Chicago Fire s14e09 Episode Script
Crime of Passion
1
We're trapped!
How's Van Meter?
He made it through the first few hours.
He's touch and go.
The CFD wants to decommission
Engine 51 and let me go.
We're not gonna throw in that towel yet.
Not a chance.
Isaiah has a Zoom with the doctor
who's in charge of Shauna's care.
- Kelly gonna make it?
- He didn't answer.
He's just so consumed with the case.
Whoever set the fire at the school
wanted to finish what they started.
We also caught you on camera
after setting fire to Cole's place.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Except that time, you put
my friend in the hospital.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
- I know what you did!
You're off the case.
They wanna bench me?
I'm gonna make him pay.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
What time is it?
Just after 3:00 a.m.
Damn.
♪
Hi.
I'm looking for the Employment Division.
Sorry, they're closed.
Ah. What time do they open?
No, they're closed.
The department's been furloughed
because of budget cuts.
Indefinitely?
That's all I know.
[SIGHS]
There's a storage area
where we put the mail.
Do you want me to put that in there?
No, no, this is my
it's an appeal to keep my job.
I was told to get it in this
week if I wanted any chance.
I'm so sorry.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
Thanks.
The guy didn't pick up
a single weight the entire time
I was on the treadmill.
He was just pacing around the gym
in one of those, like, V-neck tank tops,
staring at himself in the mirror,
and talking on the phone at full volume
like he was some big-shot stockbroker.
Oh, you know there was no one
on the other end of that call.
Yes, totally. People are the worst.
Hey, Vasquez, is that your new car?
No, I wish. It's a rental.
I had to find something quick,
and that Charger was all they had.
It's cool, but it's costing me
an arm and a leg,
so I gotta get car shopping
ASAP before I go broke.
Well, your new car has
some mighty big tires to fill
'cause that Skylark was pretty badass.
Yeah, it was.
How's your dad doing anyway?
I'm sure reentry is
a little challenging.
No idea.
We don't keep in touch.
Catch you guys inside.
I really appreciate that, Doctor.
Yes, I will be in touch soon.
Great, thank you.
Yes, bye-bye.
Hey, that was Dr. Shreves.
Shauna just emerged
from her coma last night.
- Wow, really?
- Mm-hmm.
She's oriented, aware.
She's not talking,
but she's communicating.
- That's great news.
- I know.
I mean, he said that she's
got months ahead of recovery
before she'll be independent
and can care for Isaiah.
But still, this is the news
he's been dreaming of.
- Are you gonna call him?
- I wanna tell him in person,
so I figured I'd have him stop
by the firehouse after school.
[ALARM BLARES]
- Truck 81, Ambo 61.
- Okay. Good luck.
All right. I'll keep you posted.
Yeah.
[SIRENS WAILING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Damn, that compact got
shot halfway across town.
Check on the SUV driver.
- Vasquez, you're with me.
- Copy.
Folks, clear out.
Clear out. Let us work.
Check the passenger door.
You got it.
Hey, ma'am, can you hear me?
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay, hang tight.
We're gonna get you
out of here, all right?
Hey, passenger door's jammed.
All right, grab the jaws.
The airbag didn't deploy,
so we gotta disconnect
the battery before we go in.
Copy.
Look at me.
You got it?
♪
- Ready?
- Go.
- There it is.
- Got it.
- Ma'am?
- Here you go.
Let's get you out of here, okay?
Okay.
C-collar?
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
All right, miss,
I'm just gonna wrap this
around your neck, okay?
It's not gonna hurt.
Vasquez!
Vasquez, hey.
- Vasquez, Vasquez?
- [COUGHING]
♪
Vasquez, hey. Vasquez.
I'm okay.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey, hey.
- Take it easy.
- I'm all right.
Okay, just knocked the wind out of me.
That's almost 300 pounds of
force straight to the dome, kid.
Hey, are you sure you're okay?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm okay.
- How's she? Is she okay?
- She's gonna be fine.
Listen, Herrmann and I got her.
All right, will you check
him out, make sure he's okay?
Novak, you're with us.
- Ballard, let's go.
- Come on, right here.
Copy, Lieutenant.
Sorry, Vasquez, you're not
getting out of this.
- Vi, I'm fine. Really.
- Okay, now look at me.
- Any blurriness, double vision?
- No.
Ringing in the ears, headache?
- No.
- I got you.
All right, no obvious signs
of concussion,
but I'm keeping my eye on you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Okay, easy.
I don't get it.
I mean, we cut the power to
that thing before I got in the car.
Shouldn't that have
disconnected the airbag?
Yeah, it should have.
♪
Vasquez,
have the medics take another
look at you when they get back.
I'm fine, Lieutenant, for real.
I am not asking.
I still don't get how the airbag
could have blown like that,
I mean, even after we cut the juice.
It happens sometimes.
The backup capacitor
holds a charge longer
than it's supposed to, we go
to pop the door, and then boom.
Yeah, no, that makes sense
when we're messing
with the frame of the vehicle,
but, I mean
Maybe you just nicked the airbag wiring
with the seat belt cutter.
- Sure.
- I didn't.
I know my way around cars.
No, it's just something different.
Okay, well, then maybe
it was just, you know,
one of those freak things, then.
Which is why we need to be
extra careful in situations like that.
Lieutenant Kidd, can I have a word?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Take a seat.
I was asked to keep this under wraps,
but it's time to lift the curtain.
Engine 51 is on a short list
of rigs being decommissioned.
What?
So what can we do?
Well, I just learned that the
mandate didn't come from the CFD.
It came from City Hall.
And as we've learned in the past,
the best weapon in a fight with
politicos is public opinion.
Media sources.
Yeah.
So get with your union pal.
Have him contact the press.
Let the public know that
a 30-year veteran
and his life-saving rig
are the next victims
from the budget cuts from above.
Idea being put a face to the pain?
Exactly.
Chief, what'll happen to your
friend in the mayor's office
if this gets out?
Don't worry about that.
All bets are off.
♪
You eat yet?
Hey.
Got a club and a BLT.
One of them's got your name on it.
I figured you would have
picked up a shift with Squad 4.
Nah, I got more important things to do,
like make sure my lieutenant
doesn't starve to death.
