1
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- I cannot in good conscience
put people's lives

2
00:00:08,375 --> 00:00:10,110
in your hands, McCaffrey.

3
00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:11,577
- We gotta cut you loose.

4
00:00:11,578 --> 00:00:13,980
- You have no idea who the hell
you're dealing with.

5
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- His dad is currently
a state senator.

6
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- What are you saying, Chief?

7
00:00:17,784 --> 00:00:22,688
- A job like this one, you
can't have too many friends.

8
00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:24,224
<i>- I should be getting better.</i>

9
00:00:24,324 --> 00:00:26,826
<i>It should be getting easier,
but it's not.</i>

10
00:00:26,827 --> 00:00:28,928
So why keep torturing myself?

11
00:00:28,929 --> 00:00:30,931
- Because your family
needs you.

12
00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:33,967
<i>Your 51 family needs you too.</i>

13
00:00:34,067 --> 00:00:37,069
- All arsonists need
a worthy adversary.

14
00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:38,538
- Calloway called you
in because he knew

15
00:00:38,639 --> 00:00:40,022
<i>you could solve this case.</i>

16
00:00:40,023 --> 00:00:41,357
- Calloway, no!

17
00:00:41,358 --> 00:00:43,676
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

18
00:00:43,677 --> 00:00:44,677
<i>That's the thing.</i>

19
00:00:44,678 --> 00:00:46,672
I'm not sure I did.

20
00:00:53,370 --> 00:00:56,223
<i>[tense music]</i>

21
00:00:56,323 --> 00:01:03,397
<i>♪ ♪</i>

22
00:01:09,002 --> 00:01:10,404
[exhales]

23
00:01:15,709 --> 00:01:18,478
- Nice and steady, left foot.

24
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Good, good.

25
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Yes. Keep your balance.

26
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You got this.

27
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- [grunting]

28
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- Nice. Well done.

29
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Yes.

30
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All right.

31
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<i>♪ ♪</i>

32
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One step at a time.

33
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- [grunts] How many to
top yesterday's mark?

34
00:01:55,182 --> 00:01:56,932
- Let's not focus--
- How many?

35
00:01:56,933 --> 00:01:58,275
- 288.

36
00:01:58,276 --> 00:02:01,220
<i>[soft dramatic music]</i>

37
00:02:01,221 --> 00:02:02,321
<i>♪ ♪</i>

38
00:02:02,322 --> 00:02:05,091
- I'm doing 300.

39
00:02:05,092 --> 00:02:08,462
[grunting]

40
00:02:09,112 --> 00:02:10,130
- Go!

41
00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:14,801
- I got you. Let's go.

42
00:02:21,942 --> 00:02:23,810
I got him.

43
00:02:26,546 --> 00:02:27,564
Come on.

44
00:02:29,207 --> 00:02:30,217
Let's go.

45
00:02:30,317 --> 00:02:32,752
Let's go. Here we go.

46
00:02:32,753 --> 00:02:34,054
- Time!

47
00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:35,955
- [breathing heavily]

48
00:02:35,956 --> 00:02:37,823
- Not bad.

49
00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:39,325
Not perfect.

50
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But you'll get there.

51
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- What's the record?
- Don't worry about a record.

52
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{\an8}Y'all are working as a unit.

53
00:02:44,297 --> 00:02:45,648
{\an8}That's what matters.

54
00:02:45,649 --> 00:02:46,833
{\an8}Fall in.

55
00:02:50,137 --> 00:02:53,172
{\an8}Gentlemen, your rotation here
is almost over.

56
00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:55,341
{\an8}So pretty soon you're
gonna be on different rigs

57
00:02:55,342 --> 00:02:56,410
{\an8}with different crews.

58
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{\an8}So just remember this.

59
00:02:58,236 --> 00:03:02,248
{\an8}This job, it is not
about who finishes first.

60
00:03:02,249 --> 00:03:05,818
{\an8}It's just making sure
that everybody does.

61
00:03:05,819 --> 00:03:07,653
{\an8}Good work.

62
00:03:07,654 --> 00:03:09,856
{\an8}Let's run it back, all right?

63
00:03:11,425 --> 00:03:13,659
{\an8}- So Jacob finally
asked you out?

64
00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:15,494
{\an8}- He offered to buy me dinner

65
00:03:15,495 --> 00:03:17,830
{\an8}as thanks for handing
him the psych ward story.

66
00:03:17,831 --> 00:03:18,998
{\an8}The AP picked it up.

67
00:03:18,999 --> 00:03:21,100
{\an8}- But you're going to
dinner with him, right?

68
00:03:21,101 --> 00:03:23,870
{\an8}- No, I said he could just
buy me a drink at Molly's.

69
00:03:26,690 --> 00:03:27,840
{\an8}What?

70
00:03:27,841 --> 00:03:29,076
{\an8}- Nothing.

71
00:03:29,176 --> 00:03:31,102
{\an8}I just find it
interesting how he keeps

72
00:03:31,103 --> 00:03:32,678
{\an8}finding reasons to see you.

73
00:03:32,679 --> 00:03:36,282
{\an8}- Funny how it's always
about a story, though.

74
00:03:36,283 --> 00:03:38,008
{\an8}Novak, what happened
with you and Vasquez?

75
00:03:38,009 --> 00:03:38,985
{\an8}You haven't said
a word about it.

76
00:03:39,119 --> 00:03:41,888
{\an8}- Oh, yeah, I decided
not to bring it up.

77
00:03:41,988 --> 00:03:44,290
{\an8}- You're not even the
slightest bit curious?

78
00:03:44,291 --> 00:03:46,258
{\an8}- I mean, I'm glad
you told me what he said,

79
00:03:46,259 --> 00:03:49,296
{\an8}but what does it mean,
he tried?

80
00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:51,030
{\an8}I put myself out there
at Herrmann's vow renewal,

81
00:03:51,031 --> 00:03:52,632
{\an8}and he just let me sit there.

82
00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:55,302
{\an8}He had every opportunity
to say something,

83
00:03:55,402 --> 00:03:56,403
{\an8}anything, but he didn't.

84
00:03:58,555 --> 00:04:01,040
{\an8}Anyway, we cleared
the air, and things are

85
00:04:01,041 --> 00:04:02,541
{\an8}finally not weird between us,

86
00:04:02,542 --> 00:04:04,077
{\an8}and I would like it
to stay that way.

87
00:04:04,177 --> 00:04:05,402
{\an8}- Yeah.

88
00:04:05,403 --> 00:04:06,395
{\an8}- Besides, I'm kind
of into karaoke guy.

89
00:04:06,396 --> 00:04:07,305
{\an8}[phone chiming]

90
00:04:07,405 --> 00:04:09,406
{\an8}- Hmm, go on.

91
00:04:09,407 --> 00:04:10,809
{\an8}- Hey, Margaret Mikami.

92
00:04:10,909 --> 00:04:12,218
{\an8}Who is that, your aunt?

93
00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:14,320
{\an8}- No, that's my mom.

94
00:04:14,321 --> 00:04:15,421
{\an8}[clears throat]

95
00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:17,148
{\an8}You keep her in your
phone as Margaret?

96
00:04:17,149 --> 00:04:18,724
{\an8}- Uh, yeah, we're not close.

97
00:04:18,725 --> 00:04:20,260
{\an8}She lives in Boston.

98
00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:25,632
{\an8}- Hey, my new morning Qigong
routine is really paying off.

99
00:04:25,732 --> 00:04:29,002
{\an8}I fit into my lean pants,
not the holiday ones.

100
00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:31,737
{\an8}- Ah, hell, what fundraiser
did I forget about?

101
00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:33,140
{\an8}- It's picture day, Herrmann.

102
00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,075
{\an8}- Severide mentioned it in
the last two morning briefings

103
00:04:36,076 --> 00:04:38,077
{\an8}and sent out a reminder email.

104
00:04:38,078 --> 00:04:40,380
{\an8}- Didn't we just get
our photos taken?

105
00:04:40,514 --> 00:04:41,614
{\an8}- Five years ago.

