Chicago Fire Season 13, Episode 18’s Catastrophe Twist Is Ruined By 1 Weird Kelly Severide Choice

Even though the structure of Chicago Fire season 13, episode 18, “Post-Mortem,” is inherently interesting, one detail about Kelly Severide’s character during the hour makes its ending way less satisfying than it should be. Taylor Kinney’s Chicago Fire season 13 character has been much more present in recent episodes than in the past couple of seasons. He has dealt with the unexpected arrival of his long-lost half-brother, Jack Damon, begun the process of starting a family with his wife, Stella Kidd, and formed a bond with his new chief, Dom Pascal, in season 13.

It’s safe to say that Severide has had a lot of story in Chicago Fire season 13. However, that doesn’t mean his arc has been perfect, especially in episode 18, which features confusing choices concerning his plotline within the hour. Based on his character and all the developments related to him in Chicago Fire season 13, part of Severide’s behavior in “Post-Mortem” makes no sense.

Chicago Fire Season 13, Episode 18’s Unusual Case Explained

The Story Is Told Via Retellings & Flashbacks

As the Chicago Fire Department’s new Deputy Commissioner, Eamonn Walker’s Chief Boden returns in Chicago Fire season 13, episode 18, to investigate an accident involving Firehouse 51. As viewers learn early on, one of Firehouse 51’s own is fighting for their life in the hospital due to said accident. However, their identity is unknown, leaving the audience guessing for the majority of the episode. The incident happened during a horrific house fire, and Boden arrives at the fire station after the fact to learn how everything went so wrong.

In a series of retellings and flashbacks, the truth of what happened that night is slowly pieced together over the course of the hour, with Boden questioning Chief Pascal, Severide, Kidd, and Christopher Herrmann. So, right away, all four of them are eliminated from the episode-long mystery of which Chicago Fire character got severely injured in the house fire. Boden gets all four firefighters’ versions of how the call played out. Unfortunately, many things went wrong that night, which resulted in the unknown character being in critical condition.

Long story short, Chief Pascal ordered his firefighters out of the house when he noticed it was about to collapse. However, someone got left behind. At first, viewers are led to believe that Sam Carver, who has just returned from his furlough, is the one in the hospital.

By the end of Chicago Fire season 13, episode 18, though, it’s revealed that Damon was the firefighter inside the house when the roof collapsed. The good news is that Boden clears Firehouse 51 of any wrongdoing, and Damon makes it out of surgery. The bad news is that Damon’s future as a firefighter is up in the air because of the extent of his injuries.