Chicago Fire (2012–…): Season 11, Episode 22 - Red Waterfall - full transcript

- I thought that you
were a task force liaison

I'm supposed to be meeting with.

- I am.

An anti-government organization

may be planning infrastructure
attacks right here in Chicago.

- Kylie Estevez officially
passed the firefighter's test.

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

- I really miss him.

I just hope that
there's not something

more serious going on.

- Severide wrapped up
this thing in Alabama



and now he's on some
ATF investigation.

- What are you talking about?

- What I want is to
adopt Amber's baby.

- That's pretty big news.

- And now that you know
that, you can start

figuring out how to
make that happen.

- Amber, hi.

- What are you doing here?

- I know that's a lot to ask.

- I left all that
behind in Chicago.

I'm starting over here, okay?

- I get that. I do.

But your own instinct was
that I'm the right person

to care for that little girl.



And that's exactly
what I wanna do.

I promise that's all I want.

- What would I have to do?

- You'd reclaim
custody of the baby.

She's in a foster home now.

Then you can designate
me her legal guardian,

and eventually, adoptive mother.

- Eventually?

How long does all this take?

- I can be her legal guardian

almost right after
you take custody.

The adoption part
could take longer,

but I'd have her the whole time.

You wouldn't have to do a thing.

She wants some time to think.

She promised it would be soon,
so I've been checking my phone

every two seconds.

- That's a legit request.
- It is. I know.

I'm sure she wants to talk
to her parents about it too.

I'm glad I showed up in person.

I could tell that made
an impression on her.

- I have a really good
feeling about this.

- Yeah, me too.

- I hope you guys are right.

- What happened when
you called Severide?

- It was fine, I guess.

I asked him about
why he didn't tell me

about the new job detail.

He told me it came
up too suddenly.

He kept telling me it was no
big deal and not to worry.

- Doesn't sound like it worked.

- He was just so vague
about everything,

and not just what,
exactly, he's up to there,

but also, uh...

how it affects
when he comes home.

He said that's a little
up in the air right now.

I don't know what's
going on with him.

- Yes, this is
personal business.

I'm sorry.

It's a flyer for
my friend's band.

I can pay you per page.
- No worries.

I actually just wanted
to ask you a question.

How long after the
lottery was done

did you find out if your
number had been called?

The thing is, I
heard that they drew

this year's lottery,
like, a week ago,

and I haven't gotten an
email or call or anything.

- Don't panic.

With the CFD, there
are a million reasons

for bureaucratic delays.

Just give it a little more time.

Then if it's still
radio silence,

I'll help you dig into it, okay?

- Okay. Yeah.

Great.

Thanks, Ritter.

- Truck 81, Engine
51, Ambulance 61.

Multi-vehicle accident,
Roosevelt and Racine.

- Mouch, Gallo... let's
grab four paratech struts,

shore up this boat.
Carver, grab the jaws.

- On it.
- Copy.

- Violet, Brett, stay back
until we stabilize this mess.

- Copy.

- It's my fault.
It's all my fault.

I tried to make a right
turn from the center lane.

It's just so stupid.

I cut that guy off. He
clipped the trailer.

The boat came loose and
landed on this poor lady.

Then that one, it
bounced off her.

- All right. Hey,
I'll check the sedan.

- Copy that.
- Stay here.

- Carver, go check on that SUV.

- You okay, ma'am?

- My ears are ringing.

- Yeah, yeah, that's
just the airbag.

It'll stop soon.

You hurt anyplace else?

- I don't know. I'm...
I'm... I'm shaking.

- It's okay, all right?
Take a deep breath.

There you go.

The worst part's over.

- Hey, where's the
driver of the SUV?

- I don't know, man.
He just took off.

- Took off? Like, on foot?

- Yeah, he grabbed a big
duffel out of the back,

and he just ran, basically.

I never got any
chance to talk to him.

- Doing great. Almost there.
- Oh, thank you.

I've never been so
afraid in my life.

- Ah, you're doing fine now.

- What's your name?
- Christopher.

- Christopher,
thank you so much.

- Yeah.
- Um...

Ms. Doreen...
- Yeah?

- Is a medium, and you must let
me repay you with a reading.

- Ah, that's okay, ma'am.

