About Last Night…CHICAGO MED, CHICAGO FIRE, CHICAGO P.D., and More

Let’s talk about Wednesday night’s TV!

CHICAGO MED: Oh man, of course Hannah and Ripley couldn’t be happy for long…they were so cute at the start of the episode, but…mess.

I feel for Ripley; knowing Sully’s cancer was terminal backed him into a corner. On one hand, the consequences would be quasi-short-lived. On the other, it would cost his friend the remainder of his time left. I can’t say I blame Ripley for falling on his sword, but I also don’t blame Hannah—seemingly—for taking matters into her own hands. (Now, did she strongly encourage Sully to turn himself in? Or did she go to the cops directly? That may impact just how much this relationship gets derailed.)

Do you remember the arc on THE OFFICE when both Michael and Jim were made the boss? Having two co-bosses of the ED feels like that, but the stakes are much, much higher. I know Lennox and Archer came to a quasi-truce, but it also feels like it absolutely is not sustainable.

Man, the Thomas family storyline broke my heart. Frost wasn’t wrong, but I also get where the family was coming from…he’s a kid. He deserved a little bit of hope. (He also deserved the truth, too. Messy.) But it’s always great to see Sharif Atkins on my TV.

THE MASKED SINGER: Aw, poor Yvette Nicole Brown. It felt like her clue package really solidified who she was this week, and I am glad Ken eventually figured it out. (She could have easily stayed, though; a really good/tough group of singers this season.)

CHICAGO FIRE: Ugh, I regretfully might acknowledge that Damon being at Firehouse 51 might not be the best thing for everyone. While long-term that almost certainly would have been the case, I really wish we had more time to see this dynamic before it (figuratively) was blown up. Maybe there will be a twist, but right now I wish they had slow-played it a bit more.

But from what we’ve seen, Damon was messy. Don’t disrespect Stella Kidd, please and thank you. (This applies to everyone.) And it was a real bummer he thought Severide would take his side over his wife. (And thank you TV writers—and Kelly Severide—for proving him wrong.)

Herrmann actively choosing not to take the test makes me feel a lot better about him not being the boss. To be clear, I hope he does in the future. And I figured he was lying about being too sick. But I’m glad it was his choice, however misguided, versus the universe being cruel to him.

So, uh, is that “Miss u” text going to cause a shakeup for Violet and Carver, or…?

(The funniest part of the episode was Cindy being—unknowingly—attracted to medicinal lotion.)

I’m still torn about the Pascal of it all. Him at the firehouse is one thing, but the stuff with his wife is so messy, so fast. I wish we had a beat to know him before we were thrown into all of this. And right now only the audience knows what’s happening, so…at what point does this collide with his day job?

THE FLOOR: Okay, the acronym category is HARD and also feels unfair; FLOTUS takes literally more time than something like BRB.

The Taylor Swift category, however, was so much fun. (I also love they were so supportive of each other.) How many options did they have to have, though?! It was one of the best match-ups we’ve seen on the show so far.

But, oh my God, the match of the night (on a not-positive note) was Heather and Julie Ann both losing an extreme amount of time not realizing IT WAS THEIR TURN TO ANSWER. I get it, it’s stressful, but my goodness.

CHICAGO P.D.: Patrick John Flueger, the actor you are. My goodness.

Emily was so clearly dead last week that I didn’t think them making it official in episode 2 would hit so hard, but, ow, it did. And somehow the news hurt even more being delivered via radio? A fantastic performance from LaRoyce Hawkins in that scene, as well.

Much like the premiere, the pacing was intense and it was stressful to watch Flueger portray Ruzek so clearly on the verge of collapse. There were obvious and subtle signs of the trauma—as much as it broke my heart, it made sense he didn’t answer Kim’s call; he wouldn’t have been able to keep up the facade he needed to maintain for the rest of the case—but, as Flueger pointed out, it was also made significantly more interesting by the dynamic at play with Ruzek and Cook. Cook didn’t know Martel, didn’t even know Ruzek; she was just the person who was there…but she ended up being the perfect partner for Ruzek at the moment. She was collected, strong, and firm, which allowed him to have those brief beats of not being okay before he snapped out of it.

And their final scene at the end, when they saved the day and Ruzek did finally break? So great. It makes me excited to see what they’re like when she’s officially part of the team/they next really work together.

[For more on the hour, here’s what Flueger shared.]

Which shows did you watch last night?

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