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Would you look at us, Herrmann?

Making rank at our age.

It got me thinking.

Can you really see me sitting at a desk all day?

I don't want you to grind toward that chief exam

just for me, man.

It's what you want, too, though, right?

I hate that I didn't suss that guy out sooner.

No, it is not your fault, Sam.

You're supposed to be able to trust people in those rooms.

I hope it doesn't push you away.

I'm Sam. I'm an alcoholic.

Part of me isn't convinced I need to be here,

but I don't feel too comfortable

in my regular life, either.

Oh, oh, oh.

Whoops!

Thank you.

That was almost a disaster.

You expecting extra mayhem tonight?

Yes.

It is Friday night of pay weekend,

which means it triples the calls to all places

that serve drinks. - Right, right.

Pay weekend.

Nothing worse than a bunch of drunks on the loose.

Yeah.

I don't mean to pry, but if you don't mind me asking,

how are things going with the program?

Pry all you want.

Uh...

it's been good.

Really good.

Hitting a bunch of meetings.

- Yeah? - Mm-hmm. Yeah.

I, uh, went to a great one last night.

Oh.

Sam, that is great to hear.

Literally every salty or sweet thing

in this firehouse in case we never make it back here to eat.

Did you hear about our midnight ride-along?

- Someone's coming now? - Mm-hmm. Any minute.

It's a firefighter-slash-army medic.

Apparently, bar time in Chicago is the best way

to brush up on combat zone skills.

All sorts of fun trauma.

Well, I have a feeling it is gonna be awesome.

You see what I have to deal with?

Relentless positivity.

Hey, Mouch, you using this thing?

Sorry, yep. All finished.

And if anyone asks, this is official CFD business

and not a proposal for my next romance novel.

And these are incident reports,

not a bunch of forms for the adoption agency

that Kelly and I wanna work with.

Hey, that's great!

So you've officially started the whole process, huh?

Yeah, but don't hold your breath.

It could take a while.

We still have to apply, get approved,

go through background checks, do a complete home study.

Eh, I'm sure you'll pass it all with flying colors.

- Ah! - It is what it is.

What's going on in there?

You know how Squad is over at 67

to help cover the hotel protests?

Yes.

Well, Pascal was put on the same assignment,

so he tasked Herrmann with a massive pile

of chief-level training records and incident reports.

What are you looking at?

Huh?

I'm handling this fine!

Uh, I thought you guys were covering

some all-night protests.

It's 20 degrees outside.

All night lasted about an hour before everybody bailed.

So it's back to 67?

Nope. Severide said we're done.

I'm going home.

Ah.

Just gotta grab my wallet and then

it is off to live the dream.

Getting paid to sit on my couch and do nothing.

Is that the dream?

It is when you have two kids.

Oh, damn it, I did it again.

I don't know how you keep losing your wallet.

Javi gave me a new one for Christmas.

And God love him, it's like a brick.

I have to take it out of my pocket every time I sit down.

Must have left it on the table or something.

Damn.

You know, I talked to Kwan over at 87.

You know when their last ride-along was?

He couldn't even remember.

That is how long it has been.

Why do we keep getting punished with them?

Or maybe we keep getting assigned them

because we're awesome.

Well, hey, if they're gonna saddle us with someone,

at least he's easy on the eyes.

Yeah, he is also my ex-fiancé.

- Hey, Lizzie. - Wow.

It's been a while, huh?

Yeah, that's an understatement.

I didn't know you were floating at 51 now.

I'm not. It's, um, permanent.

So you joined the army? - Yeah.

I guess we're both trying new things.

Hi, I'm Violet Mikami, PIC.

Good to meet you.

Scott Osbourne.

Most folks call me Oz.

Thank you for letting me hitchhike tonight.

Excited to see some action.

Ambulance 61, person injured, 47 Hubbard Street.

Well, you got your wish. Let's load up.

