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We're trapped.

How's my meter?

He made it through the first few hours.

He's touch and go.

The CFD wants to decommission Engine 51 and let me go.

We're not going to throw in that towel yet.

Not a chance.

Isaiah has a zone with the doctor who's in charge of Sean's care.

How are we going to make it? He didn't answer.

He's just so concerned with the case.

Whoever set the fire at the school wanted to finish what they started.

We also caught you on camera while you were setting fire to Cole's place.

At that time, you put my friend in the hospital.

I know what you did!

You're off the case.

They want to bench me?

Let me convey.

What time is it?

Just after 3 a .m.

I'm looking for the employment division.

Sorry, they're closed.

Ah.

What time do they open?

No, they're closed.

The department's been furloughed because of budget cuts.

Indefinitely? That's all I know.

There's a storage area where we put the mail. Do you want me to put that in

there? No, no, this is my... It's an appeal to keep my job. I was told to get

in this week if I wanted any chance.

I'm so sorry.

Thanks.

The guy didn't pick up a single weight the entire time I was on the treadmill.

He was just pacing around the gym in one of those, like, v -neck tank tops,

staring at himself in the mirror, and talking on the phone at full volume like

he was some big -shot stockbroker. Oh, and you know there was no one on the

other end of that call. Yeah, totally.

People are the worst.

Hey, Vasquez.

Is that your new car?

I wish.

It's a rental.

I had to find something quick, and that charger was all they had.

It's cool, but, you know, it's cost me an arm and a leg, so I gotta get car

shopping ASAP before I go broke.

Molly, your new car has some mighty big tires to fill, because that Skylark was

pretty badass. Yeah, well... How's your dad doing anyway?

I'm sure re -entry is a little challenging.

Well, I do.

We'll keep in touch.

Catch you guys inside.

I really appreciate that, Doctor.

Yes, I will be in touch soon.

Great. Thank you.

Yeah. Bye -bye.

Hey. That was Dr. Shreve.

Shauna just emerged from her coma last night. Wow. Really?

Mm -hmm. She's oriented, aware.

She's not talking, but she's communicating. That's great news. I

he said that she's got months ahead of recovery before she'll be independent

can care for Isaiah. But no, that's the news he's been dreaming of.

Are you going to call him?

I want to tell him in person. So I figured I'd have him stop by the

after school.

Yeah.

Truck 81, Amber 61, vehicle accident.

I'll keep you posted.

Yeah.

Damn, that compact got shot halfway across now. Check on the SUV driver.

Vap, guys, you're with me. Got him. Folks, clear out.

Clear out. Let us work. Check the passenger door. You got it.

Hey, ma 'am, can you hear me?

Okay, hang tight. We're going to get you out of here, all right?

Hey,

passenger door's jammed. All right, grab the jaws. The airbag didn't deploy, so

we've got to disconnect the battery before we go in. Cut.

There it is. Got it.

Ma 'am?

Here you go.

Get you out of here, okay?

Okay. Can you call her?

Yeah. Thank you.

All right, miss.

I'm just going to wrap this around your neck, okay? It's not going to hurt.

That's it.

That's it.

That's it.

That's it.

Baskin, hey.

Baskin. Okay.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey. Take it easy.

I'm all right, okay? Just knock the wood out of me. I'm 300 pounds of force.

Hey, I'm sure you're okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm okay. How's she? Is she okay?

She's going to be fine. Listen, Herman and I got her, all right? Will you check

him out and make things okay?

Novak, you're with us.

Ballard! Come on, right here. Let's go!

Copy that.

All right, Baskin, you're not getting out of this. I am not, really.

Okay, now look at me.

Any blurriness?

Double vision? No.

Are you in the ears, headaches?

Oh.

All right.

Well, obviously it's a concussion, but I'm keeping my eye on you.

I don't get it.

We cut the power to that thing before I got in the car.

Shouldn't that have disconnected the airbag?

Yeah, it should have.

Back desk.

Have them take another look at you when they get back.

I'm fine, Lieutenant. For real. I am not asking.

I still don't get how the airbag could have blown like that. Even after we cut

the juice.

It happens sometimes.

The backup capacitor holds the charge longer than it's supposed to. We go to

the door and then... Boom.

Yeah, no, that makes sense. We're messing with the frame of the vehicle,

mean, I would... Maybe you just nicked the airbag wiring with the seatbelt

cutter. Sure. I didn't.

I know my way around cars.

It's just something different.

