Chicago Fire s13e20 Episode Script

1
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Hi, Terry.
I'm here with good news.
You've been approved
as adoptive parents.
We're opening our home
to a child who needs it.
Is that is that tonight, tomorrow?
- When?
- I don't know.
I need a place to live.
You should take my spare room.
Let's see how this goes.
Ritter?
Thought you were gonna be out.
I'll be in my room.
Uh, hey. It's it's Natalie, right?
Yeah. Is Lieutenant Kidd around?
Is there something I can help you with?
Give this to Stella.
She'll know what it is.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
And Natalie didn't say anything else?
Nope.
Just that she wanted you to have it.
Wow.
This is what she was holding on to
when I carried her out of the fire.
I wonder why she wants me
to have it now, though.
[NOTIFICATIONS CHIME]
It's Terry.
"Call me as soon as you can."
- It was good.
- Yeah.
Oh, what's with the heat?
Ugh, feels like the dog days
of August in here.
Heater must be on the fritz again.
It is going to be a ten-shower shift.
I can feel it.
We got a call from
there's a woman at Med.
She's going into labor
and she is giving up
her baby for adoption.
[GASPS]
Yeah, we gotta get over there now, so.
Oh, is this crazy, though,
because we're already
down bodies a shift?
So who's going to cover for us?
Hey, don't worry about that.
We can call in floaters.
Yeah.
And we don't have any baby furniture
because we thought we have more time.
Are we really ready?
Yes, we are.
We we can figure all that out.
He's right.
When it comes to parenthood,
you never feel ready.
Stella, we got this.
- OK.
- Yeah.
Yeah, of course. OK.
- Go.
- Go!
- OK.
- Get out of here!
- All right, all right!
- Get outta here.
- Ahh!
- We got you covered.
What's going on?
Why is it so hot?
All right, walk with me, all right?
Kidd and Severide,
they're en route to Med
to meet the baby.
Pascal, he's out on a personal day.
Novak and Mikami,
they're assigned
to the convention downtown.
Carver, he's still part-time
until he completes
that recovery program.
Last time we ran a skeleton crew,
it was like the busiest shift ever.
Cruz, you got this Squad.
Mouch, you lead on Truck.
I'm gonna make some calls,
we'll get some floaters in here.
We are going to get through
this shift easy-peasy.
All right? Nothing to worry about.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- Hey, guys.
Who's in charge here?
Uh, I am. Um, at least for this shift.
Captain Christopher Herrmann.
Ambrose Sterling. I'm here to audit you.
- Audit?
- Yes.
The city hired me to evaluate
the operational efficiencies
of all the firehouses in the CFD.
Today of all days?
[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]
All right.
Well, what do you need from us?
Mm, just somewhere to set up.
Uh
Briefing room's empty.
Great.
And don't be alarmed if you see me
getting elbows-deep
around the firehouse.
Just trying to maximize the
optimal inputs for my report.
♪
[SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT]
Hannah. Hey.
Hey. Aw.
- Good to see you.
- Oh, I'm so glad you're here.
Oh, my gosh.
I didn't know you guys were
expanding your family.
Well, Dr. Asher will be
overseeing Ms. Taylor's care
and delivering the baby.
So Jade's about 3 centimeters dilated
and her water hasn't broke yet,
so it could be a while.
Why did she wait on the
hospital to decide on adoption?
Did she say?
Ms. Taylor actually decided
a few weeks ago.
She started the process,
but hadn't finished filling out
all the paperwork.
- Mm.
- She thought she had time.
Nature had other plans.
Hence, the rushed interview process.
Oh, this is an interview?
Well, you're the couple
she picked first.
But, you know, this is
all part of the process.
So if if she doesn't like us?
She technically could change her mind.
You know, ask to meet
with another family.
OK.
No pressure.
Any advice?
Well, just be yourselves.
Shall we?
♪
So, Jade, are
are you in school?
I'm sorry.
You don't have to answer that.
We are not interviewing you.
Oh, no. It's [CHUCKLES] It's OK.
I I graduated from
high school last May.
Oh, cool.
Where'd you go to school?
Sorry. Um
Is there anything you
would like to know about us?
Yes.
Yeah, I'm sure Terry
gave you the nuts and bolts,
but you can ask us anything.
You guys are firefighters, right?
Yeah.
Right. We're both lieutenants
at Firehouse 51.
♪
Lieutenants? [CHUCKLES]
That sounds pretty high up.
