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I thought we said that we were putting a hold on adopting a baby. There is a kid

who's about to be removed from his group home.

Would you be willing to meet him?

Hang on!

He's been a problem for us repeatedly.

This goes against our protocol.

That's why it's called a favor.

Do I ever stay in this?

Why bring someone like this into the firehouse at all? This job is Vasquez's

last hope to stay in the CFD.

And I need that to happen.

Well, look who's here.

What's up, Girardi?

Are you still shooting, huh?

Yep. I figured you'd be too busy these days, sitting around the firehouse TV.

Yep.

Hey, how's the family?

You want to say that again?

Oh, damn.

Do you?

Isaiah is 14.

He's been at the group home for about three weeks now, sharing a room with a

number of the other boys.

You said his mom was in the hospital?

Yeah, she was hit by a car.

Suffered serious injuries, including some head trauma.

That's awful.

The hope is that she'll continue to improve over the next couple months

she can take Isaiah back home.

What about the father?

Well, my understanding is his father hasn't been in the picture since Isaiah

a little boy.

Oh. This is it.

Shall we?

So, Isaiah, this is Stella and Kelly.

Good to meet you, Isaiah.

I'll leave you all to it.

So, heard you got a math test tomorrow.

Yeah. Well, Algebra was my best subject.

Not mine.

We're really sorry to hear about your mom.

But we hear she's getting better and better every day.

So, that's great.

Can we talk about something else, please?

Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah, anything. Anything you want.

He seems like a good kid, just scared and lost, which makes sense.

His whole world's been turned upside down.

Do you think, I mean, are we the right people to take him in?

Because he might need more than we know how to give help -wise.

He might.

Maybe a place to crash and the two of us looking out for him is exactly what he

needs. And you think that's enough?

I think it's all you've got.

The two of us can do our best to make it enough.

Then let's bring Isaiah home.

Hello? This is a call from the Metropolitan Correctional Center and

monitored and recorded.

Do you accept?

Morning.

Morning.

Hey, what's the latest from Ritter? Oh, Dwayne's out of the ICU, which is a

really good sign. Thank God. That's good to hear.

Yeah, the bullet didn't pierce any vital organs or affect the spinal cord, but

he'll be off the job for a while.

Any idea when Ritter's coming back?

There's another surgery today, which he's sticking around for. I still can't

believe Dwayne got shot.

He could have stayed in Chicago for that.

I've been meaning to ask you, when's the last time that discharge lever was

replaced? It's sticking like glue.

What do you do to it? You mean other than use it to control the release of

water? Well, it wasn't sticking on my watch.

You know what?

This is your rig now, and we got bigger issues.

Like what?

Marley's is struggling, and we got to come up with some way to boost profits.

Really? Yeah. It feels like we've been busier than ever.

And we got that great write -up in Time Out, which led to the pub crawl that

came through last weekend. You would think. But the cost of everything is

up, and it's killing our bottom line.

81, let's go.

Engine, knock that down. Got it. Boxman, the gun. Short, you're with me. One of

my guys. He's still in there. All right, hey, we'll get him.

Squad, let's establish a perimeter, create a fire break, and keep this

contained. Copy.

Hey, I borrow that?

I'll keep that fire back. This whole place's gonna go to the flames.

It's all yours.

Yes. Firefighters, fall out!

Lieutenant!

We got enough acetylene to level the block.

Water's coming. Give me 30 seconds.

We may not have that time, Malk.

Stop! Stop!

Malk, we got a hot one coming out. Copy that. We'll be ready.

Damn it.

Malk, we gotta move.

Okay, Fox, you're good.

That's good. Where are the others? Hey, behind the bus. All right, let's move.

Hold this, Teddy. Let's get him on oxygen.

Fire break works. Losing fuel.

All right, we're going to finish primary search, help engine with overhaul. All

right, sounds good.

That was pretty ballsy of you, jumping on that grenade like that.

I didn't have much of a choice. I mean, there were a dozen more tanks back

there. If it blew up on his shoulder, it would have been like when you put

rubber bands on a watermelon until it just goes whoosh.

I think the new guy's got some grit.

Yeah, but he's quick to jump.

And coming down on him last shift didn't solve the problem.

What do you think of trading him in?

Pascal said make it work.

Well, I'll make it work.

Just need to...

Figure out a new approach so he doesn't destroy my chain of command.

Oh, hey, delivery guy.

Must be my new stack tip deluge nozzle. Flow rate up to 1 ,500 GPM. Blow the

doors off a bank vault.

Hey, my man.

I never would have done that. I can't go throwing myself up.

Hey, Harmon.

