10x14 - An Officer With Grit

[bunniefuu]

This thing with your boss,
it's not a good idea, Violet.

It makes you look pretty bad.

Has it ever been tricky
with you and Severide dating?

Who give a damn what people think?

Yeah. Who gives a damn?

Call me when you're done here.

Gallo!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

It's a nice piece of leadership, Kidd.

Really impressive.

♪

- This is Girls on Fire stuff.
- I'll help.

Now you see why I can't be
lieutenant right now.

I've watched you work so hard
for that lieutenant position.

So why wait to show it?

♪

You're in early.

Yup, looking for the worm.

Just want to inspect a few
tools on the rig before shift.

This time of year,
equipment gets all gummy.

Oh, I made a fresh pot of
the grounds that I keep hidden

in the back of the spice cabinet,

so might want to help yourself

before the rest of these stiffs show up.

I will do that.

[CHUCKLES]

You plug in the IV tubing
into the oxygen end

of the nasal cannula
and you let the IV fill up

with fluid and run it
into the patient's eyes.

Oh, I never thought of that.

Just a little paramedic hack.

You want them to be
on their back though...

Hey, Brett,
the cab heater's broken on .

Fleet said it'll be two weeks to fix it.

[GROANS] Are you kidding?

It just conked out on us.

I said to bring in a new rig
and headquarters laughed at me.

Now the cab is an icebox
but everything else works.

It's gonna be below freezing today.

- Hey.
- Ooh, Stella.

- Hmm?
- Do you still have

those battery powered gloves
in your locker?

I think so. Yeah.

[ALARM BLARES]

Truck , Squad , Ambulance ,

vehicle accident.
Ashton and th Street.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

♪

Ugh.

Oh, it's like the Arctic Tundra in here.

[SIRENS WAILING]

♪

[GROANS]

♪

[GRUNTING]

♪

[GROANING]

Please help!

Help me, please!

Please help me.

- Please help!
- We're coming to get you.

Squad, rope rescue the driver.

- Copy that.
- !

Standby down below for the victim.

- [RUMBLING]
- Whoa!

Whoa, whoa.

If those poles shift,
that cab is gonna drop.

All right, , raise the aerial
for an overhead anchor point

and secure the truck bed.

Gallo, grab the straps.
I want those poles secure.

Kidd, let's move it with the struts.

- We gotta stabilize that bed.
- Got it.

Hey, buddy,
let me know you're all right.

I'm okay. Please help.

Okay, listen,
hang tight and try not to move.

- We're coming to get you.
- Okay.

Cruz, I'm going over the edge.
You belay?

- Yup.
- [SIRENS WAILING]

Truck , here to help.
How can we assist?

Give us a hand stabilizing those poles.

- On it.
- Thanks.

All right, guys, let's look alive, .

Webbing and struts, let's go.
Move, move, move.

♪

[LADDER WHIRRING]

♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Where do you want this?

Down by the rear wheels.

All set. How we looking over there?

Yeah, we'll be good just as soon as...

hey, hey.

I said down by the rear wheels.

No, on the back of the bed. [GROANS]

All right.

Let me see. Give it here.

Thanks.

How we doing on those tie-down straps?

Still a few minutes away.
Clear to throw?

Clear.

♪

- Severide, we're all set.
- Copy.

Hurry.

[GROANS]

♪

All right, nice and slow.

♪

- Hey, buddy, what's your name?
- Dave.

How'd you end up down here, Dave?

My front tire blew.

Flung the whole rig
right over the guard rail.

I swore I was a goner.

♪

[TRAIN HORN BLARES]

- All right, let's go.
- Good to go.

♪

[RIG CREAKING]

Hold, hold, Cruz.

Severide, don't move.

♪

I'll grab the hook, you pull it tight.

All right.

♪

I'm sorry. Damn.

That's on me.

No sweat. We got it.

- All good up here.
- Good to go.

♪

What the hell was that?

- feet.
- [GROANS]

♪

All right, hold.

- You good?
- Yeah.

How you doing?

Any pain, injuries you know about?

[GROANS] Just my shoulder.

