Chicago Fire s14e10 Episode Script
Carry a Torch
1
I've seen this before.
You put them in a coma,
and they don't come out.
What the hell are you doing here?
The man is intimidating.
I mean, Vasquez has no idea
how he got paroled.
It's all kind of mysterious.
Mouch's job is safe.
Why do you sound like
you're delivering a eulogy?
Being transferred to 40, permanently.
You should come to Molly's tonight.
I gotta go home.
Maybe some other time.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Isaiah's leaving.
How did this happen?
There's nothing that I could have done.
Everything that I am doing
here, I'm doing it alone.
♪
I gotta say, you surprised me out there.
Oh, well, you can thank
the angry mob for that,
'cause everyone knows
that fear causes arousal.
[CHUCKLES]
Not as much as
a well-timed science factoid.
- [LAUGHS]
- Whoa. What was that?
- Karate?
- Taekwondo.
Okay.
[BRIGHT MUSIC]
♪
[PHONE BUZZING]
Mm-mm.
- You're being paged.
- You're probably right.
Let me check. [GRUNTS]
No, just a colleague asking me
to cover for her tomorrow.
- Tomorrow problem.
- [CHUCKLES]
[SQUEALS]
Oh, is that jujitsu?
- Stage combat.
- Oh.
♪
[PHONE RINGING]
[GROANS SOFTLY]
[OBJECTS CLATTERING]
Are you leaving?
Yeah, I am going to work
on some Girls on Fire drills,
but I figured you'd be
hanging out in Van Meter's room
at Med anyway.
Actually, I'm gonna skip it today.
Carrie, you know,
his daughter's been showing up lately,
and I don't wanna invade their space.
I doubt she'd mind.
You know, you could ask her.
Oh, we got an update from Terry.
Shauna has been acing rehab,
and Isaiah's been with her
every day after school.
- That's great.
- Yeah, it is.
- I'll see you at 51.
- Yeah.
This feels weird.
- There should be an engine here.
- What?
I don't think this is
gonna last that long.
This is classic politics, okay?
They act before they think.
And they're gonna figure out
real quick that this battalion,
it needs its own engine. All right?
And then, Mouch, he's gonna be
back here before you know it.
Uh-huh.
You got a head injury or something?
Since when do you look at
the positive side of anything?
You finally start taking
St. John's wort?
I'm telling you, you give
this a couple of shifts,
and it's gonna work itself all out.
All right? You'll see.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Did you ever get a hold
of that guy at the NHTSA?
Yeah, yeah, he's actually been circling
that manufacturer for months
but never had anything solid.
Now they've got enough
to ban them from selling
airbags in the U.S. Yeah.
- Hey, that's awesome.
- Great work.
Hey, it's great teamwork.
Hmm.
All right, hey, guys,
quick reminder for anyone
who signed up for
the Joint Duty program.
We have our first sim class today.
Sim class?
Is that like some kind of,
like, computer thing,
- 'cause I'm not exactly
- Yeah, we know, Herrmann.
Don't worry.
There are no computers involved.
It is simulated medical training with
anatomically accurate mannequins so that
we can practice vital skills
without killing anyone.
Today, we'll be working on intubation.
- Our friend, Dr
- Sorry.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- You good?
Yeah. Fill you in later.
Okay, uh, anyway, my friend,
Dr. Campbell,
at Med who is a total badass,
by the way
she will be leading the class,
and you guys are gonna love her.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Hi. Can we help you?
Yeah, I'm looking for Sal Vasquez.
That's me.
Um, we can talk outside.
Apologies for the interruption.
Officer Reseda, Parole Division.
My records have you listed
as next of kin to Ray Vasquez.
- Have you heard from him?
- Not recently.
Everything okay?
I figured you'd know better than me.
He missed his weekly meeting.
When's the last time you saw him?
It's it's been a few weeks.
You might wanna figure out
a way to get ahold of him.
Let him know, screw-ups like this
- will land him back in prison.
- Yeah. Okay.
I'll figure out what's going on.
[ALARM BLARES]
Squad 3, Truck 81, Ambo 61.
Person trapped, 402 North State Street.
He can't miss another meeting.
I'll be in touch.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[SIRENS WAILING]
♪
What happened?
Something glitched with
our automated car lift.
It's bad.
The gates should have been down.
She must have drove through
looking for the service area.
I don't know how she's still alive.
All right, stay back.
Hey, ma'am, can you hear me?
Please, help.
- Hang tight.
- We're gonna get you out.
Hey, is there any way
to raise this lift?
There's gotta be a manual override.
The system's in lockdown.
And the override
has to be done on our site,
and the tech is an hour out.
We don't have an hour.
All right, we're gonna pull her out
through the driver's side.
Squad, ram, cutters, jaws, go.
Copy.
We're gonna need to stabilize
this lift before we start cutting.
- All right, copy that.
- Grab the struts.
Copy.
Hey, what's your name?
- Melissa.
- Melissa, I'm Stella.
All right, listen, we're gonna
get you out of here.
We just gotta make sure
this lift doesn't
drop any lower first, okay?
Please, just save my baby.
There's a baby in the car?
No, I'm pregnant.
[TOOLS BUZZING]
Good to go.
All right, Herrmann, lock in the struts.
[TENSE MUSIC]
- We're good.
- All right, Tony, you're up.
[TOOLS BUZZING]
What's going on?
They're opening the door
so we can get you out.
Hey, how far along are you?
Eight months.
It's a girl.
You picked a name yet?
No.
Parents said not to choose
until she's born.
Said it's bad luck.
Well, listen, Melissa,
we're gonna bring you
good luck today, okay?
We're gonna get you out of here.
Just hang in there. Hang tight.
♪
All right, Melissa.
We're almost there, okay?
All right.
I'm just gonna push
this back, nice and easy.
Can I get the backboard?
Okay.
Easy.
And a C-collar?
There we go. All right.
- Good?
- Yep.
On two. One, two.
♪
There we go.
All right, let's get her on O2.
Start her at 10 liters.
Please, just tell me my baby's okay.
♪
Okay, yep.
I've got a heartbeat,
and I feel movement.
[SOBS]
They'll tell you more at the hospital,
- but that is all good.
- Thank you.
We're gonna take you straight to Med,
where the trauma team and OB
will be standing by
waiting for you, okay?
Here we go.
♪
- [KNOCKS]
- What?
Hey, remember this, will you?
63 3/4.
- What's going on in here?
- Oh.
Uh, Me and Mouch, we've been meaning
to add some more shelf space.
And now Mouch can have
a place for his wedding photos
and the like, and I'll just
keep my stuff here
on the desk, so
Oh, what was that number again?
63 3/4.
Okay, uh, I want
the shelf to be centered.
