You're the boss. More like wrangler.
Jack asked if you could come by the club on Saturday.
Matt! Hey. See those guys over there?
They are loaded and they'd like to meet you.
I'm just here to do a little construction work.
I'm the last guy to stand in the way of Severide and his buddy, Rice.
But the things I hear about this guy...
We agreed that what happened wasn't gonna change anything between us.
That we were still just friends.
Great night, though. Yeah. It really was.
These three years, they've been the best time of my life,
but I wanna be with my family. I'm going to North Carolina.
Yeah, so, Jessica Chilton, that's me, obviously.
Um...
Anyways, everyone calls me Chili,
'cause I hate the name Jessica.
It's better than my sister, I guess,
'cause we call her Jelly Bean.
I've heard really great things about you guys.
The whole family vibe, and all that, and...
I've been a lot of places where it's not really like that, so...
Yeah, here I am.
Thank you, Chili.
Chili is gonna be our new paramedic in charge,
in Ambulance 61.
Everybody, please make her feel welcome.
Welcome.
Chili, uh, Connie, in the bullpen,
she handles all the paperwork. Please check in with her.
Okay, cool. Thanks for taking me on, Chief.
We are lucky to have you.
Okay, everybody, listen up.
Here at 51, we are together 24 hours a day.
And we are indeed a family.
And we've been very fortunate not to have much turn over.
So, I'm gonna say this with the utmost respect,
get over it.
Mills was here for three years, Chief.
You can't expect us to just flip a switch and get over it.
And I have been here for 22 years, Otis.
Now, my orders are, welcome in the new PIC.
Now, any one of you, you have a problem with that, you come in my office.
If you have a legitimate reason, we will discuss it.
Other than that, you stop looking like somebody just pissed in your coffee!
You're right, Chief. It's taken care of.
We got it, Chief. Our bad.
Truck 81, Squad 3, Ambulance 61.
Structure Fire. Wabash and Silverhill.
Super nice to meet you.
Oh, yeah, nice to meet you, too.
So, you're the PIC?
Yeah, but I'm totally chill.
Some people are really neurotic
about how they pack the jump bag,
or whatever, but not me. Cool.
Mmm. Sorry if that was a little frosty back there.
They're just honoring their friend.
Upper unit, fully involved.
Fire on one, also.
Better put that sucker out before the whole damn block goes up.
Sir, I'm gonna ask you to step back, please.
Don't let it get the one next door. That one's mine.
He said stand back.
Squad, search and rescue, second floor. Yeah, copy that.
Squad three with me.
We'll take the downstairs, Chief. Go to it.
Dawson, Otis, around the back.
Herrmann, take the front with me.
Fire department, call out!
Looks like an overloaded power strip.
Go check the back of the house. Copy that.
Fire department, call out! Fire department, call out!
Otis, I need help!
Hey, buddy, can you walk? Victoria!
Excuse me? Upstairs neighbor.
Fire department! Call out!
Let's check the bedroom.
- Hey, hey! Wait, wait! - Hey! I'm not getting air.
My mask's malfunctioning. We gotta go. Go swap it out.
I'm gonna check this last room. Copy that.
Fire department! Call out!
Help me. Help. I got you. I got you.
Ah!
Mayday, mayday. I'm trapped on the second floor.
Casey, Herrmann! Second floor, right now!
On it.
Severide! You okay? Yeah, yeah. Get her first!
Ready, go!
Go! Go! Go!
I got her.
Come on.
We got him, Chief. Coming out now. Along with a badly burned female.
She needs immediate transport.
Copy that.
Sixty-One to Main. We need a second ambo.
Go ahead. I'll watch him.
Name's Billy Carson.
It was burning when I got here. I... I called 911.
I went inside to check on Victoria.
Is she, um...
Oh, man! Damn!
Her airway's swelling from the burns. We need to intubate, now!
She already has IO access in the shoulder.
She needs more fluids and she's not burned there.
Come on, sweetie.
We're in. Okay.
Hey! All those computer wires stuffed into the one outlet, they yours?
Yes, sir.
You gotta be more careful.
I use a power strip. I cut it off. I swear to God, I did.
He doesn't know for sure that's what started it.
You gotta keep the faith, Billy. Truth comes out.
You believe me, don't you?
Yeah, I do.
Third degree burns and severe smoke inhalation.
Get her prepped for the burn unit.
On three. One, two, three.