Okay, yeah, you're gonna need an MRI.

Let's get him to Med.

Okay, it's a little cold back here

but we got plenty of blankets.

Nice work, Kidd, Gallo, Mouch.

Hey, just wanted to say it's
awesome watching you guys work.

You got a hell of a unit.

Oh, thanks, Lieutenant.

- Boswell.
- Pelham.

Hey, Boswell, how long you been at ?

Not long enough to whip
this crew into shape.

They mean well, but they're still

- in that lump of coal stage.
- Mm.

Turman, Burnacki, Lloyd, load up.

We're drilling when
we get back to the house.

Copy, Lieutenant.

Anyway, thanks for
showing them how it's done.

Maybe the next lieutenant will
have time to mold them.

Wait, you're transferring?

All the way to Arizona.
My wife needs to be near family

so it's sunshine and blue skies for me.

- Well, best of luck.
- Yeah, thanks, you too.

- Yeah.
- Thanks.

I always wondered what it would be like

to play alongside the Bad News Bears.

Now I know.

That was cool,
watching you work the ropes.

It never gets old.

If the driver had been incapacitated,

you think you would have
used a stokes basket

- instead of the rescue sling?
- Yeah, probably.

Hey...

I was thinking of signing up

for vertical rescue at the academy.

Maybe just, you know, start
pointing myself toward squad.

You should.

I want to stop by the cafeteria

and get like a gallon of hot chocolate

before we head back to .

Mm, great idea. I'll dip my fingers

straight in the thermos
until I feel the circulation.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Ladies.

Chief Hawkins.

Uh, Chief Hawkins, yes, yes.

Chief Hawkins, how... how are you?

I'm okay. Brett,

I need those paramedicine
response times from you.

Oh, sh**t, I knew
I was forgetting something.

I got Tom Jenkins
breathing down my neck.

Yup, sorry. I'll email you soon
as we get back to the house.

If her fingers thaw out first.

The ambo's heater conked out last shift.

We're like two popsicles
inside of an igloo in there.

We're fine. I'll send you those numbers.

Hey, excuse me?

I'm looking for Christopher Herrmann.

He's out on a call.
Anything I can help you with?

Can you relay a message for me?

Of course.

My name is Spiro Stephanides.

I sold my bar to Mr. Herrmann
about ten years ago.

No kidding? I own the bar with him now.

Oh, the best time in my life
was pouring drinks there.

It was called the Bombardier
Lounge back then.

- Molly's now.
- I heard.

In fact, why I stopped by,

I...

I still can't get used to
telling people this...

but I'm on my way to greener pastures.

Doctor says I got about a year to live.

Oh, man, that's...
I'm sorry to hear that.

It is what it is,

but the reason I was coming
to see Mr. Herrmann...

I was wondering,

well, hoping really...

maybe I could get back
behind my favorite bar

and mix a drink or two?

Bartend?

If it's not too much
of an inconvenience,

it'd mean a lot for this old gunslinger.

Well, yeah.

I don't see why not. Sure.

Really?

We're on shift tonight but tomorrow.

Pop in and we'll put you to work.

I'll tell Herrmann.

You have no idea what this means to me.

Thank you.

[WARM DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

What are we making here?

Oh, Elvis sandwiches.

Banana, peanut butter, and honey.

- That sounds pretty good.
- [CHUCKLES]

On toasted butter bread?
Now you're TCB, buddy.

How big am I supposed to make it?

- How big would Elvis want it?
- Pretty big.

There we go, there we go.

Hey.

Kylie, do you think
that Chief has a minute?

Yeah, he's just in there
doing paperwork.

Great.

- King bananas.
- Okay, all right.

Want to see some of that king chop.

Hi-yah!

Chief, you got a second?

Yes. Have a seat.

So, this morning
we had a semitruck accident.

- Truck assisted.
- I saw the report.

They're in your district, right?

Yes, house .

Well, it is my understanding

that their lieutenant is leaving.

That is correct, Lieutenant Boswell.

Right.

Well, I was hoping
that I could take that spot.

