09x13 - Don't Hang Up

[bunniefuu]

Chloe's pregnant.

[ALL CHEERING]

Congrats, Joe.

Your MRI is clean.

I'm clear to work?

Absolutely.

[LAUGHTER]

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

You two had something, didn't you?

It's a long story.

It was somewhere between something and nothing.

I think you have some stuff you need to figure out, Sylvie.

♪ ♪ You get told a lot what you can't do, but not here.

You brought your leadership and experience.

Do you know how proud I am of you?

♪ ♪ - Ready?

- Hit me.

Name four common water-reactive metals.

Sodium, potassium...

Do not tell me.

Not gonna say a word.

Lithium.

Lithium and magnesium.

Yeah!

Ding, ding, ding.

I can't believe all this cramming, and the lieutenant's test is finally here.

- You're ready.

- I hope so.

I mean, I know so.

[SOFT EXCITING MUSIC]

- I mean, I hope so.

- Go home.

I'll tell Casey to pick up a floater.

No, nope, I need to work this shift.

It calms me.

I would be tearing my hair out if I were at the loft.

[PHONE RINGING]

- Firehouse .

- Is Stella Kidd there?

Yep, let me find her.

Chief, just want to put a bug in your ear.

I know Ritter and I haven't built up enough furlough, but do you think maybe we can get a weekend shift off together end of next month?

Well, it's just we've been planning... well, trying to plan a young firefighters' weekend...

Kind of a retreat for people my age, you know, bond, share, swap stories,

- that type of thing.

- [PHONE BUZZING]

I can't think about next month right now.

No, yeah, of course.

- Ask me in a few weeks.

- Yep.

Thank you, Chief.

- Hey, honey.

- Hey.

The Wi-Fi's out, no signal, nothing.

Hey, did you reset the router?

Where would that be?

It's in the closet next to the guest room.

Go in there.

I'll talk you through it.

Hey, so I'm taking a parenting class.

Uh-oh.

"Baby Basics for Beginners." Just the dads...

oh, and partners.

There's this one woman named Bailey.

- Anyway...

- Sounds awesome.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Your wife's gonna be half a zombie, and you are gonna be ready to rock as a father on day one.

I think it's great.

I appreciate your enthusiasm, but right now I'm getting my ass handed to me by this suck-up named Huxley.

Calls himself the "King Swaddler," big show-off.

I want to m*rder him.

How's your swaddling?

Needs work, to be honest.

Stella Kidd.

This is messed up!

[CRYING]

Hello?

Hello?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪ That was weird.

- Any caller ID?

- Number was blocked.

Did she say anything to you or tell you who she was?

She just asked for you.

- By name?

- Yeah.

[ALARM BLARING]

Truck , Squad , Ambulance , vehicle accident, South Addison.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪ Oh, my God.

They...

they hit him!

Just plowed right into him right there!

- Oh, my God.

- Hit who?

- Please, come, come, please.

- Quickly, please!

Him!

♪ ♪ Mouch, Gallo, Kidd, check the drivers in the two vehicles.

Squad, saws and ladders.

Let's cut this guy down while he still has a pulse.

All right, you heard him, Capp.

I want a ladder up under him to take the weight off.

Cruz, Tony, one for me there, and we need a chainsaw on my hip ready to go, okay?

Copy that.

- Captain.

- Yeah.

I think I can get up there, hold him until Squad comes and take the pressure off.

Then do it.

♪ ♪ Set it there.

Hey.

We're gonna get you down.

Hey, come on.

Hang on for me.

Hang on.

Don't give up.

There you go.

♪ ♪ - Thank you.

- [GRUNTING]

♪ ♪ All right.

Captain.

Thanks.

[GRUNTS]

Webbing coming down.

♪ ♪ Okay.

Secure.

[GRUNTS]

Kidd, here.

- Got it.

- Okay.

Okay, secure, All right, watch your eyes.

Okay, I'm through.

Let's take him down.

♪ ♪ Okay.

All right, slowly.

Easy, easy.

- Don't jostle him.

- Keep him on his side.

All right, slow.

- Lungs are diminished.

