Chicago Fire (2012–…): Season 11, Episode 20 - Never, Ever Make a Mistake - full transcript

- Girls on Fire
makes girls like me

feel like becoming a firefighter

could really happen.

- Go! Yeah, Kylie!

- You are more than ready
for that entrance exam.

- Lacey's not accepting anything

stronger than ibuprofen.

- Sobriety concerns?

She's gonna need help.

- You're gonna stay with me.

- I can't be a burden to you.



- You're not a burden to me.

You're family.

- This is the place for people
to safely and anonymously

drop their newborns.

- They're not easy to get.

- I rankled a few
of the higher-ups.

- We could use more
Sylvie Bretts in Chicago.

- How do you not see a dumpster?

Huh? They're huge!

- The dent isn't that big.
- Yeah?

Tell that to the body shop.

You wanna see the estimate?

- Christopher.
- Wha...

He is not taking the
family car to school.



That's that.
- Fine.

I guess I'm a criminal for life.

- He's gotta take some more
driving lessons or something!

- You need to get your
temper under control.

Now, maybe we should
use what we just

went through to do better.
- Mm-hmm.

- Going forward, maybe
be a little more kind?

- I guess I could
take it down a notch.

- Yeah.

You know, at the chemo center,

there was this nurse, Nina.
- Yeah?

- She showed me some
breathing exercises

to help control
anxiety and stress.

- That's good.

I gotta go to work.

- You find a comfortable
place to sit.

Close your eyes.

Take a breath in.

And then
you breathe out.

And you do that
until you feel calm.

- Who's got time for that?

- No, just try it.

Done.

I feel better already.

- Don't you sass me.

You could try it at work.

There are apps you can download
that guide you through.

Meditation apps too.

- All right. That's
good to know.

I love you.

Gotta run.

- Maybe apologize to
Luke on your way out?

- Not gonna happen!

- What are you doing here?

Aren't you taking
firefighter exams today?

- Physical's at noon,
written's at 2:00.

- She needs a pep talk.
- No, I don't.

I don't. Really, I...

- She came in early
to refile things.

- I'm a little nervous, yes.

But I've studied, and
you've prepared me...

- You are going to ace
these tests, Kylie.

- You are, girl.

- You are going to mop the floor

with all of the
other applicants.

- And leave them in your dust.

- No one is more
prepared than you are.

- Nobody.

- Well, I don't know about that.

But...

Thank you.

I'll give it my all.
- Know you will.

Thanks, guys.

I'm going to, uh,
finish refiling.

- Uh-huh.
- Mm-hmm.

That was a great pep talk.

- Just what she needed.

- So how'd it go the other day?

- Dylan claims the kids

were very impressed
with my magic show.

I don't believe him, but
he's sweet to say so.

- So things are
going good with him?

You said things were a little
distant after Casey's visit.

- Yeah, things are good.

- Ugh, worst shift in years.

Don't think we slept more
than, what, 20 minutes?

- Ah, you guys look like

you've been through the wringer.

- We can't all be as perky

as our resident
blonde over here.

- I am not perky.

- You never look tired.

- You guys, Javi just got MVP
on his school basketball team.

You gotta see the pictures.

- Uh, I'm gonna pass
because your energy level

is scaring me, as
usual.

- Ambulance 61. Woman
down, emergency.

- Emergency? You
don't hear that often.

- Yeah. Let's go.

No time for a full inventory...
Just a quick check.

- Okay.

Narcotics are here.

- Great. Let's move.

- You have to hurry.

There's something
wrong with this baby.

- Baby?

What's happening?

- All right, your
baby was born en caul,

which means it's still fully
intact in the amniotic sac.

61 to main, we need a second
ambulance to 2692 Haverford.

- We have to break
the sac right away

to get your baby breathing.

- I need the scalpel.

Oh, my
God, what the hell?

What the hell?
- That's all right, honey.

That's your waters.

- Hey, come on. Come
on, little girl.

I need the bulb syringe now.

- Brett, there's no OB
kit in the jump bag.

There's no bulb
syringe and no clamps.

- Well, we gotta clamp the cord
and... and suction her somehow.

- I know. Okay, um...

Try to suction with this.

I'm gonna clamp with these.

Tie it off with this.

- Is it working?
- I don't know.

Cutting.

- Okay.

