Chicago Fire (2012–…): Season 11, Episode 18 - Danger Is All Around - full transcript

- I have cancer.

- We have a fight ahead of us.

If the chemo didn't work,

there is not a lot
of other options.

- Your scan is clean.
There's no cancer.

Oh, absolutely not.

Carver?

- Morning.

- What are you doing here?

- Dropping off my tools so
I don't have to double back

all the way to
Roscoe after shift.



You got me the job,
remember? Reggie's reno.

- Yeah, I remember.

- 'Cause he said you were
cool with some noise.

- Yes, when the sun is
up, not at 6:00 a.m.

- I'll try to keep it down.

- Yeah, don't bother.
I'm wide awake now.

- Hey, Ritter.

Yeah, yeah, I'm
headed to Stan's now.

Yeah, it was, what, four...

Four plain glazed, four
chocolate, and four...

- Hey.
- Hey.

How the hell do you work
in here without a door?

- It's the one drawback.

Capp's always coming
through here day and night,



couldn't care less
what I got going on.

- Huh.
- How are you, Chief?

- I'm good. I just, uh,

wanted to let you know you
have been tapped to serve

on a Homeland Security
anti-terrorism task force.

There's a meeting downtown
tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.

- What is this task
force all about?

- No idea, but you'll
know more soon.

One of the other liaisons
is coming by in a half hour

to give you a briefing.

- Okay, great. I'll be ready.

- Do I have my shifts mixed up?

Was I on donut duty?

- No, I was. I just forgot.

Sorry.
- Ah.

- Mm.

No, wait.

- Can I sit now?

- Yeah, you gotta be careful.

Some of these chairs
are safety risks.

- You didn't test
mine when I sat down.

- You're not about to
break the CFD shift streak.

- Wait, really?
- Yeah.

- Oh, that's fantastic news!

Hey, hey, he's about
to set a new record.

Most consecutive
shifts in a row...

Perfect attendance.

- Hey.
- That's cool, man.

- It's not like they
give you a medal for it.

- Oh.

- You're gonna be the Cal
Ripken, Jr. of the CFD.

You just gotta get past
this shift and one more.

- Don't do anything dangerous.

- You know we're
firefighters, right, Mouch?

- Mm, oh, this must be my guy.

I got nominated to be on a
task force, Homeland Security.

No biggie.
- Wow.

- Hey there. Are
you looking for me?

- I sure am.

Why
didn't you tell me

when you were coming
to town, you jerk?

- It was kind of last minute.

- Oh, Kelly is gonna be so mad.

He's not even here.

- He's still in Alabama?

- Yeah.

You got me so good.

I thought that you were
a task force liaison

I'm supposed to be meeting with.

- I am.

It's an inter-departmental
task force

comprising multiple cities.

I'm here representing
the Portland FD,

and I'm the one
who recommended you

be one of the CFD liaisons.

- Nice, a boondoggle.

Got yourself a free
trip to Chicago.

Look, come say hi to everyone.

They are going to freak out.

- Yeah, it's not a
boondoggle, Kidd.

This isn't some boring
conference we're going to.

The reason it came together
so quick is because

it's in response to stuff
that's happening in real time.

- What kind of stuff?

- I'm not supposed to
be talking about it

outside of our sessions.

It's not for
general consumption.

You got the whole
rundown tomorrow.

But as far as everyone
else is concerned,

let them think it's
a boondoggle, okay?

- Whoa, hey, you can't just say

"stuff that's
happening in real time"

and then not give
me any details.

- I don't really have
a choice, sorry to say.

Come on.

Hey, guys. All: Hey!

- You're telling me
that entire time,

you've never missed
a single shift?

I'm not buying it.

I'm gonna need to see the
paperwork on this one, Chief.

- Yeah, I'll vouch
for him. It's legit.

- I didn't even
realize it myself

until Capp mentioned it.

I just kept coming
to work every day.

- Incredible.

So you're acting
up. How's that?

- I had no idea you
officers worked so much.

I thought all you guys had
to do was yell at people.

- You the new guy on Truck?

- Sam Carver.

Nice to finally meet you.

Kidd's been telling
me all about you.

- Mm-hmm, everything.

I tell him everything.

- Uh-oh.
- Oh.

- Sylvie.

