As fans may remember from the season premiere, an important conversation happened between Stella Kidd (played by Miranda Rae Mayo) and Kelly Severide ... 15 or January 22 episode.

Aside from her heroism and quick wit, her relationship with fellow 51 Lieutenant Kelly Severide ... Stella Kidd was missing from Firehouse 51 during the midseason premiere (Season 13, Episode 9 ...

And that was before I saw the promo for the next episode that would air in Fire's slot of 9 p.m. ET on NBC Wednesdays ... after seeing how Stella reacted to Severide agreeing that they need ...