Chicago Fire s14e13 Episode Script
Reckoning, Part I
1
There's this guy,
and I think I kinda like him.
You want a ride?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Chief Cranston.
- Chief Pascal.
How long have we known each other?
30, 35 years?
Unfortunately, today's hearing
is gonna need to be postponed.
Chief Cranston collapsed on the scene.
- Was it a heart attack?
- He didn't make it.
SkyWest four-niner-Alpha,
reduce speed to 2-1-0.
You're following a heavy 7-5-7.
Twelve o'clock, eight miles.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Gateway Tower, Chicago Center.
Go ahead, Center.
You talking to Dominion 63?
Stand by.
Chicago Center,
what have you got on your end?
We lost their beacon.
Transponder just dropped.
We got skin paint only.
Dominion 63, if you read, ident.
I'll try them on guard.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Dominion 63, Chicago Center
on 121.5 radio check.
- What's up?
- Uh, Dominion 63.
We lost comms and transponder
at the same time.
Just went quiet.
We need to clear the airspace
all the way to Gateway.
Alert ground emergency services.
And do not take your eyes off
that aircraft.
This is Jackson, Chicago Center.
Yeah, we have a situation here.
City flags are flying
at half-staff today
as Chicago honors Deputy District Chief
Alexander Cranston.
Chief Cranston rose through the ranks
after distinguishing himself
during the infamous
Heart of Chicago Fire in 2001.
He was credited with leading
half a dozen civilians to safety,
actions that earned him the
department's highest commendations.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- Pascal.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Yes, sir. I'll be right down.
[SIREN WAILING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Still tracking inbound. Heading 2-7-0.
It's been 22 minutes
since last transmission.
Feds have been alerted.
They're running
the passenger manifest now.
Jackson. They're here.
Darren Jackson. Operations Supervisor.
Special Agent Upton. FBI.
Tell me everything we know.
Start at the beginning.
I thought Pascal was coming over.
No, he got called in downtown.
Sounded urgent.
Whoa, check this one out.
Damn, I didn't realize Pascal
and Cranston went back that far.
The chief must be pretty broken up.
Yeah, well, at least Cranston's
getting the send-off he deserves.
It's just it's just so hard
to believe this could happen.
He was a great man, Joanie.
Hell of a firefighter.
Thanks for being here, Hank.
I knew all his CFD colleagues
would come pitch in.
But to see so many cops show up too?
It's a huge loss for the whole city.
- Mom.
- Excuse me.
[SIGHS]
Yes, sir, that's what I'm saying.
Omar Bengoa is on this flight.
Okay, good.
I'm glad we're on the same page.
I'm heading out there now.
All right, everybody, listen up.
Are you the CFD liaison?
Chief Pascal. Battalion 25.
- Hailey Upton.
- What's the situation?
We have a commercial aircraft
that's gone dark
over Lake Michigan
without warning or explanation.
Radar's showing it's still airborne,
but the pilot and copilot stopped
responding 32 minutes ago.
No distress signal.
No reports of mechanical failure.
Just radio silence.
Why is the FBI involved?
You think it's a hijacking?
It's impossible to say
what's happening up there.
All we know is,
it's headed right for Chicago.
It's just, the first post-breakup run-in
is always so awkward.
I'm sure it'll be fine.
You're both adults. And remember,
you survived an entire shift in
the ambo with your ex-fiancé.
Little small talk with Frost,
you can handle it.
You are totally right.
Damn, I, uh, left my phone in my locker.
Hey.
Um [CHUCKLES]
[CHUCKLES] I know that look.
What look?
It's the old
"we can't do that again" look.
[CHUCKLES] It was an awesome night.
I had a
I had a great time.
Seriously, it's just that
Look, I get it.
Yeah, you don't need
to explain yourself.
It was a one-time deal.
Anything more than that,
it gets complicated, right?
Mm-hmm.
It's all good.
The other thing is
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's in the vault.
[ALARM BLARES]
Squad 3, Truck 81, Ambulance 61,
airfield emergency response.
Airfield emergency?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Descent looks stable, like
they're riding the arrival.
Are they configured?
Affirmative. Looks like full approach.
They're flying a clean approach
without talking to anyone?
Maybe something happened at cruise
and automation's bringing them home.
Does Dominion have cabin video?
If it does, it's not transmitting.
[SIRENS WAILING]
♪
The hell is all this?
I don't know, but it must be serious
to bring this whole circus out here.
♪
Pretty badass, huh, Lieutenant?
This one's never been
to an air incident before.
But don't worry,
I'll keep him out of trouble.
Don't believe her, Lieutenant.
I've seen way more action than her.
Don't get your hopes up.
It's probably just
a precautionary detail.
But stay sharp anyway.
- Always.
- You got it, Lieutenant.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Lieutenant Severide,
Lieutenant McHolland,
this is Special Agent
- Hailey Upton.
- Hey.
Special agent? Moving up in the world.
I'm not alone, I see, Lieutenant.
Hailey Upton.
I thought you were in Detroit now.
What brings you back home?
Dominion Airlines Flight 63.
Originated in Toronto, 182 passengers,
six crew members onboard.
ATC lost contact just under an hour ago.
It's been radio silence ever since.
Any idea what's happening with it now?
No.
They've maintained
the same flight path, though,
so we're thinking
it's probably not a hijack.
If they've lost avionics
and they're coming in
on full autopilot, the chances of them
having a clean landing are
well, that's why you guys are here.
All right, let's get into position.
Engine 40, Truck 81,
east side of the runway.
- Copy!
- Engine 67, Truck 68,
take the west side of the runway.
Prep the deck guns for foam.
- Mikami, prep for triage.
- Copy.
Gateway Tower, you got a visual?
Affirmative.
Landing gear appears to be down.
They're 3 north of the field.
Any movement in the cockpit?
That's a negative.
♪
Touch down.
Reverse thrust.
Spoilers deployed.
Speed reducing.
