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I mean look at what we've got:

the prisoner guard not being a bad person, but just someone with an undiagnosed illness, who's gonna get help, the escaped prisoner, who (granted he is still a murderer!) just wanted to live a free life with the man he loved, Lenox and Ripley confessing their love and ripley saying he wants all the time he gets with her, even tho she might die young.

Daniel being determined not to use Rabbari's diagnosis against him, being outspoken about his fight to destigmatise people like him, Rabbari, a sociopath, doing good work, and being respectful and good towards daniel in the end, dean's beautiful love confession and hannah's sweet, although little ambigious, response. And the kiss!!

And then frost and his dad: the forgiveness and even through all the bad stuff - the love was always there! Had me crying like little Mabel

all of it was so human and humans loving and wanting and dreaming and forgiving... sorry gonna go cry again

Thank you Allen, srsly so grateful he took over as showrunner, it gave the show an incredible amount of depths and raw and real emotion!

Not only is Med delivering very solid episodes it's also REACHING back into characters we've seen for YEARS some a decade atp and developing their characters by BEAUTIFULLY and sometimes painfully TELLING THEIR STORIES. Providing you with the blueprint on who these characters are what makes them go and how they got there. It is not forced it is not randomly placed or paced but instead intricately woven throughout the season until one day you get an episode THEE episode and it all falls together and makes sense.

Dr. Charles sl has been simmering in the background for much of this season and then it all comes to ahead with last weeks episode AND this week's.

You can tell he did his research and homework before entering that writers room. You can tell the standards and expectations he has for this team in the slightest details like pulling a wife that was mentioned that one time in a pilot episode. That type is dedication to the job can't exist in the same space that complacency breeds in (where Andrea resides).

You may not always get the story you WANT but you get a COMPLETE story nonetheless. You may not like the answers to his questions but you get an ANSWER. Not just twists and turns and lies.

Say what you want but Chicago Med is absolutely CRUSHING it (in my opinion). When the season finale airs we will walk away with a plethora of storylines that can be recalled and talked about. Some heartbreaking some beautiful some funny some that will leave you questioning but INVESTED in what's to come next season.

When fire wraps you will be left with Stellaride misery, an unnecessary love triangle, a house fire and a another battalion chief with a stick up his ass.

INVIGORATING!

Goodwin in 10.09 & Charles in 11.17

Happy to see each other alive.