No Man Left Behind!: Chicago Fire "I'm Not Leaving You" Season Finale

Herrmann had it right: strap on your chinstrap. This season finale was one hell of a ride. Here's a recap!

As the hunt for the arsonist is still on, Severide finds another fire, but this time, he thinks it is her; instead, it is a homeless woman. Severide and Kidd work together. Even with her help, she had a feeling that the arsonist might be back with her ex-husband, which she was, and after getting cut with broken window glass, the arsonist was finally taken down.

Soon after all of that, Kidd learns that Severide hasn't been around all day and heads to his cabin, where he tells her that he'll be the man that she wants and soon spends the night in the house. Looks like things are looking good for Kidd and Severide.

Maybe not for Casey. As he gets word from Boden that he is invited to a dinner party and must bring a plus one. Who would he bring? How about Brett? Well, as he was about to ask her, they got interrupted by Herrmann and Ritter. Later at the bar, Brett sees Kyle again, and he tries to tell her that he's moving and wants her to come along, but she doesn't pick up the signs. But as Kyle leaves, Brett bumps into Casey, who tells her that he thought it was great that she and Kyle are back together. NOT!

The next day, Brett gets a surprise visit again from Kyle, who asks her to marry her. WTF! Of course, she leaps and says yes. AH!!! She tells Casey that he was the one who got her to decide after the talk at Molly's. Thanks, Casey, for ruining what could be a perfect relationship. Your plan backfired, and the #Breasey t-shirts must be removed.

But the main event from this season finale was the major cliffhanger, as Firehouse 51 deals with a mattress factory fire. The fire gets out of hand; Casey and his team try to get everyone out while Severide and Cruz try to open the door to free more workers. Everyone is in the building (including Brett, Forster, and Boden); every one has gone up to safety or the check-in zone. Casey and the team go back to help Severide, and Herrmann and Ritter try to cool the pipes, but the pressure rises high when the episode ends with the gage breaking.

"I'm Not Leaving You" was a season finale that was intense emotions; I even wanted to hit the wall at times. The Kidd and Severide story worked so well in this episode, but I hoped to see more coming from the arsonist. I had a feeling that once Severide solves and captures the arsonist, he would be able to let things go and move forward to be a better man to Kidd. As much as I would always be happy for Brett, I would like to slap Casey if he was trying to play or tease them to open things up with her.

Does anyone think that with everyone in the warehouse fire, a couple won't be back? It's almost like the cliffhanger at the end of Season Two. Could we lose Brett? Could we lose Herrmann and Ritter?

This episode was so good. From the beginning to the end, with some good performance, the writing was good with such strong character development. Overall, I give the season finale a 9/10 and the season a 9/10.

You can catch the Chicago Fire this fall on NBC.

Emotional Ending: Superstore "Sandra's Fight"/"Employee Appreciation Day" Season Finale

The season finale of Superstore left us laughing, but it left us with a shocking ending that will not only leave you in shock but grabbing the tissues. Here's a recap!

In "Sandra's fight," Amy tries to deal with Sandra, as she fights and takes a stand for unionizing the workers. At Corporate, Jeff and the other heads aren't too happy with what's going on but Jeff tells Amy that if she doesn't stop Sandra that the executives will shut down and that the unionizing the employees will make it an automatic decision.

As Amy and Dina rush to Corporate, she leaves Jonah in charge to stop Sandra, but as she gets everyone in a union meeting it seems that everyone is on board, even Jonah. That wasn't pretty when Amy came back. As for Amy, she gets not only Corporate to decide which Cloud 9 store to shut down, but the manager at that store as well.

In "Employee Appreciation Day," started off as Amy tries to win her employees back by treating them with free stuff so they don't join a union. Things don't go so well and it even gets worst as Corporate sends in U.S. ICE to track any undocumented immigrants, which gets everyone in a crazy to try and get Mateo out. But as Amy and Cheyenne try to take Mateo out; he surrenders and was taken away in one of the most emotional and tearjerking moments of the season.

This hour-long season finale was as good as the previous season finale. But the second episode of the season finale (Employee Appreciation Day) that really won it; as it was the most powerful, emotional and tearjerking episode that I've seen this season on Superstore. I literally had to hug my grandmother after the episode; it was good and the performances were also brilliant and even the writing. This episode should get nominated for an Emmy at least. Overall, I give the season finale a 9.5/10 and the season 4 overall a 9/10.

You can catch Superstore this fall on NBC.

Putting a Team Together: Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Sicko"/"Suicide Squad" Season Finale

The season finale of Brooklyn Nine-Nine not only left us laughing out loud but revisiting past characters and even one shocking moment. Here's a recap!

In the season finale, Holt signs a case of a victim being murdered by a cannibal to Jake and Charles. Holt doesn't trust their work to solve the case. Instead, Commissioner Kelly tries to help by informing them about a new tipline app. But it turns out that the app isn't really what got the case was solved; Jake and the team realize that Kelly has been tapping phones all over the area.

