The truth is universally recognized that every good network drama must kill at least one favorite character of fans in utterly dark, crying-while you don't dehydrate a way At least once every few seasons. When it comes to Chicago Fire, one of the biggest characters' deaths occurred in the first moments of the 8th season, which took away the life of Brian's Otis Zvonecek.

Judging by the heaps of online comments mentioning Otis as if he is a real person (seriously, take a look at any YouTube video with the guy), the character with Truck 81 from the series pilot is perhaps the most beloved character of Chicago Fire. The child of Russian immigrants was funny, and sometimes underestimated, and over time he climbed to the much -desired engineering position. He also had deep links with many other key characters, so when the forces that were decided by Chicago Fire were supposed to complement him with real, deadly deposits, Otis eventually bitten the dust.

At the end of the seventh season of Chicago Fire, it is clear that someone is on the chopping block. The season ends with a big rock as the firefighters' crew is struggling with a fire that is not under control in a mattress factory. When he returned his 8th season, the series did not waste much time revealing that her high-highest story had a heartbreaking sacrifice: Yuri Sardarov's Otis. The team is shown by pulling it out of the burning factory after a boiler explosion, and by the way the sequence is filmed - both the shock and sadness of the faces of his associates - it is quite clear that Otis is unlikely to recover.

Otis later died in hospital after emotional Joe Cruz (Joe Minoso) begs him, asking Otis to leave a place in heaven open to his best friend. Otis's last words are to Cruz: "Brother, I'll be always with you." In the 10th season, Cruz's wife, Chloe (Kristen Gutoski), has a baby named Brian, but the couple decided to call him Otis in memory of the man who was like Cruz's brother. It is all extremely sad in the way it can only be long -term network procedures for the first persons.

In Interview with TVLINE in 2019The co-creator of the series Derek Hass said he and the series's room wanted to kill a character after firefighters team spent so many seasons fleeing from close mortal experiences with their lives. "We have to get a few teeth back to the show and we have to show that the dangers are real," Hass recalls how he told Hass to main writers Michael Gilvari and Andrea Newman during the summer break. Hass admitted that he initially did not know who, if anyone would die in the fire at the mattress factory when he wrote the end of season 7, but spent about an hour talking to executive producers Dick Wolf and Peter Jankovski about the idea of ​​murder. out of Otis.

"The SEC, who uses more experience than anyone in the world, said:" While you are honest with storytelling, the audience will go with you, "Hass told TVLINE. He also said that writers at one point thought of the idea instead of killing Darren Ritter (Daniel Curie), but wanted it to be a major member of the cast, not a relatively new supplement that could be from the beginning. He considers that he is doomed to ruin for good television. "We just decided that it would be Otis, because he lives with Cruz and Brett, and he is in Casey's truck, and he is at Boden's house, and is a best friend with Much and has a bar with Herman," he explained, saying. That fan -loyal fan is one of the only characters whose death will affect every other character and wave through future seasons.

Hass told Tvline that he personally told Sardarov's news, who was his friend before their days "Chicago Fire". "From a personal point of view, it is really difficult to tell the actor as a host of the show," Hey, this is what we think ", when you not only know them as a really great actor, but also as a good person and friend. "Hass said, but he also said that Sardarov was" professional "and" merciful " - partly because he too is a writer who understands the idea of ​​doing something in the service of a good story.

Otis's death episode included a three -month time jump that allowed his associates to move on and revealed how vital he was for Firehouse 51. One episode later, the audience introduced Blake Gallo (Alberto Rosende), a new firefighter with a tragic story and a tragic story dive directly into any rescue situation, regardless of the danger. While the crew needs time to get used to the gallo and it does not serve as a replacement 1 to 1 for Otis, the character eventually becomes part of the team. Gallo remains about 80 episodes of "Chicago Fire" (almost exactly half episodes of Otis) and eventually moved to Michigan to link to a newly discovered wider family. Praised customs rock that he decided to continue from the show.

Although Gallo is the most obvious replacement for OTIS in terms of timing, Chicago Fire's recent seasons have introduced a number of new recruits, some of which have become fans' favorite. Daniel Kairi's Ritter remained around after his debut in season 7 (and became half the dynamic duo with Gallo), and Sam Carver (Jake Lockett) also joined the team. This season "my best friend's wedding actor" and secretly super -talented cellist The Malroni dermat came as the new head of Firehouse 51, while Adrian Rae, Joselin Hadon and Hannaco Greensmit all played a nurse after Otis died in season 8.

It is worth noting that while the co-creator of the series Derek Hass has claimed responsibility for the killing of Otis, Sardarov also said he was ready to continue from the series after years of project. In Interview for TV Tel Tale In 2019, he admitted: “It was difficult, but it was also necessary. It was a combination of what I want to move on and need something similar to what will happen. And I think those two things met in the perfect time. "

Sardarov recalled talking to Hass, who said he worked for the first time when he was at college, at the end of season 7. From the sounds of it, he made the idea that it was good to go to the same conversation in which Hass sent Otis as A character who could give her 8th great, severe premiere death. "We had a discussion about the character and where he was moving, and I was very open to him about the fact that eight years had passed, and I started when I was 22, and now I have 31," he said. "Communication was very open and sincere, and we both moved away from it, feeling really good."

"He is at the beginning of his career and this is not his swan song," Hass told TV Line, talking positively about Sardarov. It is true: After leaving Chicago Fire, the actor has already taken other roles, including appearance in "Rookie" and "FBI: International" and roles in Adam, Dad and Amy and Peter's films. Plus, Hass was right about the turning point - six years later, he remains one of the most discussed moments in the series.