James Vincent Meredith

Michael’s plan hits a snag when he discovers an old storage shed crucial to the escape has been turned into a break room. Meanwhile, LJ goes on the lam and the conspiracy claims three more lives. And outside the walls, Veronica and Nick get an explosive warning to back off their investigation and the identity of a mystery woman calling the shots is finally revealed.

The doctors of Chicago Med take their opinions to the extreme as they try to bring justice to the perpetrator in the shooting of Dr. Charles (Oliver Platt). Dr. Halstead (Nick Gehlfuss) and Dr. Manning (Torrey DeVitto) work on a heart wrenching case that forces them to examine their own matters of the heart. Though Robin's (guest star Mekia Cox) brain tumor was removed and she is discharged from the rehabilitation center, Dr. Rhodes (Colin Donnell) remains on edge that her problems are not quite resolved. Meanwhile, Rhodes gets blindsided by his colleague Dr. Bekker (Norma Kuhling), Maggie (Marlyne Barrett) sticks up for a patient and Dr. Choi (Brain Tee) and April (Yaya DaCosta) try to navigate their new working relationship.

When Goodwin (S. Epatha Merkerson) receives financial complaints from the hospital board, she is forced to implement new guidelines that cause headaches for the doctors. Dr. Rhodes (Colin Donnell) and Ava (Norma Kuhling) continue to compete in the operating room, while Dr. Charles (Oliver Platt) and Dr. Reese (Rachel DiPillo) are surprised when they treat a man who has a peculiar theory about his sickness. Dr. Manning (Torrey DeVitto) and Dr. Choi (Brain Tee) can't figure out what is wrong with a young girl, leading them to look to a questionable source for answers.

Ethan (Brian Tee) attempts to diagnose a man with no symptoms while Sarah's (Rachel DiPillo) paranoia goes to the extreme when she uses pepper spray on an aggressive patient. Will (Nick Gehlfuss) treats a young couple willing to sacrifice anything in order to have a baby. Meanwhile, Natalie (Torrey DeVitto) must inform a woman that she was sterilized as a young girl without knowledge, and Goodwin (S. Eptha Merkerson) and Maggie (Marlyne Barret) devise a way to persuade paramedics to bring in more patients.

After a neighbor is stabbed, Dr. Choi (Brian Tee) enlists the help of April (Yaya DaCosta) to figure out who is the real cause of the incident. Dr. Bekker (Norma Kuhling) and Dr. Rhodes (Colin Donnell) expertise is put to the test when Noah (guest star Roland Buck III) misdiagnoses a patient. Dr. Charles (Oliver Platt) is put in an uncomfortable position when Dr. Reese's (Rachel DiPillo) estranged father (guest star Michel Gill) comes to him as a patient without her knowledge. Meanwhile, Dr. Manning (Torrey DeVitto) rushes to save a baby with whooping cough.