I'll be honest,

Truck second shift

is a little bit of a rehab project.

- No, I saw.
- Huh.

They are definitely
a crew of shaggy dogs,

but...

I've always had an affection
for diamonds in the rough.

Have to say that I am
surprised that you are ready

to take this step forward

after what we spoke about before.

Perspective is a funny thing, Chief.

Sometimes you gotta get
out of your own head and

look at yourself
through other people's eyes.

The battalion chief of ,
O'Brien, is a good man.

I will talk to him
and see where his head is at.

He might already have somebody in mind.

If so, I would not want to interfere.

I absolutely understand.

Thank you, Chief.

Thank you.

How was your call?

Had smoke coming out
of the kitchen lightbulb.

Cut the power. Big whoop.

Well, I have some news.

Does the name Stephanides
mean anything to you?

The original owner of Molly's.

The very one.

He stopped by while you were out.

Why?

Actually because he's dying.

Sorry to hear that.

I'm sensing some sarcasm
here I don't fully understand.

Spiro Stephanides sold me a bar

which he did not own all of.

I had to track down his
ex-partner to make things right

which is how the place
ended up being named Molly's.

That doesn't seem like such a bad thing.

Then it turns out
he had an under the table deal

with a mobster for extortion money...

Arthur something or another.

That was a real kick in the balls.

Well...

Don't you remember
Jay Halstead undercover

and the bar nearly
burning to the ground?

That vaguely rings a bell.

[SIGHS]

Oh, no.

What'd you do?

I just agreed to let him
tend bar tomorrow night.

Kind of a last hurrah thing.

- That's it?
- That's all he said.

What's his angle?

That he's dying.

I don't buy it.

The dying part?

All of it.

I did the Polar Plunge

and I was less frozen then
than I am now.

I'm afraid to lick my lips in
case my tongue sticks to them.

[CHUCKLES]

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

So that was pretty awkward.

My tongue?

No, with Hawkins at Med.

Oh.

So I guess you're keeping
all of that a secret?

It's not like we're dating.
We just had a night.

I mean, there might be more nights,

sure, but...

yeah, we're not really talking
about it like it's a thing so.

[PHONE CHIMES]

What?

It's from fleet maintenance.

"Bring the ambulance
to the shops immediately."

Sweet. They must've had an opening.

Who do you guys know?

What?

At HQ, 'cause I got
a form here that says,

"Ambulance cuts
to the front of the line."

Oh, I mean,
we just have a broken heater.

I know, you need a new blower motor.

It's gonna take me an hour to fix it

which means Engine over
there is gonna have to wait.

Oh.

No, you can let them go ahead of us.

- This is a form.
- And that means?

That means I gotta do this right now.

Oh, okay. Sorry.

- Chief Hawkins.
- What?

Bumped us to the front of the line.

Or Boden maybe?

No, I saw EMS Division on the form.

You did?

I didn't ask him to do that.

No, but he took it upon himself

to rig the system for his...

the woman he's involved with.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

Hey.

You get one of these Elvis sandwiches?

I haven't yet.

So there is a lieutenant spot
open on Truck .

The guys we worked with last call?

Yeah. So...

You know, Chief's a solid guy.

The truck needs some leadership.

It'd be a challenge.

- And?
- I told Boden I want it.

You're gonna be a damn good lieutenant

wherever you go.

What about us?

Different houses, different shifts.

We'll make it work like we always do.

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪

[LAUGHTER]

♪

One of these. I'm telling you guys,

you got to feel it in the legs.

I start to feel it in the legs.

Kidd.

[LAUGHTER]

I just got back from talking
to O'Brien at .

I wanted to see the truck myself.

- Mm.
- You're right.

Those firefighters
need an officer with grit.

♪

If you want it,
I'll put the paperwork in.

O'Brien's on board.

♪

I want it.

Then I'll let you know
as soon as the T's are crossed.

♪

[CHUCKLES]

♪

I am sure he was just trying to help

and didn't realize he'd be

inconveniencing a bunch of firefighters.

Yeah, but nobody likes cutters

and the blowback is gonna be on us.

