Where did Brett go in Chicago Fire?

September 20, 2022 - 20:42 BST Chicago Fire season 11 will see clarification over Brettsey romance. Matthew Casey and Sylvie Brett have been trying a long-distance romance.

Chicago Fire fans saw Matthew Casey and Sylvie Brett return to the Windy City at the end of season 10 and have an emotional conversation that revealed they were unsure whether their long-distance romance would last.

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Now, executive producer Derek Haas has confirmed that fans will get "clarification" on the future of Brett and Casey's romance in the season 11 premiere.

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"We’ll definitely get some answers to where she stands with Casey," he told HELLO!, adding: "I’d say that Brett is going to face some major turmoil this season."

Fans saw Casey decide to leave Chicago to move to Oregon and help raise his late best friend's children, with him and Brett attempting to try long distance.

He returned for the finale of season 10 and the wedding of Kelly Severide and Stella Kidd, and during an emotional dance together Brett asked: "Can we keep this up with so much time apart?"

Casey paused before cryptically telling her: "I don't know, but we're together tonight."

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Season 11 will see Brett go through 'turmoil'

Elsewhere the season opener will pick up immediately where season 10 left us - with Severide and Kidd on their honeymoon and being tracked by unknown attackers.

"We like doing these immediate pick-ups, because the show really launches out of a cannon when you do that," shared Derek.

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The premiere picks up where season 10 left off

"Pace is so important to us as a show, and we like it when the audience can’t take a breath until the first commercial. Plus, you get to see Severide and Stella’s very stressful wedding night. Well, hot… then stressful."

As for the rest of Firehouse 51, Derek revealed his favorite moment from the premiere "involves something called an ice fishing spear - I will leave that to your imagination."

Chicago Fire airs 9/8c on NBC September 21

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Chicago Fire Season 10 Episode 15 “The Missing Piece.”]

Ever since Matthew Casey (Jesse Spencer) made the move to Portland to watch over his late best friend’s kids, he and paramedic-in-charge Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer) have been making a long-distance relationship work. However, with the latest Chicago Fire episode, it seems that’s not possible anymore.

After Brett FaceTimes with Casey, Lieutenant Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) sees paramedic Violet Mikami (Hanako Greensmith) comforting her. “I really, really miss him,” Brett admits. It seems this is heading a certain somewhere, which isn’t too surprising. After all, Casey and Brett had just gotten together before he moved.

Then, while driving around in the ambulance, Violet notices that Brett is distracted. “You don’t have to bury your feelings about Casey,” she tells her friend. Brett admits that she can’t stop thinking about when her late mother’s husband Scott (Jeff Diebold) and her sister Amelia were there last time, and he’d told her that every moment with a loved one is important. Brett has realized, “I need to take some real time off,” not just a quick trip as she’s been doing, and go to Portland to be with Casey.

“I need to spend some actual time with Matt, reconnect,” Brett tells Kidd and Violet near the end of the episode. After their FaceTime, “I just got hit by this wave of all the things I miss about him. That warmth, you know, the way he could be so strong but also kind and he has that gift of making everyone feel like everything’s going to be OK.”

“Navigating long distance relationships is never easy. I think you set in your mind that, oh, we can handle this and then reality sets in and it’s not always what you think,” co-showrunner Derek Haas told TV Insider in December. “However, I will say I do think they’re handling it well, I do think she’s going to go see him before too long this season and hopefully, fingers and toes crossed, we can get a certain actor who has had a long experience on the show back for a guest appearance. That would be delightful.”

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What happened to Brett in Chicago Fire?

Is Sylvie leaving Chicago Fire? Thankfully, fans needn't worry. Brett isn't going anywhere. The Fire showrunners have made it clear that Brett is going to play a vital role in season 11, and will actually be entertaining some new love interests as storylines unfold.

What happened to Brett and Casey on Chicago Fire?

The season 11 premiere of Chicago Fire ended on a heartbreaking note. After weeks of keeping a long distance relationship going, Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer) decided to call up Casey (Jesse Spencer) and break up with him.

Does Brett leave with Casey?

That relationship was threatened by Casey's departure in the 200th episode, but they decided to give long distance a chance. That wasn't easy. Brett eventually decided she needed to take a leave of absence and follow Casey to Portland.

Does Brett come back to Firehouse 51?

Brett returns to 51 and immediately she and Foster deal with a call at a prison.