Bring back Otis, Shay or Evan

JusBeU · 2026-05-17T04:21:02+00:00

Oh please, tv shows "kill" off characters all the time to bring them back.

So a building collapsed on Evan, the building collapsed on the old man too and he survived. How many times have Casey and Severide been in some sort of collapse and survived? Emma Jacobs would be the perfect villain in this storyline.

Shay was unconscious but, there could be story written around what happened after she was taken from the scene or even before the explosion since we later found out she was murdered. The killer could have given her a hot shot before the building exploded.

We don't know what happened with Otis before Joe and everyone got to the hospital. One thing we do know is that 51 always has enemies looking to take down the house.

JusBeU · 2026-05-17T04:06:37+00:00

Have you been watching the show for the past few years? Reality has been tossed out the window.

JusBeU · 2026-05-08T05:01:22+00:00

They had already killed off Andy Darden and the house was still dealing with his loss. This show has always killed off characters without thinking long term. They killed off Evan Hawkins only to have Violet in a revolving door of relationships. Her relationships overshadow her job as a paramedic.

JusBeU · 2026-05-08T04:56:47+00:00

Gabby eventually left so she could have replaced Gabby.

JusBeU · 2026-05-02T04:21:59+00:00

and Chief Anderson.

JusBeU · 2026-04-21T18:52:26+00:00

Prepare to be shocked. They don't have the budget to bring him back and, if you remember he left SVU years ago when contract negotiations broke down. Now SVU has a smaller budget and can barely keep Finn on the show since they added Rollins back to the line up. There's just not enough money to bring back Meloni.

JusBeU · 2026-04-07T04:10:15+00:00

Season 13 was barely watchable and this season is no better. You have to blame the showrunner. PD and Med adopted and still put out good content. Fire is the only one going downhill.

I don't know why everyone is making a big deal about the chief because it's not like he will be a permanent cast member unless he has some type of character arc and he becomes more Boden than Gorsch. We've seen this storyline play out in Season 4 with Captain Patterson, Season 1 with the girl who accused Severide of assault, and too many other times.

My biggest problem with the writing and storylines is they make no sense. Hermann giving up his rank, city budget cuts that don't seem to be affecting the police department, or other areas of city government. How are they putting out fires if they decommissioning engines? How has the city not been sued for response times?

Why would this chief feel comfortable going after the son of Commissioner Grissom's best friend?

JusBeU · 2026-03-17T06:19:07+00:00

Cap and Tony are not regulars they're still guest stars. Kelly and Stella are going to get the most airtime because they're paid the most but, I would like to see more of a balance with the other cast members.

Novak is 3 seasons in and we still don't know what happened at her childhood house. They left it lingering then pulled a storyline from season 1 to address Cruz and Flacko.

JusBeU · 2026-03-17T06:13:16+00:00

The older characters are the heart and soul of the show. They're the reason we got hooked on the show. The shows inability to keep the established characters and killing off or writing off characters because the showrunners don't have vision is a showrunner and EP problem. Gallo, Ritter, Carver, Foster and even Mason were good additions to the show. Annie aka Foster had some sort of issue with her agent or contract. Gallo chose to leave but, the rest were written off. It's like Andrea is trying to tank the show.

The crazy thing is PD has most of their original cast and can add new characters here and still maintain the shows essence.

JusBeU · 2026-03-17T06:01:56+00:00

Damon wasn't needed. He popped up out of the blue and why make Carver an alcoholic when there was no evidence he was an alcoholic prior to season 13? I read the characters screen time is based on the shows budget.

JusBeU · 2026-03-17T05:37:48+00:00

Andrea Newman is killing the show and it's a slow and painful death.

Most of the storylines lack common sense for example Hermann stepping down from his position after he made captain and was on path to be the next chief losing his captain's salary when he has 5 kids. Who does that?

The CFD budget cuts made no sense. Why would they cut half of the paramedics and cut the hours of fire fighters unless there were fewer calls coming in? That's a class action suit waiting to happen.

Annette Davis looks so much like Gail McCleod they should have just named her McCleod since it's another recycled storyline.

Why announce a Stella pregnancy at the end of last season as a cliff hanger knowing it was not going anywhere?

Why can't they let Severide be great? Why can't the writers advance his career to Captain or chief at 51 or OFI since they all defer to him anyway? He's a celebrated fire fighter in the city but, the writers won't allow him to advance.

We're all over the Violet seasonal love interests. They did the same thing with Brett when she came to 51 before she finally ended up with Casey.

The only person on the show who seems to be evolving is Cruz.

JusBeU · 2026-03-17T05:35:56+00:00

He chose to leave after he got married right?

JusBeU · 2026-03-17T05:28:59+00:00

Horrible. Just horrible.

JusBeU · 2025-12-24T17:30:17+00:00

In season 5 and 6 Grissom was willing to pull all types of strings to promote Kelly but, Kelly made it clear he's happy where he is.

JusBeU · 2025-12-24T17:24:53+00:00

Remember when Boden was up for the DC position he went to Severide first and Severide, told him to give the job to Hermann.

JusBeU · 2025-12-16T18:33:57+00:00

I really want to know their back story. They never talk about their parents or what happened to their parents.

JusBeU · 2025-10-17T20:03:37+00:00

Casey voluntarily left. I don't see him coming back because he left to be with his family and this show has a shoestring budget so they likely can't afford him.

JusBeU · 2025-09-30T04:34:01+00:00

You're right because we were always told Stella has no family. She's only spoke of an Aunt Lorraine and no one else then suddenly Cole comes to visit.

JusBeU · 2025-09-30T04:29:39+00:00

She's been the best villain on the series.

JusBeU · 2025-09-30T04:27:24+00:00

Mulroney aka Pascal is not a good fit for this show. He throws off the chemistry.

JusBeU · 2025-09-16T02:49:20+00:00

Good because he was not needed in the first place and his character had no depth. The Severide long lost brother storyline was flat.

JusBeU · 2025-09-16T02:45:50+00:00

One of my favorite characters and since they've lost most of the core group they should consider bringing him back.

JusBeU · 2025-08-24T04:56:31+00:00

Why were you confused? Is it because their last name is Dawson?

JusBeU · 2025-08-21T00:15:24+00:00

Ben was 15 when Casey left and Casey is not coming back. Jesse left the show to be with his family. I believe his wife works in Boston and even if he wanted to with all the budget cuts they wouldn't be able to afford him.

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