You really don't
need to do this.

- Christopher, listen to me.

You are going to experience
great pain very soon.

I am so sorry.

- Okay, I gotta
get back to work.

- Got it.
- Okay.

- Okay.

- One, two, three.

One, two, three.

Pulse is steady. Let's
get her on oxygen.

- Copy.

- Hey, your lady doing okay?

- She's off her nut, but yeah.

She didn't get hurt at all.
- Good.

And what about the SUV?

- I guess there
was one occupant,

but he fled the scene.

- Fled why?

Accident wasn't his fault.
- No idea.

The boat guy said he grabbed
a big duffel out of the back

and took off without a word.

- Hey, we got a cop on scene?

- Rolled up a
couple minutes ago.

- Yeah, send him
my way, would you?

- Yep.

- What do you think the
story is with the Tahoe?

- Yeah, I found
this in the back.

- Whoa. .50 caliber?

- Oh, hell if know.

But when I went to that
meeting with Homeland Security

a while back, they told us
about an anti-government group

they thought might be
using large caliber rounds

to damage electrical
infrastructure.

- So what are you gonna do?

- I just texted this to Casey.

I'll wait to see what he
says before I start to panic.

- Hey, good run?

- Boat accident on Roosevelt.

- Yeah, be glad you
didn't get called out.

A lot of bad juju on that one.

- What do you mean?

- I helped out this
kooky palm reader,

and she tells me that I
got trouble coming my way.

- Back up.

You let her read your palm
in the middle of the call?

- Well, she didn't
give me a choice.

- First, it's meditation, and
now he's seeing a psychic.

- What's this world coming to?
- It's not funny.

What she said was awful.

- What'd she say?

- Well, she said...

"You're gonna feel
great pain very soon."

- Yeah, that's kinda creepy.
- Right?

Who says to that
somebody they just met?

- I think you can safely
ignore any prophecies

from a lady with a "basic
witch" bumper sticker.

- I'm not saying I believe
her, just that it was awful.

- Okay.

- Hey, Chief, any chance
you got a minute to talk?

- I'm actively
looking to do anything

but this damn paperwork.

So yes, please, come on in.

What's up?

- Well, this is...

It's gonna sound kinda strange.

- I can handle that.

- Okay.

Can you tell me
about Benny Severide?

- Why do you ask?

- You can be honest.

Look, I've heard Kelly's side,

but I really want your take.

It would mean a
lot to me, Chief.

- Okay.

Benny was a wanderer, which
I'm sure you've heard.

He never stayed
anywhere for very long,

and it caused him as much pain

as it caused the
people that he loved,

even though he never showed it.

- According to Kelly's
mom, he showed it

by drinking his way
through Illinois.

- Stella...

What's going on?

- To tell you the truth...

I don't really know.

- Hey. Are you waiting for me?

- No, not really.

Yes, I guess I was.

Still no word from Amber.

And I was thinking about this,
she doesn't really know me,

so why would she trust me?

- I'm sure you were clear
about how serious you are.

- Well, I said the words, but
what does that mean to Amber?

I mean, she wants nothing
to do with this baby,

and I'm asking her
to take custody

so I can become the guardian.

But what if I backed out?

She'd have to go through
the whole painful experience

of handing her baby
back to the state again.

- She trusted you enough
to leave the baby here.

That's something.

- I'm just not sure it's enough.

- Sorry if I'm interrupting.

- Not at all.

We were just walking
to the locker room.

- Don't think I haven't noticed

how you've been
looking at him lately.

- You are totally
misreading that.

- Uh-huh.

- I mean, does he
look good in a towel?

Yes. Am I allowed to look?

Come on, Brett.

- Just say it, I'm
being overdramatic.

- I wouldn't say that.

- No?
- Not at all.

We were told to
have our radar up

for threats to the power grid.

- Right, but all I
found was a bullet.

- That bullet is
called a Raufoss round.

.50 caliber BMG ammunition

with a high-explosive,
armor-piercing projectile.

- Raufoss.

- It's Norwegian
for red waterfall.

- Oh, lovely.
- Yeah.

It'll go clean through
steel armor and detonate

on the other side.

Extremely destructive.

- So what's this
guy doing with it?

- Good question.