Witching hour is about to begin.

This the kind of action you were hoping for?

Hell yeah.

All right, make way. Excuse me.

Make way.

Behind you. Watch out.

Make way, make way. - Whoa! Hey!

Oh, my God!

Hey, did somebody call for a medic?

Hey, back up! Back up!

- I'll kick your ass! - Over there!

He needs help. - Back up!

- Okay, okay. - Come on.

- Great job. - Chill.

Hi, I'm Violet. What's your name?

- Josh. - All right, Josh.

We're here to help you out.

No fluid or blood in the ears.

Pupils are equal and reactive. - Okay.

Possible C-spine injury. Let's get a C-collar on him.

So, Josh, what happened?

Did you get into a fight with that guy?

I might have said something about his girlfriend.

Yeah, that'll do it.

Say she looks like Post Malone one more time,

you prick!

Hey, take it easy, pal.

Don't step in it any deeper tonight, all right?

Back up.

Whatever.

All right, they're gonna have to remove this at the hospital.

It needs stitches.

Let's just wrap it and secure the site.

Okay.

Hey, pay attention, 91 Whiskey.

Scalps are sneaky bleeders.

You can't always tell how much blood is coming out,

and the wraps don't always provide enough pressure.

So how do you stop the bleeding?

You just put consistent, direct pressure

right on the bleed. That's it.

- Yeah. - This guy gonna be okay?

I hope so. Is he a friend of yours?

Nah.

My buddy Theo and I were having some drinks.

These guys started beefing, so we jumped in to break it up.

That's right. We're heroes.

Okay, party's over for you, pal.

Hey, trucker hat.

Why don't you take your buddy home

before he falls flat on the floor?

Okay?

Here you go, Josh.

Let's get him out of here. - Let's go.

All right. I got you. - Okay. Get in.

Under your arm, all right?

- Here we go. Grab that. - Get him up.

- Let's move. - We're off.

I got you.

Get him home.

Kidd's got you scrubbing the whole floor tonight, huh?

No, she didn't ask.

I guess it's a good time to do it.

Squad's gone. Medics are busy.

Yeah.

I stop working, I start crawling out of my skin.

So I keep working.

Damn, this thing froze up again.

I'm gonna go reboot it. I'll be right back.

Beer bottle shard in the skull.

Bet you won't see that on the battlefield.

That's what we're doing?

We're just gonna...? - What?

No. It's fine.

It's better, actually.

I don't wanna open up that whole can of worms.

Really? 'Cause it kind of seems like

you want to open up the whole can of--

I don't.

If you say so.

I can't believe you ghosted me, Lizzie.

I mean, who does that?

Who leaves an engagement ring on the counter

with no note, no phone call, not even a text?

I don't know, okay?

I wasn't--like, I didn't have this whole thought-out plan.

All I knew was that--

You didn't wanna get married.

Yeah, got the memo.

That you didn't wanna get married.

What, are you--are you seriously telling me

that you were ready to settle down?

Mr. I just joined the army so that I could see the world?

I spent my life savings on that dinky little rock.

I got on one knee.

Yeah, that's not really an answer.

Besides, it's not like you were blowing up my phone,

either, after I left, were you?

You disappeared!

What'd you expect, me to hunt you down, beg you not to leave?

No, no, no, of course not.

Because Scott Osbourne would never stoop so low.

And neither would Lizzie Novak.

Hey. Everything okay?

Great.

Main to 61.

Person down from unknown causes, 8212 Logan.

Copy that, Main. We're on our way.

God.

What?

- Hey. - Hey, buddy.

Just, uh, came by to check on you, see how you're doing.

You know, that door was closed for a reason.

- Herrmann. - Yeah?

This is too much for one person.

Let us help.

There's no need for you to hole up in here

and do it all alone.

Mm. I'm fine.

I got a system.

I've been timing my progress, and I get through

about 2 inches of this stack in an hour.

