S02.E12: Mirror, Mirror - Chicago Med

I think one of the best things this show has done is to show Latham as a high-functioning Asperger's and how it affects both him and the people around him.  It's not easy on either side.*

When he blew up, I thought it was going to be a side effect of the deep brain stimulation he was getting for treatment though.  That would have brought in the "what do you do when the treatment that is making you better is also hurting  you?" issues.  A lot of people on medication have to deal with that dilemma but I've never seen it on television.  (In my case, it was the anti-cancer drugs ruining the quality of life.)

In other (non) news, Manning is still the worst both as a doctor and as a person.  I was watching with my daughter and she caught the fact that the girl was mirroring as soon as she said that now she had a headache and not a stomach ache.  Manning appears to have zero observational skills on top of being judgemental.

On the optimistic side, I"m hoping that Manning regretting dumping Jeff means that the EPs are considering letting Halstead staying with the awesome Dr. Nina and be redeemed.

On 2017-02-03 at 0:35 PM, starri said:

Honestly, I think any resident, especially a new intern, should be talking to someone once in a while.

It would make for better doctors.  I don't care what theory of therapist you are, you should have to go through therapy of your own first 1. to know what it's like when you can see through your therapist's gimmicks and 2. to figure out your own biases and countertransference issues before they hurt someone else.

Or any kind of doctor really.  My father had been practicing for 3 decades when a heart attack landed him in the hospital and he saw a whole new world. He came out of it saying that every doctor should have to spend 2 weeks as a patient.

* I'm currently watching The A Word which is about the effects on a family when a 5 year old boy is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (Christopher Eccleston (Dr. Who) plays the grandfather) and I highly recommend it.

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