So I wanna have an equal space
from side to side, right?
What?
You got a problem with the shelf?
No.
Well, 'cause it's CFD authorized.
I'm allowed to do this.
- And I checked.
- I believe you.
But you got this look on your face
like you wanna say something.
I don't wanna say anything.
So you just came here to loom?
[SIGHS] I just wanted to tell you
that the sim class starts
in the briefing room
in 20 minutes.
- Oh, okay.
- Great. Message received.
I'll be there.
Hey.
I was thinking of taking Truck
by Med to check on
that victim, Melissa.
I just figured I should
run it by you first.
We just dropped her off an hour ago.
Yeah, but I'm sure the
doctors have seen her by now,
considering the pregnancy.
Maybe, but we have calls coming in here
pretty fast and furious these days.
I'll be ready to pivot if one comes in.
Hey.
Did you guys get
an update on that victim
before you left Med?
Yeah, we stuck around
until we got some info.
Yeah, the ultrasound showed
a partial abruption
and some bleeding.
Nothing too severe,
but enough to make the docs
want to induce labor.
- Right away?
- Yeah.
Okay, I'll hold off on visiting.
Yeah, will you guys
just keep me updated?
Yeah. Yes, of course.
Um, will you two be joining our very
hip-and-happening sim class?
Sorry.
I've got a bunch of reports to write up.
Same.
Is everything okay with those two?
I don't know.
[PHONE DINGS]
Oh, no.
Well, that's a little last minute.
[SIGHS]
All right, hey, guys.
So apparently Dr. Campbell
is down with the flu,
so she'll be sending over
one of her colleagues
to pinch hit. Should be here any minute.
- Morning, everyone.
- Morning.
What a great surprise.
All right, guys, this is Dr. Frost.
Thank you so much for being here.
Thank you so much for having me.
You guys should pay close attention.
This is one of the best
pediatric ER docs in the city.
That is the rumor, anyway,
but you guys be the judge of that.
And let's get started.
Dad, what's going on?
Hey, I got your message.
Don't worry, I got it hand
hey, watch where you're going.
Hey, hey. Hey, Dad. Dad?
[THUDDING]
Dad?
[LINE TRILLS]
- This is Ray.
- Leave a message.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[LINE TRILLS]
This is Officer Reseda.
Hey, Officer, this is Sal Vasquez.
I'm just curious, have you
heard from Ray since we spoke?
No, I haven't.
- Anything I should know, Sal?
- No. No, no, no.
I just I haven't been
able to reach him,
and I was wondering if he checked in.
No, he hasn't.
If he does, I'll let you know.
Thanks. I'll keep trying.
♪
Can anyone tell me what PAT stands for?
- Point after touchdown.
- No, profit after tax.
What? I'm a businessman.
Pediatric Assessment Triangle.
Very good.
The Pediatric Assessment Triangle
is always our first step
when treating a child.
Now, we are going to be
assessing appearance,
breathing, and circulation.
Today our focus will be on breathing.
So I'm going to show you some
techniques you will be using
in pediatric intubation, which is
one of the trickier procedures
you will perform in the field.
Well, Novak intubated a 10-month-old
in the back of a moving ambulance
a couple of months ago.
Well, in that case,
how about you come on up
and show us how it's done?
Oh, hell yeah.
- What's his name?
- It's Resusci Baby QCPR.
- Oh.
- I know.
Parents and their crazy names
these days, right?
- Yeah.
- [LAUGHS]
- Let's see what you got.
- Okay.
[KNOCKS]
- Carrie, hey.
- Hey.
- Is your dad all right?
- Yeah, yeah. He's fine.
I mean, at least no changes.
I didn't come with a medical update.
Oh, okay.
Um, have a seat.
Thanks.
Um, I just
I just noticed that you hadn't
really been by the hospital
as much the last couple days.
I hope that's not because of me.
No, I was
I was just, uh
You know what? I guess it is.
I just wanted to make sure
you had whatever time
you needed with your dad, alone.
That's really kind of you, Kelly,
but, honestly,
I really like the company,
and it's gotten
kind of quiet over there.
I mean, my mom's popped in a few times,
but their relationship isn't great,
as you probably know.
They got divorced when
I was a teenager, so
- Yeah, you mentioned.
- It's funny, though.
He still keeps their
wedding photo in his office.
I know. It's weird, right?
He worked, like, 24/7 when I was little,
and she really resented him for that.
Kind of ruined the marriage, but I think
he's always carried a torch for her.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
That was firefighter humor.
- Nice.
- The torch.
- Good.
- Thanks.
[LAUGHTER]
Anyway, a lot of the
firefighters have come by,
and my friends are swinging in and out,
but I'm really there by myself a lot.
So please feel free to come by anytime.
- Sure.
- How about tomorrow after shift?
Yeah, that'd be great.
- Thanks, Kelly. Yeah.
- You bet.
All right. See you then.
♪
[SIGHS]
- Hey.
- Hey.
I'm sorry I was checked out
in the sim class.
I got some personal stuff going on.
I'm sure you put that together already.
Yeah, I figured that visit
earlier wasn't a social call.
No.
- Don't worry.
- We will have more classes.
I just I hope that
everything is okay.
Yeah.
Yeah, everything's
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry. I better go deal with that.
- Go ahead.
- Yeah.
Hey.
What the hell happened earlier?
Why didn't you call me back?
Look, I'm sorry about my PO stopping by.
All right? I spoke to him.
We're all good.
And I made sure he knows not to
bother you anymore, all right?
Who did that?
It's nothing.
All right, I got mugged.
Some punk on the West Side.
You should see his face.
So you drove all this way
just to tell me
- that you got mugged?
- No.
I came here to let you know
that I'm okay.
I don't want you to go
all Sherlock Holmes on me,
tracking me down.
I gotta go.
And don't worry about me.
We're on different paths.
There's no need to cross them anymore.
Hey.
Dad, it doesn't have to be like this.
Yeah, it does. Trust me.
I'm doing this for
your own good more than mine.
- Come on.
- What does that even mean?
There are people who aren't
too happy that I'm out.
[ENGINE RUMBLES]
I'll leave it at that.
♪
[KNOCKS]
- Hey, you got an update?
- Mm-hmm.
I just talked to Med.
Melissa's little baby girl
was born at six pounds plus.
Apgars were high. She's looking good.
- That's great news.
- Mm-hmm.
Wait. Why do I feel like you're
not telling me everything?
You look worried.
Ah, it's not about the baby.
It's Vasquez's father
stopped by the firehouse
a little while ago, and, you know,
things between those two are very tense.
I saw it firsthand, but I'm not gonna
push him to talk about it
if he doesn't want to.