And that means that I should be done around--

How is it 1:00 a.m. already?

Exactly. You can't stay up all night.

No, no, no, no, no.

I was supposed to get these budgets

to Chief Walker by midnight!

Oh!

You know, I was given one other thing to do by Pascal,

and I screwed it up!

Somehow, I doubt destroying his furniture will help.

Herrmann, come on.

Let us take care of that for you.

What? How?

The pencil pushers over at headquarters

will not even glance at the budget reports

until 9:00 a.m. on Monday.

So we can scan it and email them in.

And what, leave a digital trail?

Timestamped proof that I failed to deliver?

I have to prove to Chief that I can handle things on my own.

Gentlemen, I am out.

You found your wallet?

Yeah, it was under Capp's coloring book

on the Squad table.

Nothing standing in the way of me,

my couch and doing absolutely--

Street racers?

Ritter! Get Herrmann and Kidd!

Can you hear me?

Sir, can you hear me?

All right, we gotta get him inside

in case these guys come back for him.

Hey, what the hell happened?

He's got GSWs to the chest and the abdomen,

and he's bleeding out fast. - Okay.

Let's get the chest seals and the gauze.

Let's find the bullet holes and control the bleeding.

Copy.

Okay.

- No exits. - No exits?

No.

Okay, we gotta get this man to the hospital now.

All right. 51 to Main.

We need an ambulance at the firehouse.

We have a gunshot victim.

Firehouse 51, the next available ambulance

is 15 minutes out.

Bars are letting out.

I'm sure the ambos are all slammed.

He'll bleed out by then.

Okay, we can transport him in the truck.

Put him on the floor of the crew cab.

But we would need approval.

51 to Main.

We have a victim with three GSWs losing blood fast.

Permission for Truck 81 to load and go.

Come on.

Permission granted.

- Let's go! - Go.

All right, on three. One, two, three.

Watch the bag.

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

The victim was thrown out of the car

in front of the firehouse.

He's got three gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen.

We packed and sealed the wounds as best we could.

We got it from here.

Whoa, I didn't have seeing Truck here

on my bingo card for tonight.

It was a pretty bad GSW dump and run at 51.

How's the victim?

It was touch and go for a minute,

but hopefully he'll be okay.

How's the ride-along going?

Oh, um...

Those two used to be engaged.

Oh.

Yikes.

Good luck with that.

Yeah, I better get started on the mountain of intake forms.

I will see you back at the house.

See you back at Truck, Carver. - Mm-hmm.

- See you at 51. - Mm-hmm.

Carver!

- Uh, Millin. Hey. - You on shift again?

You pulled back-to-backs at 40, then went straight to 51.

Damn.

I like to keep busy.

See you around.

Ambulance 61, person in distress,

136 West Huron.

Here we go!

Hey. What are you still doing here?

I know, right?

I got blood all over me, so I had to take a shower

and change out before I left.

All right, well, this is great.

You know, now I don't have to spend time

locking everything up. - Wait, wait.

I'm not sticking around.

No, I gotta take the engine out real quick.

All the rigs are out, and I need you to hold down the fort.

Oh, Herrmann. Come on.

Hey, Joe, don't make me pull rank.

What kind of an errand could you possibly

have to run at this hour?

This won't take long, I promise, all right?

Listen, my ass is on the line here, all right?

Truck will be back in a minute. Then you can go.

Herrmann, I--

Sorry things were weird at Med earlier.

That was totally unprofessional and won't happen again.

No, it's all good.

Okay.

Hey, are you okay?

'Cause you seem a little--

Yeah. Yeah, no, it's not that.

I'm just--I'm thinking about--

Carver?

Yes.

He said he went to a meeting last night.

But then I heard Millin say that Carver

just pulled back-to-back shifts at 40's house.

Which means...

What?

You think he's lying?

I don't know, but...

I mean, why would he?

You guys probably just got your wires crossed.

