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- I gotta set things right with my boss

or I'm out of job.

- You can find another one.

- I'm a firefighter, T.

That's what I worked my whole life for.

- The firehouse is the center of your life

and you keep trying to leave me out of it.

- I just have to figure out

how to balance everything better.

- Don't bother.

- There is another captain's test

coming up in a couple of months and I'm taking it.

- I gave Herrmann hell for having doubts,

but when it comes to myself?

- 40 years on the job?

You're gonna make a great lieutenant.

- I'm not going anywhere until you tell me

what the hell is going on.

- I just need you to stay at your sister's for a few days.

I'm only trying to protect you.

- This is Miami all over again.

- I'm not the bad guy here.

- You never are.

- Hi, this is Monica.

Leave a message and I'll call you back.

- I know you're pissed,

but come on, give me a call.

I'm sorry about how everything went down

and I just wanna talk to you.

- Good morning, Chief. - Morning.

- I could tell it was something serious

by the tone of Dwayne's voice.

- Okay.

- He wants to move in together.

- Oh, that's so sweet.

- It is and I said yes

because I'm kind of in love with the guy,

but I just-- I need my own space.

- In love. Aw.

- Wow, you are really going soft.

I blame Flynn.

- Well, I did use the word boyfriend

when I was talking about him the other day.

- How does that help me tell Dwayne

I am not into cohabitation right now?

- Oh.

- I have to say something

before it gets to the point of no return.

- Yeah.

- Acting up this shift, huh?

- Yeah, Severide's got some fire inspection boondoggle

in Michigan.

- You know, I always wanted to go to Michigan.

- You know it's like an hour to the border, right?

- Why would I wanna go to the border?

- The hell is this?

One of you guys put this in my locker?

Is this some kind of a prank?

- No. What is it?

- Looks like a bullet.

- Uh, actually, I think it's a pendant.

- Hey, maybe one of the weirdos from the first shift

used your locker.

Yeah, well, whoever it was...

They need to stay the hell out of here from now on.

It's not a storage dump.

- Why are you cooking today, Lieutenant?

- Honestly, I couldn't remember

when I last got behind the grill.

Figured it was time.

It's funny the things you miss sometimes

when you move up the ladder.

- Hey. - Good morning.

- You guys seem pretty chill

considering the officer's tests are tomorrow.

- And I was trying to forget about it.

Thank you very much.

- I have achieved a state of zen-like calm.

- Oof. Yeah, I can tell.

- Mm? - Mm, no.

- Mm? - What are these?

- Certs.

- What's a Cert?

- It's a mint. How do you not know that?

- Because they're old man mints.

And I'm pretty sure that they were discontinued years ago.

- Get outta here.

- Yeah. - They're not that old.

- Something smells good.

- Kidd's got a kitchen sink scramble in the works.

- Mm-hmm, and chow is up!

Truck 81, Ambulance 61.

Person down from unknown causes.

- Let's go! - 8577 Keystone Avenue.

- Back here.

This is bad.

- Ma'am, I need you to control your dog

so we can get to your husband.

- Oh, that's not my dog or my husband.

Phil's my neighbor.

I heard him yelling and I know he lives alone.

- I'm on it.

- Come here, boy, come here.

Good boy. Easy now. Come on.

Yeah, good boy.

- All right.

Let's turn this off.

All right, Mouch, Ritter, widen this hole.

- Copy that.

- Good boy.

- Phil, we're gonna get you out of here.

All right?

Just keep listening to the sound of my voice

and breathe in, all right?

Hey, Carver, hold this steady. - You got it.

- Take deep breaths.

You're doing great.

- All right, sir, we are going to start an IV

and give you some fentanyl for the pain, okay?

- Hey, Phil, what are you doing here?

Are you-- are you building a fence?

- For my dog.

My hand slipped. I--I got spun around.

- Hey, Lieutenant.

- Yeah. - How's this?

- How--how bad is it?

- All right, Phil, we gotta free your leg

so we can take you to the hospital.

Even with the meds...

you're gonna feel some pain.

- Do it. - Okay.

Ritter, get the backboard ready.

Mouch, cut away any clothing. - Copy.

- And Carver, just try to keep him still.

- Copy that. - Okay.

It's gonna be okay.

- Hold on to me.

- Okay, we're gonna do this quick.