Well, there's still
a lot of people above us.
♪
I'm sorry, I think
I think contraction.
You want me to call for Dr. Asher?
Hey, Jade, you want to squeeze my hand?
Are are you sure?
Yes, of course. I can take it.
There you go.
Deep breaths. In through your nose.
[BOTH INHALE DEEPLY]
Out through your mouth.
[BOTH EXHALE DEEPLY]
There you go.
Again.
[BOTH INHALE DEEPLY]
I took care of my cousins
when they were growing up,
so I changed my fair share of diapers.
Kelly, not so much.
I'm a hell of a swaddler, though.
I helped deliver a bunch
of babies in the field.
Really? That's crazy.
Hi. Sorry to interrupt.
I just, uh, wanted to check
on your progress, Jade.
OK, so it looks like
your baby's heart rate is dipping a bit
with each contraction.
It's nothing to be
overly concerned about.
This can be caused by
a lot of different things.
We're going to want to try
to reposition you, OK?
That can help improve
blood flow to the placenta.
OK, so let's move her onto her side.
All right, here we go.
- Nice and easy.
- [JADE GROANS]
♪
Jade, I know that our intake nurse asked
if you take any medication
on a regular basis at home.
Anything you might have forgotten?
Supplement, maybe?
No. [CHUCKLES]
Nothing.
OK.
Uh, Stella and Kelly,
do you mind stepping out
for a brief moment?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
We're just right outside, Jade.
- OK?
- OK.
♪
So I asked around about this guy.
They call him "The Padlock".
I don't like the sound of that.
He spent one day at 28.
Their truck got decommissioned
and a bunch of guys
got sent to the floater pool.
[BOTH SIGH]
Chief Pascal submits
our budget quarterly.
Do we really need an in-person audit?
Numbers on a screen
can't tell me how you operate.
Efficiency is a full-contact sport.
I've seen our reports
and operations is only
a small piece of the pie.
A big enough piece
for the city to send me here.
Look, I'm sure you've heard
the department is going through
some changes,
as are a lot of places right now.
You know, purse strings are tightening.
Well, they get any tighter,
even the pennies won't come out.
We don't even have the money
to fix our damn heater.
- [ALARM BLARES]
- Truck 81.
All right. Sorry, we got to go.
Actually, I'll be joining you.
- [STOPWATCH BEEPS]
- You're going to be timing us?
Should only take about 90 seconds
to get from bells to boulevard.
[SIREN WAILING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Hey.
Hey, you got to get him out.
- Yeah, let's go.
- He's stuck.
Whoa, hold on. Who's stuck?
My maintenance guy, Corey.
He was checking on a leak
in the old coal chute,
and he fell.
I can hear him, and he's hurt.
OK. Hey, hey we got it from here.
Thank you.
♪
Hey, fire department!
If you can hear me, yell!
Yeah! I'm here!
OK! We're going to get you
out of there, Corey!
All right?
I can't breathe!
OK, go easy.
I don't know.
It's a tight squeeze in there.
We can't lower somebody down there.
Grab some sledgehammers.
- We'll go in from below.
- Good idea.
OK, easy, buddy. We're coming.
Hurry!
Hey, Mouch,
let me know if you get access.
Copy.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Here we go.
This has to be the coal room.
Ah.
- Strike.
- [GRUNTS]
♪
Coal room is bricked over.
We're going to try
and break through now.
Copy that.
♪
All right, Damon, grab an
inch and three-quarters line.
Copy.
And Clarence, give me some
low pressure on that line.
♪
We're going to bend that line
in half like a horseshoe,
all right?
Then we're going to take the loop,
charge it,
and we're going
to drop it down the chute.
Plan B?
Yep. Let's go!
♪
Hurry! I can't breathe!
[COUGHS]
♪
[COUGHING] Hurry!
We're here. Just hold on!
[CLATTERS]
♪
[GRUNTS] All right. Booker.
♪
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[COREY COUGHING]
I'm going to pull you out nice and easy.
[COUGHING]
I got him.
All right.
Watch the head, watch the head.
Get him down a little bit.
Lieutenant, we got the victim.
We're bringing him up now.
Copy. OK. We're good.
Up on three. One, two, three.
[ALL GRUNT]
Let's go.
♪
[STOPWATCH BEEPS]
♪
What's going on with Jade and the baby?
We should wait for Dr. Asher
before getting
too deep into it, but, uh
we just found out that
Ms. Taylor's labor symptoms
were masking the fact
that she's in withdrawal.
