443"Winning the Battle, but Still Losing the War"Charles CarrollTeleplay by : Meridith Friedman & Ryan Michael Johnson
Story by : Meridith Friedman & Gabrielle Fulton Ponder		October 5, 2022 (2022-10-05)6.75[6]
Dr. Charles talks and tries to help a patient that is dealing with schizophrenia. Meanwhile Dr. Marcel deals with a patient that has a spinal injury. Dr. Asher is upset at Dr. Choi for lying to her because the patient requested another nurse due to her past.
1454"The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Teacher"Nicole RubioDaniel SinclairOctober 12, 2022 (2022-10-12)6.58[7]
Dr. Marcel helps a train conductor trapped inside the train after it derails inside the underground station. Meanwhile Dr. Charles takes his therapist to the hospital after he collapses on a coffee table during a session. Mrs Goodwin informs Dr Halstead that there is a shortage of a medicine he needs to save his patients life; Dr. Vanessa Taylor tells Dr Halstead there is another way to get the medicine, but refuses, fearing both will lose their medical license and go to jail; however Vanessa gets the drug from a drug dealer and they give the medicine to their patient and save her life, they agree to keep it a secret.
1465"Yep, This is the World We Live In"X. Dean LimEli TalbertOctober 19, 2022 (2022-10-19)6.88[8]
Ethan is surprised to see April again after she brings a patient to the ED for treatment. Meanwhile, a patient is brought to the ED and goes berserk injuring Dr Archer; it is the dealer Vanessa purchased the drugs from in the previous episode. As he had OD on tainted drugs they have to inform the Police and the hospital find out that they brought drugs illegally and gave them to a patient but Mrs Goodwin tells them that due to extenuating circumstances they were let off. Dr. Marcel completes a lung transplant for the conductor injured during the crash in the previous episode; whose lungs were damaged after inhaling lithium from the train batteries.
1476"Mamma Said There Would Be Days Like This"Tim BusfieldGabriel L. Feinberg & Lily DahlNovember 2, 2022 (2022-11-02)6.58[9]
Dr. Marcel is being interviewed by the media after saving the train conductor twice from the underground train derailment. Dr. Charles talks his patient who is going through a tough time after having her baby recently. Dr. Halstead's patient wants Dr. Marcel to go with the surgery for her arm, but leaves during the procedure to deal with an important patient for which Dr. Halstead scolds him when complications arise. Dr Vanessa Taylor as offered a job, which she accepts, in the Philippines.
1487"The Clothes Make the Man... Or Do They?"Anthony NardolilloStephen Hootstein & Danny WeissNovember 9, 2022 (2022-11-09)5.98[10]
Doctors and nurses are in a situation where they are out of scrubs, due to them being in the laundry. Dr. Halstead and Dr. Asher deliver a baby. Dr. Archer is shocked to see his son in the hospital after his son has been stabbed in prison and then the inmate who stabbed him was brought in. A lady who had a transplant a year ago is brought in suffering from a psychotic episode, the anti psychotic drugs dull her mind so her transplanted organ is removed.
1498"Everyone's Fighting a Battle You Know Nothing About"Jonathan BrownMeridith Friedman & Gabrielle Fulton PonderNovember 16, 2022 (2022-11-16)6.73[11]
Maggie receives and invite to Ethan and April's wedding. Grant takes Maggie on a ride in his restored car and they are involved in a crash after a truck hits Grant's car. Dr. Choi and Dr. Charles take a look at a patient's medical history and found out that the patient was in a different hospital for a medi fraud procedure and that his real illness was not treated.
1509"This Could Be the Start of Something New"Nicole RubioDiane Frolov & Andrew SchneiderDecember 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)6.64[12]
Dr Marcel is performing surgery in the new 2.0 and is unhappy that Jack Dayton has invited people to watch. Ethan is treating April's father in the hospital the day before the wedding. Dr Charles asks the lady who cleans his office out for coffee. Ethan and April get married. This is Brian Tee's final appearance as Dr. Ethan Choi. Miss Goodwin receives the news that Jack Dayton has brought the controlling share of the hospital.