- Sir, can you hear me?

That's barely a pulse.

I'll get an IV and push fluids on our way to Med.

- Help us lift him into ambo?

- On your one.

Watch that branch.

Looks like you've climbed a few trees in your day.

Yeah, I wasn't much for Easy-Bake Ovens growing up, you know?

I was out in the backyard getting my hands dirty.

You think that guy's gonna make it?

Ten percent chance.

But it would have been zero if you hadn't taken the weight off of him.

He's right.

You did good work.

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC]

♪ ♪ Hey, , let's get this glass cleaned up.

Pack everything up.

We'll get out of here.

- Ten minutes.

- Copy that.

[SIREN WAILING]

Hey, I tell you what.

You get through more flashcards, and I will order Pizano's deep dish and hand deliver it to your bunk.

Do you know what I love about you?

- Hmm?

- Everything.

- Also pizza.

- Oh, also that, yeah.

Hey, Mouch!

- Are you covering the tower now?

- Yep, through lunch.

Okay, I got this weird caller asking for me earlier, so if they call back, will you just patch it through to Severide's office?

- You got it.

- Thanks.

Come on.

What are we doing in here?

Brett told me where to find them.

Find what?

Not what... who.

Aww, what name did you pick out for your son?

- Why?

- So we can, you know...

No.

Fine, you pick out "baby no-name," and I'll take what's left.

Whoa!

Wow, see?

You are gonna make a great father.

Okay.

Don't look now, but Casey's cooking.

It's not just for special occasions, Capp.

Oh, I don't need a reason.

I'll take Captain Casey's corned beef any time I can get it.

Although, I am feeling like Lazarus, back from the dead.

Yeah, I was so relieved you were okay.

Better than okay.

I'd had low-grade anxiety for years that my head was gonna just short-circuit without any warning.

Now the doctor says whatever trauma I had five years ago is all cleared up.

Feel like I won the lottery.

You did.

Hey.

Thank you for the support.

It meant a lot.

Of course.

Hey, Donna, what's with all the...

- Code red.

- The internet is completely out.

Cable company called, said it's a firmware issue, whatever that means, and it won't be resolved for a few hours.

Oh, Lord.

Can I borrow the bullpen to teach my Zoom classes today?

Uh...

of course, can you get her set up over there?

- Absolutely.

- What's all this?

Donna has to teach Zoom school from here.

What can we do to help?

Get me plugged in and connected?

- Yeah.

- There you go.

Hey, I got you.

You guys have no idea what teachers have been through this school year.

- I can't imagine.

- Yeah.

I mean, remote learning, hybrid learning, kids not paying attention, turning their cameras off.

They think I don't know when they're texting.

Hey, I've seen you.

You're amazing.

Is this something you might need?

- Standing desk, yes.

- You're a lifesaver.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay, here we go.

[WATCH BEEPS]

Oh, two minutes.

Thank you.

Stay as long as you like.

We'll stick around and make sure you get up and running.

- Yup.

- [CHUCKLES]

Okay, that should be good...

Okay, so I'll admit this is harder than I thought.

Right?

It's like wrapping paper.

- And I'm no good at that either.

- It's a puzzle, is what it is.

Let's watch a YouTube tutorial and see what we get out of it.

- You guys swaddling?

- Yep.

So, hey, listen to this, all right?

Trudy and Mouch, they want to have a h*nky tonk night at Molly's, you know?

Everybody wears cowboy hats and, you know, boots, and they bring out a jukebox, they play country music out on the patio, and I'm like, hey, this isn't Waco, Texas.

What kind of people do you think are gonna come?

And of course, they don't have an answer.

Huh.

How did he do that?

- Five kids.

- Oh.

Firehouse .

Please get me Stella Kidd.

One second.

[PHONE RINGING]

- Stella.

- Got a caller for you.

Great.

- Hello?

- Is this Stella Kidd?

- Yes.

- [GASPS]

You have to help me.

Please.

Who is this?

I...

I can't tell you.

Okay.

You did Girls on Fire, right?

- That's right.

- I came once.

You said you rescue people.

