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Brett: Hey, um, I know I asked for space, and you’ve been really great about that, but it’s been a while, and it’s nice just to talk again, you know?
Casey: Yeah, it is.
Casey: You think I handled it the right way?
Severide: A save like that I might have let it slide, but it’s your call. I wouldn’t second guess yourself as long as your frustration is with Gallo and not something unrelated. You seem a little off lately. Anything going on?
Casey: Nah, all good. How about you? Any particular reason Kidd is staying away from the apartment?
Severide: Nothing that won’t work itself out. It’s all good.
Mouch: I know what all that whispering was about.
Cruz: You do?
Mouch: Yeah, and if you saw it, say it to my face.
Cruz: What are you talking about, Mouch?
Mouch: OK.
Casey: I gave you an order on that call, did I not?
Gallo: You mean about the shutoff. Yes, you told me to take care of it, but I spotted the victim and shutoff wasn’t going to help her. She was already covered in gas.
Casey: The order I’m referring to is when I said no one moves in until I say so.
Gallo: She’d be dead if I didn’t move in right then and there.
Casey: You’re lucky you’re not dead too. Diving in headfirst wasn’t your only option. Forget how to use a radio? Report your situation, call for backup.
Gallo: With all due respect, captain, you know I was quick to act when you hired me. That’s why you hired me, and I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt here. I was operating with information you wouldn’t have.
Casey: Go home.
Gallo: What?
Casey: Pack up and go home.
Gallo: Captain…
Casey: I can’t be your babysitter, Gallo. Come back when you’ve got your head on straight.
Kidd: Sorry, my head’s all over the place.
Brett: I don’t blame you.
Kidd: Everyone warned me that Kelly wasn’t the settling down type, that he would blow this up, somehow, someway.
Brett: But he’s changed so much since you two got together.
Kidd: Does anybody ever really change? What if everything I thought we had together was wrong?
Kidd: I was just thinking would it be possible to put off taking the lieutenant’s test until next year.
Boden: Well, as you know, tests are only scheduled for when there are openings available, so waiting is a gamble.
Kidd: I’m so grateful to you, for your support, and I definitely do see myself getting on that officer track soon. There is just a lot going on right now, and I don’t want Girls on Fire falling through the cracks.
Boden: OK, can you do me a favor? Why don’t you take a few days to think it over?
Kidd: OK, I will.
Colson: I’ve seen this before: Medics swapping out narcotics for something benign, usually saline. How well do you know your new partner?
Brett: You think Gianna Mackey is stealing meds off of the ambulance? No way, no chance.
Boden: Mackey came to us highly recommended by Joe Cruz, who’s known her all her life. If Brett says that she trusts her, so do I.
Colson: I can respect that, but I’m going to have to open up an inquiry, and if this doesn’t get resolved, it comes back on the PIC.
What’d I tell you guys? We’d have luck when we needed it.
Herrmann
Severide: If I hadn’t seen that rescue of Mouch with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it.
Casey: I was not ready for what happened at all.
Severide: They should give you a medal for that drop alone.
Casey: Pretty damn insane yourself with that, what was that thing?
Severide: No idea, I tripped over it in one of the storage units.
Herrmann: Look, um, I spilt my guts enough already today, so I’m not gonna go all Mr. Softie on you again, but um, I’m really glad you were with me in that elevator cart today. I’m not sure if anybody would have made it out otherwise.
Cruz: It felt like someone else was up there too: Otis.
Herrmann: You’re right about that.
Cruz: What if she’s right, Herrmann? What if this world is too tragic to bring a child into it?
Herrmann: No, no, she’s not right.
Cruz: I always wanted a kid, but when Chloe told me, I just felt panic. So much has changed – the pandemic, politics, the whole country is fighting with each other.
Herrmann: Enough, all right. Joe, you listen to me and you listen to me good, this country is not just what’s out there on the news, it starts in a home, in a family. The country your child is going to see, the one that’s going to make them who they are, that is the country of Joe and Chloe Cruz. You two, you got such an energy about the both of you. You make all the people around you light up. You both came from pretty different world, and you made a beautiful happy home, and that is the country that your baby is going to wake up to every day. If you have a solid family, it balances out all the bad out there.
Holly: We’re never making it out of here. We’re not. We’re gonna fall or suffocate.
Herrmann: Holly, let’s talk about something different, OK. You never answered my question about kids. You got any?
Holly: No, what kind of world is this to bring a kid into? No offense.
Herrmann: No, that’s just crazy.
Holly: No, I’m serious. Look around, everything’s fall apart. The runways in Arizona are so hot they can’t even land planes on them. Disease wiped out a gazillion people over the last 12 months. Not to mention half the country hates the other half.
Herrmann: Hey, take it easy.
Holly: After what my sister went through, horrible miscarriage, lost the baby with no warning and almost died. Blew her marriage to smithereens.
Herrmann: Well, uh, when Cindy was pregnant the first time, Chicago had one of those winters that made people want to move to Florida. And uh, she was about six months along, that time when you could feel the baby kick. I remember her pushing my hand on her stomach and that ‘thump, thump.’ And me, supposed to be this tough guy firefighter, me getting tears in my eyes every time. But um, she got the gumption one night to go to her parents for a Sunday night dinner, and there was this big patch of ice on the sidewalk. She just goes down in a heap, right on her belly.
Cruz: Herrmann, I didn’t know, man.
Herrmann: We went to the ER, and I’m all in a sweat, and she just keeps saying, ‘I’m fine. I’m fine. I’m fine.’ And you know what, she was right. And that is the story of my first born, Lee Henry. He’s 21 years old, and he drives me crazy half the time, but he’s a great kid. Joe, you have seen enough of this world to know sucker punches can come from every which way, but there is more good than bad out there. I promise you that.
