Friday, April 17, 2020

Tough Decisions: Chicago Fire "51st Original Bell" Season Finale

Chicago Fire Season 8 Episode 20, "51's Original Bell" | Tell-Tale TV



The season finale of Chicago Fire had us questioning whether someone was leaving Firehouse 51. Here's a recap!
The season finale of Chicago Fire Firehouse 51 deals with a chemical gas at a junkyard that put one of Severide's men in danger. That happened to be Capp, who took the worst hit with his eyes not looking good. Severide tries to look into it and even questions the place's owner, but that turns out poorly. After a talk with someone at the CFD about it, all those warnings paid off in getting the junkyard to shut down.

On the other hand, Capp skipped medical treatment at Med. Severide and Casey try to get him back before Will reports it. After finding Capp at his home, Capp went back, and after more than an hour of an eye exam, Capp said he would be fine.

Kidd's Girls on Fire is doing so well, and with the help of Brett and Foster, Foster Foster is getting some life-changing ideas. Foster talks with Kidd about how she reapplied to medical school and has an interview at Northwestern, but she is worried about how Brett will handle it. The secret gets spilled when Will talks about it to Foster before Brett, who isn't too happy.

Brett was also dealing with news about Scott deciding to take baby Amelia back to Rockford, Ill, but wanted her to come over to be a part of her sister's life. After getting some short advice from Casey about the partnership and all, Brett waits for Foste after her interview and tells her they'll be lucky to have her.

Kidd worries about one of her students, who asked for the fire manual but didn't return to the program. We don't get a storyline ending,,, but I assume this will be addressed next season. Also, Gallo is dealing with tension with Violet, who he tells her that they should see other people. Taking advice from Cruz and others didn't help at all. 

"51st Original Bell" was a good season finale with the theme that someone might be leaving 51. Whether it was Capp or even Foster, I was leaning towards Capp. I feel even more alarmed for Brett, who seems to be losing everyone, from her sister moving back to Foster leave too. I'm just hoping that she, too, isn't going. But this episode was Severide's for the taking as he fought tooth and nail to get answers to take down that junkyard that injured his firefighter.
Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Fire on NBC.com, the NBC app, Google Play, etc. Hopefully, we'll see them return this fall!

UPDATE: As of yesterday, TVline reported that Annie Ilonzeh won't return to Chicago Fire for Season 9. It's sad to see someone leave who's been so good for the past two seasons, Monica Raymund's replacement on 61. So Foster leaves at at 51. Could she be going to Chicago Med? That would make Will excited to have them on staff. Also, who could replace Foster? Violet? Oh man, that's gonna be fun to watch. 


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