One Chicago Finales Live Blog Watchalong: I’m Reacting To Med, Fire, And P.D.’s Biggest Bombshell Reveals

One Chicago Returns In The 2025-2026 TV Season

And that's it for One Chicago in the 2024-2025 TV season! NBC renewed Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago P.D. ahead of the finales with confirmation of their returns to their Wednesday night time slot, so fans can count on the Windy City action returning as usual in the fall.

For now, you can always revisit earlier episodes streaming via Peacock, and check back with CinemaBlend for more from Med's Allen MacDonald, Fire's Andrea Newman, and P.D.'s Gwen Sigan.

Voight Fell Back Into Some Old Habits

Unfortunately for all of Chapman's optimism, Voight fell back to some of his old dirty tactics to close the case and guarantee the downfall of Reid. I'd say that it made for interesting TV for viewers from home, but I also don't blame her for being upset when Voight didn't both even trying to deny or justify his actions when she confronted him.

The Intelligence Unit Cleans Up Nicely

It's not every episode that we get to see the members of the Intelligence Unit dressed up, unless CPD dress uniform counts. We have Ruzek and Atwater looking snazzy in their suits, Kiana looking gorgeous, Torres cleaned up from his depression beard, and of course, the Best Dressed Burgess in her white wedding dress. I'd say Marina Squerciati made a good choice! I do wonder if there's a reason for Adam not wearing a tie, but honorable mention for Best Dressed might have to go to Makayla, looking cute as her mom's maid of honor.

Holy Jump Scare, Batman!

And there we have the end of the despicable Deputy Chief Reid, played by the excellent Shawn Hatosy! I'd be lying if I said I didn't jump when those gunshots rang out, so credit to Chicago P.D. for the big surprise. Reid not lasting into Season 13 isn't a huge shock, but I didn't see him dying like this.

Also, A+ to Reid for "You're worse than me" to Voight as his last words! Accurate or not, the Deputy Chief was a villain to the last, and he seemed to connect some dots about Voight and Rennie with his dying breaths.

Chapman May Think Too Highly Of Voight

While Sara Bues has recurred as ASA Chapman off and on going back to Season 9, Chapman really might not know Voight as well as she thinks she does if she thinks she can talk him down from doing whatever it takes to take out Reid.

Is it possible that we're watching Jason Beghe as Voight 2.0, a more evolved man than the one who had Upton on the verge of a guilt-induced mental breakdown for half a season? (No, I'm still not over that thanks to Tracy Spiridakos' performance.)

Sure, but Voight seems to be prioritizing taking down Reid over staying true to the man Chapman thinks she knows, so P.D. may have a juicy ending for fans this season.

Wear Your Seatbelts, Kids

Officer Joseph Caldera may have made enough bad decisions to wind up in Reid's pocket, but I'd say that Voight and Ruzek are the ones who made a mistake in trusting that he was really going to flip on the Deputy Chief that easily. Caldera really wasted no time in lunging forward to crash the car, after all!

It looked to me that Voight and Ruzek at least were wearing their seatbelts, while I'm not sure if Caldera could have been wearing his if he had the freedom of movement to make that lunge forward. I'm also not sure if escaping alive and well is his goal, though. Whatever the result, there's a real-world lesson to learn here: wear your seatbelt.

I Don't Trust This Plan

Voight is making a pretty solid pitch to Reid's man on the inside to flip and give Intelligence what they need against the Deputy Chief, but with almost half the episode still to go, I don't trust that this will stick. Unless this is wrapped up soon and we get a 20-minute Burzek wedding, anyway!

Can Voight Get Clean?

Voight may not have issues with sobriety like his reluctant informant, but he certainly hasn't kept clean hands over the years. I'm with the informant that "Was it worth it?" was a weird question to ask about getting clean, though!

Burzek Wedding Woes

After all this time, the Burzek wedding has run into its first seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Very sweet of Adam to immediately say that they can just postpone their nuptials until it feels right and they can be happy, and Kim clearly appreciated the gesture, so the romance is still going strong. It just may be a difficult trip to the aisle by the end of this finale.

