Chicago Fire s14e15 Episode Script
Do Not Resuscitate
1
We had a really fun night.
I think one of my best friends
likes him, too.
I'd say don't tell her.
I get it. It's in the vault.
Headquarters sent you down
here to be Chief Pascal's assistant?
I'm Lucy.
Given my run-in with the FBI,
this will be my last shift at 51.
You are an exceptional leader,
Lieutenant.
Make people see what I see in you.
- And what is that?
- Endless potential.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I've retained Uncle Larry
as my legal counsel.
He ended up looking into
the stove that caused our fire.
They sent back an offer.
This is one serious payout.
Oh, it's freezing in here.
Ah. Yeah, the heater's
on the fritz again.
You calling Facilities?
No, no, no.
I'm trying to get a hold of Uncle Larry.
He's not picking up.
I know it's pretty damn cold,
but I don't think
we can sue the CFD over it.
No, no, no, no, no, no. He called,
you know. He left me a message.
Said call him back, it's urgent.
You know, you never want
to hear your lawyer say that.
Well
maybe it's good urgent.
Good urgent?
OK, yeah, maybe not.
Yeah, I know.
You know, all I can figure
is he's calling to say that
the settlement on our house,
you know, is falling apart.
You know, what else could it be?
Great. Going straight to voicemail.
Didn't Larry say that
the settlement was a done deal?
Mouch, the guy, he lies for a living.
You said he was one of the good ones.
But he's still a lawyer.
Well, look.
There's no reason to spin out
until you know more.
I'll try emailing him.
Can't believe I trusted a lawyer.
[COPY MACHINE WHIRRING]
So crazy the chief's gone.
I'm going to miss him.
He really went out of his way
to make me feel like
a part of this place.
He's a good man.
Yeah.
Hey, have you guys met Lucy,
the new assistant?
Yeah, she seems great.
Yeah, wasn't she hired
to be Pascal's assistant?
I mean, how long is she going
to be able to stick around?
I heard Pascal wants
Severide to move in there.
Is he going to?
Take the office?
Kidd isn't sure yet.
But Severide's out this week
'cause he's studying
for the captain's exam.
We were only gone one shift.
How did so much change?
Morning, Lieutenant.
Anything I can help with?
Hey, Lucy. No.
I'm just finishing up filing
some maintenance reports, but thanks.
Oh, OK.
Uh, well, since Pascal is gone
and Severide is out,
you're next in command, right?
Yeah.
So technically,
I'm your assistant this shift.
I'd love to help in any way.
I'm pretty self-sufficient.
But I am sure something will come up.
Have you heard anything from
the CFD about your position?
Oh, with all the red tape
and bureaucracy I went through
to get here, good chance
it'll take at least that long
to get me out, right?
[ALARM BLARES]
Truck 81, Ambulance 61,
motor vehicle accident, 8173 Goshen.
Gotta go.
And
[SIRENS WAILING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- Hey, medics, stay back.
- Copy.
Hey, what idiot contractor
doesn't check the weather
before he pours concrete?
♪
Hey, can you hear me?
[GROANS]
All right, we got one conscious victim.
Hold on. We're going to get you out, OK?
[GRUNTS]
- Hey, Lieutenant.
- Yeah?
- Come take a look at this.
- Hang tight.
♪
What?
All right. Herrmann, Ballard, fan out.
Find the other victim.
- You got it.
- Copy.
Go that way.
♪
Get me the Jaws and cribbing.
Copy.
Hey, we're going to get you out soon
and we're looking for your passenger.
Oh, no, no, no. It's OK. It's just me.
♪
We got no victims out here
and no witnesses that saw anything.
- Got anybody?
- Nothing.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Hey, rip a section of this fence off.
Use it as a platform
for the medics, all right?
Got it. Go grab a saw.
♪
What's the plan?
All right, we can't go through it,
we'll go over it.
All right.
[JAWS WHIRRING]
♪
Here we go, here we go.
[TOOLS WHIRRING]
All right, I got one.
- I'm in.
- All right.
♪
OK.
Hang on. Try not to move, OK?
We're gonna have our medics
come in and take a look at you.
OK.
Heads up! We're coming in!
Right under the door.
OK.
There we go.
- All right, come on in.
- All right.
We got it.
Hey, what's your name?
- Adam.
- All right, Adam.
Can you tell us what hurts?
It's my head.
It's spinning.
Heart rate's elevated.
All right, I'm going
to get this C-collar on you.
There. Tilt your head for me.
All right, we gotta get him to Med.
He's got signs of a concussion
and could be internal bleeding.
- Yeah.
- Let's load him up.
All right. Watch your head.
Lay straight back.
All right, on three.
One, two, three.
♪
OK, buddy. All right.
♪
[TOOL WHIRRING]
Adam, are you sure there was
no one else in the car with you?
Just me.
All right.
♪
- Hey, Lieutenant.
- Yeah.
I mean, you think
could have been someone
coming up to check on him?
Footsteps leading one way
away from the vehicle?
♪
Oh, check it out.
Both of those airbags deployed.
There's a bag on the floor.
Think the car could have
registered that as a passenger?
Yeah, it can happen. Most cars
come with weighted sensors nowadays.
♪
Lucy.
Mm?
- Was this you?
- What?
The heat is back on.
Oh, yeah.
Facilities came by and they cleared
a blocked combustion intake
in the HVAC system.
OK. What's your secret?
- [CHUCKLES]
- Eh?
You have a cousin in Facilities?
Blackmail material on someone
in Admin Services?
Because they have never
responded this fast
in the history of the CFD.
I learned a few tricks working for
my family's construction company.
If they think the top boss
might be doing a drop-by,
suddenly everything gets done.
And I did hear something
about the commissioner
doing random firehouse visits,
so it's possible
he's coming by here today.
Right?
[CHUCKLING] Oh.
♪
That woman is a national treasure
and must be protected at all costs.
Wow.
OK, end of shift.
I don't want to see a trace
of dry concrete on the cab.
Oh, don't worry, by the time we're done,
you'll be able to eat off
the floorboards.
[GRUNTS]
And I just cleaned all my gear.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Larry.
What the hell? I was trying
to get you all morning.
Yeah, I know.
I'm sorry I couldn't call you back,
but you can't have your phone on
while you're filming.
[CHUCKLING] So
Filming? What are you talking about?
I'm shooting a commercial today.
The firehouse is on the way
to the next location.
I figured I'd just swing by.
Better to have this talk
in person anyway.
This is about my settlement, isn't it?
What? No, no, no, no.
Your settlement's fine. No.
I'm here about the commercial.
Your message said it was urgent.
It is.
I got one day to get
this spot in the can
and I just lost my lead,
so I'm kind of in a bind here.
You see what I'm getting at here?
[CHUCKLES]
Unfortunately, I do.
Look, this is not a big production.
All I'm asking you to do
is just tell your story
about how I helped you, which I did.
- Yes.
- Right?
Yes, no, you did.
But, Larry, I I'm no actor.
That's the whole point!
People want authenticity these days,
and what's better than
a real firefighter
with a sympathetic story?