[UNEASY MUSIC]
♪
[ENGINES POWERING DOWN]
[SIGHS]
Anyone see any pilots?
It's so quiet.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
[PHONE RINGS]
Chicago Center, this is Jackson.
That's a negative, Agent Upton.
Gateway Tower's got nothing.
Tower still hasn't made contact.
No visual on the pilots.
I say we breach.
If it's a hostage situation,
things could go sideways real quick.
Well, what's your gut say?
You think it's a hostage situation?
♪
Let's breach.
We have snipers on overwatch.
Let's do it.
We're authorized for forcible entry.
- Engine 40, Engine 67
- All right, let's move.
Flank the aircraft
and keep a 50-foot perimeter.
Stand by with the deck gun
and two charged lines.
Truck 68, Truck 81,
take position underneath the forward
and rear doors.
- Throw your sticks flat.
- Copy, Chief.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I want everyone buttoned and bottled.
Keep your eyes peeled.
We have no idea
what we're dealing with here.
Cruz, Capp, you guys take
the lead on the forward door.
I'll try the exit over the wing.
Copy.
Truck 81, I'm gonna need
a 10-foot by the wing.
Copy.
All right, Herrmann, throw the aerial.
Ballard, grab the K12.
Vasquez, you're with me.
- ALL: Copy.
- Briggs.
Squad will take over on breach.
Could use two of yours for backup.
- I can go, Lieutenant.
- Me too.
All right, you two are with Squad.
Let's go. Watch your step. Walk slowly.
Up.
♪
- Hey, be careful.
- Yeah.
We're gonna have to cut
through the locking pins.
- K12.
- Copy.
♪
All right, Chief.
We're through the locking pins.
Pop it.
On it. Mask up.
Good?
- Good.
- I'm good.
[GRUNTS]
Cruz, everything all right?
Yeah, Chief. We're going in.
You got that 4-gas meter, right?
- Yeah.
- Stay on my hip.
Yes, sir.
[GRUNTS]
♪
Okay, come on.
Oh, my God.
[TENSE MUSIC]
What is it?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Hey, Cruz,
what's the situation in there?
[AIR HISSING]
They're dead.
They're all dead.
They must have
I think we got a hazmat
situation in here, Chief.
Emergency. All firefighters
evacuate the plane
right now, immediately.
Go, go, go. We gotta get out of here.
- Get out. Off the plane.
- Right now. Let's go.
Engine 40, Truck 81, set up for decon.
Copy.
Macy. Macy, come on!
We gotta get out of here!
Right now! Let's go!
We've got a mass casualty incident.
- Hazmat likely.
- No, sir.
Nothing's confirmed yet.
All we know for sure is
we have over 100 casualties
All units, back away from the aircraft.
We're setting a 100-foot perimeter.
Engine 40, set up
a decon corridor right away.
Hey, Chief.
We should go and check
for survivors right now.
Hazmat 2's eight minutes out.
Squad's level B suit is
good enough for primary search.
Give me two minutes.
Just too many unknowns right now.
There's 188 people on that plane.
If anyone's still alive,
they don't have eight minutes.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Cruz, what the hell
happened in there, man?
20 years on the job,
I've never seen anything like that.
Your heart rate's elevated.
Do you feel lightheaded at all?
No.
Okay.
I'm just cold.
It's just
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
I would be shook up too, Mace.
It's normal.
How we doing, Cruz?
♪
[AIR HISSING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
All units, be advised,
Hazmat 2 is on scene.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
What are we looking at, Chief?
A plane full of casualties.
Probably all fatalities.
Cause is still unknown.
♪
[BABY CRYING]
Hey, that was Dominion's
head of security.
The airline began installing
cabin video recording devices
onboard all their planes
a few months ago.
Think it'll tell us anything
about what happened up there?
Nobody's seen it yet.
It's on a drive onboard the plane.
Severide, progress report?
[AIR HISSING]
Severide, progress report.
Severide, come in.
Uh
not good, Chief.
Whatever got all these people,
it must have happened scary fast.
It's like no one had any time to react.
My 4-gas readings are still negative.
No CO, no H2S,
no industrial hits of any kind.
Any chance it's biological?
No, I think it's chemical, it's just
I don't know what the hell kind
of chemical behaves like this.
The airline says there's a
recording device in the cabin.
Could help us piece things together.
Footage is stored on a hard
drive in the overhead bin.
A side of the aisle.
First overhead cabin, A side, copy.
I'm on it.
♪
Got it, Chief.
Hey!
[GASPING]
I got a survivor, Chief!
- Help!
- I got a survivor, Chief!
- [SCREAMS]
- What?
Oh, my God.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Got her.
♪
Wait, she's pregnant.
She is. We gotta move fast.
Man, lungs are wet. I hear rales.
She's barely moving air.
Oxygen's 84. Heart rate is low.
Strong fetal heartbeat.
- I'm gonna tube her.
- Okay.
Okay. Let's give her atropine.
- Atropine
- In the nerve agent kit.
Is that what we think this is?
I don't know, but we gotta
treat it like it is.
♪
Atropine's in.
- All right, I'm in.
- Okay.
Okay, let's run fluids,
and I'll get us out of here.
Okay.
[SIREN WAILING]
♪
I know it's not a combustion
event or a sewage leak,
but that's all I can rule out
until my hazmat team
gets onboard
with more sensitive equipment.
Not gonna happen, Chief.
Dominic Pascal.
Nathan Conway,
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Coordinator
for the Chicago Field Office.
The WMD Directorate is formally
assuming command of this incident,
which means all field operations
now go through me, including CFD.
Well, understood.
As I was telling agent Upton,
it's critical
that I get my hazmat team
onboard so that
The FBI's hazardous
materials response team
always goes in first, Chief.
No exceptions.
Now, once we process the scene,
- then we can have a
- Chief.
What is this?
I've authorized my Squad lieutenant
to go onboard
in a level B suit, of course.
He recovered one survivor
and the hard drive
from the plane's cabin
video recording system.