Like ripping off a Band-Aid, okay?

- Okay. - Ready?

- On three, two, one.

- Almost there.

Almost there.

Okay, clear.

Grab the Speedsplint.

- Got the splint.

- There we go, Phil. We gotcha.

- Should I put him inside, Lieutenant?

- Probably a good idea. Yeah.

- Come on, boy. Come on.

It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.

Yeah, it's okay.

- All right.

- Now. - Okay.

- Good to go!

- This way, buddy.

We'll make sure someone checks on you.

Come on, come on. Hey, hey.

Whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, stay, stay, stay!

- Am I gonna die?

- You're doing good.

Just keep that oxygen on for me, okay?

- Wait, wait, wait! Stay!

Hey, somebody grab him! Come back and grab him!

- That is one loyal dog.

I hope he doesn't get killed.

61, victim's dog took off after the ambo.

Any chance you got eyes on him?

- Um, no, I don't see anything.

Oh, wait, no. No, I got him.

All right, Novak, I'm pulling over.

- The leg still there?

- It's all bandaged up,

but they're gonna take good care of you at Med.

- Oh, please, please don't let me die.

- I got you, Phil.

- You're a speedy old guy.

- Oh, Fridge!

- Okay.

- Damn it.

You're on a roll.

- Four threes.

- I'm calling BS on you already.

You can't start that high.

All right? Hey! You cannot lift up the cup!

- When you said you'd teach us Liar's Dice, it sounded fun.

This isn't fun.

- Okay, so Chief, our victim, the owner of this

dog-- - His name's Fridge.

- The dog is Fridge. The victim is Phil.

- Yes, the victim was taken into surgery right away,

so there wasn't time to find a contact to take the dog,

so the medics handed him off to us at Med.

- Hopefully, the owner will pull through,

but his injuries are pretty serious.

- So in the meantime, until we get an update,

I was hoping that we could keep the dog here.

- Fine.

For now. I'll be back.

Monica.

- Up here.

Hi.

- Why didn't you call me back?

I didn't know if you were still here at your sister's or what.

- I didn't sleep well at Olivia's,

so as soon as I got home, I crashed.

- You always check your phone.

You didn't call me back because you wanted to scare me.

- Hey, you're the one who scared the hell out of me.

Sending me away in the middle of the night?

- I was protecting you.

- But I don't like being without you.

- I have to go back to the firehouse.

- Mm-mm.

- Sorry, I couldn't keep my hands off you.

Hope you don't get in trouble with the boss

when you get back.

- You are irresistible.

What's my gun doing under the bed?

I keep it in the closet.

Always.

- I moved it before I went to sleep.

I was really shaken up after the last few days

and I just wanted to feel safe.

- You don't need my gun.

You don't shoot.

I took care of that situation.

There's no reason to be worried any more.

I told you that.

All right, I'll call you later.

Hope you pick up this time.

I love you.

- Love you.

- I just had a 20-minute phone call with Dwayne

where I managed to not tell him

that I don't wanna move in together.

- Living together is hard, man.

You shouldn't make the move unless you're feeling it 100%.

- You wanna call him for me?

- I'm not the guy you want managing your relationship.

Trust me.

Sit.

- See, Tuesday would not go for being leashed.

And then she'd wander off and get into so much stuff,

I eventually had to stop bringing her to the firehouse.

- He stopped pulling.

But I'm not taking this rope off, that's for sure.

It's nice to have a dog in the house again.

- It is.

Come on. Come on.

- Okay, so I need the whole plan laid out

because it is a tangled web you're weaving.

- It's pretty simple, actually.

Tomorrow I take the lieutenant exam

and Herrmann takes the captain exam.

After Herrmann holds the captain rank

for a hopefully limited time--

- Oh, I think I--

I might be having a heart attack.

This is great.

- Herrmann will then go on to take the chief exam.

And when he passes that,

he moves into the big office and sits in the big desk.

- Then you take over for Engine Lieutenant.

Kaboom. - What about Pascal?

Is he really just gonna hand over that desk?

- They haven't directly discussed it,

but Pascal knows Boden wants Herrmann in there.

- You keep saying, "when we pass."

It's not when, it's if.

If we pass!

- Well, I am just impressed with all the hoops

you guys are jumping through to stay at 51.

And how much you're relying on each other to get it done.

