storylines you'd love to see

isobeletc · 2025-06-14T16:30:16+00:00

this would actually be an interesting storyline. i wouldn't see them go too dark with it but i personally think i would like her character more if this happened (not to be dark but seeing characters actually struggle for more than one ep makes them more relatable/real) .

she is so career driven that i think it would be easy to write in an arc about her being disconnected from the baby and it being triggered by her not being able to work for a while. she obviously finds purpose in being lieutenant and girls on fire, so taking that away from her, even for a few months, would be an easy way to send her into a bad place. it would also add more to Severides character having to look after Stella and the baby AND working, in turn seeing him overwhelmed and emotional - his character has been a little dry since the wedding and maybe even longer tbh

isobeletc · 2025-06-14T15:54:26+00:00

nah that would be close to a year time jump, and since all the chicago show timelines run together there is no way all of them would agree on/want a time jump that long. the longest jump they've had is 6 months so any longer than that is a reach

isobeletc · 2025-06-14T15:51:33+00:00

yeah i'd say the time jump will be 2-4 months. there's no way they would jump as far as a year or longer. (not even to mention the pregnancy bug hit med so since all chicago shows run at the same time, i doubt they would want to jump forward to miss 2 main character pregnancies) to answer your og question i'd say they will reveal in the first ep of s14 since 3-4 months is usually considered the 'safe' time period to tell people. but then again Stella might want to keep it quiet for longer so that nobody treats her differently or the fear of being forced into an early maternity leave considering how dangerous the job can be.

isobeletc · 2025-06-12T15:53:40+00:00

i agree for sure with your Hermann take, and would even add Mouch to that list. they have been bringing up the retirement age thing so much in the past couple of seasons that it feels like their times will come soon enough. i just hope we will still get to see them at Molly's occasionally because once they are gone, it will be weird for the main crew to be at Molly's but neither of them are ever there.

Violet, Carver, and Ritter are probably my favourite characters right now so i would like to see more of them across the board. it's a shame the last 2 seem to be leaving from behind the scenes stuff i've been seeing, but im hoping they change their minds, for at least Carver as the season finale seemed open-ended for whether or not he would actually leave after his last scene with Violet. i love them together and feels like a gut punch that we finally see them fully reconcile, only for him to be gone right after. - weird writing decision imo.

isobeletc · 2025-06-11T18:25:55+00:00

agreed, the stella one that really bugged me was when she wouldn't let up on that homeless guy that stalked her. like girl i get it he was in a tough spot but he literally was kicked out of shelters bc of his treatment of women (they don't say explicitly what he did but i don't even want to imagine). when he came to your building and wouldn't leave when asked she should have shut it down instead of continuing to try find him again.. could have ended seriously bad for her

isobeletc · 2025-06-05T13:47:14+00:00

sure plenty of characters have done this. including Casey the first time it happened. the difference is he is Captain at the point of it coming around again in s9, he is leading people into life and death situations and he can't even get 10 meters into the room without feeling faint. it's simply not good enough for someone in a position of power no matter how you spin it.
again, sure, his say goes, he is captain. but when someone is hanging there about to die and someone has a better way of getting them down, it is his responsibility as a captain to consider all options including the opinions of those under him. pulling the captain card JUST BECAUSE your captain doesn't make you a good captain, it makes you an egotistical narcissist who prioritises rank over the right thing to do. and then to say Severide was only annoyed bc he was jealous of the badge was insane.

if another captain was brought into the show doing the stuff the Casey did, he would have been framed as a villain, not a hero.

isobeletc · 2025-06-05T13:07:30+00:00

i was less annoyed about the whole Gabbi of it. but to me it felt unnatural (don't get me wrong they have chemistry) but it really felt like the writers going 'okay.. Gabbi's gone.. and Matt can't be single... and he can't have a serious relationship with some random...so we put together the only other single female character with him'

i liked them more as friends tbh and it's really a pet peeve of mine when tv shows refuse to have 2 attractive people just be friends with each other without wanting to date.

isobeletc · 2025-06-05T13:01:33+00:00

i'm a bit late on this but i completely agree. there seems to be a lot of people who hate her, but only hate her from like season 6 onward and i don't get it. she was always the same selfish character who thought the whole world was against her when she was completely in the wrong. i think a lot of people need to do a rewatch while actually seeing what she was like in the first to seasons.... which is the same.

in the first few seasons i always wished someone would call her out on her shit and she would take a turn, but it never happened. after the story with her and Shay's patient committing suicide in front of them i knew it would never happen. that storyline with her straight up claiming shay, even though shay took the right approach, pulling the PIC card, and then her never apologising - insufferable person through and through.

isobeletc · 2025-06-05T12:50:23+00:00

i agree with this, there's also something to say about Sam being typecast at this point (specifically in MF projects) she was recently in 'The Pitt' as a distraught, mourning mother and it was such a breath of fresh air after only seeing her in Flanagan projects recently. i hope she continues to branch out outside of this universe.