Well, I'll eat whatever you don't want.
Any improvement?
Oxygen levels are better today.
That's something.
Actually, can I get
your eyes on something?
The first two photos,
those burn patterns,
they look uniform to you?
- Not really.
- That's what I thought.
This the Cole fire?
Kidd said you were
closing in on a suspect.
Yeah, I was.
They pulled me off the case.
Well, if they thought
that was gonna stop you,
they don't know you too well.
They're looking back at the first fire,
at the school, thinking the
tech used for the timing device
is gonna give them something,
but they're wrong.
So it's about the second fire at Cole's?
The first was premeditated.
It was thought out.
The second, it was a crime of passion,
the kind where mistakes are made.
Well, maybe there's something
back at the scene,
something we missed.
That was my next stop.
Then we'll take this to go then.
What are the rules
on eating in your car?
Cruz, you don't gotta come with.
Please, I'm the brains
of this whole operation.
You need me.
What are we waiting for?
Hey, you see? That Halligan?
It's your best pal when you
gotta open up a door that's locked
or jammed, whatever.
Cool.
Oh, hey, Stella.
Hey.
Hey, this kid is practically
a full-fledged truckie now.
Trust me, I have got plans for him.
- Oh, yeah?
- Oh, yeah.
I hate to interrupt the lesson,
but I gotta grab him for a sec.
All right, fine,
ruin the rest of my day.
Go on.
Yeah.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
So I think it's time
for a visit to Cleveland.
Here's what I don't understand.
This guy, he lit up the back
and the front stairs, right?
He had to set fire to the back
then run all the way to
the front to set the other one.
That's generally the idea, yeah.
Well, how long do you think it
takes to get from the back to the front?
This building is, what? 50 feet long?
So 10, 15 seconds maybe.
Well, we know how fast
gasoline lights up.
Stairwell this small, it would
have been a fireball like that.
So how does this guy
manage to find the time
to set fire to both stairs
before getting noticed?
That's a good point, Cruz.
You don't have to act so surprised.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Hey, check this out, Cruz.
Hmm.
Gas doesn't stain through like that.
Nope.
That's oil.
Kerosene, maybe.
That would burn a lot slower than gas.
My guess is he used a slurry,
maybe three parts oil,
one part gasoline.
Because the oil is
less volatile at first,
it'd give them time
to light both stairwells
and get the hell out of here
before anyone noticed.
Clever.
Which also makes me think
he's done this before.
PD wants proof.
I think that's where
we're gonna find it.
♪
Don't tell me you're gonna
replace a vintage
Detroit muscle car with this tin can.
Because honestly
[WHISPERING]
You might as well get a Vespa.
No, no, it's from our MVA this morning.
I'm trying to figure out what
went wrong with this airbag.
- And?
- This thing isn't helping.
But I did figure out
where they towed the car.
If I can get close to the airbag,
I bet you I can
figure out what happened.
The problem is, I doubt they'll
let me close to the thing
until after the accident
investigation has been done,
which, you know, could be a while.
Is it the tow yard
on Ashland, by any chance?
Yeah, why?
Oh, we know the guy who runs the place.
Yeah, he helped us
get a little girl's doll
after a car accident last year.
Any chance you guys would be
down to go with me after work,
see if we can talk our way in?
Yeah, I'm down. Let's go.
Oh, actually, I have this kendo class.
It's, um, you know,
Japanese stick fighting.
Japanese stick fighting?
Yeah, I've been trying to get in
with this instructor for months.
But you guys,
let me know what you find out.
[SOFT PLAYFUL MUSIC]
♪
Terry, thanks for stopping by
on such short notice.
Of course.
I wanna talk about protocol
going forward
now that Shauna is awake.
I am taking Isaiah
to Cleveland tomorrow.
What?
Is that not okay for some reason?
No, no, no, it's not that.
I actually have an update for you.
About Shauna's condition?
No, no, no, she's she's doing very well.
Good.
But through a facilitator,
she contacted a friend.
Okay, a woman Isaiah's known
as a young boy.
Shauna wants this woman
her name is Lydia Givens
to care for Isaiah until
she can do so herself.
What?
But we are his foster parents.
Well, Shauna just hasn't met us yet.
So once she does,
she'll see what great care
we're taking of him.
And I've been told
she's very aware of that
and is extremely grateful.
Now, the issue is that
Ms. Givens has already
agreed to move to Cleveland
so that Isaiah can be near his mom
as she continues to recover.
[SIGHS]
But what about Isaiah?
Isn't what he wants important?
Yes, it's very important
to Shauna, to all of us.
Now, if you're okay with it,
I'd like to bring Lydia over tomorrow
so Isaiah can see her
and they can have a
conversation about all of this.
Now, no decisions will
be made until then.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Okay.
Yes.
Of course.
All right.
♪
No more gag order.
The union is free to release
the hounds on the press.
You want us to attack the press?
No.
No, I want you to tell
every media outlet
you know what's going on.
Well, he's not wrong.
The expression "release
the hounds" does mean
all right, the point is,
is that we can get you all the details
that you want on the termination threat.
And this guy, despite the pretty mug,
is the ultimate
hard-working smoke eater.
He has been taking care
of this city for decades.
All right?
He just got his bugles to boot.
I know.
We'll do the best we can,
but I don't know if this is gonna work.
Is it public even
listening to these firings
and layoff stories anymore?
Or has everyone just gone numb?
- Tomorrow?
- Yeah.
And I knew that things were
gonna move fast when Shauna
woke up, but not like this.
All right, let's
let's not get crazy over this just yet.
We don't even know if
Isaiah remembers this woman.
And if he doesn't
or doesn't wanna go with her,
I doubt that Shauna's gonna
make a push for it.
Yeah, I think that's true.
And we can promise Shauna
that we will get Isaiah
to Cleveland regularly, right?
- Whenever we're not on shift?
- Of course.
- Okay.
- [PHONE BUZZES]
What's up?
OFI pulled the files I asked for.
It's all the cases that have
similar MOs, ignition source.
Cruz is gonna help me go through them.
You need help?
No, I think we're good
for now, but thanks.
And hey, Stella, we'll figure this out.
What time does that
kendo class start anyway?
2:00.
