In tonight’s Season 8 finale of NBC’s Chicago Med, it was revealed that another original cast member is leaving the show. This person’s exit comes after that of Brian Tee, whose character Dr. Ethan Choi rode off into the sunset earlier this season after marrying April Sexton (Yaya Dacosta), the love of his life.
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After eight seasons on Chicago Med, Nick Gehlfuss played Dr. Will Halstead for one final time after getting back in touch with Dr. Natalie Manning (Torrey DeVitto), the woman he was always meant to be with. For a proper farewell to two beloved characters who will be sorely missed, Natalie and her son Owen came back.

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Speaking to Deadline about his decision to leave the show, Gehlfuss said, “This year was going to be the last year of my second contract, so I was going to have to make a decision about starting a new one or not. A few months ago, I made that decision. It was important to me to let everyone know as soon as I could in advance so that the writers could figure out storyline and I could have time to make that transition away from all these 8 year relationships. It was a difficult decision but I felt I had taken Dr. Halston as far as I could take him.”

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Speaking about his final moments on the show, he said, ” Part of what Will always had to decide was if he wanted to be a stepdad. I think that’s something that goes through your head if you’re going to be involved with someone who already has a child. When Owen shows up at the airport in Seattle— I loved playing that moment, realizing he was going to be this kid’s father officially. The actor named Ari Morgan who plays Owen has grown up on the show, literally. It was wild to see this kid because he’s now stringing along sentences and he’s a little man in a way.”