Turns out this is for you.

Oh, hey, come on.

Can't you see that it says fragile on the sides?

These are the new pint glasses for the bar.

We need new pint glasses?

Tell me, how does this help our bottom line?

Eh, don't worry about it. You never had before.

Let me see that.

Herman, you ordered the wrong size.

These are not pint glasses.

They look like pint glasses, though.

You did this on purpose?

This is what they call shrinkflation, and it is a legitimate business

So we're selling people snake oil. All right.

You let me handle this and stay on your side in the bar.

Hey, did you hear back from Terry?

Yeah, just a minute ago.

So, I think he's staying with us starting tomorrow. He's packing up his

right now.

Yeah? Yeah, it's for real.

Heard you wanted to see me.

Yes. I need you to write up a detailed report on that last call explaining your

actions. No more than two pages.

My actions?

Everything you did on the scene.

Your position, when the blowout valve ignited, why you decided to run out with

the tank.

You can leave out the drive there and back.

I've never written an incident report before.

Have it ready in an hour.

Is that some kind of punishment?

Your defense?

I'll get right on this.

Do you see what I'm dealing with here?

Is it?

Punishment?

I'd say it's more of a teaching moment.

It's Ritter.

The surgery went well.

The last one he needs. Oh, that was a great sign. Yes.

Ritter's coming home.

I mean, of course I'm happy that Dwayne is okay. That came out wrong. No.

Yeah. But no, it's good news all around. Yeah. It's just too many people have

left the firehouse lately.

Yeah. Ambulance 61, person down.

436 Woodley Avenue.

Hello? Paramedic?

Hello?

Not seeing any movement.

Paramedic? Did someone call 911?

Call it in. Okay.

Oh, wait. Hang on. Hang on.

Okay,

try not to move.

You might be woozy from the blood loss.

Bottle of saline and gauze.

Ari, I know it hurts. We're going to get you bandaged up. What's your name?

Laura. Laura, who did this to you?

I did.

The wound area is red and inflamed.

What happened?

I was making dinner and then, I don't know, I gotta think.

Were you cutting peppers?

Yes. Capsaicin is what makes peppers spicy.

It can burn like crazy if it gets into your eyes or your skin.

Did you stab yourself while you were using the cutting board?

No. I was breaking up the frozen chicken when the knife slipped.

Then I must have made it.

Well, the good news is it's not too deep. No evisceration or abdominal

What was your blood pressure? 110 over 70.

Okay. Well, you lost some blood, but your blood pressure is solid. That's

Keeping a cold compress on it, that should help.

I'm burning some sleep, so this should go away soon.

All right. Let's get you to the hospital, okay? Okay.

Ready?

Okay.

Hey, Lieutenant.

I just heard that 85 is shutting down.

The whole firehouse done?

And they weren't even on the first list.

Hey, should 51 be worried?

Well, they're not shutting down.

Not yet, anyway.

Well, that's very reassuring.

Well, I feel like they've got a beat on all that.

I mean, the other rigs might drop down to three -man crews, but the squad's not

changing. We're shorthanded as it is.

What a world.

Hey, Cruz.

Let me ask you something.

Me and Stella are getting ready to foster a 14 -year -old boy, and I could

some advice.

That is great news.

You've been keeping this a secret?

No, it just happened. A little out of the blue.

Anything you need, I'm here to help.

He's moving in tomorrow, and, you know, we're getting ready, doing everything,

prepping. Is there anything that we should have around? Anything you

14, you said, right?

Yeah, that's easy. All you need is a couch and a gaming console. Come on. I'm

serious.

I'll be right back.

Hey.

Hey, what's going on? Did you take that chair from the squad table?

Uh, I got it from over there.

I'll need that back.

Huh?

On your feet.

That chicken did not look like she had been jabbing at it with a knife.

I think we should report it to the police. She said it was an accident and

have no proof otherwise.

Man, she was acting strange.

Yeah, maybe she was just embarrassed. We don't always get the truth.

I mean, like all the foreign objects people fall on.

Thinking more like substance abuse, but yeah, that's true.

Ambulance 61, person down from unknown causes.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. All right, calm down.

What happened to your arm?

I cut it.

Okay, well, let's take a look over here.

What's your name? Carl. Just help me. Okay. All right, Carl.

I am Violet, and it would really help me to know what happened so I can know how

to treat you.

I broke a bottle.

Black cut me.

Okay, let's see what we're dealing with. Let's take this off.

It's burning like crazy.

My arms are fired.

Carl, we need to know the truth.

Right now.

Coach, there was a bottle.

What was in that bottle?

What does it matter?