Withdrawal from what?
Opioids.
Last time she used was two days ago.
We gave Jade additional IV fluids,
and the baby's heart rate
has returned to normal.
That's great to hear.
We'll continue monitoring
mom and baby closely.
We also just administered an epidural,
which should ease
Jade's withdrawal symptoms.
Now, once the baby's been delivered,
the neonatologist will
run a toxicology report.
Do you think the baby
will test positive?
Given how recently Jade used
and the frequency of her drug use
within the third trimester
yes.
And what does withdrawal
in a newborn look like?
Neonatal abstinence syndrome
can cause irritability,
sleeping problems, difficulty feeding,
breathing issues,
and in some cases, seizures.
I think it's important
you know all the facts.
There is a chance of long-term
mental and physical challenges,
learning disabilities,
behavioral issues, motor deficits.
Again, by no means is it a given.
- But it is a possibility.
- [SEVERIDE SIGHS]
And one you really need to consider.
Now, are you equipped and
willing to care for a child
- who has
- Yes.
Absolutely.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Right, Kelly?
Yes.
Yeah, of course.
All right.
Well, as long as
Jade also wants to proceed,
we can move forward.
I'll go check on her.
OK.
♪
Oh, it's like the inside
of a burning building in here.
My cousin could be here in two hours
with a heating system
that works, good as new.
Your cousin works in HVAC?
Not exactly.
Sounds suspect. I'll pass.
Any updates on Kidd and Severide?
Nothing yet.
It is crazy that you can wake up one day
and everything's normal.
And then by dinnertime, you're parents.
Mm. Yeah, they got
nothing in the nursery.
Maybe we can gather up
some stuff for the baby?
- Help them out a little?
- Yeah.
I mean, I got a closet
full of old toys and clothes
that Otis has outgrown.
After five kids, I'm sure there's gotta
be something down in that basement.
I'll call Cindy.
- [KEYBOARD TAPS]
- Whoa.
Did you guys know it cost
this much for baby stuff?
- $600 for a crib?
- Mm-hmm.
Hey, all right. Hey.
- That's nuts.
- Hey.
Quiet down before
the cuckoo clock in there
sees us being inefficient.
Yeah.
[SIGHS]
- Captain Herrmann.
- Yeah.
Lieutenant McHolland.
Can we chat for a sec?
Yeah.
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
That was an impressive save.
We have a great group
of firefighters here at 51.
Yeah.
Question.
Why start a new plan when
Truck was already on the move?
We always have a backup plan,
especially if we don't have
all the facts.
♪
Redundancy is the thief of efficiency.
♪
It's called a failsafe.
And, uh, we wouldn't
be having this conversation
if you were a first responder.
[SIGHS] You might be right, but I'm not.
I'm an efficiency analyst.
And if I see wasteful practices,
I got to call them out.
OK.
♪
- Excuse me.
- Yeah.
♪
Thanks.
I'm sorry I jumped like that.
It should have been a conversation.
We can talk this out.
And if you want to hit pause
Look, I don't [SIGHS]
I'm not looking for an out.
I just need to know
that we're in this together.
We are.
It's a lot, absorbing
just all the unknowns.
I know, but our
our track record has been pretty good
when it comes to curveballs.
[NOTIFICATIONS CHIME]
Uh, it's Hannah.
Jade wants to talk to us.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I swear, I [SIGHS]
I tried so hard to stay sober.
I [SIGHS]
As soon as I found out I was pregnant,
I tried to detox on my own.
Um
over the last couple months, I just
the due date got closer, and it just
I just started freaking out.
It just hit me hard.
I mean, I can't
I can't take care of a baby.
I can't even take care of myself.
[SIGHS]
I just really
I just really hope
I didn't hurt the baby.
[SNIFFLES]
Because he deserves
a better life, like
like the kind that
you guys could give to him.
[SNIFFLES]
I I mean, if you still
♪
We do.
We
we're all-in.
Yeah.
[CHUCKLING] OK.
[SIGHS]
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
For what it's worth
I know how hard it can be
to quit cold turkey.
♪
I tried more than once.
Never stuck.
♪
You?
Yeah.
Yeah, I, uh
had a pretty serious drug
problem when I was your age.
♪
Really? You
Yeah.
You know, the thing that
really helped me a lot
when I was going through recovery
was thinking about what was waiting
on the other side, you know?
What my life was going
to look like when I got clean.
♪
I used to want to be a teacher.
