This isn’t the primary time the query of Eamonn Walker probably leaving “Chicago Hearth” has arisen. Nonetheless, regardless of his upwardly cell profession path, Boden has remained an integral a part of the present all through its 12 seasons.
Granted, “Chicago Hearth” Season 12, Episode 9 appears to successfully sideline the character for household causes, however there’s one easy factor that strongly suggests Boden’s story is much from over — his beef with Laura Allen’s Paramedic Chief Jude Robinson. Season 12, Episode 8 includes a severe confrontation between the 2 first responder chiefs over a serious promotion, and whereas Robinson loses the battle, the episode makes it extraordinarily clear that she’s now after Firehouse 51 and Boden.
Allen’s power-hungry Robinson is an excellent hate sink of an antagonist, and since she’s nonetheless on the market planning, it appears unlikely that “Chicago Hearth” and Boden would half methods earlier than this specific arc will get a passable answer. As such, Boden’s time without work with James might very properly be a manner for the present to permit Robinson to run rampant for some time … till Boden makes his dramatic return to face his Season 12 nemesis.