15110"A Little Change Might Do You Some Good"Bethany RooneyDaniel Sinclair & Ryan Michael JohnsonJanuary 4, 2023 (2023-01-04)6.76[13]
A man is brought into ED following a car crash and when he regains consciousness he asks where is his pregnant wife, Dr Lieu and Dr Asher go to find her, they do and deliver her baby. Sharon Goodwin comforts Maggie following the previous episode when Ben finds out about the car crash and decides he and Maggie should take a break. Dr. Halstead wants Jack (Chicago Med's new CEO) to visit a girl who needs live saving surgery, but says he is busy, however following Dr Halstead having a go at him Jack cancels a meeting to visit the girl and he convinces her to have the surgery. Dr. Marcel's patient has crohn's disease and wants to have surgery, but Dr. Marcel says its too risky but relents and undergoes the surgery in 2.0.
15211"It Is What It Is, Until It Isn't"Benny BoomTeleplay by : Eli Talbert
Story by : Conor Patrick Hogan		January 11, 2023 (2023-01-11)6.80[14]
Dr's Lieu and Asher were at a rick climbing gym and another climber has an accident and is brought to the ED. Dr Asher has a problem when a patient is wrongly flagged by a new AI system as a potential drug addict. Ar Archer's son tells him that he is being paroled the following day. Maggie tells Dr Halstead that her and Ben are separated.
15312"We All Know What They Say About Assumptions"Carl WeathersGabriel L. Feinberg & Lily DahlJanuary 18, 2023 (2023-01-18)6.95[15]
On their way to work Maggie & Miss Goodwin witness a hit and run and assist. Dr Halstead deals with a young boy with strange systems and the parents are worried as they lost another son 12 years beforehand with similar symptoms, whilst Dr's Marcel and Archer argue about using 2.0 and the machine is damaged so Jack Dayton fires him so Miss Goodwin tells Jack Dayton that if Archer goes she goes too, so he rescinds and tells Goodwin that Archer is her responsibility. Maggie goes to see Ben to try and save their marriage, Ben is unresponsive.
15413"It's an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good"Afia NathanielStephen Hootstein & Danny WeissFebruary 15, 2023 (2023-02-15)6.74[16]
A bad storm hits Chicago and they are shortstaffed so Dr Song is assigned to assist in the ED. The non urgent patients are being kept in the ED lobby and one of them Felix is stabbed, the person who stabbed him was found to be a mentally ill lady. Dr Archer's son, Sean, brings a friend in with an injury, Dr Archer runs a drugs test and accuses his son of using again. On her was to the hospital Dr Asher sees a car which has hit the edge of a bridge, she stops to help and the car explodes injuring her driver and damaging the vehicle. Sean hears this and goes and gets them. Ben and Maggie reconcile.
15514"On Days Like Today... Silver Linings Become Lifelines"Nicole RubioMeridith Friedman & Gabrielle Fulton PonderFebruary 22, 2023 (2023-02-22)6.52[17]
Marcel second guesses his judgement in OR 2.0 during a tricky surgery for a man who has cut off his hand. Hannah helps a previous patient. Sharon is introduced to someone Jack wants on the Hospital board.
15615"Those Times You Have to Cross the Line"Milena GovichDaniel Sinclair & Ryan Michael JohnsonMarch 1, 2023 (2023-03-01)6.57[18]
The cleaners go on strike and Daniel joins the picket line with Liliana. An outbreak of bedbugs is found as the replacement cleaners are not doing their jobs. Dr Archer operates on a woman and a huge hairball is found in her stomach. Dr Song assists Dr Halstead on a case.