Ambulance 61, you're being held.

Return.

Copy that, Main. Ambulance 61 returning.

Well, I think that's a sign from the universe

to give the chips a rest and to finally

stop for an actual meal.

Oh, yes. Please.

I'm about to eat my arm off. - Mm-hmm.

Hey, what about Demetra's Diner?

I think we're close.

Oh, is that that little hole in the wall on Cermak?

It's on Archer, actually.

You still go there?

Hell yeah.

You don't?

I mean, it's the best chicken fried steak in the city.

How can I give that up?

Well, I hope you're watching your cholesterol.

- Well, I'm sold. - Yes.

Ambulance 61, person down from unknown causes,

1925 West Wolcott.

What?

That's our friend's bar.

Copy that, Main. Ambulance 61 en route.

Over here!

- Hey, make way. - Come on, move.

She needs help now.

Hey, what happened?

This woman was sitting on the table,

and she just fell over onto the floor.

When I checked on her, she was burning up

and her pulse was racing.

So I called 911. - What's her name?

- I actually don't know. - Her name's Rachel.

She's my girlfriend.

How many drinks has she had tonight?

I don't think she had any.

Is that true?

I only served her water.

Did Rachel take any drugs tonight?

No.

Blood sugar is normal.

BP's high. She's tachycardic.

Is there any chance that someone put

something in her water glass?

No, I was with her the whole time.

Hey, did you see anything?

No, and I filled her glass a couple of times.

She kept wanting more water, was chugging it down.

Oxygen saturation is 94 and dropping.

All right. I need the truth.

Did Rachel take any type of drug right now?

We need to know if we're gonna help her.

We were at a party earlier tonight.

We might have popped some molly.

Thank you.

We need to up her sodium levels.

Yep. Start a saline IV. Now.

What are you thinking?

MDMA raises your body's core temp

and mimics signs of dehydration.

But drinking too much water can cause hyponatremia,

which is potentially fatal.

We need to replenish her sodium levels

for as long as it takes to get her to the hospital.

- Okay. IV's in. - Great.

All right, let's get her on the stretcher.

Ready?

Three, two, one.

We're taking her to the Gaffney Medical Center.

You can meet us there.

You helped save her life tonight.

Calling 911 right away like that?

Thanks, Damon.

Ah, Jesus, criminy.

Chief Walker.

Wow, uh, you're really burning the midnight oil, huh?

Captain Herrmann.

Hi. I was--I was just--

I meant to bring those by earlier.

They're--they're 51's, uh...

they're the budget reports.

These were due hours ago.

I know, it's just we had a call come in,

and this guy, he got dropped right on our apron.

He had three gunshot wounds. Here.

Don't let it happen again.

Copy that, Chief.

Next time, 51's reports will be turned in...

- Good. - Okay.

Excuses are for those who need them.

Yes, sir.

Anyone know where Engine went?

Yeah, I didn't hear a call come over the radio.

Huh.

Thought Joe would have gone home by now.

Think we should wake him?

I mean, it looks like he wanted to stay here.

Yeah.

All right, let's hit the bunks before the next call comes in.

Mm-hmm.

Hey, can you get started on the redress?

I'll just be a minute. - Yep.

I'll help you.

That was quick thinking back at that call.

Yeah, I'm glad we got there on time.

Otherwise, Rachel could have gone into rhabdo,

cardiac arrest, or a whole bunch of other things.

None of them good.

That guy, Damon,

good thing he was there to make the call.

Are, uh, are you guys a thing, or...?

It's not really your business.

I didn't mean to pry.

Well, there's nothing going on there.

We're just friends.

I'm not asking because I'm jealous,

if that's what you're thinking.

In fact, I'm engaged again.

Yeah, I'm hoping this one sticks.

Wow.

Good for you.

Forever hopeful, huh?

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess I am.

Well, I'm happy for you.

Best wishes, you know, as they say.

