On the other hand, the explosion meant that Gemmill could kill off any characters whose actors decided to depart and thus spare fans the situation that is going to impact the next season of Chicago Fire due to one actor’s decision to leave after the finale aired.
On the one hand, the cliffhanger meant that fans had to wait for clues about what’s to come and whether their favorites survived the initial blast.
Instead of waiting to find out which of the four leads would successfully renegotiate their contracts and which would take their leave of NCIS: Los Angeles, R. Scott Gemmill just went ahead and put them all in mortal jeopardy.