I need a trauma surgeon for a possible amputation.
How long on that surgeon?
We need to pull back. It's gonna give.
Previously on Chicago Fire...
Glad you're back, Herrmann.
We're a better house with you here. Thanks, Chief.
This is Nicki Rutkowski.
Hello.
She is gonna be working with us next month.
Her father is one of my oldest friends.
Hey. Hey.
Do you maybe wanna hook up for a beer?
Peter Mills, are you gay? Me? No.
Because I am.
Did you hear about Hallie and Casey? What?
That maybe they're splitting up.
I've been thinking...
What if we simplify things,
start fresh, put it all aside,
and live every day like it could be the last.
Hey Hey.
I need something.
It's the last one. Yeah...
I mean it.
Oh, no. Pull my legs.
What the hell just happened?
Ah, the damn thing's fried.
Two hours left in the shift and no calls yet.
That happen very often?
He did not just say that.
Accident, Truck 81, Squad 3.
Mills...
Pitcher's got a no-hitter going in the eighth inning,
do you go up to him and say, "Looks like you got a no-hitter going?"
No, but...
Don't do it at the damn firehouse, either.
Yeah, I got it.
Stabilize the van!
Jammed.
Anybody get ejected?
See if you can get a pulse over here?
Got one here!
I'm okay. I'm all right. Whoa.
Field-test this idiot.
Open containers right there.
I'll take care of it.
She's going! She's going!
What happened?
Stabilize her!
Trimming!
You got it.
Let's go!
Give us ten more seconds, boys.
You got eight.
Hey, sir, just sit tight for me there, all right?
Don't try and unbuckle yourself.
Is he all right? My son!
He's not saying anything.
Yeah, he's alive, sir. Oh, thank God.
We're gonna need a second ambo.
Two more. Driver of the first car over there.
I need two back boards. Open up the doors!
- Too tight? - Yeah!
Ah! We're gonna go through the windshield.
- Get me a pick head. - Coming up.
What happened?
You're gonna be okay, buddy.
Hockey fan, huh?
We were headed to Evanston for his tournament.
You okay, Mikey?
Yeah, I think so. What happened?
Be careful! Be careful!
Vehicle stabilized.
I'll be right back.
Sir, you're coming out first, all right?
Where's the driver?
Uh, some officers took him to the hospital.
You're kidding me.
No, he was complaining of leg pain
and you guys looked swamped over there so...
He should have been C-collared and transported properly.
My bad.
Did you bag the beer cans?
Look...
Detective Voight behind me, the guy in the jacket,
that was his son driving this car.
Hey, you want some coffee?
No, I'm gonna go hit the gym. I'll see you at the firehouse.
All right. How's your arm?
It's good.
It's fine.
All right. Well, you should get it looked at, you know, Kelly.
It could act up at the wrong time.
No, absolutely.
I'm planning on doing that. All right, I'll see you later.
Bye.
There you go.
Dude, I'm sorry, but I ordered crispy bacon.
And this ain't crispy.
Where's the hot waitress?
Oh, I mean you're cute and everything.
I'll be right back with your bacon, sir.
Elise, I can't wait for Mom. I gotta go.
Then go.
Table eight.
Where you going? It's work, Mom. My real job.
Well, Samantha just called in sick.
Mom, I'll cover it. We'll be fine.
You can switch shifts with somebody at the firehouse.
Mom...
I'm a candidate. You know that they can bounce me like that.
I...
I have to go.
Fine, go.
You're late!
Oh, good afternoon, candidate.
Sorry. First he blows a no-hitter,
now he's coming in five minutes late.
So much for Employee of the Week.
It won't happen again. I promise.
Get changed out. Let's go.
You know, you were the candidate up until two weeks ago.
Why you riding him so hard?
The abused abuse.
Cruz.
Good morning.
Uh-oh.
We're either in trouble or he wants something.
You got a sec?
Later.
What's up?