Yeah, this morning on the app floor,
I thought I saw something
between you two.
- No. No, no, no.
- It's nothing like that.
I just I wanna be
a friendly ear if he needs it.
Oh, I was wondering 'cause I thought him
and Novak had something going on.
Yeah. Who knows?
[CHUCKLES]
Well, to be honest, even if
you and Vasquez were closer,
doesn't mean he'd open up to you.
Mm.
You and Severide?
Anything you wanna talk about?
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Um, it just it just feels like
we have been on two different planets
ever since Van Meter got hurt.
He has shut me out again,
and usually I fight my way back in,
but this time, uh, since Isaiah moved
back to Cleveland, I just feel like
I got no fight left in me.
[ALARM BLARES]
Truck 81, Ambulance 61.
Person injured, North Wabash
and East Illinois.
[SIRENS WAILING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Hey, you gotta help my friend.
- Yeah, yeah.
- All right. What happened?
We were live streaming on the L,
train surfing, you know?
And the train just took
a really sharp turn,
and Eddie just flew off.
- All right, step aside!
- Give us room!
Okay, grab the A frame and the grinder.
- Vasquez, you're going up.
- Copy.
Everybody, give us some space, please.
- Back up.
- He's still breathing.
I'll get some of that weight off him.
[TENSE MUSIC]
All right.
I'm gonna wrap this around
to hold his weight.
There we go.
Pull it tight and clip it to the fence.
♪
- Got him?
- Got him.
[GRUNTS]
Good.
All right. Set it.
Hey, can we get some Kerlix?
Right away.
Secure that post
before you make the cut.
Copy.
It's all right, bud.
We're gonna get you down.
- All right.
- Yep. He's secure.
All right, let's get that grinder.
- Copy that.
- Hey, folks, back up, please.
- We're good?
- Yeah.
[GRINDER BUZZING]
Ballard, hold him. Yep.
[GRINDER BUZZING]
♪
Got him!
Hey, Herrmann. Thanks.
Let's get him on the stretcher.
Yeah.
All right. Ready?
- Easy, easy.
- On the left.
- Watch yourself.
- Yep.
Hey, can you hear me?
- [BREATHING RASPINGLY]
- All right.
Take a deep breath for me if you can.
And another.
Lungs are clear bilaterally.
I'll get a line on him on the way.
- Copy. Let's go.
- Yeah.
Okay.
♪
He'll be all right?
You better thank your lucky stars
that he's still breathing.
Hey, I hope the views were worth it.
I swear, I'm never doing that again.
Good.
Can't believe we used
two shifts worth of gauze
on that poor kid.
That's what you can't believe
about that call?
Oh, well, that and what some
people will do for a good time.
Yeah, the L never stops finding
new and interesting ways
to gift us with victims, huh?
Hmm.
Who are you looking for?
Dr. Frost.
Wait, did I not tell you?
We hooked up last night.
Yeah, it was super fun and hot.
Did I mention fun?
Did you not pick up
the vibe in the sim class?
No, I did not.
But, hey, that is great.
I mean, if hot pediatricians
are your thing.
He he is definitely my thing.
Yeah, but he's a player. I can tell.
Even if he is,
you can't play a player, right?
I was thinking the same thing.
- Hmm.
- Player versus player.
- That sounds kind of fun.
- Sure does.
Yes.
[SIGHS]
- [DRILL WHIRRING]
- [SIGHS]
Son of a bitch.
You having some trouble there?
I broke the damn drill bit.
What the hell is this concrete
made out of, anyway?
Concrete.
You know, Mouch was supposed
to bring over his hammer drill.
That would have gone through
this just like butter.
But, of course, you know,
he's on third shift over at 40,
and now I'm stuck with ruining my tools,
you know, and for what?
So that Mouch can have his own shelf,
and which he did no work to set up?
Okay, why are you barking
at me about all this?
Tell it to him at Molly's.
I told you, he's on third shift tonight.
He won't be there.
Hey, you know, maybe if
I held the shelf for you,
you might have enough force
to drive it clean through.
[GROANS]
I don't need any backseat
drilling from you, okay?
Okay, Herrmann, have it your way.
See you later.
[SIGHS]
Hey, Cruz. You seen Stella?
Uh, yeah, she left
a couple of minutes ago,
- said she was headed for Med.
- She did?
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Oh, I was on the phone.
She must've texted, and I missed it.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
Sure thing. See you.
Have a good one.
Hey, Vasquez.
What's up, Vi?
How'd everything go with your dad?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Wish I knew.
He came by yesterday.
He he had a busted up lip
and a shiner.
- Whoa. What happened?
- No clue.
I mean, he had a lame-ass explanation,
but you know, I didn't buy it.
I have no idea what he's got
himself mixed up with now.
Have you thought about calling the cops?
I mean, if he got beat up,
he could be in real trouble.
Oh, I know, I know.
But I mean, there's just no way.
He'll never talk to the cops.
Not in a million years.
I mean, he just doesn't trust them.
No, I need to figure out how
to get to the bottom of this.
Thank you, though, you know, for asking.
Yeah, yeah. Of course.
But you know, just because
your dad doesn't trust the cops
doesn't mean you shouldn't.
We are all on the same team, right?
Not to him.
At least not anymore.
Well, if you wanna talk
it out or not talk it out,
I'll be at Molly's. We all will be.
Okay.
Okay, yeah.
I'll see you there.
See you there.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
[TENSE MUSIC]
You just gonna stand there,
or you gonna tell me
who tore into my apartment?
♪
Why'd you get into
this kind of trouble, Dad?
What were you thinking?
I didn't have a choice.
Who did this?
My cellmate was a mid-level drug dealer,
and he got caught with a few bricks.
But he couldn't stop bragging
about this robbery
turned homicide he was never caught for.
Most guys, they dismissed it.
It was just talk.
Right, but I did some digging.
His story was true.
Look, I figured after
the Belfort statement
went out the window, if I had any shot
at making parole, I had to take matters
into my own hands.
So what did you do?
I struck a deal.
If I could get a usable
confession out of my cellmate,
state's attorney would recommend
leniency at my parole hearing.
- Jesus.
- Hey. The gamble paid off.
That's the good news.
But from what I can tell,
Nico and his crew
are trying to bait me into
violating my parole
so that I end up right back in prison.
- What do we do next?
- Mm-mm.
No, there's no we.
This isn't your fight, all right?
Stay the hell out of it.
Dad, they broke into my apartment.
Look around.
Okay, this makes this my problem too.
So, like I said, what the hell
are we gonna do about it?
[SPITS]
I assume the shelf's not
supposed to look like that.
It's called rustic.
As a professional designer,
I'm going to have to disagree.
What are you doing here?
