
Spoilers ahead for the winter premiere of Chicago Fire Season 14, called "A Man Possessed" and available streaming next day with a Peacock subscription.
Chicago Fire didn't hold back with the first episode of the 2026 TV schedule, paying off on Severide and Van Meter's cliffhanger with the "heartache" promised by executive producer/director Reza Tabrizi. All three of the men inside of the burning building survived the initial blaze, but Van Meter was gravely injured during the escape, and the winter premiere ended with him in a medically-induced coma with Severide on the warpath for justice.