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happened. It's not your fault, Blurt.

What if we redeploy firefighters to take some of the pressure off of our

paramedics?

How did it go?

I think we proved we can do the job in half.

I want to go see my mom.

The brain bleed is going to extend her recovery time.

Whatever long it takes, we can handle it.

It's not what I'm worried about.

You don't help me in the next few days.

I ain't getting out of here.

My dad wants me to talk to Belford's husband, or widower, Sam.

You're not going to do that, right?

Is there a fall in that team?

Six battalion chiefs will have to go. You aren't on this list.

I'm going to be responsible for five additional houses.

I'm counting on you to step up, Lieutenant.

I've no doubt that 51 LPM chiefs will have.

What are you doing dressed for work?

Isn't this quite off the shift?

You are, but...

Pascal just called. He wants me to come in the shadows for the day.

Well, that's kind of exciting.

He just wants to make sure I'm up on all things 51 since I'm going to be

covering for him while he's out.

I don't know.

He could do that with a meeting.

This feels more like he is prepping you for bigger things.

No, no, you can never tell with that guy. I still can't read him.

Where's Isaiah?

Uh, he left for an early morning class at school.

No.

We're alone?

Matter of fact, we are.

So nobody's in the house but you and me.

Yeah.

Well, then I got some plans for you, Commissioner.

Is that right?

I'm Mr. Belford. I'm Sal.

I was hoping you had a second to speak. What are we selling?

Nothing.

No, I, um... I'm actually here on behalf of my father, Ray Vasquez.

I don't want to talk about Ray Vasquez or anything else that happened six years

ago. You understand?

Yes, sir, I do. And believe me, I'm so sorry to bring this up, but I would not

be here for what's important.

The least you could do is have some respect.

For what I just said.

But I...

It's like

the emails never stop.

Who's on overtime?

Who's reassigning crew to cover gaps?

Sounds like a logistical nightmare.

Cutting all those battalion chiefs didn't help.

That's for sure.

The CFD is a department in crisis.

Yeah? You wanted to see me, Chief?

Come in.

I spoke to Chief Robinson about your firefighter medic program.

Names are coming in.

Headquarters wants to get it up and running soon.

Wow, okay.

Congrats. Thank you. That is great news, Chief. The sooner the better.

We keep losing good medics. We lost another two this last week because of

burnout. And my friend Murphy sacrificed her own job to get this going, so I

really need it to work.

Then make it work.

Copy.

Wait, you're supposed to be at school.

It's about my mom.

So, I was looking up stuff on my mom's condition in the homeroom. The operation

she got with the shunt, it says all kinds of problems can happen after.

Dr. Sack tells us that your mom is recovering really well.

Yeah, but it says sometimes a shunt can fail, and if they don't monitor the

patient enough, that's when people can die.

How about this?

we will call Dr. Sacks and we'll make sure that they're checking on her the

that they should be. This, I said, should be at least every three hours.

We'll ask about that.

Yeah. And anything else you want, let us know.

Thank you.

Hey, listen.

I know you are worried.

You cannot just leave school like that.

Okay? Kelly and I, we are always here for you, but school is still part of the

deal. Okay?

Okay. Okay.

Listen, don't worry. We are all over this.

Come on, let's go see if there's any donuts left after breakfast.

We can take some to school.

That's it.

You should... Put your name in for Violet's firefighter medic program. We

heard it's a go. Oh, yeah?

That's cool.

I'm not looking to pick up extra shifts right now, but, you know, who knows?

Ouch.

Figured you'd be all over that, you know, considering all your questions

medics, or at least medical reports.

Mm -hmm.

Okay, yeah, I'm still a little curious what that was all about, but if you want

to keep it close to the vest for, like, ever.

I needed the reports to help someone.

It's my dad.

Help him how?

Are you close to your parents?

Not anymore.

We're both gone.

Oh, Luthi, I'm sorry. I didn't... For not answering my question?

I answered one of your questions.

That's a... No, that's a start.

Right?

