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2-4-4-3 Dartmouth Avenue.

That's my house.

All firefights are not the way to be.

We gotta go!

It's all gone.

It's all gone.

You came to pull me out of here. Tell me to let it go.

No. Cindy's been calling.

She's worried about you.

I'm sorry that I scared you. It's just I had to go back.

I know it's hard.

There are some things we can't get back.

I've looked through it, and there's nothing in that file that's going to

help you get your dad out.

I was looking through the Bianchi case files, and... You weren't planting

evidence. You made a hell of a detective.

And it's a shame you didn't stay in the academy.

But that kind of proof isn't what's going to get me out of here.

Mercy will, and I need you to go get it for me.

Sal, focus on what I'm asking you.

It's all that matters. It's the only way that I have a chance.

But why not try to track down the medical report? Prove to them that you

were putting evidence back.

You don't think that'll get you some leniency with the parole board? Stop.

You're trying to run the show. No, Pop. I'm trying to get you out of here. I

need you to listen.

Learn to do what you're told and to follow orders.

If you can do that...

Maybe you wouldn't be bouncing around every firehouse in Chicago.

Wow.

That's low.

Even from you.

Oh, hey, sorry.

Let me get this stuff. No, no, no. Hey, hey, hey. Don't sweat it, Herman.

I said any time in a minute.

Thanks. It just feels like the second I knock something off of this insurance

company's list, they throw two more things at me. You know, and then that

shoebox that we're staying in. I mean, I'm not complaining.

You know, it's been a real lifesaver for us. I know.

It's not exactly a zen workspace of it. Not with...

Five people fighting over one bathroom at eight. Oh. Yeah.

I really wish there was something more I could do.

What do you guys need right now? You just say the word, and I'll make it

happen.

You want to know the God's honest truth?

I just wish that everybody would stop asking us what we need.

I mean, it's not that I don't appreciate it.

I really do. I mean, more than you know. I get it.

I say no more.

I'll, uh... I'll let you do your thing.

Notchway, please.

Me and Cindy, we're gonna figure this out.

All right?

We're good.

I'll leave you two with that. All right.

Isaiah said he's too old for trick-or-treating.

Which... Well, that makes sense, I guess. Yeah, I quit when I was 10.

I was going to a Halloween party at a school instead.

That's a good thing, right?

It is.

I guess I just got kind of excited about the whole trick-or-treating thing. Be

fun. Even if you wanted to go, you think you'd want a grown-up tagging along?

I am not just any grown-up.

Kelly, I am still a kid.

Name speaks for itself.

So, what's the vibe? What are they wearing?

Last year, a guy came as a Hydra. He spent... Three months building it.

Came as a what? A hydra.

A multi-headed dragon.

Didn't actually place in the contest, but he was my pick.

Wow, that is some Halloween party. It is a costume ball.

It's the 14th annual, and I've been going for five years straight.

Oh, you should come.

No, I don't know. Costume shopping gives me anxiety.

Well, I'm sure you would slay in whatever you choose.

I know I will.

All right, let's get to it.

As a lot of you know, 51 will be rotating in floaters on a regular basis.

That starts this shift as Herman is out on personal business. Ballard here will

be filling in on truck.

Also, CFD wants to keep everyone in the loop on our increase in brownouts.

This is a report of every house that will be affected over the next two

weeks.

Everyone,

just make sure you take a look after we get back.

What's going on?

Smoke's coming from the basement. Is everyone out? I don't think so. I tried

to do a walkthrough, but the smoke's too thick.

Squad, primary search.

Kid Vasquez, force entry. Recon the basement.

Stop the engine.

Start stretching the line. Truck will find the source.

Copy that, Lieutenant.

Let's move.

This is it.

We found the source.

Must be an oil furnace.

Tracy, find the oil supply and shut it down.

We're going in.

Yeah.

There's an injured woman in apartment K.

Yes, sir. You got to get out of here now, okay? Can you walk out on your own?

I'm fine. I'm fine. Just go to apartment K before it's too late.

I got... Hey, I

want to be on the lookout for an elderly guy walking out the building.

Hey, I'm going to get you out of here, all right? You've got to stay alone.

It's going to be okay.

You've got to stay with me.

Seven, I'm coming out with another tenant.

Top, Cruz.

The combustion chamber in the furnace

is overloaded. We've got to go around back to shut it off.

Do it. Okay.

Angie, get a hose line on that furnace. Copy that.

Cruz, that smoke's gonna keep coming. Make sure you get your victim out of

there now.

Cruz?

General Destrecher?

