Original subtitles

You coming to Molly's tonight?

Nope. Going out with Violet.

RITTER: / knew you'd met your match with her.

I'm not really feeling a very Supportive vibe right now.

STELLA: What's she up to?

Captain Leone... You do not want to be on her bad side.

Matt Casey, this is my birth mom, Julie.

Julie, this is Matt.

He's terrific. How long have you two been dating?

Oh. Um... No. It's not like that. We're just friends.

JULIE: /f you say so.

Okay. Okay.

| saw you act like you were gonna skip that candy bar.

Gordy!

You're not supposed to notice my purchases.

There's a clerk-customer confidentiality.

Your secret is safe with me.

CHUCKLES

$3.49

Keep the change.

Hey.

What're y'all doing?

Yeah. You say something?

How old are you?

No one's tryin’ to talk to you.

STELLA: Well, aren't you Supposed to be in school

instead of out here on acorner, slinging God-knows-what?

Hey! I'm talking to you.

STELLA: You should've seen them, they couldn't've been

more than 14, 15 years old,

and they just scattered right as soon as | approached them.

Probably thought you were a Cop.

Well, it's just so sad, you know?

And what am | doing about it? Nothing.

| always say that | want to be more involved in the community,

and then another week goes by and what have | done?

Okay,

despite whatever the weather is up to today,

| still expect Firehouse 51 to be prepared... SIGHS

Yes, Lieutenant Herrmann?

All right. Well, thank you, Chief,

for addressing me by rank there because it cuts to the heart

of why | raised my hand.

| was wondering, you know,

about officer's quarters?

ALL CHUCKLING

You see, it's been over a year since | made lieutenant, you know,

and Casey and Severide, over there,

they got their own officer's quarters down in the bunk room and...

We only have two officer's quarters at 51.

|! understand that and | thought about that

and that's why | would like to request

the blue room down in the bullpen.

| could be closer to you

and then you can be my...

That was a little quick.

Blue office is for storage,

now and forever.

It is not gonna be your officer's quarters or a women's lounge

or whatever function you all come up with by tomorrow.

Like a game room.

MEN CHUCKLING, CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY

But, Chief... ALARM BLARING

DISPATCHER: ON PA Truck 81, Ambulance 67.

House fire, 55 South Randolph Street.

SIREN BLARING

Truck 81,

all right, looks like a couple bedrooms burning on the second floor.

Mouch, Kidd, take the Charlie side. Yep.

Gallo, with me.

Clear upstairs first, work our way down.

Engine 105, drop two lines.

Okay, guys, you heard him. FIREMAN: Copy that.

| Knew something like this would happen.

That woman in there,

she's unfit to be a mother.

Gallo, find the stairs!

Copy that.

BLAKE GALLO: Fire department, call out!

Captain! Over here!

WOMAN GROANING IN PAIN

CASEY: We have to get you out of here.

My son Noah is upstairs! He's only six!

Where? In the bedroom on the right!

Gallo, go! Yeah.

BLAKE GALLO: Fire department, call out! WOMAN: No.

STELLA: We'll get to your son. No.

Ma'am!

Come with us. CASEY: Come on, Ma'am.

Noah! Noah! | got you!

Fire department! Call out!

WOMAN: Noah!

Noah!

Noah!

Call out! Noah!

No sign of him!

Did you check the master? Yeah.

NOAH: Mom!

Hey, kid. Come with me.

Na-uh.

Il take you to safety, | promise.

No. Your mom is already down there.

Come on. Come on. No.

Hey, hey.

When | was your age,

there was a fire at my house, too,

and | hid in as safe a place as | could find,

exactly what you're doing. Okay?

But this place isn't gonna

keep you safe much longer. Okay?

It's true.

SO, come on. Come with me

and we'll get you to safety.

We'll get you to your mom. Yeah?

Come on. Come here.

Here.

Ready?

BLAKE GALLO: Knock it down.

Where are they? They said they'd get to him.

What's your name, ma'am? Jenni.

Jenni, can you help us put this oxygen mask on you?

You took in a lot of smoke, honey.

Thank God. Noah! Noah!

NOAH: Mom!

Nota scratch.

Thank you.

FOSTER: Let me just take a look at him. Okay.

Come here, buddy.

Here you go.