Yeah. That's what's sharp.

In here! In here! My mom! She fell!

Whoa, where did all this glass come from?

Oh, okay.

Can you tell me what happened?

I was picking down Halloween decorations.

On the roof. I guess I'm being almost skylight.

What's your name?

Marie. Oh, my God. Is she okay?

Mom, are you all right?

Don't move too much, okay? It happens so fast. Heart rate slightly elevated.

Pupil is equal but responsive. No apparent neck trauma. I'm going to

this neck wound.

It's fine.

She's got minor lacerations everywhere, but nothing explains all this blood.

I'm going to take a look at your list, okay, Marie?

The glass must have cut an artery in her wrist.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

This should stop the bleeding for now, but we've got to get her to med quickly.

Everything hurt. We're going to get you some pain med soon, okay, Marie?

Yeah.

All right, let's go. Please, do you have to make her better? Give us space,

okay?

I'm right here, and we're going to take you to the hospital, and then they're

going to fix her up there, right?

Give us a second, okay?

I don't know if it's a good idea for her to ride along with us if this worked

up. I'll talk to her.

Make it quick.

Um, we are going to take your mom to Chicago Med, and you can meet us there,

okay? No, no, no, no, I have to come. We need to focus in there. No, no, no,

please, please let me come.

My dad, he died during COVID.

They took him away, and then we never saw him again.

There's a small place, so if you come with us, you have to stay calm.

It is the only way we can take care of your mom.

Okay.

Okay, I can do that.

All right, we need to get going now.

Daniel's okay to ride with us.

Okay.

Thank you.

Mr. Belford, hi, sir. This is, uh... This is Sal Vak. Look,

I'm sorry to surprise you at your home this morning.

I just, uh, figured, you know, putting a face to it all might actually help.

I have a message for you. It's from my father.

Look, he wants you to know how sorry he is for... for everything.

And there's something I'd like to ask you, too, if you'll give me a chance.

So I'm hoping you'll call me back.

Thank you.

Vitals are stable for now.

You hear that, Mom?

That's good.

Wait, what's going on? Why did we stop?

Bad traffic. Hopefully we start moving again in a sec.

Take a look around, see if there's a way out of this.

What if we get stuck in here, Lizzie? What happens if we don't get my mom to a

hospital soon? We will get your mom to med.

I promise.

You got a second? Yeah. Did you talk to that doctor? I had been trying to get a

hold of him all morning. But when I finally got through to his office, they

me that technically Shauna isn't under his care anymore.

What? Who's taking care of her? Well, they gave me the number to the rehab

center in the city, who then transferred me to the neuro rehab department, who

then put me on hold for 20 minutes before dropping my call.

You're kidding.

It's infuriating.

Isaiah was right to want to follow up.

The only person advocating for this woman is a 14 -year -old boy.

And now us.

Maybe it's time to look into this facility a little deeper, and if it's

to par, then we find other options.

Severin, come with me. There's someone I want you to meet.

I walked in both directions. Cars were stacked up for blocks.

I couldn't see why, but it must be pretty bad.

It's all my fault.

I shouldn't have even let her put up those decorations in the first place.

How's Dad's thing?

Sweetie, I'll be fine.

Remember what your father used to say about patience?

I tried having patience, but it was taking too long.

That rasping, it's no voice, that's no good.

Rory, we're going to have to check that neck loose.

Wait, why? Is something wrong?

Get an occlusive breath in.

What's going on? The cut in her neck is deeper than we initially thought. It

must have penetrated your mom's airway. What? Wait, how did you not notice that

before?

Wait, what is happening? What aren't you telling us? Dana, get back. You've got

to let us work.

Oh my God, help her! She can't breathe!

Mom! Mom!

Wait, Mom!

Mom! Mom!

Mom! Mom!

No, no, please, please! I can't lose her to me! I know what we were trying to

do, but you need to stay back, Dana. If we can't focus, we can't help her.

If it gets any bigger, it's going to block her airway. We can't sit this one

any longer.

