![]() ![]() That’s something that we’re always juggling and trying to balance and trying to deliver on for the audience. You can’t have everybody always get away cleanly and safely and always have happy endings. That’s the hardest question for us as the writers of the show because you have to deliver sometimes on the threats that you put in front of your characters. You start to think about how are you going to mix things up, how are you going to change characters around, and so it was about this time last year when we were starting to break the second half of the season. ![]() We kind of work on each season in halves and so we’re just past the point where we’re really talking about what’s going to happen the second half of the season. I would say probably the middle of last year. When did you first start talking about a character exit? ![]() Obviously this was a storyline that was in the works since the end of last season. To discuss the decision behind Jimmy’s exit, the “big changes” ahead at Firehouse 51 and the “twist” in Casey and Dawson’s future, The Hollywood Reporter spoke with co-creator and executive producer Michael Brandt. Jimmy’s exit is just the latest shakeup at 51, following the death of Shay (Lauren German), Mills’ (Charlie Barnett) decision to leave town and, most recently, Chili’s (Dora Madison) dismissal. After losing faith in Boden’s leadership skills, Jimmy takes matters into his own hands during a call and ends up getting badly burned, subsequently ending his career as a firefighter. However, it wasn’t a fist fight or a firing that sent Jimmy on his way, but a dangerous fire after a year at 51. ![]()
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