- Can you pull this up?
- Yep.
Scrub forward.
They lost contact at 8:07.
Wait, go back.
There, on the left side of the aisle,
see if you can zoom in.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Get me the director on a secure line.
And reach out to DHS and DoD
and let them know
there's been a chemical weapon
attack in Chicago.
Terrorism likely.
And we need to loop the media in
before the story starts
spreading on social media,
so find us a spot for a briefing.
Sir, maybe we should wait
for the hazmat team
to do a full sweep before we publicly
start calling it a terrorist attack.
I'm sorry. Who are you again?
This is Special Agent Upton,
Detroit Field Office.
She was working the HIDTA Task
Force case that led us to this flight.
Thank you for your
assistance, Agent Upton.
- We'll take it from here.
- With all due respect, sir,
we were tracking
a suspected narco courier,
not a terrorist, and he could
be the one in that video.
Then you know there's always
been significant bleed over
between the traffickers
and the terrorists,
going all the way back to the Taliban.
I'm very well aware that.
We've got 200 bodies on that plane,
so it's safe to say this is no longer
a narco trafficking case.
Wouldn't you agree?
Couldn't say that for sure, sir.
♪
Your prior knowledge
of a subject may be useful.
But if I'm going to keep you
on this investigation,
then you need to understand,
this is now a counterterrorism case.
Are we clear?
Yes, sir.
Good.
Start by ID'ing the passenger in 5D.
If that is your guy,
then see what you can turn up.
He obviously didn't do this alone.
[SIREN WAILING]
Her sats are dropping!
She's down to 85,
and she's not compensating.
Still not getting enough oxygen.
I think she needs suctioning.
What the hell is this?
♪
U.S. Marshals!
Do not roll your window down.
We're executing WMD response
protocols under ESF-8.
I need you to stay in your vehicle.
Keep your doors closed.
Keep your windows up.
Stand by for further instructions.
What the hell did they find
on that plane?
♪
Hey, Upton.
Passenger in 5D, was that your guy?
Yeah.
His name was Omar Bengoa.
He was a legendary smuggler
in the narco world.
Drug smuggler turned terrorist?
I know. It doesn't add up.
Drug traffickers don't just decide
to become terrorists all of a sudden.
So what the hell happened up there?
I don't know.
We got a bunch of conflicting data,
all leading in different directions.
The WMD guys are so locked onto this
international terrorist angle,
I'm worried
they're gonna miss something.
What are you guys gonna do about it?
I'm gonna follow the only lead I got,
which is going to Bengoa's apartment.
I doubt there's gonna be anything there,
but right now, I gotta take
my orders from Conway.
We don't.
If there's something
we can do, you let us know.
♪
Hey, where are you?
Hey, we're in the ambo outside of Med.
There are armed U.S. Marshals out here.
They're not letting us in.
What's going on over there?
The FBI's calling it
a chemical weapon attack.
They're implementing some
kind of emergency protocol
so they can figure out
exactly what it was.
Okay, well, that explains that.
How's Novak holding up?
Uh, she's doing okay.
Our patient's critical, though.
All right, I'll try to figure out
whatever I can and let you know.
Hey, Vi, hang in there.
Thanks.
They sent a platoon
to guard two paramedics
- and one unconscious patient?
- Yeah.
I don't get what kind of chemical agent
would elicit such an extreme response.
Well, the news is seriously implying
that it's a terrorist attack.
Let's hope to God it's some
old school nerve agent
like Sarin and not something worse.
Hey, Chief. What are you hearing?
As a matter of fact,
one of my doctors was
Army Special Forces in a previous life.
Yeah, it might be just
what you're looking for.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- [KNOCKING]
- FBI! We got a warrant!
Kitchen's clear.
- Clear.
- Bedroom's clear.
There's two-day-old takeout in here.
Plenty of groceries.
He was planning to come back.
So what were two Detroit agents doing
working a case in Chicago, anyway?
We have this policy in our office
we try not to predict where
the facts are gonna take us.
Hey. Check this out.
Not sure how you get something
like this through a TSA screening.
Oh, we can run down the manufacturer,
see if we can ID any
potential accomplices.
Speaking of accomplices.
You recognize him?
No.
It's probably too grainy
for facial recognition.
Well, upload it into NGI
anyway, see if we get a hit.
I knew this place would
fall apart without me.
Hey.
Sorry to drop in unannounced.
What are you doing here?
I'm on a drug enforcement task force.
I got a tip about a big
meth operation out here.
You don't trust the Chicago
Field Office to work it?
No, it's not that. Um
a couple weeks ago, I heard chatter
on a tapped line
about an American trafficker
who got made
as a U.S. military operative
in Bolivia.
Halstead.
- Yeah.
- Huh.
I was worried if
I tried to warn him that
I'd be putting him in danger.
So I decided to start
working the case myself.
And?
It led me to a local drug
mule named Omar Bengoa.
Turns out, he was trying to smuggle in
some precursor chemical for
some high potency meth cook.
He was due to arrive here
today on Dominion Flight 63.
You know, they're saying
that was a terrorist attack,
some kind of chemical weapon.
So is it just a coincidence that
your mule was on that same flight?
I don't think so.
They have to be connected.
So what? This meth precursor
story is just a smokescreen?
I'm not sure yet.
Our hazmat team has been
scrubbing that plane for hours.
They still can't ID what it was
that killed all those people.
And the WMD director
has got agents searching
from Canada to Pakistan
to try to figure out
who Bengoa was working for.
They're convinced it's
an international operation.
- But you don't see it?
- No.
My gut's telling me
something else is going on.
- Good.
- Whoever's behind this,
they used a local operative
through local channels for a reason.
Just tell me what you need.
You could warn Halstead, for starters.
And maybe he knows something we don't.
He's been onto Bengoa before I was.
Hailey, if your hunch is right
and this incident really was homegrown,
we need to mobilize
every resource we got
on the streets of Chicago.
I couldn't agree more.
[PHONE BUZZING]
What do you got?
