Boss of “ chicago med ‘on the baby of Hannah and Dean, Future and other father options
Spoiler alert: This story contains spoilers from the episode of Wednesday October 1 of “Chicago Med”.
It’s official: Hannah Asher (Jessy Schram) and Dean Archer (Steven Weber) have a baby. The first of season 11 of “Chicago Med” fell directly after the events of the final of season 10, Hannah presenting himself at the door of Dean to tell him that she is expecting, and it is the father.
Although Dean and Hannah have had an attractive atmosphere in the past five seasons, viewers have never seen them on this subject. Of course, this was also due to his deactivation relationship with Ripley (Luke Mitchell). The cliffhanger left the viewers wondering if Ripley or perhaps Dean could be the father, but there was in fact a third option too.
“We had three possible fathers in this scenario. Ripley, Archer and the third. We have not been talking about it for a long time, but briefly, we were talking about the opening of the door, it is Will Halstead,” said the showrunner Allen Macdonald Variety. “It would be the first time that we would have seen Will Halstead for a long time.”
Nick Gehlfuss, who played Dr. Halstead for eight years before leaving the show in 2023, will be back in the second episode, but not because of Hannah. Instead, viewers will receive an update on the place where he is with Natalie (Torrey Devitto); Although she is not in the episode, Halstead will be back in town with her son, Owen.
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In the end, Macdonald decided that making the archer the father would create “the most interesting and most fertile terrain for the narration in a spectacular way”, because their friendship has developed so much. He explains that the pair slept together at the end of “The Book of Archer”, the 17th episode of season 10, when Hannah presented himself at the door of Dean with dinner and dessert.
“Jesse and Steven both beautifully played the consequences,” he said. “It’s like” the sixth sense “. You can go back, and you can see it.
(Go back and watch episode 18, when Hannah and Ripley Go have a discussion, Dean is shown by giving the pair with a lateral eye, perhaps showing a little jealousy.)
So far, the public has never even seen the two kiss – “they have always been friends with a little atmosphere that they do not recognize or even necessarily refuse,” explains Macdonald – and it is not planned to show the night when they met via flashbacks.
“The reason why it was out of camera is that we wanted to preserve the surprise,” he says. “As a fan, I’m not going to lie. I would have liked to see this, but it seemed to be surprise when she would appear at her door, and the surprise of the confirmation in the first was the way to follow.”
Weber joke, “I don’t think anyone who wants to see this”, but adds: “There is a whole season to go to He will be won, not only from a kind of television romance. »»
As for the rest, the duo “decided to continue to be friends” after their connection, and now everything has changed, explains Macdonald. “Now she’s pregnant. How will it affect their relationship? To move forward, will they remain friends? Will they even get along? Is it going to be a problem with each other? How does that affect their feelings? But in one way or another, it will shake things between them. ”
Hannah’s scenario will first mark that a first regular answering machine of the series on a “One Chicago” program will have an apparently positive pregnancy arc. Over the past decade, the franchise has presented several false layers and fertility problems, as well as couples who choose to adopt.
“It is a lot to ask an actor, because it means, at a very basic level, that Jesse will have a prosthesis attached to her, and it will become more and more as the season takes place. It’s difficult. I’m not the first television writer to say, but it’s hard to commit to having a baby in a television show, but I felt that it was the right way to do it, “says Macdonald. “Jesse was completely on board. It will be difficult with her for this part, but that’s something we intend to follow. ”
“Chicago Med”, produced by Universal Television and Wolf Entertainment, is broadcast on Wednesday NBC at 8 p.m. he.
