Which Fall 2025 TV Exit Will Be the Most Devastating? One Chicago, ‘SVU,’ ‘9-1-1’ & More
Looking ahead to fall 2025, there will be several shows without major characters.
9-1-1 will be entering its first full season without its captain, Bobby Nash (Peter Krause), after a tragic on-the-job death. The Dick Wolf universe will be losing characters from four shows, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Law & Order, and Law & Order: SVU — and there haven’t been hints about how any of them will be written out. Fire Country left three characters’ lives hanging in the balance after a massive fire consumed significant parts of Edgewater, and only one of the two characters whose actors won’t be back was involved in that cliffhanger. Tracker cut its series regular cast in half.
Below, we’ve ranked the characters who will be missed next season by the impact their absences will have on their shows.
11. Juliana Aidén Martinez, Law & Order: SVU
Juliana Aidén Martinez only joined SVU in Season 26, with Detective Kate Silva coming over from Homicide. She fit in, clearly learned from Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) on the job, and contributed to cases, but she wasn’t around long enough to be missed more than some of the other people on this list.
10. Toya Turner, Chicago P.D.
Another one-season character, Toya Turner‘s Officer Kiana Cook joined Intelligence in Season 13. In her time with the unit, we learned about the boss who demoted her for speaking up, saw her handle her first CI (which didn’t go well), and started seeing her complicated relationship with her mother. She fit in seamlessly, helped by her being the steady presence that Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) needed after Martel’s murder in her first episode.
9. Octavio Pisano, Law & Order: SVU
Detective Joe Velasco’s (Octavio Pisano) four years with SVU culminated with his promotion in the Season 26 finale (though like Silva, he was not written out). We watched him grow as a detective as well as become part of the community in his neighborhood, and as Benson noted when she told him of the promotion, he was showing command presence.
8. Mehcad Brooks, Law & Order
While Law & Order has had quite a few cast changes over the years, the partnership of Detectives Jalen Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) and Vincent Riley (Reid Scott) has been a great one, and it’s going to be a shame to lose that with Brooks exiting ahead of Season 25. We’ll have to wait until the premiere to find out how his exit is explained and to see what the new dynamic will be like.
7. Abby McEnany, Tracker
Colter’s (Justin Hartley) going to have to get his cases from a different source going forward, with Abby McEnany one of two series regulars out ahead of Season 3. While it shouldn’t change too much of the show going forward, it had already been a shame to lose the other half of her character’s marriage with Robin Weigert‘s exit after Season 1.
6. Eric Graise, Tracker
Will most of the computer help that Colter has been getting with his missing persons cases take place offscreen now? Eric Graise, who starred as Bobby, is the other major exit ahead of Season 3. Not only was he Colter’s go-to source for anything he needed during a case, but the show had also been doing a decent job of starting to expand his world outside of Colter, through cases and his cousin Randy (Chris Lee), who filled in while Bobby was absent in parts of Season 2.
5. Jake Lockett, Chicago Fire
Jake Lockett‘s Sam Carver at least has an exit story already … sort of. He planned to move to Denver, but then it looked like he and Violet (Hanako Greensmith) were on their way to getting back together in the Season 13 finale. With his three seasons on the show, the way he warmed up to 51 and became a vital member of Truck for Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo), and his aforementioned romance with Violet, his absence on Fire will be felt.
4. Daniel Kyri, Chicago Fire
After seven seasons, Daniel Kyri‘s Darren Ritter has become a vital member of 51, first to Herrmann (David Eigenberg) on Engine, then over on Truck to Kidd (not to mention serving as the younger voice to help some of the older members at times). Prior to Alberto Rosende‘s exit, the trio of Ritter, Gallo, and Violet was also a fun friend group. Now, 51 is losing an important member of the firehouse at work as well as someone who has important relationships off the clock as well.
3. Stephanie Arcila, Fire Country
Sure, both Bode (Max Thieriot) and Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) dated other people (to varying successes) following their breakup, but it always felt like the show would end with them together. Now, with Arcila exiting as a series regular, Fire Country has lost that on-again, off-again romance that was the source of so much drama. Plus, with her skills as a paramedic, she was a much-needed member of station 42 on-calls, and her and Manny’s (Kevin Alejandro) complicated father-daughter relationship will be missed onscreen.
2. Billy Burke, Fire Country
It’s certainly looking like Billy Burke‘s Vince is going to be dying in the Season 4 premiere; the finale saw him in a building consumed by fire that collapsed on top of him, his wife Sharon (Diane Farr), and his father Walter (Jeff Fahey). And whether that is the case or something just takes him offscreen, the show will be losing a key member of station 42 as well as vital relationships, including his with his wife and his son, Bode.
1. Peter Krause, 9-1-1
Peter Krause‘s Bobby Nash may have died during Season 8, but it will be in Season 9 that we really feel his loss. Not only has the 118 lost its captain, but also its members have lost the person they all went to when they needed advice and the show has lost its heart — and no, we’re not just talking about Bobby and Athena’s (Angela Bassett) stable, passionate relationship. Krause — and Bobby — was a steady presence on the show from the beginning, and it will never feel the same without him.
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9-1-1 made a huge mistake getting rid of Peter Krause. Wont be watching without him
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I am a 911 fan . Please bring Bobby back . He was a strong figure that the other characters could talk to. Great chemistry with them. The show needs Bobby and so does Athena. There has got to be a way to bring him back .
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9-1-1 and Fire Country - don't watch the others. But will no longer watch these 2 either. Just gonna get with 'streaming' and boycott network shows - they just keep messing with them and I'm tired of it. I'll go with the older shows and movies now.
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Jake Lockett, Billy Burke and Daniel Kyri will definitely be missed! Still hoping these three characters are “saved” and will not be written off! As for Peter Krauss, it is very sad he was “killed” and will be missed! If Ryan Guzman was not returning to 911 then I probably would not watch 911 next season!
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I’m not watching 911 if Bobby is gone. He I loved! I believe he was the backbone. Peter gone Im done, I loved the show and always could hardly wait for the next episode but somebody got in their head to change things for themselves not the fans!
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Won't be watching 9-1-1 any more. Oh wait I quit last season after his death.
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I kinda want to know that if you have Bobby work through all his demons and to do it with grace and courage with the special help of Athena why do you kill him off. Makes no senseis there anyway you can bring him back . The show is going to need him.
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I will miss Toya Turner the most. She was very good on CPD. The new girl, Amani, is HORRIBLE!! She comes off too tough.
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I hate to see any of them leave. L & O is gutting their cast.
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