Original subtitles

We got people alive in here! We gotta get 'em out!

SEVERIDE: You deserve a better man than me.

So, | decided, I'm going to be the man you deserve.

HERRMANN: Get out! That's an order!

It is part of my Job to teach you the ways of the world.

I'm not leaving you!

send Brett and Foster in if you can spare them.

What's the fire like where you are? They're safe up here.

Suit up, follow me.

Good to see you back with the Chaplain. You're good together.

I'm leaving for Indiana tomorrow, and | am begging you to come with me.

Will you marry me? Yes.

BODEN: Evacuate! Evacuate!

It's about to blow!

AIR HISSING

GRUNTS

Severide! How can we help?

Almost there. Where's Herrmann?

Follow the line!

Hey! Go get Engine. We'll get this door open!

Truck! Follow me! Let's go!

Hey, you sure you're good?

Yeah, yeah, I'm good! Go with them! All right.

STRAINING

Damn it, Ritter! I'm not gonna tell you a third time!

Leave now!

Herrmann! Drop the hoses! Come on! It's gonna blow!

Casey!

I'm not asking!

PRESSURE VALVE WHISTLING

Get down! Get down!

YELLING

Get back! Stay back! It's gonna blow!

GLASS SHATTERS

COUGHING

GROANS

PANTING

You guys okay? HERRMANN: I'm okay.

BODEN: Foster. I'm okay. I'm okay, Chief.

GRUNTS

DISTANT GRUNT

Brett.

BRETT WHIMPERING

GASPS

Mayday, mayday! Firefighter down! Floor collapse!

Basement, Charlie side! Get these guys out of here.

Il go help Boden, go!

Keep moving!

COUGHING

MAN: Quick! Come on! We can get out this way.

Okay. Easy.

Let's get her out of here before this stuff shifts again.

Copy.

Nice and easy. Let's get you out of here.

We'll hold the ladders. Let's go, let's go, let's go.

sylvie, this is gonna hurt.

MOANS

All right, but | have to splint your arm so | can get you out of here.

You grab on to me, okay?

We're gonna go on three.

Okay, one, two, three.

SCREAMS

Okay.

The roof collapsed. BODEN: Casey.

It was two feet of concrete! Casey.

| never would've called you into position if I'd known!

Casey! What?

Concentrate on getting Brett and everybody else out of this basement.

We can Monday morning quarterback it later.

Casey! What do you need?

Brett's got an arm fracture.

Backboard to get her out of here.

Stokes basket at the ready. Copy.

Capp! Tony! Can you lower us down a Stokes basket from the floor above?

TONY: ON RADIO Copy that. We're stable.

You're gonna be okay.

PANTING

Yeah. I'm sorry.

WHIMPERS

Okay. It's okay.

ALARM BLARES IN DISTANCE

Otis? Otis!

Firefighter down! Firefighter down! It's Otis!

Over here! It's Otis!

Wait.

Oh, no. You hold on.

Firefighter down! Firefighter down!

Is he responsive? No, no. No, he's not.

What happened? Otis?

Let's get him in. Come on.

SOBS

SIREN WAILS

SOBS

YELLS

INDISTINCT CHATTER

When I give you an order, Ritter,

follow It.

| just didn't want... | don't care what you want.

I'm the lieutenant. I'm your lieutenant,

which means | am responsible for your life

whether you care about it or not.

Excuse me.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Look, um, | know

you're going up to a better place,

and, um, | know when you get there,

they're gonna welcome you with open arms.

Maybe, uh, you could save us a place

to live up there together, you know?

Il be there someday.

SOBS

| love you, brother.

| love you and I'm gonna miss you.

SOBS

SPEAKING RUSSIAN

MACHINES BEEP

MACHINE FLAT LINES

SOBS

How long have you had it on, exactly? Three months yesterday.

Roll your wrist for me.

Any pain?

VMimm-mmm.

Make a fist. Open.

Again. Any pain at all?

VMimm-mmm.

Now, your mother tells me you are interviewing at the Fowlerton firehouse.

Today, actually.

Do you know Chief Bruce Amshen over there?

| don't. Oh, yeah, good guy.

