Chicago Fire Season 12, Episode 6 delivers what fans have been bracing for since

Season 11: Kara Killmer leaves the NBC series. Rumors about Killmer’s Sylvie Brett l

eaving have been circulating since 2022, and then when Brett’s ex-boyfriend

Matthew Casey showed up at her door to pop the question, One Chicago viewers were pretty sure that the This thing is on its way out. That theory was confirmed before Season 12 premiered – leaving audiences to just wait for the plot to catch up with off-screen news. “Port in the Storm” offers a one-of-a-kind look at both Brett and Casey’s weddings, as well as Brett’s final shift at Firehouse 51. It’s clearly structured to be the biggest send-off yet. maybe. The episode was written by showrunner Andrea Newman and directed by executive producer Reza Tabrizi – both longtime Chicago Fire creators. And it happened to fall during One Chicago’s two-week hiatus, so audiences could enjoy the goodbye without getting caught up in another storyline.

It may not have become an all-time classic, but the episode did everything it was supposed to do. Chicago Fire made Brett and Casey’s wedding unique The big set piece of “Port in the Storm” is Brett and Casey’s wedding, so it’s no surprise that the episode saves that for its final act. Much of the motivation comes from people wondering about the issues leading up to the ceremony. Brett was understandably nervous when he discovered he wouldn’t be getting married at the Shedd Aquarium like he’d hoped — thanks to Tony, the wedding was taking place at an aquarium supply store.

Brett’s partner, Violet Mikami, tries to find enough flowers to make the new venue seem grand enough, while also worrying about whether she should attend the wedding with her one-time lover Sam Carver. And Stella Kidd is worried that her husband Kelly Severide won’t be home in time to attend the big event. Chicago Fire pioneered weddings on One Chicago when Chief Wallace Boden married Donna Robbins in Season 2. (In fact, Boden became a wedding expert at this point, having took Stella to the Stellaride wedding and is now officiating there.) Since then, there have been quite a few ceremonies throughout the franchise, and they generally follow the same pattern. sample: despite everyone’s best intentions, something goes wrong but in the end it turns out okay.

“Port in the Storm” is no exception to that rule. However, when the episode gets to its real twist, it’s enough to make Brett and Casey’s milestone feel different from the events that came before it. This setting helps — although it creates interesting lighting that makes the scene a little darker than usual — but the setting is what sells it. Longtime fans know that Brett has previously been engaged multiple times, so seeing her finally get married is an even bigger step forward for her character and the realization that it’s also a promise. Killmer’s farewell adds emotion to the moment.

Regardless of whether viewers are Brettsey shippers or not, the wedding still works from a character development standpoint because it gives Brett what she never had and an organic reason to leave Chicago – – because Jesse Spencer left Chicago Fire in Season 10. Either way, it feels more permanent than Spencer’s final episode, since Casey returned multiple times in Season 11. As he joked that it was as if he never left, it really wasn’t like a joke. Even though Casey says he and Brett will always go back to 51, Newman’s script gives them so many endings that the audience gets the sense that Brettsey is ready to look forward to their future, and viewers have Can look forward to the next developments of the program, too. also.