So you would want me to what?
I mean, you know, say what
happened with the fire, or
Uh, you don't have to worry
about the words.
My paralegal, she minored
in screenwriting, something.
She'll whip up something simple for you.
We'll come back later today,
we'll knock this thing out.
It's going to be real easy.
I don't know.
Larry, this
this isn't what I do.
Christopher, you run into
burning buildings for a living.
What's a couple of lines
in front of a camera?
[LAUGHING]
Come on. [LAUGHS]
See you after lunch.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Call's bugging you, too, huh?
It just doesn't add up.
I'm looking over old reports
of malfunctioning airbags,
the the the counterfeit ones
we just came across?
Just anything to explain it.
Yeah, and I was thinking the
backpack was in the passenger seat
and that's what triggered the airbag.
- Mm-hmm.
- Then the seatbelt alert
would have been dinging
the whole time, right?
Which would drive a person crazy.
I mean, when it happens to me,
I put the bag on the floor in the back.
Mm-hmm, but then the airbag
wouldn't have deployed.
And you're sure the footprints
only went one way?
There wasn't another set
coming up to the car
or to maybe overlapping?
I'm pretty sure, yeah.
And someone could get out?
Like, the cement wasn't as high
on the passenger side?
No, the way the car slid in,
it was only piled up on the driver side.
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
Hey.
Did anyone else come in
from that accident?
Not that we could find.
How's the driver doing?
There were mild signs of concussions,
so they're doing a CT scan
and keeping him for observation
just to make sure.
What if the concussion's
what caused the memory loss?
Big enough to forget someone
else was in the car with you?
I mean, brief memory gaps
are one of the hallmark signs
of even mild concussions,
but they're usually minutes or seconds
before or after an accident like that.
Mm. Anterograde or retrograde amnesia.
And there would have
been stronger confusion,
disorientation, lack of balance.
His case seemed pretty mild.
Yeah.
All right, grab Herrmann and Ballard.
We're going to go out for a run.
- Copy.
- Hey, thanks.
- Yeah.
- Heidi?
Hey.
You forgot your good luck
sweatshirt at my place.
Don't worry. I didn't wash it.
Oh, thank you.
Um, Heidi, you have to meet Violet.
I've heard so much about you.
Same, girl.
[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]
That cutie must be the one
you have a thing for.
[SCOFFS]
Uh, I I I said crush, not thing.
And there's a difference, right?
Yeah, totally.
Well, whatever you want
to call it, he's a hottie.
Yeah.
[SIGHS]
Hey, Adam.
So we're the firefighters
who helped pull you
out of the car this morning.
Yeah, I remember.
I never got to thank you.
Oh, hey, it's our job.
We just wanted to see how you're doing,
follow up on a few things
for our report.
Yeah, like,
how'd you end up crashing
your car in the first place?
You know, I think we saw a dog
and I, uh, I swerved out
of the way so that we could
We saw a dog?
Well, I just mean there were
people on the street.
Maybe the dog's owner.
Actually, there were no witnesses.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
So who was in the car with you, Adam?
Nobody was in the car with me.
I told you.
[GROANS SOFTLY]
My, uh, head's messed up.
They've got me on these, uh,
these painkillers.
I think I need more.
[ELECTRONIC BEEP]
♪
I'm sorry, but I can't answer
any more questions right now.
♪
OK.
Well, feel better, all right?
Mm-hmm.
♪
Well, he's lying,
because somebody was
definitely in that car.
Where are they?
♪
OK, let's say someone was
in the car and they ran away.
If they were hurt, maybe they
went to another hospital?
Yeah, we could check with Lakeshore
or some nearby urgent cares.
We could do that, yeah,
but there are, like,
a dozen car wrecks
every hour in the city.
If they ran, chances are
they're not telling the truth.
I can't stop thinking
was there some reason that they weren't
supposed to be in Adam's car?
I mean, maybe they're in danger.
We're the ones who responded.
I feel like it's our
responsibility to find them.
No, you're right. There's just
not enough to get PD involved.
And we contaminated the scene.
The driver, he's sticking to his story.
[SIGHS]
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
The backpack that was
in the passenger side
what if that belongs to the
person who was sitting there?
Well, if we could get a hold of it,
see what's inside, maybe
we could find out ourselves.
[SIGHS] I'm sure they
towed the car out by now.
Yes, probably, but
I have just the person
to track down the vehicle
and get it for us.
♪
Hey.
Look at that.
These your lines for the commercial?
Those aren't lines,
that's a damn speech.
Think the term you're
looking for is monologue.
Larry specifically said
a short testimonial,
and there is no way
that I can memorize that
before they get here.
I still can't believe you
agreed to this in the first place.
Every excuse that I had,
Larry had an answer for,
which is why you never
argue with a lawyer.
Well, he did manage to get you
a pretty hefty payout,
so least you can do, right?
At this point,
I'd be willing to give it
all back to get out of this.
Hey, who knows? Maybe this
could be a new career path for you.
Steve Buscemi was a firefighter
before he became an actor.
Oh, you think he'd be willing
to take my place?
I'll leave the actor to prepare.
[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]
[PANTING]
♪
Victim out!
[TIMER BEEPS]
53 seconds.
Guys, I know all of you
can do better than that.
Let's run it again.
[SIGHS]
You found it?
Just had to find the right impound lot.
Car was still on the truck.
Trickiest part was trying to
convince the guy to let me have it.
Vasquez.
I had to sweet talk him, work him a bit,
say that I was picking it up
for the owner.
Well, technically, that is not a lie.
That is exactly what we hope to do.
Oh, well, that's good.
Dodged a karmic bullet there.
So what are you looking for?
Just something that helps us
ID who this might belong to.
OK. So it looks like a young female.
♪
That might do the trick.
You think she's in trouble?
I don't know.
OK, let's load up.
We can clean this up later.
Copy.
Thank you.
♪
Oh, Herrmann.
You might want to take these,
get your lines down.
Thanks a lot.
♪
It was really nice getting to
meet Heidi. She seems great.
She is. Yeah.
It's been nice getting
to hang with her more often.
It's funny she knew who Vasquez was.
I guess I described him pretty well.
[CHUCKLES]
[CLEARS THROAT]
I know you said your your thing
for him is just a crush,
but is it possible that,
you know, maybe it's more?
Obviously, you can tell me.
Maybe it is?
It's weird, though because,
when he first started here,
I I thought there was
a vibe between us.
You know? Like a spark?
- Yeah.
- But then something changed.
Like he's not feeling it anymore
and I don't know what happened
or what I did.
I'm sure it's not you, no.
I mean, he was so worried when
you had that hazmat exposure.
And we haven't been on
the same shift since.
So you know, maybe it's just
a hangover from all that.
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
No, it started before that.
Like a couple of months ago.
[NOTIFICATIONS CHIME]
Hey, it looks like
our new stretcher is ready
and we can pick it up.
Lucy strikes again.
- Wow, yeah, she's doing a lot.
- [CHUCKLES]
Like, maybe too much.
What's really her deal?
- Because nobody is that good.