We were gonna go to those
open houses today, remember?
- About two hours ago?
- Oh.
Damn it, Cindy. I'm sorry.
I got so wrapped up
in this stupid shelf thing
for Mouch, you know?
I guess I just lost track of time.
- Did we miss them all?
- It's not a big deal.
We can reschedule.
Though I did stop by
the one on South Keeler.
The one that looks like a sanitarium?
It just needs some color.
You have to use your imagination.
That's what I got you for.
Why don't you grab your things?
- We'll get out of here.
- Yeah.
I guess this thing is beyond saving.
Boy, did I botch this up.
Oh, I'm sure it's nothing
Manny's Deli can't fix.
Come on, Chip Gaines, my treat.
All right.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BABY COOING]
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Hi, Lieutenant.
You can go on in.
They're just taking pictures.
- I I'm so sorry.
- I can't.
I actually just realized
that I am late for work.
So, um, yeah, would you
just do me a favor?
Give this to her. Okay.
Thank you.
♪
I know.
I'm just I'm glad
he's coming to Molly's tonight.
He downplays it, but I think
all this stuff with his dad
is really weighing on him.
Yeah, that sounds like a lot.
But I get wanting to play it
close to the vest.
I mean, it took me a minute
to become a regular
at Molly's, too, remember?
Yeah.
And, hey, aren't you glad you did?
Totally.
I mean, I am still getting used
to paying for my own drinks.
Can't believe Herrmann
doesn't give us a discount.
[PHONE DINGS]
Hot doc?
Looks like Resusci Baby
is gonna make a full recovery
- thanks to my steady hands.
- Cute.
What was that?
- Oh, I just liked it.
- Not even a heart?
Damn, that's cold.
Um, it's called playing hard to get.
And I'm a player, right?
Respect.
[WEIGHTS CLATTERING]
Dad was always the one
who made my school lunches
before he left for work.
He'd always write
my name on the paper bags
and draw these little stick
figure things to make me laugh.
I wouldn't have called that.
Drawings are pretty good.
- The lunches
- No?
Not so much. No.
One time he put Chinese
leftovers in a sandwich.
- [LAUGHS]
- True story.
Um, I'm gonna go downstairs
and get a coffee.
- Do you want anything?
- No, I'm good. Thanks.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[CHOKING]
Whoa. Whoa, easy.
Doc. Doctor! Doctor!
Hey, he's pulling out his tube.
[GAGGING]
[GASPING]
- He's extubated himself.
- Should I set up to re-intubate?
Not yet.
Let's wait and check his O2 sat.
[VITAL MONITORS BEEPING]
♪
Numbers are rising.
It's on his own.
Dad? Dad, can you hear me?
[BRIGHT MUSIC]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪
[KNOCKS ON COUNTER]
- Nico here?
- Nico?
No, doesn't ring a bell.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- Excuse me.
- How much are these?
- Oh, my bad, man. I'm sorry.
- Hey. Hey. Stop!
What the hell is this?
You got some balls coming
in here with your baby boy.
Did you know your old man
turned my brother's
3-year bid into a 30-year sentence?
No parole.
Now he's kicking my door down
like I did something wrong.
I don't know why you're surprised.
You were trying to get to me
by getting my son involved,
and it worked.
See, he's the only thing
in the world that I care about.
I'd kill for him.
I'd die for him.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I'd even go back to prison
if that's what it takes
for you to stay away from him.
♪
- [DOOR BANGS OPEN]
- Everybody on the ground!
- Go, go, go, go.
- Hands up! Hands up!
Hands up! Drop it!
[OFFICERS SHOUTING]
Hands up! Get on the ground!
Get on the ground now!
♪
Got a tip that
a recent parolee was here.
Associating with known criminals,
which violates his terms of release.
I'm gonna assume those aren't aspirin.
On your feet.
♪
- Another round for the ladies?
- [PHONE DINGS]
Actually, I'm gonna
I'm gonna close out.
- Oh, copy that.
- Oh.
Well, does someone have somewhere to be?
- Maybe with a hot doc?
- Maybe.
Well, what happened
to playing hard to get?
Eh, I changed my mind
on that one real quick.
I figured I'd try really easy
to get instead.
Okay.
Um, and how exactly are you planning
on sending that message?
Well, I think the emojis I
just sent make it pretty clear.
These houses up in Jefferson Park,
the prices are ridiculous.
You know, at this point,
I'm gonna end up
commuting from Gary, Indiana.
Or we're having to buy some
God-awful fixer upper.
Well, just make sure
it's not made of concrete.
You know, I never did get
that shelf up, by the way.
I mean, not that there's
any rush, you know,
if I'm being real about
this whole Engine situation.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Look, man, um,
I know that I am no Mouch,
but I can put up a shelf, too, you know?
I'm pretty good at hanging out,
drinking beers.
All I'm saying is,
I'm here, always,
if you need anything.
That's good to know.
♪
You're all good.
The parole violation thing was
just a setup to get into Nico's spot.
Thanks for the assist, Finch.
Our Narco unit been after
Nico's crew for a while.
This gave us the perfect way in.
Should be thanking you.
So what now?
It's probably not over with Nico's crew.
It'd be safer if we kept
our distance for a while.
No.
See, you don't get to tell me
what to do anymore.
Okay. You know what?
You let me know if you need anything.
I'll do the same.
Sounds good by me.
Yeah, and I might check in
every now and then, too,
just for no reason at all.
Sounds good by me.
♪
Any word from Vasquez?
Wasn't he supposed to stop by?
I I guess he changed his mind.
[PHONE DINGS]
Oh, Stella.
My friend at Med, Dr. Campbell,
she has an update on Van Meter.
He has regained consciousness.
She says he is stable,
breathing on his own,
- and alert.
- Oh, my God.
I sorry. Sorry, boss, I gotta go.
Uh, yeah, of course. Go.
All right, hey,
that's awesome news, Mikami.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
- What are you doing here?
- What
why aren't you with Van Meter?
I was just
he's doing good. I guess
[CLEARS THROAT]
Seeing him and Carrie
together made we want
to be with my family,
and that's you.
I went to see our victim, Melissa.
I couldn't even go in the room.
They just looked so happy
holding their baby,
and I feel so bad, but
all I wanted to do was run.
That's okay.
Maybe I rushed into fostering
so fast because
I just thought that it would
make all of the feelings
about losing the baby go away.
And it didn't.
It was so hard.
It hurt so much to watch Isaiah go.
It felt like everything all at once,
but you seemed so okay with it.
And I just, like, I don't know
what is wrong with me.
There's nothing wrong with you.
And I'm
I'm not okay.
Not by a long shot.
You can show me that.
I really think the only way
that we are gonna be okay is if
we can be not okay together, you know?
