As much as it pains me to say this, the time has come for Kelly Severide and Stella Kidd to end, the Chicago Fire season 12 finale makes that clear. Unlike Dick Wolf’s Law & Order franchise, which is more focused on the actual procedural aspect of its storytelling, One Chicago leans into the professional lives of its characters. Weekly cases are great, since they shine the light on the daily challenges and rewards of their line of work, but what gets viewers, like me, hooked, are the personal storylines that are developed through multiple episodes, sometimes even years.
Admittedly, romances are a much bigger part of Chicago Fire than Chicago PD and Chicago Med. While they are not devoid of any love lines, they tend to move much slower compared to how it is with Firehouse 51. In Intelligence, Kim Burgess and Adam Burzek just got engaged for the third time, and there’s still no guarantee that they are getting married anytime soon. While slow-burn romances are great, I’m afraid Chicago PD may have already overdone it with Burzek. Elsewhere, every couple who has been together for a while has long moved on from the Windy City.
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Kidd and Severide Wedding in Chicago Fire season 10 finale
Considering how difficult it is to maintain a long-lasting relationship in One Chicago, I root for all couples in the franchise — except those who are wrong for each other. I always forget that Sylvie Brett and Joe Cruz dated, probably because they are better as friends. So it is genuinely difficult to say that it’s time for Severide and Kidd to split up. I know their history, everything that they had to go through just to be together. There’s also clearly chemistry between Taylor Kinney and Miranda Rae Mayo. Unfortunately, those aren’t enough to keep the couple going.
Since getting married in the Chicago Fire season 10 finale, Kidd and Severide’s relationship has been plagued with one crisis after another. Not long after tying the knot, they were attacked during their honeymoon. This was followed by a near-death experience for Kidd, Severide’s abrupt departure from Firehouse 51 to attend an OFI camp, their tense reunion, and his own brush with death in Chicago Fire season 12, episode 11, “Inside Man.” I know they are in love, but how much more life-beating can they take before they start resenting each other?
