Chicago Fire season 7 midseason report: Wallace Boden

How has Chicago Fire season 7 gone for Wallace Boden? Before Chicago Fire returns, we’re reviewing the season for Eamonn Walker’s character.

Before Chicago Fire comes back in the new year, we’re taking a moment to pause and look at the current season for each character. What are the important events that fans need to remember?

What plot developments have been good for them, and which ones need to be improved? And of course, where could they go next when new episodes start on Jan. 9?

Click through the below slideshow as we look at Chicago Fire season 7 as it relates to Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker), starting with:

What’s happened so far

Chief Boden has been right in the thick of things during the first part of the current Chicago Fire season. With his arch-nemesis having been elected Fire Commissioner, Boden has struggled to deal with the fallout of being hated by the most powerful person in the entire department.

Though he and Carl Grissom (Gary Cole) have yet to square off this season, Boden has been locked in battle with Grissom’s right-hand man Jerry Gorsch (recurring guest star Steven Boyer), who had his own axe to grind. After Boden said less than complimentary things about Gorsch when he was just a rank and file fireman, Gorsch was determined to exact his revenge on the chief through any means necessary.

It took an off-screen favor from Benny Severide (Treat Williams) to get Gorsch out of Firehouse 51. But Boden found ways to come out on top, too—most notably handing out an unexpected promotion to Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg) to keep Gorsch from installing someone else in the house.

It may not have been a great season to date for Wallace Boden, but it hasn’t been as terrible as it could have been, either. And with Gorsch out of the way, the stage is set for Boden to take on the big boss when Chicago Fire returns in January.