But I have to get a couple
of hours of rest beforehand.
Otherwise, I'm gonna get my ass kicked.
Sensei Misiorowski does not mess around.
Hmm.
- What, why?
- Uh, nothing.
It's just, um
I thought I was catching
some sort of vibe
when we were talking to Vasquez.
Does it it doesn't bother
you, right, that I'm going
to the tow yard with him?
What? No, no.
Why would that bother me?
Just, if you have feelings
for him or something?
No, I don't.
No, I mean, okay, do I think
he's nice to look at?
I am a straight female, so yes, I do.
But no, no, it is
it is not like that at all.
- Okay.
- Wait, why?
Do you have feelings for him?
No, no, absolutely not.
I've had enough drama in the firehouse
for an entire lifetime. Never again.
He probably has a girlfriend anyway.
- What the hell do we know?
- Yeah, you're totally right.
We don't know anything.
I am sorry I didn't get
that shift report done.
I will have it to you by end of day.
That is a promise.
I just gotta get home and
handle this Isaiah situation.
Understood.
Well, hopefully by then
we'll get some kind of bite
from the press.
I mean, you heard any rumblings, Mouch?
Not a thing. And Ellis put out
word to all the contacts he has.
Nothing from the mayor's office, either,
which means Annette hasn't
got wind of our efforts yet.
Fiscal quarter is over in two days.
All those personnel decisions,
they'll be done by then.
My fate will be sealed soon
enough, one way or the other.
Okay, here's one, a staircase fire,
combo accelerant of gasoline and ali
ali aliphactate?
Aliphatic hydrocarbon?
That's paint thinner.
It's probably not our guy.
I really appreciate you
helping out here, Cruz.
Oh, don't mention it.
Chloe's always saying
I gotta read more anyway.
You know, you can't help but wonder
how many arsons could be
prevented if these people
just had a hobby.
Pathology is usually a little
bit more complicated than that.
I mean, I'm just saying, go
fishing every once in a while,
then maybe burning down something
won't be as important anymore.
- Whoa, Kelly.
- What?
I got an unsolved
arson case here from 2005.
Same MO,
combo slurry of gasoline and kerosene.
OFI run any leads on it?
They did.
And look who's on the suspect list.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
PD has to see this.
♪
Kevin Moore's done this before.
That file proves it.
You're not supposed
to be working on this.
Frankly, I shouldn't
even be talking to you.
20 years ago, he set a fire
using the exact same accelerant
as the Cole fire.
The target? His girlfriend's house.
Right after she broke up with him.
That's a pattern.
He retaliates when he feels wronged.
Why wasn't he charged before?
He had an alibi, the ex-girlfriend.
Wait a minute,
his alibi was the girlfriend
whose house just burnt down?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Well, maybe that's a pattern as well.
'Cause I got this feeling
whenever I interviewed Sheila Moore
about Kevin's alibi for the Cole fire,
man, she did not seem happy.
If you're thinking
we can flip Sheila Moore,
you should know I went
at her pretty hard.
She didn't break.
Now we got an ace up
our sleeve, the ex-girlfriend.
From 20 years ago?
I'm not looking to reopen the case.
I say we take Gina to meet Sheila Moore.
Once the ex-wife meets
the ex-girlfriend,
I say Sheila has a change of heart.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- Thanks again for doing this.
- Yeah.
Not sure that guy would
have let me in on my own.
Oh, yeah, Gomes was born surly.
So what's your plan, exactly?
Well, I'm gonna start
with the passenger side
airbag first, see if that can
give us any insight
into what might have caused
the faulty deployment.
Uh-huh.
Hey, can you give me a hand, actually?
- Yeah, sure. Where do you want me?
- Driver's side.
All right.
[GRUNTS]
[DOOR CRUNCHES OPEN]
All right.
Okay, if you can just hold
this while I undo the screws,
- that'd be great.
- Yeah, yeah.
[DRILL WHIRRING]
- Oh.
- Okay.
Maybe use both hands, actually.
Mm-hmm, will do, Vasquez.
Okay.
[DRILL WHIRRING]
[LAUGHS]
Sorry, just two more screws, I promise.
That's fine.
- Okay.
- Okay.
You can just set that down anywhere.
Yeah, you got it.
Did your dad teach you about cars?
Not exactly.
I mean, my dad's a huge gearhead,
but, you know, the garage
was always his space.
I guess it did rub off on me anyway.
Yeah, I can tell.
[RATCHET CRANKING]
Okay.
Where is this thing?
Got it.
All right.
- Okay, this is weird.
- What?
This is supposed to be
neoprene coated nylon,
but this is
I mean, I wouldn't buy
a backpack made out of
whatever material this is.
Yeah, the stitching's all jagged too.
Yeah.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
This airbag is a counterfeit.
Shady repair shops, they sometimes
install these cheap knockoffs, you know,
figuring nobody will know
the difference.
Until someone gets in an accident.
Exactly.
These things can actually cause
more damage than the actual crash.
I read an article about
a counterfeit airbag
blasting shrapnel on a driver,
killed him instantly.
Damn.
Yeah.
We need to figure out
where these came from.
Okay, I don't know
about you, but whenever
I get work done on my car,
all the receipts
end up in the same place.
How much you wanna bet the name
of that shady body shop
is in one of these?
[PAPERS CRINKLING]
I'm glad you liked her
when you were little.
That's good.
Yeah, but it's been a long time.
I don't know how it's gonna
feel to see her now.
[KNOCKING]
You wanna wait here?
Okay, you got it.
Hi, Stella.
Hi, hi.
Lydia, it's good to meet you.
Same.
I know this is
oh, my God, Izzy.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Oh, look at you, so big.
Look at this handsome young man.
Oh, and this hair.
Do you remember falling asleep
chewing gum, Izzy,
and you woke up with it stuck
in all these curls?
- Yeah, I remember.
- [LAUGHS]
Took us an hour to cut it all out.
I had a bald patch.
Oh, I am so happy to see you, Izzy.
♪
Hey, we found the link, Stella.
I think we've got Moore.
I'm meeting Gerard
in an hour at the 21st.
Isaiah's leaving.
What do you mean?
When?
Um, tonight.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
How did this happen?