106
00:04:41,615 --> 00:04:42,615
{\an8}New policy.

107
00:04:42,616 --> 00:04:43,908
{\an8}They want them every two years.

108
00:04:43,909 --> 00:04:45,509
{\an8}It was all in the email.

109
00:04:45,510 --> 00:04:47,586
{\an8}- Well, they're gonna have
to use the last one I took.

110
00:04:47,587 --> 00:04:49,113
{\an8}- It's not optional, Herrmann.

111
00:04:49,114 --> 00:04:50,422
{\an8}Department requirement.

112
00:04:50,423 --> 00:04:52,424
{\an8}- Which was also in the email.

113
00:04:52,425 --> 00:04:54,693
{\an8}- What ever happened
to just posting

114
00:04:54,694 --> 00:04:57,189
{\an8}the flyer on the corkboard
in the hallway?

115
00:04:57,289 --> 00:04:58,998
{\an8}Now I get 1,200 emails.

116
00:04:58,999 --> 00:05:02,101
{\an8}Half of them go to spam, and
that's supposed to be progress?

117
00:05:02,102 --> 00:05:05,505
<i>- Squad 3, Truck 81,
Engine 51, Ambulance 61,</i>

118
00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:08,241
<i>police assist,
755 Hudson Avenue, staged...</i>

119
00:05:08,341 --> 00:05:10,042
[sirens wailing]

120
00:05:10,043 --> 00:05:13,146
<i>[tense music]</i>

121
00:05:13,246 --> 00:05:20,278
<i>♪ ♪</i>

122
00:05:22,981 --> 00:05:24,456
- Listen to me.
We're not going anywhere.

123
00:05:24,457 --> 00:05:26,717
Let your wife and kids
out the door.

124
00:05:26,718 --> 00:05:28,327
You and I can keep talking.

125
00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:29,887
- Hey, what do we got?

126
00:05:29,888 --> 00:05:32,264
- Adult male barricaded inside
with his family,

127
00:05:32,265 --> 00:05:33,557
wife and two kids.

128
00:05:33,558 --> 00:05:35,435
We've been talking for
about 45 minutes now.

129
00:05:35,569 --> 00:05:37,837
He's armed, agitated,
and making threats.

130
00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:38,996
- So what's the play?

131
00:05:38,997 --> 00:05:40,472
- Well, we had
a dialogue going,

132
00:05:40,473 --> 00:05:42,900
but he's no longer responding.

133
00:05:42,901 --> 00:05:44,643
This might already be over.

134
00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:45,970
Just stay behind
the perimeter for now.

135
00:05:45,971 --> 00:05:47,446
We'll let you know when--
- Hey, hey, hey.

136
00:05:47,447 --> 00:05:54,521
<i>♪ ♪</i>

137
00:05:56,423 --> 00:05:58,959
- Okay, Alex, you're
doing the right thing.

138
00:05:59,059 --> 00:06:02,279
I need you to keep walking
nice and easy.

139
00:06:07,434 --> 00:06:08,401
Okay, stop there.

140
00:06:08,501 --> 00:06:10,070
Drop to your knees.

141
00:06:10,170 --> 00:06:11,788
Show us your hands.

142
00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:19,546
Alex, I need to see your hands.

143
00:06:19,646 --> 00:06:26,720
<i>♪ ♪</i>

144
00:06:49,843 --> 00:06:51,977
- [screaming]

145
00:06:51,978 --> 00:06:55,072
<i>[tense music]</i>

146
00:06:55,073 --> 00:06:56,750
- We gotta move.

147
00:06:57,951 --> 00:06:59,978
One, two, three.

148
00:07:00,078 --> 00:07:03,923
- [screaming]

149
00:07:03,924 --> 00:07:06,250
- Let's get him on oxygen,
and grab the IO drill.

150
00:07:06,251 --> 00:07:08,394
- Engine, you lead out.
- On it.

151
00:07:08,395 --> 00:07:09,895
- Squad, go to primary search.

152
00:07:09,896 --> 00:07:12,064
Truck, vent the roof, run a
ladder to the second floor.

153
00:07:12,065 --> 00:07:15,334
- Copy. You got it.

154
00:07:15,335 --> 00:07:18,305
All right, 81,
give me a 38 on the B side.

155
00:07:18,405 --> 00:07:20,173
We got two kids in there.
Let's move.

156
00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:21,440
- Copy that.

157
00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:23,092
- Gonna put some oxygen on you, okay?

158
00:07:23,093 --> 00:07:24,344
Try to stay calm.

159
00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:26,178
- [gasping]

160
00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:27,447
- Go!

161
00:07:27,547 --> 00:07:34,037
<i>♪ ♪</i>

162
00:07:37,057 --> 00:07:38,625
- Hold!

163
00:07:38,725 --> 00:07:45,597
<i>♪ ♪</i>

164
00:07:45,598 --> 00:07:47,566
Mouch! Soak it down!

165
00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:49,536
Capp, clear yourself a path!

166
00:07:49,636 --> 00:07:50,903
- Copy that!

167
00:07:50,904 --> 00:07:53,197
- Fire department, call out!

168
00:07:53,198 --> 00:07:55,141
- On your six, Lieutenant.
- Copy.

169
00:07:58,378 --> 00:07:59,912
- His pressure's dropping.

170
00:07:59,913 --> 00:08:01,613
Stay with us, sir.

171
00:08:01,614 --> 00:08:03,248
Give him a 300cc fluid bolus.

172
00:08:03,249 --> 00:08:04,651
- Copy.

173
00:08:07,479 --> 00:08:09,113
[saw whirring]

174
00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:10,823
<i>- Hey!</i>
- Wait, wait, wait.

175
00:08:10,824 --> 00:08:13,142
<i>- Help us! Help, please!</i>
- You hear that?

176
00:08:13,143 --> 00:08:14,828
<i>- It's burning!</i>

177
00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:17,029
<i>Please!</i>

178
00:08:17,030 --> 00:08:18,797
<i>Get us out!</i>

179
00:08:18,798 --> 00:08:21,893
- [grunts]

180
00:08:21,993 --> 00:08:23,336
Hey, we got the family.

181
00:08:23,436 --> 00:08:24,770
We're bringing them
onto the roof.

182
00:08:24,771 --> 00:08:26,563
<i>- Copy.</i>

183
00:08:26,564 --> 00:08:27,673
- Herrmann, Ballard,
get to the roof.

184
00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:29,500
<i>We got multiple
victims coming down.</i>

185
00:08:29,501 --> 00:08:30,709
- All right, copy that.

186
00:08:30,710 --> 00:08:32,277
Hey, Burke,
you and me, we're going up.

187
00:08:32,278 --> 00:08:33,645
- Copy.

188
00:08:33,646 --> 00:08:35,014
- Come on.

189
00:08:37,884 --> 00:08:40,854
Up. There we go.

190
00:08:40,954 --> 00:08:42,287
Okay.
- Three, two, one.

191
00:08:42,288 --> 00:08:44,082
- We're moving
to the second floor.

192
00:08:44,182 --> 00:08:46,593
<i>- Copy that.</i>

193
00:08:46,693 --> 00:08:48,194
- He's bradying down.

194
00:08:50,130 --> 00:08:52,198
I can't feel a pulse.
- Start compressions.

195
00:08:54,834 --> 00:08:56,761
- Just a few more steps, okay?

196
00:08:56,861 --> 00:08:58,604
Nice and easy.

197
00:08:58,605 --> 00:09:00,439
All right. Hey.

198
00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,366
- Watch your step.
Watch your step.

199
00:09:02,367 --> 00:09:04,526
[sirens wailing]

200
00:09:04,527 --> 00:09:06,712
- Hey, Burke,
two more ambos just arrived.

201
00:09:06,713 --> 00:09:08,038
Will you take them
to get checked out?

202
00:09:08,039 --> 00:09:09,581
- All right, copy that.

203
00:09:09,582 --> 00:09:11,275
We're gonna...