15716"What You See Isn't Always What You Get"Tim BusfieldEli Talbert & Danny WeissMarch 22, 2023 (2023-03-22)6.60[19]

A man freaks out after his wife gives birth and gets injured when he runs into the MRI room. CFD are called and have to work out how to free him. Dr's Halstead and Cuevas investigate when a girl is brought in by her worried parents, her brother had previously died of an unexplained illness and she is new exhibiting the same symptoms but the insurance company are insisting that the girl is transferred to the hospital where her brother died. At the last minute they diagnose the illness and save her life.

Dr Archer collapses and has been told that his kidneys are worse and that he will need dialysis.
15817"Know When to Hold and When to Fold"Brian TeeGabriel L. Feinberg & Lily DahlMarch 29, 2023 (2023-03-29)6.57[20]
Dr Archer's son Sean gets a job at the hospital as a valet following a recommendation from Dr Asher., Dr Archer is annoyed as he has not told Sean that he is ill. A documentary crew visits Med to film Marcel and Abrams' groundbreaking surgery but after Miss Goodwin refused to let his camera crew interview the patients mother so Jack Dayton bars the doctors from using OR 2.0 on subsidised patients. Dr's Halstead and Song go out for a drink.
15918"I Could See the Writing on the Wall"Oz ScottMeridith Friedman & Gabrielle Fulton PonderApril 5, 2023 (2023-04-05)6.40[21]
A patient sees Dr Archer who discovers that he is pretending to be paralysed, however he has now really damaged his spine and needs surgery or he will really become paralysed. Dr Charles sees the patient who has a disorder which means that he wants to be paralysed. Dr Song's new pilot program giving the E.D. a technological facelift. Dr Archer is to be evaluated for the transplant list. There is heartbreak when a pregnant woman comes in with her son and she dies during an emergency cesarean. Miss Goodwin is trying to get hold of board members to try and stop Jack from turning med into a for-profit hospital.
16019"Look Closely and You Might Hear the Truth"Tess MaloneStephen Hootstein & Daniel SinclairMay 3, 2023 (2023-05-03)5.85[22]
Sean visits her Father Dr Dean Archer to offer a kidney and Dr Archer confronts Dr Asher at the hospital for telling his son about his diagnosis without his consent. The board are trying to rally support to block Jack from turning Med into a For-profit hospital and Vernon who will be the deciding vote collapses. He has surgery in OR 2.0 and later votes for the for-profit option. A deaf man is brought into ED as he is hearing voices, he sees Dr Charles with his sister translating via ASL, she lies in the translation and her brother refuses the medication.
16120"The Winds of Change Are Starting to Blow"Nikki Taylor-RobertsEli Talbert & Danny WeissMay 10, 2023 (2023-05-10)5.45[23]
Building work starts at Med on a new VIP floor. The very first 2.0 patient returns as his cancer is back so he needs an operation but Jack has rented OR 2.0 to another rich patient, Maggie overrules Jack and tells Dr Marcel to do the operation and whilst operating 2.0 starts to malfunction and the patient dies. Dr Halstead is annoyed as he finds out that they are turning away patients without insurance. Dr Archer starts an operation and sees a tapeworm, meanwhile his wife who had been moaning that she cannot lose weight discovers that she is pregnant and gives birth to a boy. Sean confides in his Dad, Dr Archer that he likes Dr Asher and later sees them together.
16221"Might Feel Like It's Time for a Change"Bethany RooneyMeridith Friedman & Ryan Michael JohnsonMay 17, 2023 (2023-05-17)5.61[24]
Dr Halstead and Dr Song fall out over their views of Jack and the direction that he is taking Med. Dr Marcel tries to investigate the death of his patient from the last episode but the file is missing from the OR 2.0 server. At a press conference Jack announces that an operation in OR 2.0 will be live streamed the next day and that the patient will be him. Maggie goes for a job interview. Dr Archer is told that his son Sean is a match to be a kidney donor. Dr. Samuel Abrams brings his wife to Med and they discover that she is pregnant, Dr Asher is undertaking a procedure and Dr Abrams tells her to stop but Dr Asher refuses. Jack Dayton tells Marcel that his patients death was his fault and that he hid the file to protect him. Dr Halstead takes the thumb drive with the info and gives it to Dr Song who discovers that 2.0 made a mistake. Sean's supervisor comes to Dean to tell him that Sean did not turn up to work and that they have been unable to contact him.