- Hey, Casey.
- Hey, Violet.

I should have said
something, I know,

but it was so last minute.

How are you?

- Living the dream, you know?

You?
- I'm good.

I got roped into
this conference...

Me and Kidd, actually.

It's the HS thing.

Figure it was perfect timing
because I get to be in town

for Cindy's "Sayonara
Cancer" party.

How awesome for her.

- Yeah.
- Hear, hear.

- She is gonna flip when
she sees you there, Casey.

Oh, that reminds
me, we gotta fire up

that oven over at
Molly's and make sure

the thing's still working.

All right, Cindy's
appetite is back,

and the woman is
demanding finger food.

- Oh, okay, okay.

My vote, absolutely,
pigs in a blanket.

- Jalapeño poppers.

- Spring cleaning?

- Oh, uh, yeah.

It's a little out of hand.

How are the boys?

- Great.

Ben got accepted to
two schools so far.

We're still waiting to
hear from a few others.

- That's exciting.
- Yeah.

How have you been?
- Um, pretty good.

Yeah, just busy with
paramedicine and, uh...

You know what, I'm just
gonna put this out there.

I've been seeing someone.

He's a really good guy.

- That's great.

You don't have to
feel weird about that.

I knew what it meant to move on,

and I've been
seeing someone too.

- Yeah?

- Yeah, it's not serious
yet, but it's getting there,

I guess.

- Same.

- Well, I'm in town
till Cindy's party.

I'd love to catch up.

Are you going to
Molly's after shift?

- Uh, no, I have...

I have plans, but maybe
on the later side?

- I'll be there all night.

- Great.

- I'll take this. Boop.

- I can't believe
you just did that.

Ritter, did you know there's
a citywide noise ordinance

from 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.?

- How many times do
I have to apologize?

- I'm missing something.

- Violet's neighbor
hired me to do some work.

- On my recommendation,
which I would not have given

had I known you'd be waking me
up at all hours of the night.

- 6:00 a.m.?
- That's what I'm saying.

- All good?

- Yeah, why?

- You just been really
quiet this morning.

- Ah, no, it's... I didn't
get much sleep last night.

- Squad 3, Truck 81, Ambo 61,

person trapped, 1414
South Wood Street.

- Oh, look at that.

- Thank God you're here.

My husband, Jerry,
was under the house

working on some plumbing.
Right down there.

- All right, ma'am,
just stand back. Capp.

- Stand by.

I'm gonna go down
and check it out.

- Copy that.

- Fire department. Call out.

- I'm over here.

Ah, you've gotta
get me out of here.

- That's the plan.

- Don't make any
sudden movements okay?

Please.

- All right, we gotta gear up.

We need coats, hoods, SCBAs.

There's a swarm of
bees down there.

- What?

- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
Lieutenant, you okay?

- Yeah, I'm good. Just
a couple bees stings.

- Bees? Tony's
allergic to bees.

- I'm fine.

That's what we have EpiPens for.

- Ah, forget it, Tony.
Wait in the squad.

- The victim's hand
is caught in a pipe.

He pulled it back too fast
when the bees swarmed him,

so it's caught in
there pretty good.

- Doesn't smoke calm down bees?

- I'm not bringing an open
flame into that crawlspace.

- Yeah.

- You could freeze them out.

My dad kept bees.

It was a retirement hobby.

The smoke thing is true,

but they don't like
the cold, either.

- CO2 extinguishers.

- Worth a try. Go
grab them. All right.

Squad, I need a vent

on the bravo side.
- Mm-hmm.

- So we'll get the
victim from below.

You find the other end of
that pipe inside the house,

cut it for us.
- You got it. Squad.

- All right, Gallo, Carver,

we're gonna bucket brigade this.

So Gallo, you're with me.

Carver, you're in
the middle. Let's go.

- Copy.
- Ma'am.

Hey, Capp, cut an
access point there.

- Copy.

Ah, damn it.

- Okay.

- Hey, let me get that Sawzall.
- Yeah.

- All right, this'll help
with the spray coming in.

- Okay. Okay.
- All right?

Yeah?

Carver, extinguisher!

- Copy.

- All right, go!

Okay, we're good!
- Yeah.

- Okay.

Almost there.