Okay, in Evan's defense...

In Chief Hawkins' defense,

he always goes the extra mile
for his paramedics.

He rounded up all of your patients for

- your paramedicine presentation.
- That's true.

And I heard he got extra
syringes for Ambulance .

That's what I heard.

Okay, listen, you might want
to say something to him

because when people find out
about your thing,

they're not gonna think

he's doing it for all of his paramedics.

They're gonna think he does it for you.

Okay, I will talk to him.

, you are all set.
Got your motor blowing

and your cab should be
a toasty degrees.

- Thanks so much.
- Great.

Sorry, fellas,

I'll get back to your engine now.

[SIGHS] Come on.

Ah, Mr. Herrmann.

It's good to see you again.

- Stephanides.
- Mm-hmm.

Thanks so much for letting me do this.

Uh-huh.

How you feeling?

I have good days and bad.

This is one of the good ones.

- You stuck me with a mobster.
- Herrmann.

- No, he did.
- You're right.

I'm sorry I didn't disclose everything.

Anything.

You got the hell out of dodge
with my life savings

and you left me to clean up this mess.

It took me years to get
this bar into the black.

No, that's on me.

- If it means anything...
- No.

I do like what you've done
to the Bombardier.

This old girl looks better
than she ever did in my hands.

Well, I'm sorry to have bothered you.

I'll get out of your hair
and let you get back to it.

Come on, man.

[SIGHS] What am I doing?

Wait a second.

Let me see you make a Sazerac.

One Sazerac coming right up.

[ENERGETIC MUSIC]

♪

It's like he never left the bar.

♪

All right, you can
work the bar for one night only

but I am not paying you anything.

Thank you, thank you.

I promise you won't regret this.

Hey, Herrmann, two scotch and sodas.

- Yeah.
- Coming right up.

Oh, man, look at this get up.
Lipstick on a pig.

There he is, Stephanides.

Hey, now. [LAUGHTER]

I want a line of sh*ts

and a bucket for when things get ugly.

[LAUGHTER]

The Devil Dogs are in the house.

[ALL HOWLING]

Good to see you, fellas. [LAUGHTER]

What is this?

I might've invited
a few of my old regulars

to come and raise a glass.

- [GROANS]
- Bombs away!

- Uh...
- To the Bombardiers!

To the Bombardiers!

Bombardiers! [LAUGHTER]

Ah, Chief Kinsey, you got a sec?

I'm about to start a class.

That's actually what I came
to talk to you about.

I'm Blake Gallo and I'm dying to take

your vertical rescue course

but the portal says
there's no spaces available.

Yeah, because
there's no spaces available.

That's why I came down,
to see if there's any way...

I can't. Safety rules.

Yeah, I understand.

It's just Kelly Severide
told me to hop in your class...

Severide?

[SIGHS]

Sorry, Gallo,
if I make an exception for you,

there'll be four more behind you.

I can't do it.

Next class is in June.

- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.

Good morning, team.

Half of Molly's was
chain-smoking cigarettes.

And they were knocking
over bar stools like dominoes.

There was a woman dancing on a tabletop

and let's just say that this woman

should not have been dancing anywhere.

It was like circus in Chicago.

[CHUCKLES] Poor Herrmann.

And poor me, okay?

I took my jacket to the drycleaners

and it still smells like an ashtray.

Hey, the cab in
is like a toaster oven.

Don't know how you got her
bumped to the front of the line

but whatever you did, keep doing it.

First shift is damn appreciative.

Oh, yeah, right. We...

- They just had an opening.
- Awesome.

I haven't talked to Evan about this yet,

but I will do it.

I got it.

- You did?
- Truck .

- Paperwork just went through.
- [LAUGHTER]

[WARM MUSIC]

Thank you for never giving up on me.

You kidding me? You're made for this.

When you start?

Next shift.

Wow.

♪

I'm gonna miss .

You're gonna be so busy,

you're not gonna have time to miss .

Yeah.

You're right about that.

Oh, whoa. Morning.

Morning.

I barely saw you last shift.
Must've been a crazy one.

It was. Yeah.

