Here Yuri Sardarov's Otis teams up with "Chicago P.D." I love high status idiots and I’ve definitely been one in my life (laughs), and that’s the kind of stuff that I would love to deal with. I filmed for five days in July and everyday it was like going to war with my emotions. Contents 1 Seasons Dawson, Herrmann and Otis become the proud owners of a real neighborhood bar as Molly's prepares for its grand opening. I was a boy when I started and in many ways thanks to the cast and thanks to guys like Christian (Stolte, who plays Mouch) and Eamonn (Walker, who plays Chief Boden) and David (Eigenberg, who plays Herrmann), I got to walk away a man. Ray Oyler - Oil Can Harry. And I’m so happy that I did. Q: Otis provided a lot of comedic energy to the show. Chicago Police Department, IL. Detective Voight ramps up his intimidation tactics aimed at Casey in an attempt to discourage him from testifying against his son. A crossover between the two Chicago shows aired on April 29 and 30, 2014 depicting an explosion that brings the fire and police departments together. Q: Do you remember how Otis was described in the first script when you auditioned? Hallie's unexpected death in the clinic fire forces Casey to team up with the police Intelligence Unit, now run by Voight, who doesn’t appear to have changed his crooked ways after his stint in prison. From left: Randy Flagler, Joe Minoso, Miranda Rae Mayo, David Eigenberg, Yuri Sardarov and Annie Ilonzeh as Emily Foster. Do I get to come back and wrap this character up? And waking up at 5 a.m. and having to go to the lakefront in February and it’s -50 and my clothes are frozen and it’s like, what are we going to do? 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Meanwhile, the house comes together to support the opening of Molly’s. And how ego-driven it can make you and how funny that is. We had to leave everything. Q: That sounds like you had started to think it was time to move on. And then the last scene that we shot on the last day was the death scene with Cruz at my bedside. Severide finally makes an appointment to see the doctor about his injured arm, which turns out to be a fractured vertebra. Casey and Hallie continue happily reunited until a fire at the medical clinic where she now works erupts. Meanwhile, Casey struggles with family matters after Nancy asks him to appear at her parole hearing. We hadn’t gotten picked up at that point for Season 8 and I said, “I don’t know what’s happening next season and I don’t know what’s happening with my character or the show, but I want to say thank you so much for everything because this has been incredible. A: I think the Three Musketeers thing that I have going on (in terms of facial hair) makes me pretty recognizable, wouldn’t you say? But then 48 hours later they’re back, so I’ll have to keep a razor by the bedside table. Shay and Dawson are forced to deal with a junkie’s crazy behavior while on a call. The … Still consumed with guilt over Darden's death, Severide finds out that Darden's widow Heather also blames him for the tragedy. Frank Owen - Yip. Peter Mills finds that splitting his time between his mom and her restaurant and his own job is difficult. Peter Mills reports to Firehouse 51 for his first day of duty as a Firefighter/EMT Candidate. And they had to give all that up to come to America. Casey is surprised by former fiancee Hallie. At the end of his shift, Severide visits the widow of the construction worker who died in the rubble to relay a special message. Chicago P.D. Otis died on Chicago Fire and left a gap in the cast. Firehouse 51's customary Thanksgiving dinner is interrupted by a cooking mishap involving an exploded burnt turkey and then a highway multi-vehicle. I’ve definitely frequently Lottie’s. His teenage years were spent in Northbrook, where he graduated from Glenbrook North High School. A: I think Otis — and I’m not kidding — I think he was supposed to be a 6-foot-5 black guy. Shay’s excitement at the prospect of becoming a parent grows, while Mills and Dawson face some personal challenges. It’s a bold undertaking. Peter Mills talks a distraught driver who caused an accident out of suicide. It’s the interest in all the quote-unquote “nerdier” things in life like science fiction and fantasy. A: I did, I watched it with my younger brother Nick, who goes to DePaul, Madeleine and Miranda Rae Mayo, who plays Kidd — she’s like my sister — so we all sat on the couch and watched. Casey is distracted by his issues with Detective Voight---especially after he and Hallie are set up for a trumped-up drug trafficking arrest---which worries Dawson and Chief Boden. Casey is caught in the middle of a family conflict between his mother, Nancy---imprisoned for killing his abusive father but now facing possible parole---and his sister, Christie, who rejects their mother over it. He was also a co-owner of Molly's. Meanwhile, Severide, Casey and Benny uncover the truth behind two mysterious diner fires that only seem to be union intimidation tactics at first. [30] One week later, on February 6, 2013, Chicago Fire received one more episode, giving it a total of 24 episodes for season one.