Chicago Fire s13e22 Episode Script
It Had to End This Way
1
You know, when you were gone,
I wanted to reach out.
You know, it was good
to have the time to myself,
but you can always reach out.
Sam, I should have told you the truth,
but that's the hardest thing to do.
When I was still at 27,
I rescued a four-year-old
girl from a house fire.
It was Natalie.
My sister and her boyfriend
told me they don't want me there.
I thought, you saved me once.
You would it again.
You're the man who killed my wife.
You're not gonna get away with it!
The victim's Robert Franklin.
Does Van Meter know about
my connection to the victim?
No, I didn't see how it was relevant.
I hate to say it, but
I think we have to assume
the perpetrator is one of our own.
Look into Pascal
and his boss, Hendricks.
You knew Hendricks was
dirty and you still went
to work for him after that.
No one ever found out I was
working Hendricks on my own.
Unless someone can
corroborate what you were up to.
I don't know what
OFI's looking into here.
The man is honorable to a fault.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Detective will be right with you.
Sorry for the hold up.
I am Detective Gerard.
I wanna thank you for
coming down like this, sir.
This how you treat a
decorated battalion chief
perp walking him in front of his people,
in front of the whole damn city?
They shouldn't have.
That is no way to treat
a fellow civil servant.
Why don't you take a seat?
I got you a cup of coffee.
Am I under arrest here?
No.
That's the last thing anybody
in this building wants.
Folks around here, they got
a lot of respect for you.
But you see, here's my problem.
Somebody tried to kill Robert Franklin,
and there's evidence that
points in your direction.
So
I'm not talking until
I speak to a lawyer.
Oh.
That's a shame.
'Cause I could really
use your help on this case.
I mean, I keep looking through it,
trying to game up another suspect,
and frankly, I can't find one.
I mean, the guy, he killed your wife.
Of course you'd be angry, right?
And actually, I know you were,
'cause I got a written statement
from Franklin's lawyer that
says that you threatened him
in public outside of ASA's office.
And then it doesn't help
that this is an arson case
and that the instrument used
to sabotage Franklin's car
was CFD-issued, which makes
things, for you, problematic.
And even if I could
explain away both of those,
I mean, this last one well.
It's kind of tough, wouldn't you say?
You see, these were taken
from Robert Franklin's doorbell camera.
That's your Bronco parked
outside of his house
on three different occasions.
What were you doing there, Chief?
You know what it looks like to me?
Looks like you were
gathering information
on his car,
on his schedule.
I mean, why else
would you be there, right?
Do you know what I think
when I see all of this?
I think you're gonna
need one hell of a lawyer.
♪
Your sister said she's good with you
staying a couple nights,
so it really is up to you.
I'm sure she did.
Her and Danny would be so happy
if I never came back.
Well, we are happy to have you.
Thanks. I really appreciate it.
The longer I stay away
from there, the better.
I gotta get to school.
We can give you a ride.
No, it's okay. It's a short bus ride.
See you later.
[DOOR SHUTS]
That poor kid.
It doesn't seem like
anyone in her family
cares where she goes, what she does.
And being lonely at that age?
I remember it. It, um
sucks.
I'm glad she can stay here a couple days
while she cools off
from that trip to her mom's.
Yeah.
You said you wanted to leave
early to talk to Pascal.
Okay. I'm sorry. Okay?
I'll get ready super quick.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Oh, will you get that?
Maybe Natalie forgot something.
Yeah.
Captain?
You weren't honest with me about
the Franklin arson investigation.
I didn't lie about anything.
I just didn't bring up
the Pascal connection
until I had some real information.
You're playing a dangerous game.
I'm not playing any games.
You covered for him.
And if he did the crime,
you're an accessory
to attempted murder after the fact.
You have to know at this point,
if Pascal goes down,
you're going with him.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
The cops just marched him out
of here in front of all of us.
It was it was awful.
But he's not charged with anything?
Not yet.
He lawyered up and got out of there.
PD and OFI are deep diving.
How's the victim?
Still in critical,
burned about 30% of his body.
[SIGHS]
Where is Chief now?
Locked in his office with Severide.
According to OFI,
there's no other suspect
in the Franklin case right now.
This is coming from Van Meter?
I told him that I thought
you were being framed,
but he's questioning my judgment.
[SIGHS] Sorry I dragged
you into all this.
I'm not.
You need someone in your corner.
And Van Meter doesn't know what I know.
Which is what?
Lieutenant Vale confirmed
your story about Miami,
about how Chief Hendricks is dirty
and you were coming after him.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Vale said he'd even testify to it.
You're lucky Monica told him.
So if PD or OFI is
looking into my connection
with Hendricks
You've got a defense.
I also think it got us a suspect.
I thought you cleared Bishop.
Not Bishop. Hendricks.
We know he's dirty.
We know you tried to take him down.
Well, Hendricks didn't know I was trying
to build a case against him.
He didn't know then,
but what if he found out?
What if somebody tipped him off?
So what, you think Hendricks
orchestrates this from behind bars?
I don't know. You knew the guy. Tell me.
What would he do if he found out
you were trying to come after him?
He'd do something like this.
Good work, Lieutenant.
Well, we still gotta prove it.
How can I help?
Well, better now to just lay low.
I'll see what I can find out.
All right. Where are you gonna start?
I got a pretty good idea.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Hey, Tony, we just had a call to Tanya,
the frequent flier
who has a thing for you.
Oh, yeah? How's she doing?