204
00:09:11,276 --> 00:09:18,016
<i>♪ ♪</i>

205
00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:24,388
<i>- Truck, status on the family.</i>

206
00:09:24,389 --> 00:09:26,899
- Accounted for. Wife and kids.
<i>- Copy.</i>

207
00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:28,793
<i>Multiple firebombs on two,
unable to secure.</i>

208
00:09:28,893 --> 00:09:31,203
<i>All companies evacuate.</i>

209
00:09:31,204 --> 00:09:32,639
- Vasquez, what's your status?

210
00:09:32,739 --> 00:09:33,773
<i>- Starting to vent.</i>

211
00:09:33,873 --> 00:09:35,575
<i>- Negative. Clear the roof.</i>

212
00:09:35,675 --> 00:09:42,707
<i>♪ ♪</i>

213
00:09:48,121 --> 00:09:49,422
Vasquez, report!

214
00:09:49,522 --> 00:09:56,262
<i>♪ ♪</i>

215
00:10:03,761 --> 00:10:05,522
- Novak, let's call it.

216
00:10:08,741 --> 00:10:11,210
There's nothing else
we could've done.

217
00:10:11,211 --> 00:10:18,284
<i>♪ ♪</i>

218
00:10:23,857 --> 00:10:25,749
- Hey, come on,
grab a pike pole.

219
00:10:25,750 --> 00:10:27,126
We still got work to do.

220
00:10:27,227 --> 00:10:34,258
<i>♪ ♪</i>

221
00:10:34,259 --> 00:10:35,969
- Chief Tomlin's here.

222
00:10:38,763 --> 00:10:40,140
- I saw him.

223
00:10:54,087 --> 00:10:55,087
{\an8}- Cruz.

224
00:10:55,088 --> 00:10:56,421
{\an8}- What's up, Capp?

225
00:10:56,422 --> 00:10:57,756
{\an8}- We heard you
ditched the wheels.

226
00:10:57,757 --> 00:10:58,957
{\an8}- Yeah.

227
00:10:58,958 --> 00:11:00,659
{\an8}[grunts] My legs
finally got the memo.

228
00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:02,579
{\an8}- [chuckles]
Yeah.

229
00:11:05,982 --> 00:11:08,433
{\an8}- Caught a rough one, huh?

230
00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:10,135
{\an8}- [sighs] What's the latest?

231
00:11:10,136 --> 00:11:12,971
{\an8}- Uh, Dr. Archer,
he, uh, did tell me

232
00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:14,732
{\an8}about some specialized
recovery center.

233
00:11:14,832 --> 00:11:16,642
{\an8}Supposed to have
a good reputation

234
00:11:16,643 --> 00:11:19,278
{\an8}for getting first responders
back onto the job.

235
00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:21,480
{\an8}Might take
a few more months, but...

236
00:11:21,481 --> 00:11:24,016
{\an8}I'm ready to put in the work.

237
00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:27,052
{\an8}- Joe Cruz in the house!

238
00:11:27,053 --> 00:11:29,821
{\an8}Hey, are you teaching
Zumba yet or what?

239
00:11:29,822 --> 00:11:32,357
{\an8}- [laughs]

240
00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:33,425
{\an8}- Come on,
let's take it to my office.

241
00:11:33,426 --> 00:11:34,826
{\an8}I got a few things
for you to sign.

242
00:11:34,827 --> 00:11:36,253
{\an8}- Yeah, sounds good.

243
00:11:36,254 --> 00:11:38,255
{\an8}[grunts]
I'll see you guys in a bit.

244
00:11:38,256 --> 00:11:39,565
{\an8}- Yeah.

245
00:11:39,566 --> 00:11:41,067
{\an8}- So he told me,
the good news is,

246
00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:42,501
{\an8}you always land on your feet.

247
00:11:42,502 --> 00:11:45,038
{\an8}[laughter]

248
00:11:46,439 --> 00:11:48,640
{\an8}- Chief Tomlin.

249
00:11:48,641 --> 00:11:51,910
{\an8}- I'll, uh--
I'll leave you to it.

250
00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:54,346
{\an8}- That was, uh,
some call this morning.

251
00:11:54,347 --> 00:11:56,648
{\an8}Now, there's a chapter
for your memoir.

252
00:11:56,649 --> 00:11:58,317
- Could've gone a lot worse.

253
00:11:58,318 --> 00:12:00,619
- Yeah. That's why I'm here.

254
00:12:00,620 --> 00:12:04,181
Look, you're CFD's
busiest squad.

255
00:12:04,182 --> 00:12:05,791
You're missing a limb.

256
00:12:05,792 --> 00:12:07,452
You've been running
a man down for, what,

257
00:12:07,552 --> 00:12:08,961
going on five months now?

258
00:12:08,962 --> 00:12:09,962
- It's temporary.

259
00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:11,863
- Oh.

260
00:12:11,864 --> 00:12:13,733
You and I have different
definitions of temporary.

261
00:12:13,833 --> 00:12:16,235
- All due respect, Chief,
what is this about?

262
00:12:16,236 --> 00:12:18,471
- Joe Cruz is a hero,
plain and simple,

263
00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:21,632
but the vacancy in
Squad 3 needs to be resolved.

264
00:12:21,633 --> 00:12:23,009
This comes from high above.

265
00:12:23,142 --> 00:12:26,179
You have a week to recommend
a suitable replacement.

266
00:12:26,312 --> 00:12:29,314
If you don't,
headquarters will.

267
00:12:29,315 --> 00:12:32,309
<i>[tense music]</i>

268
00:12:32,310 --> 00:12:35,088
<i>♪ ♪</i>

269
00:12:40,326 --> 00:12:41,994
- They can't just
push Cruz out.

270
00:12:41,995 --> 00:12:43,328
There's gotta be
union protections.

271
00:12:43,329 --> 00:12:45,155
- It's actually more of a
gray area than you'd think.

272
00:12:45,156 --> 00:12:46,698
- Well, he made it sound
like headquarters can do

273
00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:48,167
whatever the hell they want.

274
00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:50,827
- If they're convinced he'll
never return to suppression--

275
00:12:50,828 --> 00:12:52,496
- Well, that hasn't
been determined.

276
00:12:52,497 --> 00:12:55,273
- Another way is
if Cruz voluntarily

277
00:12:55,274 --> 00:12:56,608
accepts reassignment.

278
00:12:56,609 --> 00:13:01,172
- Mouch,
that's not gonna happen.

279
00:13:01,272 --> 00:13:04,449
- Squad positions
don't come up very often.

280
00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:07,387
Maybe Tomlin wants to move one
of his guys into that slot.

281
00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,088
- I don't know.

282
00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:11,590
But it feels like
he's gunning for me.

283
00:13:11,591 --> 00:13:15,060
- All right,
let me make some calls,

284
00:13:15,061 --> 00:13:17,562
hit up some old friends
from my union days.

285
00:13:17,563 --> 00:13:18,731
- Do whatever you gotta do.

286
00:13:18,831 --> 00:13:19,899
Just do it fast.

287
00:13:20,033 --> 00:13:21,884
- I'm on it, Cap.

288
00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:26,738
[camera shutter clicks]
- Okay, next.

289
00:13:26,739 --> 00:13:28,790
- I hate my smile in photos.

290
00:13:28,791 --> 00:13:30,108
- What's to hate?

291
00:13:30,109 --> 00:13:32,778
- Just always look so forced.

292
00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:34,646
- Isn't it, though?

293
00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:37,041
That's the whole point
of having to say "cheese."

294
00:13:37,141 --> 00:13:38,184
- No, no,
that is how you end up

295
00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:39,252
looking like a serial killer.

296
00:13:39,385 --> 00:13:40,544
- Wow.

297
00:13:40,545 --> 00:13:42,087
- Next.

298
00:13:42,088 --> 00:13:43,588
- I blame Tyra Banks
for convincing

299
00:13:43,589 --> 00:13:45,391
an entire generation that
it's not enough to just smile.

300
00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:47,959
Now you have to smile
with your eyes.

301
00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,562
- You have to what?

302
00:13:50,563 --> 00:13:52,164
- Smize.
- Huh?

