I have cancer.
We have a fight ahead of us.
If the chemo didn't work,
there is not a lot of other options.
Your scan is clean. There's no cancer.
Oh, absolutely not.
Carver?
Morning.
What are you doing here?
Dropping off my toolsso I don't have to double back
all the way to Roscoe after shift.
You got me the job, remember?Reggie's reno.
Yeah, I remember.
'Cause he saidyou were cool with some noise.
Yes, when the sun is up,not at 6:00 a.m.
I'll try to keep it down.
Yeah, don't bother. I'm wide awake now.
Hey, Ritter.
Yeah, yeah, I'm headed to Stan's now.
Yeah, it was, what, four...
four plain glazed,four chocolate, and four...
- Hey.- Hey.
How the hell do you workin here without a door?
It's the one drawback.
Capp's always comingthrough here day and night,
couldn't care less what I got going on.
- Huh.- How are you, Chief?
I'm good. I just, uh,
wanted to let you knowyou have been tapped to serve
on a Homeland Securityanti-terrorism task force.
There's a meeting downtowntomorrow at 10:00 a.m.
What is this task force all about?
No idea, but you'll know more soon.
One of the other liaisonsis coming by in a half hour
to give you a briefing.
Okay, great. I'll be ready.
Do I have my shifts mixed up?
Was I on donut duty?
No, I was. I just forgot.
- Sorry.- Ah.
Mm.
No, wait.
Can I sit now?
Yeah, you gotta be careful.
Some of these chairs are safety risks.
You didn't test mine when I sat down.
You're not about to breakthe CFD shift streak.
- Wait, really?- Yeah.
Oh, that's fantastic news!
Hey, hey, he's aboutto set a new record.
Most consecutive shifts in a row...
perfect attendance.
- Hey.- That's cool, man.
It's not like theygive you a medal for it.
Oh.
You're gonna be theCal Ripken, Jr. of the CFD.
You just gotta get pastthis shift and one more.
Don't do anything dangerous.
You know we're firefighters,right, Mouch?
Mm, oh, this must be my guy.
I got nominated to be on atask force, Homeland Security.
- No biggie.- Wow.
Hey there. Are you looking for me?
I sure am.
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Why didn't you tell me
when you were coming to town, you jerk?
It was kind of last minute.
Oh, Kelly is gonna be so mad.
He's not even here.
He's still in Alabama?
Yeah.
You got me so good.
I thought that you werea task force liaison
I'm supposed to be meeting with.
I am.
It's an inter-departmental task force
comprising multiple cities.
I'm here representing the Portland FD,
and I'm the one who recommended you
be one of the CFD liaisons.
Nice, a boondoggle.
Got yourself a free trip to Chicago.
Look, come say hi to everyone.
They are going to freak out.
Yeah, it's not a boondoggle, Kidd.
This isn't some boringconference we're going to.
The reason it came togetherso quick is because
it's in response to stuffthat's happening in real time.
What kind of stuff?
I'm not supposed to be talking about it
outside of our sessions.
It's not for general consumption.
You got the whole rundown tomorrow.
But as far as everyone elseis concerned,
let them think it's a boondoggle, okay?
Whoa, hey, you can't just say
"stuff that's happening in real time"
and then not give me any details.
I don't really havea choice, sorry to say.
Come on.
- Hey, guys.- Hey!
You're telling me that entire time,
you've never missed a single shift?
I'm not buying it.
I'm gonna need to see thepaperwork on this one, Chief.
Yeah, I'll vouch for him. It's legit.
I didn't even realize it myself
until Capp mentioned it.
I just kept coming to work every day.
Incredible.
So you're acting up. How's that?
I had no ideayou officers worked so much.
I thought all you guyshad to do was yell at people.
You the new guy on Truck?
Sam Carver.
Nice to finally meet you.
Kidd's been telling me all about you.
Mm-hmm, everything.
I tell him everything.
- Uh-oh.- Oh.
Sylvie.
- Hey, Casey.- Hey, Violet.
I should have said something, I know,
but it was so last minute.
How are you?
Living the dream, you know?
- You?- I'm good.
I got roped into this conference...
me and Kidd, actually.
It's the HS thing.
Figure it was perfect timingbecause I get to be in town
for Cindy's "Sayonara Cancer" party.
How awesome for her.
- Yeah.- Hear, hear.
She is gonna flipwhen she sees you there, Casey.
Oh, that reminds me, we gotta fire up
that oven over at Molly's and make sure
the thing's still working.
All right, Cindy's appetite is back,
and the woman is demanding finger food.
Oh, okay, okay.