Before I screwed everything up.
You're 19.
You have time to make things
right with yourself.
[SIGHS]
Yeah, I mean, maybe we could even
[GASPS]
[GROANS]
Another contraction coming?
Oh, damn. Sorry.
I don't um
no, I don't
I think something's wrong.
I think my water broke.
It's really wet between my legs.
- Get Hannah.
- Yeah.
[JADE GROANING]
Hey. I got you.
Just try and keep breathing.
Nice and steady, OK?
Yeah. It hurts so bad.
Dr. Asher is on the way.
- Hey.
- OK, Jade.
Let's take a quick look, OK?
[GROANS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. Is is the baby OK?
You're having what
we call a placental abruption.
The placenta is starting to separate
from the wall of the uterus.
We need to perform
an emergency C-section.
What? You're gonna cut me
I know that it sounds scary,
but we're going to give you
really strong medication
through your epidural
so you don't feel anything, OK?
Alert the blood bank.
Have them put two units on hold for her.
Page the NICU and anesthesia.
All right, come on. Let's go!
[GRUNTING]
Uh, look, I
I know I said I didn't want
anyone in the delivery room,
but can you please call my dad?
We can call him, but we can't wait.
You're bleeding too quickly.
Um, I could go with you
if you want, Jade.
- Yes, can Stella come?
- Of course.
She can hold your hand the whole time.
Grab an extra set of scrubs, please.
OK.
- You OK with this?
- Yeah, of course.
OK.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Ah. You really think he's got
all that mojo that he says he has?
I mean, does anybody
really listen to that kid?
That's a real high-prestige
job these days,
efficiency expert.
Seems to me you should know
a little something about
the firefighting world before
you start tearing it apart.
[SIGHS] Oh.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Feels like a sauna in here.
Hey, sorry about that.
The heater has gone haywire.
- Mwah.
- Hi, hi.
So hey, you got any of that
baby stuff from the basement?
When was the last time
you looked in those boxes?
Aside from the dust,
some of that stuff
is as old as Lee Henry.
- [CHUCKLES]
- All right.
So what'd you come down here
for if you ain't got it?
I had an idea.
This is our local Buy Nothing group.
I'm a member.
You can list items to give away
and find things that you need for free.
Sounds like a bunch of hippie stuff.
It's not hippie stuff, Christopher.
It's community.
I've already made an urgent request
for Stella and Kelly's baby.
They'll bring donations
here to the firehouse.
- All right.
- Wow, this is great.
There are already so many pledges.
Ooh, that looks like
a pretty high-end stroller.
Oh, wow.
Yeah, we really could have
used that when Otis was a baby.
Yeah, uh, a baby that we saved
from that burning building.
Oh, I remember,
another great save by 51.
We should probably
get busy with some drills,
or we're going to end up
on the city's trash heap.
[SIGHS]
Hi.
Hi, I'm looking for Jade Taylor.
And what's your relationship
to Ms. Taylor?
I'm her father.
The nurse I spoke to said
she's having a C-section.
I need to be with her.
I'm sorry, but the procedure
is already underway.
We can't have people
entering mid-operation.
She's all alone, OK? She's only 19.
It's for her and the baby's safety.
You can wait right here,
and we'll let you know
as soon as she's out.
[SIGHS]
All right. Thank you.
Uh, your daughter isn't in there alone,
just so you know.
My wife's in there with her.
Oh, who are you?
I'm
my wife and I are adopting Jade's baby.
Oh.
That's, uh
That's probably the right call.
Jade's not ready to raise a child.
I didn't even know she was pregnant.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
We haven't spoken in over two years.
Sorry.
♪
You know, it hurt like hell to do it,
but
I finally had to cut her off
after she
♪
[SIGHS] I shouldn't be running my mouth.
♪
She told us about her
drug issues.
♪
Do you, uh do you know if she, um
did she use during, uh, her pregnancy?
♪
I swear to you
I'm not a terrible father.
I did everything I could
to get her off that stuff.
[SNIFFLES AND SIGHS]
I tried understanding.
I tried tough love.
[SNIFFLES]
♪
That's the one thing they,
uh, don't tell you
when you become a parent.
♪
Sometimes your best isn't good enough.
♪
That auditor better note in his report
how great we were in those drills.
[CHUCKLES] It helped me sweat out
last night's beer pong
with Novak, at least.
Oh, I've been
I've been wanting to apologize.
For what?
Showing up the other night
at your apartment.
