History Series / ChicagoMed

* WhatWereYouThinking: In Season 3's "Down by Law", a patient named Ben has checked himself into the psychiatric ward due to having repetitive homicidal thoughts towards his wife, who happens to be pregnant. So Dr. Reese's bright idea to help him is via exposure therapy; by ''locking herself in a room with him and '''giving him a knife'''''. While Ben ultimately doesn't harm her or himself, she gets reamed out by Dr. Charles for defying his orders and recklessly putting herself and Ben in danger.

* TheBusCameBack: [[EnsembleDarkhorse Jeff Clarke]], formerly of ''Series/ChicagoFire'', returns to the Chicago franchise as a student doctor with the explanation that he hurt his back and couldn't be an active firefighter anymore and opted for a career change.

** In the season two finale, [[spoiler: Jack Kellogg]] shoots Dr. Charles outside the hospital and then turns the gun on himself. The season ends without revealing if Dr. Charles will survive.
** In the season 3 finale, the season ends with multiple cliffhangers, Halstead proposes to Natalie and Robert Heywood, Dr. Reese's [[spoiler: father]] collapsing after being confronted by Dr Charles regarding his involvement in the [[spoiler: murder of several girls]] and finally, Dr Rhodes confronted by Dr Bekkher regarding his invitation to Mayo Clinic.
** In the season 4 finale, Natalie and Halstead are hit by a car, driven by the son of the mob whose father [[spoiler: Will treated]], Natalie is thrown out of the vehicle, [[spoiler: suffering a major head wound.]]
** Downplayed in the season 5 finale, largely as a result of Covid-19 shutting down most TV studios, the season ended on a more somber note, having been cut short two episodes.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Mr. Kellogg from "Cold Front" repeatedly demands to get his medication refilled even though a mass casualty event has occurred requiring all hands on deck. As a result, he ends up clashing with Dr. Charles repeatedly. He even goes so far as to [[spoiler: call the hospital while posing as his brother and tell them he killed himself.]]
** He returns in the season two finale and, if anything, he's actually gotten ''worse''. He spends the entire episode complaining that Dr. Charles is refusing to see him, despite being told that Dr. Charles is unavailable due to a family emergency. In the final scene, [[spoiler: he accosts Dr. Charles outside the hospital and shoots him before finally turning the gun on himself]].

* ModestyBedsheet: Dr. Rhodes and Dr. Zanetti share one during their bedroom scene in 'Intervention'.

** Stevie moves to Michigan to take care of her mother and restart her marriage.

* PutOnABus: Dr. Zanetti tells Dr. Rhodes that she's accepted another job near the end of 'Intervention' and hasn't been mentioned since.

Focusing on the staff of the fictional Gaffney Chicago Medical Center's Emergency Department in the titular city, the show follows their efforts to provide comfort and care to their patients while dealing with friendships and conflicts that inevitably occur in such a high stress environment.

See also, ''Series/ChicagoFire'', ''Series/ChicagoPD'', and ''Series/ChicagoJustice''

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In Season 8, a board meeting threatens to turn the hospital into a for-profit operation. Sharon has board member Vernon ready to vote against it only for Vernon to collapse from a brain tumor. Eager to make the meeting, Sharon and Will push for a surgery to take out the tumor and let Vernon attend the meeting...where he votes ''for'' the takeover because the surgery convinced him the "2.0" OR and wanted more technology like that.

* DotingGrandparent: And how! Natalie's mother-in-law wants to control all aspects of Natalie and her newborn grandson's lives. Although it's later revealed to be her way of dealing with her grief over her son's death.

** In "Choices", Dr. Halstead steamrolls over Dr. Manning's objections and resuscitates an end-stage cancer patient with a DNR order, because he believes a new drug trial will be able to save her and that the patient will thank him later. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It backfires when her family ends up suing the hospital and pressing charges against him for ignoring a legal medical order]].

* AdultFear: Lots of young children are injured or diagnosed with life-threatening diseases.

* RaisedCatholic: Dr. Halstead, as he reveals to Natalie when her mother-in-law wants baby Owen baptized.

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'''''Chicago Med''''' is a MedicalDrama that debuted on Creator/{{NBC}} in 2015. It is the third installment of Creator/DickWolf's ''Series/OneChicago'' franchise.

* RealityEnsues: Dr. Halstead goes against a patient's Do-Not-Resuscitate order and is subsequently hit with a lawsuit. The very ''very'' long and complicated legal proceedings form a recurring subplot for several episodes and Sharon Goodwin makes clear that she's willing to throw Halstead to the wolves if it means saving the hospital's reputation.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Dr. Zanetti, for Dr Rhodes in season one. The only things we ever really knew about her is that she's a surgeon, she's an alcoholic, and that they were hooking up during their downtime. She was never shown interacting with any of the other characters, and her departure from the show in 'Intervention' impacted absolutely no one.

** In "Choices", Dr. Halstead steamrolls over Dr. Manning's objections and resuscitates an end-stage cancer patient with a DNR order, because he believes a new drug trial will be able to save her and that the patient will thank him later. [[RealityEnsues It backfires when her family ends up suing the hospital and pressing charges against him for ignoring a legal medical order]].

* InfantImmortality: Often subverted. Children are just as likely to die from life-threatening injuries or illness as adults are on this show, and a woman being pregnant is no guarantee that she'll survive.

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* {{Crossthrough}}: Season 5's "Infection" episode is part one of a crossover arc with ''Series/ChicagoFire'' and ''Series/ChicagoPD'' forming parts two and three, respectively.

* {{Crossthrough}}: "Infection" is part one of a crossover arc with ''Series/ChicagoFire'' and ''Series/ChicagoPD'' forming parts two and three, respectively.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: A recurring way each season ends. In the season two finale, [[spoiler: Jack Kellogg]] shoots Dr. Charles outside the hospital and then turns the gun on himself. The season ends without revealing if Dr. Charles will survive.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: In the season two finale, [[spoiler: Jack Kellogg]] shoots Dr. Charles outside the hospital and then turns the gun on himself. The season ends without revealing if Dr. Charles will survive.