Okay. Well, then maybe it's just, you know, one of those freak things.

Which is why we need to be extra careful in situations like that.

Yeah.

Lieutenant Kidd, can I have a word?

I was asked to keep this under wraps.

It's time to lift the curtain.

Engine 51 is on a short list. The rig's being decommissioned. What?

So what can we do?

Well, I just learned that the mandate didn't come from the CFD. It came from

City Hall.

And as we've learned in the past, the best weapon in a fight with Politico is

public opinion.

Media sources.

Yeah.

So get with your union, pal.

Have them contact the press. Let the public know that a 30 -year veteran and

life -saving ring are the next victims from the budget cuts from above.

Idea being put a face to the pain.

Exactly.

Chief, what'll happen to your friend in the mayor's office if this gets out?

Don't worry about that.

All bets are off.

You eat yet?

Hey.

Got a club and a BLT.

One of them's got your name on it.

Figured you wouldn't have picked up a shift with Squad 4.

Nah, I got more important things to do. Like make sure my lieutenant doesn't

starve to death.

Oh, I'll eat whatever you don't want.

Any improvement?

Oxygen levels are better today.

That's something.

Actually, you got your eyes on something?

First two photos, those burn patterns, they look uniform to you?

Not really.

That's what I thought.

Just the coal fire?

Kid said you were closing in on the suspect.

Yeah, I was.

They fooled me off the case.

What if they thought that was going to stop you? They don't know you too well.

They're looking back at the first fire at the school, thinking the tech used

the timing device is going to give them something, but they're wrong.

So it's about the second fire, Coles. The first was premeditated. It was

out. The second, it's a crime of passion. The kind where mistakes are

And maybe there's something back at the scene, something we missed.

That was my next stop.

Then we'll take this to go, then.

What are the rules on eating in your car?

The cruise you want God to come with?

Please. I'm the brain for this whole operation. You need me.

What are we waiting for?

You see, at Halligan, it's your best pal when you gotta open up a door that's

locked or jammed, whatever.

Cool.

Oh, hey, Stella.

Hey. Hey, this kid is practically a full -fledged truckie now.

Trust me, I have got plans for him.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, yeah.

I hate to interrupt the lesson, but gotta grab him for a sec.

All right, fine.

Ruin the rest of my day.

Go on.

So,

I think it's time for a visit to Cleveland.

Thank you.

Here's what I don't understand.

This guy, he lit up the back and the front stairs, right?

You have to set fire to the back, then run all the way to the front to set the

other one.

That's generally the idea, yeah.

Well, how long do you think it takes to get from the back to the front?

This building's, what, 50 feet long, so 10, 15 seconds maybe?

Well, you know how fast gasoline lights up.

A stairwell this small, there would have been a fireball like that.

So how does this guy manage to find the time to set fire to both stairs before

getting noticed?

That's a good point, Cruz.

You don't have to act so surprised.

Check this out.

Gas doesn't spin through like that. Nope.

That's oil.

Kerosene, maybe.

That would burn a lot slower than gas.

My guess is he used a slurry.

Three parts oil, one part gasoline.

And because the oil's less volatile at first, it'd give him time to wipe those

stairwells and get the hell out of here before anyone noticed.

Clever.

Which often makes me think he's done this before.

PD wants proof.

I think that's where we're going to find it.

Don't tell me you're going to replace a vintage Detroit muscle car with a spin

can, because honestly, you might as well get a Vespa.

No. No, it's from my MBA this morning. I'm trying to figure out what went wrong

with this hair bag.

And? This thing isn't helping.

What? I did figure out where they filled the car.

If I can get close to the airbag, I bet you I can figure out what happened.

Problem is, I doubt they'll let me close to the thing until after the accident

investigation's been done, which, you know, could be a while.

Is it the tow yard on Ashland, by any chance?

Yeah, why?

Uh, we know the guy who runs the place. Yeah, he helped us get a little girl's

doll after a car accident last year.

Any chance you guys would be down to go with me after work?

See if we can talk our way in? Yeah, I'm down.

Let's go.

Oh, actually, I have this kendo class.

Some, you know, Japanese kick fighting.

Japanese kick fighting? Yeah, I've been trying to get in with this instructor

for months. But you guys, let me know what you find out.

Harry, thanks for stopping by on such short notice.

Of course.

I want to talk about protocol going forward now that Shauna is awake.

I am taking Isaiah to Cleveland tomorrow.

What?

Is that not okay for some reason? No, no, no. It's not that.