- All right.
You're doing great.

We're gonna get this
little girl to Med

as fast as we can.

The next ambulance is gonna
take you there, too, okay?

All right.

Shallow breathing... Apgar's 4.

- Let's go, let's go,
let's go, let's go.

You can do it, little one.

Come on, breathe for me.

Breathe for me, please.

- What have we got?

- Born with amniotic sac intact.

First Apgar 4, five
minute Apgar 5.

Heart rate's 90. Sats
are in the high 80s.

- Okay, get me a warmer
and crack the neonatal

resuscitation cart in Trauma 3.

Let's go.
- Copy.

- You wanna wait, see
how the little girl does?

- No.

No, let's do the
paperwork and go.

That OB kit should
have been there.

It would have made
the difference.

- You will have 10
minutes and 20 seconds

to complete all eight events

in the Candidate
Physical Ability Test.

You must wear your
hard hat, work gloves,

and 50-pound weighted
vest the entire time.

- This thing doesn't
exactly breathe, does it?

- Shh.
- This is a pass/fail test.

If you are disqualified
in any event,

your test will be concluded,
and you will fail.

Lawson.
- Watch this.

- You're up first. Step
up to the hose line.

Everybody ready?

Go!

- That's a DQ.

You stepped out of
the marked path.

- Seriously?

- Estevez, you're up.

Go!

- Come on.

Some of these firefighter
shows are a total crock.

That guy had a beard.

How you supposed to get a
seal on a mask with a beard?

Do they not care
about the truth?

- Tell them to call us.
We'll straighten them out.

- Ehh.

- Gallo, how's your aunt doing?

- You know, so far,
things are pretty smooth.

She's healing really well
with no major medication.

- You know I hate
to boost your ego,

but that wouldn't be the
case if it wasn't for you.

- This idiot from maintenance
still hasn't shown up!

I... I don't know what it is
that these maintenance guys

do all day, but it
is not repair rigs.

Ah!

Do you guys think that
I got a temper problem?

- No. You?
- No, no. Not at all.

- Cindy, she dressed me
down real good this morning

and said that I should have
come through this whole

cancer journey a better man.
- Huh?

- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah, probably so.

- And she even suggested that
I do some breathing exercises

and all that, you know,
meditation-cult kinda stuff.

- Hey, don't knock
it till you try it.

That stuff can do
some serious good.

- Yeah, there's a group I
know, Holistic Life Foundation.

They're proof it can work.

They do a lot of amazing
work in the public schools.

One school in Baltimore had
100 suspensions per year.

Then, after running their
Mindful Moment program

for two years, there
were zero suspensions

eight years in a row.

- Mindful Moment?

No. Not in my firehouse.

- You're ridiculous.

- Hey, don't go all
woo-woo on us, Herrmann.

Keep it together, man.

- And first shift screwed up.
They didn't replace the OB kit,

so it wasn't there
when we needed it.

Probably cost a
newborn girl her life.

- Why didn't you two
do morning inventory?

- The bells went off
right at shift change.

It said emergency.
- There was no time.

We did a quick check
out and raced off.

- Okay, I will talk to
Adler. She is the PIC.

I will find out what
the hell is going on.

- Truck 81, Ambulance 61...
- Okay.

- Motor vehicle
accident, 6622 Van Buren.

- This guy came out of nowhere.
There was nothing I could do.

- What guy?
- Over here.

I swerved to avoid him, but...

You gotta help him.
Get him out of there!

- Let's see if we can
slide him out of there.

- Yeah.
- Real careful. Okay?

One, two, three.
- Whoa, whoa, Lieutenant.

His leg is trapped.

- Okay, let's get
airbags and cribbing.

Go!
- Yep.

Okay. Sir?

Can you hear me? Okay.

We're gonna get you
out of here, okay?

Now, what's your name?

- Shep. I'm Shep.

- Shep, I'm Stella.

All right?

Tell me, how'd this happen?

- These teenagers, they...

They were chasing me
and trying to rob me,

to take my cigarettes.

They never leave me alone.

- Lieutenant.

- Hey.

He's conscious and alert.

- I'll grab the stretcher
and the backboard

and have the O2 ready.

- Now, Shep, tell
me where it hurts.

- My head.
- Your head?

- Yeah.
- Okay. What about your legs?