All right, I'm on my way.
I'm gonna head to the morgue
and see what the ME knows
about the chemical.
Let's keep each other posted.
You got it.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[ALARMS BEEPING]
Hey, heart rate and sats are crashing.
I can't tell if she's having
a seizure or a contraction.
Uh, check for crowning
and grab midazolam.
Okay.
[MUFFLED SHOUTING]
Hey, hey, easy.
You're in an ambulance, ma'am.
Oh! Damn it.
I'm coming back there.
I need you to stay put, ma'am.
We have a critical patient back there!
We're under strict orders.
♪
It's okay. Hey, hey.
Hey. Hey, hey.
You're okay.
Novak, you've got blood on your face.
You gotta decon yourself.
Okay.
Ambulance 61 to Main.
Our patient just seized
and is going into active labor.
We have to get her inside now.
What is the status?
We'll let everyone know, Ambo 61.
Continue to stand by.
♪
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
♪
That was Violet Mikami.
We have a patient and a baby
who are going to die
on our front door
if we don't do something.
Well, what do you propose, Dr. Asher?
The Feds won't let them
get out of the ambo.
But nobody said that we can't go in.
Uh, hell no.
Hell no. That's out of the question.
If that woman dies
We have no idea what she was exposed to,
no idea how to even weigh
the risks of going in.
I will be in full PPE.
I agree with Dr. Archer.
We have to give this a little more time.
Let them figure out exactly
what we're dealing with here.
Fine.
Hey, what's up?
Dr. Lenox is here.
Hey.
You all right?
It's okay if you're not.
Uh, this one's hitting me pretty hard.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
All those people.
And that woman.
I know.
It's horrific.
We're gonna find whoever did this.
♪
It's like a combination of these three.
But there are also passengers
with these rust-colored streaks
down their faces too.
It makes me wonder if it wasn't some
novel cocktail of toxins,
which would radically
complicate the situation.
It would explain why the FBI hasn't
ID'd the chemical, though, right?
Yeah.
What's your read on the risk
of secondary contamination?
I'm not gonna sugarcoat it.
It would be pretty stupid
to rule it out.
[PHONE BUZZES]
What's the news, Agent Upton?
Was Severide able to connect
with Dr. Lenox?
Yeah, she's here with us.
You're on speakerphone.
Yeah, this is Lenox.
Uh, unfortunately, the symptoms
Severide is describing
don't really line up
with any chemical exposure
I've ever encountered.
Have you ever heard of
methyl-propiophenoxide, by any chance?
No, I haven't. Why?
Did the FBI find traces of it
on the plane?
No, it's just a theory.
But I could use your expertise on it.
It's a madhouse in here.
Agent Upton?
Yeah.
Medical examiner is expecting you.
Sorry, we've never had to
process this many bodies at once.
Had to call in pathologists
from four other counties.
You'll have to put those on.
It's Dr. Woodward at station four.
A methylated propiophenone
would definitely cause
rapid tissue penetration.
It would also be highly reactive,
meaning it wouldn't be stable
in the bloodstream.
That would explain
the negative tox report.
Correct. It's a decent candidate,
but my gut says
methyl-propiophenoxide is
a precursor or a byproduct,
not the main event.
Hopefully the mass spectrometry lab
will shed some light on it.
How long till we get those results?
Well, we put a rush on it,
but you can only speed up
the process so much.
Excuse me.
I said excuse me, sir.
What are you doing over there?
I'm just just checking
the abdominal cavity.
Why didn't you start with a Y-incision?
Stop what you're doing, please,
and let me see your credentials
right now.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
Okay, yeah.
I got a badge over here.
Let me find it.
[SMASHING, WHOOSHING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[SCREAMING]
[GRUNTS]
[ALARM BLARING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
That's an emergency containment door.
Only the fire department can open it.
Go outside! Call 911!
Tell them there are people
trapped in here!
Severide! Help is on the way!
Everybody get down!
Stay as low as you can.
Squad 3 to Main, do you copy?
Squad 3 to Main, do you copy?
♪
Everybody stay calm.
I'll try to hold it back with an
extinguisher until help arrives.
There's one against the wall!
[EXTINGUISHER HISSING]
Squad 3, Truck 81,
structure fire, 2112
- That's the county morgue.
- Yeah.
That's where they took all the
bodies from the plane, right?
Yeah, that's where Kelly was headed.
♪
We're gonna have to find another exit!
All the exits are locked down
because of the emergency
containment system.
All right, we're gonna
have to go through the vent.
What can I do?
Lenox, grab the extinguisher.
Keep the flames back.
Stay low.
Gonna have to find something
to pry up the grate.
Try this, try this, try this.
[SIREN WAILING]
Squad's ten minutes out, Chief.
♪
Truck, take primary search.
There's reports of civilians
trapped in the autopsy room.
Copy that.
Engine 40, connect
to the standpipe system.
- Copy.
- Truck, let's move.
Autopsy room is in the basement.
Let's go.
All right, let's move! Let's move! Go!
Go, this way!
Stay down. Keep moving.
Go through.
Get her out.
♪
- Help me grab this table.
- Okay.
- Ready?
- One, two.
All right, go for it.
I'm right here. Stay with me.
Stay with me.
♪
Herrmann, There's the manual override.
I got nothing!
We're gonna have to force it.
- Vasquez, go get the StrongArm!
- Copy.
Ballard!
Strike, strike!
Strike, strike!
Pull!
[GRUNTING]
Again!
[GASPING]
What's happening?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- I'm gonna die!
Keep this on.
[SOBBING] I'm gonna die.
Slow your breathing.
You're gonna be okay.
[SOBBING]
- Coming in!
- Move!
[WHIRRING]
♪
Kelly!
Kelly.
All right, let's go!
One at a time! Move! Let's go!
Gotta move!
Come on. Keep going.
All the way out the back.
Stay low.
[GRUNTING]
♪
FBI! Stop!
[GRUNTING]
♪
Drop that weapon!