- OK, stop.
There are truly good people out there.
Like us.
- We're amazing.
- Mm-hmm.
♪
I thought I knew it all when I was 18,
but the older I get,
the more high school kids
look like actual kids.
Yeah, let's just hope that she
hasn't changed her hair color
and still looks like her photo.
Oh, god.
Oh, is that her?
Mm-mm.
No. Lot of clones, though.
Thank you, social media.
Vasquez.
Hey, Claire?
Hi.
Can we talk to you for a minute?
Sure.
So we're firefighters.
I'm Stella, this is Sal.
OK.
So why did you leave the scene
of the accident this morning?
[CHUCKLES] What accident?
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Look, we know you were in the car.
♪
It's all right. We're here to help.
Are you in danger?
Is this Adam guy
is he the reason you ran?
♪
OK, yeah.
I was there and I left.
♪
Look, I didn't want to leave,
but Adam was, like, insistent.
I mean, he's my best friend
and we grew up on the same street
and he's like a brother to me, and
Look, Claire, just take a breath, OK?
Just walk us through it.
We're not here to punish you.
That dog came out of nowhere.
And then we were, like,
swerving and skidding out of control.
And we crashed into that garage.
As soon as we kind of realized
what happened,
Adam just kept telling me
to get out and run.
So I panicked and I did what he said.
It was so crazy.
We weren't sure
how much trouble we'd be in.
Why did he think you'd be in trouble?
♪
I just got into West Point for the fall,
which is, like,
a huge deal in my family.
Mm.
My father went there.
My grandfather, too, actually.
[SNIFFLES]
♪
My father gave this to me
when I was six.
Told me never to lose it.
- It's called a
- A challenge coin.
Yeah.
Yeah, we have those, too.
♪
I spent my whole life focused
on getting into West Point.
Just like my dad. [SNIFFLES]
And I'm an adult now.
I just turned 18,
so I got to keep my nose clean.
If I get in any trouble,
they'll take away
my West Point admission.
It'll kill my dad.
So what happens next?
So we still need
to report this to the police
and they may want
to speak to you as a witness.
Hey, if the police need to talk to me
and it gets back to school and
to West Point, I'm going to
Claire, Claire, I'm sorry, but we
we have to write what actually happened.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
Me and my family, we lost everything
when our house burned down,
but it wasn't our fault.
Hold on. That's not how it starts.
What? Yes, it is.
No, the line is,
when my house burned down,
me and my family, we lost everything.
But I just can't get these
damn words to stick in my head.
You know, when I had
to learn my wedding vows,
I used this thing called
the rule of seven.
You say each line seven times.
You'll remember it forever.
So we just do it one line at a time?
Exactly.
You get the first line down,
then you move on to the next.
Makes it more manageable that way.
Rule of seven? I like that.
Want to take it from the top?
Uh, yeah.
All right, what
what's the first line again?
Hey.
Any luck finding the girl?
Yes, and she's totally fine, thank god.
She just, you know, thought she might
get in trouble, so
she skedaddled from the scene.
- Mm.
- Yeah.
And how's the memorizing going?
Want to run your lines?
No, there's no need.
I'm off book.
- Whoa.
- Yeah.
And ahead of schedule.
Yeah, well, thanks
to the rule of seven here.
Herrmann, this came while you were gone.
- What is it?
- It's from Larry's paralegal.
She said they made
some revisions to the script?
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
The whole damn thing has been rewritten!
I mean, everything is different.
What the hell?
Can they do this?
Oh, I see.
They're leaning into
the firefighter angle.
It's it's actually way better.
What? Who cares if it's better?
It's not what I memorized.
[ALARM BLARES]
Ambulance 61, person down
from unknown causes.
364 Hawthorne.
Fire Department.
Hurry. He's over here.
♪
Tell us what happened, ma'am.
My dad, he was gasping for air
and then he just stopped breathing.
I checked his pulse.
I didn't feel anything.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- Grab the monitor.
- OK.
♪
[MACHINE BEEPING]
- He's in V-fib. Charge to 200.
- OK.
[MACHINE WHIRRING]
Clear.
Oh, my god, Dad.
[BEEPING]
- Sinus rhythm.
- Uh-huh.
- I have a faint pulse.
- Is that good?
♪
Bri, what's happening?
What are they doing?
Stop. Stop working on him.
Our dad has a do-not-resuscitate order.
[STEADY BEEP]
He's back in V-fib.
We lost the pulse. What do we do?
We need to keep working him.
Didn't you hear what I just said?
Please stop.
Unless we can see
the do-not-resuscitate order,
we have to keep working him.
It's right here. Just hang on.
- OK.
- Can't believe you called 911.
He couldn't breathe! He was in pain!
I didn't know what else to do!
I have been the one
taking care of him by myself.
I see him in pain every day, Bri.
And I told you what he wanted.
How could you do this?
♪
Charge to 300.
Clear.
♪
- [BEEPING]
- It's here.
♪
Now stop.
I got a pulse.
[SIGHS]
Let's get him in the chair
and transport him.
Where are you taking him?
We have to get him to the hospital.
It's protocol.
♪
This isn't what he wanted.
[SOMBER DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- Lieutenant.
- Hey.
- You hand in that report yet?
Just finishing it up right now.
Why?
[SIGHS]
This whole situation, it's, uh
it's hanging on me.
Look, I I would never
tell you what to do.
But I can tell you this. I was Claire.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
My whole life, I wanted to be
a cop just like my dad.
[SIGHS] I even carried
his challenge coin
around with me just like her.
It's just a constant reminder
to just stay on the path.
Just not screw it up.
♪
And then one twist of fate
threw it all away.
♪
To be honest, I would have
killed for a second chance.
So maybe
just maybe, that might be
something Claire deserves.
♪
There was nothing else
we could do, right?
No.
Doesn't make it any easier, though.
I mean, he wanted to die at home.
Now he's here.
Did you want to come in?
You're welcome to.
No, we just wanted to check
on him and on all of you.
Maybe my sister was right
and I shouldn't have called 911 at all.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
But you gave me a little more
time with someone that I love.
And honestly,
don't we all wish we had that?
♪
So thank you.
♪
Lucy's out front
if you're looking for her.
They're setting up for the commercial.
No, I was just turning in my report.
Or I was about to.
Something still not sitting right?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
I never thought
I'd admit this in public.
Pascal gave good advice.
[CHUCKLES]
He wasn't warm and fuzzy,
but yeah, man had strong instincts.
And he sacrificed a lot for us.
Anything you want to talk through?
Thanks.
But I think I got it.
Which is what he would have told me.
Hey, did Herrmann ever
get those lines down?
I saw him pacing in the hallway.
- Lot of cursing.
- [CHUCKLES]
I'm looking for a poster board
to make some cue cards.
Just in case.
Mm.
Oh, you got to be kidding me.
This is quite the production.
I didn't realize this was,
like, a real, legit commercial.
I didn't either.
How you doing on the new script?
Not good. I can't get
the old version out of my head.
This damn rule of seven.
- Christopher, right?
- Yeah.
