"The Chicago Fire" Cast Celebrates Show's 200th Episode

This is not a drill: Jesse Spencer is headed backmost to Chicago Fire, E! News tin confirm.

Despite lone conscionable leaving the NBC firefighting play during play 10, the histrion down Matt Casey volition beryllium returning for play 11 arsenic co-star Taylor Kinney embarks connected his temporary permission of absence.

According to Variety, Jesse volition marque his instrumentality successful the upcoming 18th occurrence of the play aft astir precocious appearing successful the play 10 finale. He initially departed the Dick Wolf bid to absorption connected his family, though helium has since filmed Last Days of the Space Age for Disney+.

A root adjacent to accumulation antecedently told E! News that Taylor, who plays Kelly Severide, is dealing with a idiosyncratic matter. The formed and unit were informed of his exit connected Jan. 20, with scripts reportedly being rewritten to accommodate his break, per Deadline.

Taylor, Jesse and much castmates celebrated the series' 200th episode successful 2021. "I deliberation that speaks volumes to the enactment from the apical down," Taylor shared. "It's genuine, we each truly get along. There's nary atrocious apples. It truly has go similar a surrogate family."

"I thought it was clip to permission the show, and [creator Derek Haas] agreed that we should astatine slightest get Casey to 200 episodes," helium told TVLine successful October 2021. "It was a hard determination due to the fact that I've loved the amusement from the start, but determination are different things that I would similar to bash successful the future, and there's immoderate household that I request to instrumentality attraction of, and 18 years is simply a agelong time."

Don't beryllium alarmed erstwhile you spot Jesse Spencer yet instrumentality to Chicago Fire, Wednesdays connected NBC.

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