Thanks, Lizzie.

Hey.

How's it going with the exes? They battling?

I heard you talking to Millin from 40.

What?

You worked a shift at 40 last night.

But you told me that you were at a great meeting.

Uh, that's right.

I was on shift last night.

I guess I got confused.

Truck 81, Ambulance 61.

Motor vehicle accident, 443 South Jefferson.

That's the guy from the bar fight.

All right, Mouch, Ritter, we got one pinned under here.

Grab the airbags and cribbing. - Copy.

Carver, you get the driver.

Copy.

Okay.

Hold tight. We're gonna get you out.

There we go. Let's go.

Hey. What the hell, man?

His airway has an occlusion.

His tongue is at the back of his throat.

We gotta get him breathing again.

I can do a jaw thrust.

Okay, get in there.

Oh, God.

I ran him over?

We were racing. I didn't see him.

Sit here. Don't move.

Nice. All right.

Oz, grab the stretcher and get me a blanket.

Novak, ready the backboard and grab me a C-collar.

Carver, Ritter... - I'm in.

Awesome.

Ryan?

Ryan!

Sir!

Ryan!

Carver, get him back.

You gotta move back.

Hey, you gotta move back.

Let them do their job. Come on.

I'm sorry, Ryan.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't see you.

All right. Keep it coming.

Keep it coming and he's clear.

Pull him out.

Let's get him up. Pull the backboard out.

Backboard's clear. Go.

One, two, three. All right.

Okay.

All right.

Okay.

Hey, we're gonna stay here and wait

for PD to handle the DUI.

Copy. All right, guys, let's move.

I'm sorry, man!

It was an accident!

How's he doing?

He didn't regain consciousness.

And the doctors are hoping that the hypoxic hit

wasn't bad enough to cause permanent brain damage, but...

Damn it.

I told that drunk idiot to go home.

If he'd just listened...

Yeah, two lives wouldn't have been ruined tonight.

- Are you on shift today? - Yeah.

I gotta head back to my place before I go to the firehouse,

so I better get going.

Thanks for letting me tag along.

I definitely got my money's worth, that's for sure.

Yeah, anytime, Oz.

I think we handled that pretty well.

We killed it.

Do you--you remember that first time at Demetra's?

We hung out there for, like, six hours.

Yeah, like 30 cups of coffee.

I've never been more caffeinated in my life.

That's why I still go there, you know?

Maybe we didn't end so hot, but we had some good times.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

No, it's not.

What I did, leaving with no explanation,

you don't do that to someone that you care about.

I knew from the moment I met you, actually,

that you were like this mirage.

And I realized the closer I would try to get to you,

the more you would just...

And I'm not saying that's your fault.

It's just who you are.

Or maybe who I used to be.

Hey, I've been at 51 for over a year now.

I don't blame you.

You've got a kickass partner over there.

Well, make it back in one piece

because you have a fiancée waiting for you now.

- Oh, God. - Hey, you're back.

When I saw Engine was out, I thought you might be making

a run for the Canadian border.

Nah, we just-- we took a ride to sneak

those budget reports in.

But I got my hand caught in the cookie jar by Chief Walker.

Ugh.

But they're in. - Yeah.

Only now there is no way that I'm gonna finish

all this claptrap in time.

So, you know, Pascal.

He gets in here at 8:00 a.m. sharp

when I'll be, you know, just sucking it up,

having to admit that I wasn't able

to handle all this.

Herrmann, what the hell?

Why are you still here?

I was waiting for you to get back.

Why didn't anybody wake me up?

You looked so peaceful.

We didn't wanna disturb you.

Okay, look, I'm leaving.

For real this time.

If you need something, you can ask someone else that isn't me.

Well, hang on. Cruz.

Oh.

What?

You're absolutely right.

Yes, I know I am.

About what?

We got eight heads in this house.

We split up that stack between all of us...