I do now.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]
I've seen this before.
You put them in a coma,
and they don't come out.
What the hell are you doing here?
The man is intimidating.
I mean, Vasquez has no idea
how he got paroled.
It's all kind of mysterious.
Mouch's job is safe.
Why do you sound like
you're delivering a eulogy?
Being transferred to 40, permanently.
You should come to Molly's tonight.
I gotta go home.
Maybe some other time.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Isaiah's leaving.
How did this happen?
There's nothing that I could have done.
Everything that I am doing
here, I'm doing it alone.
♪
I gotta say, you surprised me out there.
Oh, well, you can thank
the angry mob for that,
'cause everyone knows
that fear causes arousal.
[CHUCKLES]
Not as much as
a well-timed science factoid.
- [LAUGHS]
- Whoa. What was that?
- Karate?
- Taekwondo.
Okay.
[BRIGHT MUSIC]
♪
[PHONE BUZZING]
Mm-mm.
- You're being paged.
- You're probably right.
Let me check. [GRUNTS]
No, just a colleague asking me
to cover for her tomorrow.
- Tomorrow problem.
- [CHUCKLES]
[SQUEALS]
Oh, is that jujitsu?
- Stage combat.
- Oh.
♪
[PHONE RINGING]
[GROANS SOFTLY]
[OBJECTS CLATTERING]
Are you leaving?
Yeah, I am going to work
on some Girls on Fire drills,
but I figured you'd be
hanging out in Van Meter's room
at Med anyway.
Actually, I'm gonna skip it today.
Carrie, you know,
his daughter's been showing up lately,
and I don't wanna invade their space.
I doubt she'd mind.
You know, you could ask her.
Oh, we got an update from Terry.
Shauna has been acing rehab,
and Isaiah's been with her
every day after school.
- That's great.
- Yeah, it is.
- I'll see you at 51.
- Yeah.
This feels weird.
- There should be an engine here.
- What?
I don't think this is
gonna last that long.
This is classic politics, okay?
They act before they think.
And they're gonna figure out
real quick that this battalion,
it needs its own engine. All right?
And then, Mouch, he's gonna be
back here before you know it.
Uh-huh.
You got a head injury or something?
Since when do you look at
the positive side of anything?
You finally start taking
St. John's wort?
I'm telling you, you give
this a couple of shifts,
and it's gonna work itself all out.
All right? You'll see.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Did you ever get a hold
of that guy at the NHTSA?
Yeah, yeah, he's actually been circling
that manufacturer for months
but never had anything solid.
Now they've got enough
to ban them from selling
airbags in the U.S. Yeah.
- Hey, that's awesome.
- Great work.
Hey, it's great teamwork.
Hmm.
All right, hey, guys,
quick reminder for anyone
who signed up for
the Joint Duty program.
We have our first sim class today.
Sim class?
Is that like some kind of,
like, computer thing,
- 'cause I'm not exactly
- Yeah, we know, Herrmann.
Don't worry.
There are no computers involved.
It is simulated medical training with
anatomically accurate mannequins so that
we can practice vital skills
without killing anyone.
Today, we'll be working on intubation.
- Our friend, Dr
- Sorry.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- You good?
Yeah. Fill you in later.
Okay, uh, anyway, my friend,
Dr. Campbell,
at Med who is a total badass,
by the way
she will be leading the class,
and you guys are gonna love her.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Hi. Can we help you?
Yeah, I'm looking for Sal Vasquez.
That's me.
Um, we can talk outside.
Apologies for the interruption.
Officer Reseda, Parole Division.
My records have you listed
as next of kin to Ray Vasquez.
- Have you heard from him?
- Not recently.
Everything okay?
I figured you'd know better than me.
He missed his weekly meeting.
When's the last time you saw him?
It's it's been a few weeks.
You might wanna figure out
a way to get ahold of him.
Let him know, screw-ups like this
- will land him back in prison.
- Yeah. Okay.
I'll figure out what's going on.
[ALARM BLARES]
Squad 3, Truck 81, Ambo 61.
Person trapped, 402 North State Street.
He can't miss another meeting.
I'll be in touch.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[SIRENS WAILING]
♪
What happened?
Something glitched with
our automated car lift.
It's bad.
The gates should have been down.
She must have drove through
looking for the service area.
I don't know how she's still alive.
All right, stay back.
Hey, ma'am, can you hear me?
Please, help.
- Hang tight.
- We're gonna get you out.
Hey, is there any way
to raise this lift?
There's gotta be a manual override.
The system's in lockdown.
And the override
has to be done on our site,
and the tech is an hour out.
We don't have an hour.
All right, we're gonna pull her out
through the driver's side.
Squad, ram, cutters, jaws, go.
Copy.
We're gonna need to stabilize
this lift before we start cutting.
- All right, copy that.
- Grab the struts.
Copy.
Hey, what's your name?
- Melissa.
- Melissa, I'm Stella.
All right, listen, we're gonna
get you out of here.
We just gotta make sure
this lift doesn't
drop any lower first, okay?
Please, just save my baby.
There's a baby in the car?
No, I'm pregnant.
[TOOLS BUZZING]
Good to go.
All right, Herrmann, lock in the struts.
[TENSE MUSIC]
- We're good.
- All right, Tony, you're up.
[TOOLS BUZZING]
What's going on?
They're opening the door
so we can get you out.
Hey, how far along are you?
Eight months.
It's a girl.
You picked a name yet?
No.
Parents said not to choose
until she's born.
Said it's bad luck.
Well, listen, Melissa,
we're gonna bring you
good luck today, okay?
We're gonna get you out of here.
Just hang in there. Hang tight.
♪
All right, Melissa.
We're almost there, okay?
All right.
I'm just gonna push
this back, nice and easy.
Can I get the backboard?
Okay.
Easy.
And a C-collar?
There we go. All right.
- Good?
- Yep.
On two. One, two.
♪
There we go.
All right, let's get her on O2.
Start her at 10 liters.
Please, just tell me my baby's okay.
♪
Okay, yep.
I've got a heartbeat,
and I feel movement.
[SOBS]
They'll tell you more at the hospital,
- but that is all good.
- Thank you.
We're gonna take you straight to Med,
where the trauma team and OB
will be standing by
waiting for you, okay?
Here we go.
♪
- [KNOCKS]
- What?
Hey, remember this, will you?
63 3/4.
- What's going on in here?
- Oh.
Uh, Me and Mouch, we've been meaning
to add some more shelf space.
And now Mouch can have
a place for his wedding photos
and the like, and I'll just
keep my stuff here
on the desk, so
Oh, what was that number again?
63 3/4.
Okay, uh, I want
the shelf to be centered.
