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Chicago Fire Showrunner Andrea Newman teased how there will be cliffhanger fallout from Severide (Taylor Knee) and Damon (Michael Bradway) from season 12, indicating a complex relationship ahead. At the end of the previous batch of episodes, Chicago Fire Season 12 revealed Severide and Damon are brothers, with Benny Severide (Tritt Williams) confirmed to be their father. This came from a confession from Damon, which could potentially bring up the old complicated relationship Severide has with his now deceased father. It also sets the stage as something they’ll both need to wrestle with in season 13.
Talk to Entertainment WeeklyNewman explains the fallout from Damon’s revelation to Severide about them being brothers Chicago Fire Season 13. The showrunner explains how The news will bring the lieutenant back to his pastHaving him explore his relationship with his father and family through a new lens. She also hints at events happening between the pair in early episodes, meaning it won’t be too long to wait to see how the news impacts them. Check out what Newman had to say below:
We keep feeling like this is haunted season 13. It’s like people’s past ghosts are coming back. This is very true for Severide, where he has worked really hard to put his father in the rearview mirror and become his own firefighter. So to suddenly have Benny’s son, his half-brother, appear in his life, it makes him explore all this stuff. So it brings a lot for Severide and the relationship is complicated and juicy and there’s a lot of stuff that’s going to play out between the two of them early on.
What Severide & Damon’s Parents Mean For Chicago Fire Season 13
The Newfound brothers will have to reckon with the past
Severide had a complicated relationship with his father, something made all the more tense because of his relationships with different women outside of his original marriage. This includes a revelation in season 2 where the lieutenant learned he has a half-sister, Katie Nolan (Brittany Curran), which he later confronted his father about. Benny ended up dying in season 7 from a stroke, a loss he had to suffer for quite some time. Now, it seems Chicago Fire Season 13 will open those old wounds with Damon’s revelation.
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In addition to Severide learning about his new half-brother, season 13 will also focus on the replacement for Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker), Chief Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney), who will be introduced in the season premiere. This change in leadership, coupled with his family now expanding, means The lieutenant will have a lot to deal with emotionally as the season begins. Despite this, however, it seems that he will be able to weather the storm, potentially with Damon as an ally, to understand the distress that the revelation may put him through.
Our Severide & Damon storyline in Chicago Fire Season 13
They may grow closer or further apart
While Severide and Damon may grow closer due to their shared father, the fact that the newcomer kept the secret for so long means that a wall of mistrust may come up between them. However, with the fact that the latter wants to have a true friendship with his half-brother, the wall cannot remain for very long. Although it will be difficult for the main character to come to terms with this new element of his past, Chicago Fire Season 13’s focus on it may help him better come to terms with his newfound family.
Source: EW