Uh, still convinced she
has a spy cam in her brain,
but otherwise, good.
- Vitals are normal.
- Good. Good.
- Hey there.
- Hi.
You guys have been busy.
Yeah, back-to-backs.
Hmm.
I've been meaning to tell you, I'm
I'm glad that you're done
with outpatient treatment
and that you're back full-time.
Yeah.
Uh, outpatient treatment is done.
Um, feels good.
Thanks.
Last shift, Pascal wished me luck
on the Chief's exam tomorrow.
That was weird.
Much as this was the plan,
it's gonna be hard to see him go.
I don't want it to be with a dark cloud
hanging over him, either.
Yeah. I just hope he gets
his name cleared, and soon.
[ALARM BLARES]
Engine 51, Truck 81,
Ambulance 61, structure fire.
315 Regent Street.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[SIRENS WAILING]
♪
Mikami, get me an EMS
Plan 1 and set up triage.
Copy.
Fire started back near the range.
[COUGHS] Not everybody got out.
Did it get to the ammunition yet?
No. It's behind the far counter.
51, run a hose line.
Keep the fire off the ammo.
All right. Copy that.
Hey, 51, let's move it.
81, you're with me. Search and rescue.
If that ammo ignites, stay low.
Follow me.
♪
Move out.
Fire department, call out!
Hey, Chief!
Ammo!
[BULLETS FIRING]
Get down!
Keep cover! Stay low!
Ahh!
[GROANS] Please help me!
Ritter, Carver, let's go! Stay low!
[BULLETS FIRING]
Give me some line!
- [GROANS]
- We got you!
You're gonna be okay!
Hey, I need water!
All right, on three!
One, two, three!
[WHIMPERING]
Stay down!
[BULLETS FIRING]
There are more people
near the gun range.
Chief!
We got multiple victims
in the gun range!
Copy that! Get your victim clear!
Copy!
Let's go!
♪
We're gonna get you out!
We gotta find them some cover!
- Through the door!
- Copy that!
Hold tight!
Keep tight!
Come on!
Get low, over here!
Ready!
Let's go!
[BULLETS FIRING]
♪
Stay low. Keep moving.
Move away from the area. Go!
Medic.
Engine 51, victims are clear.
Back out, and let's go defensive.
Copy that!
♪
[WATER WHOOSHING]
[DOOR BUZZER BLARES]
Didn't expect to
see you back here, Lieutenant,
after I told you
the truth about your pal, Dom.
You were wrong about Miami, Bishop.
Pascal was working Hendricks,
getting evidence to be used against him,
just like he did with you.
And you actually buy that?
I do.
And I think Hendricks bought it too.
I think you told him
that Pascal screwed you.
And it made Hendricks
realize what Pascal
was really up to in Miami.
Oh. I see, I see.
So you couldn't pin it on me,
so you moved on to Hendricks.
He's got the contacts.
[CHUCKLES] Stick to
your day job, Lieutenant.
I need you to confirm
that you called Hendricks
- after you got taken in.
- Why?
So I can help the guy
who put me in here?
Maybe you hate Pascal,
but I'm willing to bet
you hate this place more.
What are you
you saying you can get me a deal?
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
You were Hendricks' guy in Chicago.
You know exactly who he'd hire
for a job like this.
Well, if I did,
I'd say that's
pretty valuable information.
You get me those names,
and maybe I can help you out.
♪
Does Carver seem okay to you guys?
How do you mean?
I don't know.
Maybe it's in my head,
but it just felt like
he was being a little distant.
With me, at least.
What?
Nothing. It's just
okay, you wrote
this whole letter to him,
and you put down all of these feelings.
But you never sent it, which is cool.
I totally understand why, but
but maybe it's not that
he's being distant.
Maybe it's just that you feel closer
because of what you admitted on paper.
But not to him.
- Hmm.
- Well, no.
Uh, Kelly's already gone,
but I will be there as soon as I can.
Okay.
Sorry I'm late.
What are you doing here?
Um, Natalie called me.
You think a firefighter's
gonna get you out of this?
Have a seat, Ms. Kidd.
Stella's fine.
Natalie skipped class
and was caught outside smoking.
Third time already this semester,
so we have to consider suspension.
Oh, my God, why would you do that?
I'm sorry.
Um, look, I understand that
there needs to be
some kind of punishment,
of course, but
I hope you will take into
consideration Natalie just
went through a serious trauma
with the visit
to her mom's old apartment.
You went to try and see Mom?
Okay, she wasn't even there.
I know.
What?
- Why didn't you tell me?
- I was trying to protect you.
Guys, let's stay focused
on the issue at hand, okay?
Natalie told us you're her guardian now.
Is that correct?
Her guardian?
Is that what you meant by having her
stay at your place a few days?
Okay, what do you even care?
Danny told me you guys
don't even want me there,
so now you get what you want.
Natalie, I really am
just here to help out.
I was telling you the truth
when I called you.
Guardianship is a matter for DCS,
not the principal's office.
I'll hold off on
disciplinary action for now,
but clearly, some bigger decisions
about this young woman's
life need to be made.
No suspension.
Nice work.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
I didn't even tell my deputy
director I was coming here.
I'm not sure Internal Investigation
should be involved in this.
Well, I appreciate that you did.
Where did you get these names?
Bishop.
He said that those are the
guys that Hendricks would call
to pull an arson job.
And he just handed them over?
Not exactly.
Don't tell me that you said
we'd offer him a deal.
I had to.
But I said it'd be contingent
on one of these names
getting us an arrest.