I need that.

Okay.

Well, I need you to tell me what's going on,

- so I can help you.

- I'm...

I'm in, like, a basement.

I don't know where.

Okay.

It's in, like, a bando for this g*ng?

Okay.

They want to k*ll me.

What... why do they want to k*ll you?

They think I snitched.

My brother's up there now.

They're having, like, a trial.

But I didn't do it.

Okay.

Listen.

You need to call the police right now, okay?

No, no, I can't.

Listen, they already think I'm snitching.

Cops show up, and they'll k*ll me.

They'll k*ll my brother.

Okay, um...

Okay, at least tell me where you are.

We were driving around in this guy CC's car.

I was in the backseat, and they were all friendly, but they were playing me.

I didn't know what was what till they pushed me down the stairs.

You have maps on your phone?

They took my phone.

I found this burner under the bed down here.

But I remembered the firehouse on Racine, so I called , and they connected me.

Okay.

Listen.

I want to help you, but you...

I can hear them coming down the stairs.

Hey.

Dammit!

Can you find Kylie for me?

- I gotta stay by the phone.

- Okay.

- I'll grab Kylie.

- Thank you.

Okay, everyone.

Hi.

Okay, let's keep eyes on me and cameras on this time, all right?

If you give me an hour of your attention, I will give you my best.

I promise.

Okay, does everyone remember when I talked about Newton's Laws?

Newton's Laws of what, Jada?

- Motion.

- That's right, and look, I know that they can be hard to understand in a book, so today I have brought in some firefighters to help us demonstrate.

So for Newton's first law, we are all gonna need a coin, a notecard, and a glass.

- All right, do your thing.

- Yep.

- Hey, Kylie.

- Kidd needs you in my office.

Got it.

Hey!

Bravo, let's show them that again.

Okay.

There were a lot of girls in those early days

- who didn't stick it out.

- I know, but do you remember any of their names?

I didn't know everyone back then.

Some were from different schools...

Anyone whose brother was in a g*ng?

No one I remember.

I can ask some of the other girls.

- [PHONE RINGING]

- Okay, um...

This is Stella.

I can hear shouting upstairs.

Okay, listen.

You need to get out of that basement, okay?

Are there any windows you can break?

Nothing.

It's like a jail cell.

Um...

if you climb the stairs?

- They are right there.

- There's nowhere to go.

Okay.

You said there's a bed where you found the phone.

- Right?

- Yeah, yeah, that's it.

Just some old blankets on a mattress.

Okay, okay.

Is there anything you can use as a w*apon?

- A steel bar or a piece of wood?

- Nothing like that.

[TENSE MUSIC]

- Anywhere you can hide?

- It's just a room.

- Can you look for me?

- I did.

Okay, okay, listen.

I'm just trying to think here.

Um...

♪ ♪ Hello?

Hey.

I should've stayed in your class.

No.

I didn't think I was good enough.

[SOBS]

There isn't a girl in that class who isn't good enough, all right?

That's what I was trying to tell you when you first came.

I should have listened.

No one ever told me that before, so maybe I couldn't hear it from you.

Well, then that's on me, okay?

Not on you because...

because I had never done that before...

Taught a bunch of girls.

You know, I...

I didn't have anyone in my life like that.

Not at that age, you know, to tell me what my worth was, so I didn't know how to do it.

No, no, you were strong.

I think about how strong you were all the time.

♪ ♪ Can you just tell me your name?

- If you'll just...

- The shouting stopped.

Maybe they've decided.

Maybe they're coming for me.

Hey, listen, I want to help you.

I'm trying to help you, but I need you to give me some information, so that I can help you, okay?

You didn't listen to me before, and you said that you regret that, so I'm telling you, listen to me now.

♪ ♪ Hey.

Are you there?

Come on, I need you to talk to me.

- You can't help me.

- That's not true.

- I'm so sorry I did this.

- Hey, no, no, listen to me.

Don't hang up.

I just need you to tell me...

♪ ♪ I know that voice, but I can't pictureout the girl's face.

Yeah?

It was definitely in the first two weeks of Girls on Fire.

