Meanwhile, Chicago P.D. season 12 has seen Voight at war with Reid, amid his own internal battle. It’s up to fans to decide if the characters are truly all that different, but it’s a question the series has posed in recent episodes. Their storyline comes to a head in “Vows”, and there’s no doubt that the fallout will continue into next season. Coinciding with its title, the finale also features the long-awaited wedding between Burgess and Ruzek, but current events threaten to disrupt the festivities.

Ahead of the finales, I caught up with Chicago Fire showrunner Andrea Newman and Chicago P.D. showrunner Gwen Sigan about what to expect in the last installment of the seasons.

Ritter And Carver Could Return To Chicago Fire

“We love these actors so much and the characters are such an inherent part of the show.”

I have to ask the obvious question. We know that Ritter and Carver are exiting. Will their departures fit into the finale?

So they could still return in the future.

Andrea Newman: Yeah, there’s always a chance. Nothing is locked down yet.

How far is Severide willing to go to prove that Pascal did not attempt to kill Franklin?

Andrea Newman: Great question. There’s some risky behavior happening on Severide’s part. He is all in to defend Pascal, but at the same time, he can’t help having a nagging feeling that maybe Pascal did have something to do with it.

They had that bond that came out of the Bishop incident early in the season, and he’s put his trust in this guy, and they’ve had each other’s back. So he’s all in and Van Meter is none too happy about it, but he’s going all in for Pascal. If Pascal goes down, Severide goes down. Those are the stakes.

Only One Person Can Remain Chief Of Firehouse 51

“Somebody is going to have to go, and that’s the mystery that must be solved.”

If Herrmann passes the chief’s test, that poses an interesting problem. Is there only room for either him or Pascal at Firehouse 51?

Will we get any developments in Severide and Kidd’s baby journey in the finale?

What else do fans have to look forward to in the Chicago Fire finale?

Andrea Newman: A lot of things come to a head. Kidd is managing, trying to take care of Natalie, which is a big part of her life right now and finding out that Natalie and her mother are not going to reunite in 21 is a big deal. There’s a lot still to come on the horizon for her in terms of the adoption journey too. So it’s all leading to her feeling like, “Can she handle this? Can she and Severide really handle this?” And that decision is made in the finale.

There Will Be An Emotional Fallout To The Voight And Reid Storyline In Chicago P.D.

“I think the consequences of actions are always something that can come up again.”

ScreenRant: Burgess had her badge taken away a week before her wedding. Could there be any trepidation about, “Is now the right time to get married?”

A huge question this season has been, is Voight just like Reid? Will the finale continue asking that and maybe sway viewers in one way or the other?

Gwen Sigan: Yeah, that was definitely the whole setup into the finale. All through the finale, you’ll see Voight fighting against the nature that is Reid. I think it’s him fighting those base instincts and fighting the thing inside of him that is very Reid-like, which is, I think he has a capacity for violence. I think he’s a very flawed man, and there is that kind of easy out that’s always there for him of ways to do things that are off-book and that aren’t necessarily right.

And so the whole finale is really built to try to keep testing him and questioning that. By the end of the episode, I think the audience will be left to answer for themselves of what they feel. Have the lines that he’s crossed made him similar to Reid, worse than Reid, better than Reid? It’s all for the audience to decide where they fall out.

With that being such a major plot point throughout this season, will we see a definitive conclusion to it [in the finale]?

There’s been a potential romance lingering between Voight and Chapman. Will either the finale or next season revisit that plotline?

Gwen Sigan: Yeah, definitely. You’ll see some of it in the finale. I think it’s really intertwined with the Reid story. The way that we set out to work on the finale was definitely to have Chapman sort of be this angel on his shoulder, and be this more ethical, more moral person that he could rely on. She is really trying to get Voight to a place of, “Let me help you, let me do this the right way. There are still options for us.”

And that also is interwoven into this idea of how Chapman’s been very honest about her feelings for him. She’s also aware that he, perhaps, isn’t the most capable of having relationships in the way that she might want, but there does reach a point for everybody where, if you’re giving, giving, what are you getting back in return? And so we see some of that in their relationship in the finale. They don’t really have a line right now, and do they need one? And where is it going to go? So we’ll answer some of that in the finale.