That said, nobody in One Chicago should ever plan events for mid-May. Dick Wolf's Windy City is a dangerous place to be during finale season. Planning a wedding in May was tempting fate!

Time For Chicago P.D. – "Vows"

Well, one way to tug on the heartstrings is certainly to start the finale with nods to the late, great Alvin Olinsky.

A Stellaride Baby Is On The Way!

As it turns out, Chicago Fire is NOT going the Dawsey route of having Stella and Severide fall in love with a kid they saved and try to adopt them. After their attempt to adopt a baby failed earlier this season, Stella discovered some serendipitous news: she's pregnant.

It'll be interesting to see how Fire handles having a pregnant firefighter. That storyline didn't play out for long when Gabby was briefly pregnant years ago, and Stella is after all an officer. That was also an issue that they'd have to discuss on their parenthood journey, but let's be happy for Stella and Severide for now!

David Eigenberg And Christian Stolte Are TV Magic

We don't always get to see emotions running high between Herrmann and Mouch, but when the actors turn it on, they turn it all the way ON. Herrmann giving up his spot as officer on Engine 51 so that Mouch gets his chance has to be one of the sweetest moments of Season 13, and the character never seemed to want to become Chief as much as everybody else wanted that for him. Chicago Fire found the solution for having three officers for two available slots!

Kelly Severide = Fire Cop Extraordinaire

Pascal is lucky to have had Severide on his side, because he definitely might have gone to prison for the attack on Franklin if the Squad lieutenant hadn't connected the dots back to Vale. Now, the problem may be that Pascal is still Chief while Herrmann is in the running.

Who Can Be Sweeter Than Captain Van Meter?

Tim Hopper slowly but surely became one of my favorite recurring actors on Chicago Fire. Severide and Van Meter aren't always on the same page, but their teamwork is A+. Severide taking a break from 51 to work with OFI might be less appealing without good old Van Meter in the mix.

Violet Needs A Win

Is there anybody in One Chicago who has been as unlucky in love as Violet, while being playing by an actor who generates as much chemistry with scene partners as Hanako Greensmith does? Poor Violet needs to catch a break in romance in Season 13, even if that means taking a break from romance with Carver leaving Chicago for the sake of his own health and recovery.

I Miss These Characters Already

It's hard to believe that Chicago Fire really is saying goodbye to two of its own in this finale. Jake Lockett and Daniel Kyri's exits were announced more than a month before the end of Season 10, but it still doesn't feel like Carver and Ritter are being set up to exit.

Don't Bring A Fire Hose To A Gun Fight

At nearly 300 episodes over thirteen years, sometimes I think that Chicago Fire is bound to run out of new ways to make fire emergencies harrowing. An inferno at a gun range and a building full of ammunition firing itself due to the flames? A new one!

Are Stellaride Channeling Dawsey?

While a lot has changed since Dawson and Casey attempted to adopt young Louie after Gabby bonded with him on the scene of a fire, I've been getting Louie vibes from Natalie all season. Will Chicago Fire add a twist to Stella and Severide's attempts to adopt by having them take in Natalie instead? I kind of hope not, since we've seen that happen on Fire (and even on P.D. with Burzek and Makayla) before.

Time For Chicago Fire – "It Had To End This Way"

It's rarely a good thing for the Chicago Fire characters when they need to borrow the Chicago P.D. set. Pascal really might be in some real trouble based on all the evidence pointing towards him as the one who blew up the car of the man who had killed Monica.

Were The Captain Crunch Berries Actually A Metaphor For Their Relationship?!

I was JOKING when I wrote "Were the Captain Crunch Berries a sugary metaphor for their relationship?" about Hannah visiting Archer at his apartment earlier this season, but was Hannah's visit in the finale a sign that she's pregnant and he's the father? Did Chicago Med really go there? (Revisit that episode streaming with a Peacock subscription if the Captain Crunch banter for some reason wasn't one of your standout elements of Season 10.)