Cruz, you're looking
for a 4-inch PVC.

- Yeah, I got it.

All right, Kidd, you're clear.

- There we go.

All right, let's
get you out of here.

- Okay.

- The burning sensation
should go away in a few hours,

but the swelling should
go down in a few days.

Normally, I'd recommend
some Advil and an ice pack,

but there's so many stings,

sometimes there's
a delayed reaction,

and I think we should take him
to Chicago Med for observation.

- Ah, there we go.

- I'll meet you at the hospital.

I don't wanna say I told you so,

but we're hiring a plumber.

- Morning, ma'am.
- Hi.

- Can I help you with anything?
- Maybe.

Is this where Blake Gallo works?

- Yeah.

His truck is on a call, but
you're welcome to hang out

and wait for him to get back.

- Oh, um, no, no,
that's... that's okay.

- Can I pass along a message?

- Yeah, um, just tell him...

Tell him I'm staying at
the Travelodge on Harrison.

- Okay.

Your name?

- Lacey.

He'll know who I am.

Thanks.

- Should we listen to
the rest of the podcast

on the way home?

They make a pretty
compelling argument

about the Avril Lavigne clone.

- Yeah, sure.

Why wouldn't he tell me
he was coming to town?

- Well, it sounds like this
Homeland Security thing

came up pretty fast.

And didn't you guys
agree to ease up

on communication 'cause talking
all the time was too hard?

- Yeah, I thought it would
create some distance,

and then he shows
up at the firehouse

when I thought he
was 2,000 miles away.

- That was quite the surprise.

- If I'd known he was coming,

I could have at least
mentally prepared.

- All I'm saying is, bees are
an admirable, selfless insect.

- Tell that to the guy with
a dozen welts on his arm.

- He was disturbing their hive.

They were defending their home.
- Hey, I get it.

If somebody came after 51,
I'd sting their ass too.

- Hey, Gallo.

- Hey.

- Some woman came by
looking for you earlier.

Lacey?

- Seriously?
- Yeah.

And she gave me the name of
the hotel she's staying at.

Do I wanna ask?

- She's my...
- She's my aunt, technically.

- Technically?

- I don't remember the
last time I saw her,

but all of a sudden,
she's blowing up my phone,

trying to reconnect,
and now she comes here?

I'm sorry you had
to deal with this.

I'm gonna take care of it.

- One more shift, so don't do
anything stupid this weekend.

Accidents can happen
with anything.

- It's true... cars, bikes.

- Boats, trees, lawnmowers.

You know, maybe it's
better if you just

don't leave your
house for a few days.

- You guys are really annoying.

- Oh! Hey, hey, hey!

- Whoa!
- See?

- Sorry, guys.
- Danger is all around,

and if you don't make
it through next shift,

that record will remain
in Rutledge's hands.

- Rutledge, the guy you had
the little prank thing with?

- It was not some
little prank thing.

It was one of many battles
in a career-long war.

- I know a lot of youse are
wondering why you're here.

So let me bring someone
up that can give us all

a little background,
someone that a lot of us

already know and respect
because he used to be CFD.

Captain Matt Casey, it's
good to see you back.

- Thanks, Chief Walker.

It's good to be back.

It's true.

I was CFD for a long, long time.

But for the last
couple of years,

I've been working out west

with the Portland
Fire Department.

As most of you probably
know, the Pacific Northwest

has been the site of several
recent terrorist attacks

on the electrical grid
by unknown actors.

Two weeks ago, I was
incident commander

on a fire in an
abandoned building

just outside Portland.

During overhaul, we discovered
suspicious documents,

so we got the FBI involved.

Turns out the
building was connected

to an anti-government
organization.

The evidence we found
suggested they may be planning

infrastructure attacks
in several major cities

across the U.S., including
right here in Chicago.

Now, the folks at
Homeland Security

are telling me it's not a
specific threat as of yet.

They want to establish a network

of first responder liaisons
in all the target cities

to help disseminate
intel as it arises.

Here's Chris McManus from DHS
to explain how it'll work.

- Blake, I'm so glad you came.

Wow, you look so...
You're so grown up.

- Well, it's been 16 years, so.

- It has.

There's a nice place next door
if you wanna grab some brunch.

- I'm not hungry.

- Okay, well...