I actually have an update for you.

About Shauna's condition?

No, no, no. She's doing very well. Good. Okay, but do a facilitator.

She contacted a friend, okay, a woman Isaiah's known as a young boy.

Shana wants this woman, her name is Lydia Givens, to care for Isaiah until

can do so herself.

What?

But we are his foster parents.

Well, Shana just hasn't met us yet. So once she does, she'll see what great

we're taking of him. And I've been told she's very aware of that.

and is extremely grateful.

Now, the issue is that Ms. Givens has already agreed to move to Cleveland so

that Isaiah can be near his mom as she continues to recover.

But what about Isaiah?

Isn't what he wants important?

Yes, very important to Shauna, to all of us.

Now, if you're okay with it, I'd like to bring Lydia over tomorrow.

So Isaiah can see her and they can have a conversation about all of this.

And no decisions will be made until then.

Okay.

Yes.

Of course.

Right, right.

No

more

gag order.

The union is free to release the hounds on the press.

You want us to attack the press?

No. I want you to tell every media outlet you know what's going on.

He's not wrong. The expression, release the hounds, does mean... The point is

that we can get you all the details that you want on the termination threat.

This guy, despite the pretty mug, is the ultimate hard -working smoke eater. He

has been taking care of this city for decades.

He just got his bugles to boot. I know.

We'll do the best we can, but I don't know if this is going to work.

Is the public even listening to these firings and layoff stories anymore?

Or has everyone just gone numb?

Tomorrow. Yeah.

And I knew that things were going to move fast when Shauna woke up, but not

this.

All right, let's...

Let's not get crazy over this just yet. We don't even know if Isaiah remembers

this woman. And if he doesn't or doesn't want to go with her, I doubt that

Shauna's going to make a push for it.

Yeah.

I think that's true.

And we can promise Shauna that we will get Isaiah to Cleveland regularly,

Whenever we're not on shift?

Of course.

OK.

What's up?

Oh, if I pull the files I asked for.

It's all the cases that have similar MOs, ignition source.

Cruz is going to help me go through them.

You need help?

No, I think you're good for now, but thanks.

And, hey, Stella, we'll figure this out.

What time does that kendo class start, anyway?

Two o 'clock.

But, um, I have to get a couple of hours of rest beforehand, otherwise I'm going

to get my ass kicked.

Sensei Mizorowski does not mess around.

Hmm.

What, why?

Uh, nothing. It's just, um... I thought I was catching some sort of

vibe when we were talking about Asuka.

Does it... It doesn't bother you, right, that I'm going to the tow yard with

him?

What? No.

No, why would that bother me? Just, you know, if you...

Feeling for him or something?

No, I don't.

No, I mean, okay, do I think he's nice to look at? I am a straight female, so

yes, I do. But no, no, it is not like that at all.

Okay, wait, why?

Do you have feelings for him? No, no, absolutely not. I have had enough drama

the firehouse for an entire lifetime.

Never again.

He probably has a girlfriend anyway.

What the hell do we know? Yeah, you're totally right. We don't know anything.

I am sorry I didn't get that shift report done. I will have it to you by

day. That is a promise. I just got to get home and handle this Isaiah

Understood.

Hopefully by then we'll get some kind of bite from the press.

You heard any rumblings, Mitch? Not a thing. And Ellis put out word to all the

contacts he has.

Nothing from the mayor's office either.

Which means the net hasn't caught wind of our efforts yet.

Fiscal quarter's over in two days.

All those personnel decisions, they'll be done by then.

My fate will be sealed soon enough, one way or the other.

Okay, here's one.

Staircase fire, combo incelerant of gasoline and alif... alifactate?

Aliphatic hydrocarbon?

This paint thinner is probably not our guy.

I really appreciate you helping out here, Cruz.

Oh, don't mention it.

Chloe's always saying I gotta read more anyway.

You know, you can't help but wonder how many arsons could be prevented if these

people just had a hobby.

Pathology is usually a little bit more complicated than that. I mean, I'm just

saying, you know, go fishing every once in a while, then maybe burning down

something won't be as important anymore.

Whoa, Kelly.

What? Uh, I got an unsolved arson case here from 2005.

Same M .O., combo slurry of gasoline and kerosene.

What if I run any leads on it?

They did.

And look who's on the suspect list.

P .D. Hepatitis.

Kevin Moore's done this before. That file proves it.

I'm not supposed to be working on this.

But frankly, I shouldn't even be talking to you.