Well, as soon as he saw Lydia,
it was like he was eight years old.
So the bond there is deep.
I thought you told Terry we could
take Isaiah to Cleveland every week?
Hey, this isn't on me.
Look, you weren't here.
You didn't see what I saw.
There's nothing that I could
have done to stop this.
I wasn't here because I was working.
You're saying you think
I should have shelved
the arson investigation?
No, I didn't say that.
I am as invested as you are
in catching this guy
because you could have died
in that fire.
But everything that I am doing
here, I'm doing it alone.
♪
When is she picking him up?
The plan is 6:00.
So you and Gerard, pin him fast.
♪
I'm just here for the peace
and quiet and the free beer.
Yeah. Trudy kicked you out, huh?
I was driving her crazy,
refreshing the news
every few seconds to see if any
outlets picked up the story.
Nothing.
You know, it's unbelievable.
Nobody cares about us
old-timer firefighters anymore.
How did we get to that?
In China, they care about their elders.
Maybe we should move there.
Yeah, maybe we should.
Do you think they respect
their elders in the Caribbean?
[PHONE DINGS]
It's probably Trudy.
I'll make her sweat a little.
[PHONES DING]
[SOFT MUSIC]
Whoa, the front page of
"The Chicago Telegraph."
City Hall turns its back
on lifelong first responder.
Wow. This is it, Mouchy.
You think it'll be enough
to save Engine 51?
I don't know, but I'll tell you,
it is a great place to start.
Oh, you didn't tell me
he was gonna be here.
You ask me to come
down here again, fine.
But I'm not trying to get
jumped when I'm trying to help.
Oh, I wouldn't worry about him.
I think you have
bigger things to worry about.
What's this?
That is a written statement
from your ex-wife,
Sheila Moore. She recanted your alibi.
Said she didn't wanna lie to us,
but that apparently you threatened her.
[SCOFFS]
Unbelievable.
Look, the divorce? It's messy.
She's pissed
she's not getting the house,
so she's trying to get back at me.
Well, the judge seemed to buy her story
because he signed a warrant
allowing us to seize your phone.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Am I under arrest?
Oh, no, you're free to go.
We just thought
we'd bring you back down here,
give you a chance to confess.
Sometimes judges can be a little more
lenient whenever people do.
Then again, he did try to
kill a decorated fire captain,
- so I wouldn't count on it.
- Hmm.
I'm not saying another word
without a lawyer.
All right, bring them in.
♪
- I said I'm done talking.
- They're not here for you.
They're here to take a statement
from your ex-girlfriend,
Gina Kerr.
And yeah, we know about that fire too.
And that's gonna be bad for you
because this testimony is gonna be
very valuable for the state's attorney.
Come on, Mr. Moore, let's go
wait for your attorney in the bullpen.
♪
Gina.
Now everyone is gonna know what you did.
♪
All you had was a duffel and
a backpack when you got here,
and now you're a hoarder.
It's all the shoes you made me buy.
[LAUGHS] He's turned into a real diva.
Watch out.
Well, I'm all about the gold toilets.
We'll be fine.
Yeah, I figured Kelly
wasn't gonna make it.
But hey, I mean,
the police can't close the case
without him.
He's gonna be really sad
that he missed this,
but we're gonna visit
really soon, and like, a lot.
I mean, the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame is in Cleveland.
How could you stay away?
You can't.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Hey, look.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Did you catch the guy?
Yeah, we did.
This guy sucks at "NightCrawl."
But nobody knows fire like Kelly.
Thanks for coming back.
See you soon, bud.
See you soon, Kelly.
♪
Shauna kept writing things
down for me to tell you,
then scratching them out.
There aren't words for what you
guys did for her boy, for her.
She doesn't need to thank us.
We loved every minute of it.
I'll tell her that.
♪
I'm glad you were here.
Yeah, me too.
I told Pascal that
I would give him my
my shift report by the end of the day,
so I gotta go back to the firehouse.
Yeah, I'll
♪
It's right there in black and white.
Those counterfeit airbags were
definitely installed here.
I don't understand how
this could have happened.
I mean, I sourced those airbags
from one of my regular suppliers.
I never would have bought them
if I had any kind of suspicion.
We're not here to debate
your due diligence procedures.
We just need you to track down
every single car
that you installed those in
before one of them kills someone.
Yeah, of course.
I mean, I'll do what I can.
You can see, I don't exactly
have a huge operation here, so.
I'm struggling to
keep my head above water.
What does that mean?
I'm just saying, a recall's
a little complicated,
so it's not gonna happen overnight.
But, I mean, I'll get it done.
We could just come back
with an inspector
from the Consumer Protection Division.
Yeah, just put your glorified little
chop shop here out of business.
And you can bet your ass
that will happen overnight.
Or you can just choose
to do the right thing
and start fixing your mistake now.
Look, I got a cousin who
helps me out with paperwork.
I'll get her down here
tomorrow first thing,
and we'll start making some calls.
Is that good enough?
No.
I'm gonna need the name of your supplier
so we can contact the NHTSA
and get those airbags
off the market for good.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Oh.
Damn.
You left that guy
trembling in his boots.
I almost felt bad for him.
It's hard to predict when
the inner cop will come out.
Huh.
Hope I didn't freak you out.
No, not at all.
Maybe even the opposite.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Oh, yeah?
Uh, meet you at Molly's?
I gotta go home.
Maybe some other time.
- Good night, Vi.
- Good night.
[SIGHS]
There is no way they still let you go.
- Not after this article.
- Let's hope.
Hey, Chief, you hear anything
from your pal at City Hall?
Not a word. How's Severide doing?
The arrest give him
any kind of peace of mind?
Yeah, some.
But peace of mind for Severide
isn't gonna come
until Van Meter shows signs of recovery.
- Yeah.
- Guys.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
Mouch's job is safe.
- Oh!
- Oh!
That's great.
Why do you sound like
you're delivering a eulogy?
Being transferred to 40 permanently,
starting next shift.
They can't do that.
Unfortunately, they can.
Decision's final.
It's either that or forced retirement.
Damn.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
I gotta warn you,
sounds to me like Firehouse 51
has a serious enemy down at City Hall.
♪
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Goodbye.
Excuse me?