Ambo 61 to Maine, we're stuck on the city front overcast between Illinois and

North Water Street. We need a patient pickup immediately.

We can run the stretcher out to meet up with them.

No AMBOs available. Stand by for update.

So what do we do now?

I'll tell you we're here to see the mayor.

Close.

Mayor's chief of staff, isn't it, Davis?

Oh, the one who asked you out.

She's a good person to have on your speed dial, so it's wise to pay a visit

and then.

Get a little face time.

Davis decides which initiatives land on the mayor's desk each morning, so if we

ever need new equipment or station upgrade, she can help push that through.

Big city departments' relationships are just as important as fire ground skills.

This is how we play the game.

Three council members are against it, which means we only need to flip one.

And we all know who that is.

Yeah.

Yes, both the mayor and I'll be there. See you then.

Chief Pascal.

Good to see you. Appreciate you taking the time.

This is Lieutenant Kelly Severide. He's our ranking officer at 51.

Chief's told me a lot about you.

Is that right?

Well, I told him how instrumental you've been in keeping the CFD prioritized,

especially with everything going on at City Hall.

Everything going on?

That's quite the euphemism.

I suppose I'm being diplomatic.

I'll say what he's too polite to.

It was a mess around here.

But I like to think we're starting to clean it up.

Please have a seat.

Oxygen's dropping. She's at 88.

She's got stridor. That hematoma's growing fast.

What does that mean? It's further obstructing her airway. We have to

Marie, we're going to have to sedate you so we can put in a tube to help you

breathe, but you won't feel any pain.

Do we have to?

That's what they did to my dad before he... This is completely different. It's

just until we can get her to med, but we need to act fast.

Okay. There's five milligrams of her sed. Make sure we keep an eye on her

oxygen.

How can you have a two -year wait list when you deal with critical patients?

How long will that take?

I guess we have different definitions of urgent.

Is everything okay, Lieutenant?

You know, I thought the bureaucracy in the CFD was bad.

I have been calling all over the city, and it's like you can't get someone into

a medical rehab center unless they're about to drop dead.

Oh.

This was for someone in your family?

Isaiah's mom.

It turns out the place she's at had some of the worst health reviews I have ever

read, and the city just stuck her there.

We should have looked into it sooner.

On top of that, I got to educate myself on post -traumatic hydrocephalus just to

talk to Isaiah about it all.

You'd need a medical degree just to figure it all out.

That sounds like a lot to handle.

Glad I'm not a parent.

Excuse me.

Miss, hi. Can I help you?

Are you Sal Vasquez?

I am.

I'm Cliff Belfort's sister, Pam.

Did he ask you to come?

No. But he told me about your visit and your message, and I wanted to find out

what's going on. I'm very protective of him after what he's been through.

Believe me, I get that.

So what is it that you want from him?

I think I need to speak to Cliff directly.

Do you understand what you're doing?

Even asking for that?

I'm not trying to cause him any more pain. Then leave him alone.

Cliff has worked.

So hard to rebuild his life, his kid's life, after Lindsay was killed.

Your father was a part of that nightmare.

If he hadn't have planted that weapon, Bianchi would be in jail.

My father did not plant that screwdriver.

He discovered that it had been misplaced from the medical scene, so he put it

back. Yeah, I heard all that at trial.

It's still misconduct, and it destroyed the prosecution's case. Fine, what he

did helped set Bianchi free, and my father will have to live with that for

rest of his life.

But from the very beginning...

All he wanted was to get justice for Lindsay. Same thing you want, Cliff, and

Lindsay's parents.

There are broken things here that can still be fixed.

That's what I would like to talk to Cliff about.

If you'd help me.

It's educational only by a little more time.

We need to get her out of here.

Ambo 61, come in. Where the hell is my update? We need a backup ambulance now.

Stand by, 61.

14 years. That's quite a long time to be in charge of such an intense rescue

unit. It doesn't feel that long.

Well, that you've been able to do it successfully for all that time, that's

something. It's good in a crisis.

