Which ‘Chicago Med’ Original Cast Member Do You Want to Return in Season 11? (POLL)
Chicago Med brought back two familiar faces at the end of Season 10 with Sarah Reese (Rachel DiPillo) and Robin Charles (Mekia Cox), and there could be more coming.
When TV Insider spoke with showrunner Allen MacDonald about the Season 10 finale, we had to ask if he has any plans to bring back any more past doctors next year, and he revealed he does.
“And they just texted me,” he shared. “Because I am a TV fan — when I was a teenager and I watched the medical show St. Elsewhere, I used to just get so excited when they brought somebody back they hadn’t seen in a long time. And I think there’s a fear in storytelling, television specifically, that if you bring back old characters that you’re kind of going back into the past and not being in the present. But I think life is both.”
He continued, “I think we were successful in telling stories of the present, but I think that in the One Chicago world, it’s completely legitimate to check in on people, characters that we love and we miss, and what fun to see them interact with the new doctors that the audience knows, but they don’t. And so yes, I intend to at least bring back one if not two or more original cast members [from the series premiere] in the next season.”
Given that DiPillo just returned as Reese, that would leave: Nick Gehlfuss as Will Halstead, Yaya DaCosta as April Sexton, Torrey DeVitto as Natalie Manning, Colin Donnell as Connor Rhodes, and Brian Tee as Ethan Choi. (Still around from Season 1: Oliver Platt as Daniel Charles, S. Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin, and Marlyne Barrett as Maggie Lockwood.)
Gehlfuss exited at the end of Season 8, at which point Will reunited with Natalie, with DeVitto guest-starring in his final episode. Choi and DaCosta were last seen when Ethan and April (finally) got married that same season. Donnell hasn’t been seen on-screen since Connor’s last episode in Season 5 when he left following his father’s murder, so it would be especially great to see him again.
But who do you want to see return? Let us know in the poll and comments section below.
Chicago Med, Season 11, Fall 2025, Wednesdays, 8/7c, NBC
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Dr. Halstead for sure!
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Dr. Halstead definitely
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I would love to see Dr. Ethan Choi on the show again.
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Dr Halstead played a pivotal parole.
Related to this topic, I have to say that there's no way that I'm giving out my email address in order to participate in the above choices. I get enough spam already.
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Nick Gehlfuss said after he left that there was possible that he returns as guest star same with Torrey DeVitto, so both open for and short comeback for one or two episodes but let us see
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Will Halstead, my favorite since season 1
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I have watch it from the beginning they were all good really could of picked more then one.bur picked Halstead
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Yes I would love to see Natalie and Will together romantically again after all these years if they had gotten married or not. Also I would love to see Ethan and April again to see if the had a baby after marriage. Too when is Foster from Chicago Fire joining Chicago Med? Remember she had took the exam to become a doctor again so why didn't the writers see the need to bring her character to Chicago Med?
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Dr.Conner Rhodes
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I want to see April and Ethan in a guest arc of a few episodes.
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Everyone from Season 1
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Why isn’t Crockett an option?
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I would love to see Dr
Halstead and Dr. Choi come back. Their compassion and dedication are absolutely terrific. I have truly missed them on the show. Bring them back please.
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What about Maggie as a choice?
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What about Dr Scott ? Vanessa Maggie's daughter? Naomi and it was another Korean guy that worked there what was his name that look similar to Ethan Choi.
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Who CARES
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I want to see S. Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin return
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Uhhh she is on the show
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