So I wanna have an equal space
from side to side, right?
What?
You got a problem with the shelf?
No.
Well, 'cause it's CFD authorized.
I'm allowed to do this.
- And I checked.
- I believe you.
But you got this look on your face
like you wanna say something.
I don't wanna say anything.
So you just came here to loom?
[SIGHS] I just wanted to tell you
that the sim class starts
in the briefing room
in 20 minutes.
- Oh, okay.
- Great. Message received.
I'll be there.
Hey.
I was thinking of taking Truck
by Med to check on
that victim, Melissa.
I just figured I should
run it by you first.
We just dropped her off an hour ago.
Yeah, but I'm sure the
doctors have seen her by now,
considering the pregnancy.
Maybe, but we have calls coming in here
pretty fast and furious these days.
I'll be ready to pivot if one comes in.
Hey.
Did you guys get
an update on that victim
before you left Med?
Yeah, we stuck around
until we got some info.
Yeah, the ultrasound showed
a partial abruption
and some bleeding.
Nothing too severe,
but enough to make the docs
want to induce labor.
- Right away?
- Yeah.
Okay, I'll hold off on visiting.
Yeah, will you guys
just keep me updated?
Yeah. Yes, of course.
Um, will you two be joining our very
hip-and-happening sim class?
Sorry.
I've got a bunch of reports to write up.
Same.
Is everything okay with those two?
I don't know.
[PHONE DINGS]
Oh, no.
Well, that's a little last minute.
[SIGHS]
All right, hey, guys.
So apparently Dr. Campbell
is down with the flu,
so she'll be sending over
one of her colleagues
to pinch hit. Should be here any minute.
- Morning, everyone.
- Morning.
What a great surprise.
All right, guys, this is Dr. Frost.
Thank you so much for being here.
Thank you so much for having me.
You guys should pay close attention.
This is one of the best
pediatric ER docs in the city.
That is the rumor, anyway,
but you guys be the judge of that.
And let's get started.
Dad, what's going on?
Hey, I got your message.
Don't worry, I got it hand
hey, watch where you're going.
Hey, hey. Hey, Dad. Dad?
[THUDDING]
Dad?
[LINE TRILLS]
- This is Ray.
- Leave a message.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[LINE TRILLS]
This is Officer Reseda.
Hey, Officer, this is Sal Vasquez.
I'm just curious, have you
heard from Ray since we spoke?
No, I haven't.
- Anything I should know, Sal?
- No. No, no, no.
I just I haven't been
able to reach him,
and I was wondering if he checked in.
No, he hasn't.
If he does, I'll let you know.
Thanks. I'll keep trying.
♪
Can anyone tell me what PAT stands for?
- Point after touchdown.
- No, profit after tax.
What? I'm a businessman.
Pediatric Assessment Triangle.
Very good.
The Pediatric Assessment Triangle
is always our first step
when treating a child.
Now, we are going to be
assessing appearance,
breathing, and circulation.
Today our focus will be on breathing.
So I'm going to show you some
techniques you will be using
in pediatric intubation, which is
one of the trickier procedures
you will perform in the field.
Well, Novak intubated a 10-month-old
in the back of a moving ambulance
a couple of months ago.
Well, in that case,
how about you come on up
and show us how it's done?
Oh, hell yeah.
- What's his name?
- It's Resusci Baby QCPR.
- Oh.
- I know.
Parents and their crazy names
these days, right?
- Yeah.
- [LAUGHS]
- Let's see what you got.
- Okay.
[KNOCKS]
- Carrie, hey.
- Hey.
- Is your dad all right?
- Yeah, yeah. He's fine.
I mean, at least no changes.
I didn't come with a medical update.
Oh, okay.
Um, have a seat.
Thanks.
Um, I just
I just noticed that you hadn't
really been by the hospital
as much the last couple days.
I hope that's not because of me.
No, I was
I was just, uh
You know what? I guess it is.
I just wanted to make sure
you had whatever time
you needed with your dad, alone.
That's really kind of you, Kelly,
but, honestly,
I really like the company,
and it's gotten
kind of quiet over there.
I mean, my mom's popped in a few times,
but their relationship isn't great,
as you probably know.
They got divorced when
I was a teenager, so
- Yeah, you mentioned.
- It's funny, though.
He still keeps their
wedding photo in his office.
I know. It's weird, right?
He worked, like, 24/7 when I was little,
and she really resented him for that.
Kind of ruined the marriage, but I think
he's always carried a torch for her.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
That was firefighter humor.
- Nice.
- The torch.
- Good.
- Thanks.
[LAUGHTER]
Anyway, a lot of the
firefighters have come by,
and my friends are swinging in and out,
but I'm really there by myself a lot.
So please feel free to come by anytime.
- Sure.
- How about tomorrow after shift?
Yeah, that'd be great.
- Thanks, Kelly. Yeah.
- You bet.
All right. See you then.
♪
[SIGHS]
- Hey.
- Hey.
I'm sorry I was checked out
in the sim class.
I got some personal stuff going on.
I'm sure you put that together already.
Yeah, I figured that visit
earlier wasn't a social call.
No.
- Don't worry.
- We will have more classes.
I just I hope that
everything is okay.
Yeah.
Yeah, everything's
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry. I better go deal with that.
- Go ahead.
- Yeah.
Hey.
What the hell happened earlier?
Why didn't you call me back?
Look, I'm sorry about my PO stopping by.
All right? I spoke to him.
We're all good.
And I made sure he knows not to
bother you anymore, all right?
Who did that?
It's nothing.
All right, I got mugged.
Some punk on the West Side.
You should see his face.
So you drove all this way
just to tell me
- that you got mugged?
- No.
I came here to let you know
that I'm okay.
I don't want you to go
all Sherlock Holmes on me,
tracking me down.
I gotta go.
And don't worry about me.
We're on different paths.
There's no need to cross them anymore.
Hey.
Dad, it doesn't have to be like this.
Yeah, it does. Trust me.
I'm doing this for
your own good more than mine.
- Come on.
- What does that even mean?
There are people who aren't
too happy that I'm out.
[ENGINE RUMBLES]
I'll leave it at that.
♪
[KNOCKS]
- Hey, you got an update?
- Mm-hmm.
I just talked to Med.
Melissa's little baby girl
was born at six pounds plus.
Apgars were high. She's looking good.
- That's great news.
- Mm-hmm.
Wait. Why do I feel like you're
not telling me everything?
You look worried.
Ah, it's not about the baby.
It's Vasquez's father
stopped by the firehouse
a little while ago, and, you know,
things between those two are very tense.
I saw it firsthand, but I'm not gonna
push him to talk about it
if he doesn't want to.
Yeah, this morning on the app floor,
I thought I saw something
between you two.
