Finale Preview: Scoop on 33 season-enders! "I would love to [return] but I haven't had the opportunity," he said. All rights reserved. They were friends. Severide (Taylor Kinney) and April (Yaya DeCosta) finally kissed! Once the initial shock of being written off Chicago Fire subsided, Barnett turned his attention to exploring new acting opportunities — and he's been steadily working ever since leaving Peter Mills in the rearview mirror. One way Barnett could wiggle back into the One Chicago franchise, he joked to TVLine, would be via a spin-off with Mills' on-screen crush Gabby Dawson, who was played by Monica Raymund before leaving the series in 2018 at the beginning of season 7. The Emmy-nominated series follows a party-goer named Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) who repeatedly dies and relives the same night over and over, leading her to find Barnett's character, Alan, in the same time-loop situation. [WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from Tuesday's Chicago Fire. Can you say if her new partner will be a guy or girl? On Tuesday's episode, Peter Mills (Charlie Barnett) finally got his spot back on the squad — just as his mom and sister decided to take over his dad's restaurant in North Carolina.

Finally, is anyone dying on this year's finale? Olmstead: There is not a death of a character on either [Chicago Fire or Chicago P.D.].

Chicago Fire airs on Tuesdays at 10/9c on NBC. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Olmstead: She takes it the hardest — he was her first real partner. He worked at the restaurant and his mom didn't want him to be on the squad anymore, and he was pulled in two directions.

[19] In the same year, Barnett was cast in the main role of Ben Marshall on the Netflix miniseries, Tales of the City.

[10][6] He was raised on a sailboat near Longboat Key in Florida until he was seven. [In the finale] there are two cliff-hangers [and one] is between Casey and Dawson in terms of their relationship going forward and are they going to be together or not? "I do know he'd be proud that I did. Otherwise it turns into a clown car. In addition to Russian Doll, Barnett appeared on several shows in 2019, including the 10-part Netflix miniseries Tales of the City and the streaming service's psychological thriller You, starring Penn Badgley, which has been renewed for a third season. We've had other [characters] cross and bury the hatchet, but we've never had Casey with him intentionally. Barnett then starred on the short-lived CW military drama Valor before landing a role on the critically acclaimed Netflix series Russian Doll, which premiered in 2019. What more can you tease about the finale showdown between Casey and Voight (Jason Beghe)? [10], From 2012 to 2015, Barnett starred as Peter Mills in the NBC action-drama television series, Chicago Fire. So, we wanted it to be somewhat amicable. [5][6] His adoptive mother is from Utah and is of Swedish descent,[7][8][9] while his adoptive father is a boat builder from Minnesota. Olmstead: His departure goes towards the original mythology we gave the character, which is that he had a dad die on the squad and his mom and sister had a restaurant. You have affection and admiration for [your cast], so you keep everybody, but it's at the detriment at being objective and making some tough calls in terms of storytelling. Is he ready to be in a relationship? [2][11] He discovered theatre when he was six years old and performed in many operas and musicals with the Sarasota Youth Opera. [22][23] In July 2019, Barnett joined Arrow for its eighth and final season, portraying John Diggle, Jr.[24][5] His role was announced at a Comi-con panel.

In 2020, Barnett portrayed John Diggle Jr., aka Deathstroke, on the CW series Arrow, which ended its run that same year after eight seasons.