‘Chicago Fire’ Star Kara Killmer on Being Written Off With the ‘Perfect’ Ending After Nearly 200 Episodes: ‘It’s Bittersweet’

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Emily Longeretta Brettsey has officially left Chicago. Kara Killmer, who has portrayed Sylvie Brett for 199 episodes on “Chicago Fire” (and dozens of “Chicago Med” and “Chicago P.D” episodes), makes her final appearance on the Feb.

28 episode, marrying Matt Casey (Jesse Spencer) and moving to Portland with him. “It’s bittersweet, but it’s definitely more sweet than bitter,” she tells Variety of the end of Brett’s journey on the NBC procedural. “I’m so happy that Sylvie gets her happy ending, and it’s a great closure for her tenure.” For Killmer, Brett marrying Casey is the “natural” end for her storyline — especially because Sylvie came to 51 after being left at the altar: “She came to Chicago trying to start fresh and then ends up across the aisle from the love of her life, finally getting everything that she always wanted and have this patchwork family together.

It’s such a perfect ending for her. I can’t think of anything better.” After Spencer exited the show in Season 10 when Casey moved to Oregon, the pair’s characters briefly had a long-distance relationship before calling it quits after it became too difficult.

He returned last season and proposed; at the start of Season 12, Brett told the firehouse she was moving to be with him after they tied the knot. “It wouldn’t have been the same and wouldn’t have felt right if somehow they exited Sylvie without Matt Casey.