Is your brother still working in Vice?
Yeah.
Could you see if he can swing by here real quick?
Sure.
All your hookers get locked up last night?
Yeah, my whole stable.
I just got a question for him.
Oh, yeah. I'll give him a call.
Okay. Everything all right?
Yeah, yeah.
Okay.
Hey, Lieutenant.
Hi.
I wanted you to know that I just completed the last of my tech courses
and I reached my Squad certification.
That's great. Good job.
Yeah, three years, busting my hump, but I got it done.
And so I'm putting in a transfer from Truck
and I wanted to get your blessing.
Why do you want to come over to Squad?
Where I want to end up,
Squad's the best place in terms of a stepping stone to getting promoted. I...
Let me stop you right there.
Vargas, if that's your reason for coming over...
It ain't. That came out wrong.
The promotion stuff, that's down the road.
It's way down the road.
Absolutely.
That ain't gonna cut it.
The sign's out front. Just a matter of time
till a Good Samaritan steps up.
We can do that?
Oh, yeah. It's frowned upon,
but it's not illegal, per standards and procedures.
Last year we got the new...
What was it? Microwave.
We got the new microwave by doing this.
It took three months to get the new microwave.
The Bears game is this Sunday.
What do we got in the treasury box?
Dick.
We spent it all on the elliptical machine so Shay could keep her ass toned.
Oh, Herrmann, please. Everyone benefits from me having a toned ass.
Mills, you're in charge of a fundraiser for a new TV.
Instead of cooking?
In conjunction with cooking.
I believe it's called multi-tasking.
Can you get some ideas together, ASAP?
Casey.
He in? On the phone.
You can leave it with me, though.
Hey, um, tomorrow night,
I don't know if you have plans,
but me and some girlfriends are going to see Kaskade
at the Vic, if you're interested.
What's Kaskade?
Oh.
He's a DJ.
Famous one.
Yeah, um...
Look, I'm not really known for my self-restraint,
so I'll need you to meet me halfway here
and respect Boden and your dad's wishes.
Who wants to be known as the rat fireman who took down a cop's kid?
What's the cop's name? Detective Voight.
Aye-yi.
What's the problem?
Voight's been hip-deep in the Gang Unit for 15 years.
He's been investigated for taking bribes and...
Look, he's a dirty cop.
The kind of guy who gives the rest of us a bad name.
Okay.
Well, I saw what I saw. The question is, did anyone else see it?
I'll ask around, put some feelers out.
Wait to hear from me.
'Cause I'm telling you as a friend of my sister's,
you do not want to mess with this dude.
Lieutenant Casey! Chief wants to see you in his office.
Okay. Whatever you can do, I'd appreciate it.
How long you been dating this guy?
What? Antonio, what do you...
Where do you come up with this stuff? You're trippin'.
I'm not. I'm...
He's taken.
Ah. So.
All right.
Well, I'll be in touch.
Are you being straight with him?
If anything, I downplayed it.
Your boy's messing with a stick of dynamite.
Then do your job and help him out.
Incident Report from that T-bone last shift.
I got Severide's, where's yours?
Right. I've been buried in paperwork and...
On my desk by the end of this shift.
Is that going to be a problem?
Not at all.
Neighborhood hot dog eating contest.
Nah. Too tacky.
And putting a sign out front begging for a TV is what?
She's got a point.
Okay, how about a T-shirt booth in the driveway?
We already sell T-shirts.
Yeah, but, I mean, no one can ever find the key to the cabinet,
Herrmann never has change in the treasury box.
It's a pain in the ass.
So, we put the shirts out front and display them properly.
I don't know how that's going to generate enough money.
And... And we get Nicki to man the booth.
Ding. Done.
Now, that is called putting it over the goal line, Peter Mills.
Why don't you put her in a bikini while you're at it?
Now, before I respond, are you joking or serious?
About as serious as putting you in a bikini.
That's what I thought.