[31]. We came here with nothing. Played by Yuri Sardarov, from the beginning Otis was not only one of the primary first responders at the fictional Firehouse 51, but a reliable source of comic relief. This is house money that I’ve been playing with for nearly a decade. I’m really looking forward to whatever lies ahead. [28][29] On January 29, 2013, Chicago Fire had its episode total increased from 22 to 23. And the response that I got back from people I trusted was, that’s exactly why you should go do it. While Shay recovers from a head injury sustained in the ambulance crash, Severide asks Dawson for her help in dealing with his own injury. Casey is forced to make a difficult decision about whether or not he wants to report CPD Detective Voight's son for DUI. Brian Zvonecek ("Otis") was a firefighter and the driver of Truck Company 81. How hilarious it is to watch someone who thinks they’re very important deal with very human issues. Shay is forced to revisit her heartbreak over her ex-girlfriend Clarice, when she finds herself face-to-face with the ex and her husband during a call. After his lungs are damaged in an auto machine shop fire, Jose Vargas is forced to go on disability and leave his life as a firefighter behind - a task he finds incredibly difficult. And there’s a fair amount of humor. Q: The character’s real name was Brian, but everybody called him Otis. Casey can finally grieve over Hallie---and receives unexpected private comfort. Mills is particularly affected after discovering the dismembered body of a young girl inside a train tunnel and questions his future as a firefighter. Legacy.com is the leading provider of online obituaries for the newspaper industry. Herrmann and Cruz, following in the footsteps of Severide, Casey, and Dawson, proved on Chicago Fire Season 9 Episode 5 that they were more than capable of hacking it in a life-and-death situation. Meanwhile, Casey falls back into old patterns in his personal life, reuniting with Hallie---and facing corrupt detective Voight's release from prison. Shay takes a new direction with her plan to have a baby. Pic credit: NBC. The series pilot, co-written by creators Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, was filmed in Chicago and, according to an NBC representative, the series will continue to be filmed there. Herrmann and Otis learn some hard truths about their "silent partner" in the bar. Dawson and Shay's lives are left in jeopardy as they're involved in an ambulance crash. I got this show when I was 23 and I’m 31 now. And going into Season 8, we’d done 180 episodes of television and you need a kickstart — you need something that will get the audience reinvested. Q: How was the conversation broached that this would be Otis’ end? Mouch, Herrmann, Otis and Kidd make a startling discovery while … Meanwhile, Dawson invites Casey to her cousin's fancy Christmas party, and a frustrated Shay has reached her limit with Severide. A: Exactly. December 12, 1984. Meanwhile, the squad is called to the scene of a harrowing apartment building collapse. Otis dies in the Season 8 premiere after succumbing to injuries sustained in the mattress factory fire. Q: Are there moments from your time on the show that stand out as memorable? Tragedy strikes when a rescue attempt at a tenement building proves unsuccessful, leaving the men and women of firehouse 51 affected by the loss of the victim. 