Chicago Fire season 8 midseason report: Mouch
How has Chicago Fire season 8 gone for Mouch? Before Chicago Fire returns, we’re reviewing the season for Christian Stolte’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 each character, and which story points need to be improved? And of course, where could they go next when new episodes start in January?
Read through the below as we look at Chicago Fire season 8 as it relates to Mouch (Christian Stolte), starting with:
What’s happened so far
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Mouch has served his usual supporting role in the first nine episodes of this Chicago Fire season. He hasn’t had any featured episodes, or any storylines that are centered on him.
He did, however, have one memorable subplot: he and wife Trudy Platt (Amy Morton) took over Otis’s (Yuri Sardarov) ownership stake in Molly’s after the latter’s unfortunate death.
Otherwise, we’ve been seeing Mouch everywhere we’d expect to see Mouch: assisting on calls, being the comic relief guy, supporting his colleagues in their various endeavors. He’s always there for the whole firehouse when they need him.
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What it means
Since Mouch is one of the more supporting characters on Chicago Fire, it’s common for there not to be a huge amount of material for him. The closest we’ve gotten in recent years is him thinking about retirement, and then the show almost killing him off a few seasons back.
While more Mouch is always welcome, the idea of Mouch and Trudy getting involved in running Molly’s was brilliant. And we did get a rare scene between the happy couple during the “Infection” crossover; although it was brief, we always appreciate seeing them on screen, especially since they’re the only crossover couple that’s actually managed to last.
What could be in Mouch’s future? Well, since he didn’t have anything huge running through the first part of the season (and neither did Trudy), that could be anything.
What’s next
Chicago Fire can, and should, get much more mileage out of Mouch now being part owner of Molly’s. Not necessarily even him, but we know Trudy will have all kinds of ideas and not take no for an answer, and the comedic potential there is infinite.
It’s also been great to see Mouch with Darren Ritter (recurring guest star Daniel Kyri), as he’s the one who first reached out to him and gave him some encouragement. While Ritter has tended to get more screen time with Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg), there’s no reason we can’t also have a few extra Ritter and Mouch scenes.
And with the One Chicago franchise as a whole focusing more on shipping this season, how about some focus on the existing Trudy and Mouch ship we don’t see enough of?
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