Hanako Greensmith is conscious of how Violet Mikami tousled with Sam Carver on Chicago Fireplace, however their street to redemption received’t be simple.

“I feel we see a little bit of her response [to Carver leaving] on the finish of season 12, which is I feel is a little bit of shock and guilt and remorse,” Greensmith, 27, completely instructed Us Weekly of Violet’s incapacity to inform Carver (Jake Lockett) her true emotions earlier than he took a depart of absence from Firehouse 51. “I feel there’s rather a lot that she didn’t say that she wished she had.”

The actress teased that season 13, which premieres on Wednesday, September 25, begins with Violet “deciding whether or not or not she’s prepared to speak what she possibly wished she had within the second.”

Greensmith famous that followers may also discover out “precisely why” Carver abruptly left on the finish of final season. Viewers will see “why he was gone for therefore lengthy and what life is gonna appear like with him being again.”

Through the season 12 finale in Could, Carver was deeply affected by a name the place it appeared {that a} father was abusing his grownup son whereas working collectively in a restaurant. Carver obtained bodily with one of many suspects after seeing burns on the sufferer’s arm. (Carver beforehand revealed that his older brother pushed him in a bonfire when he was 9 years outdated.)

On account of the altercation, Carver took a break from his firefighter duties. Violet, who had been casually seeing Carver, was shocked that he left with none actual warning — particularly since she hadn’t been forthcoming about how a lot she likes him.

When Carver does return about six weeks later, Greensmith stated Violet doesn’t precisely have her geese in a row. “It’ll be fascinating,” Greensmith instructed Us of Violet and Carver’s reunion, teasing it’ll be the “push and pull” relationship followers are used to between the pair.

“It’s a little bit of a dance,” she added, confessing that each characters are “discovering their footing in new conditions that each embrace and don’t embrace each other.”

The NBC star hinted at a “little little bit of a shift between the connection that we all know that they’ve had up to now.”

Greensmith identified that Violet suffered a “profound loss” when her ex-boyfriend paramedic chief Evan Hawkins (Jimmy Nicholas) died on obligation throughout a season 11 episode, which she won’t have absolutely accepted. That heartbreak continues to hang-out Violet, however that’s OK.

“So long as there’s house for that grief and that understanding of that previous, I feel there’s a chance to maneuver ahead,” Greensmith defined. “However the extra [Violet] form of retains ignoring that it’s there and never form of together with it in what’s apparent in her new relationships, it’ll hinder her sooner or later.”

Violet’s relationship with Carver received’t be the one dynamic altering this season. Greensmith instructed Us there’s a “nice alternative” for Violet and her newest ambulance companion, Lyla Novak (Jocelyn Hudon), to “mesh” their talent units starting with the season premiere.

“[We are seeing] Violet stroll into a really new vitality in her life,” Greensmith revealed. “She’s changing into extra comfy being PIC [paramedic in charge], comfy being with Novak, comfy studying how you can navigate this new romantic terrain of her life and whether or not she is going to or received’t transfer on from not simply Hawkins however Carver as effectively.”

Season 13 of Chicago Fireplace premieres on NBC Wednesday, September 25, at 9 p.m. ET.