Brave, what you did, ma’am.

BREATHING HEAVILY

Great. Okay.

SIREN BLARING

No surprise this happened.

She can't take care of him.

she's paralyzed.

She could've gotten that little boy killed.

You saw. Hey.

You're not helping anyone with that, so why don't you just...

SCOFFS

CASEY: All right, 81.

Let's help 105 re-bed their hoses.

ENGINE ROARING

Hey. How was it?

Rolling.

Good save with a kid hiding under his sink.

Details. So, we get to this house...

Captain...

INDISTINCT CHATTER

What's he doing?

Apparently, he’s making his own officer's quarters.

That is precisely what I'm doing.

If you guys want to get something done around here,

you have to stop asking for permission

to start building your own future.

CLEARS THROAT

Voila!

ALL CLAPPING

HERRMANN: Okay. Clap it up.

All right, just know that where preparation meets perspiration,

you have... Constipation?

ALL LAUGHING

Innovation.

Okay, well, I'm gonna head into my quarters,

and get some paperwork done.

Yeah. Same.

ALL CHUCKLING

HERRMANN: | believe | will too.

BLAKE GALLO: Dude, no, no.

Don't give me that, okay?

We were the last group who had to raise

the 50-foot banger ladder in under a two-minute time limit.

But the instructors flat out told our class

we had the highest scores and best times they'd seen in, like, a decade.

They say that to everyone.

What are you two on about?

We're comparing academy classes.

They started making it way easier after | came through.

SCOFFS I'm like six months behind you.

Did your class even go in the smokebox?

Oh, dude, don't.

STELLA: Mmm. Question for both of you,

what percentage of each class was women?

LIN: Not enough!

STELLA: Hey! CHUCKLING

Violet. What brings you by?

We had to call up Racine, were low on chem strips,

so Jody Is raiding 61's supply cabinet.

And you stopped in to say hi. That is...

| came by to raid your fridge.

But seriously, we had, like, three women in our entire class.

You know what?

| just, | just thought of something. Um...

Can you both finish making sandwiches?

All right. Yeah, of course. STELLA: Thank you.

CHUCKLING

SCOFFS

Chief, you got a second?

More than that.

What's on your mind?

Okay,

so | just had some inspiration.

The short version is,

| gotta do more for young women out there.

Whatever is happening

in the "women's movement,

it's not happening on streets like Marquette,

or West Garfield or South Ashland.

So, what if | set up a program,

where | recruit young women

from Chicago public schools

to be junior firefighters.

Sounds good.

Though I will say, as with anything of this nature at the CFD,

you are gonna need an abundance of two things...

Patience and persistence.

| got both those things.

| mean, | can when | need to. Okay.

What you're gonna want to do is,

call Owen Horton in Community Relations at Headquarters.

And feel free to tell him

that you have my full support.

Thank you, Chief.

It's a terrific idea.

Truly.

CHUCKLES

GROANS

JULIE: Hi. I'll hit the supply room for restock.

BRETT: Great.

Julie! Hi, Sylvie.

Oh, | hope you don't mind me dropping by unannounced.

No. Not atall.

| was thinking | could get your help with neighborhoods.

| mean, | know | can Google

best neighborhoods for new moms in Chicago,

but I'd rather land some insider knowledge

from someone who is in these streets everyday.

You've come to the right place.

Trust me. | am the go-to house hunter at Firehouse 51.

Oh, hey, there's a show called that.

House Hunters. Have you seen it?

lam the biggest fan in the world. CHUCKLES

| even roped my ex-fiance into marathoning the whole series with me.

Wait... What?

Ex-fiance?

Oh, uh... Yeah. No, that's a...

That's a whole another...

Yeah. A whole another something | want to hear about.

| know we Nave time,

but | will take every Sylvie Brett story that | can get.

Fine, but I'm gonna need some coffee.

BOTH CHUCKLE

CONVERSING INDISTINCTLY

Excuse me.

Could you please direct me to a Captain Matthew Casey?

I'm Matt.

Oh. All right, well that saves me a few steps.

I'm Vera Gantry with the Department of Child and Family Services.

Oh, okay.

Your name is on an incident report from a house fire

this morning involving Jennifer Davis and her son, Noah.

The woman in the wheelchair?

