The Real Reason Brian Tee Will Be Absent From Multiple Chicago Med Episodes
DFree/Shutterstock By Ashley Moor/Jan. 12, 2022 1:45 pm EST
Actor Brian Tee has been captivating millions of viewers as Dr. Ethan Choi, a former Navy flight surgeon, on “Chicago Med.” And, throughout the seasons, Dr. Choi has been through a number of struggles and triumphs at a fictional ER in Chicago (via IMDb).
Recently, Tee spoke about his own unique responsibility to accurately portray a healthcare worker during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think it prepared us for what the first responders may have had to go through prior to the pandemic,” Tee told NECN. “I think it made us really look at a particular mirror and coming into the next season and how to deal with this particular pandemic, but also [it] raised the stakes for us as actors and artists to rise up to the level that our first responders had to over the course of the year. I mean, there’s a sense of responsibility and this sense of authenticity that we wanted to create through our show,” the actor added. However, fans might’ve noticed that Tee has been largely absent in the seventh season of the hit NBC show. As Showbiz CheatSheet reported, the character of Dr. Choi was shot in the chest by a patient at the end of the sixth season. However, he survived, and has been part of the show’s seventh run, just in a much smaller capacity. So, what is the real reason Tee will continue to be absent from multiple “Chicago Med” episodes?
The Real Reason Brian Tee Will Be Absent From Multiple Chicago Med Episodes
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By Ashley Moor/Jan. 12, 2022 1:45 pm EST
Actor Brian Tee has been captivating millions of viewers as Dr. Ethan Choi, a former Navy flight surgeon, on “Chicago Med.” And, throughout the seasons, Dr. Choi has been through a number of struggles and triumphs at a fictional ER in Chicago (via IMDb).
Recently, Tee spoke about his own unique responsibility to accurately portray a healthcare worker during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think it prepared us for what the first responders may have had to go through prior to the pandemic,” Tee told NECN. “I think it made us really look at a particular mirror and coming into the next season and how to deal with this particular pandemic, but also [it] raised the stakes for us as actors and artists to rise up to the level that our first responders had to over the course of the year. I mean, there’s a sense of responsibility and this sense of authenticity that we wanted to create through our show,” the actor added. However, fans might’ve noticed that Tee has been largely absent in the seventh season of the hit NBC show. As Showbiz CheatSheet reported, the character of Dr. Choi was shot in the chest by a patient at the end of the sixth season. However, he survived, and has been part of the show’s seventh run, just in a much smaller capacity. So, what is the real reason Tee will continue to be absent from multiple “Chicago Med” episodes?
Recently, Tee spoke about his own unique responsibility to accurately portray a healthcare worker during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think it prepared us for what the first responders may have had to go through prior to the pandemic,” Tee told NECN. “I think it made us really look at a particular mirror and coming into the next season and how to deal with this particular pandemic, but also [it] raised the stakes for us as actors and artists to rise up to the level that our first responders had to over the course of the year. I mean, there’s a sense of responsibility and this sense of authenticity that we wanted to create through our show,” the actor added.
However, fans might’ve noticed that Tee has been largely absent in the seventh season of the hit NBC show. As Showbiz CheatSheet reported, the character of Dr. Choi was shot in the chest by a patient at the end of the sixth season. However, he survived, and has been part of the show’s seventh run, just in a much smaller capacity. So, what is the real reason Tee will continue to be absent from multiple “Chicago Med” episodes?
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In December, TV Insider reported that, while Tee will be absent from a number of episodes in the seventh season of “Chicago Med,” he will be returning as Dr. Choi in the show’s 18th episode. “We are going to check in with him,” the show’s executive producer, Diane Frolov, revealed. “He’s still going to be in therapy, but he’ll be post-surgery in Episode 12 and we have a really lovely story with him and Dr. Charles [Oliver Platt] in Episode 12, but he still is not returning. He returns in Episode 18 … It’s been a very traumatic event for him to be shot like this and he’s been reevaluating himself because of it.”