- No. No, no, no.
- It's nothing like that.
I just I wanna be
a friendly ear if he needs it.
Oh, I was wondering 'cause I thought him
and Novak had something going on.
Yeah. Who knows?
[CHUCKLES]
Well, to be honest, even if
you and Vasquez were closer,
doesn't mean he'd open up to you.
Mm.
You and Severide?
Anything you wanna talk about?
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Um, it just it just feels like
we have been on two different planets
ever since Van Meter got hurt.
He has shut me out again,
and usually I fight my way back in,
but this time, uh, since Isaiah moved
back to Cleveland, I just feel like
I got no fight left in me.
[ALARM BLARES]
Truck 81, Ambulance 61.
Person injured, North Wabash
and East Illinois.
[SIRENS WAILING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Hey, you gotta help my friend.
- Yeah, yeah.
- All right. What happened?
We were live streaming on the L,
train surfing, you know?
And the train just took
a really sharp turn,
and Eddie just flew off.
- All right, step aside!
- Give us room!
Okay, grab the A frame and the grinder.
- Vasquez, you're going up.
- Copy.
Everybody, give us some space, please.
- Back up.
- He's still breathing.
I'll get some of that weight off him.
[TENSE MUSIC]
All right.
I'm gonna wrap this around
to hold his weight.
There we go.
Pull it tight and clip it to the fence.
♪
- Got him?
- Got him.
[GRUNTS]
Good.
All right. Set it.
Hey, can we get some Kerlix?
Right away.
Secure that post
before you make the cut.
Copy.
It's all right, bud.
We're gonna get you down.
- All right.
- Yep. He's secure.
All right, let's get that grinder.
- Copy that.
- Hey, folks, back up, please.
- We're good?
- Yeah.
[GRINDER BUZZING]
Ballard, hold him. Yep.
[GRINDER BUZZING]
♪
Got him!
Hey, Herrmann. Thanks.
Let's get him on the stretcher.
Yeah.
All right. Ready?
- Easy, easy.
- On the left.
- Watch yourself.
- Yep.
Hey, can you hear me?
- [BREATHING RASPINGLY]
- All right.
Take a deep breath for me if you can.
And another.
Lungs are clear bilaterally.
I'll get a line on him on the way.
- Copy. Let's go.
- Yeah.
Okay.
♪
He'll be all right?
You better thank your lucky stars
that he's still breathing.
Hey, I hope the views were worth it.
I swear, I'm never doing that again.
Good.
Can't believe we used
two shifts worth of gauze
on that poor kid.
That's what you can't believe
about that call?
Oh, well, that and what some
people will do for a good time.
Yeah, the L never stops finding
new and interesting ways
to gift us with victims, huh?
Hmm.
Who are you looking for?
Dr. Frost.
Wait, did I not tell you?
We hooked up last night.
Yeah, it was super fun and hot.
Did I mention fun?
Did you not pick up
the vibe in the sim class?
No, I did not.
But, hey, that is great.
I mean, if hot pediatricians
are your thing.
He he is definitely my thing.
Yeah, but he's a player. I can tell.
Even if he is,
you can't play a player, right?
I was thinking the same thing.
- Hmm.
- Player versus player.
- That sounds kind of fun.
- Sure does.
Yes.
[SIGHS]
- [DRILL WHIRRING]
- [SIGHS]
Son of a bitch.
You having some trouble there?
I broke the damn drill bit.
What the hell is this concrete
made out of, anyway?
Concrete.
You know, Mouch was supposed
to bring over his hammer drill.
That would have gone through
this just like butter.
But, of course, you know,
he's on third shift over at 40,
and now I'm stuck with ruining my tools,
you know, and for what?
So that Mouch can have his own shelf,
and which he did no work to set up?
Okay, why are you barking
at me about all this?
Tell it to him at Molly's.
I told you, he's on third shift tonight.
He won't be there.
Hey, you know, maybe if
I held the shelf for you,
you might have enough force
to drive it clean through.
[GROANS]
I don't need any backseat
drilling from you, okay?
Okay, Herrmann, have it your way.
See you later.
[SIGHS]
Hey, Cruz. You seen Stella?
Uh, yeah, she left
a couple of minutes ago,
- said she was headed for Med.
- She did?
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Oh, I was on the phone.
She must've texted, and I missed it.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
Sure thing. See you.
Have a good one.
Hey, Vasquez.
What's up, Vi?
How'd everything go with your dad?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Wish I knew.
He came by yesterday.
He he had a busted up lip
and a shiner.
- Whoa. What happened?
- No clue.
I mean, he had a lame-ass explanation,
but you know, I didn't buy it.
I have no idea what he's got
himself mixed up with now.
Have you thought about calling the cops?
I mean, if he got beat up,
he could be in real trouble.
Oh, I know, I know.
But I mean, there's just no way.
He'll never talk to the cops.
Not in a million years.
I mean, he just doesn't trust them.
No, I need to figure out how
to get to the bottom of this.
Thank you, though, you know, for asking.
Yeah, yeah. Of course.
But you know, just because
your dad doesn't trust the cops
doesn't mean you shouldn't.
We are all on the same team, right?
Not to him.
At least not anymore.
Well, if you wanna talk
it out or not talk it out,
I'll be at Molly's. We all will be.
Okay.
Okay, yeah.
I'll see you there.
See you there.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
[TENSE MUSIC]
You just gonna stand there,
or you gonna tell me
who tore into my apartment?
♪
Why'd you get into
this kind of trouble, Dad?
What were you thinking?
I didn't have a choice.
Who did this?
My cellmate was a mid-level drug dealer,
and he got caught with a few bricks.
But he couldn't stop bragging
about this robbery
turned homicide he was never caught for.
Most guys, they dismissed it.
It was just talk.
Right, but I did some digging.
His story was true.
Look, I figured after
the Belfort statement
went out the window, if I had any shot
at making parole, I had to take matters
into my own hands.
So what did you do?
I struck a deal.
If I could get a usable
confession out of my cellmate,
state's attorney would recommend
leniency at my parole hearing.
- Jesus.
- Hey. The gamble paid off.
That's the good news.
But from what I can tell,
Nico and his crew
are trying to bait me into
violating my parole
so that I end up right back in prison.
- What do we do next?
- Mm-mm.
No, there's no we.
This isn't your fight, all right?
Stay the hell out of it.
Dad, they broke into my apartment.
Look around.
Okay, this makes this my problem too.
So, like I said, what the hell
are we gonna do about it?
[SPITS]
I assume the shelf's not
supposed to look like that.
It's called rustic.
As a professional designer,
I'm going to have to disagree.
What are you doing here?
We were gonna go to those
open houses today, remember?