So, yes, a bikini would be ridiculous and we get the joke.
So what do you think, Casey? T-shirt stand?
Or should we have Mills here
run a few laps around the block and think about some alternatives?
Everybody on the floor. We're gonna do a drill.
Mills, listen up.
This is a Downed Firefighter Assessment.
Fellow firefighter is gonna be on the floor
in full gear with his PASS alarm going off.
You crawl in from 10 feet away,
deactivate his alarm, check for air flow,
call in a May Day on your radio,
then drag the victim to the extraction point,
which will be the North Gate.
Okay.
All with a blacked out face mask to simulate zero visibility.
Okay.
There's no showing up late to this one, candidate. Huh?
I've got two masks.
The slowest time has to mop the apparatus floor.
Time 'em.
Let's go, gentlemen. Gear up!
Hey, Hal. What's going on?
Lunch break. You eaten yet?
No. Come on.
Hey, Gabriela. Oh! Hallie. Good seeing you.
You, too.
Hey, this came in for you earlier.
Thanks.
You look pleased with yourself.
Downed Firefighter Assessment, new house record.
Oh, yeah? How's Otis taking it?
I don't know. But the floor was looking pretty dirty. So...
Is that a little cockiness I sense there, Peter Mills?
It can't be cocky if you can back it up.
Oh, really?
Well, a lotta candidates with skills get their day in the sun,
but how they handle themselves the other 364,
that's what keeps them around.
I will take that under advisement.
What happened to the passengers in the other car?
I don't know.
They were alert when we got 'em backboarded and into the ambos.
It was a dad and his son.
What was the last name?
Duffy.
A son, 16?
On his way to a hockey tournament?
Yeah.
You heard something?
Baby... What? Just...
Tell me.
It's a complete L-2 fracture.
He's paralyzed, waist down.
We just got a TV donated.
Flatscreen. Still in the box.
Cop over at the 35th Precinct donated it.
Oh, yeah, baby!
Oh! Yeah!
Who's it from?
Detective Voight. He saw your sign.
What's that, a 40-inch? A forty-three.
Oh, goddamn!
Whoo!
Take it back.
No, no, no, don't worry.
Voight went through all the channels and had it donated to the city,
but specified that it come here
so the Bureau bitches aren't gonna freak out.
Send it back.
Sure.
You got it.
Is that something you need to bring me in on?
Yeah.
Evites are so impersonal.
Leave it on.
Girl, you are barking up the wrong tree.
Yeah? Prove it.
Jumper. Squad 3, Truck 81, Ambulance 61.
Still alive?
Yeah, but if he wanted to be dead before, I guarantee he wants it now.
- How high? - Fourth floor.
I'll call ahead to St. Mary's,
tell them to prep for spinal trauma and multiple broken bones.
It's not like that. The poor bastard impaled himself.
Holy smokes.
We've got a pulse!
We need two ladders and a rope bag.
You pull him off, he bleeds out, right here, right now.
Chief?
Get the K-12. We're cutting him down.
Pump some water on that steel so it doesn't overheat.
He's gonna arrest!
Talk to the saw, not me!
You're going to be all right. Just try and stay still.
He can't hear you. He's in shock.
Hold that.
All right, get ready! He's coming down!
Three, two, one.
- Everybody good? - Yeah.
I got it.
Whoa!
He's going into V-fib, we've gotta pull the fence.
What happened to "we pull it, he dies?"
We got to get his heart back on rhythm,
but there's no way I'm shocking him until we get this iron out first.
Severide! Yo!
Pull it away. Go.
All right, hit it!
On me. Ready, pull!
One, two, three!
Pull them out for me.
Okay, here we go.
Shocking on two. Stand by. Clear!
Hitting him again at 360. Stand by.
Clear.
Rhythm.
He's got a pulse. Okay, get him in!
Forty-year-old male, suicide attempt.
Fell from four stories, impaled on a fence.
You removed it on scene? He went into V-fib. Had to yank.