Yes, Sir.

| received an endangerment complaint

asking DCFS to remove the child from his mother.

Well, in fact, there have been...

...five calls regarding negligence of the mother, before the fire.

Did they come from the same neighbor? I'm not at liberty...

She was a real piece of work. Casey.

These are serious allegations.

Captain Casey, did you see how the fire started?

It looked like an electrical fire, but | can't be sure.

That would be a matter for the Office of Fire Investigation.

| can say that the mother, Jenni,

turned over her wheelchair

so she could crawl up the stairs and try and save her child.

Couldn't get up the stairs.

That's not what | said.

Were you summoned by fire alarms inside the house?

| believe it was a 911 call.

No alarms. Hey, what's your agenda here?

To protect a child.

It seems more like it's a pre-made decision

in search of facts to back it up.

Okay. That's enough.

You have my Captain's incident report.

Yes, | have everything | need.

Are you serious?

DOOR CLOSES

This woman came here to check some boxes.

Didn't matter what | said.

You're right.

| didn't like her attitude.

she wanted a few choice quotes

so she could take a boy away from his disabled mother.

That doesn't sit right with me, Chief.

Doesn't sit right at all.

DOOR CLOSES

Ritter, Herrmann wants to see you in his office.

His what?

RITTER CLEARS THROAT

Hey. Sit.

Sit. Oh. Yeah.

So, um, thank you for coming.

| just wanted to let you know

that now that | got my own office,

you can come and knock on my door any time, day or night.

There is no door.

| know that this is a little thrown together,

but as your officer,

uh, | want you to know

that if you ever have any suggestions or complaints

or you just want to get something off your chest,

that you can come to me here,

and we can have a private conversation.

Well, this area has an echo.

A what?

An echo.

You can hear anything anyone Says,

like all over the bunk room.

That's why no one sat on the sofa that used to be here.

CRUZ: It's true. | can hear you.

Expired?

Yeah. Way expired.

| was told | could find Stella Kidd in here?

Yes, you can. And, yes, you did.

Owen Horton, CFD Community Outreach Department.

| got your message, Hi.

| was running back from Manny's, thought I'd stop by and get the low down.

Well, firstly, thank you for responding so quickly.

Okay. So, like | said on the message,

I'm calling it, "Girls on Fire."

What I'm thinking is high school girls, young women,

can see that there is a career for them in the fire service.

So, we have them run drills, soread hoses,

climb ladders, ride in the trucks

and hear from women who are in the trenches

every day at the CFD.

You know, let these teenage girls feel empowered.

What you're gonna want to do is write me up a formal proposal.

You'll find the guidelines on the CFD server.

Get a female officer to co-sponsor with you,

and email it to me when you're done.

CELL PHONE VIBRATING

Dana.

Yeah, | had a quick stop, I'll be there in five minutes.

Okay. Thanks.

Uh, um,

a female officer?

All outreach programs require an officer's full commitment.

His or her presence at all meetings and events.

| think the only way this one flies is if it's female-lead.

Right.

Exactly.

DOOR OPENS

DOOR CLOSES

| think he’s Into it.

SIGHS | have to go print up a list of female officers.

ALARM BLARING

DISPATCHER: ON PA Ambulance 61, medical assist,

8706 West Roosevelt.

SIREN WAILING

Did you boys call for a medical assist?

NESBITT: Yep. Where?

Full moon, 12 o'clock.

SCATTING

Oh, lordy.

SCATTING

SIGHS Okay. I'm sorry, but this is a police matter.

NESBITT: No. No, no, no.

Clearly this is a medical assist.

Look at that guy, he could be dangerous, we don't know.

Do you see a weapon? | don't see much of anything.

Okay, I'm sure this'll be a big hoot down at the district,

but we're not treating this guy until he's restrained.

No one's complaining about a crime,

therefore no call to arrest.

Um, | am. | just went to get some coffee,

and now | can't get back inside my Office.

And that's gotta be some sort of crime?

This is a public building, public space.

Unless he’s committing a crime right now...

Public indecency! That's at least a misdemeanor.

You guys just don't want to deal with it.

Listen, honey, give me your name,

I'll tell your Supervisor you're refusing medical.

Honey?

Where's your body-cam? It's right here.

