We have some pretty intense storylines right from the jump that go right into the 200th. Why don't we make that a really, really special, big, show-altering episode with huge, sweep-worthy stakes and surprises?" So they got on board on that, which makes it easier for us to rev something up to a fifth episode, as opposed to stretching it out over nine or 10 episodes.
Usually we break seasons gearing a storyline towards the winter finale, but we called NBC back in June and we said, "Our fifth episode is going to be our 200th. What special things are you planning for the season since you'll be reaching 200 early in the season?ĭerek Haas: The 200th episode is the fifth episode.
200, viewers should expect several old characters coming back one way or another - and not just for that one episode. "We have characters coming back that you haven't seen since the early days of the show in this season and we'll continue to do that," he promised.Īhead of the new season, ET hopped on the phone with Haas to get the lowdown on plans for the milestone episode, whether familiar faces from the past will pop on by and if a wedding may (finally) happen in the not-so-distant future for Severide (if he survives the premiere, that is) and Kidd.ĮT: Chicago Fire is reaching several milestones this year: It's the 10th season and it will hit 200 episodes. Haas hinted that because of the special nature of No. unclear, Fire is reaching a monumental landmark early in the season: reaching rarefied air with the series' 200th episode. "We pick up right where we left off, not even one second later, right back onto that boat that's sinking in Lake Michigan, with the rest of our characters on the shore watching," executive producer and showrunner Derek Haas told ET. "It's really harrowing and it looks like there's not going to be any way out for all of our friends and squad, and I do think we're going to shock some people like we do occasionally on this show. When the logo comes up, people are going to be like, 'Oh my god, did they just do what I think they did?'"