Give me another ten...
Oh, heck of a first day, huh?
Yeah.
Hey! Great call on the second IV to the jugular.
Oh, yeah, it's a go-to move on the West Side.
Lots of trauma over there?
Yeah, it's nonstop. It's just burning, shooting, looting.
Wild, wild West.
Yeah. So, lunch at Sticky Rice, on me?
Oh, I'd love to, but, Thai food...
I'm having kind of an acid reflux thing lately. Sorry.
Oh, yeah, no problem. Some other time then.
We can figure something else out though.
Yeah, sure.
Hey!
What's up?
Did you notice anything about Rice in that last fire?
What about him?
Where he was when Severide got trapped.
He was, uh, swapping out his SCBA. So?
What?
He was running out when everyone else was running in.
Hey!
A couple of weeks ago you accuse the guy of throwing somebody out of a window.
Now you're calling him a ducker?
The pool hall fire at O'Bannon.
He was out "looking for his Denver Bar"?
Come on, the guy's practically welded to the thing.
When did you become Little Miss Gossip, anyway, Otis?
Okay, fine!
Saturday. Which one of you two's helping me
install the mirrored glass at Stilettos?
Ooh. Uh, day date.
I'm taking Baba to brunch. What?
Cruz? Yeah, I can't, Lieutenant.
You guys get born again or what?
I'll help.
So how does this work, Lieutenant?
You get paid in singles, or you get checks?
Very funny.
I bet you need a hand getting those poles up, huh?
Yeah, well, Nesbitt's building a whole chain of 'em.
And guess who's gonna be buying their lake house from doing all the work?
Oh, careful who you get in bed with, Lieutenant.
What's that mean?
Seven years in the fire department. Guy suddenly quits.
Just saying.
If I only wanted to work with saints, I'd be out of business pretty quick.
Your call. Is it?
Well, thank you for letting me make my own decisions, Otis.
'Cause I was gonna run everything by you.
Hey, Antonio!
Hey, sis! You got a minute?
Yeah, everything okay?
You pulled a guy out of a fire this morning, Billy Carson.
Yeah. What about him?
Talk to him at all?
Uh, uh... Yeah, a little.
He said he was out to buy a new video game.
And when he got back, the place was on fire.
I found him on the stairs, passed out from the smoke.
His story, you buy it?
Yeah. Why?
When they admitted the upstairs neighbor into the burn unit at Chicago Med,
they found...
Before she got burned up, somebody raped her and left her for dead.
Oh, my God!
Hey. Otis, right?
Yeah.
How long you been on elevators?
Seven years.
Lucky number seven, right?
That's right.
Welcome to 51.
Yeah, thanks.
Guys, check this out.
Hey, what do we got here?
Mystery.
Oh, where from? Doesn't say.
Well, who's it addressed to? Just says "51 ".
Well, you're gonna open it?
Well, as union rep,
it seems I should do the honors.
Sure.
Good Lord!
Blueberry crumble.
Oh!
Whoa! Sweet potato.
Oh!
- Mmm! - Oh, my God!
Apple crisp. Yeah!
Oh!
What's it say?
Uh, it...
"To my 51 family, we'll go toe to toe with Dinkel's any day of the week.
"Don't let Mouch bogart the blueberry crumble."
"Love, Mills."
Still can't believe he did it.
Is that your partner? Yeah.
Actually, he worked Squad, too.
And truck. And he's an unbelievable cook.
Mind blowing.
Hey, Dawson, there's a guy out here,
says that you pulled him out of the Wabash fire.
Billy Carson?
I guess.
Hey, what's going on, Billy?
Victoria, I went to visit her in Chicago Med.
Yeah?
When I got there, the cops started questioning me.
They... They're taking my fingerprints, swabbing the inside of my mouth,
like it's my fault or something.
Well, was it? No, man.
No! I always turn the power strip off when I'm not using it.
I swear to God.
You... You still believe me, right? You said you did.
Yeah, I do.
Okay, thank God. 'Cause I was
hoping you could put in a word for me, you know, if anybody asks.
Yeah, sure. Why don't you give me your number?
Truth comes out, right?
Yeah, it does.
Okay. Um, thank you.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Rice, you got a minute?
Yeah, sure.
You worked at 114, right?
Yeah, for a minute.
Name Jack Nesbitt ever come up?
I remember Jack.
What does that mean?
He's a pistol. Why? What's up?