I said good night.
♪
Don't go.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]
We're trapped!
How's Van Meter?
He made it through the first few hours.
He's touch and go.
The CFD wants to decommission
Engine 51 and let me go.
We're not gonna throw in that towel yet.
Not a chance.
Isaiah has a Zoom with the doctor
who's in charge of Shauna's care.
- Kelly gonna make it?
- He didn't answer.
He's just so consumed with the case.
Whoever set the fire at the school
wanted to finish what they started.
We also caught you on camera
after setting fire to Cole's place.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Except that time, you put
my friend in the hospital.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
- I know what you did!
You're off the case.
They wanna bench me?
I'm gonna make him pay.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
What time is it?
Just after 3:00 a.m.
Damn.
♪
Hi.
I'm looking for the Employment Division.
Sorry, they're closed.
Ah. What time do they open?
No, they're closed.
The department's been furloughed
because of budget cuts.
Indefinitely?
That's all I know.
[SIGHS]
There's a storage area
where we put the mail.
Do you want me to put that in there?
No, no, this is my
it's an appeal to keep my job.
I was told to get it in this
week if I wanted any chance.
I'm so sorry.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
Thanks.
The guy didn't pick up
a single weight the entire time
I was on the treadmill.
He was just pacing around the gym
in one of those, like, V-neck tank tops,
staring at himself in the mirror,
and talking on the phone at full volume
like he was some big-shot stockbroker.
Oh, you know there was no one
on the other end of that call.
Yes, totally. People are the worst.
Hey, Vasquez, is that your new car?
No, I wish. It's a rental.
I had to find something quick,
and that Charger was all they had.
It's cool, but it's costing me
an arm and a leg,
so I gotta get car shopping
ASAP before I go broke.
Well, your new car has
some mighty big tires to fill
'cause that Skylark was pretty badass.
Yeah, it was.
How's your dad doing anyway?
I'm sure reentry is
a little challenging.
No idea.
We don't keep in touch.
Catch you guys inside.
I really appreciate that, Doctor.
Yes, I will be in touch soon.
Great, thank you.
Yes, bye-bye.
Hey, that was Dr. Shreves.
Shauna just emerged
from her coma last night.
- Wow, really?
- Mm-hmm.
She's oriented, aware.
She's not talking,
but she's communicating.
- That's great news.
- I know.
I mean, he said that she's
got months ahead of recovery
before she'll be independent
and can care for Isaiah.
But still, this is the news
he's been dreaming of.
- Are you gonna call him?
- I wanna tell him in person,
so I figured I'd have him stop
by the firehouse after school.
[ALARM BLARES]
- Truck 81, Ambo 61.
- Okay. Good luck.
All right. I'll keep you posted.
Yeah.
[SIRENS WAILING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Damn, that compact got
shot halfway across town.
Check on the SUV driver.
- Vasquez, you're with me.
- Copy.
Folks, clear out.
Clear out. Let us work.
Check the passenger door.
You got it.
Hey, ma'am, can you hear me?
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay, hang tight.
We're gonna get you
out of here, all right?
Hey, passenger door's jammed.
All right, grab the jaws.
The airbag didn't deploy,
so we gotta disconnect
the battery before we go in.
Copy.
Look at me.
You got it?
♪
- Ready?
- Go.
- There it is.
- Got it.
- Ma'am?
- Here you go.
Let's get you out of here, okay?
Okay.
C-collar?
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
All right, miss,
I'm just gonna wrap this
around your neck, okay?
It's not gonna hurt.
Vasquez!
Vasquez, hey.
- Vasquez, Vasquez?
- [COUGHING]
♪
Vasquez, hey. Vasquez.
I'm okay.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey, hey.
- Take it easy.
- I'm all right.
Okay, just knocked the wind out of me.
That's almost 300 pounds of
force straight to the dome, kid.
Hey, are you sure you're okay?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm okay.
- How's she? Is she okay?
- She's gonna be fine.
Listen, Herrmann and I got her.
All right, will you check
him out, make sure he's okay?
Novak, you're with us.
- Ballard, let's go.
- Come on, right here.
Copy, Lieutenant.
Sorry, Vasquez, you're not
getting out of this.
- Vi, I'm fine. Really.
- Okay, now look at me.
- Any blurriness, double vision?
- No.
Ringing in the ears, headache?
- No.
- I got you.
All right, no obvious signs
of concussion,
but I'm keeping my eye on you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Okay, easy.
I don't get it.
I mean, we cut the power to
that thing before I got in the car.
Shouldn't that have
disconnected the airbag?
Yeah, it should have.
♪
Vasquez,
have the medics take another
look at you when they get back.
I'm fine, Lieutenant, for real.
I am not asking.
I still don't get how the airbag
could have blown like that,
I mean, even after we cut the juice.
It happens sometimes.
The backup capacitor
holds a charge longer
than it's supposed to, we go
to pop the door, and then boom.
Yeah, no, that makes sense
when we're messing
with the frame of the vehicle,
but, I mean
Maybe you just nicked the airbag wiring
with the seat belt cutter.
- Sure.
- I didn't.
I know my way around cars.
No, it's just something different.
Okay, well, then maybe
it was just, you know,
one of those freak things, then.
Which is why we need to be
extra careful in situations like that.
Lieutenant Kidd, can I have a word?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Take a seat.
I was asked to keep this under wraps,
but it's time to lift the curtain.
Engine 51 is on a short list
of rigs being decommissioned.
What?
So what can we do?
Well, I just learned that the
mandate didn't come from the CFD.
It came from City Hall.
And as we've learned in the past,
the best weapon in a fight with
politicos is public opinion.
Media sources.
Yeah.
So get with your union pal.
Have him contact the press.
Let the public know that
a 30-year veteran
and his life-saving rig
are the next victims
from the budget cuts from above.
Idea being put a face to the pain?
Exactly.
Chief, what'll happen to your
friend in the mayor's office
if this gets out?
Don't worry about that.
All bets are off.
♪
You eat yet?
Hey.
Got a club and a BLT.
One of them's got your name on it.
I figured you would have
picked up a shift with Squad 4.
Nah, I got more important things to do,
like make sure my lieutenant
doesn't starve to death.
Well, I'll eat whatever you don't want.
