From the beginning of Chicago Fire, there’s been romance in the air between a paramedic and another character. That’s great, and of course, people are going to catch feelings. However, it’s time for Chicago Fire to give some other type of storyline to Violet Mikami.
Caution: This post contains SPOILERS from Chicago Fire season 14 episode 9
While there was a lot of focus on Severide, Kidd, and Mouch throughout Chicago Fire season 14 episode 9, there was a smaller storyline given to Vasquez and Violet. After being winded by a deployed airbag, Vasquez knew that something wasn’t right, and he went on a mission to find out what was going on with that car. Thanks to Violet and Novak knowing the owner of the tow yard, he was able to get in and find out all about the counterfeit airbags.
Within this came the hint of romance. Violet clearly has eyes for Vasquez, and the more time she spends with him, the more the feelings are coming out. However, it’s the same old, same old, and it’s time for Chicago Fire to find her something else to do.
Violet is a capable paramedic on Chicago Fire
Can we focus on the job? Violet is a capable paramedic, rising to the ranks of Paramedic in Charge, and even finding a way to solve a budgeting problem to avoid paramedic burnout. In fact, throughout the earlier episodes of Chicago Fire season 14, that was Violet’s focus, and we can see that she still wants to get that program off the ground.
So, why not focus on that more? We get to see a real storyline that could help multiple firehouses and paramedics, and it helps to show just how these paramedics are interacting with each other. Every now and then, we get to see the odd paramedic from another firehouse show up, but it is about time to see the bigger part of this universe.
Even if it’s not the program, getting to see Violet in action as she figures out problems would be much better than yet another romance story. We’ve seen how she’s thought outside the box, such as figuring out how to deliver patients up to the fire truck when she was stuck in a traffic jam. There have been episodes where her job has been on the line because of actions she’s taken to save lives, showing that she’s not afraid to go against protocol if the situation warrants it.
We need to see more of this. Young women need to be able to look up to characters like this, seeing that there is far more to life than romance.
Violet got over Carver way too fast on Chicago Fire
Bringing in a romance with Vasquez is far too soon, as well. Carver hasn’t even been out of the firehouse for five minutes, and she’s already thinking about moving on? Violet had pined over Carver for the longest time, and when she tried to move on in a relationship, she couldn’t stop thinking about him.
Carver being written out of Chicago Fire was a big mistake. We’d just gotten to the point where she didn’t feel guilty about moving on after Evan, and then Carver was gone in another state. The show even made a point that they weren’t going to speak with each other to allow for time to adjust, and while going no-contact can help, it feels off that Violet hasn’t even thought about him.
Can we really get behind another attempt at an in-house relationship for Violet? So far, she’s had two that have failed miserably, and there was the will-they-won’t-they arc with Gallo for the longest time when Violet first came onto the series. Let’s allow Violet some time to breathe before she looks at getting into another relationship, and let’s show that there is a completely different side to her in the workplace.
Chicago Fire airs on Wednesdays at 9/8c on NBC and streams the following day on Peacock.