You don't have the authority to do that.
Look, if Pascal is being set up,
it'd be in everybody's
interest to get him cleared.
I think the
state's attorney would agree.
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]
So what do you need from me?
I need you to run those names
and see if any of them stand out.
Okay, I will cross-check these
against NCIC and LEADS,
see what turns up.
Thank you. That's all I'm asking.
I'll be in touch.
♪
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
What is this?
We have a warrant to search your home.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Excuse us.
I'm calling my lawyer.
You be my guest. Go that way.
♪
Uh, hey, do you mind?
No, not that. That's my wife's.
She's got nothing to do with this.
[GLASS SHATTERS]
- Look what you did!
- Hey!
- Look what
- Hey!
Chief, back away! Back away.
Don't touch her things!
You don't decide that.
Chief, don't make this
any worse on yourself.
Think.
♪
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
If you're here for the test, come on in.
- Hey.
- Good morning.
Did you, um, get my letter?
Yeah, I did.
So why didn't you say anything?
Text or call or something?
Did I are you mad
at me for some reason?
No, I'm not. I
should have responded.
I know.
But I made a tough call last week.
It just it feels like
staying sober here in Chicago,
surrounded by all the stuff
that spun me out,
it's impossible.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
So I put in an application with
the Denver Fire Department.
Trying to start fresh, you know?
Wow.
Yeah, I mean, whatever you
need to do to be healthy.
Gotta try, at least.
Makes sense.
I hope you find what you need there.
♪
[SIGHS]
Tell me you got something.
I tried calling you last night.
They took my phone,
along with my laptop.
I feel like they're closing in.
Well, so am I.
On Hendricks?
Potential accomplices.
State police are running
them down right now.
How real is this?
At least two of the names are connected
to OFI investigations in Chicago.
Well, that's promising.
Yeah, still gonna need more
something concrete that
ties all this to Hendricks.
What would that look like?
Has anyone gotten in touch with you
since you left Miami,
fishing for something
that they can tell Hendricks?
No.
What about Monica?
Didn't you say she was
friendly with Hendricks' wife?
- I suppose. It's possible.
- Any way to check?
I still have her phone.
They didn't take it.
I'll look after shift.
- Let me know what you find.
- Yeah.
Keep your head up, Chief.
Hey, we gotta talk.
- What's up?
- All right.
- Where the hell have you been?
- Working.
Yeah? On the chief's case?
All right, look, we all
saw the cops cart him away.
We haven't heard a damn thing since.
All right? We're not trying to pry.
All right?
We're all just very concerned.
I'm sure you get that.
Yeah.
When I know something,
you'll know something.
All right.
[ALARM BLARES]
Truck 51, Ambulance 61.
Person trapped.
2161 Hillhurst.
[SIRENS WAILING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[SOBBING]
My husband!
He was trying to replace the
furnace, and it fell on him.
- He's not answering me.
- Okay. Where is he?
- In the basement.
- Okay.
Hey, let's grab cribbing and wedges.
Mouch, find the gas meter. Shut it off.
Copy that.
He had a heart attack last year,
and I'm scared that it
might have happened again.
Okay, ma'am. We'll check him out.
♪
Looks like the furnace
ripped the support beam loose
when it came down.
Let's get some struts
on that right away, Mouch.
We don't want the ceiling to cave in
while we're getting him out.
Hey, I can't have any medics in here
if there's collapse potential.
You gotta go.
Well, if he's had
a heart attack, we can't wait.
[CEILING CRACKLING]
Carver, you are acting medic.
Violet, you can walk him
through it outside.
Let's go.
Ma'am, we gotta get you out too.
Let's go.
All right, we're gonna set up cribbing,
and then we're gonna
lever it up inch by inch.
Okay, Violet, talk to me.
Okay, first, attach the defib pads.
I can't. It's too tight.
Attaching leads.
♪
Okay, leads are attached.
Okay, check the monitor.
What's it reading?
It's slow. Heart rate's 42.
[SIGHS] He's bradycardic.
We're gonna need IV access
to push fluids.
I can't get to his arms.
Okay. Uh, what about his leg?
It's clear,
but I've never done a leg IV.
You're not doing an IV.
You're gonna have to do
an intraosseous infusion.
Which is what exactly?
You're gonna drill
directly into the bone.
We don't have another option.
♪
All right, did you find the drill?
Yeah, I've seen 'em before.
Just never used one.
Now, listen.
First, you are going
to position the drill
about three finger lengths
beneath the knee
towards the inside of the shin bone.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Okay, I'm ready.
Now, place a drill on the
bone and apply steady pressure.
You should feel it give.
Sam, you can do this.
[DRILL WHIRRING]
- It's in.
- Good.
Okay, now aspirate with the syringe.
You should see bone marrow.
All right.
♪
- I see it.
- Perfect.
Connect the IV tubing and push 200 CCs.
You gotta squeeze hard.
- It's pushing.
- Check the monitor.
What do you see?
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
Heart rate's climbing.
It's up to 65.
You did it. He is stable.
That is exactly what we need.
He's clear.
All right.
Let's get him out.
Carver, on your count.
Copy. One, two, three.
- Grab the Stokes.
- Copy that.
Hey, nice teamwork.
Yeah.
All right.
There's ten names on this list.
How did all of them clear?
I only had to clear three.
The other seven were either
incarcerated or out of state.
Okay, so maybe Hendricks
didn't use one of these guys.
Maybe he used someone new.