I think we both know that's exactly the leadership that the CFD needs.

Excuse me one moment.

Main,

this is Ambulance 61.

All radio traffic, please stop.

Main to all units, hold your traffic.

Go ahead, 61.

We are stuck on the city front overpass between Illinois and North Water Street,

and our patient isn't critical.

There are no ammos available.

We request an immediate fire rescue assistance, or this patient won't make

61, keep that patient alive. We're coming for you.

Ready to roll, Chief. What's the plan?

Hang on.

Never mind. What's the best approach here? It's pretty jammed up here on

Columbus Drive. It's hard to tell. We'll get moving, see if we can carve out a

path. Good.

Get in here about ten minutes out. We'll check all possible routes, see what

gets you the closest.

Copy that.

We need a city grid and infrastructure map. The biggest ones you

got. CDOT is right across the street. I'll have someone run them over.

Okay.

I'm in.

Oxygen's up.

Ninety and climbing.

Okay.

Intubation health. She's starting to stabilize.

The hematoma's still growing fast.

We have to control that arterial bleed. We'll have to take turns putting

pressure on the wounds.

Let's start.

Truck 81, what's your ETA?

We're going in 61. We're on the move.

They can make it to Van Buren. The road might be wide enough to ride the

sidewalk. That or they take the park.

81, what's your status?

We just hit a wall of traffic.

We're backed up for blocks.

Can you get to Van Buren? We can direct you from there.

Copy that. Yeah, we're heading there now.

Okay,

there was a water main break on Harrison and Randolph. Flooded the whole

intersection. They're worried about sinkholes, so they're shutting it down

all directions.

How long before they open that back up? They're saying an hour.

That will two, maybe three. Is there any way to push this along?

That was the commissioner of the Department of Water Management. An hour

pushing it along.

Sounds like the best we can do is get them close.

Cover the least amount of ground on foot.

With 81 westbound on Van Buren, they're going to hit red five blocks from 61's

location.

The time it's going to take to get there and back, there's got to be a better

way to get in.

What about this, Chief?

There's a service road that leads to a lot directly underneath the overpass

isn't affected by the flooded intersection.

81 just has to get beneath the overpass, not on it.

And 81 puts up the aerial. Yeah, but way quicker than getting back and forth on

foot. I'll tell Transpo to block off bus access to the service road for us.

Listen up. New plan, 81.

Ready to switch out?

Yeah. Okay, keep it from pressure, but not too much. You cut off blood flow in

the carotid artery.

Got it.

You go in the moment, I take my hand away.

And now.

How are we going to do this when we transport her to truck?

I'll keep the pressure and go with them while you stay with them until traffic

clears.

Truck 81 is on scene.

Oh, thank God.

I got them.

Truck 81, I'm not seeing you. You're on the city front overpass?

Negative 61, we're right under it.

Under me?

Our patient is intubated with a perforated trachea. How the hell are we

to get her down there?

This can't be the only option. I know it looks scary, but this is the fastest

way to get your mom to med.

Okay. Remember, constant pressure on her neck the entire way down, but not too

much to cut off the blood flow. Copy. And the ET tube.

squeeze the bag every five seconds. Yeah, I'll watch for it. If the tube

she stops breathing, Vasquez.

It won't.

Okay. Okay. Let's go. Ready?

Yep. On three, two, one. Yep.

I'm in.

Ballard, let's do it.

Okay. Bring them up.

Dana, can you back up for us?

Nice and steady, Bowers. Keep lifting until you clear the railing.

Copy that, Lieutenant.

Hey,

stay blocking.

Hey, you, with the jersey, give us a hand.

Grab that blue drop?

Yeah.

Okay.

Ready to swing.

Roger.

Good? Yep.

We got you.

Yep, yep, yep.

Nice.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

We got you.

Hey, I'm going to roll with 81.

Help me chill in bed once traffic clears. Yep. Wait, no, wait, no. I have

come with you. We don't have time.

Come on.