303
00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:53,866
- Okay, you have to
think of something

304
00:13:53,966 --> 00:13:56,560
that makes you smile and then
let your eyes do the rest.

305
00:13:56,561 --> 00:13:58,737
It's happy, but effortless.

306
00:13:58,738 --> 00:14:00,907
- I don't know what
you're talking about,

307
00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:02,874
but it's just a smile.

308
00:14:02,875 --> 00:14:04,401
I don't know what's
so hard about that.

309
00:14:04,402 --> 00:14:06,136
- Next.

310
00:14:06,137 --> 00:14:07,179
- Um, hey, can you go?

311
00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:08,264
'Cause I'm not ready.

312
00:14:10,007 --> 00:14:11,768
- Hey, Frank.

313
00:14:17,682 --> 00:14:18,858
[camera shutter clicks]

314
00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:20,860
- Next.

315
00:14:23,830 --> 00:14:26,531
- Chief Tomlin,
sorry to barge in unannounced,

316
00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:32,187
but I had this lying around
and, uh, heard you were a fan.

317
00:14:32,188 --> 00:14:35,607
Randall McHolland,
Firehouse 51.

318
00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:37,267
- Let me guess.

319
00:14:37,268 --> 00:14:38,335
Joe Cruz.

320
00:14:38,336 --> 00:14:39,479
- Yes, sir.

321
00:14:39,612 --> 00:14:41,446
I spoke with union council

322
00:14:41,447 --> 00:14:43,515
about line-of-duty
medical leave,

323
00:14:43,516 --> 00:14:46,343
and they cited a clause
in our CBA--

324
00:14:46,344 --> 00:14:48,279
- Article 18, section 4.

325
00:14:48,379 --> 00:14:49,489
I am familiar.

326
00:14:49,622 --> 00:14:52,225
Did they point you
to section 36?

327
00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,828
- I know a four-person squad
is standard,

328
00:14:56,829 --> 00:14:58,964
but section 36 allows for--

329
00:14:58,965 --> 00:15:00,900
- Four is standard
for a reason.

330
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,468
- [sighs]

331
00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:05,128
Come on, Chief.

332
00:15:05,129 --> 00:15:08,107
I mean, there has to be a way
for us to make this work.

333
00:15:08,207 --> 00:15:10,967
- I didn't think your captain
was the type to play ball.

334
00:15:10,968 --> 00:15:13,278
- Well, that's why I'm here.

335
00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:18,308
Give Cruz 90 more days before
his occupational health eval,

336
00:15:18,309 --> 00:15:21,153
and Severide will
personally come in off shift

337
00:15:21,154 --> 00:15:23,589
and train all five of
your truck companies

338
00:15:23,689 --> 00:15:27,627
for technical rescue
certification.

339
00:15:27,727 --> 00:15:29,327
- I don't care about all that.

340
00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:30,929
<i>[tense music]</i>

341
00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:34,232
But there is something
that he can do.

342
00:15:34,233 --> 00:15:35,567
- [laughs]

343
00:15:35,568 --> 00:15:37,537
- Okay, you want to know who
I really want to hear about?

344
00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:38,830
- Who?

345
00:15:38,930 --> 00:15:42,341
- Ryan Mercer. Right.
- Mm-hmm.

346
00:15:42,442 --> 00:15:44,543
- Valedictorian,
class president.

347
00:15:44,544 --> 00:15:45,944
- My arch nemesis.

348
00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:49,281
- I heard he's currently
in federal prison

349
00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:50,341
for investment fraud.

350
00:15:50,441 --> 00:15:51,317
- Oh, my God.

351
00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:52,819
Seriously?

352
00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:56,823
Wow, he must've made some
new friends at Stanford.

353
00:15:56,923 --> 00:16:00,517
- Hey, how come you
didn't end up going there?

354
00:16:00,518 --> 00:16:03,620
You got in, right?

355
00:16:03,621 --> 00:16:06,264
- Always the investigative
journalist, huh?

356
00:16:06,265 --> 00:16:07,265
Never turn that off?

357
00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:11,453
<i>[bluesy rock music playing]</i>

358
00:16:11,454 --> 00:16:14,206
- I'm really glad
we reconnected.

359
00:16:14,207 --> 00:16:16,641
Most people from high school
I'd be happy to forget.

360
00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:18,344
- Oh, yeah.

361
00:16:18,444 --> 00:16:21,147
- But not everyone.

362
00:16:23,616 --> 00:16:25,450
- All right, buddy.

363
00:16:25,451 --> 00:16:27,711
This is gonna be a tough one.

364
00:16:27,712 --> 00:16:30,922
What word is that?

365
00:16:30,923 --> 00:16:32,382
- Bear.

366
00:16:32,383 --> 00:16:33,316
- Boom!

367
00:16:33,317 --> 00:16:34,793
Ah, good job.

368
00:16:34,794 --> 00:16:36,461
All right, let's run it again.

369
00:16:36,462 --> 00:16:38,364
- I'm gonna ask Jodie to
pick up the kids

370
00:16:38,464 --> 00:16:40,432
from school again tomorrow.
- Okay.

371
00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:43,393
- Yesterday, I sat in traffic
for 38 minutes

372
00:16:43,394 --> 00:16:45,129
to move maybe half a block.

373
00:16:46,664 --> 00:16:48,106
- That's brutal.

374
00:16:48,107 --> 00:16:50,809
- I don't have time to be
sitting in traffic that long,

375
00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:53,378
not with so many other errands

376
00:16:53,379 --> 00:16:55,264
and all my Zoom meetings.

377
00:16:58,551 --> 00:17:02,104
- Hey, buddy, why don't you go
get ready to take a bath, huh?

378
00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,661
I thought we talked about this.

379
00:17:09,662 --> 00:17:12,731
- I need help, Joe.

380
00:17:12,732 --> 00:17:14,858
Look, I know--I know
how hard you've been

381
00:17:14,859 --> 00:17:18,637
working on your rehab,
but when the twins arrive--

382
00:17:18,638 --> 00:17:20,005
- Mm-hmm.

383
00:17:20,006 --> 00:17:21,865
We will figure it out
the way we always have.

384
00:17:21,866 --> 00:17:24,042
- I don't want to
do this alone.

385
00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:25,268
- Who's asking you to?

386
00:17:25,269 --> 00:17:26,344
- Once you're back at work--

387
00:17:26,345 --> 00:17:28,013
- Oh, come on, Chloe,
we keep having--

388
00:17:28,014 --> 00:17:29,948
- [grunts]

389
00:17:29,949 --> 00:17:32,317
Ouch.

390
00:17:32,318 --> 00:17:33,986
[gasps]

391
00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:35,420
- What's wrong?

392
00:17:35,421 --> 00:17:36,855
Braxton-Hicks?

393
00:17:36,856 --> 00:17:38,558
- I dunno.

394
00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:40,626
Ouch!
- Okay.

395
00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:42,052
Okay, okay.

396
00:17:42,053 --> 00:17:43,296
All right, we are not due
for four weeks.

397
00:17:43,396 --> 00:17:46,131
- [breathing heavily]
[water trickling]

398
00:17:46,132 --> 00:17:47,625
- Oh, okay. Okay.

399
00:17:47,725 --> 00:17:49,059
Uh, all right.

400
00:17:49,060 --> 00:17:51,804
Um--okay, boys, uh,
this is not a drill.

401
00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:53,238
Javi, grab the go-bag.

402
00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:54,573
Otis, forget the bath.
Okay.

403
00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:56,033
Breathe, breathe. There you go.

404
00:18:06,018 --> 00:18:07,619
<i>[apprehensive music]</i>

405
00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:10,905
- Is Mom okay?

406
00:18:10,906 --> 00:18:12,508
- Come with me.

407
00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:16,320
[baby fussing]
- [gasps]

408
00:18:16,420 --> 00:18:17,321
Hi.

