Robin Charles

**Robin Charles** is a former epidemiologist at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center. She was portrayed by Mekia Cox.

## Biography

Robin is the daughter of Daniel Charles and his first wife CeCe. Through her father, she has a younger half-sister, Anna Charles. Her parents divorced when she was younger, and she doesn't initially have a relationship with her father. She starts working at Chicago Med in Season Two, and dates Dr. Connor Rhodes, while also slowly rebuilding her relationship with Dr. Daniel Charles. At the end of season 2, she begins showing symptom of psychosis, and is originally diagnosed incorrectly with schizophrenia. The cause of her symptoms is later diagnosed to be a benign mediastinal teratoma, which is successfully removed by surgery. Robin continues to experience side effects from her medication, and leaves in Season 3 to stay with her mother in Minneapolis, and continue her recovery, ending her relationship with Connor.

## Season 2

Robin first appeared in episode 4, "Brother's Keeper", as an epidemiologist, working at Gaffney Chicago Medical, after a case involving several patients who appear to have a rare infection. Robin identifies the cause of infection as being spread because of a flaw in a device commonly used for endoscopy, working with Dr. Ethan Choi, Dr. Natalie Manning, and Dr. Will Halstead. She is revealed to have a difficult relationship with her father, Dr. Daniel Charles, who is Head of Psychiatry at the hospital, as her parents divorced when she was young, and she initially rebuffs attempts by Dr. Daniel Charles to rebuild their relationship. In episode 7, "Inherent Bias", Robin works with Dr. Connor Rhodes to diagnose a patient with an affection that is causing mental impairment. Robin and Connor disagree with Dr. Daniel Charles about the best way to treat the patient, and successfully address her condition using their approach. During the episode, Dr. Daniel Charles asks Robin about a recent break-up with her boyfriend, and she later discloses to him that the reason they broke up is because her boyfriend refused to stand up to her. She flirts with Connor and compares him favorably to her ex, when talking to Dr. Daniel Charles. In episode 8, "Free Will", Robin and Dr. Charles are in conflict after Dr. Charles attempts to discourage her from dating Connor, pointing to his difficult family history.

In episode 11, "Graveyard Shift", Robin attends a charity event on a date with Connor Rhodes at the Art Institute in Chicago, when he is called back to operate on a panda. Robin remains at the hospital to observe the surgery, and tells Connor she is very impressed with him. In episode 13, "Theseus' Ship", Connor and Robin continue to date, and work together to treat a patient.

In episode 19, "Ctrl Alt", Robin behaves erratically, which concerns Connor. She tells Connor she is having trouble sleeping after constantly hearing the sounds of rats in her own apartment repeatedly, occasionally loses focus while completing ordinary tasks, and experiences moments of high emotion and anger. She accepts an invitation to stay with Connor while her rat problem is sorted out, but in the middle of the night Connor finds her standing pressed against a wall, telling him that she hears rats in his apartment too, and asking if he can hear them as well. In episode 20, Generation Gap, Connor voices his concerns to Dr. Daniel Charles about Robin, telling him that he does not hear the rats that she hears, and that exterminators have found nothing. Robin now hears rats in Connor's apartment as well, despite interventions by two exterminators, and that he can't hear anything. Dr. Charles initially dismisses him, but later concurs. During a conversation with Robin, she shows her father a tissue contain rat droppings that she collected as 'proof'. They both see that the napkin is actually empty. Dr. Charles convinces Robin to undergo a full psychiatric evaluation as a precaution, despite expressing the view that she is only experiencing anxiety. In episode 21, Deliver Us, Robin undergoes a psychiatric evaluation with Dr. Sarah Reese, who is working with Dr. David Kwon in the Psychiatry department, as Dr. Daniel Charles has a conflict of interest and cannot treat his own daughter. Through the episode, Dr. Daniel Charles attempts to intervene in Robin's care, and at the end of the episode, Dr. Daniel Charles has Robin committed against her will, after breaking into her apartment and being concerned at her mental state reflected in her living arrangements.

In episode 22, White Butterflies, Connor meets Robin, who is being treated on a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Robin tells Connor that the medication appears to be working and she is no longer hearing rats everywhere. After Connor and Dr. Reese discover that Dr. Charles violated ethics by committing Robin, they arrange to have Robin discharged in a meeting with hospital administrators, with Connor assuming responsibility for her personally, and Dr. Reese continuing to manage her care. Dr. Daniel Charles attempts to discuss the matter with Robin, telling her had her safety in mind, but she tells him she doesn't want to speak with him, and that she is safe with Connor. Robin and Connor leave the hospital together. At Connor's apartment tells Connor that she understands he went out on a limb for her, and thanks him, telling him how happy she is to be out of the psychiatric ward. Later that night, Robin has a psychotic episode, screaming and attacking something she can't see, breaking glass objects and crying. She locks herself out on Connor's high-rise apartment balcony, while he begs her to open the door.

In episode 23, "Love Hurts" Connor gets Robin to the hospital in an ambulance, and Robin hallucinates Connor attacking her as she screams, "Get him off me." She is sedated. Dr. David Kwon tells Connor and Dr. Reese that Robin should be in a locked facility, and Dr. Daniel Charles tells Connor that Robin's condition is his fault, and that he was right to have her held. Dr. Kwon arranges to have Robin transferred out to a long-term locked facility, but as she's being transported out, Dr. Charles notices that Robin's hands are making a distinctive jerky movement. Robin does not recognise Dr. Charles and screams at him to get away from her. He asks Dr. Sarah Reese to conduct additional tests, due which they discover that the cause of Robin's symptoms is physiological, namely a small tumor (teratoma) as well as anti-NMDA encephalitis, which can cause hallucinations, behavioral changes, etc. Dr. Isidore Latham and Dr. Ava Bekker successfully perform a surgery to remove the teratoma. After the surgery, Robin walks up and appears to be much more stable, speaking with Connor about her diagnosis. Connor tells her that Dr. Daniel Charles made the diagnosis that saved her, and urges her to talk to him. Robin and her father hold hands, and they both cry.

