[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Chicago Fire Season 13 premiere “A Monster in the Field.”] We’re going to have to side with Severide ( Taylor Kinney ) and Kidd ( Miranda Rae Mayo ) when it comes to Chicago Fire ‘s new chief, Dom Pascal ( Dermot Mulroney ): There’s something “off” about him, and it’s not just that he’s not Boden ( Eamonn Walker , who exited last season) or his chosen replacement Herrmann ( David Eigenberg ). The Season 13 premiere doesn’t waste any time in revealing why it’s Pascal, back at the CFD after 10 years in Miami, in the chair and not Herrmann.
According to Herrmann, he just had some bad luck and got sick before the captain’s test, missing it, but he plans to take it the next round, then the chief’s test after that. Pascal wishes him luck, but is he sincere? Pascal’s first morning briefing with the firehouse is interrupted by a call before he can do more than introduce himself. “I’m not Chief Boden.
I’m not trying to be. I have my own leadership style. I do things my own way.
You should all expect there will be some changes to Firehouse 51,” he warns. He surprises everyone on the call when he leaps into action, forgoing a protective shield, as the firefighters and paramedics work to treat victims of a fire at a vape warehouse. As Novak ( Jocelyn Hudon ) puts it, it’s like “he’s missing the fear gene.
” His actions do lead the others to wonder about him. Then, Pascal rubs them the wrong way.