Chicago Fire season 7 midseason report: Sylvie Brett

What it means

There haven’t been very many surprises in Brett’s storyline over the first half of the season. As soon as it was confirmed that Monica Raymund was leaving Chicago Fire, it went without saying that Dawson’s exit would have a huge impact on her partner.

And the writers have done a good job of going through the motions that would naturally happen when someone has to adjust to working with somebody new: the denial (Brett apparently went through several other partners off-screen before Foster arrived), the anger (as seen when Brett was talking to Casey), the acceptance.

Annie Ilonzeh and Kara Killmer have a decent rapport, and it’ll take time for them to completely gel together, just like their characters are figuring each other out. As the season goes on obviously it’ll add to their chemistry while Brett and Foster learn to work together, too.

The personal side of her story is more contentious. Fans have every right to be upset with Brett’s new boyfriend after Chicago Fire spent last season teasing a Brettonio reunion.

But give credit to Derek Haas for being open about the fact that behind the scenes logistics were what caused that ship to sink. There’s nothing that One Chicago fans can do about how hard it is to get two series regulars in scenes together regularly. That’s the business side of TV and it’s hard sometimes.

So if that’s not going to happen, at least Brett is going to get a chance to be happy. Teddy Sears has been an interesting addition so far and there’s backstory for Kyle that Foster has talked about but he hasn’t gone into. There’s potential here, so don’t write off this new pairing before it gets a chance to start.