Sam Carver’s time with Firehouse 51 looked to be getting cut short in Chicago Fire season 12. He failed to hold back his anger, leading to him being put on furlough in the season 12 finale. Is that the last we’ve seen of the new member of the team, or will he return in Chicago Fire season 13?
There is some good news. It looks like Carver is sticking around. A recent Instagram post from Jake Lockett, who plays the character on the series, hinted that he would be back. He was spotted playing golf with Joe Minoso, and he used the present tense when it came to talking about how they play characters on rival apparatus on the series. Minoso plays Cruz, who is part of Squad 3, while Carver is part of Truck 81.
Why wasn’t Carver in the Chicago Fire season 12 finale?
Kidd made it clear that Carver was on furlough during the season 12 finale. This could have been the show’s way of just reducing screentime for each of the actors, which is a way for the shows to save money in production. It’s unlikely that it was linked to Lockett’s schedule.
There is no way that the series would just write a character out like that, right? Well, we have seen characters in the One Chicago franchise written out and forgotten about, but we can’t see that happening with Carver’s character.
A lot went down in the episode before that. Carver and Damon got into a brawl with civilians while on a call. Carver, who has a history of abuse, noted that seeing how the father and brother were abusing the boy who was burned got the better of him and he lashed out.
