Chicago Med’s Luke Mitchell: The Season Finale Asks, ‘What Exactly Is Ripley Capable Of?’

Chicago Med’ s Dr. Mitch Ripley has opened up to Dr. Hannah Asher and made strides to put his troubled youth behind him, but this Wednesday’s season finale (NBC, 8/7c) will once again dredge up the doc’s past.

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In the episode, Liliana’s brother Pawel — who is suing the hospital and Ripley — is beaten up, leading Ripley’s whereabouts to be called into question.

“Ripley has to leave the hospital for an appointment, suddenly, and then he comes back, and then Pawel comes into the hospital [beaten up], and so, there’s a question about the timing of that,” Luke Mitchell, who plays Ripley, previews. Suspicions easily turn to him because “there’s probably motive for Ripley to have some strong feelings towards Pawel,” not to mention the fact that “there’s question marks about Ripley’s past and past aggressive behavior and his impulse control disorder.”

The situation “certainly makes some of the other main characters look at Ripley and question” the idea of “how well do we know Ripley, and what exactly is he capable of?” Mitchell describes. “The audience will also be faced with the question, is Ripley a good guy? What is Ripley capable of? That’s really a question of how much has he changed? Is he still this person from this troubled youth, with impulse control disorder? Or is he a new man?”

And those questions won’t all be answered by the end of the finale: “That’s a little bit of a cliffhanger,” Mitchell says. “I think it’s going to be really interesting to see if Ripley did do it. But also, if he didn’t do it, how he’s going to feel about people accusing him of doing it? There’s going to be some serious trust issues going forward, one way or another.”

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At least it sounds like Hannah might be on Ripley’s side after their kiss in last week’s installment and her declaration that she only cares about the man he is now .

“There’s a little Asher/Ripley moment in [the finale] that is pretty cute,” Mitchell teases.

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