CHUCKLES He has got some stories, let me tell you.

Anyway, soak your arm in warm water

20 minutes a day for the next two weeks.

You can start some light exercises

and build that resistance daily.

Should be good to go within the month.

Now, Say hi to your folks for me.

And congratulations on that engagement.

CHUCKLES Thank you.

CHUCKLES

Wow.

Look at that.

Yeah. Let me see.

Oh, my gosh. It's good as new.

Um, that took a little bit longer than | thought it would.

Do you mind dropping me off at the Fowlerton firehouse?

Or do you have a...

Uh, no, of course. Um, | should have enough time.

| do have the cross-department citywide lecture series to get to this afternoon,

but sure, yeah. Plenty of time.

You didnt tell me you were lecturing.

| Knew you were interviewing. | didn't want you to feel you had to come.

Well, | could've rescheduled.

Ah, you'll have plenty of chances to hear me speak.

But it’s the cross-department...

Citywide lecture series. It's a huge deal.

Well, um, | can make dinner tonight

and you can tell me all about it.

Sounds good.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Which leaves window duties. Oh, man!

All right, all right, calm down.

Second shift drew the short straw.

| don't care how you do it, just get it done.

Front, back, and the apparatus floor.

Casey, Severide, Herrmann, you decide how to parse it out.

And lastly, Joe Cruz.

It has come to my attention

that you have been raising money for the Future Leaders Fund.

Uh, yeah, um, it's a nonprofit

that raises money for scholarships.

They'll have a fundraiser next week on the North Shore.

Consider me signed up.

Me too.

Yeah, I'll post the information on the bulletin board.

Right. Okay. So, if that is everything... Ah, right, Emily.

Um, | got a call. Your new floater paramedic was given late notice.

Should be here within the hour.

Kidd will cover until he arrives.

Thanks, Chief. Right.

Dismissed.

Hey, um, you two come see me in my office.

You got it, Chief. Yeah, of course.

Okay.

WOMAN: You do it just like this...

INDISTINCT CHATTER

WOMAN: He's going in, like now. FOSTER: Right.

Oh, one second?

Um... HI. Hl.

Uh, are you my partner? Yeah, yeah. Chad Collins. How you doing?

Uh, Emily Foster. Glad to have you.

| just spin the wheel, show up where they tell me.

Well, uh, you are at a great spot at 51.

You ever get that feeling?

What?

We're gonna be friends.

Uh-huh.

Where's the pisser at?

The bathroom? CHUCKLES That's the one.

It's down the hall.

see you in a dozen.

What just happened? Cute, though.

No comment.

| know that guy from somewhere.

| never seen him before. You sure?

Yeah, pretty sure.

Huh.

50, something | wanna keep you both abreast of.

The official government report

from the mattress factory fire has been further delayed.

What the hell is taking so long?

They have four factory workers dead, along with a firefighter.

And there's some noise about disciplinary action.

Against the CFD?

They're asking for clarification in my incident report.

Sent me a whole bunch of questions.

Anything more you need us to do?

We wait.

90, Casey?

Yes, Chief?

How's the search coming for the new firefighter for Truck 81?

I'll Know the right fit when | see it.

It's been three months.

Yeah.

Promise I'm looking.

Okay.

Thank you.

You okay?

They have our reports.

Drag these things on at a snail's pace,

not seeing or not caring that we have to keep reliving the call.

Nothing moves slower through the CFD than paperwork.

It's the first thing | learned at the academy.

| guess. I'm just...

Keep your chin up. Don't let these pencil pushers get to you.

They'll get the report out, it'll get shoved in a file somewhere,

and it's done.

Why don't you guys start on the outside apron windows...

Hey, Ritter.

Did you take a pike pole out of the rig

after that kitchen fire last shift?

Yeah, | did.

The, uh, pike part of it was breaking away from the handle,

so | sent it to equipment maintenance.

We should be getting a replacement. Ah.

It has been good having you on Truck.

| mean, under the circumstances.

Yeah, Herrmann's barely looked at me since the...

He's not sore at you.

You didn't see him light me up.