Good, good, good. We got you.

She should be okay, but she was in there for a while. All right, let's get on

with some oxygen.

Where's the old guy?

I never saw him.

Maybe he got into another ambulance?

I need to get back in that building.

Why?

Lieutenant, building's clear.

What? Are you sure?

Yeah, we checked every unit.

All right, let's get the smoke detectors at that front entrance. Copy that,

Lieutenant.

Sounds like your guy made it out. I hope so.

He's kind of frail in that oxygen setup. He was going to need medical attention

for that smoke inhalation. Okay, there were a couple other ambos here. I'll

talk to Violet and have her ask around the med. Yeah, yeah, thanks.

Let's wrap it up.

Again?

Either you give more spam calls than I do, or you're a very popular guy.

I wish it was spam.

That building was just renovated. I wonder why they never replaced the oil

furnace. Anything to save a buck.

Yeah. I'm starving.

Hey, you.

We got plans for Halloween.

Um... Because you're kind of giving Bruce Wayne.

Or Jay Gatsby.

I haven't really thought about it. Have you ever been to a costume ball?

Mm-hmm.

Hey,

any news on that old guy?

I checked. No one matching your description was taken to med, and

dispatch didn't log anyone like that either.

Oh, that's not good.

Well, the building was clear, so he must have made it out.

Well, then where did he go? I looked for him at the scene.

Maybe you just miss him.

I don't think so.

And it's not like he had the strength to run away.

I should have walked him out.

Well, if you had, your female victim might have inhaled enough smoke to kill

her.

Yeah. This one, he was coughing, right? Maybe he ended up at another hospital,

or maybe a neighbor took him.

He was in bad shape. Somebody would have noticed him.

Then he probably got a ride. This happens all the time, especially when

ambos are full up.

Okay. All right, well, maybe I'll call her on to the other hospital, see if I

can track him down.

Yeah.

Would you like to have everyone in the briefing room for an important

announcement, please?

Mouch, man, just come into the common room.

I said the briefing room.

All right.

Okay, Mouch, what's your big announcement?

What are you, going paleo again?

I've been racking my brains for a week trying to come up with the best way to

help Herman.

Are you trying to ask him? Of course not, Cap.

When a friend's going through bad times, you don't put the burden on them to tell

you how you can help.

You just do it.

So what's your thought?

What if we throw the Hermans a pass-the-boot event at Molly's?

I know...

It's a lot to ask of people with everyone's shifts being cut back and the

whole world basically going to hell in a handbasket. People have plenty of

problems these days.

No, we should totally do it. Yeah, I think it's a great idea, Mouch. You

think so? Hell yeah.

I'm in.

Same. We'll invite everyone we know.

Okay.

I was just texting you. Did you remember to pick up the glasses at Molly's? Ah,

damn it, no.

Oh, I swear if I have to hear one more lecture from Annabelle about what

microplastics are doing to the planet. All right.

I know, I'm sorry, but I got a little sidetracked. And, um, check this out.

It's like two blocks over from our... the old... the old place.

and i saw that they were having an open house i decided to pop in and it's it's

kind of a fixer but you can't really tell from the pictures but it's got some

fantastic bones what do you think i think the dust

hasn't even settled yet for one thing i mean literally they just finished

clearing the debris

I haven't even started to wrap my head around what we're going to do.

We haven't had a single conversation about whether we would want to rebuild

or buy something or who knows what other options there are.

And you're already looking at houses? I know it seems a little fast. It's a lot

fast, Christopher.

Well, we can't stay here forever.

Who said anything about staying here?

I'm not...

Just talking about this place. I'm talking about, you know, this whole, you

know, this... This limbo.

All the people, you know, just worrying about us all the time. You know, and I

can't stand it. And I'm sick of feeling like a victim already.

You know, and I just wanted to go back to being normal.

And this is going to help you feel normal.

It doesn't have to be this house exactly.

I just feel like the sooner that we find and move into a permanent living

situation, the sooner that we can move on from this whole... This is a

nightmare. You don't just move on from something like this, Christopher.

Come on.

You know what I mean. I really don't.

Firehouse 51.

This is a call from the Metropolitan Correctional Center and will be

monitored and recorded.

Do you accept?

Uh, yes, I accept.

I need to speak to Sal Vasquez.

Who is this?

Ray Vasquez, his father.

Hey, Vasquez. Phone.

What's your bother?

What the hell do you think you're doing?

Oh, I'm sorry.

But I haven't heard from you.

Doesn't matter.

You can't call my job.

You left me no choice.

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

I ain't getting out of here.

