Following Carver’s exit from Firehouse 51, NBC Insider chatted with Chicago Fire showrunner Andrea Newman about the character’s future.

“We may not have Carver full-time next season, but we may have him for a bunch of it too, and I think there’s a lot left to figure out between [Violet and Carver],” Newman told NBC Insider.

 

 

“The main thing I’d say is that the fact that [Violet] was able to articulate [her love for him] is such a journey for her, that she actually got to that place,” Newman continued. “After everything she went through with Hawkins, and everything the first go-around with Carver, that she got to a place where she could say that was a major evolution for her, too.”

Randy “Mouch” McHolland (Christian Stolte), Jack Damon (Michael Bradway) Sam Carver (Jake Lockett), and Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) appear in Chicago Fire Season 12 Episode 13.

 

 

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“In a way, you could look at [Violet] as one of [Carver’s] drugs. So is it a good thing? Is it a bad thing? Is it going to be a rollercoaster of them together? Are they gonna bounce apart? There’s so many ways that it could go between the two of them, but now we know how they really feel about each other,” Newman concluded. “And that’s where we end this season.”

While fans are saddened to lose Carver at Firehouse 51, no one will feel the absence more than Violet. At the end of Season 13’s finale, Violet met Carver at his car after getting a pressing text. Concerned, Violet rushed to his side, only for Carver to kiss her passionately.

“I love you, Violet,” Carver said sincerely.

“I love you, too,” Violet told him. Carver and Violet then shared another passionate kiss, potentially their last.

Despite his many friends and loved ones at Firehouse 51, Carver decided that his best shot of sticking to his sobriety was to leave Chicago to get a fresh start somewhere else. In the Season 13 finale, Carver emotionally revealed to Violet that before he returned to 51 (and learned his feelings for Violet were mutual), he made the tough call to apply for a position at the Denver Fire Department.