- Yeah, it's actually kind of sweet.

- Sweet?

Do you see what's happening to her?

She used to be the cynical one.

Now the dynamics are gonna get all messed up.

- Oh, Chief.

I was just looking for you.

- Oh, well, I had-- I had a meeting.

Down--down at headquarters.

Uh, what was it you needed, Lieutenant?

- I just wanted to update you

about our victim from this morning.

- Mm. - He survived the surgery.

He is still intubated in the ICU.

They removed his leg from the knee down.

- I'm sorry to hear that.

- It's not great news,

but it could have been a lot worse.

I just wanted to make sure

that you were okay that we keep Fridge around

until somebody from the family reaches out.

And Carver offered to take him home once we go off-duty.

- All right.

Any ETA on those monthly training reports

I asked you to put together?

- I am working on them right now.

Should have them to you by the end of shift.

Will. I-I-I will have them to you by the end of shift.

Chief.

- Thank you, Lieutenant.

Okay.

- You were right.

- I'm sure I was.

About what?

- They stopped manufacturing these in 2018.

- Well, they're still strong enough

that I can hear you chewing on them five rooms away

even with my bad ears, so how bad can they be?

- Novak didn't even know what they were.

Neither did Ritter or Violet when I asked them.

- Yeah, so?

- You said it yourself. They're old man mints.

So what? We're old men.

- Well, I'm putting up a pretty good fight against Father Time,

in case you hadn't noticed.

And by the way, so are you.

- Mm-hmm.

- Gentlemen, today's drill: large area searches.

Tony, find a secure anchor point.

Stretch the rope back to the main door.

- Copy that.

- Capp.

Blacked out means blacked out.

No peek holes.

- Perfectionist.

- Okay.

What's the joke? I don't get it.

- No idea, Cruz.

- I'm telling you it's not us.

- Doesn't make any sense.

All right. Let's do it.

- Ambulance 61, wellness check.

9285 Oakley Avenue, apartment 20.

CFD paramedics.

- Dispatch said the wellness call was

from the resident's mother?

- Yeah, they said she sounded pretty upset.

- CFD. Anyone home?

- There's something blocking the door.

Oh, God.

Okay, let's get him down now.

Novak, try to take off some of the weight.

- Oh, no, no.

No.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah, I'm okay. - Okay.

- Okay.

No obvious sign of fracture. I'm gonna bag him.

Okay, here we go.

Relax. Try to relax.

Try to relax.

Relax, relax. Breathe in.

There you go.

There you go.

- 52%, but rising.

Just hit 88. - Okay.

Okay, good.

You're all right. All right.

We're gonna get you to the hospital now, okay?

- Why did you do that?

How could you do that to us?

- Novak!

Let's get him on the stretcher. Now.

- All right, let's go.

- Do you know that guy?

- No, I-I-I've never seen him.

It wasn't that.

- Well, he's gonna make it

because we were there to help him.

- I'm--I'm mortified about the way I acted.

I just lost my grip, and it will never happen again.

- Do you wanna talk about it?

- I'm fine. It was just--

it was kind of shocking, and I am--

I'm good now.

- Well, the new chaplain, LeFevour,

I hear he's really good,

and if you ever feel like you need to go to someone,

you can-- - No, but thank you.

Really.

- Okay.

But my offer still stands any time.

- I know.

- Hey, so, I've been trying to keep my mind off of everything,

you know, and I've pretty much cleaned up

every single piece of equipment in the house,

and I've yelled at Capp and Tony more than I usually do,

and now I need some busywork.

- Oh?

- That doesn't include cleaning the bathrooms.

- Ah. - What's happening here?

- I'm looking for busy work.

- Not the worst idea I've ever heard.

- I got it.

Okay.

You guys can help me fill out my monthly training reports.

These are my notes. These are the forms.

They've been piling up, and Pascal has been on my case.

If it were Severide,

he'd get away with a few more weeks, but...

Not me.

- Um, I don't like the look of those.

- You were the one that said busywork.

- I--

- This is better than the bathrooms, Herrmann.

I am just trying to help you out.

- No. What I want--

- Hi. - Hi.

- I'm Monica Pascal, Dom's wife.

- Oh. Oh, wow.

Uh, uh, hi.

Um, I'm Lieutenant Kidd. It's nice to meet you.