Hi. I'm Emily Foster from Firehouse 51,

and your Officer,

Nesbitt, is an A-hole. That's not nice.

NESBITT: Let me show you something.

MAN SHOUTING Hey. What the...

Stop! Police.

Well, it's a crime now!

NESBITT: Hey, stop!

l, uh, guess I'll get back to work,

after | scrub that image out of my brain.

BRETT CHUCKLING

Um... Excuse me.

Does your office handle residential or commercial listings?

Uh, both actually.

Nicholas Winter.

Oh. Sylvie Brett.

Hey, Chief. Yeah?

I'm gonna run by that house fire from yesterday,

talk to the neighbor who made that complaint.

What do you mean, "talk to her?"

Talk to her.

| could go with you, Captain.

| really connected to that kid. I'd like to come, if you don't mind.

Not at all.

Okay. Don't do anything to have headquarters call me.

Copy that, Chief.

I'll be home later. | gotta stop by the academy,

and meet with this lady chief.

All right. I'll see you later. All right.

Absolutely, | hear you, it sounds like a great program.

SO, you'll co-sponsor with me?

! wish | could, Stella.

But you know | don't put my name to anything

unless | can give it my full attention.

In addition to running a battalion,

| use my days off to support the 100 Club.

Oh, yes.

That's right. | Knew that. You said that before.

Look, I'd love to help you... Help you with what?

Oh. Um, it's...

Actually, Stella needs an officer

to co-sponsor her Girls, um...

Girls on Fire. Girls on Fire program.

Sounds interesting. It is.

It is. LEONE: Tell you what,

I've got breakfast free.

Why don't we discuss it over coffee and pancakes?

Okay.

Okay.

CAR ENGINE STOPS CAR DOORS OPEN

Ma'am. Arlene.

I'm Matt Casey. This is Blake Gallo.

We're with the Chicago Fire Department.

| remember.

Are you the one who called DCFS, filed a complaint?

The mother, Jenni Davis?

She can't take care of her yard.

Why would you think she can take care of a little boy?

Her yard? This woman has no respect

for the property line.

The roots of her trees run directly into my yard,

ripping through my garden.

You mean to tell me you called to have a child

taken away from his mother because of some tree roots?

That woman almost got her son killed.

CASEY: Do you know what it's like to have a son taken away?

‘Cause | do.

And what you're doing is reprehensible.

You don't know half of anything.

DOOR SHUTS

| didn't know you had a son, Captain.

Long story.

Let's take a look at the second floor.

Maybe swing by the hospital,

let the mom know what she's dealing with in terms of fire damage.

That sounds good to me.

So, | have houses in Hyde Park,

Old Town and Wicker Park.

I'm more than happy to set aside a day

to drive around, show them, see what speaks to you.

We can talk about styles,

traditional, craftsman, English.

We can talk about school districts.

We can talk about work or walking neighborhoods

or anything and everything that's important to you as a buyer.

That'd be great.

Will you be coming too?

Oh. Are you kidding? | live for this stuff.

Well, then it sounds like we're gonna have some fun.

Let me go grab my calendar,

and we can set aside a date. I'll be right back.

DOOR OPENS

IMPERCEPTIBLE

He just asked me out.

Well, yeah. He was into you.

You think?

He couldn't take his eyes off you.

And you should definitely say yes.

Uh, I'm not really looking to date right now.

| knew it. You're hung up on Matt!

I... No... We're... We're, we're friends.

Just friends. Trust me.

He was married to my best friend.

It's a whole thing.

Okay.

SIGHING Julie! Okay. | will leave it at that.

SIGHS

And so, what | want to show them, really show them,

is how responsibility goes both ways, you know?

And when those bells go off,

you have to be fearless and professional and ready.

The skills that they learn,

they can carry over into their schools,

their families, their communities,

whether they become firefighters or not.

Girls can be heroes,

and they need to know that.

Hmm.

Anyway, that's it. That's what | want to do.

Okay, yeah.

Yeah. There you go. SERVER: Thank you.

SO, what do you think?

| mean...

Girls on Fire! Right?

EXHALES DEEPLY

Not interested.

You're a schemer.

| don't work with schemers.

It's not as bad as | would've thought.

He's a general contractor. Ah.

CASEY: Good news is most of the damage

is contained to the hallway and a couple of bedrooms upstairs.