- No, no. They don't hurt.

- No pain in your legs?

- Nuh-uh.

- All right, Mouch,
where's that cribbing?

- Right here.
- All right.

- We'll have you out of
there in no time, Shep.

- What's it matter?

No one cares about me.

Not a soul left on Earth.

- Whoa, hey... that is not true.

Look at me. I care about you.

You are the most important
person in Chicago

to Truck 81 today.

You hear me?
- Going up on blue.

Going up on red.

- Okay. We're good.

Let's get him out of here.

Backboard!
- Coming in.

- Got your head.

- One, two, three.

- One, two, three.

- Can you feel that?

- Yeah. Sure, yeah.

- Can you wiggle your toes?

- I think.

- No way.

No way.

There's a grab bar in there.

It must have pinned his pant leg

and kept the weight off him.

- Unbelievable.

- All right, that cut
doesn't look too bad.

We're gonna take
you to Chicago Med

and get it looked at.

- Well, it looks like
you're gonna be okay, Shep.

- Yeah?

- Yeah. You caught
a real break there.

- Thanks, Stella.

- Glad we could help, Shep.

- Poor guy, getting
robbed for all he's got

by a bunch of teenagers.

- Life can be incredibly unfair.

- I'm gonna check on something.

I'll be right back.
- Sure.

Patient was homeless.

He didn't have an ID, so
I'm just gonna write down

the age he told us, et cetera.

- Hey, Brett, the
baby girl's alive.

She rebounded and is
doing really well.

- What?
- Yeah.

She's in the maternity ward
with her mom right now.

- Oh, my God, that's
such a huge relief.

Let's go see them.
- Yeah.

- Hey, um, Amber,
do you remember us?

I'm Sylvie. This is Violet.

- Yeah, I remember.

What are you doing here?

- Well, we were just
so happy to hear

that your little
girl was doing well,

and we wanted to pay a visit.

Is that okay?

- Sure.

- How are you doing?
- Fine.

- Aww, she looks great.

Aw, she's so beautiful.

- What's her name?

- I haven't given her one yet.

The doctor said
she's doing good, so.

Hi.

What's going on?

- She's so small.

- 8 pounds, 8
ounces, 22 inches...

It's a perfect size.

- Really?
- Really.

- Has your mom been here?

- For a little while, but
she had to go to work.

Well, thanks for what you did.

Cool of you to check in on her.

- Um...

Okay, well, good
luck with everything.

And... um, and congratulations.

Thanks.

- Amber seems
pretty checked out.

- She's so young.

Everything must be so confusing
and scary for her right now.

- I hope her mom is helping out.

Me too.

- What are we doing?
- Shh!

- Breathe it all in.

- Hey!

It's not what it
looks like, all right?

I'm just...
- And let it go.

- I was just, um...
I'm not, all right?

I was just... I'm not.

You drink tea! Who
are you to judge?

- This wasn't my idea.

I support you seeking
enlightenment.

- But that's not what I...

- I think you're supposed
to wear a leotard

for that kind of stuff.

- We got the Dalai
Herrmann in the house.

- Real mature, guys.

- It's like these kids
can't even touch him.

And then, after he, like,
gets to the other side,

he comes up, and look at
the form on that layup.

- Sweet.

- He's gonna be dunking soon.

Look at that kid.

Oh... guys, check it out.

Cruz, you gotta
invite us to a game.

- Are you kidding me?

Javi would go nuts for that.

The whole 51 family in
the house for their boy?

- We would love that.

- Hey... you got a lot of
nerve going after me and Bessel

for the missing OB kit.

You should have checked
inventory before you left.

- Didn't you hear the
alarm? It said "emergency."

- I told you what a
rough shift we had.

Oh, but, of course, Chief Boden
will give his favorite shift

their special treatment.

And we'll get in real
trouble for this.

- You were the PIC.

A baby girl could have
died because of you.

It doesn't matter
that you were tired.

It's your job to make sure we
can take care of our patients.

That OB kit is the
only thing we've got

to help the most vulnerable
and innocent victims,

and it wasn't there.

If you don't get charged
for this, I will quit.

Are you
serious right now?

- You have no idea
how serious I am.

- Okay, let's take a step...
- Get out of this firehouse.

Now.

This isn't your shift.

- This is my damn house too.