16322"Does One Door Close and Another One Open?"Nicole RubioDiane Frolov & Andrew SchneiderMay 24, 2023 (2023-05-24)5.55[25]

Drs. Halstead and Song tell Dr Marcel that 2.0 made a mistake. Sean Archer is brought into ED as he fell off the wagon not realizing that this means that he will not be able to donate a kidney. Drs. Archer & Asher conduct an operation off book risking their jobs and during the operation Dr Archer has to take a break. Jack Dayton tells Miss Goodwin that he is now financially ruined and will have to sell his share of the hospital. After corrupting the technology for OR 2.0, Will finally leaves Chicago Med and reunites with Natalie Manning.

  • This episode marks the final appearance of Dr. Will Halstead (Nick Gehlfuss). Special surprise appearance of Natalie Manning (Torrey Devitto)

Ratings
Viewership and ratings per episode of Chicago Med
No. Title Air dateRating
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		DVR
(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
(millions)
1 "How Do You Begin to Count the Losses" September 21, 20220.76.59[4]TBDTBDTBDTBD
2 "(Caught Between) The Wrecking Ball and the Butterfly" September 28, 20220.66.49[5]TBDTBDTBDTBD
3 "Winning the Battle, but Still Losing the War" October 5, 20220.66.75[6]TBDTBDTBDTBD
4 "The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Teacher" October 12, 20220.66.58[7]TBDTBDTBDTBD
5 "Yep, This is the World We Live In" October 19, 20220.66.88[8]TBDTBDTBDTBD
6 "Mamma Said There Would Be Days Like This" November 2, 20220.66.58[9]TBDTBDTBDTBD
7 "The Clothes Make the Man... Or Do They?" November 9, 20220.65.92[10]TBDTBDTBDTBD
8 "Everyone's Fighting a Battle You Know Nothing About" November 16, 20220.66.73[11]TBDTBDTBDTBD
9 "This Could Be the Start of Something New" December 7, 20220.66.64[12]TBDTBDTBDTBD
10 "A Little Change Might Do Some Good" January 4, 20230.66.76[13]TBDTBDTBDTBD
11 "It Is What It Is, Until It Isn't" January 11, 20230.66.80[14]TBDTBDTBDTBD
12 "We All Know What They Say About Assumptions" January 18, 20230.76.95[15]TBDTBDTBDTBD
13 "It's an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good" February 15, 20230.66.74[16]TBDTBDTBDTBD
14 "On Days Like Today... Silver Linings Become Lifelines" February 22, 20230.66.52[17]TBDTBDTBDTBD
15 "Those Times You Have to Cross the Line" March 1, 20230.66.57[18]TBDTBDTBDTBD
16 "What You See Isn't Always What You Get" March 22, 20230.56.60[19]TBDTBDTBDTBD
17 "Know When to Hold and When to Fold" March 29, 20230.56.57[20]TBDTBDTBDTBD
18 "I Could See the Writing on the Wall" April 5, 20230.56.40[21]TBDTBDTBDTBD
19 "Look Closely and You Might Hear the Truth" May 3, 20230.55.85[22]TBDTBDTBDTBD
20 "The Winds of Change Are Starting to Blow" May 10, 20230.45.45[23]TBDTBDTBDTBD
21 "Might Feel Like It's Time for a Change" May 17, 20230.55.61[24]TBDTBDTBDTBD
22 "Does One Door Close and Another One Open?" May 24, 20230.45.55[25]TBDTBDTBDTBD

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