It's not illegal, but
it's incredibly expensive

and very hard to get ahold of.

You remember that incident
out here I talked about

with the militia group?
- Sure.

- Those guys were
known to possess

a cache of these rounds.

There has to be a connection.

- So what are we gonna do?

- I'm coming to you.

I'm gonna catch a redeye
to Chicago tonight.

- Oh.

- You need to reach
out to Chris McManus.

Remember him, your DHS
contact in the Midwest?

- Yeah.

- You need to tell him what
you found as soon as possible.

Because I think we're
looking at exactly

what those guys have
been warning us about.

Can't sleep?

- No.

Amber on your mind?

- That's a lot of it.

Casey called to tell me he's
coming to Chicago tomorrow,

and Dylan has been so great
with all this talk of a baby,

and things are finally
going well with him

after Casey's last visit
when I spun out a little.

But it sounds like it's
good that he's coming.

Is that the DHS threat
that's keeping you up,

or is it Severide?

- Mama Severide, most of all.

Some stuff she said
to me a few years ago

has been ringing in my ears.

She told me Kelly is destined
to become his father,

and that is not a
man I should marry.

- She's wrong, Stella.

- I don't know anymore, Sylvie.

Maybe Kelly really is
a wanderer at heart.

Now that we've been
apart for a while,

he's slipping
right back to that.

We're losing our connection
no matter how hard I try.

- I know how tough it can
be trying to stay close

over long distance.

But as soon as you're together,
all those complications fade.

Everything that you
feel for each other

is gonna come rushing back.

Come on.

First there's all this
chit-chat in Kidd's office,

and now you come poking at me?

It's sleep time.

- I have an idea I
wanna run by you.

- How are you feeling
about giving up the crown?

- I have gotten
a little attached

to the lieutenant's
title, I'll admit it.

- Fits you like a glove too.

When is Severide coming back?
Isn't it, like, a week or two?

It was supposed to
be, but it might be longer.

- Why? What's going on?

- I'm not sure.

Just that there might be some
kind of delay in his return.

That's all I know.

- I...

I just made this pot.
Who drank all the coffee?

- You did.

- I did?

Well, it's no wonder,
after all the jibber-jabber

in the bunk room last night.

- Hmm. I slept
right through it.

- Same.
- Good for you.

You see how well you
sleep after Ms. Doreen

predicts a horrible
fate for you.

- I thought you said you didn't
believe in that claptrap.

- I don't, but after the
year that Cindy and I had,

dark thoughts, they...
They come too easy.

I can't stop
imagining the worst.

- Ms. Doreen's Psychic Parlor
and Witchcraft Emporium.

Oh, my God. Look
at this website.

- Oh.
- Come on, Herrmann.

You can't take this
lady seriously.

Look at that font.

- West Adams.

I know where that place is.

- Herrmann.
- What?

Leave me alone.

- I hope we're wrong about this,

but I wanna be here

if there's anything
I can do to help.

- I'm sure DHS appreciates it.

I know Kidd does.

I'm trying to adopt a baby.

- Really?

- Yeah.

This little girl we rescued
right after she was born,

there are some issues
with the birth mom, so...

That probably sounds
crazy and sudden.

- No, it doesn't.

You've always been
great with little ones.

You had such a sweet
connection with Amelia

right after she was born.

- Thanks, Matt.

That means a lot.

- And this... this guy
you're seeing, Dylan,

is he a part of this, or...?

- Oh, no. No.

He's being supportive
and everything,

but this is all me.

- Well, I'm happy for you.

- Thank you.

Might not happen, honestly.

But still, I can't help
but feel like it's...

It's meant to be.

- McManus said so far, the
crashed Tahoe is a dead end.

The vehicle was
stolen in Minnesota,

but the tags belonged to a
different car from Champagne.

FBI is still looking into that.

Haven't found any usable
prints or DNA in the Tahoe.

- None?
- That's what he said.

- What about the
.50 caliber round?

- They confirmed... it's one of
those scary Norwegian bullets.

But since it's not
illegal to possess,

they don't see anything here
yet that would cause them

to raise their threat level.

- So did you come all
this way for nothing?

- I don't think so.

This threat's been dangling
out there for too long.

The other shoe has to
drop at some point.