We good?

I get too protective
with the people I care about

and I overstepped the other day.

When I commented on you and Hawkins,

it's none of my business. I'm sorry.

- Thanks, Gallo.
- Yeah.

Yeah, we're good.

Kylie said
you were asking for me, Chief.

Yes.

You are gonna need to find
a new firefighter

for Truck starting next shift.

I want you to look over
a list of candidates,

plus guys from the floater pool.

All right, sorry. Is someone leaving?

I'm sorry. Paperwork just went through.

Stella Kidd.

She will be taking over the
lieutenant spot on Truck .

Oh.

Okay.

There was an opening. She wanted it.

It is my opinion that

she's gonna make one hell of a leader.

Mm, I agree with you, %.

Well, thanks for letting me know.

I will look over the list.

Yeah, it's on Kylie's desk.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪

How'd it go at the academy yesterday?

It didn't. Class is full.

That was a total nightmare.

More of his regulars
kept coming in all night.

Meanwhile the usual crowd,
they headed for the hills.

I don't know if
they're ever gonna come back.

You're always saying we need
to expand our clientele.

Those old goats cleared the
top shelf and the bottom shelf.

That's good, right?

They didn't pay anything.

Stephanides comped them all night.

We got hosed, Mouch.

Hey, Herrmann, I don't know
if you're up to regulation

since around , but I don't think

you're supposed
to allow smoking indoors.

[STAMMERING]

[ALARM BLARES]

Ambulance , person injured.

South Wolcott.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

You sure this is the right address?

- South Wolcott.
- Yup.

♪

Hello? Paramedics.

♪

It's freezing in here.

How is it colder than outside?

♪

I'm over here.

♪

I cut myself.

♪

- What's your name?
- Frank.

Frank, I'm Sylvie. This is Violet.

Let's take a look at that wound.

It looks bad, but you missed
the femoral artery.

Thank God.

We're gonna clean and pack this wound.

I'm gonna give you something
for the pain, okay?

I can't. I'm allergic to opioids.

I break out in hives.

This isn't the first time I cut myself.

Hazard of the job.

Okay, so what do you take for the pain?

♪

- [GROANS]
- Here.

- Thanks.
- Mm-hmm.

Get you some water.

Thank you. [GROANS]

All right, couple of abdominal pads.

All right.

♪

We need to get you on the stair chair.

You think that you can get on your feet

without putting weight on that leg?

Yeah. You taking me to Chicago Med?

Yes.

I got a really big favor to ask you.

Is there any way we can take
the ice sculpture with us?

Uh, Frank, you need stitches.
We don't have...

No, I know but it's for
a wedding near the hospital.

I can get my friend, Gary,
to pick it up and deliver it.

Look, Brad and Tiffany are
gonna get totally screwed

and I'm not gonna get paid.

Please, please, please,
do it for Brad and Tiffany.

♪

Thank you. I really appreciate this.

Hey, it's like a sauna in here.

Can we cut the heater?

Uh, maybe open a window too?

♪

Hey!

Gallo.

Did you drop my name with Chief Kinsey

trying to get into his class?

I didn't drop...
I was just trying to explain...

By asking Kinsey to make exceptions?

Yeah, I was just trying
to go the extra mile.

Stop, stop.

There's a fine line between being driven

and acting like a pain in the ass.

Will you look at this?

- Hey, fellas.
- "Hey, fellas"?

Is that what you have to say to us?

Well, no.

Actually, I came over here to thank you

for making a man's dreams come true.

Last night, I felt like
I was years old again.

Oh, really? When you were ,

did you give all of your buddies

free drinks all night
and then stiff your employers?

Because that's what you did to us.

No, no. I couldn't figure out

how to work your register,
and you were gone

by the time the g*ng
carried me out of there.

Anyway, I didn't want to
leave this just lying around.

First thing you learn in bar school is

there's too many sticky fingers
on the other side of the bar.

So here you go.
That's tips and everything.

♪

That's a lot of green.

$ , .

[STUTTERS]

All right, may...

Maybe I jumped to
some conclusions about...