I had the same thought,
so I called Miami Correctional
and had them pull Hendricks' phone logs.
And?
He hasn't made a single
call in two months.
Well, sometimes they smuggle burners.
They told me he has pancreatic cancer.
He can barely get out of bed.
I'm sorry.
I know you wanted
Hendricks to be your guy.
[SIGHS]
Maybe something else will turn up.
Yeah, maybe.
Thanks anyway.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Julia.
You okay?
I'm here to tell you I'm not
letting Natalie go without a fight.
What?
I know I'm not
the world's best sister, okay?
I try, but working, classes,
trying to take care of this messed-up,
moody teenager at the same time?
It's been hard, but I can do better.
I'm gonna do better.
Well, Natalie thinks
that you want her gone.
I didn't know Danny
said all that to her.
I kicked him out last night.
Natalie told me you're the one
who rescued her from that fire,
so I know it'll be hard
to compete with that
in some custody court, but I
No, Julia.
Hold up.
Um.
Oh, I do not wanna compete with you.
I just wanna help.
All that you are juggling,
it's not easy.
And I would never judge you
for struggling with it.
I get it more than you know.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Let me tell you something.
If you love Natalie
and you want her to stay,
just tell her that.
I know there is nothing that
would make her or me happier.
♪
Commissioner Grissom
can see you now, Captain.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
Thank you.
♪
[KNOCKS]
Lieutenant, I was just
looking through Franklin's
case files again.
You have something for me?
No, I don't.
I thought you had a lead.
Didn't pan out.
And now, I
I don't know where to go from here.
Well
maybe it's time to look at this case
for what it really is.
And what's that?
Occam's razor.
The simplest explanation
is usually the right one.
Pascal didn't do this.
He had motive, expertise.
The device was CFD.
I just can't believe that.
Which is why you
should have stepped away.
Your judgment is compromised.
You could be an accessory to a crime.
I've been at OFI a long time,
seen a lot of cases.
So have you.
Everything here says this is
the work of a firefighter.
OFI.
Lieutenant?
You're right.
It was a firefighter.
We've just been looking
at the wrong one.
[KNOCKS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Dom, is everything okay?
We need to talk.
Well, now's not really a good time.
It can't wait.
Come on in.
♪
You know, your lieutenant
came by the other day
and made it sound like
you're in some kind
of trouble or something.
Is that what this is about?
Those are your texts to Monica.
How many of these you send
after she told you to stop?
After I told you to stop?
What do you want me to say, Dom?
That I was in love?
That that's not love. It's obsession.
So what? What?
You wanna sucker-punch me again?
These texts, you gotta understand,
they make it clear I'm not
the only one in the CFD
who'd go after Franklin.
What, are you serious right now, Dom?
Were you really gonna
let me take the fall for this?
I stood up for you,
and now you wanna pin this on me?
You could have just gone to the cops.
I protected you.
Get the hell out of my house.
I'll have to tell them
everything I know.
No, you ain't telling 'em anything.
Because I did you a favor.
See, I did what you didn't
have the courage to do.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
You son of a
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
♪
You already called them.
It wasn't me.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
♪
The POD footage we pulled
places Vale's car
at the parking lot
at the time of the incident.
Van Meter also confirmed with facilities
Vale requested a replacement
center-punch two days ago.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg
now that we know where to look.
Chief?
I don't understand how
you knew to look at Vale.
When I went to see him the other day,
I said it was
an Internal Affairs matter.
No one knew it was arson yet.
I never said anything about OFI.
He did.
So how could he have known?
It didn't click until I accepted
it had to be a firefighter.
You know, I thought about it.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Going after Franklin,
I gamed out the whole thing.
What stopped you?
You did.
♪
To our chief.
Best news he's had in a while.
And he deserves it.
If no
when you pass that test,
I wonder where Pascal will go.
He will be missed.
Well, like Chief Boden always said,
things change, even at 51.
It's inevitable.
Herrmann!
We gotta talk.
Hey, come on.
We'll talk in the back.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
What did you do?
What had to be done.
What does that mean?
Herrmann, I was just notified
I'd been made lieutenant
on Engine at Firehouse 51.
Did did you lay down
your bugles for me?
Yeah, I did.
I am not an officer anymore.
I'm just a regular old firefighter
who is about to work under one
hell of a lieutenant on Engine.
No.
You can't do that.
I'll go to another firehouse
if you don't
wanna take Pascal's seat.
This?
This isn't worth it.
You and I both know, deep
down, a desk is not for me.
And that young auditor? He wasn't wrong.
They are gonna be coming
for both of us soon enough.
And meanwhile, I had the chance to be
an officer at the firehouse
I love and work
alongside my best friend.
[EXHALES]
[SOFT MUSIC]
It's time for you
to get your chance, Mouchie.
♪
[CAR LOCK BEEPS]
Sam?
What are you
♪
I love you, Violet.
I love you too.
♪
[SIGHS]
Nice work, Lieutenant.
Long night.
I have the cure.
- Come on.
- What?
I wanna show you something.
I was wondering where this shirt was.
Oh, wait, really?
I've had this for, like, two years.
We are definitely
going clothes shopping.
Oh, maybe we could hit up
that Crossroads near school.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [SIGHS]
- [GROANS]
You have had so much going on lately,
and I know that I have been
emotional about everything.
Hey. Hey, hey.
You don't have to explain.
There's something else.
Something you need to see.
I think things are about
to change around here.
♪
That.
Are you ki you kidding me?
Kelly, we're pregnant.