Any improvement?
Oxygen levels are better today.
That's something.
Actually, can I get
your eyes on something?
The first two photos,
those burn patterns,
they look uniform to you?
- Not really.
- That's what I thought.
This the Cole fire?
Kidd said you were
closing in on a suspect.
Yeah, I was.
They pulled me off the case.
Well, if they thought
that was gonna stop you,
they don't know you too well.
They're looking back at the first fire,
at the school, thinking the
tech used for the timing device
is gonna give them something,
but they're wrong.
So it's about the second fire at Cole's?
The first was premeditated.
It was thought out.
The second, it was a crime of passion,
the kind where mistakes are made.
Well, maybe there's something
back at the scene,
something we missed.
That was my next stop.
Then we'll take this to go then.
What are the rules
on eating in your car?
Cruz, you don't gotta come with.
Please, I'm the brains
of this whole operation.
You need me.
What are we waiting for?
Hey, you see? That Halligan?
It's your best pal when you
gotta open up a door that's locked
or jammed, whatever.
Cool.
Oh, hey, Stella.
Hey.
Hey, this kid is practically
a full-fledged truckie now.
Trust me, I have got plans for him.
- Oh, yeah?
- Oh, yeah.
I hate to interrupt the lesson,
but I gotta grab him for a sec.
All right, fine,
ruin the rest of my day.
Go on.
Yeah.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
So I think it's time
for a visit to Cleveland.
Here's what I don't understand.
This guy, he lit up the back
and the front stairs, right?
He had to set fire to the back
then run all the way to
the front to set the other one.
That's generally the idea, yeah.
Well, how long do you think it
takes to get from the back to the front?
This building is, what? 50 feet long?
So 10, 15 seconds maybe.
Well, we know how fast
gasoline lights up.
Stairwell this small, it would
have been a fireball like that.
So how does this guy
manage to find the time
to set fire to both stairs
before getting noticed?
That's a good point, Cruz.
You don't have to act so surprised.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Hey, check this out, Cruz.
Hmm.
Gas doesn't stain through like that.
Nope.
That's oil.
Kerosene, maybe.
That would burn a lot slower than gas.
My guess is he used a slurry,
maybe three parts oil,
one part gasoline.
Because the oil is
less volatile at first,
it'd give them time
to light both stairwells
and get the hell out of here
before anyone noticed.
Clever.
Which also makes me think
he's done this before.
PD wants proof.
I think that's where
we're gonna find it.
♪
Don't tell me you're gonna
replace a vintage
Detroit muscle car with this tin can.
Because honestly
[WHISPERING]
You might as well get a Vespa.
No, no, it's from our MVA this morning.
I'm trying to figure out what
went wrong with this airbag.
- And?
- This thing isn't helping.
But I did figure out
where they towed the car.
If I can get close to the airbag,
I bet you I can
figure out what happened.
The problem is, I doubt they'll
let me close to the thing
until after the accident
investigation has been done,
which, you know, could be a while.
Is it the tow yard
on Ashland, by any chance?
Yeah, why?
Oh, we know the guy who runs the place.
Yeah, he helped us
get a little girl's doll
after a car accident last year.
Any chance you guys would be
down to go with me after work,
see if we can talk our way in?
Yeah, I'm down. Let's go.
Oh, actually, I have this kendo class.
It's, um, you know,
Japanese stick fighting.
Japanese stick fighting?
Yeah, I've been trying to get in
with this instructor for months.
But you guys,
let me know what you find out.
[SOFT PLAYFUL MUSIC]
♪
Terry, thanks for stopping by
on such short notice.
Of course.
I wanna talk about protocol
going forward
now that Shauna is awake.
I am taking Isaiah
to Cleveland tomorrow.
What?
Is that not okay for some reason?
No, no, no, it's not that.
I actually have an update for you.
About Shauna's condition?
No, no, no, she's she's doing very well.
Good.
But through a facilitator,
she contacted a friend.
Okay, a woman Isaiah's known
as a young boy.
Shauna wants this woman
her name is Lydia Givens
to care for Isaiah until
she can do so herself.
What?
But we are his foster parents.
Well, Shauna just hasn't met us yet.
So once she does,
she'll see what great care
we're taking of him.
And I've been told
she's very aware of that
and is extremely grateful.
Now, the issue is that
Ms. Givens has already
agreed to move to Cleveland
so that Isaiah can be near his mom
as she continues to recover.
[SIGHS]
But what about Isaiah?
Isn't what he wants important?
Yes, it's very important
to Shauna, to all of us.
Now, if you're okay with it,
I'd like to bring Lydia over tomorrow
so Isaiah can see her
and they can have a
conversation about all of this.
Now, no decisions will
be made until then.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Okay.
Yes.
Of course.
All right.
♪
No more gag order.
The union is free to release
the hounds on the press.
You want us to attack the press?
No.
No, I want you to tell
every media outlet
you know what's going on.
Well, he's not wrong.
The expression "release
the hounds" does mean
all right, the point is,
is that we can get you all the details
that you want on the termination threat.
And this guy, despite the pretty mug,
is the ultimate
hard-working smoke eater.
He has been taking care
of this city for decades.
All right?
He just got his bugles to boot.
I know.
We'll do the best we can,
but I don't know if this is gonna work.
Is it public even
listening to these firings
and layoff stories anymore?
Or has everyone just gone numb?
- Tomorrow?
- Yeah.
And I knew that things were
gonna move fast when Shauna
woke up, but not like this.
All right, let's
let's not get crazy over this just yet.
We don't even know if
Isaiah remembers this woman.
And if he doesn't
or doesn't wanna go with her,
I doubt that Shauna's gonna
make a push for it.
Yeah, I think that's true.
And we can promise Shauna
that we will get Isaiah
to Cleveland regularly, right?
- Whenever we're not on shift?
- Of course.
- Okay.
- [PHONE BUZZES]
What's up?
OFI pulled the files I asked for.
It's all the cases that have
similar MOs, ignition source.
Cruz is gonna help me go through them.
You need help?
No, I think we're good
for now, but thanks.
And hey, Stella, we'll figure this out.
What time does that
kendo class start anyway?
2:00.
But I have to get a couple
of hours of rest beforehand.
