Another season of Chicago Fire comes to an end on May 21 in the 2025 TV schedule, and the stakes for Firehouse 51 are as high as they’ve been at any point in Season 13. The penultimate episode (available streaming now with a Peacock subscription) ended with Pascal being marched out of the firehouse by the CPD, and that’s not the only plot that needs to be addressed before summer hiatus kicks off. Fortunately, showrunner Andrea Newman spoke with CinemaBlend to shed some light on what’s on the way.
The Season 13 finale is somewhat forebodingly titled “It Had To End This Way,” and something tells me that the “End” isn’t just going to refer to the current One Chicago season. Per NBC, Severide will put his job on the line to help Pascal, while Herrmann gets set for the Chief’s test that could also affect Pascal’s future – or lack thereof – at 51. Plus, even though Chicago Fire has been renewed for Season 14, this will be the last episode for both Jake Lockett and Daniel Kyri!
The most imminent crisis is almost certainly Pascal’s situation, as he has been taken into police custody as the evidence mounted up that he’s the one responsible for the attempted murder of the man who killed his wife. When I spoke with the showrunner, I noted that the writing seems to be on the wall for Dermot Mulroney as Chief Pascal, and she shared what kind of ally Severide will be for Boden’s replacement in desperate circumstances of the Season 13 finale:
Another season of Chicago Fire comes to an end on May 21 in the 2025 TV schedule, and the stakes for Firehouse 51 are as high as they’ve been at any point in Season 13. The penultimate episode (available streaming now with a Peacock subscription) ended with Pascal being marched out of the firehouse by the CPD, and that’s not the only plot that needs to be addressed before summer hiatus kicks off. Fortunately, showrunner Andrea Newman spoke with CinemaBlend to shed some light on what’s on the way.
The Season 13 finale is somewhat forebodingly titled “It Had To End This Way,” and something tells me that the “End” isn’t just going to refer to the current One Chicago season. Per NBC, Severide will put his job on the line to help Pascal, while Herrmann gets set for the Chief’s test that could also affect Pascal’s future – or lack thereof – at 51. Plus, even though Chicago Fire has been renewed for Season 14, this will be the last episode for both Jake Lockett and Daniel Kyri!
The most imminent crisis is almost certainly Pascal’s situation, as he has been taken into police custody as the evidence mounted up that he’s the one responsible for the attempted murder of the man who killed his wife. When I spoke with the showrunner, I noted that the writing seems to be on the wall for Dermot Mulroney as Chief Pascal, and she shared what kind of ally Severide will be for Boden’s replacement in desperate circumstances of the Season 13 finale:
Then, of course, there’s the question of how Chicago Fire will set up the departures of Carver and Ritter, with the looming exits of Jake Lockett and Daniel Kyri. Carver’s exit is easier to speculate about, even without accounting for Lockett’s message about the “honor” of working on Fire. The Truck firefighter has been through the wringer throughout Season 12 and Season 13, to the point of taking a long break.