- Mm.

- I'm McHolland. Good to meet you.

- Pleasure.

- So hey, Mrs. Pascal,

why don't I walk you over to the chief's office?

- That'd be great. - All right.

- Thank you.

- Yeah, right this way.

- Who's that?

- That is Chief's wife.

- Very pretty lady. - She really is.

- I appreciate this, Mouch.

- No, you-- - Thank you.

- No.

- Hey. - Hey.

- It's nice to meet you. - You too.

- You like to surprise me with these visits.

- Happy surprise, I hope.

- Of course.

- Strange that I barely know anything

about your firehouse, isn't it?

I had no idea you had a dog here.

- Yeah.

And that fireman who walked me in, Herrmann,

he seems lovely.

- Well, that dog's temporary.

And firefighters could be too. You never know.

I wanted to stop by and tell you that I signed up

for a firearm training at a gun range in Park Ridge.

You were right when you said I don't shoot.

And I wanna learn.

- You don't need to do that.

What happened, that's--

that's never gonna happen again.

- I've heard that before.

- Well, if you wanna keep on punishing me, fine,

but this gun training--

- I'm not here to ask permission, Dom.

I just wanted you to know.

See you later tonight.

- Hey, Lieutenant, I was gonna take Fridge out real quick,

stop by that store down the street,

get him some food.

I'll have this with me. - All right.

You think he's named Fridge because of his appetite?

- Uh, I'd guess it has more to do with

the Bears' defensive tackle, William the Refrigerator Perry.

Scored a touchdown in Super Bowl XX.

- Mm.

If it was a Blackhawks reference,

I would've got it. - Mm.

- I already share a bedroom with all of you.

If I don't have one of my own anywhere--

- I get it.

- You'll know when it's right.

Mm-hmm.

- Let's go.

- Leon. Come inside the house, bro.

Everybody's gonna wanna say hello.

- No. Maybe another time.

But I gotta talk to you about something.

- W-what's going on?

- A Cook County parole agent reached out to me about Junior.

It's Flaco's cousin.

The guy I helped put away, like, 12 years ago.

The only person besides you who was in that building

when Flaco died.

- Uh, what about him?

He's in prison for attempted murder, right?

It's, like, a 20-year sentence.

- That--that's the thing.

He got early release. He got out last week.

Uh...

do you know why the parole agent

thinks that Junior might be a threat to you?

- I don't know. He-he just said it's policy

to notify anyone involved in the criminal case.

- Did he have any updates on the gang members

Junior used to hang with?

- No. And there wasn't any chatter.

Least as far as I know.

But there's no way Junior's not coming for me.

I took down the Insane Kings, his home base.

Now I've been staying with some guys I know

outside the city, but what if he does track me down?

- Okay, okay, look.

Junior's been in jail for 12 years.

I bet he just wants to keep his head down.

You can keep an eye out, but don't run scared.

It was a long time ago.

I shouldn't be here long.

I gotta go.

- Yeah, yeah, okay.

But--but let me know if anything else happens.

Hey, seriously, anything.

- Thanks, Joe.

- Yeah.

- Um, anything I can do to help?

- No.

All good.

But thank you.

- You know, I did good when I was a floater

and I just bounced from house to house.

I never lost it like this.

Not once.

And now I'm with all these people who rely on each other

for everything and they wanna know everything.

- It's hard...

to let people know you.

Especially these people.

Feels like once you get inside the fold here,

you may never get out.

- Yeah.

51 is like quicksand that way.

- We're frontliners.

You and me.

We run toward the danger, not away from it.

Right?

- I don't really know.

I mean, about me, anyway.

- Yes, you do.

You've been braver than me so far.

Good night, Novak.

- I don't wanna keep pushing.

It might just make her shut down even more,

but I just-- I wanna help, you know?

- You can't make someone open up if they don't want to.

If nothing else, Kelly has definitely taught me that.

- How's he doing in Michigan?

- Good.

But he's decided to come back a little early.

Which, of course, I'm happy about.

- Aw, he misses you. That's sweet.

- Ritter was right. You are going soft, girl.

Hey, buddy. - Aw.

Fridge!

There he is.

I'm Gail, Phil Webster's daughter.

- How's your dad doing?

I just got a call about what happened

and drove right to the hospital to see him.

