(And if you havent yet watched the episode, what are you doing?

Go watch it and then come read these spoilers and discuss.)

Seriously, so many lives are hanging in the balance!

Chicago Fire - Season 5

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Youre the best thing that ever happened to me, he said.

These are things one says to their wife as theyre taking their last breaths.

And Matt seems seriously trapped.

He had a heart attack on the scene!

The show cannot do this to Trudy Platt (Amy Morton).

Also, maybe its a little too obvious?

Or all his kids.

Or the rest of the firehouse!

Even the shows co-creator, Derek Haas, hascalledHerrmann the heartbeat of the show.

Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney)Why he might die:Ha!

Yeah, right.Why he might live:Hes alive.

He has to be.

Chicago Firewill return for a sixth season on NBC in the fall.