Remember that day we had, like, girls right at the beginning?

Out on the north apron, right, facing the Sears Tower?

- That's right.

- Yeah.

I swear I remember that voice.

Did you keep the old sign-up sheets from back then?

I remember you out front with the clipboards.

Yes, it's the middle filing cabinet along the north wall.

I'll go look for them, and I'll get back on the phone with Yvette and Christina and see if they remember names.

Great, thank you.

It's time to bring Boden in.

Good idea.

Okay, so the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the amount of force applied.

Newton's second law.

So, Blake, if you would, please give Darren a little push.

You see that?

Little force, little acceleration.

So now, Ritter, if you would, please give Gallo...

Hey, what...

Right?

Bigger force, bigger acceleration.

It's like...

Jada, if you were to kick a soccer ball with all you've got, what would happen?

Need you, Chief.

And she wouldn't tell you her name?

No, but she didn't sound like she was punking me, Chief.

She sounded very real, very scared.

- We could hear it in her voice.

- Yeah, she was spooked.

Afraid that if we bring in CPD, the g*ng's gonna put it on her brother.

What does she expect you to do?

I don't know, Chief.

She said I was the one who rescued people.

I might have a name.

I found the sign-up sheets from the first couple of weeks and ran the names past the girls who go to other schools.

They think it might be this girl Aliyah.

She has an older brother who they think might be a banger.

There's an address here.

You know what?

Why don't we roll out to this address, see if we can confirm that this is the girl that we're looking for?

I'll tell Cruz to cover for me.

Yeah, I'll stay by the phone, but call me on my cell as soon as you know anything.

Yeah, got it.

- Thank you.

- I want to help.

Come on.

Sylvie.

What's up?

What's going on?

Nothing.

I would think, with all the help you gave me, that you'd know you can come to me with whatever's bothering you.

Um...

When you were going through the testing, I told Greg that I had a friend I was supporting, and I used that word, friend.

I mean, I'm not gonna blurt out your medical information to anyone, right?

Anyway, the last time you called when the results were in from the MRI, my phone lit up, and I said that my friend was getting his results.

I had to go.

He saw my name on your screen?

He took it that I was keeping it from him intentionally.

There wasn't anything nefarious about it.

I know, but that's not how he sees it.

Anyway, he pretty much called things off, and I didn't want to tell you because...

you've been so happy.

- Sylvie, I want you to know...

- [ALARM BLARING]

Ambulance , person in distress, Eastman Street.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SIREN WAILING]

♪ ♪ [KNOCKING]

Paramedics!

Hello?

[KNOCKING]

Paramedics!

Anyone here?

Is this the right house?

- [THUMPING]

- Help!

[COUGHING]

Help!

Is that coming from underneath?

[THUMPING CONTINUES]

Help!

♪ ♪ Good.

Help!

Help!

Oh, God.

Help!

Help!

We're here.

Hang on.

We'll get you out.

♪ ♪ [PANTING]

♪ ♪ [GRUNTS]

It's too thick to break.

Okay, I'm gonna find the breaker, and k*ll the power, and radio dispatch for assistance.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

to main.

We have a person trapped, and we need assistance from Squad.

Copy that, .

Sending Squad to your current location.

♪ ♪ I was telling Cruz how much I love puzzles.

Door mechanism is essentially a...

Oh, nice.

Okay.

One, two, three.

He's dehydrated.

Ooh.

♪ ♪ Okay.

[MOANS]

Hey, you're back.

How long were you in there?

Over an hour.

to main.

Hold the squad.

We got him.

We'll transport him to Med.

Copy that, .

♪ ♪ Oh, no.

- Ma'am.

- Is it Douglas?

Aliyah?

- You found my children?

- No, ma'am.

I thought you were the police coming to tell me you found 'em.

They didn't come home yesterday.

I checked their beds.

They haven't been here.

No, ma'am, we're firefighters, but we are looking for your son and daughter.

Aliyah called us to see if we could help her.

- Called you?

- Yes, ma'am.

She's worried that she might be in danger.

Douglas got in them gangs.