Now!
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]
There's this guy,
and I think I kinda like him.
You want a ride?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Chief Cranston.
- Chief Pascal.
How long have we known each other?
30, 35 years?
Unfortunately, today's hearing
is gonna need to be postponed.
Chief Cranston collapsed on the scene.
- Was it a heart attack?
- He didn't make it.
SkyWest four-niner-Alpha,
reduce speed to 2-1-0.
You're following a heavy 7-5-7.
Twelve o'clock, eight miles.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Gateway Tower, Chicago Center.
Go ahead, Center.
You talking to Dominion 63?
Stand by.
Chicago Center,
what have you got on your end?
We lost their beacon.
Transponder just dropped.
We got skin paint only.
Dominion 63, if you read, ident.
I'll try them on guard.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Dominion 63, Chicago Center
on 121.5 radio check.
- What's up?
- Uh, Dominion 63.
We lost comms and transponder
at the same time.
Just went quiet.
We need to clear the airspace
all the way to Gateway.
Alert ground emergency services.
And do not take your eyes off
that aircraft.
This is Jackson, Chicago Center.
Yeah, we have a situation here.
City flags are flying
at half-staff today
as Chicago honors Deputy District Chief
Alexander Cranston.
Chief Cranston rose through the ranks
after distinguishing himself
during the infamous
Heart of Chicago Fire in 2001.
He was credited with leading
half a dozen civilians to safety,
actions that earned him the
department's highest commendations.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- Pascal.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Yes, sir. I'll be right down.
[SIREN WAILING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Still tracking inbound. Heading 2-7-0.
It's been 22 minutes
since last transmission.
Feds have been alerted.
They're running
the passenger manifest now.
Jackson. They're here.
Darren Jackson. Operations Supervisor.
Special Agent Upton. FBI.
Tell me everything we know.
Start at the beginning.
I thought Pascal was coming over.
No, he got called in downtown.
Sounded urgent.
Whoa, check this one out.
Damn, I didn't realize Pascal
and Cranston went back that far.
The chief must be pretty broken up.
Yeah, well, at least Cranston's
getting the send-off he deserves.
It's just it's just so hard
to believe this could happen.
He was a great man, Joanie.
Hell of a firefighter.
Thanks for being here, Hank.
I knew all his CFD colleagues
would come pitch in.
But to see so many cops show up too?
It's a huge loss for the whole city.
- Mom.
- Excuse me.
[SIGHS]
Yes, sir, that's what I'm saying.
Omar Bengoa is on this flight.
Okay, good.
I'm glad we're on the same page.
I'm heading out there now.
All right, everybody, listen up.
Are you the CFD liaison?
Chief Pascal. Battalion 25.
- Hailey Upton.
- What's the situation?
We have a commercial aircraft
that's gone dark
over Lake Michigan
without warning or explanation.
Radar's showing it's still airborne,
but the pilot and copilot stopped
responding 32 minutes ago.
No distress signal.
No reports of mechanical failure.
Just radio silence.
Why is the FBI involved?
You think it's a hijacking?
It's impossible to say
what's happening up there.
All we know is,
it's headed right for Chicago.
It's just, the first post-breakup run-in
is always so awkward.
I'm sure it'll be fine.
You're both adults. And remember,
you survived an entire shift in
the ambo with your ex-fiancé.
Little small talk with Frost,
you can handle it.
You are totally right.
Damn, I, uh, left my phone in my locker.
Hey.
Um [CHUCKLES]
[CHUCKLES] I know that look.
What look?
It's the old
"we can't do that again" look.
[CHUCKLES] It was an awesome night.
I had a
I had a great time.
Seriously, it's just that
Look, I get it.
Yeah, you don't need
to explain yourself.
It was a one-time deal.
Anything more than that,
it gets complicated, right?
Mm-hmm.
It's all good.
The other thing is
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's in the vault.
[ALARM BLARES]
Squad 3, Truck 81, Ambulance 61,
airfield emergency response.
Airfield emergency?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Descent looks stable, like
they're riding the arrival.
Are they configured?
Affirmative. Looks like full approach.
They're flying a clean approach
without talking to anyone?
Maybe something happened at cruise
and automation's bringing them home.
Does Dominion have cabin video?
If it does, it's not transmitting.
[SIRENS WAILING]
♪
The hell is all this?
I don't know, but it must be serious
to bring this whole circus out here.
♪
Pretty badass, huh, Lieutenant?
This one's never been
to an air incident before.
But don't worry,
I'll keep him out of trouble.
Don't believe her, Lieutenant.
I've seen way more action than her.
Don't get your hopes up.
It's probably just
a precautionary detail.
But stay sharp anyway.
- Always.
- You got it, Lieutenant.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Lieutenant Severide,
Lieutenant McHolland,
this is Special Agent
- Hailey Upton.
- Hey.
Special agent? Moving up in the world.
I'm not alone, I see, Lieutenant.
Hailey Upton.
I thought you were in Detroit now.
What brings you back home?
Dominion Airlines Flight 63.
Originated in Toronto, 182 passengers,
six crew members onboard.
ATC lost contact just under an hour ago.
It's been radio silence ever since.
Any idea what's happening with it now?
No.
They've maintained
the same flight path, though,
so we're thinking
it's probably not a hijack.
If they've lost avionics
and they're coming in
on full autopilot, the chances of them
having a clean landing are
well, that's why you guys are here.
All right, let's get into position.
Engine 40, Truck 81,
east side of the runway.
- Copy!
- Engine 67, Truck 68,
take the west side of the runway.
Prep the deck guns for foam.
- Mikami, prep for triage.
- Copy.
Gateway Tower, you got a visual?
Affirmative.
Landing gear appears to be down.
They're 3 north of the field.
Any movement in the cockpit?
That's a negative.
♪
Touch down.
Reverse thrust.
Spoilers deployed.
Speed reducing.
[UNEASY MUSIC]
♪
[ENGINES POWERING DOWN]
[SIGHS]
Anyone see any pilots?