I heard he got jammed up before he quit.
Missing checks or something. Anything to that?
A couple of guys got popped, some dough went missing.
My understanding is Nesbitt wasn't one of 'em.
Huh.
Things got a little hairy, though. Internal Affairs got involved.
Yeah?
What I heard, the accusation pissed Nesbitt off,
so he told them to go to hell.
Okay, I appreciate it.
Yeah, no sweat.
- Ambulance 61. Man down. - Unknown causes.
1705, Martin Luther King Drive.
Music choice?
Oh, anything's fine, except country.
Why don't you pick it?
Okay.
Help! Ah! Help! Help me, please!
Help!
Okay, no impalement. So we should be able to lift him straight up
and his foot should come loose.
Help me, please!
Sir, I need you to be as calm as you can, okay?
Okay, call it. One, two, three.
I'm gonna set your head down.
Sir, I'm gonna need you to stay with me.
We're gonna get you to the hospital as soon as we can.
Deep breaths.
Can you tell me what happened?
I... I... That gate was locked. I jumped...
So you jumped the fence? Yeah.
I know, I know. It hurts real bad.
There we're done. Yes.
- Does anything else hurt? - No.
Your head or your neck? My leg.
Okay. All right, just the leg.
Be right back. Where're you going?
One sec.
Where're you going?
Ma'am, you having trouble breathing?
Oh, my God. Oh, my God!
Oh, damn!
Take a deep breath! Chili! Get in here! Now!
Wait! Wait! Oh... Don't leave me.
Damn! She's been stabbed.
We need to get her into the ambo now!
Ma'am, what happened?
That guy robbed her and stabbed her.
Sixty-One to Main. We need a second ambo and police back up. Now!
- Copy that, 61. - Second ambo on the way.
Here, hold onto me.
Oh, bet he caught his leg when he tried to jump the fence.
Yep. Help. Help me!
Hey! Hey, wait!
What do we got?
Our patient says that this guy robbed and stabbed her.
Let's click him up.
So, big thank you speech, or your best donuts in the city?
Ooh!
Good looking out back there.
Oh, Doughnut Vault? Yes!
Did... Did they have chocolate?
Mmm... No, they were all out,
but they have chestnut glazed.
Oh, no. Um, those are the only ones that I'm...
Thank you, though, I'm good.
It's okay.
So, where'd you learn how to speak Spanish?
Oh, I don't... I don't speak it actually.
Uh, Dawson and I watch telenovelas.
Shut up.
Seriously. Guilty pleasure.
Wow, y'all weren't kidding about the whole family vibe.
Once you're on the inside, anyways.
Well, what about you? Do you have family in town?
My sister, Jelly Bean used to live here, but she just took off to Kansas City
to live with our older sister.
What's her name, Lollipop?
No, it's Margaret. Go figure.
So, it's just me in Chicago.
Well, 51's great.
I mean, they'll... They'll come around.
I'll be here when they do.
Hey, can I borrow your eyes?
Sure. For what?
Antonio asked me to take a look at the Wabash fire.
See if there were any signs of arson.
You tell him that OFI's looking into it?
He just wants a gut check. And I told him I'd ask you to come with.
All right.
Hi.
Hey.
You hungry?
Uh...
I insist.
So, what's the dirty little secret?
Come again?
Handsome fireman. Successful construction business. Not married.
There's gotta be something wrong with you.
The job plays hell on a relationship.
You, too, huh?
So did she break your heart, or you broke hers?
Hmm?
Just didn't work out.
Mine either.
So, do you wanna do it?
Sorry?
The construction gig.
You're so skittish.
Why are you so nervous around me? I'm not.
You are. I'm not.
Hmm.
So, the people investing, you know 'em?
No, but I know Jack. He's a good guy.
What's your relationship with him?
If you don't mind me asking.
You, uh, boyfriend-girlfriend?
No. It's nothing like that.
It's... It's purely contractual.
Meaning you work for him?
Essentially.
Right.
Let's just leave it at that.
Anyway, I think you should really think about it.
Jack loves having you around. So do I.
Yeah, yeah.
Thank you.
Uh, Herrmann thought it started here.
Billy swears he turned it off.
There's no way to know.
What?
Burnt rubber?
Yeah, that's what it smells like.
It's like it was dripping from the ceiling.
Let's go check out the second floor.
So, what? It dripped through the hole and spread the fire down below?
That's what it looks like.