Two shocks on the monitor brought him back.
Let's get him into One.
I'll be right back.
Kendra.
Hey, you. Hey.
Missed you on Saturday.
Yeah, I was working. How was it?
Food was good.
But I don't know why Kim's still with Kristin.
All they do is pick at each other.
I mean, enough already, you know?
Yeah, I know, believe me.
Listen...
I need a big favor.
You got any ibuprofen?
Yes, indeedy. How many you want?
Five.
Here's two.
Seriously, too many can do serious damage to your kidneys, okay?
Don't come running to me when you're on dialysis in five years, okay?
Thanks.
Seriously, you look it up, ibuprofen and kidneys.
Okay.
A buddy of mine who works out of Voight's precinct
said nothing's come up in witness statements.
So you're trying to tell me no one else saw his kid drunk?
Hell, yes, other people saw his kid drunk.
But they were other cops who aren't about to go up against Voight.
Well, I would rather my guy not be the only one
with his head above the foxhole on this one.
I understand.
The passenger in the other car isn't gonna walk again.
I know. I know.
Look, give me till the end of the shift.
But if I come up empty...
Voight's been pulling his son out of things like this since the kid was 15.
Lot of people had to turn the other way,
and I'm just telling you,
if it was Gabby who was in your shoes...
And I'm not proud to admit this,
but I'd tell her to stay out of it.
Those tomatoes are only good for another day or so.
Elise, I'm done at the restaurant.
I mean, I came in late at the beginning of a shift...
That ain't gonna happen again.
Mom has just gotta deal with it.
Then tell her.
Well, I'm going to. But I need you to back me up, okay?
I mean, you know what's going on here, right?
Of course. Why do you think I've been there on every day off?
You think I like slinging hash?
Hey. What's up?
Lieutenant Severide, this is my sister, Elise.
Nice to meet you. You, too.
Mom has got to realize that Dad loved being a firefighter.
And I'm not gonna run from something I want to do with my life
just to make her feel better.
Then reassure her. Well, how?
I don't know. She's scared.
She doesn't want to lose you, too.
Hey! How are the T-shirts going?
Pretty good. Couple hundred bucks so far.
I'm almost out of Squad T-shirts though.
Well, what about Truck shirts?
Those are just kinda sitting there.
I think it's because of the goat emblems.
Not a big seller. Why a goat?
That's what I've been saying!
The goats are freakin killing us, guys.
I wouldn't mind an explanation from Casey
on the flatscreen of it all.
Drop it.
I didn't know your side job was the restaurant business, Mills.
For now. Phasing that out, though.
I think you're the only food-related side job we got in here,
'cause let's see, we got security guard, construction...
What about you? General entrepreneurship.
I was doing pretty good as a day trader, you know,
until all the trolls jumped onboard
and, you know, capsized it for guys like me.
You know, it's funny that you bring it up,
Peter Mills, because I'm actually circling an investment opportunity
that could be massive.
You know, and I might let you guys get in on it.
Well, what is it?
Nah. You guys are gonna have to wait 'cause, you know, I... Okay, fine.
Two words... Energy water.
Are you kidding me?
Greg Duffy?
I guess he was in a car accident the other day that you guys responded to?
Yeah. What about him?
He's outside.
Sir.
Sorry to barge in on you like this,
but my wife made this for you guys.
We really appreciate what you did.
And we know damn well it could have been worse
if the car had tipped over. So...
Thank you.
Sure Sure.
How's your son?
Yeah...
Well, you know,
Mikey's got a tough road ahead of him,
but we're gonna make it.
We're gonna be all right.
The other reason I came here is,
I don't know if there's anything you guys do
in terms of what you saw or piece together
based on what the accident scene looked like,
but the police report came back
saying I ran a red light, causing the accident.
And that's... that's... That's not what happened.
And I'm kind of at a loss in terms of how to fight it.
Last paragraph.
