With more than 200 episodes behind it, “Chicago Fire” has a long history, with every character dealing with their fair share of heartbreak and love and everything in between over the years. The Dick Wolf-produced series is one of the last network dramas producing more than 20 episodes a season, making room each season for plenty of correction and for a little bit of experimenting.
“Chicago Fire” is in its 10th season, meaning that stretched history includes characters who have been around since the beginning, newcomers, short-timers, and a few relationships here and there that seem to become just as important to the drama as the tense and harrowing situations the show’s first responders find themselves in. One fresh couple on the series has quickly become a fan favorite, even earning a nickname. But if the twosome felt a bit surprising to viewers, that’s because it was never in the plans for either characters’ future.
One Chicago Day is a fan event that promotes NBC’s One Chicago Universe shows, and in the most recent of these events, “Chicago Fire” co-showrunner Andrea Newman addressed just how that relationship blossomed while speaking to media outlets.