[LAUGHS]
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]
You know, when you were gone,
I wanted to reach out.
You know, it was good
to have the time to myself,
but you can always reach out.
Sam, I should have told you the truth,
but that's the hardest thing to do.
When I was still at 27,
I rescued a four-year-old
girl from a house fire.
It was Natalie.
My sister and her boyfriend
told me they don't want me there.
I thought, you saved me once.
You would it again.
You're the man who killed my wife.
You're not gonna get away with it!
The victim's Robert Franklin.
Does Van Meter know about
my connection to the victim?
No, I didn't see how it was relevant.
I hate to say it, but
I think we have to assume
the perpetrator is one of our own.
Look into Pascal
and his boss, Hendricks.
You knew Hendricks was
dirty and you still went
to work for him after that.
No one ever found out I was
working Hendricks on my own.
Unless someone can
corroborate what you were up to.
I don't know what
OFI's looking into here.
The man is honorable to a fault.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Detective will be right with you.
Sorry for the hold up.
I am Detective Gerard.
I wanna thank you for
coming down like this, sir.
This how you treat a
decorated battalion chief
perp walking him in front of his people,
in front of the whole damn city?
They shouldn't have.
That is no way to treat
a fellow civil servant.
Why don't you take a seat?
I got you a cup of coffee.
Am I under arrest here?
No.
That's the last thing anybody
in this building wants.
Folks around here, they got
a lot of respect for you.
But you see, here's my problem.
Somebody tried to kill Robert Franklin,
and there's evidence that
points in your direction.
So
I'm not talking until
I speak to a lawyer.
Oh.
That's a shame.
'Cause I could really
use your help on this case.
I mean, I keep looking through it,
trying to game up another suspect,
and frankly, I can't find one.
I mean, the guy, he killed your wife.
Of course you'd be angry, right?
And actually, I know you were,
'cause I got a written statement
from Franklin's lawyer that
says that you threatened him
in public outside of ASA's office.
And then it doesn't help
that this is an arson case
and that the instrument used
to sabotage Franklin's car
was CFD-issued, which makes
things, for you, problematic.
And even if I could
explain away both of those,
I mean, this last one well.
It's kind of tough, wouldn't you say?
You see, these were taken
from Robert Franklin's doorbell camera.
That's your Bronco parked
outside of his house
on three different occasions.
What were you doing there, Chief?
You know what it looks like to me?
Looks like you were
gathering information
on his car,
on his schedule.
I mean, why else
would you be there, right?
Do you know what I think
when I see all of this?
I think you're gonna
need one hell of a lawyer.
♪
Your sister said she's good with you
staying a couple nights,
so it really is up to you.
I'm sure she did.
Her and Danny would be so happy
if I never came back.
Well, we are happy to have you.
Thanks. I really appreciate it.
The longer I stay away
from there, the better.
I gotta get to school.
We can give you a ride.
No, it's okay. It's a short bus ride.
See you later.
[DOOR SHUTS]
That poor kid.
It doesn't seem like
anyone in her family
cares where she goes, what she does.
And being lonely at that age?
I remember it. It, um
sucks.
I'm glad she can stay here a couple days
while she cools off
from that trip to her mom's.
Yeah.
You said you wanted to leave
early to talk to Pascal.
Okay. I'm sorry. Okay?
I'll get ready super quick.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Oh, will you get that?
Maybe Natalie forgot something.
Yeah.
Captain?
You weren't honest with me about
the Franklin arson investigation.
I didn't lie about anything.
I just didn't bring up
the Pascal connection
until I had some real information.
You're playing a dangerous game.
I'm not playing any games.
You covered for him.
And if he did the crime,
you're an accessory
to attempted murder after the fact.
You have to know at this point,
if Pascal goes down,
you're going with him.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
The cops just marched him out
of here in front of all of us.
It was it was awful.
But he's not charged with anything?
Not yet.
He lawyered up and got out of there.
PD and OFI are deep diving.
How's the victim?
Still in critical,
burned about 30% of his body.
[SIGHS]
Where is Chief now?
Locked in his office with Severide.
According to OFI,
there's no other suspect
in the Franklin case right now.
This is coming from Van Meter?
I told him that I thought
you were being framed,
but he's questioning my judgment.
[SIGHS] Sorry I dragged
you into all this.
I'm not.
You need someone in your corner.
And Van Meter doesn't know what I know.
Which is what?
Lieutenant Vale confirmed
your story about Miami,
about how Chief Hendricks is dirty
and you were coming after him.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Vale said he'd even testify to it.
You're lucky Monica told him.
So if PD or OFI is
looking into my connection
with Hendricks
You've got a defense.
I also think it got us a suspect.
I thought you cleared Bishop.
Not Bishop. Hendricks.
We know he's dirty.
We know you tried to take him down.
Well, Hendricks didn't know I was trying
to build a case against him.
He didn't know then,
but what if he found out?
What if somebody tipped him off?
So what, you think Hendricks
orchestrates this from behind bars?
I don't know. You knew the guy. Tell me.
What would he do if he found out
you were trying to come after him?
He'd do something like this.
Good work, Lieutenant.
Well, we still gotta prove it.
How can I help?
Well, better now to just lay low.
I'll see what I can find out.
All right. Where are you gonna start?
I got a pretty good idea.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Hey, Tony, we just had a call to Tanya,
the frequent flier
who has a thing for you.
Oh, yeah? How's she doing?
Uh, still convinced she
has a spy cam in her brain,
but otherwise, good.