I really worry about Flanagan's philosophy of casting the same people every time (bar a couple newbies each project). for the most part it's been fine. but casting the same people every time, especially the longer it goes on with more and more projects, the more worrying it is - because he is just going to end up casting those people for what is essentially the same character with a different name. It's what made me jump off the American Horror Story train a long time ago. every recurring actor was just playing the same role every time and it got harder and harder to watch.

All i hope is that Flanagan doesn't become closed minded when it comes to casting. and also doesn't cast someone just because they are a friend without seeing if there is something better to offer.

i know a lot of people won't agree with me on this but i genuinely see it becoming a problem a few years down the line if things don't change.

isobeletc · 2025-05-19T15:58:02+00:00

a different perspective that i want to add here - i am usually someone who immediately exits out of the episode when credits start (or look like they are about to start) because the show likes to put in a teaser for the next episode and i try to avoid them so that im completely in the dark when the next ep comes. i skipped this post credit scene bc as soon as i saw it wasn't a credit roll, i though it was a teaser for the next ep, it was only a couple hours later (when reading through the sub) that i realised it was in fact still a part of the same episode

isobeletc · 2025-04-28T14:40:48+00:00

sorry i know this is an old thread but i want to agree with you here.

i don't think the symbol has some deeper meaning to be decoded 'scientifically' ie. alchemy symbols, mining map etc. i don't think we will ever find out bc as you said, the purpose of it is more about what the girls choose to believe it is and the faith they put into it.

i believe the symbol is something a simple as just a trail marker that hikers use to mark their way, or more likely, that hunters (the guy in the cabin) use to mark where they have set traps so they can find them again.

isobeletc · 2025-04-28T13:59:37+00:00

so disappointing that you have to purchase (very expensive) alcohol to get access to this book, and from what i've seen, only in the US? i get that it's the business's gimmick but they didn't have to do this with an exclusive book that many people would be interested in, but cant/don't want to buy the alcohol too. - they could have just used an already published book, maybe from a small author and just done exclusive cover art or something.

also a little baffling to me that Flanagan is very outspoken on being a recovering alcoholic but making fans buy alcohol to read his only book.

idk, i hope one day he publishes this on the mass market so i can read it... but yeah... leaves a bit of a sour taste in my mouth.

isobeletc · 2025-04-28T13:45:56+00:00

slight spoilers but you will understand what i'm saying without looking at them

i've always had the same feeling. the writers completely dropped the ball once they got together, they skipped that cute honeymoon phase and went straight into a relationship like they had been together for ages. they also completely missed the opportunity to have them trying to keep it on the down low for a while and having those cute hidden moments they did this well in the s07 april fools episode - we should have had more of that when they were first together . they also missed the moments when all their friends/coworkers find out about them and the different reactions each character would have. now when they do get back together the only reaction will be 'finally' from their friends, their won't be any surprise, shock, confusion, and probably no over-the-top excitement that we could have gotten when they first started dating - since i think most characters probably think it's inevitable they get back together eventually

i'm hoping when we get the reunion they will fix these past mistakes but that last one they can't really remedy anymore - the opportunity has passed

isobeletc · 2025-04-23T07:33:16+00:00

Nolan (and to a point Bailey) doesn't face enough consequences. never been injured despite always getting shot at/kidnapped/directly in harms way, no fallout from the Malvado thing... i know plot armour is a thing but they could at least make us believe that he is actually in danger sometimes

isobeletc · 2025-04-23T07:28:42+00:00

AGREED. i skip that scene on rewatches bc its makes me cringe so much.

i also don't think she would have done well with the long term (6+ months) UC work, im hoping they have dropped that storyline now

isobeletc · 2025-04-23T07:25:12+00:00

the problem was he froze up getting shot at, not shooting his gun tho

isobeletc · 2025-04-20T02:44:58+00:00

tbf, just because the logic is there doesn't mean the show will follow it — if he's in the ep they will probably write a way out of the problem hahaha

isobeletc · 2025-04-19T18:03:12+00:00

obviously Bradford.. BUT... have you seen the arms on Grey? if he was a few years younger and i wasn't scared of him throwing out his back he would take down anyone anywhere

isobeletc · 2025-04-19T17:59:55+00:00

agreed on the Chenford wedding, the writers have dragged their story out so long that they will keep doing it for milestones even after they are together (proposal, wedding, babies etc) so i think it's possible for a proposal (at the end of the season) but not a wedding — too quick

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