After learning about Kelly's tapping phones all over the city; Jake puts a team together with a team that's known as Suicide Squad of The Vulture, Chief Wuntch, and Captain Stentely. Jake's plan was to have Stentely get kidnapped and hoped that Kelly's team would make a call. Instead, it didn't work the way they had hoped it would as The Vulture's team got on the case and got Jake's fingerprints.

It was when Holt and Wuntch went to the police ball that things took another twist thinking that Wuntch was acting like her old witch again but instead she was playing Kelly. As Kelly resigned, Wuntch takes over and not only to make things better for the worst. She gives Holt a demotion as she learned in the episode that he didn't complete his training and was assigned to traffic duty. And gives Terry Holt's position. 

"Sick" and "Suicide Squad" might not have been better than the season five finale.  But it really was a good enough episode. It not only had a strong character development; but even brought back some past characters that you wouldn't think would be back. Also brought a moment that you would have thought to happen but turns out it didn't but it was still satisfying.

I really had thought that in the finale would have that surprising moment for Amy and Jake that would lead to having a baby. But Holt gets demoted was a satisfying surprise. It places the question of how the nine-nine would do without him as their captain. How will Terry be as the Nine-Nine's new captain? That would be something to see when Season seven comes next year. Overall, I give the Season 6 Finale an 8.5/10 and Season 6 a 9/10.

What did you think of the season finale of Brooklyn Nine-Nine? Would Terry make a great Captain in the Nine-Nine? Would Holt even last as a traffic cop? Will there even be a heist when the show returns in the new year? I call Valentines! Leave a comment and tell us what you think!

You can catch Brooklyn Nine-Nine coming back in 2020.

For Intelligence: Chicago PD "Reckoning" Season Finale

With everything they've done to stop Kelton; does Voight and the team have one more trick up their sleeves to stop Kelton? Here's a recap!

With everything Voight, Antonio and Ruzek have gone through this season; they have one last shot to stop Kelton from becoming Mayor of Chicago. Voight learns of Kelton's connection with a drug boss and that if they catch him on a heavy enough charge that they could use him against Kelton. Well, as the Intelligence's plan goes well; their guy ended up getting killed.

With their connection dead, Voight and the team hunt down the shooter. While they get the name of the shooter; they catch him and take him in to talk with Voight and Ruzek, but nothing.

 Ruzek is being called to talk about his statement that he falsely stated, but continues to go with it. Later on, during a late-night visit, Ruzek is offered 24 hours to confess or he'll be arrested.
Antonio gets dirt on the guy that talked to Ruzek but he couldn't tell Ruzek or Voight as it dealt with the guy's daughter.

With all seems to go down, Voight tells Ruzek that he doesn't need to take the wrap for Antonio's mess. But he does in his case. As Ruzek leaves Voight, Halstead stops Voight to understand what's going on and tells him if there's something wrong that he needs to tell him so he could help. But Voight tells Halstead that he's going to talk with Kelton and that Intelligence will be his and that to make sure to run it the right way.

Ruzek was soon arrested and processed while Kelton was elected to be the new Mayor of Chicago. But later that night Intelligence gets a call to they learn is Kelton's house and when they go in; Kelton dead with gunshots. We see squad cars coming and see Voight driving away.

"Reckoning" was such a strong and emotional season finale; that might not have been on the level of Season Five's finale but it did serve a punch to the gut. Even though the episode had centric around Voight, Antonio, and Ruzek, there were a moment or two between Halstead and Upton with their partnership. Not to mention the cry time moments between Ruzek and Platt and Voight and Halstead, as it was like a full circle of their working relationship.

As for the cliffhanger, does anything think that it was Voight that shot Kelton? Could it have been both Voight and Kate? I'm leaning towards both of them and that Kate wouldn't let Voight do it all on his own.

Well, I can't wait for the new season, where things pick off and where our characters go from here. Also, does anyone think that Voihgt could have his own endgame if something goes wrong?
Overall, I give this episode an 8.9/10 and the season a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago PD when they return in the fall.

Finding a Way: Chicago PD "Confession"

As the intelligence unit tries to take down the top drug lord in Chicago, the Antonio incident case has reopened. Here's a recap!

As Antonio is at a meeting, a call from Voight and Ruzek had them discussing how Kelton has reopened the investigation of the suspect that Antiono pushed off a two-story warehouse building. Voight has a plan and gets them to meet with Atwater for a drug deal.

As Atwater and his CI make a deal with what seems to be a rookie drug seller, just as they make arrangements, the kid gets shot. The team investigates and takes them to the drug lord, Alex Del Toro. Antonio knows Del Toro, who had his partner killed years ago. They tried to arrest him for the murder but couldn't get anything stuck.

