The One Chicago fall finales left Us with a lot of questions after putting multiple lives in jeopardy and teasing a Firehouse 51 shakeup that could change everything.
Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.’s respective Wednesday, November 12, cliffhangers have many fans reeling — and we’re explaining them all.
Med kicked off the night by teasing a possible love triangle before diving into a darker story line involving Dr. Caitlin Lenox (Sarah Ramos) and a former patient.
Fire put Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) back in touch with his fire investigation self, while one of the rigs in Firehouse 51 faced closing down permanently.
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P.D., for its part, focused on how a new case could be linked to a past killer — and his deranged father.
Scroll down for a complete breakdown of the One Chicago fall finales:
‘Chicago Med’
During Med’s fall finale, Dr. John Frost (Darren Barnet) tried and failed to get paramedic Lyla Novak’s (Jocelyn Hudon) phone number before Dr. Naomi Howard (Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut) confessed her feelings for him — even though she admitted they missed their time.
The episode, however, took a darker turn when suspected wife beater Devin Carter (Jack Falahee) returned to the ED with injuries he claimed were from a hockey accident. Dr. Caitlin Lenox (Ramos) suspected that his injuries were actually defensive, meaning his wife, Faye (Olivia Nikkanen), could be in danger.
Earlier this season, Faye was admitted to the hospital and reached out to help after being abused by her husband. She ultimately decided to go home and not file any charges against her spouse, but Devin made it clear to Lenox that he didn’t appreciate her interfering.
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During Wednesday’s episode, Lenox battled a storm to get to Faye’s house while Dr. Mitch Ripley (Luke Mitchell) distracted Devin at the hospital. When she arrived, she located Faye bleeding in the basement unable to move.
After hearing a loud sound, Lenox went upstairs to find the door slamming in the wind. She started to call for help when Devin popped up behind her and knocked her out by hitting her in the head with a gun.
‘Chicago Fire’
Chicago Fire’s fall finale was focused more on personal breakthroughs and work-related drama.
Viewers learned that Novak (Hudon) has a strained relationship with her siblings, after her sister, Heidi, landed in the hospital for a bad reaction to mixing sleeping pills with grapefruit juice.
Sal Vasquez (Brandon Larracuente), meanwhile, worked his first shift as a paramedic-firefighter with Violet Mikami (Hanako Greensmith), which was a success. After their shift, he was surprised by his crooked cop father, who was released from prison. The tension between the pair was evident as Vasquez’s dad took back his car, leaving his son to bum a ride from Violet.
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While Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) was away helping her and Kelly Severide’s (Kinney) foster son get his mom the right medical treatment, Severide assisted with a fire investigation case. While informing a school principal that he was the intended target of a school fire started earlier in the episode, a fire broke out at his apartment — with both Severide and Tom Van Meter (Tim Hopper) inside.
The biggest cliffhanger came when Chief Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney) finally had a real date with Chief Annette Davis (Annabeth Gish). During their dinner, Annette revealed that her office decided they need to permanently decommission several engines, including Engine 51, which means new lieutenant Randall “Mouch” McHolland (Christian Stolte) could be out of a job.
‘Chicago P.D.’
Chicago P.D.’s dramatic fall finale kicked off with Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) being sent more photos of his childhood hospital stay. One of the pictures was of his father with the words, “Your father the abuser” written on it.
While Voight seemingly tracked the pictures back to Commander Mark Devlin (Joel Murray) — who vowed to get him back for going over his head to get Intelligence reinstated — it wasn’t the main story line.
After Voight’s team responded to a call about a strange man trying to break into a woman’s home, they discovered the man was actually tortured. He had the same injuries on his hand as the victims of Gary Bell (Sam Cass), who killed himself after going on a killing spree earlier this season.
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Voight was convinced Gary’s father, Raymond Bell (Barry Del Sherman), was responsible for the new victim’s death, and did everything possible to prove it. (The team thinks Raymond tortured his son and turned him into the monster he became.)
After slipping Bell’s granddaughter, Julie (Julianna Layne), her phone number, newcomer Eva Imani (Arienne Mandi) got even more invested than Voight in taking down Raymond and saving Julie from his grasp. Once the team found a pattern in Raymond’s alleged hunting ground — and discovered that people just go “missing” on his property — they hit a legal wall that kept them from arresting him.
Eva, however, took matters into her own hands at the end of the episode after receiving a call from Julie. Eva was seen creeping through the Bell home alone at night while searching for Julie. The episode ended with Eva finding Julie’s phone and a loud noise coming from downstairs.
Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. return with new episodes on NBC Wednesday, January 7.
