‘Chicago Fire’ season 3 premiere: Show boss on Lauren German – Shay spoiler
Even though the “Chicago Fire” premiere aired on NBC last night, it would certainly be understandable if you were still feeling a little bit emotional over it.
After all, it is not very often that you lose one of the show’s most-prominent characters, especially someone like Shay who meant so much to so many people. Lauren German has seemingly handled her exit in stride, and is going to be moving forward to what are likely many other opportunities.
So why did the show itself come up with this decision? It came from the writers and producers as they looked organically to shake things up for the show, and her death would be the best way to do that to a good many people in the cast.
For more, just take a look at what showrunner Matt Olmstead said in a new interview now with TV Guide:
“It’s a tough decision to make and it’s tough personally because you like and admire the actor or actress. Storytelling-wise you have to be unsentimental sometimes. So we just started tossing ideas around and [the idea of killing a character] gained momentum and we saw what it gave us not only in the opening episode but thereafter. … Then it became looking at which characters and it started coming back to Shay a lot because of how it would affect the most people the most deeply, in particular Severide and Dawson. Once we started talking about that, again, that gained momentum. We looked back occasionally to say, ‘Are we doing the right thing?’ But it felt like the right thing.”
We do feel like this move will shake things up and create more drama down the road, but we’re still very sad about it. Shay brought something different to the series, and it will be difficult to find a way to replace her.
What are you going to miss the most about the Shay character on “Chicago Fire” moving forward? Share some of your thoughts right now with a comment.
Nani
October 3, 2014 @ 4:40 am
oh, and now they’re sharing moving shay-related clips on twitter. to see if they can fix it… too late, buddy. and yes, she’s been a champ. i can’t wait to see lauren german on screen again, she deserves better -sorry for the rant, it made so mad- i’m done now :)
Nani
October 3, 2014 @ 4:34 am
To me it is clear they were way over their heads writing her character, so they took the easy way out by killing her off. All that bs about it “feeling organic”, please, this is one of the least organic deaths on tv. Yes, it is always hard to see a main character die, but sometimes it does make sense. Not the case here. This was a humongous mistake. I flat-out stopped watching, and cf was one of my favorite shows for two seasons. Such a shame
afton
October 3, 2014 @ 12:15 am
STUPIDEST DECISION EVER
Chomploy Jaroensuk
September 26, 2014 @ 2:11 pm
I watched this show with my family in Thailand, and we love Shay so much. We followed this show because of Shay, and we decided to quit watching the show because you did not care the audiences.
Agnieszka LeBlanc
September 25, 2014 @ 3:01 pm
I will quit watching the show. More than likely a salary issue! As stated by a few influential critics on the net ” Shay is dead and it’s NOT OK! All my friends who were loyal fans feel the very same way
Patty Masters
September 24, 2014 @ 8:01 pm
gona missSHAY, so much. hope this move doesn’t affect cfs ratings. a lot of veiwers are complaining, on fb, and some have threatened to quit watching. we don’t like loosing popular ppl. sry. but u have to realize we are the audience, and when we get wrapped up in any certain character, its hard to see them leave.