No.

You're doing it again, and I will not let you ruin this for me too.

The name rang a bell, so I looked it up.

Do you remember that case from about six years ago? It was all over the news.

Lindsay Belfort, she was killed in her garage by a deranged ex.

Mark Bianchi, I remember that.

Lead detective, planted a bunch of evidence, blew the whole case.

Detective Ray Vasquez.

Hmm. So now he's serving time, ten years.

And he's calling the firehouse.

For some reason.

Why not just call your son's cell phone?

It's almost like he's trying to call as a star.

So what are you going to do?

I don't know yet.

Okay.

I have called Lakeshore, Chicago Memorial, and three urgent cares near

the apartment building.

No one matching our John Doe has checked in today. I'm about to start calling

places where old people hang out. Does the local bingo hall have a phone

number? Well, I have something better.

Leanne's number. She reached out. She wants to thank the firefighter that

saved her life.

Well, that's very nice, but I don't see how that helps with our John Doe.

She's his neighbor. She'll probably know his name, and then we have something to

gum on.

You know your neighbor's names?

You don't?

I like my privacy.

Is that a crime?

Leanne was just discharged from med. She'll be waiting for your call.

Hey, Mouch.

Is that the flyer for Herman's pass the boot thing?

Hot off the presses. I was going to go wallpaper the academy with it.

No.

What? It's the CFD's proverbial town square.

I'm talking about the date, Mouch. You can't do it Friday. It's Halloween.

What about Saturday? Or Sunday? Or literally any other day? Well, Fridays

are off shift. And all the bars in the neighborhood are closed that night

because of the street party.

What?

Don't. Tell me you're going to bail on me.

No. No, I'm not going to bail.

It's just... It's Halloween.

Okay. It is important to some people.

So... If you want to get the best turnout, then you have to give the

people what they want.

I'm listening.

Costume party.

There's no other option.

I don't know. That seems a little...

Undignified? We can make it super dignified.

What if I spearhead the setup, I'm talking decorations, snacks, you name

it, and you don't have to do anything but show up?

What do you say?

I say... Let's make it a costume party.

Let's go.

What the hell is this place?

There's no signage. You need to check the property. Guys, what about that car?

Where's the driver? All right, we should spread out and have a look around. Kid,

Vasquez, you guys take the Delta side.

Mouch, take your unit, check the Bravo side.

We'll check the front dock. All right.

51.

Ballard. Stop.

Uh, uh, okay.

You go this way.

I'm gonna keep heading down this way. Okay.

Hey, I got a victim on the Delta side.

I'm bringing him out to the rig.

Copy that.

Hey, sir?

Can you hear me?

I'll get you out of here.

What the hell?

Mask up.

Mask up!

Fall back!

We've got a possible hazmat situation.

Boss, sheen gas.

Copy, Lieutenant.

Ring, we need a level one hazmat to 1547 West 16th Street. Immediately!

Copy, Truck 81.

Running hazmat and additional units now.

Lieutenant!

Stella, you hear me?

Lieutenant, I got it, I got it.

Crews, grab the victim.

Yeah, I'm on it.

Vasquez, get that damn door shut and then get the hell out of there. And I

don't want that leak spreading anymore before Hazmat gets here. I'm on it.

Ambo 61, we got Lieutenant Kidd and the victim, unconscious, exposed to phosgene

gas, coming to you now.

Copy.

Okay, we're gonna get you out.

Come on, Tim!

Let's get on the other side.

Let's go.

This is breathing.

Copy. Duh.

Okay, on three. One, two, three.

Let's rinse her with sterile water and get some oxygen on her.

Good, good, good, good, okay, okay, good, good, okay.

We got you, Stella.

I'm just gonna put some oxygen on you, all right?

Lungs are clear.

Master, who's has mass ETA?

We're in the cell.

Your oxygen's almost back to normal.

You've got oxygen time.

PASMAT said the phosgene didn't leak past the thermometer.

That's great.

You should go to med for observation.

Hey, I'm fine.

You're going?

Yeah, I'm taking truck and a service for the rest of the shift.

Lieutenant, you okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

You alright?

I shouldn't have been that far away. I, um... Hey, I ordered you to go and check

out the outbuilding.

Yeah, I know, but, um... Please, Roger, okay?

We should have kept one of those birds. I know a good taxidermist. Hard pass.

That was creepy.

Yeah, apparently it was a plastic manufacturer.

The plant's gas leak alarm had been glitching, so the on-call technician

came thinking it was a false alarm.

Yeah, doctors don't think he's gonna make it.

