New episodes of Chicago Med air Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, followed by Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. Season 10, episode 15, is bound to be an eventful installment, with Luke Mitchell’s character in a life-or-death situation. The official synopsis reads: “Ripley struggles to rescue a woman and her daughter trapped in an abandoned well; an old friend from Frost’s TV days shadows Maggie; Asher discovers an extremely rare condition in her patient’s ultrasound.”
Ripley is facing potential termination at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center, causing viewers to speculate about his time on the series. Mitchell explains that his character’s main concern in “Down in a Hole” is survival. However, if Ripley survives, the actor hopes he’ll find a way to stay at the hospital so he can continue working alongside the Chicago Med cast.
ScreenRant interviews Luke Mitchell about Ripley’s upcoming make-or-break moment, his relationship with Asher, and working with Christian Stolte in Chicago Med season 10, episode 15.
Mitchell Teases A “Dramatic End” To Chicago Med Season 10, Episode 15
“This is a huge episode for Ripley. It’s kind of a make-or-break moment.”
In the preview for the upcoming episode, Ripley tries to save a woman and her daughter who are trapped in a well. How will this experience affect Ripley, especially given everything he’s going through?
Luke Mitchell: It’s going to affect him greatly. This is a huge episode for Ripley. It’s kind of a make-or-break moment. He needed a distraction and there’s no bigger distraction than having to help save a mother and daughter out in the middle of nowhere down a well, but it’s not going to go as smoothly as he would’ve hoped. I don’t know how smoothly you think something like that’s going to go, but yeah, ultimately he does need to go down there and things don’t go so well. It’s a very dramatic end of episode. I’ll just say that.
Ripley and Asher split. Do you feel like there’s hope for them to reconcile romantically?
Luke Mitchell: I am an eternal optimist, and I do think there is always hope. I will say that this has been in the cards for a little while now. I think it is exactly what needed to happen. I think Ripley has fallen on hard times, and as sad as it was to watch the breakup scene, and to see Ripley drop the L-bomb for the first time, and for Asher to just turn away and say it’s not enough—good for her.
I think Ripley isn’t good enough for her at this moment, and he’s got to do some serious work on himself if he is to become good enough for her. So yeah, as it’s difficult to watch, I think it’s an important part of both of their stories right now.
Ripley could also be fired from his job. Is there anything you can tease about that storyline?
Luke Mitchell: What I will say about Ripley potentially losing his job—he’s going to have to stay alive first to need to worry about the job. This next episode—he’s going to have at least a near-death experience, and if he makes it out alive, he’s got a lot of work to do.
He’s got to win back the trust of the people he works with, namely his boss. Goodwin’s the one that was recommending him for termination. I don’t know that that’s something that would happen immediately. But if Ripley makes it out alive, I certainly hope that he gets his job back, because if he doesn’t, that means that my time on the show has come to an end.
Mitchell Appreciates That Mouch And Ripley Aren’t An Obvious Duo
“I think Ripley, ultimately, has had such a lack of a father figure in his life.”
What was it like to work one-on-one with Christian Stolte in Episode 15, especially after sharing a couple of scenes with him during the One Chicago crossover?
Luke Mitchell: I was in on Mouch’s storyline with Trudy. It was just such a pleasure to work with both of them. I just played a small role there, but getting to meet him for the first time and getting to work with him and just kind of see firsthand the caliber of actor that he is was really amazing. So knowing that we were able to get him to be a part of this storyline was really special to me.
What do you enjoy most about the rapport between Mouch and Ripley? What makes them a good team?
Luke Mitchell: I like that they’re not an obvious duo and that things certainly didn’t start off terribly well between them, but I think Ripley, ultimately, has had such a lack of a father figure in his life that, I’m not saying, necessarily, that that’s the role that Mouch plays, but I think Ripley is yearning for that type of character in his life in a similar way to his relationship with Dr. Charles.
Luke Mitchell: I don’t know if I can say because it could potentially spoil what happens. I’m just going to say that this next episode is really going to put fans through it. I don’t know if we’re going to release another teaser in the lead-up to the episode or not. I hope we do. But it’s a fairly dramatic one that Ripley isn’t guaranteed to make it out of.
About Chicago Med Season 10
From Renowned Emmy Award-Winning Executive Producer Dick Wolf
They will confront Chicago’s most critical medical cases and challenging ethical dilemmas with courage, compassion and state-of-the-art treatment. Inspired by ripped-from-the-headlines cases, “Chicago Med” will weave cutting-edge medicine with the personal drama that comes with working in such a high-intensity environment. Through it all, familiar faces from “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D” will intertwine with Chicago’s finest medical heroes.
Ripley was introduced in season 9, so I feel like there’s so much more that can be explored with him. Do you have any questions about the character that you’re hoping the show will answer?