It's so quiet.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
[PHONE RINGS]
Chicago Center, this is Jackson.
That's a negative, Agent Upton.
Gateway Tower's got nothing.
Tower still hasn't made contact.
No visual on the pilots.
I say we breach.
If it's a hostage situation,
things could go sideways real quick.
Well, what's your gut say?
You think it's a hostage situation?
♪
Let's breach.
We have snipers on overwatch.
Let's do it.
We're authorized for forcible entry.
- Engine 40, Engine 67
- All right, let's move.
Flank the aircraft
and keep a 50-foot perimeter.
Stand by with the deck gun
and two charged lines.
Truck 68, Truck 81,
take position underneath the forward
and rear doors.
- Throw your sticks flat.
- Copy, Chief.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I want everyone buttoned and bottled.
Keep your eyes peeled.
We have no idea
what we're dealing with here.
Cruz, Capp, you guys take
the lead on the forward door.
I'll try the exit over the wing.
Copy.
Truck 81, I'm gonna need
a 10-foot by the wing.
Copy.
All right, Herrmann, throw the aerial.
Ballard, grab the K12.
Vasquez, you're with me.
- ALL: Copy.
- Briggs.
Squad will take over on breach.
Could use two of yours for backup.
- I can go, Lieutenant.
- Me too.
All right, you two are with Squad.
Let's go. Watch your step. Walk slowly.
Up.
♪
- Hey, be careful.
- Yeah.
We're gonna have to cut
through the locking pins.
- K12.
- Copy.
♪
All right, Chief.
We're through the locking pins.
Pop it.
On it. Mask up.
Good?
- Good.
- I'm good.
[GRUNTS]
Cruz, everything all right?
Yeah, Chief. We're going in.
You got that 4-gas meter, right?
- Yeah.
- Stay on my hip.
Yes, sir.
[GRUNTS]
♪
Okay, come on.
Oh, my God.
[TENSE MUSIC]
What is it?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Hey, Cruz,
what's the situation in there?
[AIR HISSING]
They're dead.
They're all dead.
They must have
I think we got a hazmat
situation in here, Chief.
Emergency. All firefighters
evacuate the plane
right now, immediately.
Go, go, go. We gotta get out of here.
- Get out. Off the plane.
- Right now. Let's go.
Engine 40, Truck 81, set up for decon.
Copy.
Macy. Macy, come on!
We gotta get out of here!
Right now! Let's go!
We've got a mass casualty incident.
- Hazmat likely.
- No, sir.
Nothing's confirmed yet.
All we know for sure is
we have over 100 casualties
All units, back away from the aircraft.
We're setting a 100-foot perimeter.
Engine 40, set up
a decon corridor right away.
Hey, Chief.
We should go and check
for survivors right now.
Hazmat 2's eight minutes out.
Squad's level B suit is
good enough for primary search.
Give me two minutes.
Just too many unknowns right now.
There's 188 people on that plane.
If anyone's still alive,
they don't have eight minutes.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Cruz, what the hell
happened in there, man?
20 years on the job,
I've never seen anything like that.
Your heart rate's elevated.
Do you feel lightheaded at all?
No.
Okay.
I'm just cold.
It's just
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
I would be shook up too, Mace.
It's normal.
How we doing, Cruz?
♪
[AIR HISSING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
All units, be advised,
Hazmat 2 is on scene.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
What are we looking at, Chief?
A plane full of casualties.
Probably all fatalities.
Cause is still unknown.
♪
[BABY CRYING]
Hey, that was Dominion's
head of security.
The airline began installing
cabin video recording devices
onboard all their planes
a few months ago.
Think it'll tell us anything
about what happened up there?
Nobody's seen it yet.
It's on a drive onboard the plane.
Severide, progress report?
[AIR HISSING]
Severide, progress report.
Severide, come in.
Uh
not good, Chief.
Whatever got all these people,
it must have happened scary fast.
It's like no one had any time to react.
My 4-gas readings are still negative.
No CO, no H2S,
no industrial hits of any kind.
Any chance it's biological?
No, I think it's chemical, it's just
I don't know what the hell kind
of chemical behaves like this.
The airline says there's a
recording device in the cabin.
Could help us piece things together.
Footage is stored on a hard
drive in the overhead bin.
A side of the aisle.
First overhead cabin, A side, copy.
I'm on it.
♪
Got it, Chief.
Hey!
[GASPING]
I got a survivor, Chief!
- Help!
- I got a survivor, Chief!
- [SCREAMS]
- What?
Oh, my God.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Got her.
♪
Wait, she's pregnant.
She is. We gotta move fast.
Man, lungs are wet. I hear rales.
She's barely moving air.
Oxygen's 84. Heart rate is low.
Strong fetal heartbeat.
- I'm gonna tube her.
- Okay.
Okay. Let's give her atropine.
- Atropine
- In the nerve agent kit.
Is that what we think this is?
I don't know, but we gotta
treat it like it is.
♪
Atropine's in.
- All right, I'm in.
- Okay.
Okay, let's run fluids,
and I'll get us out of here.
Okay.
[SIREN WAILING]
♪
I know it's not a combustion
event or a sewage leak,
but that's all I can rule out
until my hazmat team
gets onboard
with more sensitive equipment.
Not gonna happen, Chief.
Dominic Pascal.
Nathan Conway,
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Coordinator
for the Chicago Field Office.
The WMD Directorate is formally
assuming command of this incident,
which means all field operations
now go through me, including CFD.
Well, understood.
As I was telling agent Upton,
it's critical
that I get my hazmat team
onboard so that
The FBI's hazardous
materials response team
always goes in first, Chief.
No exceptions.
Now, once we process the scene,
- then we can have a
- Chief.
What is this?
I've authorized my Squad lieutenant
to go onboard
in a level B suit, of course.
He recovered one survivor
and the hard drive
from the plane's cabin
video recording system.
- Can you pull this up?
- Yep.
Scrub forward.
