It Sounds Like Severide or Casey Might Be Leaving ‘Chicago Fire’ and We’re Losing It

The show’s creator sent out a VERY concerning tweet.

Derek Haas, who also developed Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med, is known

for revealing cryptic hints about the One Chicago series on social media. Every week, he invites his Twitter followers to participate in something called “7 Question Sunday,” during which fans probe him for information about what’s coming next on their favorite Chicago-based shows. Derek chooses only seven questions to answer at time and his responses vary from playfully sarcastic to “OMG, did he just say that?!”

Before season 8 of Chicago Fire even premiered, the co-creator shared a spoiler that we overlooked at the time—but as the winter finale approaches, panic is starting to set in.

“What can we expect with Kelly and Casey this season?” one Twitter user asked in September. Derek replied and his response was not promising for fans of the longtime characters.

“They won’t both be at 51 before the winter break,” he wrote.Assuming Derek is telling the truth, that means either Matt Casey (Jesse Spencer) or Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) won’t be at Firehouse 51 by the conclusion of episode 9—which is right around the corner. A description for episode 7, airing on November 6, says “Severide must make a tough decision about the future of his career at Firehouse 51.” While that doesn’t sound promising (and lines up with Derek’s prediction), one viewer has a theory that’s giving us hope that this isn’t the end for either of our favorite characters.

“I would like to believe that means Severide is off on his honeymoon,” they wrote. “I don’t think u would want to be breaking up Station House 51. So it’s just a play on words & nothing drastic will change Firehouse 51.”This would mean that Severide stays on the show and gets engaged to Stella Kidd (shutting down another scary Chicago Fire theory we have). But a happy ending for Stellaride doesn’t do anything for Casey’s future…