That's just his default disposition.

Well, he... He hasn't exactly asked me back to Engine.

I'm gonna grab another soap bucket,

get to the windows outside the briefing room.

| can help with that.

SINGING /’m working hard for the money

Don't you know it? Don't you know it, honey?

Don't you want to go to dinner with me tonight?

No, no, no

! need you now

MAN: Well...

CHUCKLES

| guess one shift in Chicago

is worth a whole year out here in terms of experience, huh?

We stay pretty busy. And you can work full-time?

Yes. I'd like to, if that's okay.

Oh, that won't be a problem.

Mason and Sissy, they're, uh... They're just part-timers.

They mainly do veterinary work up at the feed supply.

They help out when they can, but, well, the city approved a full-time paramedic

and we'd love to have you.

I'm hired? Just like that.

shake hands on it, before you change your mind.

CHUCKLES SOFTLY

And you can you start next Wednesday. 9:00 a.m.

I'll be here.

GASPS

oylvie Brett?

BRETT: Hope?

| heard from my mom that you were in Fowlerton.

Uh, |, um...

My fiance works in Anderson.

shut up. Engaged again?

CHUCKLES That is amazing.

Sylvie was supposed to get married right out of college,

but then her fiance got cold feet.

And then she ran off to Chicago and everybody said she'll be back someday,

‘cause Chicago's too fast for her.

And | guess they were right.

Yeah.

Well, | don't care how it happened.

I'm just glad that you're here,

because all I've wanted to do since | left Chicago is reconcile.

Reconnect. What have you.

Yeah. It's a small town.

There's no sense in wasting another day on ancient history.

We used to be tight.

We should be again.

|... I'd like that.

CHUCKLES

That was so good. Agreed.

Boden recommended it.

Or Donna, actually.

Said bring someone there for a special occasion.

What is the special occasion?

YOu.

And they said that you weren't romantic.

Who said that? Oh, | don't know. Everyone.

Well, maybe | didn't have the right girl to be romantic with.

SIREN BLARES IN DISTANCE

Hey, how's Casey doing?

He carries the weight of this more than the rest.

| can tell.

He said he's going to Molly's tonight.

You wanna head over there?

BOTH CHUCKLE

Now, Molly's North is nO More.

Oh, is that right? Yep. Lily shut it down.

She just didn't wanna go on without Otis anymore.

Yeah. sorry to hear it's closing down.

Hey.

Mind if | join you? Yeah, sure thing, Chief.

So, uh...

How's it going, Joe?

Good. Yeah, I'm pretty good.

I've been getting more involved with the church,

which has been great.

Yeah. Volunteering, that kind of thing.

Chloe, she's...

She's incredible.

Been a good ear, you know? So...

Overall, I'm doing all right.

Glad to hear it.

The last thing that Otis said to me was a Russian phrase.

Clear as day.

SPEAKING RUSSIAN

What does that mean?

That's just it. | don't know.

| didn't look it up.

| just...

What if he was saying something about how much pain he was in,

or if he was out of his mind?

| just don't want my last interaction with him to be...

Hey.

You know what my big fear is?

We got all these plaques on the wall

and these badges at the academy,

but what happens five years from now? Or 10?

When we're all split up and there's new firefighters walking the halls of 51

and somebody goes, "Hey, who is that guy?"

And nobody knows.

SIGHS

Anyway, that's what | think about.

| don't know how to answer you, Joe. | really don't.

SNIFFLES

‘Cause the questions that you ask

are the same questions | ask.

A lot.

CELL PHONE RINGS

Ooh, uh...

Pardon me. This is headquarters...

It's okay, Chief. ll be right back.

Listen, Kidd's been Staying over more and more.

If you guys want me out of there to give your privacy...

Forget it.

We're fine.

She's fine.

I'm just saying... Don't bring it up again.

You're not going anywhere.

All right.

Hey, guys.

Just had some bad news.

Because of the sensitivity of the official report,

they have decided to hold an inquiry,

specifically focusing on the radio call that Casey made

to request the paramedics enter the fire scene.

What? It's happening.

When?

Next shift. I'll accompany you. It'll be fine.