I told him not to let his sister get involved in that mess.

Do you have any idea where they might be?

There's abandoned houses up and down these streets.

Gangs move in, do Lord knows what.

West Side Forties, that's Doug's affiliation?

Okay, then they didn't leave this neighborhood.

We'll find her, ma'am.

Okay?

♪ ♪ It checks.

It's Aliyah.

Great, thank you.

♪ ♪ [SIGHS]

- Step one.

- Flat surface.

Step two.

Place baby face up.

Right, step three.

Straighten baby's left arm.

I hope real babies are more flexible.

Feels like it's fighting me the whole way.

- He's not a marlin.

- Make it happen, Cruz!

- I'm doing it.

- Step four.

Um...

bring up the bottom.

- Step five.

- Secure the blanket...

See, but that's also open to interpretation, because secure could mean tuck in...

Cruz!

Look.

Hey!

We did it!

- Ha-ha!

- Oh!

- Mouch, get Herrmann in here.

- He's gotta see this.

I'll bet you're faster than he is now.

Do I hear a little wager in the making?

- Oh...

- Absolutely.

Whatever you got.

Mopping duties plus $ on the side?

Done.

I'll go get Herrmann.

[CHEERS AND LAUGHTER]

- Hey.

- Hey.

Just watching a little Zoom school.

- Ah.

- Newton's third law.

I can see that.

Um...

Hey, I didn't mean to dump all of that on you earlier.

No, I'm glad you did.

Look, Grainger got caught off guard, and I'm sure it looked more...

I don't know, sneaky than it was, so he overreacted, but truly, he seems like a great guy, and I know he likes you.

My guess is he'll think about it and come around.

- You think?

- I do.

Thanks, Matt.

You know, we were just on this call, and Violet was talking about puzzles.

Just seems like the whole dating game is one big puzzle I never seem to have the pieces for.

Yeah.

Well, if you do ever figure it out, please slip me the answers.

I just heard the oven timer ding.

Thank you for not starting without me.

Oh, no, I want you here when I collect my winnings.

Swaddlers, ready?

Set.

Go!

♪ La da-da, da-da, da-da ♪

Coo-kee coo.

♪ La-dum, da-da...

♪ Done!

Done!

Done.

But, hey, look at that.

I mean, you're getting really good at this, Cruz, all right?

Now, go and have five kids.

Come back and see me when you're ready.

[LAUGHS]

Oh, thank you.

[PHONE RINGS]

Stella Kidd.

There's more commotion upstairs.

Sounds like a fight going on, people slamming into things.

Is your name Aliyah?

Aliyah Ward?

[TENSE MUSIC]

Yes.

How'd you know that?

Because I got firefighters looking for you right now, okay?

If you can somehow get yourself outside...

- I can't.

- Aliyah, listen...

There's no way out, I'm telling you.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Go get the girl!

[WHISPERING]

Aliyah?

- Time to pay up, Aliyah.

- No.

Get your ass up these stairs, girl.

Get off me!

Don't touch me, I mean it.

Bitch, I'll pound your face like we did your brother and carry you up these stairs.

No, stop!

Please, please, please.

I'm sorry, please, I'm sorry.

I didn't do it...

[SOBBING]

Please, you can trust me.

Let me go.

Please let me go, please.

[PHONE CHIRPS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[PHONE RINGING]

Stella.

Hey, you said the g*ng's turf has to be by Aliyah's house, right?

Yeah, driving the streets looking for any g*ng activity.

Turn Boden's sirens on.

Turn your sirens on.

[SIRENS WAILING]

No, no, no, please, please, please, please.

We didn't say anything.

We didn't do anything.

Please.

There.

There it is.

You just passed it.

You just passed the house.

- I can hear the sirens.

- We just passed it.

♪ ♪ We're with the CFD.

There was a gas main leak in the neighborhood.

I need everybody to evacuate this house immediately.

Man, you need to get to stepping.

Look, this house is gonna go up like a fireball, bigger than you can imagine.

Now, if you want to roast, you know what, be my guest.

You've been warned.

Come on.

- Now what?

