LOS ANGELES - JUN 2: Dermot Mulroney at the 4th Annual CBS Television Studios Summer Soiree at the Palihouse on June 2, 2016 in West Hollywood, CA Chicago Fire Season 13 Finds a New Chief in Dermot Mulroney LOS ANGELES - JUN 2: Dermot Mulroney at the 4th Annual CBS Television Studios Summer Soiree at the Palihouse on June 2, 2016 in West Hollywood, CA (Editorial credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com)

Chicago Fire Season 13 Finds a New Chief in Dermot Mulroney

Ashley Bissette Sumerel Chicago Fire, News

With Wallace Boden leaving Firehouse 51, that means there’s an opening for a new chief on Chicago Fire. And while Herrmann may be the one to work toward filling that role (Boden told him he should try), it’s Dermot Mulroney who will fill that vacancy for now.

Mulroney joins Chicago Fire for Season 13 as a series regular. He’ll play Chief Dom Pascal, a character who, according to Deadline, is described as a “cheerful person who works well under pressure.” He’ll have a leadership that differs from Boden’s.

Dermot Mulroney at the 4th Annual CBS Television Studios Summer Soiree at the Palihouse on June 2, 2016 in West Hollywood, CA
LOS ANGELES – JUN 2: Dermot Mulroney at the 4th Annual CBS Television Studios Summer Soiree at the Palihouse on June 2, 2016 in West Hollywood, CA (Editorial credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com)

While no official details about the character have been released, sources say that Dom Pascal originally got his start with the CFD but has been living and working in Miami for the last decade. He’s also estranged from his wife.

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While Pascal may be replacing Boden at Firehouse 51, that doesn’t mean Boden is gone for good. Eamonn Walker exited Chicago Fire as a series regular at the end of Season 12, but his exit left room for the possibility that we could see him occasionally. (Boden left the firehouse because he was promoted to Deputy Commissioner.)

Kelly Severide and Wallace Boden talk in Boden's office on Chicago Fire Season 12 Episode 7, "Red Flag."
CHICAGO FIRE — “Red Flag” Episode 12007 — Pictured: (l-r) Eamonn Walker as Chief Wallace Boden, Taylor Kinney as Kelly Severide — (Photo by: Adrian S Burrows Sr/NBC)

Dermot Mulroney is known for his roles in My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Family Stone, Anyone But You, Secret Invasion, The Righteous Gemstones, and New Girl, among others.

This also won’t be his first appearance on a first responder series; he appeared in several episodes of Station 19.

Chicago Fire Season 13 premieres Wednesday, September 25th at 9/8c on NBC.

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Ashley Bissette Sumerel is a television and film critic living in Wilmington, North Carolina. She is editor-in-chief of Tell-Tale TV as well as Eulalie Magazine. Ashley has also written for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, and Insider. Ashley has been a member of the Critics Choice Association since 2017 and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. In addition to her work as an editor and critic, Ashley teaches Entertainment Journalism, Composition, and Literature at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.