Chicago Fire has already seen the departure of one cast member this season in the premiere episode when Blake Gallo (Alberto Rosende) moved to Detroit to live with his aunt and meet the rest of the family he never knew he had.
Then last week, Cruz (Joe Minoso), who took over as lead of Squad while Severide (Taylor Kinney) was away studying arson detection, was feeling very disrespected by Severide who took him to task on a call.
“For three months, I covered for him,” Cruz said, adding that now that Severide’s back, he’s “barking orders.”
So, Cruz made a decision. He spoke to Boden (Eammon Walker) and told him he wanted to take the lieutenant’s test.
“It’s time for me to leave 51,” he said. The chief sat him down and they had a conversation, making sure it was what Cruz wanted.
Stella (Miranda Rae Mayo), who is having her own issues with Severide since she had to track him down and drag him back to Chicago and their marriage, sensed that something was up and she suggested to Severide that he have a heart-to-heart with Cruz, which he did.
But will it be enough?
“Kidd isn’t the only one who was rocked by Severide’s disappearance last year,” showrunner Andrea Newman tells Parade. “Cruz sacrificed a lot when he stepped up as acting lieutenant for his mentor and friend. Now Severide has to figure out a way to make things right, or Cruz will move on. Some major decisions will be made by all three characters—Kidd, Severide and Cruz—in episode 3, and by the end of it, one of them will be heading out of Chicago.”
The fact that Taylor Kinney was absent for such a long period and for an undisclosed reason last season makes him the obvious one to leave. Plus, his character, Severide, has a job waiting for him with the arson task force, but that’s just a guess. We’ll have to tune in tonight to find out.
And, of course, Kara Kilmer’s Sylvie Brett is also leaving the show. Sylvie is hopefully marrying Matt Casey (Jesse Spencer) and moving to Portland to be with him, but Newman indicated in a previous interview it may not be a smooth road to happiness.
“She’s here for a bit and she has plans in place,” Newman told Parade just prior to this season’s premiere. “Of course, things will not go as according to plan as she wants. There’ll be all sorts of wrenches thrown in. So, she’s here for a bit and it’s going to be a little bit of a wild ride for her. There’ll be plenty of twists and turns in terms of Sylvie and her life and her love life.”
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