After more than five years of no crossovers, the One Chicago
TV series — Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, and Chicago Med — will come together for one big event in 2025, and one actor is setting high expectations for the three-part story. The three NBC procedural shows last teamed up in October 2019 for “Infection,” but since then, they have kept to themselves. The COVID-19 pandemic (resulting in more safety precautions) was a huge factor in the crossover drought, but that will all end on one special night in late January.
Steven Weber, who stars as Dr. Dean Archer in the medical drama, discussed the highly-anticipated One Chicago crossover with ScreenRant. He couldn’t say too much about the event, including which Chicago Fire or Chicago PD characters Archer might share scenes with. However, Weber drew parallels between the upcoming crossover and one of the biggest movies ever. Check out Weber’s full quote below:
I don’t want to give anything away, but I will say that I’ve heard that it’s very, very difficult to act while wearing 40 to 50 pounds of gear, oxygen tanks, and masks. This is what I’ve heard. It’s really hard. But the thing is that this particular crossover is the equivalent of the audience going to a One Chicago amusement park and combine that with all these amazing actors. It’s not just a couple here and there mincing through the ER or some doctor shows up at a crash site or something like that. This is like Avengers: Endgame. Everybody comes in and they are going! And the audience is going to be screaming. That’s all I’m going to say.
Weber Comparing The Event To Avengers: Endgame Sets High Expectations
Although Weber couldn’t give out specific names when asked about who Archer interacts with in the 2025 One Chicago crossover, his comments imply that the actor worked with some Chicago Fire stars during the three-part event. Unfortunately, viewers will seemingly have to wait to learn who Weber was talking about. In the meantime, though, the Chicago Med actor’s Avengers: Endgame analogy raises some eyebrows.
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Weber stated that the upcoming crossover between all three One Chicago TV shows will feel like this universe’s version of Avengers: Endgame. This comparison sets high expectations for the event since Avengers: Endgame is the second highest-grossing film of all time. Nevertheless, based on Weber’s comments, audiences will see Med actors working with Fire stars and PD characters grouping up. So far, it’s known that all three teams will respond to a gas explosion at a high-rise building. The three-part event’s synopsis also reveals that the explosion results in 40 people trapped underground, including two recognizable One Chicago characters.
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The Stakes Are High
Weber’s statement suggests that the 2025 One Chicago crossover could be the biggest one the franchise has ever done. Taking into account his parallel between the NBC crossover and Avengers: Endgame, viewers have reason to worry about their favorite One Chicago characters. If the stakes are high, lives are in danger, and not just for those who are strangers to the audience. The interconnected Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, and Chicago Med story should have viewers on the edge of their seats for all three hours of the crossover event.
The three-hour One Chicago crossover premieres on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, on NBC. The franchise’s normal schedule for the event will slightly change as Chicago Fire kicks things off at 8 pm ET, followed by Chicago Med at 9 pm ET, and ending with Chicago PD at 10 pm ET.
Chicago Med is a medical drama television series that follows the lives of the doctors and nurses of the fictional Gaffney Chicago Medical Center. Created by Dick Wolf and Matt Olmstead, the show is the third series in Wolf Entertainment’s Chicago franchise. Chicago Med premiered on NBC in 2015, and occasionally has crossover events with Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.
- Release Date
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November 17, 2015
- Cast
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Marlyne Barrett
, S. Epatha Merkerson
, Oliver Platt
, Nick Gehlfuss
, Brian Tee
, Lorena Diaz
, Yaya DaCosta
, Torrey DeVitto
This story originally appeared on Screenrant
