Chicago Med has seen many actors come and go over the years, but fans often forget that the first major exit the show underwent came in season 4 with the departure of Rachel Dipillo. After three seasons as a series regular playing the role of med student turned psych resident, Dr. Sarah Reese, Dipillo was quickly written off the show in the season 4 premiere.

Following her exit, Chicago Med’s showrunner at the time, Andrew Schneider, told One Chicago Center that the door remained open for Reese to return down the line promising that “if we can find a good way to bring her back later, we’ll entertain that.” Sadly, it seems they weren’t able to find a good way to bring her back as Dr. Reese was never seen again on the show following her abrupt exit.

Fans had all but given up hope that we’d get to see Dr.