The Real Reason Brian Tee Will Be Absent From Multiple Chicago Med Episodes

As fans will know, Brian Tee's character, Dr. Ethan Choi, has been recovering from his recent injury in a rehabilitation facility during Season 7, and has mostly been absent from "Chicago Med" during this time. 

However, the real reason Tee has been absent from the vast majority of "Chicago Med" Season 7 is because he has been busy filming another television show for Amazon, titled "Expats." According to Deadline, "Expats" is set in Hong Kong and follows three women who are struggling to come to terms with a family tragedy. Tee portrays Clarke, the husband of Margaret — a character portrayed by Nicole Kidman.

In December, TV Insider reported that, while Tee will be absent from a number of episodes in the seventh season of "Chicago Med," he will be returning as Dr. Choi in the show's 18th episode. "We are going to check in with him," the show's executive producer, Diane Frolov, revealed. "He's still going to be in therapy, but he'll be post-surgery in Episode 12 and we have a really lovely story with him and Dr. Charles [Oliver Platt] in Episode 12, but he still is not returning. He returns in Episode 18 ... It's been a very traumatic event for him to be shot like this and he's been reevaluating himself because of it."