Chicago Middle ruined the climax of Sharon Goodwin’s stalker story in Season 10, Episode 6. Sharon (S Epatha Merkerson) was part of the Chicago Middle cast since the beginning of the series. She is a former nurse who is now a hospital administrator in charge of hiring and firing emergency room staff and often mediates conflicts between doctors over which treatment to pursue, and has had several interesting personal stories as well as hospital stories.
Sharon has been dealing with a stalker who has sent her death threats all along Chicago Middle season 10. The story mainly focused on the psychological toll Sharon is facing in receiving these threats; she did things like continually look over her shoulder and, in one episode, pepper-sprayed a teenage neighbor who she mistook for a burglar. These incidents led to a climax where Sharon’s stalker was revealed; However, this revelation was disheartening for the way he was treated.
Sharon’s Stalker Story on Chicago Med Explained
A disgruntled former employee has been harassing her
Sharon received a death threat in Chicago Middle season 10, episode 2, but at first she ignored it, refusing to work remotely or show fear. However, this quickly took a psychological toll on her, and she became hypervigilant, continually fearing that the stalker was following her. This crisis came to a head on Halloween, when she was startled by a knock on the door and pepper-sprayed a teenage neighbor who was trick-or-treating.
This accident led to an important discovery, however, as Sharon’s neighbor had a doorbell that captured a photo of the stalker near Sharon’s house. Thus, Sharon had proof that the crime was not just in her imagination, which set up her plot for an emotional ending when she decided to move in with Dennis temporarily to avoid the stalker while the threats increased and the police investigated who was doing this to her.
Chicago Med Wasted Sharon’s Storyline by Not Properly Building Up Her Stalker
His stalker was revealed to be a random character never seen on screen before
During Chicago Middle season 10, episode 6, Chicago Police Kevin Atwater told Sharon he had a lead on the stalker, and she identified him as a former employee. Sharon was forced to fire several employees because of hospital budget cuts, so it wasn’t surprising that someone was upset enough to threaten her. However, the culprit was a random employee who had never appeared on screen before, which made the reveal much less exciting.
Almost all of the firings were done off-screen, making it difficult for viewers to identify a suspect. This was a critical error. The fact that the stalker was a random person made it seem like the writers didn’t know who was stalking Sharon until the last minute, and then threw in a random suspect at the end. It would have been better to have some on-screen dismissals so the audience could try to guess who the stalker was before the reveal.
How Chicago Med Season 10 Should Have Executed Sharon’s Stalker Arc
The writers needed a clear plan and more clues throughout the first few episodes
If Sharon’s stalker arc had been handled in a more deliberate and planned manner, it would have been a stronger story. The first mistake the series made was making all the firings off-screen instead of making them a complete story. Although it was unnecessary for Chicago Middle To show each firing in detail, it should have shown a variety of responses and given some insight into who might have been upset enough to pursue Sharon. Furthermore, there were no real clues as to who the stalker was other than a blurry photo on a Ring camera.
It would have been a strong plot twist for Zach to have decided to get revenge after his firing instead of fading into oblivion.
The audience was unable to follow and guess the stalker because of this issue. Furthermore, there was also an alternative for a randomly fired worker to be the persecutor. In Chicago Middle Season 10, Episode 1, Lenox fired resident Zach Hudgins after he froze during a crisis and left Sharon to care for a patient without a doctor’s supervision. So it would have been a strong plot twist for Zach to have decided to get revenge after his firing rather than sink into oblivion.
Chicago Middle It could have had a much stronger ending to the Sharon stalker storyline if it had planted more seeds ahead of time or chosen a villain that was already known to the audience. This story also had the potential to use characters from other A Chicago shows better, like police officers and paramedics. Unfortunately, wasted the suspense in this story by choosing a random culprit who had never been seen on screen beforeafter which he doubled down on his mistake by having the police tell Sharon about his confrontation with the criminal instead of showing it on screen.