Your partner, she's lost it.

- Well, that looks comfy.

- Fits my mood.

- Well, now that I've
seen you take down Adler,

I'm thinking you, me, MMA.

Oof, we would make
a hell of a team.

- She acted like
it was no big deal.

- I hope you didn't
mean that about quitting

if charges aren't filed.

I know what she
did was horrible,

but long, sleepless nights
can make any of us loopy.

- Adler is the PIC.

She has a partner, Bessel.

She should have handled it
if Adler was so incapable.

If one of us wasn't on it,
the other would cover, right?

- Yeah, I'd like to think so.

- We would.

There's no excuse
for what they did.

I meant what I said.

- Hey, look.

- Guy's name is Shep, right?
- Yeah.

Hey, Shep!

- Hi.

Hi. Hi, Stella.

- How you doing?

- I'm... I'm good, yeah.

Um, I just came by because
I wanted to say thank you.

Not
just for what you did.

Um, what... what you said
kinda stuck with me, you know?

- I meant it.

We got you out of there, right?

And you look great.

- Um, I don't have
much right now.

But I did wanna...

I wanted to bring you this.

I... I made it
over at Crossroads.

It's the shelter
where I'm staying at.

- You did not have to do this,

but I love it.

Thank you, Shep.

- You wanna come
in, have some food?

- Um... no, no.

I, uh, I gotta...
I gotta get going.

- Well, at least let me round
up a bag of stuff for you

for the road.

- We filed a report about those
teenagers, just so you know.

Cops took a statement
from the truck driver too.

So you never know, but maybe...
- She doesn't love you.

You know that, right?

- What?

What did you just say?

- Oh, that's so...

So generous.

Thank you so much, Stella,
for... for everything.

- You're welcome.

Take care of yourself, Shep.

Good guy.

I hope that Crossroads place
he stays at is all right.

- Capp!

Ugh.

Damn it, Capp!

You...

Capp!

- Heard you wanted to see us?

- Yeah, come on
in. Close the door.

Take a seat.

So I have talked to
Adler and Bessel,

and they have admitted
that, after a long shift,

they made a mistake...

Forgot to restock the OB kit.

- So charges are being filed?

- No.

Instead of starting an
investigative review,

I have decided to give
them both written warnings.

If it happens again, it
will be a different story.

- What? That's...

That's really
unfortunate, Chief.

It means I'm gonna
have to decide

if I can continue to work here.

- Is she really
considering this?

- I think she is.

- Found these in the tower.

Shep must have left them behind.

- Oh, yeah.

Yeah, he put them down when
he gave you the bracelet.

- For a guy who's got nothing,

these are crucial
in Chicago weather.

I was thinking I'd bring
them by the shelter

where he said that...
- I'll do it.

- Really?

- I'm doing a job not
too far from there.

It'll be easy.

- Okay.

Be my guest.

Thanks.

- No problem.

- There you are.
- Hey!

How'd it go?

- Well, I aced the physical.
- Of course you did.

- But then when I got
to the written test,

I kind of panicked.

- Oh, I know the feeling.

Those tests can be so stressful.

- No, I really panicked.

Froze up in the middle and
barely finished on time.

- Oh? Okay.

But you finished, right?

- Barely.

- Okay.

- If I failed, please,

just don't give up on me, okay?

- What?

- I don't want you to
think I'm a lost cause.

I mean, you put so much time
and effort into helping me,

and I just wanted
to do you proud.

- Oh, Kylie.

You do me proud every day.

- Yeah?

- Of course.

Sometimes things just take time.

Doesn't mean they're
not gonna happen.

I will never give up on you.

- Even if I, like, broke the
record for worst score ever?

- Even then.

In fact, that would
actually be kind of cool.

- Hi.

I'm just dropping these off
for a resident named Shep...

Don't know his last name.

- I know who you're
talking about.

- Great.

So can I just leave
them with you?

- Shep hasn't stayed
here in months.

- Oh.

- When he was on his
meds, he was fine.

Whenever he got off
them, he got scary,

especially with
female residents.

He sent one of them
to the hospital,

and that's when
we kicked him out.

We should have done it sooner.

- Well, that's not good.

- I know.

I mean, hopefully we
never see the guy again.

- But God, I still can't
help but feel for the guy.

