SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Chicago Med Season 11, Episode 6.

Chicago Med Season 11, Episode 6 begins and ends with the Goodwin family talking about their “highs and lows of the day.” That’s also an apt descriptor of “The Story of Us.” It’s driven primarily by personal drama, and there are some elements of it that are very good. Then there are elements that make it feel more like a soap opera instead of a medical drama.

In fairness to the NBC show, many long-running medical dramas have leaned into the love lives of their doctors—just some more prominently than others. The network promo for this episode being entirely about who Dr. John Frost was going to ask out made it clear that “The Story of Us” was going to be more personal than medical. That plot falls largely flat, while the story of the Goodwin family works much better, resulting in an episode that has its own highs and lows.

The reveal that David Goodwin is not Bert Goodwin’s biological son feels like it was created purely to shock viewers. However, it opens up a well-acted story about the definition of family and coming to terms with the loss of a family member. It’s an absolute pleasure to see Gbenga Akinnagbe—a remarkably talented actor currently appearing in Netflix’s A House of Dynamite, but whose lengthy credits include The Wire, 24: Live Another Day and the Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird—playing David. He’s able to sell this plot twist by convincingly taking David through a roller coaster of emotions, from surprise to anger to self-doubt and acceptance. The episode opening with some old home video is a charming touch, and S. Epatha Merkerson is always a star. Chicago Med has stretched the Bert storyline out for awhile now, so if this truly is goodbye to the character, it’s a beautiful way to conclude the subplot.

Read the rest of this review at Fangirlish.

Chicago Med airs Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. Photo Credit: Courtesy of NBC.

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