- Vitals are normal.
- Good. Good.
- Hey there.
- Hi.
You guys have been busy.
Yeah, back-to-backs.
Hmm.
I've been meaning to tell you, I'm
I'm glad that you're done
with outpatient treatment
and that you're back full-time.
Yeah.
Uh, outpatient treatment is done.
Um, feels good.
Thanks.
Last shift, Pascal wished me luck
on the Chief's exam tomorrow.
That was weird.
Much as this was the plan,
it's gonna be hard to see him go.
I don't want it to be with a dark cloud
hanging over him, either.
Yeah. I just hope he gets
his name cleared, and soon.
[ALARM BLARES]
Engine 51, Truck 81,
Ambulance 61, structure fire.
315 Regent Street.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[SIRENS WAILING]
♪
Mikami, get me an EMS
Plan 1 and set up triage.
Copy.
Fire started back near the range.
[COUGHS] Not everybody got out.
Did it get to the ammunition yet?
No. It's behind the far counter.
51, run a hose line.
Keep the fire off the ammo.
All right. Copy that.
Hey, 51, let's move it.
81, you're with me. Search and rescue.
If that ammo ignites, stay low.
Follow me.
♪
Move out.
Fire department, call out!
Hey, Chief!
Ammo!
[BULLETS FIRING]
Get down!
Keep cover! Stay low!
Ahh!
[GROANS] Please help me!
Ritter, Carver, let's go! Stay low!
[BULLETS FIRING]
Give me some line!
- [GROANS]
- We got you!
You're gonna be okay!
Hey, I need water!
All right, on three!
One, two, three!
[WHIMPERING]
Stay down!
[BULLETS FIRING]
There are more people
near the gun range.
Chief!
We got multiple victims
in the gun range!
Copy that! Get your victim clear!
Copy!
Let's go!
♪
We're gonna get you out!
We gotta find them some cover!
- Through the door!
- Copy that!
Hold tight!
Keep tight!
Come on!
Get low, over here!
Ready!
Let's go!
[BULLETS FIRING]
♪
Stay low. Keep moving.
Move away from the area. Go!
Medic.
Engine 51, victims are clear.
Back out, and let's go defensive.
Copy that!
♪
[WATER WHOOSHING]
[DOOR BUZZER BLARES]
Didn't expect to
see you back here, Lieutenant,
after I told you
the truth about your pal, Dom.
You were wrong about Miami, Bishop.
Pascal was working Hendricks,
getting evidence to be used against him,
just like he did with you.
And you actually buy that?
I do.
And I think Hendricks bought it too.
I think you told him
that Pascal screwed you.
And it made Hendricks
realize what Pascal
was really up to in Miami.
Oh. I see, I see.
So you couldn't pin it on me,
so you moved on to Hendricks.
He's got the contacts.
[CHUCKLES] Stick to
your day job, Lieutenant.
I need you to confirm
that you called Hendricks
- after you got taken in.
- Why?
So I can help the guy
who put me in here?
Maybe you hate Pascal,
but I'm willing to bet
you hate this place more.
What are you
you saying you can get me a deal?
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
You were Hendricks' guy in Chicago.
You know exactly who he'd hire
for a job like this.
Well, if I did,
I'd say that's
pretty valuable information.
You get me those names,
and maybe I can help you out.
♪
Does Carver seem okay to you guys?
How do you mean?
I don't know.
Maybe it's in my head,
but it just felt like
he was being a little distant.
With me, at least.
What?
Nothing. It's just
okay, you wrote
this whole letter to him,
and you put down all of these feelings.
But you never sent it, which is cool.
I totally understand why, but
but maybe it's not that
he's being distant.
Maybe it's just that you feel closer
because of what you admitted on paper.
But not to him.
- Hmm.
- Well, no.
Uh, Kelly's already gone,
but I will be there as soon as I can.
Okay.
Sorry I'm late.
What are you doing here?
Um, Natalie called me.
You think a firefighter's
gonna get you out of this?
Have a seat, Ms. Kidd.
Stella's fine.
Natalie skipped class
and was caught outside smoking.
Third time already this semester,
so we have to consider suspension.
Oh, my God, why would you do that?
I'm sorry.
Um, look, I understand that
there needs to be
some kind of punishment,
of course, but
I hope you will take into
consideration Natalie just
went through a serious trauma
with the visit
to her mom's old apartment.
You went to try and see Mom?
Okay, she wasn't even there.
I know.
What?
- Why didn't you tell me?
- I was trying to protect you.
Guys, let's stay focused
on the issue at hand, okay?
Natalie told us you're her guardian now.
Is that correct?
Her guardian?
Is that what you meant by having her
stay at your place a few days?
Okay, what do you even care?
Danny told me you guys
don't even want me there,
so now you get what you want.
Natalie, I really am
just here to help out.
I was telling you the truth
when I called you.
Guardianship is a matter for DCS,
not the principal's office.
I'll hold off on
disciplinary action for now,
but clearly, some bigger decisions
about this young woman's
life need to be made.
No suspension.
Nice work.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
I didn't even tell my deputy
director I was coming here.
I'm not sure Internal Investigation
should be involved in this.
Well, I appreciate that you did.
Where did you get these names?
Bishop.
He said that those are the
guys that Hendricks would call
to pull an arson job.
And he just handed them over?
Not exactly.
Don't tell me that you said
we'd offer him a deal.
I had to.
But I said it'd be contingent
on one of these names
getting us an arrest.
