[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Chicago Fire Season 13 Episode 9 “A Favor.”]
Chicago Hearth‘s deep reduce — bringing again a Season 1 storyline — is leaving Cruz (Joe Minoso) in fairly the place.
Again in these early days of the NBC drama, Cruz left gang chief Flaco (José Antonio García) to die in a fireplace; he did it to guard his brother Leon (Jeff Lima). Flaco’s cousin, Junior (Richard Cabral), nevertheless, is aware of what he did and leverages it to pressure Cruz to assist him get a reimbursement from the one who stole it, Moreno. However that goes sideways: Junior is killed, Moreno flees, and Cruz, with a gunshot wound to his arm, rapidly will get out of there.
Under, Minoso teases what’s subsequent for Cruz within the aftermath — together with making an attempt to maintain it a secret from Severide (Taylor Kinney).
It looks as if Junior being lifeless is the best-case situation for Cruz in a manner.
Joe Minoso: Yeah, I suppose.
However Moreno remains to be on the market.
Sure, appropriate.
How is he feeling about how all the pieces went down and the place he’s by way of that now?
The very last thing I feel you see in that episode is a person in a automobile whose thoughts is totally reeling and you will be taught one thing — What I can say is [Episode] 10 is a direct reduce from 9 the place you see Cruz kind of after this ridiculous shootout on this paint store that nearly price him his life and undoubtedly price Junior his life… I feel the very last thing on his thoughts is Moreno, frankly. I feel he’s so simply in a state of shock on the occasions which have simply occurred, that his precedence rapidly turns into, how do I simply sort of shove all of these items that was within the closet again within the closet as rapidly as doable and faux nothing occurred to get again to work?
And that’s the worst concept that he might have had as a result of he works with a fireplace cop. The man is principally an investigator who can not cease investigating at his personal peril — which is an entire different factor that I really like about Taylor. I didn’t assume that Severide would ever kind of turn into an arson investigator, particularly due to all of the stuff that occurred together with his dad [Treat Williams‘ Benny] and the way his dad was an investigator and all that. I’m so obsessive about the bizarre mirroring and daddy subject storyline factor that they’ve accomplished with him and the way he can’t assist however bounce headfirst into this arson investigation stuff. And so, yeah, he’s undoubtedly going to suspect one thing. It’s going to be as much as Cruz to maintain that at bay and to make it possible for Severide is aware of nothing, however let’s not overlook he’s a fireplace cop.
Herrmann (David Eigenberg) and Mouch (Christian Stolte) each move their exams. There was the matter of the lieutenant’s take a look at for Cruz final season. Is that going to return up for him once more as he’s seeing individuals passing these exams and occupied with their futures?
I do know that I can say that for me as an actor who’s been taking part in a personality for 13 years, sure, I can’t assist however have these ideas. However I feel if there’s something that Cruz is realizing, it’s like we’re beginning to get too many officers on this home. We’re at a degree the place there’s not sufficient seats to fill what number of officers are both about to make it or might make it. I feel he’s simply tremendous thrilled for particularly Mouch. Mouch and Cruz have a extremely particular and fascinating relationship. Let’s not overlook that kind of the one person who Cruz confesses to in nearly a literal confession scene is Mouch in Season 1 — or at the least nonetheless left. He kind of instructed Casey [Jesse Spencer]. And they also have a really tight-knit bond. I do know that it’s simply such a degree of satisfaction for Cruz to see Mouch have achieved one thing so enormous for somebody who’s wished it so dangerous. So yeah, I feel, yeah, satisfaction and pleasure for his mates is main as a result of he’s received plenty of different s**t on his thoughts. There’s plenty of different stuff happening in his life at that second.
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Talking of that, Jack Damon (Michael Bradway) exhibits up at Severide’s arson class and everyone knows how Cruz felt about Jack Damon. So is that one thing else that’s going to be piling on that he has to consider or is that basically separate, which is nice for Cruz proper now?
I’m so completely satisfied you introduced that up. There was an amazing scene between me and Severide early this season — I feel it was the third episode — the place I sort of warn him about what you’re prepared to do for household and also you don’t see it till you’re up towards it after which it could or might not be one of the best transfer. And we knew this storyline was going to be developing after we filmed [Episode] 3. And so we actually tried to taste that dialogue and that line with kind of a hinting at what was coming down the road, and who has extra expertise in getting themselves into deep s**t to guard their brother than Cruz? Damon is only a robust relationship to navigate, particularly as anyone who, I feel, deep down inside longs for household — I really feel like Severide has actually all the time wished a giant household. He’s a household man, however he’s by no means actually recognized categorical that. And to see that and to kind of see his relationship sort of turning into the connection he had with Benny, all of that loopy sins of the daddy stuff, is so juicy. It’s so nice. I feel Damon coming round isn’t excellent news for Severide, however I feel it’s all the time nearly — it’s Cruz. He all the time has one of the best curiosity of the people who he loves in thoughts.
Yeah, I really like that scene. I loved all of the Cruz and Severide stuff we received final season. I keep in mind when Cruz actually wished to be on Squad earlier than he was even on Squad. And to see how that relationship has developed…
Yeah, I keep in mind after I joined Squad, Severide was occupied with quitting and I’m going to his home to principally beg him to remain on Squad as a result of the entire motive I wished to affix was to be taught from him. So, yeah, it has been an fascinating dynamic over time. Particularly for the reason that [different] rigs — truck, engine, squad, and ambo — sort of stay in separate universes plenty of the time. And so within the early years when it was Truck, it was Truck, when it was Squad, it was Squad, and we interacted each on occasion, however to have the ability to work with Severide now and to have grown to know him, Taylor particularly for therefore a few years, has been an actual pleasure. It has simply been actually nice to be taught him and develop with him, and it’s been an amazing expertise.
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