{"id":62774,"date":"2025-10-09T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/62774\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T04:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T04:00:07","slug":"torrey-devitto-returns-to-chicago-med-for-season-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/62774\/","title":{"rendered":"Torrey DeVitto Returns To ‘Chicago Med’ For Season 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from NBC<\/a>\u2018s Chicago Med<\/a>\u2018s 200th episode titled \u201cA Game of Inches.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Surprise! Torrey DeVitto<\/a> returned to NBC\u2019s Chicago Med for its special 200th episode, which aired tonight. <\/p>\n

\n\tShe joined Nick Gehlfuss, who plays her character Dr. Natalie Manning\u2019s true love, Dr. Will Halstead. We confirmed in late August<\/a> that he would reprise his role this season. Both are set to appear in multiple new episodes. <\/p>\n

\n\tSince we last saw them in the Season 8 finale for Gehlfuss\u2019s series exit, off-camera, Natalie and Will have been working on making their new family dynamic work. Becoming Owen\u2019s (Frankie DeMaio) stepfather has been challenging, which is to be expected. What\u2019s essential is that Halstead is working on strengthening their bond, which he was trying to do with this special boys\u2019 trip to Chicago without Natalie to attend a Bears game.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s like going back home for a visit,\u201d DeVitto shared with Deadline earlier this week. \u201cIt was really lovely to be there with everyone. It was as if no time had passed and I wasn\u2019t expecting that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking of expecting, there\u2019s a Manstead baby on the way!!! However, fans will be unable to celebrate in a big way with friends old and new at Gaffney after her son is shot there. Stress will be high, and that\u2019s not a good combo for someone pregnant.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt puts Natalie back in the thick of it on Chicago Med. When they called me and told me the storyline breakdown, I was like, \u2018I would expect no less.\u2019 Natalie always had some trauma or emotion, or something happening. Of course, I\u2019m not going to come back to sit around eating candy or something. I\u2019ll be back in the thick of it and bawling my eyes out,\u201d she said with a laugh.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tNick Gehlfuss and Torrey DeVitto in \u2018Chicago Med\u2019 Season 11<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Burns Jr\/NBC<\/p>\n

\n\tGehlfuss shared with Deadline that he is equally overjoyed about bringing Manstead back, especially to share the fantastic baby news with longtime fans who have shipped them since day one.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cKnowing Torrey would join me for this storyline made the return all the more exciting and special. It really couldn\u2019t have happened any other way, and it was wonderful to celebrate the 200th episode together. It was as if we hadn\u2019t stopped working with one another; we fell right back into our rhythm,\u201d Gehlfuss said.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe continued, \u201cThe most palpable part was that our characters are exploring such emotional material around parenthood, and we both are lucky enough to be navigating that in our personal lives. I got to meet her daughter for the first time on set! Just incredible. All of this played into our scenes together. The fans are going to be so surprised, and I hope satisfied.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tDeVitto and her husband, Jared LaPine, welcomed a daughter in November. Since becoming a first-time mom, DeVitto has taken a small break from acting to focus on being with her baby. This Chicago Med gig is her first role in nearly a year.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tChicago Med\u2013 L to R: Steven Weber, Luke Mitchell, Nick Gehlfuss and Torrey DeVitto in Episode 1103, \u201cHorseshoes and Hand Grenades.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Burns Jr\/NBC<\/p>\n

\n\tShowrunner Allen MacDonald chimed in on his decision to have Natalie and Will return to continue their storylines in such a unique way. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIf you bring back Dr. Will Halstead, the audience naturally hopes to see Dr. Natalie Manning, too\u2026 which makes total sense since their love story is so intricately woven into Chicago Med history,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was always my intention to bring back both characters, but I wanted to play with that expectation in the 200th episode \u2014 make the audience believe that only Nick was returning, then surprise them with Natalie\u2019s appearance in the final scene when Goodwin tells her by phone that Owen\u2019s been shot,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing the events of Season 11\u2019s second episode, MacDonald tees up where the story will go from here.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLooking forward to Episode 3, Natalie will join Will in Chicago for an emotionally harrowing episode as Owen\u2019s life hangs in the balance. Natalie will admit to feeling cursed\u2026 her husband Jeff died when she was pregnant with Owen, and now she\u2019s pregnant again, and she might lose her firstborn. It just made sense to the writing staff to build a story around Owen for the 200th episode \u2014 and 201st \u2014 since Natalie was pregnant with him in the pilot and gave birth to him during Season 1. It all felt of a piece to us,\u201d MacDonald said.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe continued, \u201cIt was so amazing to see Torrey DeVitto and Nick Gehlfuss reunited on set. But for Will and Natalie, these episodes show how their relationship has developed and deepened, while also propelling them forward into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCould that future perhaps include a wedding? The two are not yet married, and while they don\u2019t have to take that step necessarily, Chicago Med sure does know how to throw fun weddings. There\u2019s also the possibility that the stress from Owen being shot, the pregnancy could end up in the danger zone, or the baby could come early. Hopefully, Natalie will have Dr. Hannah Asher (Jessy Schram), Gaffney ED\u2019s attending physician in obstetrics and gynecology, available to help.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn closing, DeVitto has some words to share with Chicago Med\u2019s devoted fans.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI hear from fans when I\u2019m out in public or through comments on Instagram about how much they miss Manstead and how they\u2019re still rooting for them. I really hope that the OG fans really love Nick and my storyline that we\u2019ve come together to do for them. This really feels like we\u2019re doing it all for them,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOne of the most disappointing things about leaving the show is that it didn\u2019t feel like Will and Natalie got what they deserved. Even when I did come back for Nick\u2019s exit, it still didn\u2019t feel like they got what they deserved, considering how long they\u2019ve been together. Now I feel like people will be satiated. I\u2019m really excited for them to see it, and I hope they love it. If the fans weren\u2019t so invested in Manstead, we wouldn\u2019t be coming back,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n

\n\tNew episodes of\u00a0Chicago Med\u00a0drop Wednesdays at 8 pm ET on NBC. All OneChicago series are produced by Universal Television and Wolf Entertainment.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from NBC\u2018s Chicago Med\u2018s 200th episode titled \u201cA Game of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[23247,146,85,46,4616,46158,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-62774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-chicago-med","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-nbc","13":"tag-torrey-devitto","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}