We’ve said goodbye to many firefighters throughout Chicago Fire‘s 13-season run.
While some leave happily to chart new horizons, occasionally,
a firefighter gets the boot after they fail to be “Firehouse 51 material.”
Jack Damon (Michael Bradway), the Season 12 recruit who initially hid the secret that he is the long-lost brother of Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney), is a prime example of a firefighter who failed to meet 51’s gold standard. Under the supervision of Lieutenant Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo), Damon has lit more metaphorical fires than he’s put out real ones. Between hiding his identity as Severide’s brother in Season 12 and deliberately disobeying Stella’s orders in Season 13, Stella found herself in a heap of trouble after trying to report Damon for misconduct, only for the complaint to dramatically backfire.
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After catching wind of the drama, new Chief Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney) was tasked with relieving either Stella or Damon from 51, and it was a nail-biting decision. Find out what happened during Season 13, Episode 3 (“All Kinds of Crazy”), below.
Is Kidd leaving Chicago Fire? She and Damon found themselves on the chopping block
Stella has been having a challenging time at 51 this season. Not only is there a new no-nonsense chief who she’s apprehensive about at 51, she’s been struggling to get a hold of Damon on her rig. While Damon idolizes his older brother, he tends to ignore Stella’s commands on calls, going as far as lying about not hearing an order on a rescue mission. After learning from Severide that Damon lied about mishearing her, she was done making excuses for him. Despite Pascal’s recent complaint that her rig has “more turnover than the Cubs bullpen,” Stella told Severide she wanted Damon back in the floater pool.
Severide gave Damon a heads-up about telling Stella, so he was keen to chat with his lieutenant after spotting her at the station. Stella turned him down; she had a bigger conversation in mind. Stella visited Pascal’s office.
“I need to put Jack Damon back in the floater pool,” she told her chief.
“You’ve never mentioned any issues with him in reports,” Pascal noted. “From what I see, Damon’s a solid firefighter.”
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“He can be, yeah,” Stella admitted. “But I just found out that he disobeyed a direct order on that speedboat call last shift, then he lied about it. And there have been some questions about his honesty in the past, too.”
“If there were problems, I shouldn’t just be hearing about it now,” Pascal quipped. Pascal had a point — but Stella hadn’t complained about Damon because she knew how much Severide cared for his brother. Stella wasn’t going to throw her husband under the bus, but at this point, Damon had manipulated her into silence.
“You’re right,” Stella agreed. “I should have flagged it sooner.”
“And once again, there’s a turnover on your rig,” Pascal said grimly.
“That is true, and I don’t want to make excuses for—”
“So don’t,” Pascal cut her off. “As chief, I’m the one who makes the final decision about who stays and who goes in the firehouse. And I’ll decide if your leadership is part of the problem.”
