Chicago Fire season 12 ended with a cliffhanger — and according to Miranda Rae Mayo, the drama will continue in season 13. “We have a crazy call that the paramedics have to investigate,” Mayo, 34, told Us Weekly exclusively about the first episode, which aired on Wednesday, September 25. “The paramedics have to investigate to find out what really happened on the call because there’s some speculation and it’s very dark.”
The actress, who plays Lt. Stella Kidd, teased a “tough” start to season 13, revealing that the paramedic call left her “gasping” when she read the script.
While paramedic Violet Mikami (Hanako Greensmith) and her new partner, Lyla Novak (Jocelyn Hudon), will be hard at work in the premiere, Mayo says the last season’s leftovers will also be a focus.
Chicago Fire season 13 starts this month: Everything you need to know In the season 12 finale, which aired in May, Firehouse 51 said goodbye to Chief Wallace Boden (Eammon Walker) as their supervisor after he became Deputy Chief. Come season 13, Chief Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney) will be in charge — and he’s “tough on Kidd,” according to Mayo.
“It’s a fireworks show,” Mayo teased of “the first time we get to see Pascal in action.”
Chicago Fire’s Kelly Severide and Stella Kidd’s Ups and Downs Related Video: Trapped Under a Boat on NBC’s Chicago Fire (Dailymotion) “He’s a tough guy and he’s also very confident in the path ahead of him. He’s very serious,” she revealed. Mayo pointed out that for Kidd and her longtime Firehouse 51 co-workers, “there’s a sense of pride in the fire department,” which Pascal threatens.
However, one of Mayo’s favorite storylines of season 13 involved Kidd’s husband, Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney), and his newfound brother, Jack Damon (Michael Bradway). Last season, Damon caused a stir when he was revealed to be Severide’s half-brother and the secret son of their late father, Benny (Treat Williams).
Miranda Rae Mayo Calls Chicago Fire Season Premiere a Firework Show About Severide’s Brother 324 Miranda Rae Mayo Calls Chicago Fire Season Premiere a Firework Show About Severide’s Brother 324 “We see throughout the first few episodes of the season, Kelly navigating this information,” Mayo told Us. “We see Kelly learning, but then he has to tell Stella and be like, ‘How does she process and deal with the fact that this guy wasn’t honest with her?'” In addition to gaining a brother-in-law, Kidd has to figure out where she and Damon stand as boss and employee since Damon is part of her Truck 81 crew.
Best Firefighter TV Shows: ‘Chicago Fire,’ ‘Fire Country,’ More “As an audience, you can understand why [he keeps it a secret], but as someone who’s in charge of a truck and in charge of a team in the circumstances and the profession that they’re in, like, trust is everything,” Mayo explains of Kidd’s dilemma. “And if she can’t trust you, she can’t have you on the team. So it’s this kind of back and forth of, like, how do we navigate this completely?”
