Spoilers forward for Episode 15 of Chicago Fireplace Season 23 on NBC, known as “Too Shut” and obtainable streaming now with a Peacock subscription.
NBC was hyping an enormous loss of life within the March 5 episode of Chicago Fireplace, and the founding One Chicago drama delivered within the 2025 TV schedule. Whereas one of many heroes of Firehouse 51 did not perish, Chief Pascal suffered a serious loss with the premature loss of life of his spouse Monica in a automobile crash… on their anniversary, of all days. The preview for what comes subsequent would not look nice for Pascal, making the timing excellent for the information that Eamonn Walker is reprising his position as none aside from Wallace Boden.
Let’s begin with the excellent news!
Eamonn Walker’s Return
Information broke simply hours earlier than “Too Shut” aired that Eamonn Walker would quickly be again on Chicago Fireplace, so maybe followers ought to have predicted that one thing would go incorrect with Firehouse 51’s present chief. NBC Insider revealed that the longtime sequence common will reprise his position for the primary time for the reason that Season 12 finale again within the spring in an episode that airs on Wednesday, April 16. The installment would be the 18th of Season 13 and known as “Put up-Mortem.”
And whereas the very subsequent episode appears to function Pascal unraveling, as per the promo, that evidently will not be what brings Boden again. After an order from Commissioner Griffin, the CFD’s Deputy Fireplace Commissioner returns to research a burned-out home after it went down with a firefighter nonetheless inside. Showrunner Andrea Newman previewed what to anticipate, saying:
We’re so excited to have our beloved Chief Boden again, and the episode, titled ‘Put up-Mortem,’ is a thrill trip in contrast to any we’ve completed earlier than. Advised with flashbacks and distinctive POVs, Chief Boden leads our staff on a search to find the how, who, and why of a fierce firefight that led to catastrophe.
Clearly Eamonn Walker is not simply coming again for a fast cameo! And even when the episode sounded much less attention-grabbing, his return will repay on the promise throughout spring 2024 that the door was open for the actor to recur as a visitor star. We’ll get at the least one look out of him earlier than the top of Season 13! My fingers are crossed that we get to see a dialog between Mouch, Herrmann, and Boden, with Herrmann getting nearer to reaching Boden’s purpose for him and Mouch making lieutenant.
The episode has additionally already begun filming, due to a cute pic from the One Chicago X (previously generally known as Twitter) account:
Who’s seated for this? #ChicagoFire pic.twitter.com/jKFZu8dHqsMarch 5, 2025
Now that we have lined the excellent news about Chicago Fireplace within the not-too-distant future, let’s check out the heart-wrenching loss of life that occurred in “Too Shut,” with Pascal shedding his spouse on the identical evening that he was excited to offer her a gift over dinner to have fun their anniversary.
Why Pascal Wants An Intervention
Pascal was understandably distraught by the top of Episode 15, as he discovered that Monica had been in a automobile crash. He arrived at Med simply in time to study from Dr. Archer (performed by Chicago Med sequence common Steven Weber) that she’d already died. He did not even get one final goodbye. Although Monica wasn’t precisely the most important character of Chicago Fireplace Season 13, Dermot Mulroney‘s efficiency as Pascal obtained the horrible information was such that the tragedy packs a serious punch.
With One Chicago taking a break of some weeks earlier than returning on March 26, it is possible a protected wager that there can be at the least a slight time leap to get Pascal again on the job following his spouse’s loss of life. Based mostly on the preview, although, it may need been greatest for him to remain out of the CFD and mourn his spouse for longer. Have a look:
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Pascal crying in his workplace, very publicly confronting the individual (probably) guilty for his spouse’s accident, and dangling one-handed from some heavy equipment excessive up within the air? Sure, I would say he might have used extra break day after the loss of life of his spouse, and it is clear from simply that fast promo that the remainder of 51 goes to be at a loss on cope with their chief on this state.
And there are definitely some attention-grabbing prospects from the thought of Pascal stepping away from the job, willingly or not after the occasions of the subsequent episode. Herrmann continues to be claiming to need Pascal’s job, whereas Mouch is suspicious after Pascal advised that he was too near his greatest good friend to see the entire reality.
The one factor that we all know for positive is that Eamonn Walker’s large episode to carry again Boden will not be the primary coping with the fallout of Monica’s loss of life, so we cannot get to see Boden’s response to the unraveling Pascal. Nonetheless, there’s loads to sit up for. Tune in to NBC on Wednesday, March 26 for the subsequent new episode of Chicago Fireplace at 9 p.m. ET, between Chicago Med at 8 p.m. ET and Chicago P.D. at 10 p.m. ET now. All three exhibits’ present seasons to this point are additionally obtainable streaming on Peacock.