Shredded tires... That can be used as an accelerant, right?
Mmm-hmm. If you're looking to kill somebody, toxic smoke will do the job fast.
Wasn't no accident, was it?
No, somebody torched the place.
Was it that doctor dude?
Excuse me?
Go ahead and tell him what you told us.
Seen this dude walk around back to the parking lot.
Didn't really get a look at him or nothing, but he was wearing them...
You know, what doctors wear?
Scrubs? That's right.
Hey, so, I heard you caught a rape case where the victim got burned up?
That's right. Nurse from Chicago Med. Raped, beaten,
and perp torched the joint on his way out.
Where'd you hear?
Uh, an alert, uh, from the National Sex Offender Registry.
NCIC created a geofence for rapes with an arson component
on the East Coast and the Midwest.
What do you know about this guy?
Very little. Witness, who can't ID him,
said he saw somebody behind the victim's house two hours before the bonfire.
Let me ask you this. Was he dressed as a doctor?
Yeah, that's right. And he had his arm in a sling.
Son of a bitch, Hank.
What is it?
There's just too many similarities to a case that I worked ten years back.
Uh, the victim, she still alive?
Barely.
I'm on the next plane to Chicago.
Hey, you ever get that mask checked out?
Your SCBA?
Oh! Yeah. No, I'm, uh, using a spare.
Mine's going to the repair shop. Was gonna get the regulator checked out.
Hmm. Cool, cool.
Gotta keep an eye on those things.
Yeah.
At first, I thought Otis was just talking smack.
But watching Rice sit there after that call,
reading the paper instead of trouble shooting his SCBA,
it bugged me.
So I did an 0800 checkout on it.
I'm telling you, there was nothing wrong with his regulator.
So, who's telling Severide?
Better be damn certain to go accusing a guy at ducking.
A rumor like that can destroy a man's career. Am I wrong, Mouch?
You're not wrong.
So, we're just not gonna say anything?
No.
We're gonna keep an eye out.
Did he bear hug you?
Who?
Billy Carson. Big Billy Carson.
When you told him that CPD cleared him.
Oh, uh, no. He doesn't know yet. I went by the motel where he's staying,
but he'd already checked out.
I'll try calling him again.
Jessica Chilton?
Oh, yeah, that's me. Chili.
Beg your pardon?
She hates the name Jessica.
I hate it when people mistake my firehouse for a post office.
Wow, your firehouse? That's good...
Never mind.
I apologize. My bad.
What you got there, Chili?
I'm developing a new product for the adult beverage market.
Um, so in each box there's gonna be miniature bottles of champagne.
And whenever you press this button, it activates a CO2 cartridge
and it instantly chills it! So, I call it, Chilleeze.
Wait, it doesn't taste like chili, right?
No, it's champagne. It's just chilled. Chilled, Chilleeze.
I love it!
Let me see those bad boys. Okay.
You got a patent on this?
Not yet, but I'm working on it.
Idea. What if you call it...
Bubleez?
That's good.
Maybe we could sell it at Molly's.
Yeah, now you're talking. Really?
Yeah, I'm telling you. You got something here, kid.
Ms. Dawson, hey, it's Billy Carson.
Uh, I just want you to know everything's fine.
That it doesn't matter what anybody says about me.
I know the truth. Even if it doesn't come out.
Thanks, anyway.
He doesn't know he's no longer a suspect?
I keep calling, but he's not answering. His...
The voicemail's not even set up.
I got a bad feeling, Chief.
How bad?
This reminds me of Darryl and Shay.
And I don't wanna go through that again.
Okay. Why don't you call Antonio?
See if he can ping Carson's phone.
Will do. Okay.
Just... Just stay back! Stay back or I'm gonna jump!
By the time we close the road, get the jump bags out,
it's gonna be too late, if he's serious.
Looks pretty serious to me, Chief.
We don't grab him fast, this is gonna be over before it starts.
Kelly, go in from the west side.
I'll go in from the east.
Get to it.
Billy, it's me. Gabriela Dawson.
Tell them to stay back!
Billy, take it easy, okay?
Get away from me! Billy, no!
I'll... I'll jump. I swear to God, I will.
Chief, he trusts me. If I can get over there,
I think I can talk him down.
Okay, clip in.
Be careful. I will.
Hey, Billy? Yeah?
I'm coming over, okay? Just me.
Okay.
Cruz, I need more line.