You don't have the authority to do that.
Look, if Pascal is being set up,
it'd be in everybody's
interest to get him cleared.
I think the
state's attorney would agree.
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]
So what do you need from me?
I need you to run those names
and see if any of them stand out.
Okay, I will cross-check these
against NCIC and LEADS,
see what turns up.
Thank you. That's all I'm asking.
I'll be in touch.
♪
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
What is this?
We have a warrant to search your home.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Excuse us.
I'm calling my lawyer.
You be my guest. Go that way.
♪
Uh, hey, do you mind?
No, not that. That's my wife's.
She's got nothing to do with this.
[GLASS SHATTERS]
- Look what you did!
- Hey!
- Look what
- Hey!
Chief, back away! Back away.
Don't touch her things!
You don't decide that.
Chief, don't make this
any worse on yourself.
Think.
♪
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
If you're here for the test, come on in.
- Hey.
- Good morning.
Did you, um, get my letter?
Yeah, I did.
So why didn't you say anything?
Text or call or something?
Did I are you mad
at me for some reason?
No, I'm not. I
should have responded.
I know.
But I made a tough call last week.
It just it feels like
staying sober here in Chicago,
surrounded by all the stuff
that spun me out,
it's impossible.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
So I put in an application with
the Denver Fire Department.
Trying to start fresh, you know?
Wow.
Yeah, I mean, whatever you
need to do to be healthy.
Gotta try, at least.
Makes sense.
I hope you find what you need there.
♪
[SIGHS]
Tell me you got something.
I tried calling you last night.
They took my phone,
along with my laptop.
I feel like they're closing in.
Well, so am I.
On Hendricks?
Potential accomplices.
State police are running
them down right now.
How real is this?
At least two of the names are connected
to OFI investigations in Chicago.
Well, that's promising.
Yeah, still gonna need more
something concrete that
ties all this to Hendricks.
What would that look like?
Has anyone gotten in touch with you
since you left Miami,
fishing for something
that they can tell Hendricks?
No.
What about Monica?
Didn't you say she was
friendly with Hendricks' wife?
- I suppose. It's possible.
- Any way to check?
I still have her phone.
They didn't take it.
I'll look after shift.
- Let me know what you find.
- Yeah.
Keep your head up, Chief.
Hey, we gotta talk.
- What's up?
- All right.
- Where the hell have you been?
- Working.
Yeah? On the chief's case?
All right, look, we all
saw the cops cart him away.
We haven't heard a damn thing since.
All right? We're not trying to pry.
All right?
We're all just very concerned.
I'm sure you get that.
Yeah.
When I know something,
you'll know something.
All right.
[ALARM BLARES]
Truck 51, Ambulance 61.
Person trapped.
2161 Hillhurst.
[SIRENS WAILING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[SOBBING]
My husband!
He was trying to replace the
furnace, and it fell on him.
- He's not answering me.
- Okay. Where is he?
- In the basement.
- Okay.
Hey, let's grab cribbing and wedges.
Mouch, find the gas meter. Shut it off.
Copy that.
He had a heart attack last year,
and I'm scared that it
might have happened again.
Okay, ma'am. We'll check him out.
♪
Looks like the furnace
ripped the support beam loose
when it came down.
Let's get some struts
on that right away, Mouch.
We don't want the ceiling to cave in
while we're getting him out.
Hey, I can't have any medics in here
if there's collapse potential.
You gotta go.
Well, if he's had
a heart attack, we can't wait.
[CEILING CRACKLING]
Carver, you are acting medic.
Violet, you can walk him
through it outside.
Let's go.
Ma'am, we gotta get you out too.
Let's go.
All right, we're gonna set up cribbing,
and then we're gonna
lever it up inch by inch.
Okay, Violet, talk to me.
Okay, first, attach the defib pads.
I can't. It's too tight.
Attaching leads.
♪
Okay, leads are attached.
Okay, check the monitor.
What's it reading?
It's slow. Heart rate's 42.
[SIGHS] He's bradycardic.
We're gonna need IV access
to push fluids.
I can't get to his arms.
Okay. Uh, what about his leg?
It's clear,
but I've never done a leg IV.
You're not doing an IV.
You're gonna have to do
an intraosseous infusion.
Which is what exactly?
You're gonna drill
directly into the bone.
We don't have another option.
♪
All right, did you find the drill?
Yeah, I've seen 'em before.
Just never used one.
Now, listen.
First, you are going
to position the drill
about three finger lengths
beneath the knee
towards the inside of the shin bone.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Okay, I'm ready.
Now, place a drill on the
bone and apply steady pressure.
You should feel it give.
Sam, you can do this.
[DRILL WHIRRING]
- It's in.
- Good.
Okay, now aspirate with the syringe.
You should see bone marrow.
All right.
♪
- I see it.
- Perfect.
Connect the IV tubing and push 200 CCs.
You gotta squeeze hard.
- It's pushing.
- Check the monitor.
What do you see?
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
Heart rate's climbing.
It's up to 65.
You did it. He is stable.
That is exactly what we need.
He's clear.
All right.
Let's get him out.
Carver, on your count.
Copy. One, two, three.
- Grab the Stokes.
- Copy that.
Hey, nice teamwork.
Yeah.
All right.
There's ten names on this list.
How did all of them clear?
I only had to clear three.
The other seven were either
incarcerated or out of state.
Okay, so maybe Hendricks
didn't use one of these guys.
Maybe he used someone new.
I had the same thought,
so I called Miami Correctional
and had them pull Hendricks' phone logs.