They lost contact at 8:07.
Wait, go back.
There, on the left side of the aisle,
see if you can zoom in.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Get me the director on a secure line.
And reach out to DHS and DoD
and let them know
there's been a chemical weapon
attack in Chicago.
Terrorism likely.
And we need to loop the media in
before the story starts
spreading on social media,
so find us a spot for a briefing.
Sir, maybe we should wait
for the hazmat team
to do a full sweep before we publicly
start calling it a terrorist attack.
I'm sorry. Who are you again?
This is Special Agent Upton,
Detroit Field Office.
She was working the HIDTA Task
Force case that led us to this flight.
Thank you for your
assistance, Agent Upton.
- We'll take it from here.
- With all due respect, sir,
we were tracking
a suspected narco courier,
not a terrorist, and he could
be the one in that video.
Then you know there's always
been significant bleed over
between the traffickers
and the terrorists,
going all the way back to the Taliban.
I'm very well aware that.
We've got 200 bodies on that plane,
so it's safe to say this is no longer
a narco trafficking case.
Wouldn't you agree?
Couldn't say that for sure, sir.
♪
Your prior knowledge
of a subject may be useful.
But if I'm going to keep you
on this investigation,
then you need to understand,
this is now a counterterrorism case.
Are we clear?
Yes, sir.
Good.
Start by ID'ing the passenger in 5D.
If that is your guy,
then see what you can turn up.
He obviously didn't do this alone.
[SIREN WAILING]
Her sats are dropping!
She's down to 85,
and she's not compensating.
Still not getting enough oxygen.
I think she needs suctioning.
What the hell is this?
♪
U.S. Marshals!
Do not roll your window down.
We're executing WMD response
protocols under ESF-8.
I need you to stay in your vehicle.
Keep your doors closed.
Keep your windows up.
Stand by for further instructions.
What the hell did they find
on that plane?
♪
Hey, Upton.
Passenger in 5D, was that your guy?
Yeah.
His name was Omar Bengoa.
He was a legendary smuggler
in the narco world.
Drug smuggler turned terrorist?
I know. It doesn't add up.
Drug traffickers don't just decide
to become terrorists all of a sudden.
So what the hell happened up there?
I don't know.
We got a bunch of conflicting data,
all leading in different directions.
The WMD guys are so locked onto this
international terrorist angle,
I'm worried
they're gonna miss something.
What are you guys gonna do about it?
I'm gonna follow the only lead I got,
which is going to Bengoa's apartment.
I doubt there's gonna be anything there,
but right now, I gotta take
my orders from Conway.
We don't.
If there's something
we can do, you let us know.
♪
Hey, where are you?
Hey, we're in the ambo outside of Med.
There are armed U.S. Marshals out here.
They're not letting us in.
What's going on over there?
The FBI's calling it
a chemical weapon attack.
They're implementing some
kind of emergency protocol
so they can figure out
exactly what it was.
Okay, well, that explains that.
How's Novak holding up?
Uh, she's doing okay.
Our patient's critical, though.
All right, I'll try to figure out
whatever I can and let you know.
Hey, Vi, hang in there.
Thanks.
They sent a platoon
to guard two paramedics
- and one unconscious patient?
- Yeah.
I don't get what kind of chemical agent
would elicit such an extreme response.
Well, the news is seriously implying
that it's a terrorist attack.
Let's hope to God it's some
old school nerve agent
like Sarin and not something worse.
Hey, Chief. What are you hearing?
As a matter of fact,
one of my doctors was
Army Special Forces in a previous life.
Yeah, it might be just
what you're looking for.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- [KNOCKING]
- FBI! We got a warrant!
Kitchen's clear.
- Clear.
- Bedroom's clear.
There's two-day-old takeout in here.
Plenty of groceries.
He was planning to come back.
So what were two Detroit agents doing
working a case in Chicago, anyway?
We have this policy in our office
we try not to predict where
the facts are gonna take us.
Hey. Check this out.
Not sure how you get something
like this through a TSA screening.
Oh, we can run down the manufacturer,
see if we can ID any
potential accomplices.
Speaking of accomplices.
You recognize him?
No.
It's probably too grainy
for facial recognition.
Well, upload it into NGI
anyway, see if we get a hit.
I knew this place would
fall apart without me.
Hey.
Sorry to drop in unannounced.
What are you doing here?
I'm on a drug enforcement task force.
I got a tip about a big
meth operation out here.
You don't trust the Chicago
Field Office to work it?
No, it's not that. Um
a couple weeks ago, I heard chatter
on a tapped line
about an American trafficker
who got made
as a U.S. military operative
in Bolivia.
Halstead.
- Yeah.
- Huh.
I was worried if
I tried to warn him that
I'd be putting him in danger.
So I decided to start
working the case myself.
And?
It led me to a local drug
mule named Omar Bengoa.
Turns out, he was trying to smuggle in
some precursor chemical for
some high potency meth cook.
He was due to arrive here
today on Dominion Flight 63.
You know, they're saying
that was a terrorist attack,
some kind of chemical weapon.
So is it just a coincidence that
your mule was on that same flight?
I don't think so.
They have to be connected.
So what? This meth precursor
story is just a smokescreen?
I'm not sure yet.
Our hazmat team has been
scrubbing that plane for hours.
They still can't ID what it was
that killed all those people.
And the WMD director
has got agents searching
from Canada to Pakistan
to try to figure out
who Bengoa was working for.
They're convinced it's
an international operation.
- But you don't see it?
- No.
My gut's telling me
something else is going on.
- Good.
- Whoever's behind this,
they used a local operative
through local channels for a reason.
Just tell me what you need.
You could warn Halstead, for starters.
And maybe he knows something we don't.
He's been onto Bengoa before I was.
Hailey, if your hunch is right
and this incident really was homegrown,
we need to mobilize
every resource we got
on the streets of Chicago.
I couldn't agree more.
[PHONE BUZZING]
What do you got?
All right, I'm on my way.
