Chicago Med: Dr. Choi finally has a new storyline

In the January 19, 2022 episode of Chicago Med Choi is invited to consider reconciling with his father.

Choi was shot in the chest at the end of season six when he tried to stop a former patient from shooting Archer. Choi was notably absent for most of the first half of season 7’s Chicago Med . In real life, Brain Tee, who plays Choi, needed a break to shoot his new show Expats . But Choi’s storyline with her father seems to set things up for the rest of the seventh season.

The executive producer of Chicago Med Diana Frolov told TV Insider that Choi will be returning forever in episode 18. But first, she explained, she has a storyline with Charles helping her mental recovery after filming. Indeed, it is Charles who urges Choi to reconnect with her father in the episode of January 19, 2022.

“It has been changed,” Diana said of Choi. “It was a very traumatic event for him to be affected in this way and for this he reevaluated.”

It appears that part of that reevaluation will consider reconnecting with his father. What this means for Choi’s character development, good or bad, remains to be seen. But there has to be a reason viewers haven’t heard much about that relationship up to this point.

Look Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8:00 PM EST on NBC.