Novak and I are trying
to keep things casual,
not really telling anyone.
I mean, theoretically, we're
not really even together, so.
Hey, it's fine.
Novak's whole thing
is keeping me on my toes.
Same.
Uh, where do you keep the aspirin?
I have a nasty headache.
We don't have house aspirin.
It's not in the budget.
But I got some.
Yeah, you're looking a little flushed.
Maybe you should take off that jacket.
[SIGHS] Closest thing
I have to a uniform.
Better to keep it on.
Oh.
He just stole my pills.
[SIGHS] Still no word from Kelly.
I'm going to check in.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[LINE TRILLS]
You're doing great.
OK, fundal pressure.
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]
♪
All right, here he comes.
[BABY CRYING]
♪
Oh, my God.
Hi, baby boy.
Welcome to the world.
OK, clamps?
Scissors?
♪
You did great.
♪
- [BABY CRYING]
- Oh, here we go.
♪
Placenta is delivering.
♪
Is he OK?
He's beautiful.
[MACHINES BEEPING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
Oh, she's bleeding.
I need suction and laps now.
♪
I can't see where it's coming from yet.
What's happening? What's wrong?
[MACHINES BEEPING]
[SIGHS] I think I see it.
Yep, there's the apex.
Allis clamp.
OK, Jade, you have an extension,
which means that there is a
tear in your uterine incision.
It's not an uncommon complication,
but I do need to repair it.
♪
I'm going to put her under general.
I can't get her blood pressure
to stabilize.
Let's prepare to intubate.
[BABY CRYING]
OK.
♪
No car seat?
Hospital won't let you
leave with the baby
unless you have one.
[SIGHS]
Maybe we take the rigs out
and just go pick one up.
Say it's from everyone at 51.
I'm in.
You think that's the best idea
with Ambrose's hawk eyes trained on us?
Yeah, we'll just tell him
we went out on a fuel run.
He'll never know.
He'll never know what?
Uh, Herrmann, uh,
he was just saying that, um,
we're going to be back
so fast from gassing up,
you'll never know we were gone.
I'll ride with Truck this time.
Great.
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Hey, I got a plan.
♪
[ENGINE RUMBLES]
Little boy's got a set of lungs on him.
He's 8 pounds, 6 ounces.
He's got all ten fingers, ten toes.
- [CHUCKLES]
- He's beautiful.
How's how's Jade doing?
This is Victor.
He's Jade's dad.
Oh, hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Um, yes, Jade, she's
she's doing great.
She she had a complication.
- After
- Oh? What happened?
She had a tear in her uterine incision,
but Dr. Asher fixed it.
She's stable.
She should be waking up any second now.
Thank God.
Yeah. She did great.
Thank you for being there.
Of course.
Stella Kidd and Kelly Severide?
Yeah?
Follow me.
You can visit the Taylor baby now.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Do you want to come along?
- Oh, no, no, no.
You go ahead.
I want to be there when
my daughter wakes up.
- OK.
- OK.
♪
Do you normally fill up
when you're already three-quarters full?
It's good practice
to do it when you have time.
Hey, Mouch? Engine's acting up.
I'm pulling over.
Copy. Pull in behind him.
[BRAKES SCREECH]
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Oh, man, that engine
is knocking like a drum,
so I'm going to have Damon
check it out from underneath
and see what's up.
Why can't we do this
back at the firehouse?
You don't want to risk
it getting worse, do you?
♪
[SIGHS]
You know, the good thing is that, uh,
you're not going to have to use
your stopwatch for this one.
We're going to make this fast.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, you're funny.
So hey, I was wondering,
um, you know, how did you get
into all this auditing stuff?
Well, it started when I created
the world's best efficiency software.
Most software focuses on task
management, but I made it
♪
- [AMBROSE SIGHS]
- Are you OK?
[MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY]
Hey, maybe you should sit, all right?
Yo, I think you should whoa.
Hey. Guys!
Hey. Hey.
Hey!
I think it's heat exhaustion.
Headaches, rapid heart rate,
incoherent speech.
All right, listen, we got
to cool this guy down fast.
You guys remember the windfall maneuver?
Need a fan. Hey, Clarence. Grab my coat.
Hey, Damon, pull the cross lay.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Clarence, send some water, low pressure.
There we go.
♪
[FAN WHIRRING]
[GRUNTS]
Why am I wet?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Welcome back, Ambrose.
♪
So Dr. Baker, our neonatologist,
should be here shortly
to speak with you.
