Tonight’s season 8 finale episode of Chicago Med has an intriguing title: “Does One Door Close and Another One Open”? It can mean so many things for so many people, especially considering the log line: “Shocking information threatens Jack Dayton’s (Sasha Roiz) surgery and the future of OR 2.0. Archer (Steven Weber) goes rogue to save a patient in need. And Maggie (Marlyne Barrett) questions her future at Med.”
Jack has bet his fortune—or at least a part of it—on the success of OR 2.0 and has asked the Board of Directors to take Gaffney Chicago Medical Center from nonprofit to profit status based on its success. What happens if it’s not all it’s cracked up to be?
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