Thoughts on Chicago Fire and One Chicago so far…
These are my thoughts and opinions, please be nice… everyone is entitled to opinions. (On a first note, I am aware of budget constraints and things that aren’t just achievable, but a gal could dream…)
First and foremost, I want Chicago Fire to actually have episodes where they’re putting out fires and rescuing victims, as great as the personal drama storylines are, I don’t need an arc about how Joe Cruz “done messed up”. I want rescues a la “Mon Amour” (1X02) where Severide has that one on one moment with the victim in a collapse while people are scrambling to help up above in that chaos.
I wanna see how the progress of the Girls on Fire Recruits are… especially the ones that have taken the timed test and gone through the academy (AKA Macy and Kylie.) I want to see what these girls do with what they’ve learned… do they look to start their own program, do they actively help with GOF??? Who knows, we don’t…
- we know Kylie is now on Engine, but we don’t ever see her, and from the promo photos for next episode… (also, we need more of Engine, because Herrmann was right. Engine 51 is an afterthought.)
We gotta stop making this the Stellaride show. There are more couples than Kelly and Stella…
- don’t get me wrong… I love Kelly Severide… and there are days where I’m iffy on whether or not I love or hate Kidd… or Stellaride.
- I wanna see more interactions between Ritter and his man… put them in a situation where they gotta help victims or something… like the boyfriend goes rookie and panics and calls on Ritter… unrealistic, because he doesn’t seem like a rookie, but would be interesting.
- I NEED MORE CHLOE CRUZ, AND CINDY HERRMANN AND TRUDY PLATT!
More Ritter and Mikami working together. Also more Novakami… and a new field chief please, Robinson is yuck… (thankfully we’ve only had her once on season 13.)
- I’d also like to see the dynamic of 61 change when maybe Robinson being a jerk face, brings in an Ambulance commander (next step up after a PIC and equivalent to a Fire Captain.)
I may get hate for this, but I like “Fire Cop” Kelly Severide. And if he’s gonna run OFI one day, he’d need to become a captain, so we’d finally get Captain Severide…
Again, they’ve focused too much on personal dramas, and not enough on firehouse stuff. Yes I know the synopsis of Chicago Fire is “the personal and professional lives of the firefighters and paramedics of firehouse 51.” TOO MUCH PERSONAL.
- I do need a scene of Mouch acting as Lieutenant and Incident Commander in a scene where Trudy is involved, to see how they write that dynamic…
I ALSO WANT DAMON BACK, SO KELLY CAN HAVE FAMILY… I’M BUMMED THAT THEY TOOK HIM AWAY SO FAST… Kelly’s family circle is rather small, only Jennifer, Katie, Damon and Stella. He’s with Stella all the time… Jennifer and Katie live out of state, and Damon was pushed away because IMO Kidd couldn’t handle Damon going to Kelly. Yes, the insubordination should be answered, but pushing away a storyline of Kelly having a brother for the sake of drama is stupid.
What are your guys’ opinions?