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Ashley Sharpe Chestnut as Naomi Howard, S. Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin
Peter Gordon/NBC; George Burns Jr/NBCAshley Sharpe Chestnut he was as surprised as we were Chicago Med Season 10’s midseason finale — and Sharon Goodwin’s teased fate will be revealed during the winter premiere.
“All the answers will be revealed,” Chestnut, 32, exclusively said My Weekly while promoting your OWN holiday movie, Mistletoe and marriagewhich premiered on December 14.
The actress who plays Dr. Naomi Howard on Chicago Mednoted that viewers will definitely find out what happened to Goodwin (S. Epatha Merkerson) during the show on Wednesday 8 January return.
During the midseason finale, which aired on November 20Goodwin learned who her stalker was when she cornered her in the office. During their argument, Goodwin was stabbed and began to bleed. However, she made one last attempt to break free after hearing Dr. Dean Archer (Steven Weber) outside her office door.
As the elevator doors began to close, Archer saw a bloodied Goodwin run out of the room, screaming for help as the attacker approached her. The episode ended with Archer trying to return to help his longtime friend and boss.
“When I read it, I was like, ‘Oh no, what’s going to happen?'” Chestnut recalled Our learn about Goodwin’s traumatic moments in the episode. “I’m literally on the edge of my seat asking for advanced copies of the scripts and they say, ‘No.’
Even if Kaštan didn’t make it see scripts soonshe said Our they’ve already filmed episode 14 so he knows what’s going to happen. “All the answers will be revealed soon,” she repeated.
The TV star went on to tease: ‘There’s a lot more Naomi in the way it looks. I’m trying to be vague, but there’s a lot more to it Naomi.’
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Chestnut was coy about how Naomi might be involved in Goodwin’s storyline, but explained that her character will have more screen time in the second half of the season. (Chestnut joined as Naomi’s student doctor at the end of season 9 and has been a recurring character ever since.)
“I can tease that there will be some real drama, that Naomi will be involved with other characters outside of Dr. Archer and Dr. Lenox.”Sarah Ramos),” she said. “Naomi is the way people go, (but) there’s going to be some drama outside of those two.”
From become part of the EDNaomi worked closely with both Archer and Lenox, who split the responsibilities of running the emergency department until the mid-season finale. At that point, Goodwin named Lenox (who was new to their team this year) as the sole leader.
The change in personnel is what led Archer to come to Goodwin’s office during the November episode when he was planning to resign.
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Naomi has been put in the middle of Lenox and Archer all season as they puzzle over how run ED successfully. According to Chestnut, that push and pull won’t completely go away when the show returns.
“I’m between Lenox and Dr. Archer (still). There’s a little bit more,” she shared. “And you’re going to see a little bit more of the relationship between Dr. Lenox and Naomi.”
10th season Chicago Med returns to NBC on Wednesday, January 8 at 8:00 PM ET.