We are just trying to nail down the cause of the inflammation.

Was it a bottle of hot sauce? A jar of jalapenos?

No burning.

They're stitching up. We can put a cold compress on it, but they'll be stitching

up at Met.

Well, what are we waiting for?

Okay, Carl.

Hop in.

Take a seat.

What is it? I'm kind of continuing the ed class.

Something like that.

Yeah, I drew up some scenarios based on your report, along with some alternative

actions.

I thought we weren't supposed to learn the motives.

We don't dwell in them.

We can always learn from them.

Now, we'll be doing some estimating here since we have no way of knowing how

much acetylene was in those tanks. But we know that they weren't empty. Which

a code violation for salvage yards. I mean, they should be fine for it. They

will be.

We also don't know how old the tanks were, condition of the pressure relief

valve, flaws in the metal.

But we do know the pressure rises at what percent every 10 degrees?

1 .5.

And BLEVI stands for?

Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion.

And what PSI is considered high risk?

5 to 600.

And is off -gassing a sign of dangerously high pressure?

I was aware of the risks, Lieutenant.

I took that all into consideration before grabbing that tank.

I mean, if it had gone off, it would have been like 10 sticks of dynamite

exploding.

You were on the victim, so I made the call to... You made the call.

Yes, ma 'am.

In risk management, they say risk a lot, save a lot.

The risk of me dying was worth saving everyone there.

Turns out Harry is going to bring Isaiah by tonight.

So I'm going to stay here a little longer and work on those drills for

Okay, well that gives me time to swing by Cruises and pick up that gaming

system. Talk to him about sitters, because Chloe said they have a couple

ones. And ask him about the after -school program that Javi's in.

Console, sitters, after -school program. Got it. Yes.

See you at home.

All right.

Let's say Carl was with Laura.

How did he wind up getting slashed?

Then why are they both lying?

I'm thinking that Carl did a stab with an accidental slash.

Hmm.

Or maybe.

Laura did the slash, and Carl did the stab, and that's why no one's talking.

If it was Carl, what if he decides to come back and finish the job?

I think it's time to loop in PD.

I'm going to text Hardy, see what she thinks.

Alcohol and knives?

What could go wrong?

Uh, we've been working while you've been napping.

This week was a lot.

I bet.

I mean, the second Mouch told me Dwayne got shot, you know I was on the first

flight out of here.

I didn't even care if it was weird or if he wanted me there. I just, I had to

go.

And like, an hour after I got there, another guy showed up.

What? Yeah.

His brother.

Oh, well, okay.

And then I met his mom, his dad, sister.

They were all cool, but, I mean, it was so awkward.

Oh, you're the ex?

Yeah, hi.

I'm Darren.

I'm the reason he's here.

What? If we had moved in together, like Dwayne wanted, he never would have gone

to New York.

Not bad.

No, seriously.

I could barely look his family in the eye.

I'm not sure how to get past that.

Dwayne getting shot in the line of duty is not on you.

Do not use that as an excuse to walk away again.

Don't do what I did with Sam.

You two reconnected before all of this happened. You still have a chance to

things work.

Hey, New York is not that far away.

Here's Denver.

Sam and I had a moment.

Before he went to Texas, that started that spiral.

It could have worked.

But I pushed him away.

If you do that with Dwayne, trust me, you will regret it.

Is this glass smaller?

I mean, Herman, it's obvious. I can wrap my hand around it. It's like when I

grab Otis' bowling ball.

How much are you charging for this?

Precious haven't changed.

Don't use shoots like me.

What is happening all over?

All right, from bag of chips to a roll of toilet paper.

Yeah, well, a bar in my neighborhood was caught serving cheetah pints, and now

that space is up for lease.

Huh.

I've noticed that.

You better do something fast.

Everybody, the next round is on the house.

I put a water bottle on the bedside

table. I changed the bulb in those lights so it makes it warmer and more

welcoming. You know? No, I don't, but I trust you.

Hey, guys.

Hey.

Come on in.

I double parked, so I'm going to head out and let you all get settled.

But you have my cell if you need anything.

Okay. And you too, Isaiah. You can call me anytime.

All right. See you guys. See you, Terry.

Hey.

Here, let me grab you bags. No, thanks.

Oh.

Okay. Well.

Here, I'll show you where to put them.

Come on.

Hey.

Go ahead in. That's your room.

Yeah. Come on. You can use any of the drawers, closet,

anything you need.

We ordered a pizza. I brought an Xbox, so if you...

I'm not really hungry, and I have a bunch of homework to do.

If that's cool.

Of course.

Yeah.

Homework or kick back.