Hey, what are you doing back?

Can I talk to you a minute?

Sure.

Everything all right?

I heard about this past the boot thing you're putting together.

I told you this morning, we're fine.

We got things under control. I know you do.

And I get not wanting to feel like a charity case, but that's not what this

is. That's literally what this is. I mean, that's not all it is.

Look, I know you don't want to be a burden to anybody, but watching you guys

going through this and feeling like there's nothing we can do, brother,

that's the burden.

Let us do this one measly thing, Herman.

I mean, you'll be helping us as much as we're helping you.

All right.

Pass the damn boot if you think it'll make you feel better.

I mean... But don't go inviting the whole world, all right?

Just the family.

Absolutely. And I'm not going to show my face. That's just going to make it feel

like some kind of pity party.

Whatever you want.

Okay.

Fine.

Mr. Cruz?

Leanne. I remember.

And please, call me Joe.

Oh, how's the, uh... Weird, but it doesn't hurt at all.

My dad says I'm hard-headed.

Well, it came in handy.

Uh, these are brownies from Halloran's.

I have no idea what you get someone for saving your life.

Brownies are great.

But I can't take all the credit. Oh, I know. They're for everyone here.

Oh, no.

I mean, there was somebody else who made sure that you got out.

I've been trying to track him down, actually. Make sure he's okay. I think

he's your neighbor.

Really? Oh, you know his name?

I was hoping you could tell me.

Older guy, 70s. Maybe you've seen him with an oxygen tank?

That doesn't sound like anybody in the building.

You sure?

I've been there since they renovated the place. It's mostly people my age.

It just seemed like he knew you.

I'm sorry, really. I wish I could help.

Oh, well, he'll turn up.

And, um, thank you for the bronies.

Bye. Take care.

Hey, Lieutenant.

Hey. How'd it go on men?

Got the all clear.

So I will be back next shift.

Yeah. Appreciate your concern.

Yeah, of course.

Look, uh... I like to keep things up front.

Mm-hmm. So that phone call that you got earlier from your father... Yeah, I,

um... I'm sorry. I apologize for that.

No need.

No, I was just gonna say, if there's anything going on that you want to talk

about... No, I'm gonna take care of it.

Yeah, that won't happen again.

Like, ever.

Look, I hate asking for another favor, but the prison's not gonna let me in on

tomorrow's visitors list.

You can't get in next week? No.

I don't know. I have to go tomorrow.

Man, slow down.

Shoot straight.

What's going on?

Look, you need to start being more honest with me.

about all of this, if you want my help.

All right.

My dad asked me for a favor.

He thinks that getting Lindsey Belfort's husband to testify on his behalf at the

parole hearing will get him freed.

Her husband, as in her widower?

Yeah. Why would he do that?

The murderer went free because your father got busted planning evidence, and

the whole case went to hell.

It's a bit more complicated than that, okay?

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

You know, explain to him that everything he did, he just did to get justice for

Lindsay.

Sal, you're not going to do that, right?

Stir up all that pain.

No.

Okay, no, of course not.

Just... I need to see my father in person, okay?

Convince him to drop the whole thing and stay the hell away from my firehouse,

man.

Cinch.

Come on, man, please.

One last favor.

You're not gonna go off the rails again, right?

Like you did at Academy?

That's a messed up question.

All right, man, I'll get you in.

God, it's so frustrating.

I don't know, guys, I just...

I just know John Doe doesn't live there. I called the landlord. I double-checked.

He hasn't rented to anybody over 40. Sounds like age-based discrimination to

me. That's illegal.

That's not really important to me right now. Well, it should be. You know,

you're no spring chicken.

You want to test that? Okay, guys, help me focus, please.

Maybe John Doe was visiting someone. Would you ask about that? I did, and he

asked around, but no guess fit his description. You know, one of the units

I cleared was vacant. Maybe he was posting up in there. You think that

Grandpa was squatting. Old people commit crimes, too.

Oh, man, it was a nice building. Somebody would have noticed.

What? That building was renovated.

Yeah, so?

Now I know why it seems so familiar. I think I might be able to find your John

Doe. Well, you're just going to leave us hanging?

I want to be sure first, but I'll let you know what I find.

I got your text, obviously.

Crazy, isn't it? Yeah.

You can be looking right at a thing, and it still doesn't seem real.

Well, what are we doing here? Are you going to convince me to rebuild,

or...? I'm not going to try to convince you of anything, Christopher.

Okay.

Fine.

But rebuilding here is what you want, isn't it?

I'll tell you what I don't want.