- Okay.

I can push HQ to
spread the word,

be on the alert for
attacks on the energy grid.

But beyond that, I'm not
sure what else we can do.

- I'll stick around
for a few days in case

there are any more developments.

But hopefully, I
am wasting my time.

That's the best case scenario.

Really.
- Amen.

Keep me in the loop.
- Absolutely, Chief.

- Hey, Kidd, if you
have to use the latrine,

do it now 'cause
it's road trip time.

- Where are you guys going?

- Thank you for letting us come.

We won't take up
much of your time.

- I can't believe you
drove all the way out here,

just like Sylvie did.

- Amber has been through
plenty, as you guys know.

This is a lot to ask of a kid,

and if it was up to me,
you wouldn't be here.

- Dad.

- But Amber's got a big heart.

- We can tell.

And we're here to support
her, not pressure her.

We wanted you to be able to
make an informed decision,

one you can feel
good about always.

So as the people who
know Sylvie the best,

we wanted to help you
get to know her too.

- And whatever you
decide, we get it.

And we won't bother you again.

- It's not that I haven't been
thinking about all of this,

but I can't, like, be a mom.

You know?

- We do.

And that's why as
soon as I heard

what these guys were
up to, I wanted to join

so I could tell you
more about the most

amazing, caring person I know.

- I don't blame Amber for being
overwhelmed by all of this.

She's only 16.

- It's a lot for a
teenager to handle.

- Maybe too much.

This might be my last time
to see this little beauty.

- Even if it is, I've been
doing this a long time,

and I know there will be
lots of other children

who need homes in the future.

And you'd be a wonderful
mother to any of them.

- Thank you, Patty.

Have you given her a name yet?

- No, we've been calling
her honey or sweetie,

the names we use with any baby
who won't be with us long.

- If she were mine,
I'd call her Julia

after my birth mom.

- It suits her.

- Hey, excuse me.

- Christopher, come in.

Come in.

Come, please.

- Listen, lady,

you can't say what
you said to me

and just leave a guy hanging.

- I'm sorry. That
was not my intention.

- Okay.
- Come, please.

- Okay.

So what's the deal
with this great pain

that the universe
has in store for me?

'Cause I gotta know.

- Let me give you
a proper reading.

Please, sit.

Clear your mind of all thoughts.

Let the bad energy dissipate.

Now we begin.

- All right.

- Credit card or Venmo?

- What?
- It's $75 up front.

- I thought this
was on the house.

- The first reading
yesterday was gratis,

but today's reading is $75.
- No. No.

This was a mistake.

- Christopher, please.
- No. No!

- Smart move, buddy.

For 75 bucks she'll tell
you anything you wanna hear.

- Hi.
- Come in.

I just need one more
second to get ready.

Movie's at 3:00, right?

This is just the distraction
I need right now.

- I'm sorry, Sylvie,
but I can't go.

- What?

- I've been spinning out

about things between
us nonstop, and...

I hate to say this because
I really, really like you,

but I think we need to break up.

- I don't understand.

I thought things were
going really well.

Is this about the baby?

Because that might not
even happen, Dylan.

- I know.

But I can tell just the way
you've focused on her that

we're at really different
places in our lives right now.

- You mean you
don't want a family.

- I do.

Someday.

But it's not just that.

Last time Matt was here, you
went MIA on me for a while.

And even when we were together,
you weren't all there.

And now he's back.

- Look, he's here
for work, not for me.

- Are you sure about that?

Either way, it's pretty obvious

that you never
really got over him.

Hey, you warned me
at the start that

you weren't ready for
anything serious, and...

you were right.

- I'm sorry.

I really like being
with you, Dylan.

You are a great guy.

- You're pretty
great, too, Sylvie.

And I hope everything works
out with that little girl.

- I'm glad Casey is here to
keep an eye on it with you.

He seems to know his stuff.

- He really does.

I can see why DHS has
given him the job.

- Yep.

How's everything with Severide?
That program still going good?

- Yeah, there's no doubt Kelly
loves working arson cases.

He's really gotten
caught up in that world.

Ah, here he is.

Hey, any news?

- Yeah, a lot of it.

DHS is suddenly very interested.

- What changed their mind?