## Season 3

In episode 1, "Speak Your Truth," Robin is released from the hospital after a few months of treatment. She's warned about the side effects, such as irritable behavior, impulsiveness, lowered inhibitions, and forgetfulness. Connor begins to recognize that she is displaying some of the side effects when they get home, noting that Robin is showing signs of impulsive behavior, and lowered inhibitions. She also appears to have rebuilt her relationship with her father, Dr. Daniel Charles, and confides in him when she thinks that Connor doesn't trust her after the events of the previous season, leaning on his shoulder and crying. Robin also tells her father that she is sorry she couldn't be there for him, after he was shot by a patient outside the hospital in "Love Hurts," and continues to participate in a trial concerning that incident.

In episode 2, "Nothing to Fear," Robin experiences an anxiety attack, waking up at 4 in the morning to correct a recipe that she was cooking, in great distress. Later, the Fire Department is called when she forgets her brisket in the oven when she goes shopping, causing the fire alarms to go off. She later apologizes to Connor, telling him she feels like she is a burden on him, while he attempts to assuage her fears. In episode 3, "Trust your Gut," she continues to show side effects, having trouble with small tasks, such as finding her keys. In episode 4, "Naughty or Nice," Robin returns to work, but is concerned about how her colleagues will receive her, as they last saw her while she was experiencing a psychotic break. She assists April Sexton, Dr. Noah Sexton, and Maggie Lockwood in diagnosing a possible outbreak of leptospirosis, a bacterial infection. Leptospirosis can be transmitted by rats, and while working on the case, Robin hears the vents in her office rattling. It causes her great distress, as she is concerned about a possible return of her psychosis, in which she hallucinated rats. She tells Connor she heard rats again in her office. While Robin believes that her symptoms have returned, Connor and Dr. Sarah Reese have her take an M.R.I to rule out a recurrence of the tumor or permanent damage to the brain tissue. The scan returns clean, and Robin later learns that a problem with the hospital's internal heating caused the vents to rattle, creating the noise that she heard. In episode 5, "Mountains and Molehills," Connor notices that Robin is wearing new clothes and jewellery, and she tells Connor that she's been making some impulse purchases. They disagree over Robin initiating sex frequently, with Connor suggesting it could be because of lower impulse control, a side effect of her medication. Robin insists that she is feeling better, and more like herself. Later, while shopping, she slips a scarf from a shop into her bag, and doesn't pay for it.

In episode 6, "Ties that Bind," Connor receives a call from the Dolan Rhodes Department Store owned by his father, telling him that they've detained Robin as they caught her attempting to shoplift. They would have called Chicago P.D., but Connor's father recognised Robin and called him instead. She breaks down crying, telling Connor that she doesn't know what's wrong, and that she feels humiliated. Later, Robin overhears Connor's father telling Connor that Robin is either unstable or a criminal, and that he should get rid of her. At home, Robin refuses to eat, but tells Connor that he takes good care of her, like he takes care of all his patients. When he tells Robin she isn't a patient and he loves her, she tells him she agrees with his dad, and that in his place, she wouldn't love her. She tells Connor that he likes to fix broken things, including herself in the description and to save people, which is different from loving someone. Robin calls her father, Dr. Daniel Charles, crying, and tells him she feels out of control, and doesn't know what to do, and that she feels like she can't recover. She tells Daniel that she feels like a burden to Connor. When Dr. Charles offers to help her, she tells him she doesn't want to be helped, and that she wants to be an independent person again. Later that evening when Connor returns home, he finds a note from Robin, telling him she is leaving. Dr. Daniel Charles takes her to the airport, and she tells him that she knows it will be hard on Connor, but she has to go and get away. She is going to Minneapolis, to stay with her mother. She tells Dr. Charles she will miss him. Later, Dr. Charles tells Connor that Robin did not want to tell him she was leaving, and that she wanted to get well on her own.

## Season 4

In the season 4 episode "We Hold These Truths" , Robin returns to Chicago to accompany her mother who is visiting the hospital to be evaluated to see whether she qualifies for any clinical trials to treat her lymphoma. During the visit she reconnects with her father and Connor.

## Season 5

### I Can't Imagine the Future

When her mother's health deteriorates, Robin attends her farewell party. She begs her father to allow her to go with them on their final vacation, but Daniel changes her mind, saying her mother wants her to remember her the way she is now: happy and beautiful, and surrounded by her friends and family.

## Notes and Trivia

* It is unknown what type of relationship she has with her half-sister and grandmother.

## Gallery

*For a full gallery of Robin Charles, see Robin Charles/Gallery.*

## Videos

Chicago Med - Charles Has Robin Committed (Episode Highlight)Chicago Med - Is Robin OK? (Episode Highlight)Chicago Med - Rhodes Loses Control (Episode Highlight)
## Appearances

 Folie à Deux
 An Inconvenient Truth

 It's All in the Family
 The Ground Shifts Beneath Us
 Who Should Be the Judge