"Visibly drunk.
"Smelled alcohol on his breath.
"Saw open containers on the passenger seat."
Leaders lead from the front.
Oh, there he is, that prick.
Oh, they will let just about anybody in this place.
I got an urgent call from HQ
saying you guys didn't know your asses from a drip torch.
They wanted me to come down and show you how it's done.
Oh, come on, tell me about all that action you get out there in the suburbs?
Ah! Don't start now!
Hey, so how's Nicki doing for you there?
Well, she's great, Al.
She works hard, no drama, always got a positive attitude.
Fits right in. Everybody loves her. Ah, good, good.
Hey, I appreciate you doing this for me, buddy.
Ain't no thang.
Is she around? I told her I'd pick her up.
Our rig, it's got a cylinder on it that keeps on cracking.
Thirteen years old, can't get us a new one.
Come out to Naperville. We get a new rig every three years.
In the 'burbs.
Leave it on.
Any of you all seen Nicki?
Haven't, Chief. Sorry.
I'll check the kitchen. Be right back. All right.
Hi, Dad!
Hey. You're here early.
Zero traffic on the Ike, if you can believe it.
Oh. Oh!
You ready, kiddo? Yeah. Yeah, I...
I'm just gonna go grab my stuff. All right, sweetheart.
Great.
Hey. I need to talk to you. Hey.
That girl is in serious heat and I'm not Gandhi.
What? No.
About your arm. Here. Oh.
What's this? A friend of mine. I gave her a heads up.
Cool. Thanks.
Yeah, your appointment's after shift.
You said you were gonna get your arm looked at.
I know. I am. I will. I...
I am.
Okay, so, I basically feel like
you've been lying to me in order to get pain killers,
and that's not really a quality I look for in a friend and a roommate.
Part of me doesn't want to know.
I get it.
Of course. But the consultation's off the books.
Just you and I will know. And we'll figure it out.
All right.
Okay.
Hey, Casey.
What's up?
I just wanted to let you know that I reached my Squad certification.
Okay.
And I put in for a transfer.
So I just wanted you to know beforehand.
Vargas.
Congratulations, man. Seriously.
Severide will be lucky to have you.
I appreciate that.
Thank you.
You Casey?
Yeah.
I'm Hank Voight.
Got time for a drink?
A lot of cops got dinosaur arms when it comes to pulling their guns.
Not me.
I've always been aggressive.
It's the only way to get anything done in my line of work.
The reason I'm telling you this is...
I've put a lot of time into my job.
I cared about protecting this city and the people in it.
Maybe too much, 'cause...
I wasn't home a lot and I took my eye off my son.
That's on me.
But I am telling you right now,
I am gonna be up that kid's ass
until he gets his head on straight.
I'm gonna get him in a program, the whole deal.
You got my word on it.
Good to hear.
You know, the thing is, Justin... That's my son...
He's got some priors.
And this thing that happened the other night,
if there was alcohol involved, that's a felony
and he does time.
Real time.
Have you ever been to lock up?
You been to Statesville? You been to these places?
You don't want your kid there, trust me.
I'm sympathetic, but...
That's got nothing to do with me.
Sure it does.
You filed a report that said my son was drunk that night.
He was.
Well, I need you to retract it.
Let me tell ya,
I will owe you, big time.
And I'm a good guy to have a favor banked with.
The kid in the other car...
Did you know he's paralyzed?
Yeah, and it breaks my heart.
But there is no sense having two tragedies coming from that night.
And putting ten years on my son would be a tragedy
'cause he's a great guy.
I've been to Statesville.
Have you ever been to a spinal injury center?
Where the family watches their kid
drag his feet while gripping some parallel bars,
clinging to the fantasy that he'll walk again one day?
And the dad quits his job to help the mom care for him
and take a second mortgage out on their house to pay for it?
And on top of that,
they have to live with the shame that the police
and fire departments shoved a lie down their throat
that they caused the accident?