I'm Rob. I'm the director.
Let me show you to your mark.
OK, so you're going
to stand right there,
and then what's going to happen
is we're going to tilt down from
the firehouse and land on you.
I'm going to give actor-action
and then we're going to subtly push in
while you say your lines.
That all make sense?
I I got the standing part.
[CHUCKLES] Just say your lines
when we point at you
- and you'll be great.
- OK.
OK, Larry's going to be here
in a couple minutes.
And picture's up, all right?
Oh, and, uh, no pressure,
but I do have two more
testimonials to shoot
after this, and we're losing daylight,
so let's try to nail it, huh?
Hey, there. Do you need some help?
Yeah.
Um, I was the driver
in a car accident this morning.
I'm looking for Lieutenant Kidd.
Of course, yeah. Come with me.
Ah, there's my star!
[CHUCKLING] Hey.
You really saved my ass here. Thank you.
Eh, don't thank me yet.
[CHUCKLING] All right.
Hey, let's roll it!
- Roll camera.
- OK.
[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]
And
Hang on, hang on. Just give me one sec.
[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
OK.
I'm ready.
And action.
Your house is on fire
and you can't save it.
It's every firefighter's
worst nightmare.
For me, it was a reality.
A faulty stove burned
my family's home to the ground.
But with Uncle Larry's help,
not only did we get justice,
we got to rebuild.
Thanks, Uncle Larry.
♪
That's how you do it!
[LAUGHS]
We got it!
Hey! Cut, print. Moving on.
All right, people, let's pack it up.
♪
Did did you did you see that?
I got it in one take.
Herrmann, that was unbelievable.
Where did that even come from?
Oh, I don't know. I just, like
all of a sudden, I
I got in the zone.
Hell, yeah, you were.
- Eat your heart out, Buscemi.
- [LAUGHS]
♪
I heard you went to see Claire.
You told us you were
the only one in the car.
I know, but for good reason, though.
Claire told us why.
The whole West Point of it all.
So then you get why I wanted
to leave her out of it.
Look, I screwed up.
I lost control of the car.
It was my fault.
And, you know, I'm nobody special.
After I graduate, I'm just
going to work for my cousin.
He's got this, like, pub in River North.
But Claire
has been gunning for West Point
her whole life.
♪
She deserves this.
♪
No, she doesn't.
♪
Adam, you're still lying to us.
- What do you mean?
- Vasquez.
♪
You keep saying Claire deserves this,
that she belongs somewhere
like West Point.
Then why is she letting you
take the fall for this?
She's not letting me do anything.
The belt burn on your shoulder, Adam
I should have caught it at the hospital.
Your gown must have been covering it up,
but if you were behind the wheel,
it'd be on your left shoulder.
♪
So Claire was driving?
♪
She's the one who crashed the car.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
Yeah, he admitted that
his friend was the one driving.
It's all in my incident report,
which I'll send over shortly.
Of course.
Yeah. Thank you, Officer.
All right.
So he says as long as Adam
and Claire both come clean
the way Adam promised that they would,
they will not be charged
with a felony insurance fraud.
- That's good.
- Yeah.
But Claire's still going
to get a misdemeanor
since she left the scene
of an accident as the driver,
which I can only imagine
will get back to West Point.
[SIGHS] Yeah,
they'll revoke her acceptance.
Showing integrity,
taking accountability
it's all a part of their credo.
- Mm.
- [SIGHS]
Who knows?
Maybe this will lead her
to a better place.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] I hope so.
Really nice work, Vasquez.
♪
And
It's not too late for you if you wanted
to join the police academy.
What?
Look, Claire's situation and yours,
they're not the same.
Claire is the one who made the mistake
that changed her entire future.
You did not.
And honestly,
the way that you tracked down
all that evidence
the footprints, the book bag,
and the shoulder burn,
it's obvious you got the skills.
♪
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Lieutenant, thank you, but, uh,
I'm a firefighter.
This is where I'm meant to be.
♪
OK.
♪
That's a pretty big sacrifice
he was willing to make for a friend.
Yeah. I get the feeling
he kind of worshipped her.
And I respect what
he was trying to do in a way,
but at the end of the day,
keeping secrets
even if the intentions are good,
people can get hurt.
Yeah.
Want another drink?
Oh, and where are Vasquez
and Novak tonight?
Novak was going to
hang out with her sister.
And Vasquez, uh, no idea.
Mm.
I would love another drink.
Thank you.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hey.
Oh, wow.
That's great. Yeah.
All right.
- Hey.
- Hey.
That was Uncle Larry.
He just said the commercial
aired during the game.
- [CHUCKLES]
- That was fast.
- Yeah.
- Well, come on.
Can we queue it up on there?
We got a DVR, right?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Where's the remote?
Gimme
Thank you.
Yeah, here we go.
Come on.
Channel 6, 7?
There we go. There we go.
Go, go, go, go. Come on.
You sure you don't want Kidd to do it?
- 'Cause I could.
- Here we go.
- Yeah, I got the fast forward.
- [CHUCKLES]
Hey, everybody, shut up! Here it is!
Call Uncle Larry,
'cause I'm not just family,
I'm your legal guardian.
Uncle Larry said my slip
and fall wasn't my fault.
OK, OK, let's get to the good stuff.
Listen to your Uncle Larry.
'Cause if you want a settlement
We got it!
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I don't believe it.
Oh, hey, look, Herrmann.
I got the tagline.
How 'bout that?
That's a good thing?
Are you kidding me? That's great.
That's what people are gonna remember.
And your speech?
You worked so hard on it.
- You're
- Eh, that was a downer.
I mean, hey, we got it!
That's what people are
going to be saying.
And, hey, he came up
with that line, too.
Well, don't let the fame go to your head
because I still need you on Truck.
I mean, if Hollywood calls me,
what am I going to do?
Say no?
Hey
to we got it.
Hey!
- Hey!
- ALL: We got it!
Aww.
So I put on some of that
celery salt mix you have.
Very sophisticated.
Hey, I'm swanky. You know this about me.
Hey, I'm sorry I said that thing
about the guy in front
of your partner yesterday.
Kind of just flew out of my mouth.
Oh, no, it's it's fine.
I trust Violet with my life.
That's really awesome.
So what's on tap?
"Botched"? "Antiques Roadshow"?
So many options.
Actually, um
I was thinking,
and if you don't want to,
it's it's no problem,
but, um, I found all these videos
of when we were younger and
and I transferred them to my phone.
One of them is really silly.
It's Mom teaching us
how to square dance.
[LAUGHS]
Oh.
Uh, wow.
Oh, we don't have to.
It's it's no problem.
Uh, no, sorry.
Um, I just wasn't expecting that.
♪
Um
but sure.
Why not?
I haven't looked at any
of that stuff in so long.
Right?
Me neither, and I, uh
I figured it would be nice
to do together, you know?
Yeah.
You just watch me do-si-do
the hell out of my big sister.
[SCOFFS] OK.
There's nothing silly about that.
- It was a legit smackdown.
- [CHUCKLES]
[LAUGHTER AND CHATTER ON PHONE]
[GUNFIRE]
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]
We had a really fun night.