I think that was more exciting than the council meeting I missed.

Sorry for commandeering your office.

No, don't be. As long as it wasn't saved so you could demand more funding.

Well, gentlemen, it was a pleasure seeing you. I have a public safety

to get to.

Thanks for all your help.

Anytime.

Good to meet you, Lieutenant.

She's not so bad for a politician.

She gets things done.

Penetrating neck injury with a pulmonary hematoma on the carotid artery.

I've got the pressure.

Let's get her into trauma one. Oxygen is stable at 98.

Patient had significant blood loss from arterial gas on the right rib.

Why don't you come by the house later?

Then we can talk.

Hey, I'm heading out.

I'll see you next shift.

Yeah, and if you want to talk more about medic reports or anything else, I'm

around. I appreciate it.

Same goes for you.

And you're always welcome at Molly's.

Bet you know that. I do, yeah.

Thank you.

I was hoping that you might be able to offer me some guidance.

Okay. I've been having a hard time finding a good long -term care facility

does rehabilitation. What kind of care are we talking about?

My foster son, his mother was injured pretty badly in a car accident a couple

months back. She's been in a coma since.

Just had a shunt put in for post -traumatic hydrocephalus. And she is at

John's. Yeah, well, St. John's is understaffed, underfunded, and always on

patient overflow.

I found that out the hard way.

We are going down there tomorrow to corral the doctors, but that's not a

sustainable long -term plan.

Kelly and I, we just want the best care possible for Isaiah's mom, even if we

have to cover some of the costs ourselves.

His name is Isaiah.

Uh -huh. That's my grandson's name.

Really? Yes.

All right, Zaya, he's a great kid.

I'm sure yours is, too. The best, needless to say.

But it sounds like Isaiah got lucky with his foster placement.

We are the lucky ones, truly.

Well, look, I do have a connection with the center that might fit your needs.

The Clements Wegner Clinic, it's a pretty state -of -the -art facility.

The patients have...

access to a host of specialists, as well as rehab and PT.

That sounds amazing. And it's a grant subsidized, which can help a lot with

expenses. But there is an issue that might make it difficult.

They don't have a location in Chicago.

The clinic is in Cleveland.

Cleveland.

I just passed my time.

Thanks, Scott.

Mm -hmm.

Dr. Patel?

Hi, uh, Lizzie Novak.

I was one of the medics on the neck trauma that we transported with Truck 81

yesterday.

Penetrating injury, pulsatile hematoma. Sure. I remember. Your partner came in

with the truck.

Yeah. Um, how long have you been doing Taekwondo?

First time, actually.

Oh, well, you picked a great class. Got the best.

Um, how is, how is Marie doing?

The, the neck patient?

She was still in surgery when I found out. The daughter was not happy. We

basically had to restrain her when they first arrived.

Must have had your hands full with that one.

Yeah, we did.

Hey, Doc.

I better go warm up.

Good luck.

That flight won't work, so see if you can pull that out.

Okay. Sorry to interrupt.

Chief Pascal, two days in a row.

Someone else for me to meet?

No, I was in the building.

But I can come back if now's not a good time. No, no, come on in.

We'll finish this later.

Thank you.

I feel like I need to apologize.

I told you, there's no need.

Getting to your people took priority.

No, I don't mean for yesterday.

A few weeks ago.

When you asked me out to drinks... You don't need to explain anything.

I lost my wife last year.

So even thinking about getting drinks with someone or going on some kind of

date... I

reacted poorly, I know.

I'm just not ready.

Tom, I'm so sorry about your wife.

And I totally understand.

But the thing is that you're okay with it.

Love to go out for a cup of coffee sometime.

I would love that.

Come on in.

The kids are at after school care, so we can sit and talk in here. Please, have

a seat. Thank you.

Firesighting seems like a very rewarding job.

It can be.

I thought about it at one point.

I mean, every kid does, I guess.

Look, when you showed up here yesterday out of the blue, it caught me off guard.

I know, and I'm sorry.