No, it won't.

This is scapegoat time, Chief. You know it. | Know it.

This is endless.

You're the early bird. Yeah.

Been catching that worm.

Of course. He drives a convertible.

ALARM BUZZING Yeah.

DISPATCHER OVER PA: Truck 81, Ambulance 67,

child trapped, 1915 North Clark Drive.

ENGINE STARTS

Hey, come on! Get in!

BRAKES HISS

Hurry! Come on, you guys! Hurry!

It's my son, Sebastian.

He climbed up the prize chute. Show us.

Coming through. STELLA: All right, back it up.

Thank you. Back it up. Back it up.

Kidd, unplug this machine.

Ritter, get these people back. Mouch, get me the whizzer saw.

Copy.

Can you guys give us some space, please?

MAN: Yeah, just back up. Give them some space. Thank you. Thank you.

Should we just break the glass? We can't protect his face.

Hey. Hey, buddy.

Just relax. We're gonna get you out of here,

but | need you to breathe first, so watch me.

You go in...

INHALES DEEPLY

Out. There you go.

Mouch, come on. Let's go. Yeah.

FOSTER: It's okay, buddy. You okay?

Yeah. Let's just get this save.

FOSTER: Just try and relax. Keep breathing. That's it.

SAW WHIRRING

Okay, go in.

Out.

CASEY: Pop it.

FOSTER: Slow it down. Phillips.

WHIRRING

FOSTER: Keep breathing.

You're doing great. You're doing great.

All right, let's get his leg down.

Slowly. Almost there.

CHILD GROANS

Take it slow. Okay, | got you.

There you go. All right. You got him?

Okay. Give me a big breath in, okay? Okay.

CROWD CLAMORING

Sounds okay.

Will you hand me a pulse ox?

DINOSAUR: SINGING It's your birthday It's your birthday

Collins. Collins! What?

Collins, pulse ox, please. Sorry.

You're doing great, buddy.

Breathe. Yeah.

All right, we're good to go. Let's get him to Med.

You guys can come ride with us.

CHUCKLES There you go!

| would like my next birthday party here, please.

Thank you so much. Yeah.

Good job.

WHISTLING

What's up, boss man?

How's that going?

It's a great combination of barely competent and completely lazy.

90 I'll continue searching.

You're gonna have to carry the load for the next few shifts, so...

No worries. Okay. Um, there's a reason | wanted to talk.

We have an inquiry today to do with the mattress fire with a new wrinkle.

Um, they're looking to blame Casey

for bringing you and Brett into the fire scene.

That's ridiculous. Agreed.

Brett and I, and any paramedic not named Collins,

would've run into that building.

I'm glad to hear you say that. | feel the same way.

SO are you willing to write that down for the committee?

Gladly.

Yeah. Thank you.

| told you | knew this guy.

CHUCKLES Busted.

| cannot wait to see the look on his face.

CHUCKLES

CHUCKLES Cool.

LAUGHTER

Excuse me. We're here for the safety hearing.

Through there. Thank you.

DOOR OPENS

These aren't just firefighters. Nope.

A lot of cover-your-ass Officials. Same as it ever was.

SIGHS

WOMAN: Gentlemen?

The commission will see you now.

So you were up above the fire on the first floor, changing out your...

My air bottle. Yes, sir.

And you radioed Chief Boden.

Told him what, exactly?

You have the logs.

Yes, | do.

Captain Casey. "Chief, I've got smoke inhalation victims

that have made it out of the basement but can't get outside to you."

"Can you send Brett and Foster in?"

Chief Boden. "How's the fire where you are?"

Captain Casey.

"They're safe up here.

CROWD MUTTERS

Captain Casey continues,

The floor is two feet of cement.

Basement's another story.

"They're safe up here.

That's what Captain Matt Casey declared on May 22, when he...

What was next?

Excuse me?

What was next in the radio log?

FERGUSON: Um...

You say, "Okay, I'll send them in."

That's right. | say, "I'll send them in."

But it was his responsibility... The order was mine.