Whatever.

Yeah,

let us know if you change your mind about the food.

Thanks.

He just needs some time, right?

Yeah, I think so.

All right, well, all that's left to do is wait and see.

I should go.

I work really tomorrow.

Love you.

Hello? This is a call from the Metropolitan Correctional Center and

monitored and recorded.

Do you accept?

Yes.

Hey, Dad.

Hey.

So about the other night... No, I know. I am so sorry. That was just me putting

all my baggage onto you and Dwayne.

Let's just please blame the wine.

But you were right.

I called him and we spoke for like two hours.

Like all the things we didn't say when I was there.

Wow, okay.

That's huge. How did it go?

He said I'm terrible at communication, which, fair point.

But I guess he regrets walking away.

Yeah, he said he almost turned back like a hundred times.

Oh, and going to New York had nothing to do with me. It wasn't a question.

Told you.

Narcissist.

Yeah, I asked him if he wanted to get back together, and he said yes.

Seriously? No, I am flying back to New York right after test. I already cleared

it with kid and bad cow.

For how long?

I don't know.

I mean, with all the brownouts happening here, they've got plenty of clothes to

choose from.

I'm sorry, but aren't you the one who told me to go?

Where? I didn't mean for you to quit the CFD.

I'm not quitting.

It's just an extended furlough.

Hey, bye.

Uh, there's some cop outside looking for you.

Thank you.

I have to go.

They both had the same inflammation and burning sensation, and the calls came in

right on top of each other. But in the reports you sent over, you marked them

each accidental.

Well, that's what they claimed.

Can you prove they used the same knife?

Well, aren't the timelines and similar symptoms enough?

I mean, what are the odds?

The definition of circumstantial.

Listen, I have at least a dozen more interviews to do this morning for crimes

know happened.

You might be right. And what if we are and she is in danger? Victims don't

always come clean on the initial response. I get that.

I wish I had time to follow up on them all.

But if you bring me something solid, I'll look into it.

Thank you.

It might be interesting to tell Laura that we also treated Carl, just to see

she reacts, to prove that we are not crazy.

Well, we do need to go on a supply run.

True.

Did anybody ever tell you that you look really angry when you're thinking hard?

Well, then I must look furious trying to read these monthly financial reports

from Ollie's.

I mean, don't you see those?

We're business partners, and I am no accounting expert, but it looks to me

we're still making money.

Well, maybe you're reading it wrong.

That's definitely a possibility. My role is much more front of house.

More like front of bar.

You know what? I can't figure out is.

I'm still getting monthly checks.

How is that possible if Molly's is struggling?

Well, that depends on the terms of your agreement. Do you have a guaranteed

monthly distribution, or does it allow for a reinvestment of profit?

Okay. Look, it sounds like Herman is getting worked up over nothing. Who

with him? But if the checks are coming in, it can't be that bad.

Well, then why would he be suddenly in such a panic about boosting profits?

Unless it's not Molly's that's having money problems.

He did take a head -dropping rink.

Probably figured I wouldn't look into it.

Eh, well, usually a company owner knows if his company's in the red or not.

Red is bad.

Right. Yeah.

And so is letting Herman tank your business by passing off his pasta with

customers.

You gotta talk to him, don't you?

Use the webbing!

Let's do a girth wrap around the dummy.

Drag it back here.

Feet through the finish line. On three, two, one, go.

Good hospital.

All right.

Show up.

Keep going. Keep it moving. Keep it moving. You got it.

You did not use a girth wrap, like I said.

No, but it worked, right?

Where'd you learn that message?

From a guy in squad six.

Yeah, it's a quicker wrap and really lets you rise up and drive the victim

Nice work.

26 seconds.

House record.

Should have held that record for years.

We were here the other day.

How could I forget when you came back to check up on me? We wanted to make sure

that you're okay.

There was another victim who was wounded by a knife with capsaicin.

Maybe your knife.

That is not possible.

His name was Carl.

If you are in any kind of danger... I told you it was an accident.

What's so hard to believe about that?

Honestly, I'd rather stop reliving it. I can't stand the sight of blood. I mean,

even the thought of it.

I've always painted it blood.

That's a real condition called vasovagal syncope.

Laura, if you don't want to talk to us, I'm sure we could find a social worker

that can help. I don't need any help.

I appreciate your concern, but I'm sorry. I need to go lie down.

What are we missing? She was alone when we first got there, but calm us or just

left because that wound was still fresh. It hadn't been that long.

Maybe a neighbor witnessed something?

Should we go knock on some doors?

The front door was closed but not locked. No one to let us in. No neighbor

waiting outside.

