Is Jesse Spencer Returning to Chicago Fire For Good? See If Matt Casey Will Stay After His Wedding
With news that Casey is coming back to Firehouse 51 for his and Brett’s wedding , fans may be wondering: Is Jesse Spencer returning to Chicago Fire for good as Captain Matthew Casey?Chicago Fire is NBC’s drama series following the professional and personal lives of firefighters, rescue personnel and paramedics of the Chicago Fire Department’s fictional Firehouse 51. Spencer made his debut as Captain Matthew Casey, a lieutenant (then captain) at Firehouse 51 and an officer in charge of Truck Company 81, in Season 1 of Chicago Fire in 2012.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly in October 2012, Spencer explained why he wanted to star in Chicago Fire after eight seasons as Dr. Robert Chase on FOX’s medical drama, House. “It was kind of one that felt like the right fit. [House] was a very cerebral show and it was a really, really really, good show. Chicago Fire was just something different. It’s not cerebral. It’s more of a character-based show with a lot of action,” he said. “After eight years of being an intellectual and spewing out medical terms, it was time to do something in the opposite direction. And running around in [firefighter’s] gear for 14 hours seemed like the right thing to do.”Spencer also told Entertainment Weekly that he was “hesitant” to join Chicago Fire in the event the show went on for 10 years. “I was a bit hesitant at the start but the other cast was great and Taylor [Kinney who plays Kelly Severide] is great,” Spencer said. “I met him at the audition, and we got along great. And the writers are awesome.
Also, the odds of something going 10 years is actually really slim. But it was a bit scary because I guess it could. If it does, it’s a huge success, which is not a bad thing either. We’re taking it one day at a time. We’ve got to get past the first season and the first 10 episodes before we have to start being concerned about it going for 10 years.”Coincidentally, after almost 10 years on the show, Spencer left Chicago Fire in the beginning of Season 10. Despite his exit, Spencer has continued to make guest appearances on the show. In the Season 11 finale, Casey returned to Chicago and proposed to his on-off girlfriend Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer), and she said yes! Now, he is set to make another special appearance in Season 12 for his and Brett’s wedding. But could Casey be back at Firehouse 51 permanently? Read on for what we know about if Jesse Spencer is returning to Chicago Fire for good.Is Jesse Spencer returning to Chicago Fire for good? The answer is no. However, he will be returning as Captain Matthew Casey for another guest appearance in the upcoming Season 12 episode “Port in the Storm,” which will see him finally marry Brett. Ahead of the Season 12 premiere, showrunner Andrea Newman teased his return, telling Variety: “Jesse Spencer will be back — our beloved Matt Casey. We can’t live without him. He’s truly the best.”
First look photos of the episode show Casey and Brett holding hands at a makeshift altar in a fish store. The shop has been transformed into a beautiful wedding venue with moody purple light and gorgeous white flowers. Standing beside him as his best man is Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney), who has been absent for several episodes of both Season 11 and Season 12. Violet Mikami (Hanako Greensmith) is next to Brett as her maid-of-honor, while Chief Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker) officiates the ceremony.
Following the nuptials, Brett will be moving to Portland to live with Casey. While we likely won’t see either of them on the show for a while, it’s not impossible. In fact, the upcoming episode marks Spencer’s fourth return to Chicago Fire since he exited the show.
Why did Jesse Spencer leave Chicago Fire? Spencer announced he was leaving Chicago Fire after almost 10 seasons as Captain Matthew Casey in October 2021. “I added it up, and this year is my 18th year of network TV, straight — I went straight from House into Chicago Fire,” Spencer said on a press call at the time. “Coming up to the 200th, I called [showrunner Derek Haas] and broke him the news that I thought it was time to leave the show. He agreed we should at least get Casey to 200 episodes. “It was a difficult decision because I’ve loved this show from the start, but there’s other things that I would love to do in the future and there’s some family that I need to take care of. 18 years is a long time. That’s a long stretch.”
He continued, “It was a difficult decision, and I hate to leave the show because I do love it, but when the time comes, the time comes.”
Haas told reporters that he “of course wanted to talk Jesse into staying” but was thankful that Spencer agreed to at least film the first five episodes of Chicago Fire Season 10 to give Casey a proper goodbye. “That let us bring back a storyline from season one that I know