And | have insurance, including fire.

It's the one smart thing Braden did before he left.

They stand up there and they say,

"In sickness and tin health."

But those are just words

until spinal stenosis sets in.

Braden walked out on Noah and me,

never looked back.

Never called once. It's been three years.

sorry. Sounds like a terrible person.

VERA: Jennifer Davis.

As required by Illinois state law,

lam informing you that the Department of Child and Family Services

is taking Noah into state custody.

What?

Until such time as a family court justice can render a decision.

Now a copy of your case report has been given to your doctor.

No. You can't do this.

A copy of your case file has been given to your doctor,

which he will share with you when you are ready.

You can't do this! Come on!

If you have any questions,

you can call DCFS during office hours.

FOOTSTEPS RECEDING

Noah! NOAH: Mom!

JENNIFER: No, wait!

Mom!

Noah!

JENNIFER: No! You can't do this!

It was awful, Chief. Just awful.

| can imagine.

And this neighbor, Arlene?

She's a whole another level. BLAKE GALLO: No. She's disgusting.

| don't like saying that about people, but that's what she is.

Okay. | understand.

And | agree this is an awful situation and you feel helpless.

The way they treated that mother was...

However, we have a shift to run.

| need you both focused.

We will be.

| will be.

Good.

And so that exhausts

my list of women officers | Know.

The whole list could've fit on a post-it note anyway.

And, you know, | don't want to co-sponsor Girls on Fire

without someone who's dependable,

enthusiastic, smart.

| Know a woman officer who is all those things.

Really?

Who?

Wendy Seager.

The woman who threw vibes at you right in front of me?

CHUCKLES

"Il text you her number.

VMimm.

Nope. Not gonna get to me.

WHISPERS Ta-da.

CLEARS THROAT

EXHALES DEEPLY

CHUCKLES Whoo! Did you see me play a spade? Yeah.

Well, then you know I'm out of hearts.

Oh, you gotta pay attention to what everyone is playing.

Speaking of paying attention...

Actually, you remember the guy who helped us

with the police and naked guy call?

Mmm. Do |?

He was F-I-N-E, fine.

Go on. He asked me out.

And you're just now telling me?

| haven't answered him yet.

Oh, girl... | wanted to sleep on it.

| think that's smart.

You go too eager beaver and they think,

What problems does this gal have

that she's jumping to go out with me?"

Listen to Gallo.

Or, maybe don't call a woman a beaver.

Listen to Ritter.

| wasn't... | wasn't... CHUCKLES

I... No... No, | didn't mean it like that. That's... ALARM BLARING

DISPATCHER: ON PA Squad 3... Dude.

It's a phrase. It's like, "Busy Bee."

Like "Busy Bee?

SIREN WAILING

WOMAN: Help us! Yeah?

It's Graham! The forklift just sort of...

Show us! Right. This way.

| tell them not to take the corners too quickly

when the forklift is loaded up,

especially at the end of shift when everyone's exhausted!

GROANING IN PAIN

WORKER: Together. Come on. Come on!

GROANING LOUDER IN PAIN

CASEY: Guys, guys, back up!

WORKER: Come on guys, pull!

SEVERIDE: Hey... Guys... Woah, whoa, whoa! SHATTERING

Hey, guys! Back up! Give us some space to work!

It won't budge.

Hey, hey! You did what you could. Back up, let us do our job.

Hey, Tony, Capp, Cruz. Yeah?

Grab the airbags, struts, and cribbing, now!

CRUZ: Copy. Gallo, jaws of life.

Yep. Ritter, Kidd, start roping the shelving.

STELLA: Copy. CASEY: Forklift is wedged underneath him.

| got ya. You're okay.

Hey, Casey? Yeah.

SEVERIDE: Can we fit the airbags in there? CASEY: We can try.

CRUZ: Yeah? Cruz?

SEVERIDE: All right.

All right, when you're ready, bring ‘em up. Let's go.

AIR HISSING

GROANING IN PAIN

Woah, woah, woah!

SEVERIDE: Hey, Cruz!

ALL SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY

ALL STRAINING

SHATTERING

Get those struts in!

Struts, go!

STRAINING

STRAINING

Good. We're good.

All right, Captain, he's out.