- You know, actually, like,
kind of on a schedule.

So, uh, why are you here?

- Well, it's sort
of a long story,

but I guess the main thing is,

is I'm trying to
get back on track.

Yeah, trying to get back
to the me before the fire.

I went down a bad path.

There was lots of
drinking, drugs,

things that I am not proud of,

but I have been clean
for a few months now.

- I'm glad to hear that.

- Yeah, I'm in a program,
trying to make amends.

- So I'm just a box to tick?

- No!

Oh, no, no, Blake,
it's not like that.

Blake, I have
regretted leaving you

every day since I did.

But when it happened,
when... when your mom died,

my sister, I kind
of lost my mind.

I didn't know what to do.

I was so scared.

I knew you were safe staying
with your Uncle Carmine.

- I didn't... I didn't
know Uncle Carmine.

But my Aunt Lacey?

She took me to the movies.

She sat with me in
church where we giggled

and we drew cartoons and...

I knew her.

- I just thought it was
better if I stayed away.

- Stayed away?
You disappeared.

You disappeared on me.

I lost everyone.

And you disappeared.

- I was 23.

I was a kid.
- No, no, I was a kid.

All right, I guess you... you
said everything you needed to.

- Wait, wait, just wait.

Here, just take this.

There's a storage unit
next to your old house.

I came back to clean it out.

I was hoping you'd
help me, but it's...

You should look through it.

There's lots of your
mom's old stuff there.

I am so sorry, Blake.

- You know, you
should feel honored.

The last time I went to a play

was because my sister was in it.

- Oh, yeah?

She played Toto in
"Wizard of Oz."

- Um, can I see that?

- Yeah.

How about you? You do
any theater growing up?

- Uh, once in high school.
I was Laurey in "Oklahoma!"

- Oh, yeah?

- Oh, this play is
three hours long.

- But I hear it's excellent.

It goes by like that.

Seriously, great reviews.

- Whoa, hey, hot
plate coming through.

Look out.

All right, guys, mini corn dogs.

See what you think.

I'm auditioning them
for Cindy's party.

- Hey, can we get some
without toothpicks?

Just playing it safe.

- What do you think?

All right.

- You better chew
at least 20 times.

Those weenies are
a choking hazard.

- Here's one on the house

for the keynote
speaker, Mr. VIP.

- Yeah, yeah.

- I am serious.

Listen, you're obviously
making big impressions

on important people.

What I don't get is
why you think anyone

would want me involved
in this thing.

- The DHS guys need first
responders they can trust,

and I can't think of
anyone more trustworthy.

- For real?
- Mm-hmm.

- Oh, man, do we miss you.

- I miss you guys too.

- You know what would be fun?
- What?

- You should do a ride along
on Truck for old time's sake.

- We'll let you kick in a
door, put out a pot of meat.

- Ah, I like it.

- All right.

- Any idea when Brett's due?

- Is she coming?

I thought she was
out with a friend.

- Oh, Dylan? Yeah.

I know all about him.
- Mm.

I heard you got somebody
keeping you busy out there too.

What's her name?

- Ah, it's not that serious.

- Who said it had to be serious
as long as you're having fun?

Are you?

- Sure.

Oh, there isn't
anybody, is there?

- I'm out there, but
nothing really sticks.

- Mm, well, why is that?

- Why do you think?

- That worked so well
when you were trying

to fix your garbage disposal.

- Yes, I almost had that.

- I walked in on you shoving
a broom handle down the drain.

- That's what Google said to do.

I can fix it. Just
tell me what to do.

- How about I swing
by and have a look?

- Thank you.

- It's better not to risk
it with electrical stuff.

- Oh, yeah, and you just
don't think I can do it.

- Not what I said.

- Calling it a night?

- Yeah.

- Whoa, whoa, why
don't you wait a bit

and grab a ride with us?

- Nah, I'll just call an Uber.

- Is everything okay with him?

Every time I ask,
he says he's fine.

- Uh, it's family
stuff, I think.

- I thought his
family wasn't around.

What's the story there?

- Uh...

There was a fire
when he was a kid...

At 12, I think.

- Yeah.

- And the fire company
that responded,

they were able to pull him
out, but everyone else...

Mom, dad, little sister...

- He lost them all?

