Chicago Med season 5
The fifth season of Chicago Med, an American medical drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Michael Brandt, Peter Jankowski, Andrew Schneider and René Balcer, was ordered on February 26, 2019. This season marks the last appearances of Norma Kuhling as Dr. Ava Bekker, and Colin Donnell as Dr. Connor Rhodes, as well as the first appearance of Dominic Rains as Dr. Crockett Marcel. The season premiered on September 25, 2019.
On March 13, 2020, the production of the fifth season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This season also includes the series' 100th episode.
Cast
Main characters
- Nick Gehlfuss as Dr. Will Halstead, Supervising Attending Emergency Physician
- Yaya DaCosta as Emergency Department Nurse April Sexton
- Torrey DeVitto as Dr. Natalie Manning, Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics Attending
- Colin Donnell as Dr. Connor Rhodes, Attending Trauma Surgeon
- Brian Tee as LCDR Dr. Ethan Choi, Attending Emergency Physician
- Marlyne Barrett as Maggie Lockwood, RN, ED Charge Nurse
- Norma Kuhling as Dr. Ava Bekker, Cardiothoracic Surgery Attending
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin, Chief of Services
- Oliver Platt as Dr. Daniel Charles, Chief of Psychiatry
- Dominic Rains as Dr. Crockett Marcel, Trauma Surgeon
Guest characters
- Adam Petchel as Tim Burke
- Mekia Cox as Robin Charles
Episodes
Production
On April 19, 2019, NBC announced that Colin Donnell and Norma Kuhling would be departing the series due to creative reasons, but they would both appear in the season 5 premiere to wrap up their characters' storyline. The episode sees Connor depart Med after Ava kills herself in front of him. Series showrunners Andy Schneider and Diane Frolov said the scene in which Dr. Bekker takes her own life was the "ultimate revenge against the man that had rejected her." Her death pushes Connor to leave Med, as he will always be reminded of everything that happened. Schneider and Frolov confirmed that the ending means Donnell could return to the show in the future.The season premiere also begins several ongoing storylines for the show's regulars. Dr. Natalie Manning will be dealing with a traumatic brain injury she sustained in the season 4 finale. A time gap occurs between the first and second episodes, in which Dr. Manning recovers and returns to work. Schneider and Frolov said the injury would prompt questions about Dr. Manning's ability to do her job well. They also confirmed that Dr. Manning's memory will return and the audience will find out what she was planning on telling Dr. Halstead before the crash.
Following a pregnancy scare for Dr. Choi and Nurse April Sexton in the first episode, the idea of having a child is "definitely part of their storyline." Meanwhile, Maggie Lockwood is diagnosed with breast cancer and her treatment is a long-running storyline, which showcases new technology available to cancer patients. Frolov commented, "We hope women will see Maggie and relate to her, especially when she goes through the biopsy. Maybe they'll see her go through it and realize it's not as terrible as you'd imagine in your head — it's painless. That's what we were hopeful for, that seeing someone go through it will help reduce fear."
Dominic Rains joined the cast in the recurring role of Dr. Crockett Marcel, "a hard-partying doctor from Louisiana". He made his first appearance in the season premiere.