409
00:18:17,421 --> 00:18:20,332
[baby crying]

410
00:18:20,333 --> 00:18:23,602
<i>[gentle music]</i>

411
00:18:23,703 --> 00:18:25,495
<i>♪ ♪</i>

412
00:18:25,496 --> 00:18:27,773
Come and meet your
new baby sisters.

413
00:18:31,544 --> 00:18:33,403
- They're so tiny.

414
00:18:33,404 --> 00:18:34,614
- [chuckles]

415
00:18:36,248 --> 00:18:38,016
- Which one's which?

416
00:18:38,017 --> 00:18:41,745
This is Sofia,
and this is Elena.

417
00:18:41,746 --> 00:18:42,946
- Come here.

418
00:18:42,947 --> 00:18:45,357
Let me take one of
those off of your hands.

419
00:18:45,358 --> 00:18:46,392
- Yes, sir.
- [grunts]

420
00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:47,859
- Ooh.

421
00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:49,729
- It's okay.
I just need to sit.

422
00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:51,629
- Yeah, you've been
on your feet all day.

423
00:18:51,630 --> 00:18:52,897
- I'm fine.

424
00:18:52,898 --> 00:18:55,600
You're the one that
just gave birth.

425
00:18:55,601 --> 00:18:59,137
- It's cool, Dad. I can help.

426
00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:02,107
- Oops.
[chuckles]

427
00:19:02,108 --> 00:19:05,176
- [grunts]

428
00:19:05,177 --> 00:19:06,628
Hey, big bro.

429
00:19:06,629 --> 00:19:09,315
[babies crying]

430
00:19:09,415 --> 00:19:12,318
[humming]

431
00:19:12,418 --> 00:19:18,716
<i>♪ ♪</i>

432
00:19:18,816 --> 00:19:21,643
- Chloe said she had to have
twins to even the score.

433
00:19:21,644 --> 00:19:22,977
- Oh, poor Joe.

434
00:19:22,978 --> 00:19:24,487
He doesn't stand a chance.

435
00:19:24,488 --> 00:19:26,365
Those two little girls
are gonna have him

436
00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:28,033
wrapped around
those little fingers.

437
00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:28,967
Oh!

438
00:19:28,968 --> 00:19:30,402
[laughter]

439
00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:32,897
- Check it out.
We got them tiny Sox hats.

440
00:19:32,997 --> 00:19:34,398
- Isn't Joe a Cubs fan?

441
00:19:34,498 --> 00:19:35,674
- Yeah, he was furious.

442
00:19:36,834 --> 00:19:38,344
- Let me see it.

443
00:19:39,737 --> 00:19:40,805
- Hollis!

444
00:19:43,841 --> 00:19:44,999
Hey.

445
00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,152
So rotation's almost over.

446
00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:48,411
How are you feeling?

447
00:19:48,412 --> 00:19:51,056
- I'm feeling, uh,
feeling great, Lieutenant.

448
00:19:51,057 --> 00:19:53,491
Ready to get out there.

449
00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:55,660
- Well, if, you know,
there's anything

450
00:19:55,661 --> 00:20:00,766
that you want to talk through
or any questions,

451
00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:02,201
now's the time for that.

452
00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:07,330
- Thanks, Lieutenant.

453
00:20:07,331 --> 00:20:09,140
- All right.

454
00:20:09,141 --> 00:20:10,543
Carry on.

455
00:20:14,205 --> 00:20:17,682
- Heard I just missed you
at the hospital yesterday.

456
00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:19,317
- Hard to believe
Cruz has four kids.

457
00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:20,444
- Yeah.

458
00:20:20,544 --> 00:20:22,387
I think he's going
after Herrmann's record.

459
00:20:22,388 --> 00:20:25,090
I also went down
to headquarters,

460
00:20:25,091 --> 00:20:28,961
was able to steal a few minutes
with Chief Tomlin.

461
00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:32,231
He's willing to give Cruz
90 more days.

462
00:20:33,699 --> 00:20:35,359
- What did he want?

463
00:20:36,802 --> 00:20:39,204
- For you to rescind
your letter to the DC

464
00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:41,464
and have McCaffrey reinstated.

465
00:20:41,465 --> 00:20:42,373
- What?

466
00:20:42,374 --> 00:20:43,409
- I know it's not ideal, but--

467
00:20:43,509 --> 00:20:44,802
- No.
- But--

468
00:20:44,902 --> 00:20:46,177
- No way. Not a chance.

469
00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:47,579
- [sighs]

470
00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:50,064
- He's willing to use Cruz
as a bargaining chip?

471
00:20:50,065 --> 00:20:52,917
- I don't see another way.

472
00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:56,054
And if we don't make the deal,
Tomlin already has

473
00:20:56,055 --> 00:20:58,624
someone in mind for the spot.

474
00:20:58,724 --> 00:21:00,760
- I'm not putting McCaffrey
back in the field.

475
00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:06,557
- Maybe you don't have to.

476
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,066
- [exhales]

477
00:21:22,765 --> 00:21:24,449
- Damn, Hollis.

478
00:21:24,450 --> 00:21:26,176
How hungover are you?

479
00:21:26,177 --> 00:21:28,579
- Nah, I just--not sleeping.

480
00:21:33,617 --> 00:21:36,561
That guy burning alive,

481
00:21:36,562 --> 00:21:38,464
I guess
we'll get used to it, huh?

482
00:21:40,399 --> 00:21:42,300
- It's what we
signed up for, man.

483
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:44,953
Doesn't mean
we'll ever get used to it.

484
00:21:44,954 --> 00:21:47,739
<i>[pensive music]</i>

485
00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:49,199
<i>♪ ♪</i>

486
00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,802
My first rotation,

487
00:21:52,803 --> 00:21:56,047
we had
a rollover on Eisenhower.

488
00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:59,484
The guy was slumped over
the steering wheel,

489
00:21:59,485 --> 00:22:02,120
head split wide open,

490
00:22:02,121 --> 00:22:03,656
brains spilling out.

491
00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:09,427
Kendrick Lamar was--he was--

492
00:22:09,428 --> 00:22:11,163
he was playing on the radio.

493
00:22:13,098 --> 00:22:14,892
Until this day,
I still can't hear that song

494
00:22:14,992 --> 00:22:16,226
without going right back.

495
00:22:16,227 --> 00:22:21,005
<i>♪ ♪</i>

496
00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:25,068
For weeks,
every time I closed my eyes,

497
00:22:25,069 --> 00:22:27,445
that's what I saw.

498
00:22:27,446 --> 00:22:30,749
And eventually,
one of the old-timers just--

499
00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:33,910
he pulled me aside,
and he told me I gotta find

500
00:22:33,911 --> 00:22:36,188
a way to get out of my head.

501
00:22:38,123 --> 00:22:40,658
He told me to put a washcloth
over my face,

502
00:22:40,659 --> 00:22:42,945
put on a white noise machine.

503
00:22:47,850 --> 00:22:49,201
It worked for me.

504
00:22:49,301 --> 00:22:55,274
<i>♪ ♪</i>

505
00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:57,810
- Guess who got the proofs
for our photo session?

506
00:22:57,910 --> 00:22:59,778
- What?
- What? How?

507
00:22:59,879 --> 00:23:01,771
- Well, it turns out that
cranky old photographer

508
00:23:01,772 --> 00:23:02,864
is open to bribes.

509
00:23:02,865 --> 00:23:05,250
So for 50 bucks,
he sent us a link.

510
00:23:05,251 --> 00:23:06,610
- You got taken.

511
00:23:06,710 --> 00:23:08,186
We don't get to choose.

512
00:23:08,187 --> 00:23:09,888
- Herrmann,
he's the one who decides.

513
00:23:09,989 --> 00:23:11,522
Plus,
after my last photo fiasco,

514
00:23:11,523 --> 00:23:13,116
I am not leaving it to chance.

515
00:23:13,117 --> 00:23:15,393
Okay, let's see what we got.

516
00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:17,211
- All right.
- Hey, it's me.

517
00:23:17,212 --> 00:23:18,229
- Ooh.

518
00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:19,565
- Remarkably consistent.