It soon becomes a two-case episode as Voight gets the top newspaper reporter, Katherine Bradley, to write a piece about Kelton. But their one source is MIA and Voight, and Ruzek tries to locate him. As Ruzek gets a location on their source, Voight meets with him and gets him to stand up against Kelton.
Soon, Antiono and the team find something that stuck with Del Toro, but just as they got something, he was on the move. They find Del Toro near the shipping yard and chase him through the abandoned warehouse. Antonio gets to him, and just when he is about to shoot, he grabs Del Toro and tries to push him off the edge of the building but doesn't and arrestedarrestsith everything looking good until the news conference that was supposed to be about Kelton dropping out; turns out to be Kathrine Brennen instead. Voight meets with Brennen to discuss this situation, and she tells him that she took the fall because he has dirt on her, and he has dirt on him, too. It seems like a war is coming to the intelligence unit.

"Confession" didn't match the episode a year ago when Al got stabbed. Still, it closely matches it as it was an episode focusing on Antiono from the week's case, facing an old enemy and even confronting his demons of pushing a suspect off the building. Jon Seda gives his best performance since the fall finale. And when things were looking suitable for Antiono, we can see how Seda will be leaving the series. The writing seemed to have been on the wall since the fall finale. Excellent writing, strong character development, and overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch the season finale of Chicago PD on Wednesday, May 22, at 10/9c on NBC.

Finding The Connection: Chicago Fire "The White Whale"

The search for the arsonist is on for Severide; will anyone believe his leads from Benny? Plus, a firefighter steps up for a retired firefighter in need. Plus, are there sparks between Brett and Casey? Here's a recap!

Severide tells Boden and Casey about what Benny had in his case notes about this arson, but Boden can't believe what he thinks or goes with his gut about it because he needs more information. That goes for Lt. Hubble, who needs to take Severide's data seriously. Even though Casey is behind him, Severide goes out there and tries to get information. Severide spots this guy who's not helping clean up the salon confronts him and believes he's the guy. More later...

A retirement party has been called; it's not for Mouch. (Phew!) It's for another firefighter, Russ LaPointe (played by Abraham Benrubi, "ER"). When Herrmann and the gang visited him at his firehouse, they invited him to have his party at Molly's. Ritter gets to talk with him and, after a couple of minutes, really enjoyed him and his tip. But when the party was going on, LaPointe wasn't himself as he was drinking pretty heavily and talking about moments that had haunted him. After seeing that, Ritter asked Herrmann to make a wellness check and learned that LaPointe and his wife had separated. Ritter tells Herrmann more in-depth about his uncle and that he killed himself, so they got the troops together and talked to LaPointe and got him to join a support group.

Brett confronts Kidd and Foster about what her friend said about her and Casey's date. After having a coughing fit when Casey walked in, Kidd and Foster agreed that she should date Casey. We get just little snippet moments: when Brett aids Casey's wound after a call, gets on Casey for not cleaning and changing the bandage, and Casey asks Brett to change his application so she doesn't yell at him. There's something there, but no one's pulling the trigger, not just yet.

Getting back to Severide, after taking a photo of that guy, he meets with the eyewitness, Carol Spears, who was at the fire the arsonist set. After making a positive ID,  he calls, but Severide notices Carol looking through his notes as he leaves a message and asks her not to look. But as she was getting him some coffee, Severide spotted a piece of wire and even looked in the box for items of the bomb. Severide calls Casey and tells him and Boden that the arsonist is Carol, and her next building is a church.

As Casey and Boden get there, Severide guides Casey in searching for the bomb. As Casey finds it, it goes off. Herrmann rushes in as Casey tries to break the lock just in time for Herrmann to take out the fire before things get worse. Later on, Severide, Casey, and Boden meet with Hubble to talk about what's next for Carol. Something tells me that it's going to get worse.

"The White Whale" was an excellent episode with action and suspense, but it had some of the most potent story moments we could learn right now. The Ritter and LaPointe story was moving and was a PSA about reading the signs that someone needs help, even when they don't ask for it. It got the waterworks for me, even if it was Benrubi, who I grew up watching as Jerry, the desk clerk on ER.

I still feel that this arson case is the one thing that will give him the closure he needs from his father. I wonder how dangerous this person can be compared to the one from Season 3 that killed Shay. Also, I wonder what Kidd would tell Kelly just before Hubble interrupted.

The Casey and Brett thing is still in slow motion, but by the end of the season finale, she'll confront Casey and go out on a date. I want this to work!

This episode had strong writing, character development, and even some good performances from the cast. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch the season finale of Chicago Fire on Wednesday, May 22, at 9/8c on NBC.

Chicago Med "With A Brave Heart" Season Finale Episode Preview

Here's a preview of next Wednesday's season finale of Chicago Med.

"With A Brave Heart"

In the season finale, Dr. Charles and Caroline set some major plans. Ava fights to keep her relationship with Conner. Agent Lee informs Will of news that may put his life in danger.

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A lot of things are on the line in this season finale. The one big question is how will Conner and Ava leave Med: will it be in this episode or will it be addressed in the next season. What could Will be in danger of that has Agent Lee worried.

You can catch the season finale Chicago Med Wednesday, May 22 at 8/7c on NBC.