If Kelly were here,
he would tell me

that I might have gone too far
in bonding with my victim...

You know, that there
are serious risks

in making real connections.

And he might be right.

But I don't know how to
do this job any other way.

- Yeah, I mean, I get where
Severide's coming from.

He's just trying to protect you.

- Mm.

- But the way you
connect with people,

victims and coworkers...

It... it makes an impact

that can change
lives for the better.

And I'm speaking
from experience.

- Hmm.

- After what you did, my whole
office smelled like the time

that I went to San Francisco.

I can't go back in there!

Pfft.

Uh-oh.

Maybe I shouldn't have
told her what you guys did.

- I am offended.

Truly.

- It was just a...

- After all I went through,

all Christopher
and I went through,

for you to mock my efforts

to come out of it better people,

it really hurts.

- We are so, so sorry.

I mean, I'm really just
apologizing on behalf

of the two people
responsible, but...

- It was wrong.
I'm truly sorry.

I took it too far.

- It was dumb. Just plain dumb.

I... I'm sorry, Cindy.

- Truth is, I've always had
an interest in meditation.

- Yeah, me too.

- Uh, yoga, even.

- I mean, maybe the three of
us could sign up for a class,

learn something about it.

- There you go.

I'll bet you'll be
glad you did it too.

There's a lot to learn.

- You've told Boden
how strongly you feel.

You don't have to leave
to prove your point.

- I just feel like
actions are gonna

have more power than just words.

That call, that missing
OB kit, it's haunting me.

I keep seeing that
little baby's face.

- But she survived, Brett.

We handled it
without the OB kit,

and you rock-starred
it like you always do.

Look, you know I'll stand
behind you no matter what.

But I can't imagine 51
without my best friend.

- Yvette, move the ladder
to the last station.

- And let's get
these cones in place.

- You got these
guys out here early.

- Part of training. Crack
of dawn, you're working.

- Yeah, but it's a pretty
basic obstacle course.

Why would you ever say that?

- Well, obviously, it's
because he wants to jump in

and show these girls
how easy it is.

- Okay.
- Fall in line, Gallo.

- May I have everyone's
attention, please?

I'd like to announce some
news I have just received.

Kylie Estevez

has officially passed
her firefighter's test.

- Yes!

- No way.
- Way.

All you gotta do, wait,
hope your number comes up.

It's not a final step,
but it's a big one.

- Hell yeah, it is.

Tomorrow, we are
celebrating at Molly's!

And we're gonna make
it an 18-and-over event

so you all can come.

- You got what you wanted.

I'm done.

Career probably over.

Hope you can live with yourself.

And that you never,
ever make a mistake.

Do you have a minute, Chief?

- Yeah, come on in.

What
happened with Adler?

I thought you were
just issuing a warning,

but I saw her cleaning
out her locker.

- That's exactly what I did.

Turns out she's got
two previous warnings

from similar situations,

so this was the
last straw for her.

- I felt bad seeing
her like that.

But, uh, I still think
forgetting the OB kit

is an unforgivable
thing for the PIC to do,

and if she has previous warnings

for the same kind of
thing, then she's a risk

to her victims' safety, so.

- So... the system worked.

The Brett that I saw in
this office the other day,

that's not the
Brett that I know.

You wanna tell me
what's going on?

- I know...

I know I probably overreacted.

- Mm.

- I get too emotional with
our littlest victims...

I always have.

- We all feel that way.

And I've noticed, you
more than most, but...

this was different.

- That young girl,

the mother of that
baby, she's 16.

The same age my mother
was when she had me...

and then gave me up
for... For adoption.

- Hey. Here you go.

The schedule for Zyndoga Yoga.

- Zyndoga?

- Yeah. I think
that's how you say it.

So anyway, Cindy says
that you should join

the Monday morning beginners
class that she goes to,

and we're not on shift
next Monday, so, uh...

- Sounds great.
- Yeah.

Tell her we'll be there.

- Anybody else want one?

- Well, I've got my
studio, but thanks.

- Yeah, same.

- I don't think the name
can be Zyndoga Yoga.

- Hey, Cruz?
- Mm?

- How about you?

- Uh, I'm more of a Zumba guy.

You know.
- Still?

- Hey, do you wanna see pictures

of Javi playing basketball?

He's gotten so big.
It's really great.