Or does she just need to confide in somebody about her pregnancy before dropping the news on Ripley, and Archer is the best candidate for a shoulder to lean on after Lizzy's reaction? And should I be careful when I crack cereal-related jokes from now on?! All I know is that I don't know how to feel about it just yet, but what a twist for a finale!

Heartbreaking Twist For Dr. Lenox

Alas, it was too good to be true for both Caitlin and Kip to be negative for the deadly prior disease. Here's hoping that the One Chicago version of the illness won't be enough to cost us Sarah Ramos between Seasons 10 and 11, because she's been a great addition to Med.

Update: I Cried

Dang it, Oliver Platt! I was determined that I was not going to cry during this episode of Chicago Med, but this scene between Dr. Charles and Anna (Hannah Riley) is gutting. How great is it to still learn more about characters ten seasons in? His dad's suicide explains a lot about Dr. Charles, and hopefully sets up more of this juicy storyline for Season 11.

Anyway, I'm going to need a commercial break to grab some tissues, because Oliver Platt and Hannah Riley crushed this heartbreaking scene.

I'm Definitely Not Going To Cry

Surely I've watched enough medical series and Dick Wolf TV shows over the years that I'm not going to cry over this transplant storyline and/or Dr. Charles and his daughters, right? Definitely not going to happen.

Dr. Charles Did Not Specialize In Teenage Girl Psychiatry

I can easily see why showrunner Allen MacDonald said that Oliver Platt was a "powerhouse" in the Season 10 finale, because he's crushing this episode. We're definitely being reminded of why Platt has had such a long and successful career. And how great is it that Mekia Cox wasn't too busy with The Rookie to come back as Robin?

Chicago Med Gets A Clean Bill Of Health For Guest Stars

Kudos to One Chicago's medical drama for casting Tim DeKay as Griffin, because it would be so easy to hate Griffin for stealing the lungs. DeKay has me feeling a modicum of sympathy for his situation as a father... although I'm still rooting for Walter (Sam Trammell) and his wife to somehow get the lungs for young Noah.

Archer + Lenox = BFFs?

If you'd told me at the beginning of Season 10 that I'd be on board with the peculiar dynamic between Lenox and Archer, I might not have believed it! The antagonism has turned into a fun friendship, and I'm glad Lenox called Archer out on him not actually doing any of the fun vacation adventures that he was recommending to her. Fun duo!

Don't Be Suspicious

I can't say I blame Hannah for not dropping the pregnancy bombshell on Ripley in the middle of the ED while both working, but she also wasn't being quite as subtle as I expected. Ripley may come to regret his words about whether having kids is worth the potential heartache.

Good News For The Lenox Siblings

Despite their fears, Kip and Caitlin Lenox apparently got the best kind of news! They haven't inherited the prion disease that would have slowly but surely wrecked their health before ultimately killing them. If we get good news for characters this early in the finale, does that mean we're doomed to bad news by the end?

Lizzy Does Not Win Most Supportive Sister Of The Year

I've been sympathetic to Lizzy this season, but she's digging deep into her bag of resentments against Hannah after the pregnancy news. Poor Hannah is not off to a good start of dropping the bombshell on her loved ones!

Chicago Med – "...Don't You Cry"

Chicago Med has a lot to pack into the last episode of the spring, starting out with Goodwin showing no mercy. She's not dealing out forgiveness tonight!

What To Expect From One Chicago's Finales

As usual, Chicago Med starts out NBC's One Chicago Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET, and showrunner Allen MacDonald previewed a "powerhouse" performance from Oliver Platt after he gets a big scare, and the network's episode description for the Season 10 finale – called "...Don't You Cry" sheds some more light:

Chicago Fire is next up at 9 p.m. ET, and the Season 13 finale will have to deal with the aftermath of Pascal being arrested, complete with Severide having what showrunner Andrea Newman described as a "nagging question" about the Chief. Called "It Had To End This Way," NBC's preview states:

Last up, we have Chicago P.D. at 10 p.m. ET, with Voight questioning his "mortality" – according to EP Gwen Sigan – after Reid shut down the Intelligence Unit in retaliation. According to the network:

As always with this three-hour block of primetime, let's start out with Chicago Med one last time this spring!