And the guy grows up
to be a firefighter.

How about that?

- It's how he processed
all that pain,

turned it into something good.

- Yeah, I wonder
what's rattled him now.

- No way.

♪ We wish you
a Merry Christmas ♪

♪ We wish you a
Merry Christmas ♪

♪ We wish you a
Merry Christmas ♪

♪ And a happy new year

- Merry Christmas, Mom.
From Madeline and Blake.

- Gallo, toss me the WD-40.

Gallo?
- Huh?

- I got it.
- Oh, uh, sorry.

- All right, let's get these
compartments packed up and...

Well, well, well.

- Matt Casey reporting
for duty, Lieutenant.

- Gentlemen, we have
ourselves a new candidate.

Remember, hazing
is frowned upon.

So don't do it in
front of Chief Boden.

- Understood.

- All right, go
ahead, get settled in.

I think you know
your way around.

- Yeah, I think I do.

- What happened?

- You look two days
from death. What is it?

- Food poisoning.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no!

Herrmann, did you even
check the expiration date

on those corn dogs?

- Oh, this ain't on me.

The serving size was
three dogs, all right?

He ate the whole pan.

- So 40 mini dogs is the
same as, I don't know,

eight regular hot dogs?

You shouldn't get
sick from that.

- Yeah, you should!

What kind of hot
dogs do you eat?

- I swear Javi is a foot
taller every time I see him.

- Same, and I see him every day.

Oh, man, look at
that smile on Otis.

- Yeah.

- I took Griffin and Ben
kayaking on Timothy Lake.

- Oh.

- It's really gorgeous.

Caught a bunch of trout.

- Oh, man, that
looks like a blast.

- Yeah, it really was.

- Wow.

- So how do you
like being the boss?

- I'm not gonna lie, it's
pretty cool, actually.

I still haven't figured
out the work-life balance.

This job is all-consuming.

- No doubt.

Leadership requires
a lot of sacrifice.

So does family.

There's always a price to pay.

But it sounds like you're
good at the lieutenant stuff.

If it's something
you wanna pursue,

I'm sure you'll find your way.

- Let's go, drills, app floor.

- I'm not wearing that.

- You are if you don't
wanna get written up.

Move!

- Whoa.

Candidate!

- Come on, pick it up, 81.

Are you really gonna let
this Portland FD clown

beat you again?

- Done.

- I am disappointed.

- That was four times in a row.

- He holds the house record.

- All right, I'm gonna
have to get in here

and give you some
real competition.

- You're on after lunch.

- Mm.

- Don't think I've
seen that before.

- Yeah, I just found it.

It was my mom's.

- It's nice.

- We trip a breaker?
What happened?

- Ah!
- Turn those off.

- Why?
- Tony is convalescing.

What's wrong?

- All right, that's it.
I'm calling in a floater.

- No!
- I have to.

It's my responsibility
as acting lieutenant.

- He'll be fine.

Remember when he broke a
toe in the middle of a call

and didn't miss a beat?

- Or when he got hit by
that drunk bicyclist?

- A little food poisoning
won't take him out.

He's just conserving energy.

I need to hear it from you.

- If we... if we get
a call, I will rally.

- The idea is to give
your firefighters a leg up

in case they respond
to one of these attacks

or maybe even get a chance
to prevent one in progress.

- Is there a time frame
on this kind of threat?

- I don't think so.

It's all pretty vague.

I'm hoping it's just
empty bluster, but...

- But we all know what these
sort of people are capable of.

- When I saw Chicago on
that list of target cities,

I had to get involved.

- Mm.

- This is still home
in a lot of ways.

- Yeah, so...

When are you coming back?

- Ben will be off to
college next year.

I'd love to return,
but some things

have to fall into place first.

- Like?

- Truck 81, person
trapped, 650 South Wayman.

- That's me.

- Yeah, go get them.

- So we had an arrest
warrant for the boyfriend

of one of the residents, wanted
for a string of robberies.

Idiot bailed out of the
window when we knocked

on his girlfriend's door.

Help!

- We need to move all these
cop cars out of the way

so we can deploy the aerial.

All right, Carver, help them.

- Copy.

- Hurry, please!

- Lieutenant, I
think I can grab him

from the fourth floor.
- Yeah, do it.

