The new season of Chicago Fire is nearly upon us, and with it, the exit of Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer). The character will be stepping away from the 51 in season 12, presumably to live happily ever after with her fiance Matt Casey (Jesse Spencer). That’s assuming she said yes to the season 11 marriage proposal.
Brett has been part of Chicago Fire for a decade, which means fans have gotten to know her very well. There are too many great episodes involving the character to mention them all, but in order to pay tribute to her in manageable fashion, we decided to highlight 4 of the best Brett moments and 3 we could admittedly do without.
The romantic tension between Brett and Casey culminated, in dramatic fashion, in the season 9 episode “That Kind of Heat.” The former saved Casey’s life during an emergency call, and later on in the firehouse, she admits that she’s always had feelings for him. “It’s always been you,” she noted. She initially panics, calling Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) and saying: “I basically just told Casey I’m in love with him.”
Things get messier from there, as Brett and Casey kiss, and the latter admits that he doesn’t know how he feels, but given where the couple are at in the current day, Brett deciding to share how she feels was a watershed moment for both her and the show. We love it!
This subplot is surprisingly controversial. There were many fans who believed that Brett and Kyle Sheffield (Teddy Shields) were a good match, and would have fared well had they actually decided to stay together. The problem is, Brett had already developed feelings for Matt Casey by the time she got engaged to Sheffield in the season 7 episode “I’m Not Leaving You.”
Ironically, given the episode’s title, she left him. It was clear the writers of the show had bigger plans in store for Brett and Casey, which leaves the whole Sheffield subplot feeling like bizarre subplot filler.