519
00:23:19,665 --> 00:23:21,215
- Why mess with perfection?

520
00:23:21,216 --> 00:23:22,292
- Oh.

521
00:23:22,293 --> 00:23:24,360
Tony, lots of good options.

522
00:23:24,361 --> 00:23:26,004
- Mm. Well.

523
00:23:26,005 --> 00:23:27,139
- Okay. That's not terrible.

524
00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:28,573
- These are all perfect.

525
00:23:28,574 --> 00:23:29,966
What were you so worried about?

526
00:23:29,967 --> 00:23:32,011
- Yeah, I mean, I'm--
I'm not--I'm not mad.

527
00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:33,544
Thanks, Herrmann.

528
00:23:33,545 --> 00:23:35,681
I--I took your advice and
kept it simple and just smiled.

529
00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:37,682
- Ah. All right.

530
00:23:37,683 --> 00:23:40,002
What about me?
How'd mine turn out?

531
00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:44,481
- Oh, that is not the one.

532
00:23:44,581 --> 00:23:45,758
- Keep going.

533
00:23:52,414 --> 00:23:54,032
- Huh.

534
00:23:54,033 --> 00:23:57,493
- You--you must've got in
my head, telling me to smizz,

535
00:23:57,494 --> 00:23:59,370
smize, whatever you call it.

536
00:23:59,371 --> 00:24:01,140
It completely threw me off.

537
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,407
All right?

538
00:24:02,408 --> 00:24:04,267
Now, not one of those
is frame-worthy.

539
00:24:04,268 --> 00:24:08,380
<i>- Truck 81, Ambulance 61,
water rescue, Riverwalk access</i>

540
00:24:08,514 --> 00:24:10,014
<i>at State Street.</i>

541
00:24:10,015 --> 00:24:13,009
<i>[tense music]</i>

542
00:24:13,010 --> 00:24:17,413
<i>♪ ♪</i>

543
00:24:17,414 --> 00:24:19,023
- Over here.

544
00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:21,584
His kayak flipped, and these
guys jumped in after him.

545
00:24:21,585 --> 00:24:22,627
- All right.

546
00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,445
Everybody, move out of the way.

547
00:24:24,446 --> 00:24:27,098
We got him.
All right, let's get him out.

548
00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:28,367
- Ballard.
- On it.

549
00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:29,735
- How long was he under?

550
00:24:29,868 --> 00:24:30,903
- I don't know.

551
00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:32,128
A while.

552
00:24:32,129 --> 00:24:33,404
- All righty.
- Grab the strap.

553
00:24:33,405 --> 00:24:36,407
- Yeah.
[siren wailing]

554
00:24:36,408 --> 00:24:38,544
Good job.

555
00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:40,136
- Grab his head.
Grab his head.

556
00:24:40,137 --> 00:24:41,480
- Got it.
- All right.

557
00:24:43,974 --> 00:24:45,216
- Hey, we got no pulse.

558
00:24:45,217 --> 00:24:46,610
- All right,
start compressions.

559
00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:53,549
All right, guys,
the medics are here.

560
00:24:53,550 --> 00:24:54,493
- Okay.

561
00:24:54,593 --> 00:24:55,810
You get pads on him.
I'll bag him.

562
00:24:55,811 --> 00:24:57,095
- Yep.

563
00:24:57,096 --> 00:25:04,169
<i>♪ ♪</i>

564
00:25:13,712 --> 00:25:17,348
- Yeah. Okay.
- Check rhythm.

565
00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:19,308
- Asystole.

566
00:25:19,309 --> 00:25:21,502
- Resume compressions.

567
00:25:21,503 --> 00:25:22,771
- Come on, kid.

568
00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:27,692
- Okay. IV's in.
- Push epi.

569
00:25:27,693 --> 00:25:29,827
- All right.

570
00:25:29,828 --> 00:25:31,530
- Come on.

571
00:25:33,165 --> 00:25:35,325
- Come on. Come on.

572
00:25:37,594 --> 00:25:39,262
- Okay, uh, let's intubate.

573
00:25:39,263 --> 00:25:40,263
- Okay.

574
00:25:40,264 --> 00:25:46,110
<i>♪ ♪</i>

575
00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:48,939
Okay, ready.
- [coughs]

576
00:25:49,039 --> 00:25:50,315
- There we go.

577
00:25:50,416 --> 00:25:52,618
- Okay.
- Get him on his side.

578
00:25:52,718 --> 00:25:53,719
- [coughing]

579
00:25:53,819 --> 00:25:58,991
<i>♪ ♪</i>

580
00:25:59,124 --> 00:26:00,159
- We've got ROSC.

581
00:26:00,292 --> 00:26:01,392
- Great.

582
00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:04,212
- [breathing heavily]

583
00:26:04,213 --> 00:26:05,855
- All right. There you go.

584
00:26:05,856 --> 00:26:07,723
- All right.

585
00:26:07,724 --> 00:26:09,735
Hey, Jansen, Burke,
grab a stair chair.

586
00:26:09,835 --> 00:26:11,136
- Copy.

587
00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:14,230
- [breathing heavily]

588
00:26:14,231 --> 00:26:17,242
<i>[soft dramatic music]</i>

589
00:26:17,342 --> 00:26:21,246
<i>♪ ♪</i>

590
00:26:26,819 --> 00:26:28,653
- Hi. Sorry to interrupt.

591
00:26:28,654 --> 00:26:31,289
I want to say congratulations.
- Thank you.

592
00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:33,357
- And you,
welcome to the girl dad club.

593
00:26:33,358 --> 00:26:35,151
- Ah. Thanks, Doc.

594
00:26:35,152 --> 00:26:36,561
- Good.

595
00:26:36,562 --> 00:26:38,654
Uh, so I ran into your physical
therapist this morning.

596
00:26:38,655 --> 00:26:40,766
Seeing as you've made
such remarkable progress

597
00:26:40,866 --> 00:26:43,936
in the last few weeks,
she said that if you keep it up

598
00:26:44,036 --> 00:26:47,071
you'll be back on Squad
before you know it.

599
00:26:47,072 --> 00:26:48,372
- I'll keep pushing.

600
00:26:48,373 --> 00:26:49,608
- Good.

601
00:26:55,781 --> 00:26:59,175
<i>[apprehensive music]</i>

602
00:26:59,176 --> 00:27:01,511
- Come on, guys.
This is great news.

603
00:27:01,512 --> 00:27:08,459
<i>♪ ♪</i>

604
00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:12,129
Javi, papi.

605
00:27:12,130 --> 00:27:15,634
- Why can't somebody else's dad
do it?

606
00:27:15,734 --> 00:27:22,808
<i>♪ ♪</i>

607
00:27:25,277 --> 00:27:27,979
- Yeah, yeah, sounds like it
could be a really good fit.

608
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,714
Let me, uh,
confirm with both parties,

609
00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:31,374
and I will get
right back to you.

610
00:27:31,375 --> 00:27:33,751
All right, thanks.

611
00:27:33,752 --> 00:27:35,686
- [exhales deeply]

612
00:27:35,687 --> 00:27:36,621
- What happened?

613
00:27:36,622 --> 00:27:38,022
Another rough call?

614
00:27:38,023 --> 00:27:39,390
- Uh, no, no, no, no, no.

615
00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:40,291
We saved the guy.

616
00:27:40,292 --> 00:27:41,325
He's gonna be fine.

617
00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:42,718
It's just this photo.

618
00:27:42,719 --> 00:27:44,220
I don't think
I can resurrect it.

619
00:27:44,221 --> 00:27:47,698
I sent it to Annabelle,
the least-awful one.

620
00:27:47,699 --> 00:27:51,369
She ran it through
some AI thingy, but--

621
00:27:51,370 --> 00:27:53,496
I don't know.

622
00:27:53,497 --> 00:27:56,499
- It's like someone took
a photo of your wax figure.

623
00:27:56,500 --> 00:28:02,714
- Well, she fixed my smile,
but I can't use this.

624
00:28:02,814 --> 00:28:05,616
- Yeah, it's a little heavy
on the artificial.