- About two hours ago?
- Oh.
Damn it, Cindy. I'm sorry.
I got so wrapped up
in this stupid shelf thing
for Mouch, you know?
I guess I just lost track of time.
- Did we miss them all?
- It's not a big deal.
We can reschedule.
Though I did stop by
the one on South Keeler.
The one that looks like a sanitarium?
It just needs some color.
You have to use your imagination.
That's what I got you for.
Why don't you grab your things?
- We'll get out of here.
- Yeah.
I guess this thing is beyond saving.
Boy, did I botch this up.
Oh, I'm sure it's nothing
Manny's Deli can't fix.
Come on, Chip Gaines, my treat.
All right.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BABY COOING]
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Hi, Lieutenant.
You can go on in.
They're just taking pictures.
- I I'm so sorry.
- I can't.
I actually just realized
that I am late for work.
So, um, yeah, would you
just do me a favor?
Give this to her. Okay.
Thank you.
♪
I know.
I'm just I'm glad
he's coming to Molly's tonight.
He downplays it, but I think
all this stuff with his dad
is really weighing on him.
Yeah, that sounds like a lot.
But I get wanting to play it
close to the vest.
I mean, it took me a minute
to become a regular
at Molly's, too, remember?
Yeah.
And, hey, aren't you glad you did?
Totally.
I mean, I am still getting used
to paying for my own drinks.
Can't believe Herrmann
doesn't give us a discount.
[PHONE DINGS]
Hot doc?
Looks like Resusci Baby
is gonna make a full recovery
- thanks to my steady hands.
- Cute.
What was that?
- Oh, I just liked it.
- Not even a heart?
Damn, that's cold.
Um, it's called playing hard to get.
And I'm a player, right?
Respect.
[WEIGHTS CLATTERING]
Dad was always the one
who made my school lunches
before he left for work.
He'd always write
my name on the paper bags
and draw these little stick
figure things to make me laugh.
I wouldn't have called that.
Drawings are pretty good.
- The lunches
- No?
Not so much. No.
One time he put Chinese
leftovers in a sandwich.
- [LAUGHS]
- True story.
Um, I'm gonna go downstairs
and get a coffee.
- Do you want anything?
- No, I'm good. Thanks.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[CHOKING]
Whoa. Whoa, easy.
Doc. Doctor! Doctor!
Hey, he's pulling out his tube.
[GAGGING]
[GASPING]
- He's extubated himself.
- Should I set up to re-intubate?
Not yet.
Let's wait and check his O2 sat.
[VITAL MONITORS BEEPING]
♪
Numbers are rising.
It's on his own.
Dad? Dad, can you hear me?
[BRIGHT MUSIC]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪
[KNOCKS ON COUNTER]
- Nico here?
- Nico?
No, doesn't ring a bell.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- Excuse me.
- How much are these?
- Oh, my bad, man. I'm sorry.
- Hey. Hey. Stop!
What the hell is this?
You got some balls coming
in here with your baby boy.
Did you know your old man
turned my brother's
3-year bid into a 30-year sentence?
No parole.
Now he's kicking my door down
like I did something wrong.
I don't know why you're surprised.
You were trying to get to me
by getting my son involved,
and it worked.
See, he's the only thing
in the world that I care about.
I'd kill for him.
I'd die for him.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I'd even go back to prison
if that's what it takes
for you to stay away from him.
♪
- [DOOR BANGS OPEN]
- Everybody on the ground!
- Go, go, go, go.
- Hands up! Hands up!
Hands up! Drop it!
[OFFICERS SHOUTING]
Hands up! Get on the ground!
Get on the ground now!
♪
Got a tip that
a recent parolee was here.
Associating with known criminals,
which violates his terms of release.
I'm gonna assume those aren't aspirin.
On your feet.
♪
- Another round for the ladies?
- [PHONE DINGS]
Actually, I'm gonna
I'm gonna close out.
- Oh, copy that.
- Oh.
Well, does someone have somewhere to be?
- Maybe with a hot doc?
- Maybe.
Well, what happened
to playing hard to get?
Eh, I changed my mind
on that one real quick.
I figured I'd try really easy
to get instead.
Okay.
Um, and how exactly are you planning
on sending that message?
Well, I think the emojis I
just sent make it pretty clear.
These houses up in Jefferson Park,
the prices are ridiculous.
You know, at this point,
I'm gonna end up
commuting from Gary, Indiana.
Or we're having to buy some
God-awful fixer upper.
Well, just make sure
it's not made of concrete.
You know, I never did get
that shelf up, by the way.
I mean, not that there's
any rush, you know,
if I'm being real about
this whole Engine situation.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Look, man, um,
I know that I am no Mouch,
but I can put up a shelf, too, you know?
I'm pretty good at hanging out,
drinking beers.
All I'm saying is,
I'm here, always,
if you need anything.
That's good to know.
♪
You're all good.
The parole violation thing was
just a setup to get into Nico's spot.
Thanks for the assist, Finch.
Our Narco unit been after
Nico's crew for a while.
This gave us the perfect way in.
Should be thanking you.
So what now?
It's probably not over with Nico's crew.
It'd be safer if we kept
our distance for a while.
No.
See, you don't get to tell me
what to do anymore.
Okay. You know what?
You let me know if you need anything.
I'll do the same.
Sounds good by me.
Yeah, and I might check in
every now and then, too,
just for no reason at all.
Sounds good by me.
♪
Any word from Vasquez?
Wasn't he supposed to stop by?
I I guess he changed his mind.
[PHONE DINGS]
Oh, Stella.
My friend at Med, Dr. Campbell,
she has an update on Van Meter.
He has regained consciousness.
She says he is stable,
breathing on his own,
- and alert.
- Oh, my God.
I sorry. Sorry, boss, I gotta go.
Uh, yeah, of course. Go.
All right, hey,
that's awesome news, Mikami.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
- What are you doing here?
- What
why aren't you with Van Meter?
I was just
he's doing good. I guess
[CLEARS THROAT]
Seeing him and Carrie
together made we want
to be with my family,
and that's you.
I went to see our victim, Melissa.
I couldn't even go in the room.
They just looked so happy
holding their baby,
and I feel so bad, but
all I wanted to do was run.
That's okay.
Maybe I rushed into fostering
so fast because
I just thought that it would
make all of the feelings
about losing the baby go away.
And it didn't.
It was so hard.
It hurt so much to watch Isaiah go.
It felt like everything all at once,
but you seemed so okay with it.
And I just, like, I don't know
what is wrong with me.
There's nothing wrong with you.
And I'm
I'm not okay.
Not by a long shot.
You can show me that.
I really think the only way
that we are gonna be okay is if
we can be not okay together, you know?
I do now.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]