Dermot Mulroney To Leave ‘Chicago Fire’ Early In Season 15
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- Dermot Mulroney will wrap his Chief Dom Pascal storyline early in Chicago Fire Season 15, departing just two seasons after joining as a series regular in Season 13 to succeed Eamonn Walker as chief after Walker's 12-season run as Wallace Boden.
- Season 15 premieres October 7 at 9 p.m. ET and will resolve the Season 14 finale cliffhanger in which Pascal was outside trying to save colleagues as a warehouse roof began to collapse.
- Joe Miñoso, an original cast member since the show's inception, is also concluding his storyline early in Season 15, making him the second confirmed cast departure within days.
- Longtime showrunner Andrea Newman is exiting after all 14 seasons to date, with co-executive producer Victor Teran named executive producer and showrunner for Season 15.
- While juggling Chicago Fire, Mulroney has been a series regular on Netflix's The Hunting Wives as Jed Banks, with Season 2 production already wrapped and a writers' room working on a potential Season 3.
- Taylor Kinney, Miranda Rae Mayo, Hanako Greensmith, Jocelyn Hudon, and Brandon Larracuente will return for Season 15, joined by new series regular Da'Vinchi as firefighter candidate Marcus Burke.
Why it matters: Mulroney's early exit — barely two seasons into his tenure — accelerates a broader Firehouse 51 turnover that also sweeps out original cast member Joe Miñoso and veteran showrunner Andrea Newman, leaving new showrunner Victor Teran to rebuild the ensemble with Da'Vinchi as the only confirmed new series regular before the October 7 premiere.