I don't want to run out and buy some crappy fixer-upper and pretend like this

never happened.

I know.

Me neither.

Really?

Of course. I mean, I know it was a stupid idea. I mean, one of the dumber

ones in a while, but...

All I can see right now is two years worth of headaches and heartache and God

knows what else, and fights with the contractor and the mortgage company.

Okay, okay.

I get it.

I'm just saying.

We could save ourselves a giant hassle by not doing it, I guess.

But I don't think we can.

avoid the heartache no matter what we do.

Damn

it.

What? I forgot I could get those glasses at Molly's.

I'm not doing it.

I have done a lot for you. This is a step up too far.

Ever since the Academy, all I get is, hey, kid, you're related to that

Vasquez?

Okay, I'm sick of it.

You already screwed up my dreams of being a cop.

I will not let you get me fired from 51-2.

Son, I'm not the reason you're against the ropes at the CFD.

The truth is, I'm the only reason you still have the job.

Sal? Look at me.

I've always looked out for you, ever since you were a kid. You think I'd stop

because I'm locked in a cage?

It's not a big deal.

Your commissioner and I have a mutual friend in PD.

You told me you wanted to be a firefighter. I gave him a call.

Cacked in on a favor he owed me.

What's his name?

He's the kind of guy with enough reach to get you into the best firehouse in

the city.

Yeah.

Think of him as an extension of me, and I'm just making sure things go well for

you.

Well, I don't need your help.

Look, son, I know the name Vasquez has become a burden for you, for our family,

and I want to make it right.

What I'm asking you to do, it's difficult.

I know.

But it has to be done.

I need to restore the integrity of our family name and help the murder

victim's family understand why I did what I did.

Can't you help me with that?

Like I helped you.

It's not dignified. But you can't argue the turnout, huh, Barkeep? No, you

cannot. Normally, I'd be worried about the fire marshal shutting us down, but

I'm pretty sure that's him in the bigfoot costume.

I wouldn't be surprised. Half the CFD is here.

I haven't seen Vasquez yet, have you? He's not gonna make it. He texted me

earlier, but he did Venmo me a pretty generous donation. Oh, that's the

important thing.

Hey!

Wait, this is the costume you've been going on about for a week?

Hell yeah.

I'm a sensei.

What do you think?

Um, you know, I was expecting something a little more risque. Oh.

Well, you know what they say. The brain is the sexiest organ.

I'm just kidding.

It's a tearaway gi.

This is my after midnight look.

Oh.

Oh, okay. I'm gonna be right back.

Here is what I found.

Is this about John Doe? When Kat mentioned squatters, it made me

remember. I got a call to that building before it was renovated, and there was

an elderly man whose oxygen tank had run low. I realize he sounded a lot like the

guy you described.

Violet, this is him. This is the guy I saw.

Daniel Grady.

You found him. Okay, that's what I thought. Check the paperwork.

Coroner's report.

Daniel Grady died of emphysema.

Three years ago. So there goes my theory.

God, that is so weird. I mean, I swear he looks exactly like the guy I saw.

Maybe it was.

Oh, what?

You think he was a ghost? You are the only one who saw him.

Your John Doe was on oxygen.

This guy, Grady, had emphysema.

Hi.

No. Oh, please don't tell me you're buying into this, too.

Ghosts? Here's what I know.

Everyone made it out okay.

Your John Doe never showed up at any hospital, so hey.

If he's real, then I'm confident he's okay and you can let yourself off the

hook. If he's real.

Doesn't Leanne live in an apartment, Kay?

Yeah, what?

That's where Greg lives.

Oh, okay. Um, I think you guys are just a little too into the Halloween spirit.

Every firefighter has at least one call they can't explain.

Maybe this one's yours.

Who really should have put something together?

These costumes are amazing.

We did. It just took two hours.

Time well spent.

Isaiah looked great in his Nightcrawl costume.

And I had no idea you were so good at face painting.

Thanks,

everybody.

I really just want to thank you all for showing up for the Herman family.

Herman and me, we've been friends for a long time.

And that guy has shown up for me and saved my ass more times than I can

count. And I know I'm not alone.

Herman has been a friend to so many people in this department, in this city.

And if you need proof of that...

Just look around at this incredible show of support and generosity love

Anyway,

I know this money won't fix everything but maybe it's start, huh?

To my friend Herman

We request an immediate fire rescue where this patient won't make it.

If the tube slips, she stops breathing.

Chicago Fire, new next Wednesday on NBC and Peacock.

Roll the bomb, squad. This was no accident.

We're looking at a targeted hit.

There could be more.

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