- I don't have a plan B.

♪ ♪ Chief.

That's good.

Now everybody needs to get as far away from this structure as possible now.

Hey, Chief, these saturation levels are off the charts.

It's gonna blow.

Everybody, get away from here as far as you can right now.

- Move, fast!

- seconds!

- Get out of here!

- Get as far away as you can.

Far away!

Miles from here, go, now!

You gotta get out of here!

It's gonna blow!

- seconds!

- Come on, get out of here!

!

Get out of here!

It's gonna blow!

!

- , !

- You two, come with me.

Come with me.

I got you.

- Come here.

- , !

Get in here.

♪ ♪ [PHONE RINGS]

- Kelly.

- Hey, Stella, Stella!

- Yeah.

- We got 'em, we got 'em!

They're okay.

Did the school bell ring?

Yes, it did.

Can I tell you, I have never had a more attentive class than the ones today, thanks to my secret weapons over here.

- Aw, well, it was fun.

- We're really happy to do it.

Yeah, I wish I had a teacher like you growing up.

- No doubt.

- You were awesome to watch.

Thank you, you guys.

And now I have to race Terrance home from his school.

- Hey.

- Hey.

I love you.

By the way, you do have a teacher as good as me right here.

[LAUGHS]

Look at you.

Hey, you two.

When was that young firefighter's trip you wanted off for again?

Last weekend in May.

Consider yourself penciled in.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

Yes!

♪ ♪ No way was I leaving this for third shift.

- Thanks, Casey.

- Yeah, you're welcome to it.

Captain.

Got a minute?

You here to write me up again?

No, I...

no.

How can I help you?

I'm here about Brett.

Just wanted to talk to you man-to-man.

Brett and I were never really an item.

She asked for space, and I backed off, plain and simple.

I know you're a great guy, and I see the way you're into her, and I want you to know, I'm not gonna try and get in the way of that.

I want her to be happy.

That's all I want.

[GROANS]

You don't get it, do you?

I'm not thinking about what you're gonna do or not do.

Honestly, I don't care.

What I think about is Sylvie.

From everything I've witnessed over the last few months...

She's in love with you.

♪ ♪ So Charlotte tells me to demonstrate.

Zip, zip, zip.

I lay it on her, and she gives me a new coffee mug that reads... you guessed it...

"King Swaddler." Is that you?

"King Swaddler"?

I mean, that's what Charlotte calls me, little nickname.

We know.

You've told us a thousand times, Huxley.

But not today.

Not anymore.

I'm gonna make you the "Prince Swaddler" 'cause there's a new king in town.

He's got two thumbs, and he is gonna destroy you.

How are all my partners doing?

Fired up and ready to swaddle!

Hey, Lydia, how 'bout we have a little competition, just me versus Huxley.

Oh, well, I appreciate the enthusiasm, but since we are halfway through your partner's second trimester, we will leave swaddling for you to practice on your own while we move on to getting that bottle temperature just right.

Can I help demonstrate?

I've been reading up on proper bottling in your book.

Oh.

I would be honored.

Oh, I hope I'm not forgetting anything.

- Number two pencils?

- Four of 'em.

sh**t.

Yeah, I gotta get a move on.

Wish me luck.

Good luck.

[KNOCKING]

- Hey.

- Hi.

- Hi!

- Stella.

This is Aliyah.

She wanted to thank you.

It's so great to see you in person.

They police, they busted the g*ng leader, Jayton, the one who had it out for me and my brother.

He's going to jail now, so...

Aliyah thinks they won't be bothered anymore.

That's great.

[SWEEPING MUSIC]

You saved my life.

♪ ♪ You saved your own life, is what you did.

Yours and your brother's.

You have any idea how strong that makes you?

♪ ♪ Do you think I could come back to Girls on Fire?

♪ ♪ You come back anytime, anytime.

Thank you.

Oh, you have that lieutenant's test now.

Yes, yes.

I, um...

I gotta go.

♪ ♪

- Hey.

- Hmm?

That is why you're going to be a great lieutenant.

♪ ♪ You got this, Stella Kidd.

♪ ♪