Like I said, I thought I had a better shot at asking or talking to you than if

just left a message.

Probably right.

Look, Mr. Belford, I, um... I can't imagine what the last six years have

like for you and your family.

And I'm sure that hearing the name Vasquez probably makes you angry as

my dad was trying to put things right so that justice would be served.

If you think I blame Ray Vasquez, I don't.

He's not the one who murdered my wife.

Detective Vasquez actually helped me that day.

Because I couldn't breathe.

I couldn't think. I was falling apart.

And your dad put his hand on my shoulder, and he reminded me that I

there for my kids.

Because they were what mattered most.

For that, I'll always be grateful that he was the first person to answer the

call.

Besides the medics, you mean?

No, he got there before they did.

Along with another patrol car.

Your father was the one who took the medics over to Lindsay's body.

I couldn't bear to do it.

You said there was something you wanted to ask me.

What is it?

Hey,

hi, I'm so sorry I'm late. No, you almost missed happy hour. But not to

took the liberty of ordering for you. Thank you.

Figured... We could stand to let loose a little after the longest shift ever.

Amen to that.

Oh.

Did you order a shots of Malort? The first firehouse I floated at. I'm going

take shots of that after a rough shift.

With a tall boy. It's called the Chicago handshake. Remind me to never let you

order a head again.

I was late because I stopped by med to check on Marie.

Oh, how's she doing?

She just got out of surgery. She is expected to make a full recovery.

Her daughter was by her side, of course.

Well, that's a relief.

Yeah.

So, Novak.

Your empathy is like your superpower.

You can connect with anyone, but with great power comes great responsibility.

Dana should not have been in the back of the ambulance with us.

She made it so much harder for us to treat Marie. I know you felt bad for

But sometimes you have to say no. She said that her dad died of COVID

I just wanted to... No, you're right. It was a bad call on my part, and it won't

happen again.

Your PIC voice is kind of scary.

Well, I made another shot that's not malort, and I swear you won't have to

it again tonight. Oh, you're no fun.

Oh, I got a text from Chief Robinson.

The first firefighter from 51 put in for the new program.

No way.

Did Kat finally get over spear and needle?

I don't think that's happening anytime soon, but I was kind of surprised,

actually. It's Vasquez.

Are you sure? It's only going to be a few weeks. I will be back at work before

you know it.

I really want to do this, Kelly.

Hey.

Hey.

Want to come join us?

What? Did you talk to Dr. Sachs?

We made progress.

That's for sure.

So, Isaiah, you were right.

Your mom wasn't getting the best care possible.

Stella found a better place.

Really? Mm -hmm. That's amazing.

Yes.

But... It is in Cleveland.

Oh.

I mean, if that's where they can help her the most, but does that mean I won't

get to see her?

No, you'll see her.

So you and I, we are going to go down there together for a while.

We're going to get Shauna settled, we're going to meet her doctors, get their

assessments, so that we know exactly what is going on with her. Wait, it...

And you mean, like, drop everything here? We'll get in touch with your

you can stay updated on assignments, classes.

I don't mean for me. I mean for you.

You're going to take all that time off work to help my mom?

Of course.

Yeah.

You're a family now.

So that means your mom is, too.

That's what I don't understand.

A statement from Belfort could secure my parole. All you had to do was make the

ask. I'm not doing anything until I know the truth.

What are you talking about?

Who was the first one on the scene after Lindsay Belfort was murdered?

You know damn well it was the medics. No.

No, it wasn't. It was you.

Who told you that?

Cliff.

The guy was spinning so hard he couldn't see a foot in front of him. You always

said that the medics were there first.

That the examiner was there.

That somebody else mishandled the screwdriver and you were simply putting

back where it belonged.

You fabricated evidence.

Tainted it.

Was the screwdriver even really the murder weapon? Who cares?

Bianchi killed that woman. He lied to everyone, including me.

I don't get that victim statement.

I'm not getting paroled.

How could you do this?

I didn't.

You did.

This?