‘Chicago Fire’ Adds Brett Dalton as Casey’s Replacement on Truck 81
If Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) is looking to stay at 51 — she passed the lieutenant’s test and figured she’d be moving houses since there wasn’t a vacancy at hers — she may need to come back from her Girls on Fire trip to claim that spot on Truck 81 ASAP!
Brett Dalton (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will be recurring as Jason Pelham, the interim lieutenant filling Captain Matt Casey’s (Jesse Spencer) spot on Chicago Fire, TVLine reports. His first episode airs on November 3.
Might Pelham be the “visiting acting lieutenant who is, let’s just say, surprisingly enthusiastic,” Joe Minoso (who plays Joe Cruz) teased at the beginning of the season? “That’s going to manifest itself in a really fascinating way, especially with Gallo [Alberto Rosende] and Mouch [Christian Stolte],” he added. “It’s a really great, great fun arc.” We’ll have to wait to see.
Spencer left the NBC drama in its 200th episode, with Casey choosing to move to Oregon to be guardian to his late best friend’s sons until the youngest turns 18 (so for three years). The door is open for him to return — especially for special occasions, like Kidd and Lieutenant Kelly Severide’s (Taylor Kinney) upcoming wedding, since he’s supposed to be the best man — but someone does need to take over Truck 81.
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That’s “a major storyline” that will go “through the winter break,” showrunner Derek Haas teased after the 200th episode. That probably explains why Pelham is only the interim lieutenant.
Kidd, the obvious choice for the position, is off doing things for her Girls on Fire program, and the fact that she hasn’t returned to become 81’s lieutenant “has its own issues and ramifications,” Haas added.
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This is not going to go well, based on the synopsis for his first episode. Stella should be the one taking over for Truck 81. She's earned it.
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I don't care... it's a TV show and they have character changes all the time. What I do care about is its entertainment value. As long as that stays the same all is good.
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Being a retired firefighter these fire shows can't come close to the real thing , closes was Rescue Me .
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She deserves the spot and you bring in a new face has a new candidate to the house.they already got to many chiefs and not enough Indians.like to see a new face at the bottom that's where the show can create.
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Kidd just made lieutenant. Shouldn’t the promotion go to someone with more seniority?
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Chicago Fire CASEY AM A FAN OF YOU
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He sure doesn't make a very good replacement.
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Kidd need to come back for that spot
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The overly enthusiastic fill-in lieutenant was the lieutenant who filled in when Casey went to Oregon in 10x4. It's not Dalton's character.
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I be missing Casey now he is nice looking man somethings too look at her in Denmark 🇩🇰🇩🇰 whan him back
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I think these shows need to bring in more diverse characters… I have watched them all from the beginning and keep waiting and waiting to see more diverse characters and all three with a minor exception of Med who at least now has two black doctors (not counting the head lady in charge) there is not enough diversity… and they need more… something more… since Eric Lasalle left PD, it just hasn’t really been the same
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They have black,Asian, white, Hispanic what else do you need?
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They have the LGBTQ, they have a rounded diversity character base to keep everyone at a level to have no backlash but some people are never happy
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