I’m not sure I’m okay after that ending. In retrospect, Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 3 gave too many huge hints that something was wrong to expect anything else. Still, I didn’t think I’d be this heartbroken as the credits rolled.
Eloise’s Sudden Turnaround Was Hard To Believe, But It Was Effective At the beginning of Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 3, Eloise distrusted Hannah so much that she accused her of ordering a C-section to make more money. Hannah: Thanks for the assist in there. Maggie: I’ve been where she is, trying to navigate the medical system as a Black woman.
Most of the time, our concerns are dismissed. Eloise had been jaded by the number of doctors who dismissed her pain as no big deal, but there was also a racial component to her distrust. Eloise had reason to be jaded — her concerns had been dismissed by doctor after doctor, and she likely felt that Hannah was yet another white woman who thought Eloise couldn’t possibly know her own body.
After Maggie’s intervention, though, Eloise completely dropped her distrust of Hannah, and the two even spoke on a more personal level, almost like friends. That was unrealistic. Eloise confiding those feelings to Maggie would have made more sense, given the circumstances.
Still, the ending needed Eloise to trust Hannah more. This television death wouldn’t have been nearly as powerful if Eloise had not trusted Hannah when Hannah said she would survive. That was what delivered the real gut punch on Chicag.