Yahoo Lifestyle Eamonn Walker Returning To ‘Chicago Fire’ For One Episode In Season 13
Eamonn Walker will return to NBC’s Chicago Fire as Wallace Boden in the Season 13 episode titled “Post-Mortem” (#1318), which will air Wednesday, April 16 at 9/8c.
Walker has portrayed the Battalion Chief turned First Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department since the series premiered in 2012. When viewers last saw Boden in the Season 12 finale, he accepted his promotion and Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney) took over as lead of Firehouse 51.
More from Deadline
Pilot Season 2025 Forecast: Drought With A Chance Of Few Orders In Broadcast TV's New Normal
2025 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming
In “Post Mortem,” Boden has been tasked by Commissioner Grissom to run a post-incident analysis following a house fire that collapses with a firefighter inside.
“We’re so excited to have our beloved Chief Boden back, and the episode, titled “Post-Mortem,” is a thrill ride unlike any we’ve done before. Told with flashbacks and unique POVs, Chief Boden leads our team on a search to discover the how, who, and why of a fierce firefight that ended in disaster,” shared showrunner Andrea Newman in a statement.
As Deadline revealed exclusively last spring, Walker decided to step back from series regular duties on the hit One Chicago series. At the time, sources close to production said Walker was welcome to reprise the role in a recurring role or as much as he’d like. This will be the first time he will appear in Season 13. We understand Walker has been home in London spending time with his loved ones.
It will be interesting to see what Boden thinks about the firehouse being led by an outsider, considering his wish was for Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg) to be promoted. At the time of Boden’s exit, Herrmann had not taken the captain test. However, he did in episode 9 this season and passed. Hopefully this sets up both Herrmann and his best buddy Mouch (Christian Stolte), who took the lieutenant’s test and passed, to be up for promotions hopefully soon.
Chicago Fire is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment.
Best of Deadline
Sign up for Deadline's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
