Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago PD (I don’t watch the latter) are back on NBC tonight at 8p, and get prepared for a lot of changes.
Chicago Fire starts the night off, and we find out who the father of Hannah Asher’s (Jessy Schram) baby is. How will he feel about becoming a daddy?
Then once we know that, we are back at the hospital, and the doctors are going to have a hard day at work. A mother, father, and son are brought in with severe burns after a house fire. Then there was a ceiling collapse at a rave, and there is an injury you have to see to believe.
Now that Dr. Lenox (Sarah Ramos) knows she inherited her family’s fatal disease, she has changed for the worse. So much so that I am not sure her character is worth explaining.
However, the medical drama is, and I can’t wait to see what else happens this season.
Then at 9p, get ready for the changes coming to Chicago Fire. Shortly after the season finale, we found out that we are losing two firefighters. One is confirmed in the season premiere, the other one is still with us for now.
With their departures, we get a new guy, and Vasquez (Brandon Larracuente) is going to make Stella Kidd’s (Miranda Rae Mayo) life complicated as her new driver. He is forced on the stationhouse, and Chief Pascal (Dermot Mulroney) tells her she is just going to have to put up with him.
There have been rumors that the reason shows have been cutting cast members. It is because of budget cuts. Fire found a way to explain why, at any time, we could be losing more of our favorites in the future. But hopefully, we won’t. Because the cast works well together, and we don’t need to put a wrench into their chemistry.
On Tuesday, we found out that Nick Gehlfuss would be reprising his role as Dr. Will Halstead on Chicago Med. Fans of the show were excited for this because it is nice to have an original back on the medical drama.
You see, since the show debuted in 2025, there have been a lot of cast changes. Because of that, there are only three OGs left: S. Epatha Merkerson, Oliver Platt, and Marlyne Barrett.
Strike that, only two left. That is because today, Deadline reported that Barrett is stepping away from the series for undisclosed “personal reasons.” And everyone is hoping that her departure is only temporary.
Three years ago, she announced that she was diagnosed with uterine and ovarian cancer and underwent aggressive chemotherapy to battle the disease. Later that year, she got a hysterectomy. Then, in September 2024, she revealed that she is in remission.
Chicago Med returns to NBC for its 10th season on October 1st.
Chicago Med has undergone numerous casting changes throughout its 11 seasons. To the point that there are only three original cast members remaining on the medical drama.
This season, S. Epatha Merkerson, Oliver Platt, and Marlyne Barrett will see one of their old friends come for a visit.
Nick Gehlfuss, who plays Dr. Will Halstead, will be visiting for an undetermined number of episodes, according to Deadline. They have confirmed that he will guest star, but that is all they have been able to find out as of now.
This is the first time we have seen Dr. Halstead since he moved to Seattle to be with Natalie and her son at the end of season 8.
Hopefully, his guest star role will become permanent because the ED has not been the same since he left in 2003.
The 11th season premiere of the NBC series will debut on October 1st.
In May, we learned that Daniel Kyri would not be returning to Chicago Fire this season. However, he was asked to play Darren Ritter for a few more episodes.
Yesterday, he put on his firefighter costume one last time. Today, he said goodbye to the person whom he has played for seven years. A part that was only supposed to last for three episodes, which turned into eight seasons.
He wrote: “Chicago Fire changed my life. Bringing Darren Ritter to the screen has transformed & healed me in equal measure. He is a man who embodies empathy, humility, compassion, and unwavering bravery to save lives. His heroism is further fortified by the way he navigates the world—a gay Black firefighter who is proud, fierce, loyal, & whole—a possibility I never got to see onscreen in my childhood but desperately craved…
“I am so humbled & proud to have portrayed you. I’m thrilled that my inner child would have looked at you each week in awe of everything you represent. You made history. Thank you so much, Darren Ritter. And goodbye.”
Station House 51 is not going to be the same without him. He was an underused character who should have been used more.
So even though we will be seeing the last of Ritter, I doubt this is the last we are going to see of Kyri.
When Chicago Fire ended its season, we found out that Daniel Kyri would not be returning as Darren Ritter for season 14.
However, today he shared a photo from the set. So, did Dick Wolf and NBC reverse their decision to fire (no pun intended) him? Yes and no. The actor said, “Back! For a limited time✌.”
Maybe they will find a way to keep him because there are a few of the firefighters who I think should go before him. And I am not Kidding.
