Earlier this week, we found out that Joe Miñoso, who plays Joe Cruz, is departing Chicago Fire at the beginning of season 15. Today, Deadline is reporting that he is not the only one who is leaving during this upcoming season.
Dermott Mulroney, who joined during season 13, will be departing early this season. The actor took a hiatus during season 14 to film season 2 of The Hunting Wives. So his departure is not that much of a surprise. But still disappointing because Chief Pascal became a well-liked character.
I have a feeling that next week, we will hear who will be departing Chicago Med. There will be departures…
Chicago One starts saving lives again on October 7th.
Chicago Fire is going into season 15, and the series gets more expensive with every season. Therefore, NBC needs to cut costs, and they are doing it by parting ways with an original cast member. At the end of last season, there were four left: Taylor Kinney, Joe Miñoso, David Eigenberg, and Christian Stolte.
Today, Deadline is reporting that one of them will not be back for all of next season. They are reporting that Miñoso will only appear in a few episodes.
However, I believe that his character, Joe Cruz, is going to die in the season premiere.
When the first responders drama left off, several of our firefighters’ lives were left in peril, and you know someone has to die. So I think it will be him. And that will leave his pregnant wife without a husband and father.
So, I will be getting the tissues ready for the season premiere. Although I think they have done all they can for his character’s story. But it is still sad.
Last season on Law & Order: SVU, Ice-T’s screen time was significantly reduced. Because of that, his fans were wondering if they were getting rid of him. In fact, even he was wondering if he was going to make it to season 28.
The actor sat down with TMZ’s Towanda Robinson, and she wanted to know if Fin is back. “Last year, what happened was, you know, they brought Kelli Giddish back. So they told me, you know, basically, we’re going to bring Kelli Giddish back. We’re going to bring your scenes down a little bit,” he explained. “I asked them, I said, are you kicking me off the show? They said, no, we’re just going to move some things around budget-wise, blah, blah, blah.”
Was he upset? Nope, he was happy to have the free time to do other stuff, like his music. So instead of losing money, he made more.
However, he won’t be making as much this year because he will appear in every episode this upcoming season. So there will be plenty of Fin to go around.
Oh, and he shared that Dick Wolf gave him an amazing compliment. Out of all of the many, many actors the producer has on his shows, Ice-T is the one who is the least pain in his ass. Did you have that in your Bingo card?
NBC renewed all three Chicago shows. However, since they are getting long in the tooth, the cast salaries are getting higher and higher. But the shows are not making as much money. Therefore, not everyone will be back for the upcoming season.
Today, we found out the first person who is not checking into the first responder’s procedural. According to Deadline, LaRoyce Hawkins will not be returning for season 14 of Chicago PD. But since Kevin Atwater is an original character, the show will wrap up his character’s story in the first few episodes.
It is not known if this was his decision or the network’s.
Casting is underway for a Black cop who is an agent of chaos.
I expect that in the next few days, we will hear about more departures from the Dick Wolf Universe.
With all of the cost cutting going on in broadcast television, you never know who will be back the following season on the long-running shows. However, we do know who had signed to be part of One Chicago in the Fall.
According to Deadline, Chicago Med‘s S. Epatha Merkerson and Oliver Platt, Chicago Fire‘s Taylor Kinney and Miranda Rae Mayo, and Chicago P.D.’s Jason Beghe are not going anywhere. So that gives you a little spoiler on who survives after yesterday’s cliffhangers.
But with only five names mentioned, we’re left wondering who might not be returning to Chicago.
Who will leave you sad if they are not asked back? Because Chicago Fire definitely has a lot of characters’ lives in peril.
Now, NBC can surprise us and bring everyone back. But, sadly, I don’t think that is possible in this financial climate.
