If you’re a parent, or have ever taken on a parental role, there is nothing you wouldn’t do for the person you raised. A physical ache builds when you can’t help your child when he or she is in pain. Yet sometimes kids surprise you. They know more than they are given credit for, and they’re more intuitive than we’d like to believe. Eventually that builds into a child thinking they know more than the parent, but sometimes it might be true. Dr. Charles tries his best to help his daughter on this week’s Chicago Med, but his good intentions do more harm than good.
Luckily Dr. Rhodes has an interesting case ala ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ to keep him distracted from worrying about Robin. It’s a complex discussion that parents with sick children consider if it can save their child. It’s a lot of pressure on the incubator baby in the long run, but for now it’s a matter of keeping the mother alive long enough to deliver. It doesn’t matter what he tries, and Rhodes goes so far as to attempt an incredibly risky surgery without bypass in order to save both mother and baby. He fails, but the little girl would rather have her mother for a short while than live the rest of her life without one. The decision was taken out of both of their hands.
The chemistry between Dr. Manning and Dr. Halstead has always been strong, but Manning is dangerously delving into flirtation. Nina picks up on that, which is why she makes a point out of pointing out when Natalie misses a diagnosis on a patient. As far as petty behavior goes, it’s not that high on the scale. It does alert Will to the growing distance in his relationship, and Natalie to her growing feelings for her friend. She wasn’t ready when Will first professed her feelings for him, but it might be too late for her to take back that decision if he’s committed to Nina. Truth be told, it’s not his commitment to Nina that would keep him from being with Natalie if he wanted to. It’s the fear of being hurt again.
Noah is up for a intern position at Med, but he has a tendency to want to be handheld through everything. He can’t do that if he wants to be a legitimate doctor. He needs to be pushed. Would you want to have a doctor who asks questions every five minutes instead of automatically knowing the answer?
With psychiatric disorders there is no right answer. There are diagnoses and treatments like any other clinical disorder, but dealing with matters of the mind is complicated. Add in a father/daughter dynamic with a history of psychiatric disorders and the pain is multiplied tenfold. Reese is more than qualified to evaluate Robin, but it’s just too close a conflict of interest. Dr. Charles can’t help getting involved even though he’s not supposed to, especially since it’s his intern who is involved. Reese didn’t anticipate this, so it’s lucky that she keeps everything close to the vest. So close in fact, that Charles doesn’t think she is up to the job, and takes it upon himself to investigate Robin’s behavior. Once he sees her apartment, he has Robin forcibly committed. This was the wrong call because it will now be that much harder for Robin to accept there is something wrong with her than if she had voluntarily committed herself. That’s how diseases of the mind work. Very rarely do you just accept what a doctor tells you to be true because your mind is telling you something different, and it can’t be trusted. Now Robin’s treatment will be more difficult, and Dr. Rhodes won’t be able to trust that Dr. Charles’s take on things.
Will Robin be able to accept she has a problem, or will her distrust in everyone around her further cloud her judgment?
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