Chicago Fire Season 13 Episode 6 Review: Birds of Prey

Suspicions about Dom Pascal continue on Chicago Fire Season 13 Episode 6, Birds of Prey, but not for long. If anything, this episode fully cements that Dom Pascal is one of the good guys — and a solid leader to boot. 

The way he helped Violet, how he looked at the facts when it came to Stella’s leadership, and even the way he worries about the entirety of the team on Truck with a change in the group have all worked to prove that Pascal is a good leader.

However, doubt is cast once more with this episode when Pascal buddies up to a state police captain.

Pascal is on Severide’s side with a ghost gun investigation (because Severide is always going to get involved in that sort of thing, one way or another), but the winds change when Captain Bishop mentions someone Pascal knows from Miami. 

Severide looks into Pascal’s past a bit because of it. From what he finds, all signs point to Pascal being involved in something problematic.

But Pascal opens up to Severide instead. He confirms that Bishop is a dirty cop and reveals that he’s already working to take him down. Naturally, Severide wants to help, and there’s a mutual respect that happens between them quickly at this moment. 

It should make for an interesting dynamic moving forward. Although, from the looks of the preview of the upcoming episode, it always means Severide is once again putting himself in a dangerous situation by making enemies. 

That part of it all feels repetitive, but the Pascal element makes it fresh and allows for some different possibilities, at least.

I do wish Chicago Fire would lean a little more into some action, despite how much I enjoy the more everyday elements — like a bird that’s made a home just above the rigs, for instance.

Violet having a new romance is fun, too. It also offers a welcome break from the tension between her and Carver. Carver, meanwhile, is currently insufferable, and Stella sending him home to get himself together is probably one of her best leadership moves of late. 

Presumably, we’ll be getting more of a reveal about Carver soon, and if so, then this all works toward some solid character development. That moment, however, really can’t come soon enough. 

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Chicago Fire airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on NBC.

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