My vote, absolutely, pigs in a blanket.
Jalapeño poppers.
Spring cleaning?
Oh, uh, yeah.
It's a little out of hand.
How are the boys?
Great.
Ben got accepted to two schools so far.
We're still waitingto hear from a few others.
- That's exciting.- Yeah.
- How have you been?- Um, pretty good.
Yeah, just busywith paramedicine and, uh...
You know what, I'm just gonnaput this out there.
I've been seeing someone.
He's a really good guy.
That's great.
You don't have to feel weird about that.
I knew what it meant to move on,
and I've been seeing someone too.
Yeah?
Yeah, it's not serious yet,but it's getting there,
I guess.
Same.
Well, I'm in town till Cindy's party.
I'd love to catch up.
Are you going to Molly's after shift?
Uh, no, I have...
I have plans,but maybe on the later side?
I'll be there all night.
Great.
I'll take this. Boop.
I can't believe you just did that.
Ritter, did you know there'sa citywide noise ordinance
from 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.?
How many times do I have to apologize?
I'm missing something.
Violet's neighborhired me to do some work.
On my recommendation,which I would not have given
had I known you'd be waking meup at all hours of the night.
- 6:00 a.m.?- That's what I'm saying.
All good?
Yeah, why?
You just been really quiet this morning.
Ah, no, it's... I didn't getmuch sleep last night.
Squad 3, Truck 81, Ambo 61,
person trapped, 1414 South Wood Street.
Oh, look at that.
Thank God you're here.
My husband, Jerry, was under the house
working on some plumbing.Right down there.
All right, ma'am, just stand back. Capp.
Stand by.
I'm gonna go down and check it out.
Copy that.
Fire department. Call out.
I'm over here.
Ah, you've gotta get me out of here.
That's the plan.
Don't make any sudden movements okay?
Please.
All right, we gotta gear up.
We need coats, hoods, SCBAs.
There's a swarm of bees down there.
What?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Lieutenant, you okay?
Yeah, I'm good.Just a couple bees stings.
Bees? Tony's allergic to bees.
I'm fine.That's what we have EpiPens for.
Ah, forget it, Tony. Wait in the squad.
The victim's hand is caught in a pipe.
He pulled it back too fastwhen the bees swarmed him,
so it's caught in there pretty good.
Doesn't smoke calm down bees?
I'm not bringing an openflame into that crawlspace.
Yeah.
You could freeze them out.
My dad kept bees.
It was a retirement hobby.
The smoke thing is true,
but they don't like the cold, either.
CO2 extinguishers.
Worth a try. Go grab them. All right.
Squad,
- I need a vent on the bravo side.- Mm-hmm.
So we'll get the victim from below.
You find the other endof that pipe inside the house,
- cut it for us.- You got it. Squad.
All right, Gallo, Carver,
we're gonna bucket brigade this.
So Gallo, you're with me.
Carver, you're in the middle. Let's go.
- Copy.- Ma'am.
Hey, Capp, cut an access point there.
Copy.
Ah, damn it.
Okay.
- Hey, let me get that Sawzall.- Yeah.
All right, this'll helpwith the spray coming in.
- Okay. Okay.- All right?
Yeah?
Carver, extinguisher!
Copy.
All right, go!
- Okay, we're good!- Yeah.
Okay.
Almost there.
Cruz, you're looking for a 4-inch PVC.
Yeah, I got it.
All right, Kidd, you're clear.
There we go.
All right, let's get you out of here.
Okay.
The burning sensationshould go away in a few hours,
but the swellingshould go down in a few days.
Normally, I'd recommendsome Advil and an ice pack,
but there's so many stings,
sometimes there's a delayed reaction,
and I think we should take himto Chicago Med for observation.
Ah, there we go.
I'll meet you at the hospital.
I don't wanna say I told you so,
but we're hiring a plumber.
- Morning, ma'am.- Hi.
- Can I help you with anything?- Maybe.
Is this where Blake Gallo works?
Yeah.
His truck is on a call,but you're welcome to hang out
and wait for him to get back.
Oh, um, no, no, that's... that's okay.
Can I pass along a message?
Yeah, um, just tell him...
tell him I'm staying atthe Travelodge on Harrison.
Okay.
Your name?
Lacey.
He'll know who I am.
Thanks.
Should we listento the rest of the podcast
on the way home?
They make a pretty compelling argument
about the Avril Lavigne clone.
Yeah, sure.
Why wouldn't he tell mehe was coming to town?
Well, it sounds likethis Homeland Security thing
came up pretty fast.