I think one of my best friends
likes him, too.
I'd say don't tell her.
I get it. It's in the vault.
Headquarters sent you down
here to be Chief Pascal's assistant?
I'm Lucy.
Given my run-in with the FBI,
this will be my last shift at 51.
You are an exceptional leader,
Lieutenant.
Make people see what I see in you.
- And what is that?
- Endless potential.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I've retained Uncle Larry
as my legal counsel.
He ended up looking into
the stove that caused our fire.
They sent back an offer.
This is one serious payout.
Oh, it's freezing in here.
Ah. Yeah, the heater's
on the fritz again.
You calling Facilities?
No, no, no.
I'm trying to get a hold of Uncle Larry.
He's not picking up.
I know it's pretty damn cold,
but I don't think
we can sue the CFD over it.
No, no, no, no, no, no. He called,
you know. He left me a message.
Said call him back, it's urgent.
You know, you never want
to hear your lawyer say that.
Well
maybe it's good urgent.
Good urgent?
OK, yeah, maybe not.
Yeah, I know.
You know, all I can figure
is he's calling to say that
the settlement on our house,
you know, is falling apart.
You know, what else could it be?
Great. Going straight to voicemail.
Didn't Larry say that
the settlement was a done deal?
Mouch, the guy, he lies for a living.
You said he was one of the good ones.
But he's still a lawyer.
Well, look.
There's no reason to spin out
until you know more.
I'll try emailing him.
Can't believe I trusted a lawyer.
[COPY MACHINE WHIRRING]
So crazy the chief's gone.
I'm going to miss him.
He really went out of his way
to make me feel like
a part of this place.
He's a good man.
Yeah.
Hey, have you guys met Lucy,
the new assistant?
Yeah, she seems great.
Yeah, wasn't she hired
to be Pascal's assistant?
I mean, how long is she going
to be able to stick around?
I heard Pascal wants
Severide to move in there.
Is he going to?
Take the office?
Kidd isn't sure yet.
But Severide's out this week
'cause he's studying
for the captain's exam.
We were only gone one shift.
How did so much change?
Morning, Lieutenant.
Anything I can help with?
Hey, Lucy. No.
I'm just finishing up filing
some maintenance reports, but thanks.
Oh, OK.
Uh, well, since Pascal is gone
and Severide is out,
you're next in command, right?
Yeah.
So technically,
I'm your assistant this shift.
I'd love to help in any way.
I'm pretty self-sufficient.
But I am sure something will come up.
Have you heard anything from
the CFD about your position?
Oh, with all the red tape
and bureaucracy I went through
to get here, good chance
it'll take at least that long
to get me out, right?
[ALARM BLARES]
Truck 81, Ambulance 61,
motor vehicle accident, 8173 Goshen.
Gotta go.
And
[SIRENS WAILING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- Hey, medics, stay back.
- Copy.
Hey, what idiot contractor
doesn't check the weather
before he pours concrete?
♪
Hey, can you hear me?
[GROANS]
All right, we got one conscious victim.
Hold on. We're going to get you out, OK?
[GRUNTS]
- Hey, Lieutenant.
- Yeah?
- Come take a look at this.
- Hang tight.
♪
What?
All right. Herrmann, Ballard, fan out.
Find the other victim.
- You got it.
- Copy.
Go that way.
♪
Get me the Jaws and cribbing.
Copy.
Hey, we're going to get you out soon
and we're looking for your passenger.
Oh, no, no, no. It's OK. It's just me.
♪
We got no victims out here
and no witnesses that saw anything.
- Got anybody?
- Nothing.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Hey, rip a section of this fence off.
Use it as a platform
for the medics, all right?
Got it. Go grab a saw.
♪
What's the plan?
All right, we can't go through it,
we'll go over it.
All right.
[JAWS WHIRRING]
♪
Here we go, here we go.
[TOOLS WHIRRING]
All right, I got one.
- I'm in.
- All right.
♪
OK.
Hang on. Try not to move, OK?
We're gonna have our medics
come in and take a look at you.
OK.
Heads up! We're coming in!
Right under the door.
OK.
There we go.
- All right, come on in.
- All right.
We got it.
Hey, what's your name?
- Adam.
- All right, Adam.
Can you tell us what hurts?
It's my head.
It's spinning.
Heart rate's elevated.
All right, I'm going
to get this C-collar on you.
There. Tilt your head for me.
All right, we gotta get him to Med.
He's got signs of a concussion
and could be internal bleeding.
- Yeah.
- Let's load him up.
All right. Watch your head.
Lay straight back.
All right, on three.
One, two, three.
♪
OK, buddy. All right.
♪
[TOOL WHIRRING]
Adam, are you sure there was
no one else in the car with you?
Just me.
All right.
♪
- Hey, Lieutenant.
- Yeah.
I mean, you think
could have been someone
coming up to check on him?
Footsteps leading one way
away from the vehicle?
♪
Oh, check it out.
Both of those airbags deployed.
There's a bag on the floor.
Think the car could have
registered that as a passenger?
Yeah, it can happen. Most cars
come with weighted sensors nowadays.
♪
Lucy.
Mm?
- Was this you?
- What?
The heat is back on.
Oh, yeah.
Facilities came by and they cleared
a blocked combustion intake
in the HVAC system.
OK. What's your secret?
- [CHUCKLES]
- Eh?
You have a cousin in Facilities?
Blackmail material on someone
in Admin Services?
Because they have never
responded this fast
in the history of the CFD.
I learned a few tricks working for
my family's construction company.
If they think the top boss
might be doing a drop-by,
suddenly everything gets done.
And I did hear something
about the commissioner
doing random firehouse visits,
so it's possible
he's coming by here today.
Right?
[CHUCKLING] Oh.
♪
That woman is a national treasure
and must be protected at all costs.
Wow.
OK, end of shift.
I don't want to see a trace
of dry concrete on the cab.
Oh, don't worry, by the time we're done,
you'll be able to eat off
the floorboards.
[GRUNTS]
And I just cleaned all my gear.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Larry.
What the hell? I was trying
to get you all morning.
Yeah, I know.
I'm sorry I couldn't call you back,
but you can't have your phone on
while you're filming.
[CHUCKLING] So
Filming? What are you talking about?
I'm shooting a commercial today.
The firehouse is on the way
to the next location.
I figured I'd just swing by.
Better to have this talk
in person anyway.
This is about my settlement, isn't it?
What? No, no, no, no.
Your settlement's fine. No.
I'm here about the commercial.
Your message said it was urgent.
It is.
I got one day to get
this spot in the can
and I just lost my lead,
so I'm kind of in a bind here.
You see what I'm getting at here?
[CHUCKLES]
Unfortunately, I do.
Look, this is not a big production.
All I'm asking you to do
is just tell your story
about how I helped you, which I did.
- Yes.
- Right?
Yes, no, you did.
But, Larry, I I'm no actor.
That's the whole point!
People want authenticity these days,
and what's better than
a real firefighter
with a sympathetic story?
So you would want me to what?
