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Chicago Med – Season 11, Episode 15 The Cost of Living

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Chicago Med – Season 11, Episode 15

The Cost of Living

Aired Mar 18, 2026

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Archer confronts his own mortality while on a complex case; one patient's quirky habit baffles Charles and Theo; a fatal diagnosis shocks one of the doctors at Gaffney.

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Jack Ori

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Mar 20

4.5/5

Still, there’s a fine line between cathartic and depressing, and Chicago Med Season 11 Episode 15 almost crossed it.

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Brittany Frederick

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Mar 19

C-

It resolves one of the NBC show’s recurring plotlines in the best way possible. But on the flip side, "The Cost of Living" has a subplot that should have been left in the writers’ room.

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Synopsis

Archer confronts his own mortality while on a complex case; one patient's quirky habit baffles Charles and Theo; a fatal diagnosis shocks one of the doctors at Gaffney.

Director: Andi Behring
Creator: Dick Wolf, Matt Olmstead
Executive Producer: Dick Wolf, Derek Haas, Arthur W. Forney, Matt Olmstead, Michael Brandt, Peter Jankowski, Michael Pressman
Screenwriter: Andrew Gettens, Lauren MacKenzie
Network: NBC
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Drama, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date: Mar 18, 2026

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