Chicago Fire is a show that thrives on chemistry. The firefighting and the action scenes are fun to watch, but the real magic of the show comes from the characters, and the ways in which they deal with each other when they aren’t putting their lives on the line.

It doesn’t get much more likable than Matt Casey (Jesse Spencer) or Joe Cruz (Joe Minoso) or the late Otis (Yuri Sardarov), but at the same

time, the show hasn’t shied away from giving fans characters that are absolutely loathsome. The kind of characters that make you groan whenever they appear in a scene.

 

 

Everybody has their favorite Chicago Fire character, and a strong case as to why, but the ten characters we selected for this list are special in that they are universally disliked by the fans. The tricky part, honestly, was determining who was the most unlikable.

 

 

We kick off the list with a season 11 character. Don Ramsey (David Lee) is the Chicago city treasurer, and he was introduced to the audience when he was caught cheating on his wife during a fire. A bad first impression to say the least, but things got worse when he demanded that his secret be kept under wraps.

 

 

Ramsey went as far as to threaten to ruin the career of Darren Ritter (Daniel Kyri) if he said anything about his extramarital activities. “If anyone finds out I was the unidentified man, I will ruin you, your Lieutenant, and this whole firehouse,” he asserted. “Do you understand?”

Emma Jacobs (Caitlin Carver) was irksome from the moment she joined the paramedic team. She was a temporary replacement for Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer) in season 11, but she quickly tried to muscle in on the position and make Violet (Hanako Greensmith) seem like she was incompetent.

 

 

To make matters worse, she tried to blackmail Violet and Hawkins (Jimmy Nicholas) when she found out the two of them were romantically involved. Jacobs didn’t put anybody’s life in jeopardy, so she isn’t as bad as some of the other characters on this list.

That being said, her blatant attempts to get ahead, coupled with her poor performance on the job, makes her someone we do not want to see again anytime soon.

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This one is going to ruffle a few feathers. Jimmy Borelli (Steven R. McQueen) was not posed as a villain on Chicago Fire, and he had a much longer run on the show than the previous two entries. The thing is, the longer he stuck around, the more he proved to be a thorn in the side of the firehouse.

He constantly butted heads with Chief Boden (Eamonn Walker), culminating with the incident in which he ignored Chief Boden’s commands and suffered a career-ending injury as a result. Then there was the time he blamed Boden for the death of his brother.

Borelli wasn’t a bad guy per say, but he was a character who suffered greatly from writing, and wound up be pretty unlikeable as a result.

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Keith Bamford (Chris McKenna) had a brief stint at the 51 during season 11, as he was tasked with being Severide’s replacement. He was no Severide, to put it mildly. The character just didn’t click in any capacity with the rest of the team, and whenever he tried to contribute, the results were painfully awkward.

The cherry on top, of course, was when Bamford made a joke about Cindy (Robyn Coffin), the wife of Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg). Cindy was battling cancer at the time, and the poor taste of his comment could have be overstated.

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Remember Tara Little (Brooke Nevin)? She was part of the 51 team during the show’s first season, and while she seemed like a straight shooter at first, it didn’t take long for her manipulative tendencies to surface. She accused Severide of misconduct, which forced the firefighter to clear his name.

Eventually, Little came clean and admitted that she falsely accused Severide as a way to further her career as a medic, but by then, her credibility had been shot, and she could no longer be trusted by the rest of the 51.

Once again, Little didn’t jeopardize any lives, but the fact that she nearly ruined a career is enough to get her a spot on this dubious list.