Who Is Louie From Chicago Fire?
Here’s what happened with the little boy Gabby Dawson and Matthew Casey tried to adopt.
Before Matthew Casey (Jesse Spencer) began dating his current love interest, Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer), the firefighter was part of another fan-favorite Chicago Fire pairing with the legendary Gabby Dawson (Monica Raymund).
Casey and Dawson (labeled “Dawsey” by superfans) had their ups and downs, and one of the biggest touch points of their multi-year, friends-to-lovers relationship arc was around their legal battle to become parents a little boy named Louie Thompson (Austin and Aiden Cohen).
Revisit Louie’s time on Chicago Fire and the major mark he left on Firehouse 51.
How did Gabby Dawson and Matthew Casey meet Louie Thompson?
Dawson and Louie met in a fire, naturally.
In Season 4, Episode 21 (“Kind of a Crazy Idea”), the team was called to help an apartment building after the top floor caught on fire. While checking the surrounding apartments for people, Dawson found a woman who had passed out from what looked like a drug overdose.
As she knelt down, Dawson noticed a scared little boy hiding under the table. “I found the kid!” she yelled out to Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg), who was helping check the unit. “Come on, sweetie,” she called to the boy, who was too nervous to move.
Just then, Chief Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker) called for everyone to exit the building because the top floor was getting ready to collapse. Dawson begged the boy to come with her — “I don’t want to scare you, but if you don’t come out, I’m gonna have to come after you.” Just in time, he crawled to her and she was able to evacuate them both safely.
