Chicago Med season 11, episode 19 has one of Hannah Asher’s best plotlines, but brings back a story the NBC show should’ve left alone.
Chicago Med Season 11, Episode 19 is reminiscent of the season as a whole: when it’s great, it’s some of the best stuff on television. But when it’s not, it’s really not. “Exit Strategy” provides some incredible material for Dr. Hannah Asher. But then the NBC medical drama also brings back that plotline for Dr. John Frost that everyone, including Frost himself, would rather forget about.
Let’s discuss the positives first: Hannah’s storyline involves working with an out-of-state doctor to perform an “exit procedure,” allowing Giselle Dutton to deliver her baby while also dealing with a tumor attached to the fetus. On the surface, this seems to be the typical “main character butting heads with another doctor who thinks they know better” storyline (see: Dr. Daniel Charles and Dr. Theo Rabari). But it’s actually much more, and Jessy Schram is absolutely gangbusters throughout. This episode may be one of her best performances on Chicago Med, full stop.
Chicago Med airs Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.