I mean, you know, say what
happened with the fire, or
Uh, you don't have to worry
about the words.
My paralegal, she minored
in screenwriting, something.
She'll whip up something simple for you.
We'll come back later today,
we'll knock this thing out.
It's going to be real easy.
I don't know.
Larry, this
this isn't what I do.
Christopher, you run into
burning buildings for a living.
What's a couple of lines
in front of a camera?
[LAUGHING]
Come on. [LAUGHS]
See you after lunch.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Call's bugging you, too, huh?
It just doesn't add up.
I'm looking over old reports
of malfunctioning airbags,
the the the counterfeit ones
we just came across?
Just anything to explain it.
Yeah, and I was thinking the
backpack was in the passenger seat
and that's what triggered the airbag.
- Mm-hmm.
- Then the seatbelt alert
would have been dinging
the whole time, right?
Which would drive a person crazy.
I mean, when it happens to me,
I put the bag on the floor in the back.
Mm-hmm, but then the airbag
wouldn't have deployed.
And you're sure the footprints
only went one way?
There wasn't another set
coming up to the car
or to maybe overlapping?
I'm pretty sure, yeah.
And someone could get out?
Like, the cement wasn't as high
on the passenger side?
No, the way the car slid in,
it was only piled up on the driver side.
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
Hey.
Did anyone else come in
from that accident?
Not that we could find.
How's the driver doing?
There were mild signs of concussions,
so they're doing a CT scan
and keeping him for observation
just to make sure.
What if the concussion's
what caused the memory loss?
Big enough to forget someone
else was in the car with you?
I mean, brief memory gaps
are one of the hallmark signs
of even mild concussions,
but they're usually minutes or seconds
before or after an accident like that.
Mm. Anterograde or retrograde amnesia.
And there would have
been stronger confusion,
disorientation, lack of balance.
His case seemed pretty mild.
Yeah.
All right, grab Herrmann and Ballard.
We're going to go out for a run.
- Copy.
- Hey, thanks.
- Yeah.
- Heidi?
Hey.
You forgot your good luck
sweatshirt at my place.
Don't worry. I didn't wash it.
Oh, thank you.
Um, Heidi, you have to meet Violet.
I've heard so much about you.
Same, girl.
[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]
That cutie must be the one
you have a thing for.
[SCOFFS]
Uh, I I I said crush, not thing.
And there's a difference, right?
Yeah, totally.
Well, whatever you want
to call it, he's a hottie.
Yeah.
[SIGHS]
Hey, Adam.
So we're the firefighters
who helped pull you
out of the car this morning.
Yeah, I remember.
I never got to thank you.
Oh, hey, it's our job.
We just wanted to see how you're doing,
follow up on a few things
for our report.
Yeah, like,
how'd you end up crashing
your car in the first place?
You know, I think we saw a dog
and I, uh, I swerved out
of the way so that we could
We saw a dog?
Well, I just mean there were
people on the street.
Maybe the dog's owner.
Actually, there were no witnesses.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
So who was in the car with you, Adam?
Nobody was in the car with me.
I told you.
[GROANS SOFTLY]
My, uh, head's messed up.
They've got me on these, uh,
these painkillers.
I think I need more.
[ELECTRONIC BEEP]
♪
I'm sorry, but I can't answer
any more questions right now.
♪
OK.
Well, feel better, all right?
Mm-hmm.
♪
Well, he's lying,
because somebody was
definitely in that car.
Where are they?
♪
OK, let's say someone was
in the car and they ran away.
If they were hurt, maybe they
went to another hospital?
Yeah, we could check with Lakeshore
or some nearby urgent cares.
We could do that, yeah,
but there are, like,
a dozen car wrecks
every hour in the city.
If they ran, chances are
they're not telling the truth.
I can't stop thinking
was there some reason that they weren't
supposed to be in Adam's car?
I mean, maybe they're in danger.
We're the ones who responded.
I feel like it's our
responsibility to find them.
No, you're right. There's just
not enough to get PD involved.
And we contaminated the scene.
The driver, he's sticking to his story.
[SIGHS]
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
The backpack that was
in the passenger side
what if that belongs to the
person who was sitting there?
Well, if we could get a hold of it,
see what's inside, maybe
we could find out ourselves.
[SIGHS] I'm sure they
towed the car out by now.
Yes, probably, but
I have just the person
to track down the vehicle
and get it for us.
♪
Hey.
Look at that.
These your lines for the commercial?
Those aren't lines,
that's a damn speech.
Think the term you're
looking for is monologue.
Larry specifically said
a short testimonial,
and there is no way
that I can memorize that
before they get here.
I still can't believe you
agreed to this in the first place.
Every excuse that I had,
Larry had an answer for,
which is why you never
argue with a lawyer.
Well, he did manage to get you
a pretty hefty payout,
so least you can do, right?
At this point,
I'd be willing to give it
all back to get out of this.
Hey, who knows? Maybe this
could be a new career path for you.
Steve Buscemi was a firefighter
before he became an actor.
Oh, you think he'd be willing
to take my place?
I'll leave the actor to prepare.
[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]
[PANTING]
♪
Victim out!
[TIMER BEEPS]
53 seconds.
Guys, I know all of you
can do better than that.
Let's run it again.
[SIGHS]
You found it?
Just had to find the right impound lot.
Car was still on the truck.
Trickiest part was trying to
convince the guy to let me have it.
Vasquez.
I had to sweet talk him, work him a bit,
say that I was picking it up
for the owner.
Well, technically, that is not a lie.
That is exactly what we hope to do.
Oh, well, that's good.
Dodged a karmic bullet there.
So what are you looking for?
Just something that helps us
ID who this might belong to.
OK. So it looks like a young female.
♪
That might do the trick.
You think she's in trouble?
I don't know.
OK, let's load up.
We can clean this up later.
Copy.
Thank you.
♪
Oh, Herrmann.
You might want to take these,
get your lines down.
Thanks a lot.
♪
It was really nice getting to
meet Heidi. She seems great.
She is. Yeah.
It's been nice getting
to hang with her more often.
It's funny she knew who Vasquez was.
I guess I described him pretty well.
[CHUCKLES]
[CLEARS THROAT]
I know you said your your thing
for him is just a crush,
but is it possible that,
you know, maybe it's more?
Obviously, you can tell me.
Maybe it is?
It's weird, though because,
when he first started here,
I I thought there was
a vibe between us.
You know? Like a spark?
- Yeah.
- But then something changed.
Like he's not feeling it anymore
and I don't know what happened
or what I did.
I'm sure it's not you, no.
I mean, he was so worried when
you had that hazmat exposure.
And we haven't been on
the same shift since.
So you know, maybe it's just
a hangover from all that.
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
No, it started before that.
Like a couple of months ago.
[NOTIFICATIONS CHIME]
Hey, it looks like
our new stretcher is ready
and we can pick it up.
Lucy strikes again.
- Wow, yeah, she's doing a lot.
- [CHUCKLES]
Like, maybe too much.
What's really her deal?
- Because nobody is that good.
- OK, stop.
There are truly good people out there.
