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Brett: Do you think I did something to them?
Kidd: Of course not. It’s Violet. I’m sorry to tell you this Violet, but your temporary partner is a jinx.
Brett: What?
Kidd: My shift started great. I made out with Kelly in the car before we headed into the firehouse, then came inside, had a nice cup of coffee, my pictures go up, everything’s hunky dory. Then that’s when Violet arrived.
Brett: Stella, we’ve worked with Violet before, and she’s an amazing paramedic.
Kidd: I will admit. Honestly, I really like her, but there are some people who create a certain kind of jinxy energy, and she’s one of them.
Gallo: You cannot let me to talk to her anymore. All I do is make an ass out of myself. If I open my mouth, just start talking right over me.
Ritter: That seems like it’ll make things even more awkward.
Gallo: But only for you.
Mouch: Young people, I come to you hat in hand. Which one of you would you say is the best TikTok person?
Gallo: That’d be me. Don’t say it’s you. You have less than 2,000 followers.
Violet: And how do you know that?
Ritter: Look, Mouch, it’s not rocket science. If you’re looking to gain more views, you just need to understand how the algorithm works. Why are you interested in this stuff?
Mouch: What am I going to do? My audition’s in two days. Pipes and Drums is my dream and my birthright as a second-generation Scottish-American.
Herrmann: Don’t you ever watch the Voice? Anybody can just walk in there and play a song, but if you really want to get the judges’ attention, you gotta have the best sob story.
Gallo: It was a little hairy back there when the dryer blew.
Casey: Yeah, sure was.
Gallo: Is, um, is everything OK with you?
Casey: Sure, why?
Gallo: There was a moment there in the fire where you looked like, I don’t know, maybe, you lost your bearings.
Casey: That explosion knocked my mask lose. Got some debris in my eye.
Gallo: OK, good. Just making sure you’re OK. Because then outside you seemed…
Casey: I seemed what?
Gallo: Almost like you were rattled.
Casey: What are you asking me, Gallo?
Gallo: Nothing, I…
Casey: When we finish clearing a fire, your job is to do overhaul, not standing around gawking at me and playing junior doctor. Next time those bells go off, I better see you doing your job.
Mouch: I finally got it. Pipes and Drums.
Herrmann: Ah.
Ritter: What’s Pipes and Drums?
Mouch: What’s Pipes and Drums?
Herrmann: It’s the band that plays the funeral marches.
Ritter: Oh right.
Mouch: That’s just the tip of the iceberg. We’re talking parades, baptism, weddings, and the mother of mothers, the Chicagoland Celtic Classic. You see entering the brotherhood is like being appointed to the Supreme Court: It’s a lifelong tenure. So a spot only opens up when someone dies. RIP Bill Maloney Sr.
Ritter: She’s covering this shift while Brett looks for a new partner.
Gallo: Just one shift? Phew.
Ritter: Wow.
Gallo: I like Violet, I do, but the way things ended between us was awkward, and I get weird when I’m around her.
Ritter: Haven’t noticed that.
Gallo: It’s my house. I shouldn’t be the one getting flustered. She should be the one flustering.
Christy: $80,000?
Casey: Yeah, that’s what he offered me.
Christy: Wow.
Casey: I didn’t take it.
Christy: JMD?
Casey: Joelle Meredith Davis, Uncle Jake’s wife.
Christy: She died 50 years before him.
Casey: And he was still carrying around this watch at the end of his life given to him by his first love. He was hung up on her that long. It just didn’t feel right selling it.
Christy: You keep it.
Casey: You sure?
Christy: I think there’s a reason Uncle Jake wanted you to open that box.
Casey: What reason?
Christy: That’ll be for you to figure out.
Diggins: I do not need this thing in my life.
Brett: Uh…
Diggins: And since you signed the paperwork as my second, this puss is now yours.
Brett: Oh no, no, no, no.
Diggins: You are now the legal owner of Veronicat. Best of luck to you. A little tip, you’re gonna want to take home so gauze.
Boden: I got something for you. Talked to Chief Zamos. He owed me. I’m the one who pulled his butt out of the Belmont fire 20 years ago.
Mouch: I don’t know what to say.
Boden: Let me tell you something, Mouch. You are a hero every time you suit up in your bunker gear. And it doesn’t take hijacking some class with younger firefighters for me to recognize it. You know when we’re on scene, I sometimes just catch a glimpse of young Ritter watching you. The admiration on his face, it’s beautiful. He loves you, Mouch. He respects you. And that’s because of the man you are and the job you do.
Mouch: Thanks, chief.
Boden: Give me one good reason why you couldn’t just follow orders.
Mouch: I was with a bunch of 20 year olds. Do you know how many times I get a chance to show off around here, to show the young crew what I can do? I’m never the hero, chief. Haven’t been for a long time. I got a little bit carried away, a little caught up that they were watching me, looking to learn from me. You should have seen them, chief. Everyone impressed that a guy like me had something to show the young firefighters like them. I’m sorry to get you involved, chief. I’ll take the certification again next time it’s offered. I’ll do it their way.
Mackey: At first I was worried about finding my place at a busy house, but I learned I can handle that. But the thing that still gets me is watching you on every call. You’re my connection to Dex. If I lose you, I lose that.
Cruz: Gianna…
Mackey: I know it’s not fair to you. I know. But it’s there.
Cruz: When you first came to 51, I told you working in a busy house was going to help you make a name for yourself. And look, it did. This transfer seems right for you in multiple ways.
Mackey: That’s why I was thinking.
Cruz: Then sincerely I think you should go for it.
