Chicago Fire Keeps Benching Fan Favorites — Episode 19 Continues the Surprising Trend

Chicago Fire season 14 continued its trend of sidelining multiple characters with episode 19, though we can’t say we were surprised by the latest cast absences.
Heading into Chicago Fire season 14, episode 19, “Exit Point,” we knew that the show would be finally welcoming back a handful of characters who had missed the last few episodes of the show. The hope was that we might finally see the full 51 team back in action together for the first time in weeks, but sadly that was not the case.
Early in the episode, it was made clear via a quick conversation that three key characters would be sidelined for the week.

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“Vasquez, Makami, and Naomi all have the shift off; they’re dealing with police follow-up on the hostage situation,” Hopkins informed Lucy at the beginning of the episode.
“So Ambulance 61 is out of service?” Lucy remarked as Hopkins confirmed that, “Yes [Ambulance 61 is out of service], and 81 will have a floater.”Chicago Fire season 14 continued its trend of sidelining multiple characters with episode 19, though we can’t say we were surprised by the latest cast absences.
Heading into Chicago Fire season 14, episode 19, “Exit Point,” we knew that the show would be finally welcoming back a handful of characters who had missed the last few episodes of the show. The hope was that we might finally see the full 51 team back in action together for the first time in weeks, but sadly that was not the case.
Early in the episode, it was made clear via a quick conversation that three key characters would be sidelined for the week.

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“Vasquez, Makami, and Naomi all have the shift off; they’re dealing with police follow-up on the hostage situation,” Hopkins informed Lucy at the beginning of the episode.
“So Ambulance 61 is out of service?” Lucy remarked as Hopkins confirmed that, “Yes [Ambulance 61 is out of service], and 81 will have a floater.”