- Yeah.
- Help!

- Fire department!

- Hey, please.

- I got you, all right?

All right. All right, bud.

What's your name?

- Joel.
- All right, Joel.

Well, if you just hang
on for a second longer,

I got you, all right?

Ah!

- Come on.

- Mouch! Hurry it
up with that aerial.

- Right.
- Come on, don't let go.

- I'm not gonna let go.
I'm not letting you go.

- Please!

- On three. One, two, three.

- Don't drop me!

- So what'd you think?

- We give your new company
a run for their money?

- Yeah, come see for yourself.

We got a muster in June.

Hey, that save back there
was something special.

- No, I was just doing
what had to be done.

- Yeah, but not a lot of
people could have done that.

Not a lot of firefighters
could have done that.

You're getting to be one
hell of a smoke-eater.

- Thanks, Captain.

- Hmm, the Gallo
I know would have

post-gamed that call
all the way home.

- We made the save,
nothing to post-game.

- It messed me up when
my brother resurfaced.

I was distracted at
work, couldn't sleep,

said and did things I regret.

I wasn't myself.

Ritter and Violet told me you
might be in a similar boat.

- My aunt, out of nowhere,

wants to make nice
after all these years.

I've been angry for
a really long time.

That doesn't just go away.

- I get it,

but not everyone tries
to fix their mistakes.

If she really wants to
be a part of your life,

that's not something
to take for granted.

- So how do we
make this official?

- I'll get the word out
through my union buddies.

They'll put it in
the monthly bulletin.

But I might swing by 40,

break the news to
Rutledge myself.

I cannot wait to see his face.

How should we celebrate?

- Sleep and a tub of antacid.

Oh, hey, 7:00.

Get ready to rage.
It's sayonara, cancer.

Cindy has requested a
specialty margarita menu

and Blondie on the speakers.

Hey.

You stay home, all right? Rest.

Cindy will understand.

- Yeah, no, I'll be there.

- Oh, all right.

- Yes!

Squadzilla!
- My guy.

- What are you supposed to do
with the... with the red wire?

Carver didn't label a red wire.

And you don't have a red wire.

- If you had a ceiling fan.

That's what would
power the motor,

but with this light,
you don't need it.

- Oh.

Guess I really didn't
need your help after all.

How about this?

I'll hold it up there
while you screw it in.

That way, you can still
say that you installed it.

Fine.

Here we go.

Seager must be bummed
with you spending

all your extra time here.

If it were me, I'd be
pretty jealous of Reggie.

- No, that's long over.

- Oh?

- Yeah, it was just a
short, casual thing.

No jealousy there.

- Huh.

There's one screw left. I
think I got it from here.

- Are you sure? It's no bother.

- Yeah, no, no,
I got it, thanks.

You should probably
get back to work.

All right.

See you tonight at the thing?

- Yeah, absolutely.
- Nice.

- ♪ Once I had a
love and it was gas ♪

♪ Soon turned out had
a heart of glass ♪

♪ Seemed like the real
thing, only to find ♪

♪ Mucho mistrust...

- You gotta be kidding.

- Chief to you.

- Oh, boy.

Hey, pal, move it along.

- I am so glad
you could make it.

- I'm so glad youcould
make it, Cindy.

Hey, you're not leaving
already, are you?

- Yeah, I promised Dylan that
I would meet him at his bar.

It was really good to see you
back in action at 51, Matt,

even if it was just for one
shift and as a candidate.

Safe travels tomorrow.

- Well, it was good to
see you, too, Sylvie.

Real good.

- Sorry, Carver,
no bourbon tonight,

strictly margaritas only...

Cindy's orders.

- Fine, I'll do
whatever Gallo's doing.

- All right, two sweet
and spicies coming up.

- So I've been
thinking about it.

You know what?

That save was really awesome.

- There he is.
- No, I just had it in my head.

I couldn't stop thinking, I
can't let go, I can't let go.

And then Casey
comes out of nowhere

like Captain America.

He's...

My aunt's at a bar
in Logan Square.

Damn it.

- You want me to come?
- No, thanks.

- Hey, it's Lacey.

Leave a message.

- Hey, it's me.

I'm almost there if
you wanna come outside.

I'll see you in a second.

No, no.

No, no, no.