But he did let me know
that the baby tested positive
for opioids.
[BABY COOS]
Has he shown any
withdrawal symptoms yet?
Those don't usually develop
until after the first 24 hours,
so he'll be kept in the NICU
for close monitoring.
OK.
[BABY FUSSING]
♪
Excuse us.
I'm sorry, what what are you doing?
We have an order to transfer him.
♪
Transfer him where?
For more testing? Can we go with him?
Are you Jade Taylor?
These are the baby's adoptive parents.
The paperwork's still in process.
Unfortunately, until they're
listed in the medical records,
I can only share health information
with the parent on file.
♪
What?
[BABY FUSSES]
♪
OK, you know what?
Uh, why don't you guys take a
beat in the consultation room?
I'll figure out what's going
on and find you after, OK?
All right.
So who requested this?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
We have an order to transfer
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Something is not right, Kelly.
- It's been over an hour.
- [APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS]
Hey.
So I have some bad news.
Jade's changed her mind.
She no longer wants
to move forward with adoption.
What?
Her father's agreed to
assume temporary guardianship
of the baby while Jade completes rehab.
Did her father talk her into this?
Because she was
she was pretty adamant with us
that she's not ready to be a mom.
I don't know what changed her mind.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
Well, I I want to talk to Jade.
I'm afraid that's not possible.
♪
Um
Stella.
♪
[SIGHS]
♪
Where is she?
They moved her to a room in the NICU
so she could be near her baby
while she recovers.
Can I please see her?
- Stella.
- Hey, listen.
Listen, I don't want to
I don't want to try and convince her.
I don't want to change her mind.
I just want to make sure
that she is OK.
I'm afraid that
now that the adoption's
been terminated, there
there can't be any further
contact between the parties.
OK? That's just policy.
I'm really sorry
this didn't work out, OK?
But I promise you, we will
regroup and we'll move forward.
♪
[SIGHS]
Well, I don't need to stay
the whole shift.
I got what I need to finish my report.
Should we start
packing up our lockers now?
[SIGHS]
My efficiency
recommendation list is long.
But 51 passed this audit.
There you go.
You should know the CFD
is going to be announcing
big cuts soon, including
layoffs and forced retirements.
Probationary and older firefighters
are gonna be the first to go.
This isn't bad news.
With all your years on the job,
the buyout could be pretty sweet.
[BOTH SCOFF]
So they're just gonna throw us away?
I don't know what to tell you.
These cuts are inevitable.
That's the future of the CFD.
♪
That's a future battalion chief
you're talking to, Ambrose.
♪
One of the best out there.
♪
And I got the highest score
on the lieutenant's test.
♪
I got news for you.
Us old-timers
we're not going anywhere.
♪
[CLAPS] OK, so Damon has a spare key
to Severide and Kidd's apartment,
so we can set up the nursery
before they get home with the baby.
Oh, we're going to need
all our cars to get everything
over there.
Yeah, you're right.
Uh, well, let's load it up now.
Hey, guys?
I just got off the phone
with Kelly. [SIGHS]
They're not coming home
with the baby anymore.
What happened?
The birth mother changed her mind.
She wants to keep her son.
It was a boy?
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
I don't want Kelly and Stella
to see all this.
It'll crush 'em.
♪
Yeah, um, OK.
Uh, OK.
Let's just load all of this
into the storage compartment.
That way, when they do find their baby,
it'll be there waiting for them.
OK.
♪
Jade had requested a visit
with the baby.
She said she just wanted
to hold him one time.
You know, say goodbye.
But when she and her dad
saw him, I think that
some feelings they had
been pushing aside surfaced.
I promise, though, he didn't
talk her into keeping the baby.
He offered his support, but
this was entirely Jade's decision.
Yeah, she just seemed so sure.
To be honest, I think
that some of the things
that you said to her
about your own life,
I think they inspired Jade.
You had a really big impact
on her, Stella.
♪
What is this?
A note Jade wanted me to give you.
I'll leave you two to read it.
I should head home.
♪
I appreciate
all that you did for us today.
Yeah.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Thank you.
♪
I'm so glad it was you.
Me too.
Well
♪
[KIDD SNIFFLES]
♪
"Stella, thank you for holding my hand."
That's all it says. [SNIFFLES]
♪
That's enough.
♪
I really do hope she gets
the future that she wants.
♪
[KIDD SNIFFLES]
♪
[SMOOCHES]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]