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Chicago Fire Recap: The one with the elevator

I’ll be the first to admit that I was a bit skeptical when I heard about what last night’s My Lucky Day episode. It was a stand-alone episode when we had already had a long break between the first few episodes of the season. Why would you do that? It would break the flow of

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How did Otis die on Chicago Fire? New episode references fallen hero

The Chicago Fire cast has been without Otis for almost two years now, but he is still an important enough character for the show to keep referencing. During the Wednesday night episode of the show, with Herrmann and Cruz trapped in an elevator, Otis came up again in conversation. When Cruz was asked how he

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Chicago Fire uses one-take filming technique for an intense new episode

The Chicago Fire episode on Wednesday night is going to look a lot different than a regular episode of the show. Instead of blending different scenes together and jumping around between different stories during the same episode, the director is presenting lengthy scenes using one take to film them. This method of filming not only

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Chicago Fire Season 9, Episode 5: Firefighters trapped in new episode

Chicago Fire rolls on with Season 9, Episode 5 on Wednesday night. This new episode is called My Lucky Day and the early teases suggest some exciting action is coming up. This is a shift from the drama that took place during the last episode, which was more about the characters and the relationships between

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Chicago Fire Recap: The one with frustrating idiots

Last night’s Chicago Fire was what we would call a pile of frustrating angst in which most of the characters were being idiots and refusing to communicate effectively. With the exception of Chief Boden and our baby Gallo, who were awesome. To be clear, I am not complaining about the angst per se – we

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Chicago Fire Season 9, Episode 4: Promo for new 2021 episode exciting

Chicago Fire Season 9 continues on Wednesday night when NBC viewers finally get to see Episode 4. Delays in production and schedule changes at NBC have led to only three episodes from Season 9 airing so far. That has created some frustrations among One Chicago fans. Fret not Chi-hards, because there are a lot of

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Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med taken off schedule

New episodes of Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med will not be airing tonight on NBC. Due to additional coverage for the presidential inauguration and a primetime special called Celebrating America, the One Chicago shows are getting pre-empted again. This could be a tad disappointing to fans of the Chicago-based shows, especially since this

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Chicago Fire cast: New faces joining the show in Season 9

The Chicago Fire cast is going to see some new characters debuting during Season 9 of the show. There was already a shift in the Chicago Fire cast this season, with Sylvie Brett (played by Kara Killmer) getting a new partner. At the end of Season 8, we saw the character of Emily Foster (played

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Chicago Fire recap: The one where men are idiots

We should have seen it coming on Chicago Fire, right? Nothing is ever easy on television. No ship has ever had smooth sailing in the history of TV, so why would we think that Brettsey would be the exception? Tonight’s Chicago Fire delivered the highly anticipated aftermath of that fateful makeout session between Brett and