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And I was like, I didn’t (hook up) last night, why am I so happy? Shay considers a different way to have a family, involving Severide. It is the first installment of Dick Wolf's Chicago franchise.The series premiered on NBC on October 10, 2012.. On February 27, 2020, NBC renewed the series for a ninth, tenth and eleventh season. Georgia. Do I want to come back and wrap this character up? Meanwhile, Severide aggravates his injury while rescuing a victim suffering from low blood sugar, Casey tends to some personal business and Shay sends Clarice, her married and pregnant ex-girlfriend, back home to her husband. I had just gotten through theater school and I had been doing Noel Coward and Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams. Legacy.com enhances online obituaries with Guest Books, funeral home information, and florist links. But I’m so glad with how they handled it. “He could handle dramatic turns within scenes — from comedy to drama and back again — effortlessly. A: (Laughs) I’ve definitely been to Lottie’s before. Tara, a paramedic candidate, joins Dawson and Shay on the job for a few shifts. Meanwhile, a bad batch of heroin on the streets has Boden and the team scrambling while Dawson's detective brother Antonio is determined to stop it no matter what cost. Q: I was going to ask if you were planning to shave the mustache, since mustaches are commonly associated with firefighters and you’re moving on to your next stage in life. "[26], The network placed an order for the series in May 2012. I’m not sure I’m ready for it, but that’s what I’m going to try to do. (Haas and the writers are based in LA.) And you may see some Otis in the future, that’s all I’ll say. The anguish that haunts Cruz over his previous actions boils over, as he puts himself and his fellow firefighters in jeopardy. “We were up in the UP just enjoying retirement,” he joked. police officers Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger, left), Lindsay (Sophia Bush) and Halsted (Jesse Lee Soffer). I don’t know where my head is at concerning the show and I don’t know where the network’s head is at concerning the show. In 1929, the “St. Herrmann, Otis and Dawson get to the bottom of a mystery about their bar. Chicago Fire is an American drama television series created by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas with Dick Wolf as an executive producer. [27] After receiving an additional script order in October, Chicago Fire was picked up for a full season on November 8, 2012. Alpha Otis Stephens. I think it’s an awesome bar and I love the connection we have with it. Being Armenian in Azerbaijan at the turn of the ’90s was not a very welcome situation. Elsewhere, Otis finds camaraderie when he fills in for a few shifts at the slowest firehouse in the city, and makes a decision of his own, while Dawson and Shay find themselves in a bad predicament during a call to a tenement apartment. Tension arises between Severide and Casey when Severide thinks Heather slept with him---unaware that Casey rejected the idea out of respect for Andy's memory. Boden and Benny Severide argue outside the ballroom over Henry Mills's death---unaware that Dawson happens to be nearby and overhears that Boden and Henry's wife had an affair that prompted Henry's reckless action at the fire that killed him. This week’s Chicago Fire episode is going to be a massive change of pace for the show—and that’s a good thing. The men and women of Firehouse 51 try to recuperate after the tragic loss of one of their own. All kinds of writing, whether that’s film and television or maybe a book in the future. Marcell Ozuna - The Big Bear. It’s really freeing knowing that as soon as I shave my face nobody knows who I am. Severide struggles with an ongoing shoulder injury as he tries to save a construction worker in a collapsed building. Casey and his sister Christie try to solve their issues with Nancy and each other. A: So, I guess every firehouse has an Otis. They had descriptions in mind, but they were going to mold the characters to the actors they chose. The show follows the lives of the firefighters and paramedics working for the Chicago Fire Department at the firehouse of Engine 51, Truck 81, Squad 3, Ambulance 61 and Battalion 25. Casey, Antonio, and Voight discover and chase the arsonist who set the fire that killed Hallie onto a Chicago elevated rapid transit train. Eaten up by his guilt over Flaco’s death in the fire, Cruz goes to Casey to confess. That’s always been something that’s tugged at me. 's Explosive Crossover Event", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Fire_(season_1)&oldid=1009758243, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Also, Severide receives an enticing invitation from Renee, a woman who he saved from a car crash incident involving live electrical wires. Mills finds himself the target of resentment from some colleagues when Severide supports his desire to join Squad. Dawson lets Shay in on her secret. After the shock subsided, I felt this really unnerving calm where it was like: OK, it’s done, the Band-Aid’s been ripped off. The following is an edited transcript of the conversation. A: Yeah, it’s very funny.