And?
He hasn't made a single
call in two months.
Well, sometimes they smuggle burners.
They told me he has pancreatic cancer.
He can barely get out of bed.
I'm sorry.
I know you wanted
Hendricks to be your guy.
[SIGHS]
Maybe something else will turn up.
Yeah, maybe.
Thanks anyway.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Julia.
You okay?
I'm here to tell you I'm not
letting Natalie go without a fight.
What?
I know I'm not
the world's best sister, okay?
I try, but working, classes,
trying to take care of this messed-up,
moody teenager at the same time?
It's been hard, but I can do better.
I'm gonna do better.
Well, Natalie thinks
that you want her gone.
I didn't know Danny
said all that to her.
I kicked him out last night.
Natalie told me you're the one
who rescued her from that fire,
so I know it'll be hard
to compete with that
in some custody court, but I
No, Julia.
Hold up.
Um.
Oh, I do not wanna compete with you.
I just wanna help.
All that you are juggling,
it's not easy.
And I would never judge you
for struggling with it.
I get it more than you know.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Let me tell you something.
If you love Natalie
and you want her to stay,
just tell her that.
I know there is nothing that
would make her or me happier.
♪
Commissioner Grissom
can see you now, Captain.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
Thank you.
♪
[KNOCKS]
Lieutenant, I was just
looking through Franklin's
case files again.
You have something for me?
No, I don't.
I thought you had a lead.
Didn't pan out.
And now, I
I don't know where to go from here.
Well
maybe it's time to look at this case
for what it really is.
And what's that?
Occam's razor.
The simplest explanation
is usually the right one.
Pascal didn't do this.
He had motive, expertise.
The device was CFD.
I just can't believe that.
Which is why you
should have stepped away.
Your judgment is compromised.
You could be an accessory to a crime.
I've been at OFI a long time,
seen a lot of cases.
So have you.
Everything here says this is
the work of a firefighter.
OFI.
Lieutenant?
You're right.
It was a firefighter.
We've just been looking
at the wrong one.
[KNOCKS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Dom, is everything okay?
We need to talk.
Well, now's not really a good time.
It can't wait.
Come on in.
♪
You know, your lieutenant
came by the other day
and made it sound like
you're in some kind
of trouble or something.
Is that what this is about?
Those are your texts to Monica.
How many of these you send
after she told you to stop?
After I told you to stop?
What do you want me to say, Dom?
That I was in love?
That that's not love. It's obsession.
So what? What?
You wanna sucker-punch me again?
These texts, you gotta understand,
they make it clear I'm not
the only one in the CFD
who'd go after Franklin.
What, are you serious right now, Dom?
Were you really gonna
let me take the fall for this?
I stood up for you,
and now you wanna pin this on me?
You could have just gone to the cops.
I protected you.
Get the hell out of my house.
I'll have to tell them
everything I know.
No, you ain't telling 'em anything.
Because I did you a favor.
See, I did what you didn't
have the courage to do.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
You son of a
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
♪
You already called them.
It wasn't me.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
♪
The POD footage we pulled
places Vale's car
at the parking lot
at the time of the incident.
Van Meter also confirmed with facilities
Vale requested a replacement
center-punch two days ago.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg
now that we know where to look.
Chief?
I don't understand how
you knew to look at Vale.
When I went to see him the other day,
I said it was
an Internal Affairs matter.
No one knew it was arson yet.
I never said anything about OFI.
He did.
So how could he have known?
It didn't click until I accepted
it had to be a firefighter.
You know, I thought about it.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Going after Franklin,
I gamed out the whole thing.
What stopped you?
You did.
♪
To our chief.
Best news he's had in a while.
And he deserves it.
If no
when you pass that test,
I wonder where Pascal will go.
He will be missed.
Well, like Chief Boden always said,
things change, even at 51.
It's inevitable.
Herrmann!
We gotta talk.
Hey, come on.
We'll talk in the back.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
What did you do?
What had to be done.
What does that mean?
Herrmann, I was just notified
I'd been made lieutenant
on Engine at Firehouse 51.
Did did you lay down
your bugles for me?
Yeah, I did.
I am not an officer anymore.
I'm just a regular old firefighter
who is about to work under one
hell of a lieutenant on Engine.
No.
You can't do that.
I'll go to another firehouse
if you don't
wanna take Pascal's seat.
This?
This isn't worth it.
You and I both know, deep
down, a desk is not for me.
And that young auditor? He wasn't wrong.
They are gonna be coming
for both of us soon enough.
And meanwhile, I had the chance to be
an officer at the firehouse
I love and work
alongside my best friend.
[EXHALES]
[SOFT MUSIC]
It's time for you
to get your chance, Mouchie.
♪
[CAR LOCK BEEPS]
Sam?
What are you
♪
I love you, Violet.
I love you too.
♪
[SIGHS]
Nice work, Lieutenant.
Long night.
I have the cure.
- Come on.
- What?
I wanna show you something.
I was wondering where this shirt was.
Oh, wait, really?
I've had this for, like, two years.
We are definitely
going clothes shopping.
Oh, maybe we could hit up
that Crossroads near school.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [SIGHS]
- [GROANS]
You have had so much going on lately,
and I know that I have been
emotional about everything.
Hey. Hey, hey.
You don't have to explain.
There's something else.
Something you need to see.
I think things are about
to change around here.
♪
That.
Are you ki you kidding me?
Kelly, we're pregnant.
[LAUGHS]
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]