In a fire scene, in all the chaos and unpredictability,

a firefighter can only relay back to his incident commander

the information he has at the time,

but it is up to the chief to make a decision

where or when to send the additional resources.

Now, in front of you,

you should all have letters from Emily Foster and Sylvie Brett

testifying that they would have entered the factory anyway.

But those letters don't matter.

Because It was l, not Captain Casey,

not anyone else, but I,

who ordered them into the fire scene.

SO, if you are looking to blame someone,

if you are looking for a human scapegoat, blame me.

I'm gonna go find a Coke machine. Do you want anything?

You've been cleared of all wrongdoing.

It's over.

The other night, Severide said they're gonna write this report,

it'll be stamped I'm clear,

and then it'll be shoved ina desk somewhere and disappear forever.

Yeah. It's just...

| lost a firefighter that day.

I'll never be clear.

Casey's been cleared.

They're not gonna blame firefighters for anything.

Tragic accident, full stop.

CLEARS THROAT

Lieutenant.

Ritter. Did you hear him?

Yeah, | heard him.

Listen, I...

I've been thinking about what you said that day to me...

VMimm-hmm.

...pretty much non-stop for months,

and | just want you to know,

| was wrong.

| was wrong to defy your orders

and you were right to give them,

and if you ever saw fit to bring me back to Engine,

! would not hesitate to follow your command.

Of course, I'm bringing you back to Engine.

I'm just loaning you out to Casey

until he finds a good fit. All right?

Thank God.

| was worried that this was a permanent thing.

No, not at all. All right?

But listen.

I'm not gonna apologize for going rough on you.

You not following orders means that | did not train you right.

I'm gonna make up for that when I'm back.

All right, | look forward to it.

Go on. All right.

COLLINS: So, what you're gonna do

is youre gonna lean back, angle your head... MOUCH: Mmm-hmm.

...SO only this side catches the light. Okay.

That way, the pose is both slimming and alluring.

| call it the "Neiman Marcus" shot.

Okay, like this?

COLLINS: Yeah. Okay, lean back.

CHUCKLES That's it, dude.

| got to take a picture of this.

Oh, uh...

Trudy and | are doing like an early, uh, Christmas card. It's...

He looks really sexy.

Brett, you got to call me back.

There is madness going on in this house, lam telling you.

CELL PHONE CHIMES

Nice piece of land your folks got here.

Yeah. We should look in this area.

Okay. Maybe not so close.

Right. Sure.

You okay, Sylvie?

Yeah. | mean...

| don't know.

Talk to me.

The firehouse today.

It's just, | think it's gonna be a slow house,

and this girl | know,

Hope Jacquinot, is dating one of the firemen,

which is gonna bring some complications

that I'm just not sure | wanna deal with.

Okay, | was gonna say this before

but | didn't want it to come across the wrong way.

You don't have to work.

What?

|! mean, being a chaplain's wife, it is work.

A chaplain's wife does the same thing as a paramedic.

You help people get through pain,

you patch ‘em up, you make ‘em feel better.

It's about helping people, which is what you're So good at.

Yeah, | hadn't...

| hadn't thought about it that way.

And maybe you try it out and then you go back to work part-time.

Or however...

However you want to make it work.

Really, no pressure.

Hey, Chief Boden wants to see us out on the north apron.

Who does he want? Everyone.

BODEN: Come on, guys. Gather round.

Who's gonna remember us?

It is a question that all of us who do this job,

we ask ourselves at one moment or another.

Who will remember our work after we're gone?

Brian Zvonecek.

He was our brother. He was a friend.

He was a hell of a firefighter.

He was smart, he was funny, he was kind.

He was unselfish and he was loyal.

If you see someone, a fellow firefighter,

a citizen, a friend standing looking at this memorial,

|! want you to come down this apron

and you tell them about Brian.

You tell them the story about who Brian was, the kind of man he was.

And that way, you will bring this memorial to life.

SPEAKING RUSSIAN

Yeah, | looked it up.

Those were Brian's last words.

And they mean,

"Brother, | will be with you always."

SOBS

| can't think of a better way to remember Brian.

90, from this day forward,

this memorial site is sacred ground.

THEME MUSIC PLAYIN