Chicago Fire

This is a Randall McHolland original.

A memoir?

- I send it out, see if any publishers are interested.

You put me under review?

- You think this is about your dad suspending him?

You go digging for info now, you're interfering

with an active investigation.

This isn't just about me, Stella.

It's about protecting 51.

Let's you and me do this together.

Lieutenant Kidd does not have access

to the files she requested.

Right.

When I see her next shift, I will let her know.

Hey, in here, come in.

So how much did Hargrave tell you?

She said she offered to hand you the reins at OFI.

- Yeah, that was only to get me out of the Hopkins situation.

Hargrave thinks that it might help squash

the internal review he ordered.

Where's Stella?

- Stella had to take off late last night to Cleveland,

go see Isaiah.

Everything all right there?

- Yeah, his mother had a little setback in her recovery.

Sorry to hear that.

Doc thinks she's gonna be okay,

but Isaiah was a little freaked out.

Before Stella left, she showed me this.

That was dropped off here anonymously yesterday.

Turns out Hopkins and some other firefighter,

Williams, were accused of stealing

some high-end watch in a structure fire back in 1997.

IAD eventually cleared them of any wrongdoing,

but Benny still suspended them for conduct unbecoming

and had them transferred out of 66.

- This explains why Hopkins is coming after you.

- It's retaliation. - More like revenge,

and he's willing to break up 51 to get it.

And there's no way in hell I'm gonna let that happen.

Take it to IAD.

I gotta comb through this file first.

I gotta make sure I understand everything

and everything that happened before I make

a retaliation case to IAD.

Whatever you do, you gotta do it fast.

You don't have much time before IAD issues

their finding in your case.

How much time are we talking about?

A couple of days at most.

Chief.

Lieutenant.

My office.

What is going on, boss?

A lot's happened in the past week

that I haven't been able to read you in on,

but with Stella gone, I could really use your help.

- Absolutely. - Whatever you need.

Shut the door. Come on in.

- Hey, Lucy. - Hey.

I got a bone to pick with you.

What did I do?

You've been here a month,

and I have yet to see you over at Molly's.

Okay, well, I didn't know I was invited.

Oh, yeah, it's 51's bar.

That makes it your bar too.

- Thanks, Herrmann. - It means a lot.

- Two drink minimum, 'cause I got three kids

I gotta put through college.

Okay, all right, all right.

- Hey, Mouch, you getting a jump on a cab inspection?

No, I'm stashing my phone in there.

I have to get it off my person,

or I'm just gonna keep checking it.

You know, I gotta do the same thing

with Annabelle's phone.

- Oh, did she send a memoir out to publishers too?

- Shall I take it that you haven't heard anything yet?

50 query letters and not one reply.

It's a book, Mouch.

You gotta give the publishers some time.

Not everybody reads as fast as I do.

- Didn't it take you two years to read "The Da Vinci Code?"

- I was savoring it. - Huh.

- Now, don't get me wrong, I love to see Molly's killing it,

especially since the Herrmann family is

starting their rebuild soon.

But last night was insane.

I know, right?

It was popping off, as the kids say.

And yet, no Vasquez again.

Yeah.

Speak of the devil.

Hey, Serpico.

We missed you at Molly's last night.

Where were you? Mike's cop bar?

Something like that.

Squad 3, Engine 51, Truck 81, Ambo 61.

Motor vehicle accident, 427 Racine Avenue.

Hey, hey, I saw the whole thing.

This truck, it swerved to avoid a pedestrian

- and then bounced off the curb. - Whoa, slow down.

- What truck? - It's down there.

Back up.

Hey, make some room!

- Hey, back up. - Hey, everybody, back up.

- It's not safe. - Back up!

Hang on, bud, we'll get you out.

Hey, we got a fuel spread.

- It's coming from the truck. - Copy that.

Doherty, let's drop two lines.

Help, please.

Please, please, please, help me.

Please get me out.

- Hey, Herrmann, we got two victims, one in each vehicle.

Squad, struts and cribbing now.

Copy.

Guys, grab the cutters and jaws.

Copy.

Just hang on, all right?

We're gonna stabilize this truck,

and then we'll get you out.

Okay.

- Let's go, let's go! - We gotta move!

- Hey, Herrmann. - Yeah.

You get the victim out of the sedan

- once I give you all set. - Copy that.

All right, 81's ready to go.

30 seconds, Herrmann.

- All right, charge both lines and stand at the ready.

Cokie, stay on the fuel.

Copy!

Struts are set.

All right, Herrmann, you're good to go.

All right, guys, pry that door open.

Hey, bud, can you hear me?

Sit tight. We'll get you out.

Cruz, get me a C-collar and a half-Sked.

- Copy that. Capp! - I'm on it.

There we go. We got it.

- Ballard. - Got it.

How you doing, miss?

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

- Please. - Just nice and easy.

Nice and easy.

Sked. Thank you.

Here you go, Lieutenant.

C-collar, please, thank you.

Novak. Need your help.

- You got it? - Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Hang on.

There you go.

- All right, Cruz. - Sked coming in.

I got it. There you go.

Got you.

- Watch your head. Grab her head. - Got it.

Ready? Three, two, one.

Good job.

- All right, we're gonna pull you up and out of here.

It's gonna hurt a bit, okay? Ready?

Yeah, ready.

- We got a battery arc. - Wash it down.

Wait, no, Mouch!

Hold!

Hey, wait till everybody's clear.

The water's gonna spread all the gas vapors.

One, two, three, go.

- Got him, boys? - 10-4.

We got him, Joe.

All right, get him to the medics.

Got it?

Get way back.

Way back.

- Make some room. - Whoa! Hey.

Come on, come on.

- Clear! - Hit it!

All right, shut it down.

Let's grab some oil-dry, mop all this up.

Keep it out of the drains.

Hey, listen, Mouch.

Mouch.

- Five companies responded to a fire at a shoe store

in Bridgeport: two trucks, two engine, one ambo.

And Benny was the incident commander.

Right, and at some point,

he ordered both Hopkins and Williams

into the jewelry shop next door to check for victims

and fire extension.

Once the operation was over, the owner of the jewelry store

discovered that a watch valued at approximately $50,000

was missing from his back office.

- Well, how did they rule out insurance fraud?

That seems like the obvious explanation.

- Well, it looks like the security footage put the watch

on top of a work table right up to the point where

the firefighters got there and cut the power to the building.

Cameras went dark after that.

Huh.