Hey, Captain, why don't we use the jaws?

We'll put one prong under the cylinder mask,

the other on the ground.

When we get him up, we'll pull him out as fast aS we can.

Yeah. Yeah. | like it.

CASEY: Hit it. All right.

MACHINE WHIRRING

METAL CREAKING

Clear. Yeah.

You okay? Yeah. Yeah.

One, two, three...

BRETT: Watch his arm.

FOSTER: Okay, got him.

Lungs are diminished bilaterally.

| feel crepitus.

Okay. He has a flail chest.

All right. Let's go.

They're gonna race him to Chicago Med. You're welcome to follow.

Yeah, okay.

Thank you, guys.

Thank you so much.

It all happened so fast. Yeah.

Hey, Kidd,

| have a stop | wanna make on the way home.

You got it, Captain.

Ms. Gantry?

Yeah? SCOFFS

I'd like to talk with you about Noah Davis's case.

More specifically, I'd like to talk with you about his mother.

Is there a place we can talk?

This Is fine.

Okay.

We just came from a call.

A 9,000-pound forklift cut a corner too fast,

toppled over, and pinned a warehouse worker to the floor.

Okay.

When we got there,

five of the biggest men you've ever seen

were trying to lift that machine to save their friend.

They couldn't budge it an inch.

All their strength, all their strain,

and they failed.

Over my years in the fire service,

I've witnessed all kinds of people get overwhelmed

by a fire or defeated by an accident.

Strong, able-bodied people in the prime of their lives.

Point Is,

Noah Davis wasn't in any more danger

because his mother uses a wheelchair.

The way she tried to arm-crawl up the stairs,

I've never seen anything like it.

The woman filing this complaint, Arlene?

She's bitter because she doesn't like

her neighbor's tree roots in her yard.

That's the kind of person she is.

| don't know Jenni Davis well,

but | do Know character is defined by action.

And that woman puts being a mother over everything,

including her own safety.

lf that's not a fit parent, | don't Know what is.

It's a matter for family court now.

lt doesn't have to be.

| have a little experience with DCFS.

Do you know Tina at the West Lincoln branch?

| do.

| had ason once... Briefly.

Turns out his real dad dropped back in the picture, and l...

We couldn't deny Louie that love.

Tina pushed it through.

And | know that if you put your mind to it,

you can tear up that report

and there won't be any need for courtrooms or judges.

A mother and son can be reunited,

not in a week, not in a month.

Today.

What's this?

What is this?

Did you plug a hot lamp

into the wall right next to a plastic shower curtain?

Well, see...

There was no officer's quarters for me,

so | thought that...

Report to the academy

for remedial fire responsibility training.

Monday.

Yes, Chief.

SEAGER: Why's it smell like burnt plastic in here?

SEVERIDE: SIGHS Don't ask.

Stella, Lieutenant Seager looking for you.

Thanks for coming by.

Happy to. And it's Wendy.

Wendy. Yeah.

| got your message, and I'm intrigued.

SEVERIDE: I'm just gonna...

CLICKS TONGUE

SCOFFS

Severide's great.

But you know that.

| do.

| do.

So, the reason | reached out,

| have a program I'm looking to start

that'll benefit young women and | need a female officer to co-sponsor.

I'm calling it Girls on Fire.

And the idea Is,

| reach out to public school girls

and show them what a career in the fire service is all about.

It's hands-on.

Direct.

Small groups... Say no more.

I'm in.

You are? Are you kidding?

My classmates at South Shore used to make fun of me

when | said | wanted to be a firefighter.

Yeah. "You're a girl.

You can't lift a bag of feathers. It'll never work."

CHUCKLING

| heard it all.

Young women need to see real role models at CFD,

know this is a career choice and not just a dream for boys.

Exactly!

This program sounds bad-ass.

Whatever you need, sign me up.

CELL PHONE VIBRATING

Nicholas? Hey.

Um. Yes, yes, | did.

Hey, listen...

| just... lm not...

I'm not ready to get social yet, um...

I've got some things | need to sort out.

No... SIGHS Yeah, I'm sorry, um...

| Know people say this but trust me,

it's me, it's not you.

Okay.

Yes. VEHICLE ENGINE STARTS

Take care.

Mom!

JENNIFER: Oh.

Noah.

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