Otherwise, I'm gonna get my ass kicked.
Sensei Misiorowski does not mess around.
Hmm.
- What, why?
- Uh, nothing.
It's just, um
I thought I was catching
some sort of vibe
when we were talking to Vasquez.
Does it it doesn't bother
you, right, that I'm going
to the tow yard with him?
What? No, no.
Why would that bother me?
Just, if you have feelings
for him or something?
No, I don't.
No, I mean, okay, do I think
he's nice to look at?
I am a straight female, so yes, I do.
But no, no, it is
it is not like that at all.
- Okay.
- Wait, why?
Do you have feelings for him?
No, no, absolutely not.
I've had enough drama in the firehouse
for an entire lifetime. Never again.
He probably has a girlfriend anyway.
- What the hell do we know?
- Yeah, you're totally right.
We don't know anything.
I am sorry I didn't get
that shift report done.
I will have it to you by end of day.
That is a promise.
I just gotta get home and
handle this Isaiah situation.
Understood.
Well, hopefully by then
we'll get some kind of bite
from the press.
I mean, you heard any rumblings, Mouch?
Not a thing. And Ellis put out
word to all the contacts he has.
Nothing from the mayor's office, either,
which means Annette hasn't
got wind of our efforts yet.
Fiscal quarter is over in two days.
All those personnel decisions,
they'll be done by then.
My fate will be sealed soon
enough, one way or the other.
Okay, here's one, a staircase fire,
combo accelerant of gasoline and ali
ali aliphactate?
Aliphatic hydrocarbon?
That's paint thinner.
It's probably not our guy.
I really appreciate you
helping out here, Cruz.
Oh, don't mention it.
Chloe's always saying
I gotta read more anyway.
You know, you can't help but wonder
how many arsons could be
prevented if these people
just had a hobby.
Pathology is usually a little
bit more complicated than that.
I mean, I'm just saying, go
fishing every once in a while,
then maybe burning down something
won't be as important anymore.
- Whoa, Kelly.
- What?
I got an unsolved
arson case here from 2005.
Same MO,
combo slurry of gasoline and kerosene.
OFI run any leads on it?
They did.
And look who's on the suspect list.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
PD has to see this.
♪
Kevin Moore's done this before.
That file proves it.
You're not supposed
to be working on this.
Frankly, I shouldn't
even be talking to you.
20 years ago, he set a fire
using the exact same accelerant
as the Cole fire.
The target? His girlfriend's house.
Right after she broke up with him.
That's a pattern.
He retaliates when he feels wronged.
Why wasn't he charged before?
He had an alibi, the ex-girlfriend.
Wait a minute,
his alibi was the girlfriend
whose house just burnt down?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Well, maybe that's a pattern as well.
'Cause I got this feeling
whenever I interviewed Sheila Moore
about Kevin's alibi for the Cole fire,
man, she did not seem happy.
If you're thinking
we can flip Sheila Moore,
you should know I went
at her pretty hard.
She didn't break.
Now we got an ace up
our sleeve, the ex-girlfriend.
From 20 years ago?
I'm not looking to reopen the case.
I say we take Gina to meet Sheila Moore.
Once the ex-wife meets
the ex-girlfriend,
I say Sheila has a change of heart.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- Thanks again for doing this.
- Yeah.
Not sure that guy would
have let me in on my own.
Oh, yeah, Gomes was born surly.
So what's your plan, exactly?
Well, I'm gonna start
with the passenger side
airbag first, see if that can
give us any insight
into what might have caused
the faulty deployment.
Uh-huh.
Hey, can you give me a hand, actually?
- Yeah, sure. Where do you want me?
- Driver's side.
All right.
[GRUNTS]
[DOOR CRUNCHES OPEN]
All right.
Okay, if you can just hold
this while I undo the screws,
- that'd be great.
- Yeah, yeah.
[DRILL WHIRRING]
- Oh.
- Okay.
Maybe use both hands, actually.
Mm-hmm, will do, Vasquez.
Okay.
[DRILL WHIRRING]
[LAUGHS]
Sorry, just two more screws, I promise.
That's fine.
- Okay.
- Okay.
You can just set that down anywhere.
Yeah, you got it.
Did your dad teach you about cars?
Not exactly.
I mean, my dad's a huge gearhead,
but, you know, the garage
was always his space.
I guess it did rub off on me anyway.
Yeah, I can tell.
[RATCHET CRANKING]
Okay.
Where is this thing?
Got it.
All right.
- Okay, this is weird.
- What?
This is supposed to be
neoprene coated nylon,
but this is
I mean, I wouldn't buy
a backpack made out of
whatever material this is.
Yeah, the stitching's all jagged too.
Yeah.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
This airbag is a counterfeit.
Shady repair shops, they sometimes
install these cheap knockoffs, you know,
figuring nobody will know
the difference.
Until someone gets in an accident.
Exactly.
These things can actually cause
more damage than the actual crash.
I read an article about
a counterfeit airbag
blasting shrapnel on a driver,
killed him instantly.
Damn.
Yeah.
We need to figure out
where these came from.
Okay, I don't know
about you, but whenever
I get work done on my car,
all the receipts
end up in the same place.
How much you wanna bet the name
of that shady body shop
is in one of these?
[PAPERS CRINKLING]
I'm glad you liked her
when you were little.
That's good.
Yeah, but it's been a long time.
I don't know how it's gonna
feel to see her now.
[KNOCKING]
You wanna wait here?
Okay, you got it.
Hi, Stella.
Hi, hi.
Lydia, it's good to meet you.
Same.
I know this is
oh, my God, Izzy.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Oh, look at you, so big.
Look at this handsome young man.
Oh, and this hair.
Do you remember falling asleep
chewing gum, Izzy,
and you woke up with it stuck
in all these curls?
- Yeah, I remember.
- [LAUGHS]
Took us an hour to cut it all out.
I had a bald patch.
Oh, I am so happy to see you, Izzy.
♪
Hey, we found the link, Stella.
I think we've got Moore.
I'm meeting Gerard
in an hour at the 21st.
Isaiah's leaving.
What do you mean?
When?
Um, tonight.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
How did this happen?
Well, as soon as he saw Lydia,
it was like he was eight years old.