- It's the baby safe box.

Aww, hey.

- Come here, baby.

- He looks healthy too.

- Violet, this is the
baby that we rescued

at the en caul birth.

- This is Amber's little girl.

- I know you.

- She seems completely healthy,
but I know the protocol

is to take them to the hospital.

- Yeah.

Amber checked out
with this little girl

just a few hours ago.

- Was Amber's mother with her?
- No.

No, the baby was doing well,
so we had to let them both go.

It was Amber's decision.

Now that she has
technically been abandoned,

we'll give her another once-over

and then wait and
see if it's Amber

or DCFS that comes to get her.

- Did you know she took
the baby to a firehouse?

- No, but if it
was your firehouse,

that's the smartest thing
that girl could have done.

Amber told me how you two
came back to check on them.

Said the blonde one tucked
the covers around the baby

like it was her own.

Guess she asked
someone at the hospital

which firehouse you were from.

Knew you would do
the right thing.

- By law, we had to bring
her back to the hospital.

And if Amber doesn't go back to
get her in the next 72 hours,

the Department of Child
and Family Services

will take her into foster care.

- Then that's the
way it's gotta be.

Amber has no interest
in being a mother.

She was here about an hour ago.

Took off to be with her
dad in Indiana for a while,

get away from that idiot
ex-boyfriend she has here.

- Why didn't she leave
the baby with you?

- Honey, I already
had one baby girl,

and she was more than
enough trouble for me.

I want nothing to
do with that one.

- Yeah?

- Stella, it's Shep.

I have something for you.

- I'm coming, I swear.
Just running a little late.

- Shep is at my building.

- What?
- Yeah.

He asked me to buzz him up.

Told him I wasn't gonna do that
and that he needed to leave.

- Did you call the cops?
- No.

That seems like it
could end badly.

Plus, he didn't
actually do anything

except ask to come up.
He might even be gone.

I... I didn't see him
when I looked out there.

- Screw that, call the police.

He's known to be dangerous.

And I'm coming over right now.

- This is so awesome.

I'm so happy for Kylie.

- Oh, I know.

She's a great kid.

So I gave the guys the
class that you suggested,

and they feel so guilty.

You've gotta take pictures.

- Me?
- Yeah.

- Why would I be there?

- You said that was the
class that you went to.

- Went. Past tense.

I tried the class once
and knew it wasn't for me.

I don't have the
kind of patience

for that kind of thing.

- You don't have the
patience? You... that...

Then why am I sitting on the
filthy floor of my office,

breathing like I'm
in some scuba lesson?

- I just thought if it
works for you, great.

Sure doesn't work for me.

- But you said that...

You know what this is?
- Hmm. What?

- More proof that we were
meant to be, that's what.

And I'll tell you who
doesn't need to be

any better in any single way...

You.

- Aw.

- This is where you
say, right back at ya.

- I will take a
margarita on the rocks.

- I wonder what's gonna
happen to that little girl.

- Well, you got adopted
by a wonderful family.

Maybe the same thing
will happen to her.

- I really, really hope so.

- Have you seen Kidd? I
thought she'd be here by now.

- I told you. I told you!

She doesn't love you!
- Shep, calm down.

- She doesn't love you.

You shouldn't be here!
- Calm down.

- I warned you!

- Stop!

Settle down! Stop.

You gotta stop! You gotta
stop!

- Hey! Carver!

Carver! Stop! Hey!

Stop!
- Hey! Break it up!

Hey! Break it up!

Help me!

He's attacking me!

Help! Help!

Help me! He's
trying to kill me.

- Get your hands
up and turn around.

- He's trying to kill me!

- Get your hands
up and turn around!

- He... he came at me first.

- Wait, no... no, no,
no! No, no, no, no.

Hey, don't arrest him.
I called you. All right?

He was just trying
to stop this man

from getting into my building.
- I didn't do anything!

- He's mentally ill.
He was threatening me.

- No, no, I never
threatened anybody!

- All we saw was a guy
laying on the ground

and you pummeling him.

- I need an ambulance
at 1143 West Road.

- He... he's got a
weapon, watch out.

- I don't have anything!
I don't have anything.

Go ahead, look.

- Listen... hey,
we're firefighters.

You can't just take him away.

He was defending himself.

- Back away from the car
unless you wanna join him.