Chicago Med fans are worried about Dr. Taylor after episode 5 of season 7
Medical student Vanessa Taylor, played by Asjha Cooper, was introduced in the 13th episode of Season 6 of “Chicago Med” and quickly became a welcome regular on the series. Her participation in the show comes with a built-in drama, as she is the biological daughter of Maggie Lockwood (Marlyne Barrett), who was given up for adoption as a child and no one knew about it.
Now, in Season 7, it looks like there will be more drama in store for Vanessa and fans are talking about it. Viewers of the “One Chicago” universe are known to be – as Cooper himself put it – ”protective,” and as one user wrote on Reddit, “Honestly, it seems like Vanessa is on the verge of burnout. “
The latest episode of “Chicago Med,” titled “Change is a Tough Pill to Swallow,” aired on Wednesday, October 20 and shows that something is going on with Dr. Taylor and there is It can lead to worse things later on. Does that mean her time on the show is coming to an end? It’s hard to say whether that will happen, but there’s no doubt that “Chicago Med” is making the stakes higher — and raising the stakes — when it comes to the emergency department staff at Gaffney Medical Center Chicago.
Dr. Taylor appeared because lack of sleep and loss of confidence led to drug addiction
In the episode, a boy named Alex walks into the emergency room after being hit in the head by his older brother. Dr. Dylan Scott (Guy Lockard) quickly notices that the boy’s blood is not clotting properly and realizes that he has a bleeding disorder (Von Willebrand’s disease). Alex eventually confesses that he made fun of his older brother Ryan, who has ADHD, because he knew he could get Ryan to act out and he wanted their parents to pay attention. However, Dr. Daniel Charles (Oliver Platt) points out that this type of controlled behavior is not something a child with ADHD would do, making him wonder if Ryan was misdiagnosed. He told the family that their remaining son needed to be reevaluated and his Adderall taken off.
Taylor was supposed to be supervising Alex’s case, and was so busy with other things that she didn’t notice his brain bleeding increasing, even though she arrived two hours early. She blamed herself for this: “I ruined everything today,” she told her mother. To make matters worse, she took Ryan to meet his brother, and Ryan reacted so violently that he ran away and hid. Later, Maggie talks to Vanessa about her lack of sleep while coming off Adderall. Her daughter said she needed to learn the tables and seemed to have been looking at the drug for a bit too long. At home studying, the medical student took out a bag of medicine and took a pill.
Essentially, the episode seems to be causing Vanessa Taylor’s downfall, caused by feelings of job insecurity, exhaustion, possible burnout, and drug addiction. Fans may be right to be worried!
