“Not Everybody Wants That”: ’Chicago Fire’s Eamonn Walker Teases Boden’s Reaction To Herrmann’s Hesitance To Become Chief
Chicago Fire’s Eamonn Walker discusses Boden’s reaction to Herrmann’s hesitancy to become chief as he returns to the series.
When Boden (Eamonn Walker) returns to Chicago Fire, things will be a little different than he left them. For one, there is a new chief who took over from him. However, Boden had blessed longtime Firehouse 51 member Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg) as his successor should the latter choose to pursue that path. After trying, Herrmann was not convinced this was his path and the new chief noticed Herrmann's desire to withdraw from pursuing the position. "That same thing that Pascal (Dermot Mulroney) picks up on will be a discovery for Boden within this episode, I can give you that. But there’s no resolve to it, because growth is painful, and you don’t just one day pass an exam and all of a sudden you know how to do the job," Walker told TV Line of Boden's realization that Herrmann might not be interested in the position.
