Chicago Fire season 3
season of television series
The third season of Chicago Fire, an American drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, and Matt Olmstead, premiered on Tuesday, September 23, 2014, at 10 pm on NBC television network and concluded on May 12, 2015. The season contained 23 episodes.
Overview
The show follows the lives of the firefighters and paramedics working at the Chicago Fire Department at the firehouse of Engine 51, Truck 81, Squad 3, Ambulance 61 and Battalion 25.
Episode 19 served as a backdoor pilot for a new spin-off, called Chicago Med.
Cast and characters
Main cast
Jesse Spencer as Lieutenant Matthew Casey, Truck 81
Taylor Kinney as Lieutenant Kelly Severide, Squad 3
Monica Raymund as Paramedic in Charge/Firefighter Candidate Gabriela Dawson, Ambulance 61/Truck 81
Charlie Barnett as Firefighter/Paramedic in Charge Peter Mills, Squad 3/Ambulance 61
Kara Killmer as Paramedic Sylvie Brett, Ambulance 61
David Eigenberg as Firefighter Christopher Herrmann, Truck 81
Yuri Sardarov as Firefighter Brian "Otis" Zvonecek, Truck 81
Joe Minoso as Firefighter Joe Cruz, Truck 81/Squad 3
Christian Stolte as Firefighter Randy "Mouch" McHolland, Truck 81
Eamonn Walker as Chief Wallace Boden, Battalion 25
Recurring
Randy Flagler as Firefighter Harold Capp, Rescue Squad 3
Anthony Ferraris as Firefighter Tony, Rescue Squad 3
Edwin Hodge as Firefighter Rick Newhouse, Rescue Squad 3
Melissa Ponzio as Donna Robbins-Boden
Warren Christie as Firefighter Scott Rice, Rescue Squad 3
Gordon Clapp as Chaplain Orlovsky
Kenny Johnson as Lieutenant Tommy Welch, Truck 66/Firefighter, Rescue Squad 3
Eric Mabius as Jack Nesbitt
Yaya DaCosta as April Sexton
Izabella Miko as Katya
Richard Roundtree as Wallace Boden, Sr.
Serinda Swan as Brittany Baker
Lauren German as Leslie Shay
Dora Madison as Paramedic in Charge, Jessica "Chili" Chilton, Ambulance 61
James Russo as Papa Lullo
Alexandra Metz as Elise Mills
Joe Keery as Emmett
Crossover characters
Amy Morton as Sergeant Trudy Platt
Brian Geraghty as Officer Sean Roman
Jon Seda as Detective Antonio Dawson
Jason Beghe as Sergeant Henry "Hank" Voight
Marina Squerciati as Officer Kim Burgess
Jesse Lee Soffer as Detective Jay Halstead
Nick Gehlfuss as Dr. Will Halstead
Sophia Bush as Detective Erin Lindsay
Patrick John Flueger as Officer Adam Ruzek
LaRoyce Hawkins as Officer Kevin Atwater
Samuel Hunt as Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz
Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
Mariska Hargitay as Sergeant Olivia Benson
Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
Episodes
Production
NBC renewed Chicago Fire for a third season on March 19, 2014 which premiered on September 23 that same year.
Crossovers
On September 29, 2014, it was announced that Wolf's shows Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit would be doing a three-part crossover event on November 11–12, 2014, starting with Chicago Fire and ending with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Chicago P.D. On January 22, 2015, another crossover between Chicago Fire, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Chicago P.D. was announced, to have "more integrated storytelling" than the first. The episodes aired on April 28–29, 2015.
Ratings
Home media
The DVD release of season three was released in Region 1 on September 1, 2015.
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