[This story contains spoilers from the season 14 premiere of Chicago Fire . ]

It was only a couple of seasons ago on Chicago Fire that showrunner Andrea Newman and the writers paid quite a bit of attention to Firehouse 51’s two most senior firefighters: Christopher Herrmann, played by David Eigenberg and his best friend, Randall McHolland (affectionally known as Mouch), played by Christian Stolte.

The two firefighters faced the challenges of both their bodies and skillsets wearing down, which typically comes with aging in that profession. They had to ask themselves tough questions about when the right time might be to hang it up. But last, season, Herrmann was presented with a new fresh opportunity to rise to rank as a captain. It was an opportunity he quickly realized wasn’t to

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