Again in Season 1 on Chicago Fireplace, Joe Cruz (Joe Minoso) made a tricky determination, and the NBC drama has performed one thing we love a lot and introduced that again to hang-out him in a serious method in Season 13.
It was again in Season 1 that Cruz left gang chief Flaco (José Antonio García) to die in a fireplace, to guard his brother Leon (Jeff Lima). Within the midseason finale, Cruz discovered a pendant urn (formed like a bullet! with cremated stays inside!), and his brother returned to warn him that Flaco’s cousin, Junior (Richard Cabral), is out of jail. Junior then discovered Cruz to let him know he noticed what he did. Now, within the midseason premiere, airing January 8, “A Favor,” Cruz faces the aftermath of that.
Beneath, Minoso celebrates Fireplace bringing again this storyline, teases the difficulty forward of Cruz, and extra.
I’ve to say I like that Fireplace introduced again one thing from Season 1!
Joe Minoso: Proper? I’m so with you on that!
Such a deep minimize. So what was your response to studying that the Flaco storyline can be revisited?
I imply, I feel precisely your response proper now. It was precisely that. I used to be like, “Are you joking? I can’t imagine it.” As a result of it’s such a deep skeleton. It’s such an enormous skeleton within the closet and for them to have, I feel, the bravery — and in addition it does really feel considerably unresolved. I imply, it’s like despite the fact that this big factor has occurred, and we’ve been capable of kind of conceal it away in a nook for 13 years, it’s undoubtedly a type of open plot line. And so for them to have the ability to discover a actually fascinating solution to convey it again was superior. Superior. I used to be so extremely excited after they instructed me it was going to occur.
However now there’s an actual concern for Cruz with Junior exhibiting up and understanding what he did. So what are you able to preview about what Junior needs?
Nicely, I feel Junior needs what all criminals need. They need you to do some criming with them. Cruz must become involved in one thing to assist Junior — effectively, he must make the choice as as to whether or not he’s going to do this, however meaning nothing, you realize what I imply? These guys, it was similar to Flaco. They are saying do that one factor after which there’s one other factor and it by no means ends. And so I feel that’s the world that Cruz goes to seek out himself in, kind of spiraling down again into this world of this underbelly of crime and these guys who simply have a maintain on him.
How’s he dealing with that?
Terrible. No, I feel as greatest he can. I really feel like in numerous methods, he will be proactive, however I feel he’s simply so involved, particularly now being a father and having a household; it’s such a unique world perspective for him than it was in Season 1 when it was nearly him and his brother. And so learn how to navigate not solely defending your loved ones from one thing so harmful, but additionally holding them utterly unaware of it’s — additionally particularly the firehouse household, which I feel you’re going to see that type of turns into unattainable in Episode 10, to maintain it a secret anymore actually. And quite a bit will unfold within the subsequent two episodes that may kind of actually open up this storyline in ways in which I actually by no means thought we’d discover. And it’s been an amazing pleasure.
Chicago Fireplace, Midseason Return, Wednesday, January 8, 9/8c, NBC