Chastain lives to see another day, and these characters we've grown to love over this series are in such a bright place.

The beauty of The Resident Season 6 Episode 13 is that if this is the end, if, for whatever reason, we never get another season or episode from this series that stole our hearts six years ago, then the finale managed to provide some form of closure while allowing the possibility of more.

By the second half of the hour, as things wound down, the tone was so hopeful and inspiring that it was hard not to walk away lighter and with a fondness and appreciation for the show and characters.

In this day and age, we can lose beloved series in the blink of an eye, sometimes at the most inopportune times, leaving fans and viewers hanging. It was nice that The Resident had the foresight to give us...