Guess he's gotta have a bunch more surgeries on the leg,

but the doctors say he's improving.

- Good. - I'm glad to hear it.

That's a good dog he's got.

- I said I'd take Fridge right home,

but I might try and sneak him into the hospital first.

- No better medicine than a dog, right?

- Yeah. I saw it for myself.

- Thank you, guys,

for taking care of both of them.

- One quick question. The name Fridge.

Super Bowl XX.

- Carver figured that.

- Just makes sense. Give your dad our best.

- Will do. - Mm.

Good boy. Yeah.

- Aw.

Sweet.

- Might be time for me to get a dog.

So ready to take that guy home.

- Now, is Tori a dog person?

- Tori moved back to Texas.

- Really appreciate this, Nadia.

Yeah, I didn't wanna make a whole big deal out of this,

especially since it's just a small personal thing.

- Not a problem.

- I, uh, I found it at a yard sale

and I didn't even know that it opened up like that

until I got it home.

So I was just curious if--

what you thought about the ashes in there.

You know, get your professional take?

- I've seen these things before.

They're called pendant urns.

These...

Are cremated remains.

- Hey, you ever seen this before?

- Nah.

- How about you? - Mm-mm.

- Hey, you recognize this, Driscoll?

- No.

- You? - Mm-mm.

- Has anyone seen somebody put this in my locker?

Or even holding it?

- No.

- Someone in this firehouse knows whose it is.

- Mm.

Is it extraordinarily hot in here?

- Nah.

Pretty mild, actually.

- I bet none of these people know what a Certs is.

- Yeah.

- When these are gone,

so goes a great generation of lozenges.

- Mm.

Yeah.

Oh, thank God I don't have to take the test next to you.

I'd have to turn my ears off.

Give me one of those.

Oh, come on. Forget it then, all right?

Probably kill me anyway, 100-year-old candy.

I don't want it.

- Eh.

Take one.

You've earned it.

- Thank you.

- Okay, it's time to get started.

Anyone that doesn't know their room assignment, come see me.

- Good luck, Mouchie.

- And to you, my friend.

- I send a lot of work their way,

so the supply house gave me a great discount.

And you guys didn't have to help.

I can put the fence together solo.

- Bet that's just what Phil said to himself.

Did you guys hear that sarcasm?

This is Violet's fault.

I'm becoming the cynic.

- I'm happy to help. Don't even think twice.

Kelly doesn't come back into town until tomorrow,

so I'm just making good use of my time.

- And I'm avoiding Dwayne, obviously.

- I appreciate it.

Figure it's the least I can do

after I almost got Fridge killed.

- Phil is not gonna give you that dog, Carver.

If that's what you're hoping for.

- I know.

But I did offer to dog-sit.

- Get your own dog, man.

- Ritter.

Hate to tell you this.

Your current attitude is not Violet's fault.

- Am I becoming Herrmann?

- No, you just gotta go talk to Dwayne.

Just sort some things out.

- You're right.

- We got this.

Go.

- Listen, it'll be fine.

You guys are good.

You're just asking for a little bit more time.

- Yeah.

Thanks. - Mm-hmm.

- See you guys next shift.

- See ya, Ritter. - See ya.

Go get him!

- Oh, hey. How was work?

- Busy.

Jeanine was sick,

so I had to make up the bride

and eight bridesmaids by myself.

- Here's the firearms training facility

a lot of the members of CFD use.

These guys, they-- they know what they're doing.

- Thank you.

I'm not even sure this is what I want.

All I really want, Dom, is for you to stop going it alone.

No more secrets, no more scorched earth all around us.

That way, we can keep each other safe.

Okay?

- Okay.

- Can I help you?

- Oh, no, I was just--

I just, I used to live here, that's all.

When I was a little girl.

- Are you-- are you one of the Novak kids?

- Yeah.

I am.

Have a good night.

- Why so early?

- Oh. I don't wanna interrupt anything.

Are you going out?

- Not anymore. Come on in.

- I'm sure your date was gonna be awesome.

But maybe not as awesome as hanging out with me

and watching every bad TV show about matchmaking?

- That sounds like the perfect night.

- Hey. It's Joe Cruz.

You remember me, right, Joe?

It's been a while.

Let me refresh your memory.

I'm the one who saw you close the door on my cousin.

And left him to die.

We need to talk, my friend.