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While many fans and stans of the show were shocked to see Steven R. McQueen leave “Chicago Fire,” executive producer Michael Brandt was adamant that the decision was strictly business. As you may recall, McQueen’s character, Jimmy Borrelli, was majorly struggling after an incident tragically killed his brother — an incident he also blamed Chief Wallace Boden for. Things only went from bad to worse when Borrelli ignored a direct order from Boden and put himself in harm’s way, essentially forcing Boden’s hand. “We’ve wrestled with this over the last four years, in terms of threats and real dangers to people in the firehouse. There are times when people get injured, or really bad things happen to them, and we don’t follow through on that, and sometimes we feel like we have to pull the trigger on certain things,” Brandt later explained about the decision during an interview with TV Line. “With Jimmy’s character, it just felt like he needed to stand up for what he believed in, but Boden needed to stand up for what he believed in, and those two things couldn’t live together. It was driven by the story and who the characters have evolved into,” he added.
But is McQueen really gone from the series forever?
Nicki