- The tags on that SUV?

Turns out they're registered
to a false identity.

So the FBI ran the number

through this tracking
system they have.

Those plates turned up
in surveillance footage

on a different vehicle three
weeks ago in Libertyville,

within blocks of an
unsolved break-in

at some power company offices.
- Whoa.

- Now the FBI thinks
it was someone

stealing proprietary information

about the Northern
Illinois electrical grid.

- So are they gonna
raise the threat level?

- Yes, but they still don't
know who they're looking for

or when they'll strike.

- I'm gonna spend my shift
right here with this scanner.

I'm gonna monitor every incident

that every CFD company
gets called out on.

- I'll join you.
- Yeah.

- And hey, what's the
name of Brett's friend

over at the 911 call center?

- Hannah.
- Yeah.

Let's reach out to her,
see if she can give us

a heads-up on
anything suspicious.

- Smart.

- That's good.

I mean, can you imagine
the look on Cindy's face

if she saw that there was
a $75 bill for a psychic

on the credit card?
- You'd be out on the street.

You made the right
call, Herrmann.

- Well, I'm glad I went, though.

You know, it made me
realize, you know,

how ridiculous this
whole...

Ah. Mm.

- Oh! Great pain, there it is.

The prediction came true.

- There you go.

See?

Even a broken clock
is right twice a day.

- Still nothing from Amber.

Brett's starting to lose hope.

- Damn.

- I feel for her.

She's had a rough couple
of days between this

and the breakup with Dylan.

- We made such a
good case with Amber.

I really thought she'd call.

- Me too.

- We did everything we could.

And that's what you do
for the people you love.

- Yeah, you are right.

You give it everything you have.

51, this is Lieutenant Kidd.

Hey. Yeah.

Yeah. Yep.

Uh-huh.

Got it.

Thanks, Hannah.

Someone just reported smoke
coming out of a substation

on South Jefferson.

They just dispatched
Engine 62 to the scene.

- 226 to Main, I will take
on that South Jefferson call,

along with Truck 81,
Engine 51, and Squad 3.

- Copy that, 226.
It's all yours.

- And, Main, let's roll dry chem

and foam suppression
units as well.

- Truck 81, Squad 3, Engine
51, we got a possible fire

on 600 South Jefferson Street.

Let's move.

- Hey, you know what happened?

- No, I just got here.

That transformer's overheating,
and I don't know why.

- Chief, you see the
damage to the cooling fins?

Looks like
large-caliber gunfire.

- I got dry chem and foam
suppression units en route.

They're about 20 minutes out.
- We don't have 20 minutes.

If that fire spreads
to the other banks,

the whole substation
could go down.

We're talking 8 million
people in the dark.

- We cannot spray water while
that transformer is energized.

Can your people shut it down?

- I can do it manually
from the inside.

- Then do it.
- Yes, sir.

- Okay, 51, charge
the hose line.

Get ready on the deck gun.

We're gonna wait
for the...

- Get down! Get down!
- Take cover!

- Shooter is still on the scene!

- Move!

- What the hell
is going on here?

- Hey! Come here.

10-1, 10-1. We are
under fire.

There's a sniper in
an elevated position.

Respond with caution.
Everyone stay down.

- Shots are coming
from the east.

Let's move.

- Hey, I can pull the engine
forward, shield that gate.

That way we can get in there.

- I said, stay down!

We have to keep the rigs
in between him and us.

- Chief, these are massive,
armor-piercing rounds.

Even the rigs might
not protect us.

- That's all we got.

We stay put, wait for PD.

- I see him.

He's on a rooftop
about a block away.

- That's the cooling oil.
It's gonna go up fast now.

- Chief, I can get
to that rooftop

and put an end to this.

He can only fire
one round at a time.

If I can make it to that
corner, I can get to him.

Then all I have to do
is keep him distracted

until the police arrive.

- No, you are not armed.

- Chief, we need to
get that fire out.

All due respect, Chief,

but I don't answer
to you anymore.

I'm going.

- Casey...
- Chief, he's right.

And we can't let him go alone.

I'm going with him.

- We'll come too, Lieutenant.

- Gallo, Carver,
bring your irons.

Mouch, you gotta stay and
work the aerial for me.