625
00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:08,419
Well, Frank said that
he could do a reshoot

626
00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:11,180
for 100 bucks,
but that's highway robbery.

627
00:28:11,181 --> 00:28:13,691
- Herrmann,
it's just a personnel photo.

628
00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:15,493
- Not for me, all right?

629
00:28:15,494 --> 00:28:17,962
This could be my last photo
in uniform, the one they use

630
00:28:17,963 --> 00:28:22,833
at my retirement party and
the last one that, you know,

631
00:28:22,834 --> 00:28:24,936
Cindy gets to frame.

632
00:28:24,937 --> 00:28:27,205
- Well, when you put
it that way, 100 bucks

633
00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:28,639
sounds like a bargain.

634
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,500
- [sighs]

635
00:28:36,206 --> 00:28:37,215
- All right, listen up.

636
00:28:40,185 --> 00:28:42,545
We've had a couple rough ones.

637
00:28:42,546 --> 00:28:46,190
And we don't talk about this
as much as we should,

638
00:28:46,191 --> 00:28:48,159
but these things,
they stay with you,

639
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,795
whether you like it or not.

640
00:28:50,796 --> 00:28:53,231
And we all have to figure out
a way to get through it.

641
00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:58,461
So me, I go for a jog.

642
00:28:58,462 --> 00:29:02,206
I run until I am
too tired to think.

643
00:29:02,207 --> 00:29:04,367
Sometimes it works.

644
00:29:04,368 --> 00:29:05,577
Sometimes it doesn't.

645
00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:11,083
You can always talk to
the chaplain or each other.

646
00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:12,375
- Mm-hmm.

647
00:29:12,376 --> 00:29:13,819
Yeah, I mean, me, I--

648
00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:16,145
I end up at the shooting range.

649
00:29:16,146 --> 00:29:19,758
You know, it just gives me
something else to focus on.

650
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,097
- You just have to figure out
whatever works best for you.

651
00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:31,702
- Before we begin,
I'd just like to say I think

652
00:29:31,703 --> 00:29:34,872
there's a way we all
walk away happy.

653
00:29:34,873 --> 00:29:36,741
Maybe not completely happy,

654
00:29:36,742 --> 00:29:38,843
but that's the nature
of compromise.

655
00:29:38,844 --> 00:29:40,745
You know it's good
when everyone

656
00:29:40,746 --> 00:29:42,338
leaves a little disappointed.

657
00:29:42,339 --> 00:29:44,649
- McHolland,
quit shuffling and deal.

658
00:29:44,650 --> 00:29:49,020
- Right. Okay.

659
00:29:49,021 --> 00:29:52,024
I called an old friend of mine
in Equipment and Supply.

660
00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:54,826
Turns out they have an opening
on the front desk.

661
00:29:54,926 --> 00:29:57,020
So if McCaffrey still
wants to serve--

662
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,796
- Equipment and Supply?

663
00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:00,197
Tell me you're joking.

664
00:30:00,198 --> 00:30:02,191
- Gets him back on the payroll
with a chance to earn

665
00:30:02,192 --> 00:30:03,694
his way back into the field.

666
00:30:03,794 --> 00:30:04,870
- That wasn't the deal.

667
00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:06,697
- It's the only way I'll do it.

668
00:30:06,797 --> 00:30:09,774
- Well, then this has been
a giant waste of my time.

669
00:30:09,775 --> 00:30:12,309
Gentlemen--
- Please. Chief.

670
00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:15,413
With all due respect,
it's not forever,

671
00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:18,183
but it's a way back in
for the kid.

672
00:30:18,283 --> 00:30:20,634
And we're not asking for much.

673
00:30:20,635 --> 00:30:23,055
Just 90 more days
for Cruz to get

674
00:30:23,155 --> 00:30:25,056
cleared by Occupational Health.

675
00:30:25,057 --> 00:30:26,425
- And if he is
not ready by then?

676
00:30:26,558 --> 00:30:27,826
- He'll be ready.

677
00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:32,313
[backup alarm beeping]

678
00:30:32,314 --> 00:30:36,601
[phone ringing]

679
00:30:36,735 --> 00:30:37,902
- Your mom again?

680
00:30:37,903 --> 00:30:39,328
- Yep.

681
00:30:39,329 --> 00:30:41,063
- Oh, it's her
third call today.

682
00:30:41,064 --> 00:30:42,139
She's really
committed to the whole

683
00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:44,158
not-leaving-a-voicemail thing.

684
00:30:44,159 --> 00:30:46,277
- Yeah, she knows
I won't listen.

685
00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:48,597
[sighs]

686
00:30:50,082 --> 00:30:52,142
- Hey, you know
you can talk to me, right?

687
00:30:54,411 --> 00:30:56,353
- Yeah.

688
00:30:56,354 --> 00:30:58,681
I think it feels wrong

689
00:30:58,682 --> 00:31:00,776
complaining about my mom
to you.

690
00:31:03,428 --> 00:31:06,731
- Well, you don't have
to worry about that.

691
00:31:06,732 --> 00:31:09,517
Trust me, if--

692
00:31:09,518 --> 00:31:13,764
if my mom were still here,

693
00:31:13,864 --> 00:31:16,942
I would be complaining.

694
00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:20,337
She always knew exactly
how to get under my skin.

695
00:31:24,282 --> 00:31:26,635
- Honestly, I don't even
know what she wants.

696
00:31:28,854 --> 00:31:32,224
- Well, maybe it's
worth finding out.

697
00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:47,296
- For 100 bucks I better look
like I'm on the cover of "GQ."

698
00:31:47,297 --> 00:31:49,740
- I'm not a miracle worker.

699
00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:52,702
- Well, I'm not getting up
until we get this right.

700
00:31:57,449 --> 00:32:00,918
[camera shutter clicking]

701
00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:02,887
- I may have created a monster.

702
00:32:02,888 --> 00:32:04,488
[chuckles]

703
00:32:04,489 --> 00:32:08,025
I also may have flooded karaoke
guy's phone with my headshots

704
00:32:08,026 --> 00:32:09,361
and asked him
to pick a favorite.

705
00:32:09,461 --> 00:32:11,996
- You need his opinion?
- No.

706
00:32:11,997 --> 00:32:14,231
I just need him to see how
amazing I look in uniform.

707
00:32:14,232 --> 00:32:15,566
[chuckles]

708
00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:17,234
- Jealous.

709
00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:18,436
- [laughs]

710
00:32:29,714 --> 00:32:32,017
- Don't think I didn't notice
you finally fixed this.

711
00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:33,118
- Well, somebody had to.

712
00:32:34,653 --> 00:32:36,086
- Hey, you talk to Mouch?

713
00:32:36,087 --> 00:32:38,389
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, he, um--
he filled me in on your deal

714
00:32:38,390 --> 00:32:39,624
with Chief Tomlin.

715
00:32:42,277 --> 00:32:44,728
- If--if you don't
think 90 days is enough--

716
00:32:44,729 --> 00:32:47,231
- Oh, no, no, it's not, um--

717
00:32:47,232 --> 00:32:49,233
Dr. Archer, he, uh--
he pulled some strings.

718
00:32:49,234 --> 00:32:50,869
He got me into that program
I told you about,

719
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:55,272
so it should speed up
my recovery some.

720
00:32:55,273 --> 00:32:57,575
- That's great news, isn't it?

721
00:32:57,576 --> 00:32:59,043
- Yeah.

722
00:32:59,044 --> 00:33:01,079
<i>[pensive music]</i>

723
00:33:01,213 --> 00:33:02,538
Yeah.

724
00:33:02,539 --> 00:33:09,453
<i>♪ ♪</i>

725
00:33:09,454 --> 00:33:12,089
I'm not coming back.

726
00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:18,830
<i>♪ ♪</i>

727
00:33:24,102 --> 00:33:26,670
- Look, I know these last few
months have been a rough go.

728
00:33:26,671 --> 00:33:28,305
- It's more than that.

