Chicago Fire delivered a standout episode ahead of a mini hiatus by bringing back none other than Jesse Spencer as Matt Casey, who dropped by the Windy City for some Brettsey complications and big news for Stella Kidd. Casey came back to recruit the Truck 81 lieutenant to a task force ahead of a potential terror threat. While that’s obviously a terrifying prospect in the fictional world of the fictional characters of One Chicago, I’m hoping as a fan of the show that the heroes of Firehouse 51 have to face such a threat for one big reason: seeing Stella rise to the occasion.
Stella’s journey to get to where she is as the established and respected lieutenant on Truck 81 has taken years and involved an uphill battle, so it was great to hear Casey tell her that when the Department of Homeland Security needed first responders they could trust to be part of a network in target cities, he couldn’t think of anybody more trustworthy.