- You stay in radio
contact, you hear me?

Okay?

Distract, let the
cops take him out.

Do not do anything stupid.

- Copy that.

Be ready to attack those flames

as soon as I give the all-clear.

- I can get you
guys to the corner.

Just stick behind Squad.

- Great. Let's go.

- He has to reload. Go now!

- Watch it!
- Watch out!

- He's on top of
that parking garage.

Come on.

He'll be at the west end of
the roof with his back to us.

Be quiet and quick.
- Okay.

Hey, turn down your radios.

- Let's go.

Fan out, flank the truck,

and jump him as soon as
he fires the next shot.

Get down!

Gun is down. Gun is down.

- Kill that power now.

Herrmann, get ready
with that water.

- Got it. Let's go!

- The shooter is
on that rooftop.

- Forget 'em! We gotta go!

- Hey! We got one here.

The other one's driving
down the ramp, blue F-150.

- Lieutenant Kidd, report.

- We're okay. There
were two suspects.

One's in custody.

The other's in the
wind, but it's over.

- Okay. Transformer's
de-energized.

- Okay, 51, hit it!

- Mouch?

- Ah. Gah.

- Mouch, you okay?

Hey! Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, Chief!

We need an ambulance!
Mouch is hit!

Easy. Easy, bud.

Easy, easy.

- They don't need to
debrief all of us, do they?

This is crazy. We
should be with Mouch.

- That's the truth.

- Yeah, that cuckoo psychic
was right on the money.

Great pain.

Only way to describe what
I'm feeling right now.

Hell with it, all
right? I'm not waiting.

Ritter, let's mount up.
- Copy that, Lieutenant.

- Boden wants us to sit tight.

There's nothing we
can do at Lakeshore.

- Chief's back.

- About time.

Talk to us, Chief.

- He's okay.
- Oh, thank God.

- Mouch is okay.
- He is? Really?

- Didn't get hit
with one of them

monstrous bullets,
just a bit of shrapnel.

Doctors were able to remove
it, stop the bleeding.

Trudy's with him right now.

You can all look in
on him after shift.

That's good to hear.

- Uh, they telling
you anything in there?

- Hmm. Yes.

The guy we caught,
spilling his guts

in an FBI interrogation
room right now.

- Gave up the location
of their safe house.

They just intercepted
the sniper there

a few minutes ago.

- And they're getting
lots more info

on the rest of the organization.

The threat has been neutralized.

- Well done.

- Hear, hear, you
guys. Nice work.

- You guys went to see Amber?

- Yeah.

- To tell her about you.

- So she'd feel like she
could trust you completely.

- She's just called.

She's gonna take back
custody of the baby.

- Really?

- Yes.

I'm gonna adopt Julia.

Congratulations!

- Sylvie.
- Wow.

- That's fantastic.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

- Come on.

- Hey, Ritter.
- Hey. Any news?

- There's so much
going on with everyone,

so I don't want to make
a big deal about it,

but I wanted you to know
my number was called.

I'm going to the Academy.

- Yeah, you are!

Oh.

Welcome to the best
job in the world.

Yeah?

- You moving?

- No.

But I am taking the
next few shifts off.

- Yeah? Where are you headed?

- I'm going to get my husband
and bring him back to Chicago.

- And she is over the moon.

And Cruz is almost as happy,
keeps talking about how

adoption is the greatest thing

that could ever
happen to a person.

And it made me think that

had I been able to
pick my own kids,

maybe I'd have better ones.

- That's great.
- Yeah.

- Yeah, Sylvie deserves it.

- Yeah.

Hey, you okay?

You're looking a lot paler
than when I walked in here.

- I do?
- Yeah.

My side is kinda
barking at me again.

- Huh?

Mouch.

Oh, what the hell is this?

Mouch! Hey!

Mouch! Hey!

Help!

Please, we need a
doctor in here now!

Help, please!

- Matt, hi.

- Hey, Sylvie.

- Um, come on in.

- Our first kiss was right here.

- I remember it pretty well.

- So do I.

I got something about
a year and a half ago,

and I wanted to give it to you
before I go back to Portland.

- Oh.

- Sylvie Brett, we
were meant to be.

Will you make me and three kids

the luckiest family in the world

and marry me?