I daresay we could finish it before Pascal gets back.

Nah. Come on, Mouch.

I told you. Pascal put it on me to do.

Pascal asked you to get it done.

He never specified how.

I think it is high time you embrace

one of management's most cherished tools:

delegation.

Clock's ticking. Let the delegating begin.

Come on.

Are you drinking in here?

What?

Violet-- - Sam, I can smell it on you.

The guy from the last call spilled booze all over me.

I came in here to change.

You lied to me about going to that meeting last night.

No, I wasn't lying.

Really?

Should I call over at 40? Ask them?

I didn't mean it as a lie.

I just said it.

Yeah, you--you did!

Right to my face, like I don't even matter to you?

Why would you do that?

I am sorry.

It kind of flew out of my mouth, I guess.

But I'm not drinking in here. I wouldn't do that.

Hey, I mean, maybe you are telling the truth.

But honestly, I don't even know.

Because if you can outright lie to me once, then...

I mean,

you're not even you anymore.

Ambulance 61.

Intoxicated person, 7212 West North Avenue.

Vi.

Are you--did you get into it with Carver or something?

Let's talk about something else.

Anything else.

Okay. Of course.

That was something, seeing Oz again.

I bet.

It's messing with my head a little bit.

I mean...

I can't help but think maybe I let the wrong one go.

No. No way.

You let people go for a reason.

And don't ever forget that or you'll drive yourself crazy.

Yeah.

You're probably right.

You have a minute for me, Lieutenant?

Yeah.

Is this about what happened on that call?

I saw that guy spill his drink all over you.

I need to take some time away.

Come on.

What's going on?

I thought I could handle it, you know?

One day at a time.

But after everything went down at Violet's, I had a drink.

Then another.

And it just-- it just felt right.

You take a drink on shift?

No.

The only time I haven't taken a drink is when I'm on shift.

But I sure as hell keep thinking about it.

I worked my whole life for this job.

I don't wanna risk losing it.

But I gotta really get myself sorted out.

And I need a chance

to build some kind of foundation, I guess,

before I can rely on those meetings for help.

I'm sorry, Lieutenant.

You asked me to step up, and instead, I--

I'm letting you down.

You did not let me down.

I'm proud of you, Carver.

Uno!

Hey, but mine was bigger.

Yeah, who even split these up?

Guys, it's not a race.

Because I just won.

Oh!

Hey! Stop, all right?

Listen, everybody.

All right?

Thank you for having my back on this.

There's no way that I could have done this without you.

You'd have done the same for any of us.

- Mm-hmm. - You bet I would.

Well, I am heading home to sleep for two straight days.

Any idea when Carver's planning on coming back?

Not yet, but his spot will be waiting for him.

Okay.

See you all next shift.

Yup! I am also getting out of here.

Don't even try and stop me.

7:59.

Right at the buzzer.

Hey, you did it, Herrmann.

Pascal doesn't need to know that we helped.

Yeah, but what does it say about me?

You know, whether or not I can pull off being a chief?

I'd say you definitely pulled it off.

Part of being a good leader is having people

who wanna work hard for you.

All right.

Ah, Violet.

You got a sec?

Yeah.

No more ride-alongs.

Like, ever.

Please?

Yeah.

Everything okay?

Yeah. I just--I wanted to--

I wanted you to hear it from me that Carver's

gone for a little while.

Gone?

Didn't even get a text.

Yeah, let me-- let me catch you up.

I cannot believe I got convinced

to stay the entire shift.

You're a good friend.

No, I'm a sucker. You know what?

Learn from my mistake.

Never go into that firehouse on your shift off.

Like a black hole, you can't escape.

The only thing I got from this

is to never leave my wallet behind again.

Oh!

You didn't?

I did.

I think I left it in the common room.

Hey, um...

Would you be a pal and maybe just--

You just said not to go in there off-shift.

I say a lot of things.

You're on your own.