Chicago Fire showrunner Andrea Newman has explained how Firehouse 51’s new Chief has a different form of leadership than Boden (Eamonn Walker) when he was in charge. Chicago Fire season 13 will see Dermot Mulroney join the cast as Chief Dom Pascal, Boden’s replacement after he was promoted to Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department. Not much is known about the newcomer just yet, aside from being a friendly firefighter with years of experience in Miami. However, there’s still plenty of mystery surrounding how his introduction will change up dynamics for the team.
Speaking with TV Insider, Newman clarified how Chief Pascal offers a different form of leadership for Chicago Fire’s Firehouse 51 than Boden did. The showrunner teased how he’ll end up joining the team, while saying he’ll be trying to learn more about them while they scope him out. This is especially true for Lieutenant Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg), who Boden trusted to watch over the firehouse. Newman also teased conflict between Pascal and his wife Monica (KaDee Strickland). Check out what Newman had to say below:
[Chief Dom Pascal] shakes everything up. What’s transpired to get him here is revealed in the premiere. He’s a totally different kind of leader from Boden, who was a father figure by the time he left the house. [He] is enigmatic, he wants to peel back the layers of the firefighters to find out more about them as firefighters and people because knowledge is power to him. He’s got his eye out for people who cross the line.
All our guys will have different reactions to him and there will be surprises in terms of who bonds with Pascal and who doesn’t…. [T]here’s major drama in Pascal’s marriage.