Like us.
- We're amazing.
- Mm-hmm.
♪
I thought I knew it all when I was 18,
but the older I get,
the more high school kids
look like actual kids.
Yeah, let's just hope that she
hasn't changed her hair color
and still looks like her photo.
Oh, god.
Oh, is that her?
Mm-mm.
No. Lot of clones, though.
Thank you, social media.
Vasquez.
Hey, Claire?
Hi.
Can we talk to you for a minute?
Sure.
So we're firefighters.
I'm Stella, this is Sal.
OK.
So why did you leave the scene
of the accident this morning?
[CHUCKLES] What accident?
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Look, we know you were in the car.
♪
It's all right. We're here to help.
Are you in danger?
Is this Adam guy
is he the reason you ran?
♪
OK, yeah.
I was there and I left.
♪
Look, I didn't want to leave,
but Adam was, like, insistent.
I mean, he's my best friend
and we grew up on the same street
and he's like a brother to me, and
Look, Claire, just take a breath, OK?
Just walk us through it.
We're not here to punish you.
That dog came out of nowhere.
And then we were, like,
swerving and skidding out of control.
And we crashed into that garage.
As soon as we kind of realized
what happened,
Adam just kept telling me
to get out and run.
So I panicked and I did what he said.
It was so crazy.
We weren't sure
how much trouble we'd be in.
Why did he think you'd be in trouble?
♪
I just got into West Point for the fall,
which is, like,
a huge deal in my family.
Mm.
My father went there.
My grandfather, too, actually.
[SNIFFLES]
♪
My father gave this to me
when I was six.
Told me never to lose it.
- It's called a
- A challenge coin.
Yeah.
Yeah, we have those, too.
♪
I spent my whole life focused
on getting into West Point.
Just like my dad. [SNIFFLES]
And I'm an adult now.
I just turned 18,
so I got to keep my nose clean.
If I get in any trouble,
they'll take away
my West Point admission.
It'll kill my dad.
So what happens next?
So we still need
to report this to the police
and they may want
to speak to you as a witness.
Hey, if the police need to talk to me
and it gets back to school and
to West Point, I'm going to
Claire, Claire, I'm sorry, but we
we have to write what actually happened.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
Me and my family, we lost everything
when our house burned down,
but it wasn't our fault.
Hold on. That's not how it starts.
What? Yes, it is.
No, the line is,
when my house burned down,
me and my family, we lost everything.
But I just can't get these
damn words to stick in my head.
You know, when I had
to learn my wedding vows,
I used this thing called
the rule of seven.
You say each line seven times.
You'll remember it forever.
So we just do it one line at a time?
Exactly.
You get the first line down,
then you move on to the next.
Makes it more manageable that way.
Rule of seven? I like that.
Want to take it from the top?
Uh, yeah.
All right, what
what's the first line again?
Hey.
Any luck finding the girl?
Yes, and she's totally fine, thank god.
She just, you know, thought she might
get in trouble, so
she skedaddled from the scene.
- Mm.
- Yeah.
And how's the memorizing going?
Want to run your lines?
No, there's no need.
I'm off book.
- Whoa.
- Yeah.
And ahead of schedule.
Yeah, well, thanks
to the rule of seven here.
Herrmann, this came while you were gone.
- What is it?
- It's from Larry's paralegal.
She said they made
some revisions to the script?
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
The whole damn thing has been rewritten!
I mean, everything is different.
What the hell?
Can they do this?
Oh, I see.
They're leaning into
the firefighter angle.
It's it's actually way better.
What? Who cares if it's better?
It's not what I memorized.
[ALARM BLARES]
Ambulance 61, person down
from unknown causes.
364 Hawthorne.
Fire Department.
Hurry. He's over here.
♪
Tell us what happened, ma'am.
My dad, he was gasping for air
and then he just stopped breathing.
I checked his pulse.
I didn't feel anything.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- Grab the monitor.
- OK.
♪
[MACHINE BEEPING]
- He's in V-fib. Charge to 200.
- OK.
[MACHINE WHIRRING]
Clear.
Oh, my god, Dad.
[BEEPING]
- Sinus rhythm.
- Uh-huh.
- I have a faint pulse.
- Is that good?
♪
Bri, what's happening?
What are they doing?
Stop. Stop working on him.
Our dad has a do-not-resuscitate order.
[STEADY BEEP]
He's back in V-fib.
We lost the pulse. What do we do?
We need to keep working him.
Didn't you hear what I just said?
Please stop.
Unless we can see
the do-not-resuscitate order,
we have to keep working him.
It's right here. Just hang on.
- OK.
- Can't believe you called 911.
He couldn't breathe! He was in pain!
I didn't know what else to do!
I have been the one
taking care of him by myself.
I see him in pain every day, Bri.
And I told you what he wanted.
How could you do this?
♪
Charge to 300.
Clear.
♪
- [BEEPING]
- It's here.
♪
Now stop.
I got a pulse.
[SIGHS]
Let's get him in the chair
and transport him.
Where are you taking him?
We have to get him to the hospital.
It's protocol.
♪
This isn't what he wanted.
[SOMBER DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- Lieutenant.
- Hey.
- You hand in that report yet?
Just finishing it up right now.
Why?
[SIGHS]
This whole situation, it's, uh
it's hanging on me.
Look, I I would never
tell you what to do.
But I can tell you this. I was Claire.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
My whole life, I wanted to be
a cop just like my dad.
[SIGHS] I even carried
his challenge coin
around with me just like her.
It's just a constant reminder
to just stay on the path.
Just not screw it up.
♪
And then one twist of fate
threw it all away.
♪
To be honest, I would have
killed for a second chance.
So maybe
just maybe, that might be
something Claire deserves.
♪
There was nothing else
we could do, right?
No.
Doesn't make it any easier, though.
I mean, he wanted to die at home.
Now he's here.
Did you want to come in?
You're welcome to.
No, we just wanted to check
on him and on all of you.
Maybe my sister was right
and I shouldn't have called 911 at all.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
But you gave me a little more
time with someone that I love.
And honestly,
don't we all wish we had that?
♪
So thank you.
♪
Lucy's out front
if you're looking for her.
They're setting up for the commercial.
No, I was just turning in my report.
Or I was about to.
Something still not sitting right?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
I never thought
I'd admit this in public.
Pascal gave good advice.
[CHUCKLES]
He wasn't warm and fuzzy,
but yeah, man had strong instincts.
And he sacrificed a lot for us.
Anything you want to talk through?
Thanks.
But I think I got it.
Which is what he would have told me.
Hey, did Herrmann ever
get those lines down?
I saw him pacing in the hallway.
- Lot of cursing.
- [CHUCKLES]
I'm looking for a poster board
to make some cue cards.
Just in case.
Mm.
Oh, you got to be kidding me.
This is quite the production.
I didn't realize this was,
like, a real, legit commercial.
I didn't either.
How you doing on the new script?
Not good. I can't get
the old version out of my head.
This damn rule of seven.
- Christopher, right?
- Yeah.
I'm Rob. I'm the director.
Let me show you to your mark.