The rope's caught on something at your end of the rail.
Dawson! Casey!
Don't... Don't come any closer.
You had nothing to do with that fire, Billy.
I know I turned it off. But am I... Am I positive? No, I can't say that.
It wasn't an electrical fire. That's why I was trying to call you.
It's gonna be okay.
I promise.
I can't! I can't! I can't! I can't! Billy. Billy. Billy!
I can't, I can't...
Billy, Billy, if you don't grab that railing, you're gonna take me down with you.
Grab the railing so we can step back over.
It's my fault. I must have forgot to turn it off.
No, Billy!
She's gonna die. I know she is.
Billy, look at me!
I pulled you out of the fire.
The least you can do is listen to what I have to say.
Okay. Okay.
Listen, Victoria was raped. So, whoever set that fire was trying to kill her.
That... That wasn't me. I swear. I swear.
I know. I know. So do the police.
They do? Yeah.
So, grab the railing.
Okay, okay. Okay, okay, okay. Okay.
Okay, okay, okay...
Okay, we're good.
Gabby...
You had me worried there.
I'm fine.
Hell of a save, Dawson.
Thanks a lot, Chief.
Hey. Hey.
Is that Jergens?
Maybe.
I love that stuff.
Why spend $50?
Oh, I tell people it's French.
Me, too!
Yeah.
Yes!
Do we go to Casey about this? No, no, no.
Don't go over Herrmann's head.
He said keep an eye on him, we'll keep an eye on him.
If anything happens, he'll make the right move, right?
Right. Let's just see how this plays out.
I hear you two chicken-heads have been talking about something.
What is it?
It's private. Nothing.
If it's private, then why have I heard about it?
Why don't you tell me what's going on?
Okay, look. I know you and Rice go way back.
So, I wouldn't say anything if I wasn't pretty positive, okay?
First time, I didn't think much about it. Rice was laying back,
looking for his Denver Bar. Fine.
Second time, on Wabash, it was his SCBA.
Now, afterwards, Cruz did an 0800 on it.
There was nothing wrong with his mask, Lieutenant. Nothing.
You got a set of balls on you, Otis.
I'm just telling you what I saw.
You've been spreading rumors about Rice
since the first day he set foot in this house.
Look, Lieutenant... No, you're way the hell out of line.
Severide, look... I hear it again,
you and me, we're gonna have a problem.
Excuse me.
Hey. Hi.
That was great. Um, thank you.
Yeah, I like the, uh, leg thing you did.
I can teach you. Oh, you don't wanna see that.
No? I promise you.
You really don't wanna see that.
Uh, I... I'm looking for Jack.
Are you gonna take the gig?
We'll see what happens.
Everything okay in here?
Hey, Casey, um...
One sec, all right? Meet me at the bar, all right?
Yeah.
Hey, what's up?
I'm gonna put my bid in for that chain of clubs.
Okay. Great.
Come here a sec.
I like you. You do great work.
You and me, we're gonna make some money together.
You stay at the bar, all right? That's not your area back there.
I'm not sure I understand.
Okay, I'll say it again.
You do construction, great. You flirt with the girls, great.
You wanna take one of them home, I don't give a damn.
But don't come looking for me back there.
Do me a favor, Jack.
Hmm.
Take your job and piss off.
Come on, Casey, get over here. Don't be like that.
Listen, I'm finishing the renovation.
You pay me. And we're done.
Hi.
Oh, Sergeant Benson.
They're right in here. Great, thank you.
Oh, would you like me to take your bag?
Thank you. No problem.
Olivia. Hank.
Hey. This is Chief Boden.
Thank you for taking the time.
Of course. So, it's official. OFI have ruled it an arson.
Okay. The victim?
She's still hanging on at Chicago Med.
They'll let us know if she can talk.
Do we know how she was subdued?
Yeah, skull fracture. Back of the head.
All right, this is gonna sound odd, but was she
wearing green nail polish on her fingers?
None that would be visible. We know, from the finger line on her forehead
she was covering her face during the blaze.
So her hands bore the brunt of it.
Okay.
Yeah, it's gonna take additional testing.
Okay, so, confirmed, the victim is a nurse,
5' 5", brown hair, brown eyes, and she was raped.
That's right.
Clear indication of blunt force trauma to the head.
Might have knocked her out before she was burned.
So, the animal that did this,
you think he did it before?
Unfortunately,
I know he has.