Not every season of Chicago Fire ends on a happy note, but the Season 13 finale in the 2025 TV schedule definitely delivered. Even though the hit NBC drama is losing two firefighters, there was plenty to celebrate: Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) and Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) are going to be parents. In a sweet twist, the baby on the way isn’t the duo getting their hopes up again for an adoption, but because Stella herself is pregnant. Executive producer Andrea Newman spoke with CinemaBlend about the change in plans for parenthood, as well as what made everyone on set cry.

Stella tells Severide that she was pregnant brought their latest subplot as a couple full circle, after Severide pitched starting a family at the end of Season 12. Andrea Newman previewed their “journey” to starting a family before Season 13 debut, but as it turns out, the Chicago Fire plan for them becoming parents was originally different. When I asked the EP/showrunner why Stellaride are having a baby of their own rather than the adoption continuing, Newman shared:

Not every season of Chicago Fire ends on a happy note, but the Season 13 finale in the 2025 TV schedule definitely delivered. Even though the hit NBC drama is losing two firefighters, there was plenty to celebrate: Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) and Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) are going to be parents. In a sweet twist, the baby on the way isn’t the duo getting their hopes up again for an adoption, but because Stella herself is pregnant. Executive producer Andrea Newman spoke with CinemaBlend about the change in plans for parenthood, as well as what made everyone on set cry.

Stella tells Severide that she was pregnant brought their latest subplot as a couple full circle, after Severide pitched starting a family at the end of Season 12. Andrea Newman previewed their “journey” to starting a family before Season 13 debut, but as it turns out, the Chicago Fire plan for them becoming parents was originally different. When I asked the EP/showrunner why Stellaride are having a baby of their own rather than the adoption continuing, Newman shared:

Me too! And oh my god, Taylor, at the end [of the finale] when he saw the results, he had me crying. I got goosebumps when I saw the first cut of that. I had been on stage for that, and everyone behind the monitor was crying at the way he reacted… It was all very emotional.

Apparently, Taylor Kinney’s performance when Severide learned that he and Stella were going to become parents was powerful enough that the Chicago Fire team on set was in tears. How nice is it to have a finale twist that makes people cry for good reasons rather than any kind of tragic cliffhanger?