I’m Disappointed That One Chicago’s 2025 Crossover Heavily Favored One Show Over The Other Two

I’m disappointed that the 2025 One Chicago crossover, entitled “In the Trenches,” seemed heavily tilted toward one of the three shows over the others. The best One Chicago crossovers have given each show in the franchise a specific part of the larger story so that it is clear where one episode ends and the next begins. The 2025 crossover, however, offered a more integrated story where characters from all three shows worked together from close to the beginning of the three-hour event.

Chicago Fire Dominated The Crossover

Every Storyline Tied Back To Firehouse 51

Chicago Fire aired in the first part of the hour, but its presence was felt throughout the entire crossover. The story began with Firehouse 51 responding to a call about a gas explosion at a government building, and every storyline in the One Chicago crossover came out of that story. To an extent, that was logical, as there would be no crossover story without the gas explosion. However, Chicago Fire carried most of the three-hour story, which left little room for the other two shows.