‘Chicago Fire’: Alberto Rosende Leaving in Season 12 — Find Out When
There’s another shakeup coming for 51 in Chicago Fire Season 12.
Alberto Rosende will be leaving the NBC drama, with his last episode as firefighter Blake Gallo coming in the January 17 premiere, according to Deadline. Rosende’s Gallo was introduced in Season 8 as a candidate who seemed to take too many risks, and slowly, he’s revealed more about his tragic past (he lost his family in a fire when he was a kid) and has settled in as a staple at the firehouse.
Gallo’s exit means yet another change coming for Truck 81. The series began with Casey (Jesse Spencer) in charge, and after he left, that was up in the air until Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) took over. Also on Truck are Mouch (Christian Stolte) and Carver (Jake Lockett).
Last season did not end with a possible exit strategy for Gallo, though it did for Mouch: He was injured on the job and was last seen in the hospital bleeding quite significantly. It’s hard to imagine a complete shakeup on Truck — Lockett is not a series regular — but we’ll have to see if it’s possible that Kidd has to find two replacements in Season 12. We’ll also have to see what this means for how Gallo and paramedic Violet (Hanako Greensmith), who have had an on-again, off-again relationship in the past, leave things. And there’s always the possibility that Fire kills off Gallo, considering these characters are in a dangerous line of work. (In fact, in Season 11, it did look like that could happen, only for another character to die.)
News of Rosende’s exit comes two weeks after it was announced that Fire will be saying goodbye to Kara Killmer, who has played paramedic Sylvie Brett since the third season, at some point in 2024; it’s unknown right now how many episodes of Season 12 she’ll appear in. Taylor Kinney, who took a leave of absence in Season 11, will be back as Severide, but his episode count, too, is unclear.
We’ll have to tune in to see how 51 handles these changes. Let’s just hope none of them are tragic.
Chicago Fire, Season 12 Premiere, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 9/8c, NBC
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Maybe because of this Mouch won't be killed off. I love Gallo but I don't want to see Mouch killed off, him and Platt have to much story left to tell.
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I agree w/u!
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Me too
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To writers needs to send in a new love interests for Violet someone like a Even Hawkins that's why crossovers are better a way to meet someone new look at Mouch and Trudy look at before Matt Casey Sylvie and Antonio. Maybe the writers could set Violet up with either Kevin or Danet Torres or some other guy in Chicago Med. If Blake Gallo gets killed off in a way I'm not surprised because it almost happened before.
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Unfortunately I don’t think that’s going to happen. They are in cost cutting modes and bringing in another cast member from another show is costly. That’s probably why we rarely see Trudy with Mouch together (great couple). It’s easier to bring in someone new as a guest star, like Carver, Capp and Tony than when a person becomes a regular cast member. Even though Capp and Tony have been in since the beginning they are listed as guest stars. I will miss the interaction between Ritter and Gallo. This means the writers need to step up Ritters role otherwise he really doesn’t have much to do other than interacting with Gallo and Violet.
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Well Ritter can always hangout and talk with Violet my pionts is Violet deserves whole lot better than trying to get with Craver he'sbad boy. No offense it's like watching Brett beinging interested in Freddy Krueger or Jason or Kylo Ren isn't that right Rey Skywalker instead of romantically interested in Finn. Anyway I've just hoped Mouch will be ok and not get killed off poor Trudy. I like Mouch and Trudy I've thought that it was so cute him calling Trudy Pussycat
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We never know what the writers have planned for anybody but I have always believed that Mouch will be okay. I’m wondering if there will be a time jump so that Mouch will be back driving the truck or if we get a possible floater. Now that the premiere will be Alberto final episode it will be strange not to have Mouch back, because that would mean Truck is down two people by the second episode. There sure seems to be a lot going on in Season 12 when it’s only going to be 13 episodes. Jam packed for sure with Severides return, Mouch who knows, Brett saying yes or no and dealing with Gallo’s departure and a then adding a new paramedic and replacement firefighter for Gallo.
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