So the bond there is deep.
I thought you told Terry we could
take Isaiah to Cleveland every week?
Hey, this isn't on me.
Look, you weren't here.
You didn't see what I saw.
There's nothing that I could
have done to stop this.
I wasn't here because I was working.
You're saying you think
I should have shelved
the arson investigation?
No, I didn't say that.
I am as invested as you are
in catching this guy
because you could have died
in that fire.
But everything that I am doing
here, I'm doing it alone.
♪
When is she picking him up?
The plan is 6:00.
So you and Gerard, pin him fast.
♪
I'm just here for the peace
and quiet and the free beer.
Yeah. Trudy kicked you out, huh?
I was driving her crazy,
refreshing the news
every few seconds to see if any
outlets picked up the story.
Nothing.
You know, it's unbelievable.
Nobody cares about us
old-timer firefighters anymore.
How did we get to that?
In China, they care about their elders.
Maybe we should move there.
Yeah, maybe we should.
Do you think they respect
their elders in the Caribbean?
[PHONE DINGS]
It's probably Trudy.
I'll make her sweat a little.
[PHONES DING]
[SOFT MUSIC]
Whoa, the front page of
"The Chicago Telegraph."
City Hall turns its back
on lifelong first responder.
Wow. This is it, Mouchy.
You think it'll be enough
to save Engine 51?
I don't know, but I'll tell you,
it is a great place to start.
Oh, you didn't tell me
he was gonna be here.
You ask me to come
down here again, fine.
But I'm not trying to get
jumped when I'm trying to help.
Oh, I wouldn't worry about him.
I think you have
bigger things to worry about.
What's this?
That is a written statement
from your ex-wife,
Sheila Moore. She recanted your alibi.
Said she didn't wanna lie to us,
but that apparently you threatened her.
[SCOFFS]
Unbelievable.
Look, the divorce? It's messy.
She's pissed
she's not getting the house,
so she's trying to get back at me.
Well, the judge seemed to buy her story
because he signed a warrant
allowing us to seize your phone.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Am I under arrest?
Oh, no, you're free to go.
We just thought
we'd bring you back down here,
give you a chance to confess.
Sometimes judges can be a little more
lenient whenever people do.
Then again, he did try to
kill a decorated fire captain,
- so I wouldn't count on it.
- Hmm.
I'm not saying another word
without a lawyer.
All right, bring them in.
♪
- I said I'm done talking.
- They're not here for you.
They're here to take a statement
from your ex-girlfriend,
Gina Kerr.
And yeah, we know about that fire too.
And that's gonna be bad for you
because this testimony is gonna be
very valuable for the state's attorney.
Come on, Mr. Moore, let's go
wait for your attorney in the bullpen.
♪
Gina.
Now everyone is gonna know what you did.
♪
All you had was a duffel and
a backpack when you got here,
and now you're a hoarder.
It's all the shoes you made me buy.
[LAUGHS] He's turned into a real diva.
Watch out.
Well, I'm all about the gold toilets.
We'll be fine.
Yeah, I figured Kelly
wasn't gonna make it.
But hey, I mean,
the police can't close the case
without him.
He's gonna be really sad
that he missed this,
but we're gonna visit
really soon, and like, a lot.
I mean, the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame is in Cleveland.
How could you stay away?
You can't.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Hey, look.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Did you catch the guy?
Yeah, we did.
This guy sucks at "NightCrawl."
But nobody knows fire like Kelly.
Thanks for coming back.
See you soon, bud.
See you soon, Kelly.
♪
Shauna kept writing things
down for me to tell you,
then scratching them out.
There aren't words for what you
guys did for her boy, for her.
She doesn't need to thank us.
We loved every minute of it.
I'll tell her that.
♪
I'm glad you were here.
Yeah, me too.
I told Pascal that
I would give him my
my shift report by the end of the day,
so I gotta go back to the firehouse.
Yeah, I'll
♪
It's right there in black and white.
Those counterfeit airbags were
definitely installed here.
I don't understand how
this could have happened.
I mean, I sourced those airbags
from one of my regular suppliers.
I never would have bought them
if I had any kind of suspicion.
We're not here to debate
your due diligence procedures.
We just need you to track down
every single car
that you installed those in
before one of them kills someone.
Yeah, of course.
I mean, I'll do what I can.
You can see, I don't exactly
have a huge operation here, so.
I'm struggling to
keep my head above water.
What does that mean?
I'm just saying, a recall's
a little complicated,
so it's not gonna happen overnight.
But, I mean, I'll get it done.
We could just come back
with an inspector
from the Consumer Protection Division.
Yeah, just put your glorified little
chop shop here out of business.
And you can bet your ass
that will happen overnight.
Or you can just choose
to do the right thing
and start fixing your mistake now.
Look, I got a cousin who
helps me out with paperwork.
I'll get her down here
tomorrow first thing,
and we'll start making some calls.
Is that good enough?
No.
I'm gonna need the name of your supplier
so we can contact the NHTSA
and get those airbags
off the market for good.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Oh.
Damn.
You left that guy
trembling in his boots.
I almost felt bad for him.
It's hard to predict when
the inner cop will come out.
Huh.
Hope I didn't freak you out.
No, not at all.
Maybe even the opposite.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Oh, yeah?
Uh, meet you at Molly's?
I gotta go home.
Maybe some other time.
- Good night, Vi.
- Good night.
[SIGHS]
There is no way they still let you go.
- Not after this article.
- Let's hope.
Hey, Chief, you hear anything
from your pal at City Hall?
Not a word. How's Severide doing?
The arrest give him
any kind of peace of mind?
Yeah, some.
But peace of mind for Severide
isn't gonna come
until Van Meter shows signs of recovery.
- Yeah.
- Guys.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
Mouch's job is safe.
- Oh!
- Oh!
That's great.
Why do you sound like
you're delivering a eulogy?
Being transferred to 40 permanently,
starting next shift.
They can't do that.
Unfortunately, they can.
Decision's final.
It's either that or forced retirement.
Damn.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
I gotta warn you,
sounds to me like Firehouse 51
has a serious enemy down at City Hall.
♪
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Goodbye.
Excuse me?
I said good night.
♪
Don't go.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]