OK, so you're going
to stand right there,
and then what's going to happen
is we're going to tilt down from
the firehouse and land on you.
I'm going to give actor-action
and then we're going to subtly push in
while you say your lines.
That all make sense?
I I got the standing part.
[CHUCKLES] Just say your lines
when we point at you
- and you'll be great.
- OK.
OK, Larry's going to be here
in a couple minutes.
And picture's up, all right?
Oh, and, uh, no pressure,
but I do have two more
testimonials to shoot
after this, and we're losing daylight,
so let's try to nail it, huh?
Hey, there. Do you need some help?
Yeah.
Um, I was the driver
in a car accident this morning.
I'm looking for Lieutenant Kidd.
Of course, yeah. Come with me.
Ah, there's my star!
[CHUCKLING] Hey.
You really saved my ass here. Thank you.
Eh, don't thank me yet.
[CHUCKLING] All right.
Hey, let's roll it!
- Roll camera.
- OK.
[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]
And
Hang on, hang on. Just give me one sec.
[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
OK.
I'm ready.
And action.
Your house is on fire
and you can't save it.
It's every firefighter's
worst nightmare.
For me, it was a reality.
A faulty stove burned
my family's home to the ground.
But with Uncle Larry's help,
not only did we get justice,
we got to rebuild.
Thanks, Uncle Larry.
♪
That's how you do it!
[LAUGHS]
We got it!
Hey! Cut, print. Moving on.
All right, people, let's pack it up.
♪
Did did you did you see that?
I got it in one take.
Herrmann, that was unbelievable.
Where did that even come from?
Oh, I don't know. I just, like
all of a sudden, I
I got in the zone.
Hell, yeah, you were.
- Eat your heart out, Buscemi.
- [LAUGHS]
♪
I heard you went to see Claire.
You told us you were
the only one in the car.
I know, but for good reason, though.
Claire told us why.
The whole West Point of it all.
So then you get why I wanted
to leave her out of it.
Look, I screwed up.
I lost control of the car.
It was my fault.
And, you know, I'm nobody special.
After I graduate, I'm just
going to work for my cousin.
He's got this, like, pub in River North.
But Claire
has been gunning for West Point
her whole life.
♪
She deserves this.
♪
No, she doesn't.
♪
Adam, you're still lying to us.
- What do you mean?
- Vasquez.
♪
You keep saying Claire deserves this,
that she belongs somewhere
like West Point.
Then why is she letting you
take the fall for this?
She's not letting me do anything.
The belt burn on your shoulder, Adam
I should have caught it at the hospital.
Your gown must have been covering it up,
but if you were behind the wheel,
it'd be on your left shoulder.
♪
So Claire was driving?
♪
She's the one who crashed the car.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
Yeah, he admitted that
his friend was the one driving.
It's all in my incident report,
which I'll send over shortly.
Of course.
Yeah. Thank you, Officer.
All right.
So he says as long as Adam
and Claire both come clean
the way Adam promised that they would,
they will not be charged
with a felony insurance fraud.
- That's good.
- Yeah.
But Claire's still going
to get a misdemeanor
since she left the scene
of an accident as the driver,
which I can only imagine
will get back to West Point.
[SIGHS] Yeah,
they'll revoke her acceptance.
Showing integrity,
taking accountability
it's all a part of their credo.
- Mm.
- [SIGHS]
Who knows?
Maybe this will lead her
to a better place.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] I hope so.
Really nice work, Vasquez.
♪
And
It's not too late for you if you wanted
to join the police academy.
What?
Look, Claire's situation and yours,
they're not the same.
Claire is the one who made the mistake
that changed her entire future.
You did not.
And honestly,
the way that you tracked down
all that evidence
the footprints, the book bag,
and the shoulder burn,
it's obvious you got the skills.
♪
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Lieutenant, thank you, but, uh,
I'm a firefighter.
This is where I'm meant to be.
♪
OK.
♪
That's a pretty big sacrifice
he was willing to make for a friend.
Yeah. I get the feeling
he kind of worshipped her.
And I respect what
he was trying to do in a way,
but at the end of the day,
keeping secrets
even if the intentions are good,
people can get hurt.
Yeah.
Want another drink?
Oh, and where are Vasquez
and Novak tonight?
Novak was going to
hang out with her sister.
And Vasquez, uh, no idea.
Mm.
I would love another drink.
Thank you.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hey.
Oh, wow.
That's great. Yeah.
All right.
- Hey.
- Hey.
That was Uncle Larry.
He just said the commercial
aired during the game.
- [CHUCKLES]
- That was fast.
- Yeah.
- Well, come on.
Can we queue it up on there?
We got a DVR, right?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Where's the remote?
Gimme
Thank you.
Yeah, here we go.
Come on.
Channel 6, 7?
There we go. There we go.
Go, go, go, go. Come on.
You sure you don't want Kidd to do it?
- 'Cause I could.
- Here we go.
- Yeah, I got the fast forward.
- [CHUCKLES]
Hey, everybody, shut up! Here it is!
Call Uncle Larry,
'cause I'm not just family,
I'm your legal guardian.
Uncle Larry said my slip
and fall wasn't my fault.
OK, OK, let's get to the good stuff.
Listen to your Uncle Larry.
'Cause if you want a settlement
We got it!
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I don't believe it.
Oh, hey, look, Herrmann.
I got the tagline.
How 'bout that?
That's a good thing?
Are you kidding me? That's great.
That's what people are gonna remember.
And your speech?
You worked so hard on it.
- You're
- Eh, that was a downer.
I mean, hey, we got it!
That's what people are
going to be saying.
And, hey, he came up
with that line, too.
Well, don't let the fame go to your head
because I still need you on Truck.
I mean, if Hollywood calls me,
what am I going to do?
Say no?
Hey
to we got it.
Hey!
- Hey!
- ALL: We got it!
Aww.
So I put on some of that
celery salt mix you have.
Very sophisticated.
Hey, I'm swanky. You know this about me.
Hey, I'm sorry I said that thing
about the guy in front
of your partner yesterday.
Kind of just flew out of my mouth.
Oh, no, it's it's fine.
I trust Violet with my life.
That's really awesome.
So what's on tap?
"Botched"? "Antiques Roadshow"?
So many options.
Actually, um
I was thinking,
and if you don't want to,
it's it's no problem,
but, um, I found all these videos
of when we were younger and
and I transferred them to my phone.
One of them is really silly.
It's Mom teaching us
how to square dance.
[LAUGHS]
Oh.
Uh, wow.
Oh, we don't have to.
It's it's no problem.
Uh, no, sorry.
Um, I just wasn't expecting that.
♪
Um
but sure.
Why not?
I haven't looked at any
of that stuff in so long.
Right?
Me neither, and I, uh
I figured it would be nice
to do together, you know?
Yeah.
You just watch me do-si-do
the hell out of my big sister.
[SCOFFS] OK.
There's nothing silly about that.
- It was a legit smackdown.
- [CHUCKLES]
[LAUGHTER AND CHATTER ON PHONE]
[GUNFIRE]
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]