729
00:33:28,306 --> 00:33:30,074
- Just--you don't--

730
00:33:30,075 --> 00:33:32,710
Cruz, you don't have to
decide right now, all right?

731
00:33:32,711 --> 00:33:35,212
Just--
- Hey, trust me, brother.

732
00:33:35,213 --> 00:33:39,416
This is the hardest decision
I've ever had to make.

733
00:33:39,417 --> 00:33:44,121
And I know you fought for me,
and, man, I'll never forget it.

734
00:33:44,122 --> 00:33:46,824
It just--

735
00:33:46,825 --> 00:33:50,844
this house, the job,

736
00:33:50,845 --> 00:33:54,633
this family, it--

737
00:33:54,766 --> 00:33:56,801
it lives in me.

738
00:33:56,935 --> 00:33:59,704
<i>[pensive music]</i>

739
00:33:59,804 --> 00:34:01,672
<i>♪ ♪</i>

740
00:34:01,673 --> 00:34:03,707
You know, when, uh--

741
00:34:03,708 --> 00:34:08,846
when I got my head back in it
and I finally started to hit

742
00:34:08,847 --> 00:34:12,108
the PT hard, I had one goal--

743
00:34:12,208 --> 00:34:14,552
get back on that squad.

744
00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:25,397
And then the twins came,
and it changed everything.

745
00:34:31,553 --> 00:34:34,705
Yeah, this, uh--
this rehab center,

746
00:34:34,706 --> 00:34:39,410
it's, uh--it's close to
Chloe's parents in Minneapolis,

747
00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:42,896
and they're dying
to help with the babies.

748
00:34:42,897 --> 00:34:47,910
Chloe can work remotely,
so that's where we're headed.

749
00:34:47,911 --> 00:34:51,506
So I can be there
for my family.

750
00:34:57,095 --> 00:35:02,032
- We've been riding beside
each other for 12 years.

751
00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:08,506
<i>♪ ♪</i>

752
00:35:08,606 --> 00:35:10,442
I need you beside me.

753
00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:14,362
- They need me more.

754
00:35:17,273 --> 00:35:22,920
Besides, you taught me
everything I know.

755
00:35:22,921 --> 00:35:24,680
You'll teach the new guy too.

756
00:35:24,681 --> 00:35:31,588
<i>♪ ♪</i>

757
00:35:33,615 --> 00:35:36,066
- So that's it?

758
00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:38,802
There was no talking
him out of it?

759
00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:40,638
- His mind's made up.

760
00:35:43,958 --> 00:35:45,268
- Wow.

761
00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:51,107
How do you replace Joe Cruz?

762
00:35:58,323 --> 00:36:02,976
- 51 won't be the same
without you, Joe.

763
00:36:02,977 --> 00:36:05,029
- How did Severide
take the news?

764
00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:07,665
- Oh, not great.

765
00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:10,235
- Well, he just needs time
to process.

766
00:36:10,335 --> 00:36:12,236
- We all do.

767
00:36:12,237 --> 00:36:14,772
- Are you taking your
French press with you, or...?

768
00:36:14,773 --> 00:36:16,373
- I'll miss you, too, Capp.

769
00:36:16,374 --> 00:36:18,108
- Body's not even cold.

770
00:36:18,109 --> 00:36:19,143
- What?

771
00:36:19,144 --> 00:36:20,327
He's the one who made me
a coffee snob.

772
00:36:20,328 --> 00:36:21,812
- It's all yours.

773
00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:24,307
- Oh, my God, and he takes it.

774
00:36:28,253 --> 00:36:30,003
- Hmm.

775
00:36:30,004 --> 00:36:31,147
That one's getting framed.

776
00:36:34,676 --> 00:36:36,528
- Hey.

777
00:36:36,628 --> 00:36:38,154
Don't go anywhere.

778
00:36:42,801 --> 00:36:45,703
- You know you don't
have to do extra credit

779
00:36:45,704 --> 00:36:47,071
trying to impress me.

780
00:36:47,072 --> 00:36:49,474
- [chuckles] It helps me know
where everything is.

781
00:36:49,607 --> 00:36:50,909
- Mm.

782
00:36:51,009 --> 00:36:53,602
Well, I just checked in
with Hollis,

783
00:36:53,603 --> 00:36:55,871
found out you beat me to it.

784
00:36:55,872 --> 00:36:59,717
Do you know why
a cold washcloth works?

785
00:36:59,718 --> 00:37:02,178
- It activates the dive reflex.

786
00:37:05,048 --> 00:37:07,391
- I saw you last shift,

787
00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:10,552
uh, shielding those kids from
seeing their father's body.

788
00:37:10,553 --> 00:37:14,132
<i>[soft music]</i>

789
00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:17,402
You just knew exactly
what they needed.

790
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:20,989
- I figured they'd seen enough.

791
00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:27,811
- They don't teach that
at the academy.

792
00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:31,907
I think that you knew exactly
what those kids needed

793
00:37:31,908 --> 00:37:33,408
because somewhere
along the line

794
00:37:33,409 --> 00:37:36,311
you learned what happens
when nobody cares.

795
00:37:36,312 --> 00:37:42,844
<i>♪ ♪</i>

796
00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:47,465
Whatever happened before
you joined the CFD,

797
00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:51,902
before you got here at 51,
I can tell

798
00:37:51,903 --> 00:37:53,271
it taught you how to survive.

799
00:37:53,371 --> 00:37:58,675
<i>♪ ♪</i>

800
00:37:58,676 --> 00:38:02,071
You just gotta learn you
don't have to do it all alone.

801
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:09,520
- You know, I remember
when I first joined Squad,

802
00:38:09,521 --> 00:38:11,755
I thought you were
gonna kill me.

803
00:38:11,756 --> 00:38:13,282
[chuckles]

804
00:38:13,283 --> 00:38:16,226
<i>[soft dramatic music]</i>

805
00:38:16,227 --> 00:38:18,762
<i>♪ ♪</i>

806
00:38:18,763 --> 00:38:21,465
Hope you don't mind.

807
00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:25,102
It was Herrmann's idea,
and for once,

808
00:38:25,103 --> 00:38:27,472
I actually agree with the guy.

809
00:38:30,700 --> 00:38:32,467
I promise, when we're done,

810
00:38:32,468 --> 00:38:34,646
I'll put it back
where it belongs.

811
00:38:34,746 --> 00:38:41,352
<i>♪ ♪</i>

812
00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:45,023
So, uh, Capp said--

813
00:38:45,123 --> 00:38:49,484
he promises he's gonna
keep you looking sharp.

814
00:38:49,485 --> 00:38:51,162
So Tony's on it.

815
00:38:56,701 --> 00:39:00,796
[exhales deeply]

816
00:39:00,797 --> 00:39:02,840
I'll be with you always, brother.

817
00:39:07,837 --> 00:39:10,280
- Congratulations, Joe.

818
00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:17,313
<i>♪ ♪</i>

819
00:39:27,165 --> 00:39:29,333
Come on, we can save these
for later.

820
00:39:29,334 --> 00:39:30,785
I think they're ready for us.

821
00:39:35,773 --> 00:39:37,876
[laughs]

822
00:39:37,976 --> 00:39:43,581
<i>♪ ♪</i>

823
00:39:43,681 --> 00:39:45,550
- Come on and get
in the middle, Joe.

824
00:39:47,819 --> 00:39:49,888
- All right, everybody here?

825
00:39:51,689 --> 00:39:53,892
You ready?

826
00:39:53,992 --> 00:39:59,529
<i>♪ ♪</i>

827
00:39:59,530 --> 00:40:01,832
All right, folks, here we go.

828
00:40:01,833 --> 00:40:03,626
Looking good. Let's do this.

829
00:40:03,726 --> 00:40:06,738
[camera shutter clicking]

830
00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:11,300
One more.

831
00:40:11,301 --> 00:40:18,333
<i>♪ ♪</i>

832
00:40:29,327 --> 00:40:32,263
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

833
00:40:32,363 --> 00:40:39,395
<i>♪ ♪</i>

834
00:40:59,415 --> 00:41:02,460
[wolf howls]


