Surprise! Firehouse 51 isn’t saying goodbye to Darren Ritter just yet.
Daniel Kyri, who exited Chicago Fire as a series regular along with Jake Lockett at the end of Season 13, has shared that he’ll return in Season 14 as Ritter, albeit briefly.
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“Back! For a limited time only,” he wrote on his Instagram story along with a behind-the-scenes photo. (See below.) TVLine has reached out to NBC for comment.
Ritter was not formally written out of the series at the end of Season 13, presumably leaving the door open for Kyri to return and wrap up his character’s storyline. Back in May, showrunner Andrew Newman told TVLine that they didn’t have a set plan for addressing his departure, but that there were “lots of possibilities there.”
“We’re going to play with all this and see what we get and how much time we get with Daniel, who we love, and the character, who we love,” she said.
The Season 13 finale did hint at CFD layoffs, which Newman acknowledged as a potential explanation for some character exits. The layoffs twist “wasn’t even done intentionally for that, but because it’s so in the zeitgeist, people coming in and gutting departments and gutting places, it’s very real to the CFD.”
“We’re going to have a lot of turnover,” Newman added, “and a lot craziness going on in the CFD from the top, where people are being cut and moved, and everything’s going to get shaken up next season.”
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