Is Firehouse 51 about to have at the least a couple of floaters or go all the way down to these two-person vehicles like showrunner Andrea Newman instructed TV Insider was an actual factor on the finish of Season 13?
Michael Bradway won’t be again in Chicago Hearth Season 14, based on Soaps.com. He’s a part of the forged of the Each Summer time After adaptation coming to Prime Video. The outlet reviews, nonetheless, that the door is open for him to return relying on schedules.
Bradway recurred on the NBC firefighter drama for 2 seasons as firefighter Jack Damon. It was within the Season 12 finale that he revealed the Lieutenant Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) that he’s his half-brother, after a name involving a troublesome father-son relationship: Benny (Deal with Williams) was his father. Whereas Damon acquired off to a tough begin with 51 on the whole, issues acquired higher after he moved to a different firehouse and bumped into bother.
In truth, it seemed like Damon was a candidate to be killed off in Episode 15 — that ended up being Chief Dom Pascal’s (Dermot Mulroney) spouse Monica (KaDee Strickland) — after he was trapped in a fireplace. When he tells his lieutenant {that a} fellow firefighter left him behind, issues get tough for him there, with everybody taking the opposite man’s facet. That was when Severide and Lieutenant Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) introduced him again to 51, and he slot in significantly better this time round. His relationships together with his brother and sister-in-law improved as properly.
However quickly after that, an auditor got here to 51 and warned, “The CFD goes to be saying massive cuts quickly, together with layoffs and compelled retirements. Probationary and older firefighters are going to be the primary to go.”
Damon gained’t be the one firefighter 51 loses forward of or in Season 14. Earlier than Season 13 ended, it was reported that Daniel Kyri (Darren Ritter) and Jake Lockett (Sam Carver) wouldn’t be again as collection regulars. Neither character was written out within the Season 13 finale, and Newman instructed TV Insider she hopes to have them again in some capability.
“There’s no one protected on this shakeup,” Newman instructed us. “Subsequent season goes to be about how the s**t actually hits the fan as soon as that mandate comes down and the way issues get shaken up and the way our crew can maintain collectively as a household whereas all this craziness is going on round them.”
Likelihood is that these shakeups — which we suspect may even carry Brandon Larracuente, becoming a member of the forged as a collection common, to 51 — will probably be used to elucidate Damon transferring to a different firehouse however with the door open for him to return to both go to Severide and Kidd — maybe after she offers delivery! — or cross paths with 51 on a name.
Damon did have a little bit of a romance with paramedic Lizzy Novak (Jocelyn Hudon), however that by no means did grow to be something severe, so his absence shouldn’t have an effect on her.
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Chicago Hearth, Season 14, Fall 2025, Wednesdays, 9/8c, NBC