Twenty years ago, he set a fire using the exact same accelerant as the coal

fire. Target, his girlfriend's house.

Right after she broke up with him. That's a pattern.

He retaliates when he feels wronged.

Why wasn't he charged before?

He had an alibi.

The ex -girlfriend.

Wait a minute.

His alibi was the girlfriend whose house just burnt down?

Yeah. Okay.

Well, maybe that's a pattern as well.

Because I got this feeling whenever I interviewed Sheila Moore about Kevin's

alibi for the coal fire, man, she did not seem happy.

She's thinking we can flip Sheila Moore.

You should know I went at her pretty hard. She didn't break.

Now we got an ace up our sleeve.

The ex -girlfriend. From 20 years ago. I'm not looking to reopen the case. I

we take Gina to meet Sheila Moore.

Once the ex -wife meets the ex -girlfriend, I say Sheila has a change

Thanks again for doing this. Yeah. Not sure that guy would have let me in on my

own. Yeah, Gomes was born surly.

So, what's your plan exactly?

I'm going to start with the passenger side airbag first, see if that can give

any insight into what might have caused the faulty deployment.

Uh -huh.

Hey, can you give me a hand, actually? Yeah, sure. Where do you want me?

Driver's side.

All right.

If you can just hold this while I undo the screws, that'd be great. Yeah. Yeah.

Okay.

Maybe use both hands, actually? Mm -hmm. We'll do that, I guess.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

Just two more screws, I promise.

Fine.

Okay.

You can just set that down anywhere.

Yeah, you got it.

Did your dad teach you about cars?

Not exactly.

I mean, my dad's a huge gearhead, but, you know, the garage is always his

I guess it did rub off on me anyway.

Yeah, I can tell.

Okay.

Got it.

All right.

Okay, this is weird.

What? This is supposed to be neoprene -coated nylon, but this is... I mean, I

wouldn't buy a backpack made out of whatever material this is.

Yeah. This thing's all jagged, too.

Yeah.

This airbag's a counterfeit.

Shady repair shops say sometimes it's all these cheap knockoffs, you know,

figuring nobody will know the difference.

Until someone gets in an accident. Exactly.

These things can actually cause more damage than the actual crash.

I read an article about a counterfeit airbag blasting shrapnel on a driver.

Killed him.

Instantly.

Damn. Yeah.

Need to figure out where these came from.

Hey, I don't know about you, but whenever I get working on my car, all

receipts end up in the same place.

How much do you want to bet the name of that shady body shop is in one of these?

I'm glad you liked her when you were little. That's good.

Yeah, but it's been a long time.

I don't know how it's going to feel to see her now.

You want to wait here?

Okay. You got it.

Hi, Stella.

Hi. Hi, Lydia. It's good to meet you.

Same.

I know this.

Oh, my God.

Izzy.

Look at you.

So big.

Look at this handsome young man.

And this hair.

Do you remember falling asleep chewing gum, Izzy? And you woke up with it stuck

in all these curls?

Yeah, I remember.

Took us an hour to cut it all out. I had a bald patch.

I'm so happy to see you, Izzy.

Hey.

We found the link to, uh, I think we've got more.

We're meeting Gerard in an hour, the 21st. Izzy's leaving.

What do you mean?

When?

Tonight.

How does this happen?

Well, as soon as he saw Lydia, it was like he was eight years old.

So the bond there is deep.

I thought you told Terry we could take Isaiah to Cleveland every week.

Hey, this isn't on me.

Look, you weren't here. You didn't see what I saw.

There's nothing that I could have done to stop this.

I wasn't here because I was working.

You think I should have shelved the arson investigation?

No, I didn't say that.

I am as invested as you are in catching this guy because you could have died in

that fire. But everything that I am doing here, I'm doing it alone.

When is she picking him up?

The plan is fixed.

So, you and Gerard...

Pin him down.

I'm just here for the peace and quiet and the free beer.

Truly kicked your eye out. I was driving it crazy.

Refreshing the news every few seconds to see if any outlets picked up the story.

Nothing.

You know, it's...

Unbelievable. Nobody cares about, you know, us old -timer firefighters

How did we get to that?

China, they care about their elders.

Maybe we should move there.

Maybe we should.

Do you think they respect their elders in the Caribbean?

It's probably Trudy.

I'll make her sweat a little.

The front page of the Chicago Telegraph.

City Hall turns its back on lifelong first responders.

Wow.

This is it, Mouchy. You think it'll be enough to save Engine 51?

I don't know.

