“Fully Shattered” was the title of Wednesday’s Chicago Hearth, however it was additionally an apt description of viewer response to the hour.
The episode concluded with the tragic demise of Paramedic Discipline Chief Evan Hawkins, performed by Jimmy Nicholas. The actor — who joined the NBC drama final season — took to social media on Wednesday within the wake of his character’s passing to console grieving followers.
“Take deep breaths and we’ll push by way of collectively,” Nicholas wrote on Twitter late Wednesday. He additionally thanked followers fo their “unbelievably type” messages of assist following the episode, including, “I really feel really spoiled and extremely grateful.”
In Wednesday’s episode, Firehouse 51 was known as to the scene of a 4 alarm movie show fireplace. Hawkins will get caught in an avalanche of particles whereas making an attempt to rescue a person who was trapped. Regardless of his foremost squeeze Violet’s (Hanako Greensmith) efforts to save lots of him, Hawkins dies.
On Instagram Thursday morning, Nicholas gave his main girl a shout out, writing, “My woman Hanako was sensational, wasn’t she?”
It was a tough night time total for #OneChicago acolytes. After mourning the demise of Hawkins on Hearth, franchise diehards needed to then say goodbye to Jesse Lee Sofer’s Halstead on Chicago P.D.
Did Hawkins’ demise depart you utterly shattered? Or did the NBC promo division’s advance warning that somebody wouldn’t make it out of the episode alive blunt the influence? Pontificate under!