So if she faints at the first sight of blood, who called 911?

I got the call up from my friend Abby at 911.

Philly went on the way? Copy that.

When did you start saying grace before breakfast?

I mean, I'm not knocking it.

It's just at the Harmon house. It's dinner only.

I'm not... I know Molly's isn't losing money.

I looked into the books.

Well, that's a first.

You're right. I am not a businessman like you.

And I've seen Shark Tank enough times to know most bars fail without the help of

Mark Cuban. But somehow, you're doing it. You're in the red.

The black.

See what I mean?

I can't even get that straight.

What are you saying here? I'm saying I want out.

Now, I've been thinking about this for a while. All I ever really wanted was a

place to drink for free.

So, in exchange for a lifetime of free beer and small glasses, I'm

willing to give you my share of mollies.

Wow, you really are bad at business.

No deal.

I'm not asking.

I already got an attorney to draw up an equity transfer letter, whatever it's

called. All you have to do is sign it.

No gas, no substitutions.

No problem.

Laurel, we know Carl was here and we know he called 911 for you.

We came to you first before going to the police.

Carl's my little brother.

I still go by my ex -husband's last name.

He's always struggled with mental illness.

Growing up, it was mood problems, and they said he had bipolar.

Next thing, it was borderline personality disorder.

After our parents died, whatever it is, it only got worse.

And I do my best to help them.

Sometimes.

He keeps so angry.

Has he hurt you before? No, or at least never on purpose.

If that knife had been two inches to the left. It wasn't his foot. It was mine.

We were arguing over something so stupid.

He grabbed my arm. I grabbed the knife.

I wasn't trying to cut him. I was just trying to push him off.

We wrestled with it until I felt this sharp pain in my tongue.

That's when we both stopped.

Why didn't you tell us this before?

With his medical history.

I knew he'd get blamed, but I was the one with the knife.

And when I fainted, he called 911.

He saved my life.

After almost killing you.

Hey.

Your brother needs help, Laura.

More than you can give him.

And trust me, I get it.

Wanting to take care of a sibling that can't handle life as well as you can.

But it is too much for one person.

No matter how much you love him.

Chicago has tons of great facilities with all kinds of options, Laura. We can

put you in touch with the chief of psychiatry at med. He's a friend, and he

offer you some suggestions.

You're going to say something nice.

You ready?

First time for everything?

The way you connect to people is really special.

Why, thank you.

I guess just sometimes getting in the other person's head and feeling what

they're feeling is the best way to help them.

Which is the opposite of what I've been doing with Ritter.

Any progress with the new guy this shift?

Maybe.

He likes to do things his own way, that is for sure.

And my style's more about keeping a tight rein.

Huh.

What? Nothing. I was just thinking.

I learned a lot when I took Ritter under my wing.

More than he did, probably.

And speak of the devil.

Excuse me.

Hey, Ritter!

While I'm out there, I might stop by my uncle's old firehouse. Oh, I'm sure

they'd love it.

Nothing firefighters like more than swapping old battle yarns.

Haven't done since I was a kid.

And now you're one of them.

A real smoke eater.

Hey, Vasquez.

Next shift. Can you show me that hitch?

You coming from a record?

You know it.

That's different.

We'll see.

Oh, good. We didn't miss you.

Well, my Uber is two minutes out. Not anymore. I am canceling your ride. Come

on. Bye. Because we're taking you.

You are not missing this flight.

I know it's only for a few months or whatever.

We'll see what happens.

But we are coming to visit you.

You better.

New York is not that far away.

Hey, how's it going?

Good.

So, uh, listen, I started playing this video game that my buddy Cruz

called Nightcrawl.

Have you heard of it?

Yeah. Well, I've been playing for over an hour now, and I can't seem to get

the second level.

It just ain't happening.

Can you show me?

What does that guy do?

So rip your head right off. Oh, I'm sorry.

Rip your head. Get the act. Okay, the act.

Okay. I got the act.

Now cross.

Here, you got to help me with this section.

Okay, watch and learn.

Oh. Get him.

Oh, you got him good.

What are you doing here, Gerardi?

I come in peace, man.

Yeah.

What reason to come at all?

That'll make you wear an actual uniform or CFD?

I'm off duty.

Right.

So, uh, it was pointed out to me that I might have been a little bit out of line

yesterday. I really don't care.

Just take the truck and get home.

Yeah.

Look, I just wanted to say that what your dad did is on him, not you.

And I get that as, like, the person who's been there.

You don't know a goddamn thing about what my dad did, okay?

I'm just trying to apologize.

All right.

You need to step on in? Get the hell out of here.