But I'll tell you, it is a great place to start.

You didn't tell me he was going to be here.

And you asked me to come down here again? Fine.

But I'm not trying to get jumped when I'm trying to help.

Oh, I wouldn't worry about him.

I think you got bigger things to worry about.

What's this?

A written statement from your ex -wife, Sheila Moore.

She recanted your alibi.

Said she didn't want to lie to us, but that apparently you threatened her.

Unbelievable.

Look, the divorce, it's messy.

She's pissed he's not getting the house.

So she's trying to get back at me. Well, the judge seemed to buy our story.

Because he signed a warrant allowing us to seize your phone.

Am I under arrest?

Oh, no.

You're free to go.

We just thought we'd bring you back down here. Give you a chance to confess.

Sometimes judges can be a little more lenient whenever people do.

Then again, you did try to kill a decorated fire captain.

So I wouldn't kill her.

I'm not saying another word without a lawyer.

All right, bring him in.

I said I'm done talking. They're not here for you.

They're here to take a statement from your ex -girlfriend.

Gina Kerr.

And yeah, we know about that fire too.

And that's gonna be bad for you.

Because this testimony is going to be very valuable for the state's attorney.

Come on, Mr. Moore.

Go wait for your attorney in the bullpen.

Now everyone is going to know what you did.

All you had was a duffel and a backpack when you got here, and now you're a

hoarder. It's all the shoes you made me buy.

Well, he's turned into a real diva.

Watch out. Well, I'm all about the gold toilet.

We'll be fine.

Yeah, I figured Kelly wasn't going to make it.

But, hey, I mean, the police can't close the case without him. He's going to be

really sad that he missed this, but we're going to visit really soon.

And, like, a lot.

I mean, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland. How could you stay

You can't.

Hey, look.

Hey.

Hey.

You got the guy?

Yeah, we did.

This guy sucks at night crawl.

But nobody knows fire like Kelly.

Thanks for coming back.

See you soon, bud.

See you soon, Kelly.

Shawna kept writing things down for me to tell you.

than scratching them out.

There aren't words for what you guys did for her, boy.

For her.

She doesn't need to thank us.

We loved every minute of it.

I'll tell her that.

I'm glad you were here.

Yeah, me too.

I told Pascal that I would give him my shift report by the end of the day, so I

got to go back to the firehouse.

Yeah.

It's right there in black and white.

Those counterfeit airbags were definitely installed here.

I don't understand how this could have happened. I mean, I sourced those

from one of my regular suppliers.

I never would have bought them if I had any kind of suspicion. Well, we're not

here to debate your due diligence procedures.

We just need you to track down every single car that you install those in

one of them kills someone. Yeah, of course.

I mean, I'll do what I can.

You can see I don't exactly have a huge operation here, so I'm struggling to

keep my head above water.

What does that mean?

I'm just saying, a recall's a little complicated, so it's not going to happen

overnight. But, I mean, I'll get it done.

We could just come back with an inspector from the Consumer Protection

Yeah, just put your glorified little chop shop here out of business, and you

bet your ass it'll happen overnight.

Or you can just choose to do the right thing and start fixing your mistake now.

Look, I got a cousin who helps me out with paperwork. I'll get her down here

tomorrow, first thing, and we'll start making some calls.

Is that good enough?

No.

I'm going to need the name of your supplier so we can contact the NHTSA and

those airbags off the market for good.

Damn.

He left that guy trembling in his boots. That almost felt bad for him.

It's hard to predict when the intercom will come out.

Well, it didn't freak you out.

No. Not at all.

Maybe even the opposite.

Oh, yeah?

Uh, meet you at Molly's?

I gotta go home.

We'll meet some other time.

Good night, buddy.

Good night.

way they still let you go. Not after this article. Let's hope.

Hey, Chief.

You hear anything from your pal at Shitty Isle?

Not a word.

How's Severide doing?

The arrest giving any kind of peace of mind?

Yeah, I have some.

But peace of mind for Severide isn't going to come until Van Meter shows

of recovery.

Here.

Guys.

Mom's job is safe.

Oh! All right,

that's great.

Why do you sound like you're delivering a eulogy?

Being transferred to 40 permanently.

Starting next shift.

They can't do that.

Unfortunately, they can.

Decision's final. It's either that or forced retirement.

Damn.

I gotta warn you.

Sounds to me like Firehouse 51 is a serious enemy down at City Hall.

Goodbye.

Excuse me?

I said goodnight.

Oh God.