What you're asking me to do...
I'm not asking!
If you're not the kind of man to do a cop a favor,
then I can take this to the next level real easy.
It was the end of your shift, you were tired,
you got your paperwork mixed up, you got your calls mixed up.
There's a million excuses.
Pick one.
Because believe me,
you are gonna retract that statement.
'Cause if you don't, I swear to God...
Casey.
Chief.
Hey, Chief, can you give us a minute?
It's kind of a private conversation.
No. I'm good.
I'm not changing a word.
Honestly, I don't know how you're walking around right now, let alone working.
What happened?
Job-related. I figured it was just a pinched nerve.
It is.
Caused by a fracture in your C-5 vertebra. Right here.
Okay.
You're lucky that you can feel pain at all right now.
But, there's a surgery which can take pressure off the nerve, and...
How long would I be off work?
Full rehab is six months to a year.
How about without the surgery?
We're dealing with motor nerve damage, so there's no definitive timetable
but you can expect weakness of the hands,
you can expect muscle atrophy.
And then, if it deteriorates,
fasciculation.
Twitching of the hands, of the knees.
After that, you don't want to know.
My brother called,
asked if you were sure about what you were doing.
I told him, "You don't know Casey very well."
You holding up all right?
Yeah, yeah.
Good.
What would you have done?
I... You know, I went back and forth on this.
Especially with Antonio in my ear, but...
You want to know the honest answer?
Yeah.
If I held that information out of the report,
I thought about how I'd feel looking people I respect in the eye.
You know, and I guess specifically I thought
about how I'd feel looking you in the eye.
That's when I knew I would have done the right thing.
300, 320, 340...
$344.
We found a 32-inch over in Roscoe Village.
The guy says it's barely been used.
I got a better idea.
What's that?
Well, you asked for a level.
That's a T-square.
Just... Oh.
Go. Okay.
Hey.
So, how'd it go?
Good. Nice lady.
Just gotta find a way to manage the pain.
Yeah, Kendra said you basically have a broken neck.
Well, if the two of you already talked, then why are you asking me?
I get that surgery, there's follow-up exams.
There's paperwork involved.
The department doesn't like how it looks, I go on Long Term Disability.
At 75% pay.
And then do what, Shay?
Fish off Navy Pier for the next 20 years?
Working Squad is all I wanted. It's all I have.
If I have to eat the pain, then I will.
Who's that?
Hey. Remember me?
I do.
Nicki's engaged.
Besides, it looks like you're already having your fun there.
Does this conversation need to continue?
No, sir. It doesn't.
Right.
There you have it.
Bears game starts in an hour.
Is there a decent spot around here to watch it?
Not too crowded, not too loud,
and we can get seats?
Yeah.
Yeah, I know a place.
Bring it down, we're going inside someplace.
- Go easy, guys. - Mom, hey.
This looks like a mom! This looks like a mom! Am I right?
You're right. Welcome. Ah.
That's Herrmann, Mom. Herrmann, right.
Hello, Mother. And Mouch.
Mouch. Mouch?
Mouch. You'll get used to it. Nice to meet you.
Otis, nice to meet you. Hi, it's Brian. It's Brian.
Brian. Yes.
Jose, it's a pleasure. Welcome. Welcome.
This is my boss, Mom. This is Lieutenant Casey.
Lieutenant Casey, it's so great to have you guys here.
Nice to meet you, ma'am.
And, hey, oh, this is my sister Elise. Hey!
Hello! Cheers.
Really?
Hey, can I talk to you a moment? Yeah.
I don't sleep at night when he's on shift.
I'll look after him.
Promise.
Mouch, turn on the TV. Let's go.
All right, cheers, cheers.
Okay, you guys, make yourselves at home.
All right! We're gonna bring some food out.
And food!
She's fast.
This just keeps getting better.
Welcome to Soldier Field.
I really want my Honey Bears back.
That's what I want.
Twenty-five years.