I'm gonna head to the morgue
and see what the ME knows
about the chemical.
Let's keep each other posted.
You got it.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[ALARMS BEEPING]
Hey, heart rate and sats are crashing.
I can't tell if she's having
a seizure or a contraction.
Uh, check for crowning
and grab midazolam.
Okay.
[MUFFLED SHOUTING]
Hey, hey, easy.
You're in an ambulance, ma'am.
Oh! Damn it.
I'm coming back there.
I need you to stay put, ma'am.
We have a critical patient back there!
We're under strict orders.
♪
It's okay. Hey, hey.
Hey. Hey, hey.
You're okay.
Novak, you've got blood on your face.
You gotta decon yourself.
Okay.
Ambulance 61 to Main.
Our patient just seized
and is going into active labor.
We have to get her inside now.
What is the status?
We'll let everyone know, Ambo 61.
Continue to stand by.
♪
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
♪
That was Violet Mikami.
We have a patient and a baby
who are going to die
on our front door
if we don't do something.
Well, what do you propose, Dr. Asher?
The Feds won't let them
get out of the ambo.
But nobody said that we can't go in.
Uh, hell no.
Hell no. That's out of the question.
If that woman dies
We have no idea what she was exposed to,
no idea how to even weigh
the risks of going in.
I will be in full PPE.
I agree with Dr. Archer.
We have to give this a little more time.
Let them figure out exactly
what we're dealing with here.
Fine.
Hey, what's up?
Dr. Lenox is here.
Hey.
You all right?
It's okay if you're not.
Uh, this one's hitting me pretty hard.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
All those people.
And that woman.
I know.
It's horrific.
We're gonna find whoever did this.
♪
It's like a combination of these three.
But there are also passengers
with these rust-colored streaks
down their faces too.
It makes me wonder if it wasn't some
novel cocktail of toxins,
which would radically
complicate the situation.
It would explain why the FBI hasn't
ID'd the chemical, though, right?
Yeah.
What's your read on the risk
of secondary contamination?
I'm not gonna sugarcoat it.
It would be pretty stupid
to rule it out.
[PHONE BUZZES]
What's the news, Agent Upton?
Was Severide able to connect
with Dr. Lenox?
Yeah, she's here with us.
You're on speakerphone.
Yeah, this is Lenox.
Uh, unfortunately, the symptoms
Severide is describing
don't really line up
with any chemical exposure
I've ever encountered.
Have you ever heard of
methyl-propiophenoxide, by any chance?
No, I haven't. Why?
Did the FBI find traces of it
on the plane?
No, it's just a theory.
But I could use your expertise on it.
It's a madhouse in here.
Agent Upton?
Yeah.
Medical examiner is expecting you.
Sorry, we've never had to
process this many bodies at once.
Had to call in pathologists
from four other counties.
You'll have to put those on.
It's Dr. Woodward at station four.
A methylated propiophenone
would definitely cause
rapid tissue penetration.
It would also be highly reactive,
meaning it wouldn't be stable
in the bloodstream.
That would explain
the negative tox report.
Correct. It's a decent candidate,
but my gut says
methyl-propiophenoxide is
a precursor or a byproduct,
not the main event.
Hopefully the mass spectrometry lab
will shed some light on it.
How long till we get those results?
Well, we put a rush on it,
but you can only speed up
the process so much.
Excuse me.
I said excuse me, sir.
What are you doing over there?
I'm just just checking
the abdominal cavity.
Why didn't you start with a Y-incision?
Stop what you're doing, please,
and let me see your credentials
right now.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
Okay, yeah.
I got a badge over here.
Let me find it.
[SMASHING, WHOOSHING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[SCREAMING]
[GRUNTS]
[ALARM BLARING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
That's an emergency containment door.
Only the fire department can open it.
Go outside! Call 911!
Tell them there are people
trapped in here!
Severide! Help is on the way!
Everybody get down!
Stay as low as you can.
Squad 3 to Main, do you copy?
Squad 3 to Main, do you copy?
♪
Everybody stay calm.
I'll try to hold it back with an
extinguisher until help arrives.
There's one against the wall!
[EXTINGUISHER HISSING]
Squad 3, Truck 81,
structure fire, 2112
- That's the county morgue.
- Yeah.
That's where they took all the
bodies from the plane, right?
Yeah, that's where Kelly was headed.
♪
We're gonna have to find another exit!
All the exits are locked down
because of the emergency
containment system.
All right, we're gonna
have to go through the vent.
What can I do?
Lenox, grab the extinguisher.
Keep the flames back.
Stay low.
Gonna have to find something
to pry up the grate.
Try this, try this, try this.
[SIREN WAILING]
Squad's ten minutes out, Chief.
♪
Truck, take primary search.
There's reports of civilians
trapped in the autopsy room.
Copy that.
Engine 40, connect
to the standpipe system.
- Copy.
- Truck, let's move.
Autopsy room is in the basement.
Let's go.
All right, let's move! Let's move! Go!
Go, this way!
Stay down. Keep moving.
Go through.
Get her out.
♪
- Help me grab this table.
- Okay.
- Ready?
- One, two.
All right, go for it.
I'm right here. Stay with me.
Stay with me.
♪
Herrmann, There's the manual override.
I got nothing!
We're gonna have to force it.
- Vasquez, go get the StrongArm!
- Copy.
Ballard!
Strike, strike!
Strike, strike!
Pull!
[GRUNTING]
Again!
[GASPING]
What's happening?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- I'm gonna die!
Keep this on.
[SOBBING] I'm gonna die.
Slow your breathing.
You're gonna be okay.
[SOBBING]
- Coming in!
- Move!
[WHIRRING]
♪
Kelly!
Kelly.
All right, let's go!
One at a time! Move! Let's go!
Gotta move!
Come on. Keep going.
All the way out the back.
Stay low.
[GRUNTING]
♪
FBI! Stop!
[GRUNTING]
♪
Drop that weapon!
Now!
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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[WOLF HOWLS]