Why He Might Live: Like Severide, Cruz has been around from the very beginning, and the last couple of seasons have gone a long way in giving Cruz meaty storylines that seemingly set up a long future.
Why He Might Die: Cruz is actually my other wild card in this situation.
While I don’t necessarily think that Cruz is doomed, I’m still not ready to declare him 100% safe.
And killing off Cruz would be the biggest death Fire could deliver from this cliffhanger without killing off Severide.