Chicago Fireplace followers have lots to have fun and probably a bit to worry as nicely with the subsequent episode of the 2025 TV schedule, airing on April 16. Referred to as “Submit-Mortem,” the episode brings again none apart from longtime Firehouse 51 chief Wallace Boden, with Eamonn Walker reprising his iconic function for the primary time because the Season 12 finale final spring. Boden is not simply turning up for a enjoyable go to, nevertheless, and Walker spoke with CinemaBlend about simply how dire the circumstances are for the crew of fan favorites.
Boden after all did not go away the Windy Metropolis like Casey and Brett did, with Chicago Fireplace writing out Eamonn Walker by selling his character out of Firehouse 51 to Deputy Commissioner. It’s going to be in that capability within the CFD that Boden is again within the combine. The 51 household already appeared like they may use some steering after Pascal misplaced his spouse, and after I requested Walker how critical a Chicago Fireplace disaster needs to be for the Deputy Fee to step in, he shared:
Let me let you know precisely how critical it’s. The fireplace continues to be not out by the point Boden turns up at Firehouse 51 and the explanation why he is turned up is as a result of he’s conscious {that a} firefighter was left behind, a fan favourite was left behind and will probably die. And they’re on the working desk, and once they really first meet, Boden goes to the hospital. Does not even go to the firehouse. He goes to the hospital to seek out each single officer that gave out orders for that fireplace.
This is not only a case of one thing going barely sideways and a firefighter needing an additional bottle of water or some oxygen from Ambo 61. Someone’s life is evidently in very actual hazard, which actually does match with “Submit-Mortem” because the title of the episode! Walker doubled down on hinting that main losses are attainable with the Chicago Fireplace entry on April 16, saying:
It is twofold on this episode. It’s possible you’ll lose your fan favourite, and also you additionally might lose somebody as a result of they get fired by Boden. As a result of he is Deputy Commissioner, he is now not a chief, and the foundations are completely different.
For all of the instances that Chicago Fireplace heroes have survived shut calls with dying, there have additionally been notable situations of characters being killed off. In gentle of losses like fan favorites like Otis and Shay in addition to newer deaths like Hawkins and Monica, I famous to the longtime collection common that it might really feel like no person is completely secure on this present. Eamonn Walker could not communicate to that with out spoiling the episode, however he did elaborate:
What I can communicate to is the hazards that firefighters and paramedics face each time they reply first to any given state of affairs. It’s extremely harmful, and so they lose their lives on a regular basis. We will watch these exhibits, and we are able to make gentle, and we are able to take into consideration the gallows humor, however the fact of the matter is each chief has a bunch of individuals’s lives in his palms. Each resolution he makes, [if] he makes the mistaken one, someone dies. That is the fact of the state of affairs. We’re displaying you that on this episode, and we’re making it as thrilling as attainable.
Walker referring to the choices made by a chief actually makes me curious to see what Boden and Pascal make of one another. The actor confirmed that he met Dermot Mulroney for the very first time on the set of Chicago Fireplace, so the dynamic was new for the actors as nicely for the characters.
A number of the results used within the promo for the episode additionally make me suspect that loads of the emergency of the week might be recounted by way of flashbacks, which might additionally observe with “Submit-Mortem” because the title of the episode. Have a look and see for your self:
Watch On
Tune in to NBC on Wednesday, April 16 at 9 p.m. ET for the “Submit-Mortem” episode of Chicago Fireplace, as all the time proper in the midst of NBC’s hit One Chicago block. It stays to be seen if this might be Eamonn Walker’s solely episode of Season 13, however at the very least we are able to safely guess that Boden is not the fan favourite who followers want to fret about dropping in a hearth at this level.
Sadly, Chicago Fireplace, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med are all nonetheless ready on renewal information for the 2025-2026 TV season. For now, you’ll be able to simply preserve watching on Wednesday nights and/or stream subsequent day with a Peacock subscription.