Don't worry about it.

And so you know, I didn't take a cut.

My gratuity was

just getting to live out
a little of my yesterdays.

So...

thank you again.

Hey, Stephanides.

Are you really dying?

You'll know when the will comes out.

♪

[GROANS]

Thought you got the heater fixed?

Congratulations, Brad and Tiffany.

It takes a while
to get it cranked back up.

Don't ask.

Kidd.

Uh...

I hear you're leaving me for Truck .

I'm so sorry.

I just found out top of shift.

Yeah. I just... I thought...

I mean, my understanding
was that you were looking

to take a step back from leadership.

I was but...

when the call came at me this time,

I just found myself
really wanting to answer.

It just felt right.

Sure, sure.

But, you know... Bad News Bears?

Oh, I'm gonna turn them
into the Yankees.

[LAUGHS] Okay.

[LAUGHTER]

And, listen, I just want to thank you.

You know, I wasn't here when needed

a lieutenant to step in
after Casey left,

and you answered that call.

And I have seen for myself

what a great leader you are on .

And it gives me confidence

to move outside the house knowing that

the truck that I love is in your hands.

♪

You think any of
that rowdy crew will be around?

That was a one night
kind of thing, I assure you.

Molly's will be back to normal.

- Damn it.
- Too bad.

What are you talking about?
Those guys were maniacs.

Yeah, we know.

We hung out with them
after Molly's closed.

They were awesome as hell,

plus they spent like another
two grand at the next bar.

Well, you got their phone numbers?

Text them and you tell them
that Stephanides

will be back behind that bar
Friday nights.

- He will be?
- Yeah, anything's possible.

You can't...

Want to grab breakfast?

Sure. I got nothing but time.

Gallo.

Be at that address, : p.m.
Bring something warm.

Well, I am going straight home

and taking a very warm shower.

How about you?

No plans actually.

Not going to see Evan?

Like I said,
it was just a one night thing.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

Okay, I just want to say that,
while I appreciate you

bumping the ambulance
to the front of the list,

I don't want anyone thinking

that I am getting special favors, okay?

Noted, but I'm really not thinking about

- ambulance heaters right now.
- Noted right back.

♪

There was an injury in Kinsey's class.

Bad news for that firefighter,
good news for you.

If I can get you caught up
on your course work,

he said he could slip you
into that spot.

Really? That's amazing.

So that's what we're gonna do.

Are we cleared to be up here?

Do you want to get into
that class or not?

Did you think to get
his cell phone number?

How many Stephanides
can there be in Florida?

[LAUGHTER]

- Hey.
- Hi.

- Can I grab you for a sec?
- Yeah.

Everything okay?

You're not leaving Truck
to go over to .

I appreciate the thought,
but I have made up my mind.

No.

You are not leaving to go over to

because I am.

Look, when I came to ,
I never expected to find

a permanent house to be a lieutenant.

I just figured it'd be a few
shifts and on down the road.

Pelham.

But I got way more of an education

than just being a lieutenant.

I learned what a house should be.

What a truck should be.

You know, taught me that

a great house isn't just officers

or firefighters, it's both.

Together.

Treating each other
like a second family.

Yeah, and you are
part of that family now.

Well, now I know.

After what I've seen here,

I can carry with me to Truck

and make that into something
to be proud of.

And I may not be able
to make them into the Yankees,

but I'm sh**ting for
the Good News Bears.

Okay, but Boden...

Already cleared it.

♪

At the firehouse, you thanked me,

but I want to thank you.

Look, I wouldn't even be in
the CFD right now

if it weren't for you.

♪

You're not just an inspiration to Kylie

and the girls you train.

I see Gallo look up to you, Ritter...

hell, everyone.

Including me.

I'm just glad I could
keep your seat warm for you.

♪

- [LAUGHTER]
- Come here.

♪

I don't know what to say.

Well...

You don't have to say anything.

Just got to start giving orders.

♪

[LAUGHS]

Yes, sir.

♪

You good, Lieutenant?

♪

Yeah, I'm good.

♪

Good.

♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

[WOLF HOWLS]