And didn't you guys agree to ease up
on communication 'cause talkingall the time was too hard?
Yeah, I thought it wouldcreate some distance,
and then he shows up at the firehouse
when I thought he was 2,000 miles away.
That was quite the surprise.
If I'd known he was coming,
I could have at least mentally prepared.
All I'm saying is, bees arean admirable, selfless insect.
Tell that to the guywith a dozen welts on his arm.
He was disturbing their hive.
- They were defending their home.- Hey, I get it.
If somebody came after 51,I'd sting their ass too.
Hey, Gallo.
Hey.
Some woman came by lookingfor you earlier.
Lacey?
- Seriously?- Yeah.
And she gave me the nameof the hotel she's staying at.
Do I wanna ask?
She's my... she's my aunt, technically.
Technically?
I don't rememberthe last time I saw her,
but all of a sudden,she's blowing up my phone,
trying to reconnect,and now she comes here?
I'm sorry you had to deal with this.
I'm gonna take care of it.
One more shift, so don't doanything stupid this weekend.
Accidents can happen with anything.
It's true... cars, bikes.
Boats, trees, lawnmowers.
You know, maybe it's better if you just
don't leave your house for a few days.
You guys are really annoying.
Oh! Hey, hey, hey!
- Whoa!- See?
- Sorry, guys.- Danger is all around,
and if you don't make itthrough next shift,
that record will remainin Rutledge's hands.
Rutledge, the guy you hadthe little prank thing with?
It was not some little prank thing.
It was one of many battlesin a career-long war.
I know a lot of youseare wondering why you're here.
So let me bring someone upthat can give us all
a little background,someone that a lot of us
already know and respectbecause he used to be CFD.
Captain Matt Casey,it's good to see you back.
Thanks, Chief Walker.
It's good to be back.
It's true.
I was CFD for a long, long time.
But for the last couple of years,
I've been working out west
with the Portland Fire Department.
As most of you probably know,the Pacific Northwest
has been the site of severalrecent terrorist attacks
on the electrical gridby unknown actors.
Two weeks ago, I was incident commander
on a fire in an abandoned building
just outside Portland.
During overhaul, we discoveredsuspicious documents,
so we got the FBI involved.
Turns out the building was connected
to an anti-government organization.
The evidence we foundsuggested they may be planning
infrastructure attacksin several major cities
across the U.S., includingright here in Chicago.
Now, the folks at Homeland Security
are telling me it's nota specific threat as of yet.
They want to establish a network
of first responder liaisonsin all the target cities
to help disseminate intel as it arises.
Here's Chris McManus from DHSto explain how it'll work.
Blake, I'm so glad you came.
Wow, you look so... you're so grown up.
Well, it's been 16 years, so.
It has.
There's a nice place next doorif you wanna grab some brunch.
I'm not hungry.
Okay, well...
You know, actually, like,kind of on a schedule.
So, uh, why are you here?
Well, it's sort of a long story,
but I guess the main thing is,
is I'm trying to get back on track.
Yeah, trying to get backto the me before the fire.
I went down a bad path.
There was lots of drinking, drugs,
things that I am not proud of,
but I have been cleanfor a few months now.
I'm glad to hear that.
Yeah, I'm in a program,trying to make amends.
So I'm just a box to tick?
No!
Oh, no, no, Blake, it's not like that.
Blake, I have regretted leaving you
every day since I did.
But when it happened,when... when your mom died,
my sister, I kind of lost my mind.
I didn't know what to do.I was so scared.
I knew you were safe stayingwith your Uncle Carmine.
I didn't... I didn't know Uncle Carmine.
But my Aunt Lacey?
She took me to the movies.
She sat with me in churchwhere we giggled
and we drew cartoons and...
I knew her.
I just thought it was betterif I stayed away.
Stayed away? You disappeared.
You disappeared on me.
I lost everyone.
And you disappeared.
I was 23.
- I was a kid.- No, no, I was a kid.
All right, I guess you... yousaid everything you needed to.
Wait, wait, just wait.
Here, just take this.
There's a storage unitnext to your old house.
I came back to clean it out.
I was hoping you'd help me, but it's...
You should look through it.
There's lots of your mom'sold stuff there.
I am so sorry, Blake.
You know, you should feel honored.
The last time I went to a play
was because my sister was in it.
Oh, yeah?
She played Toto in "Wizard of Oz."
Um, can I see that?
Yeah.
How about you?You do any theater growing up?
Uh, once in high school.I was Laurey in "Oklahoma!"
Oh, yeah?
Oh, this play is three hours long.
But I hear it's excellent.
It goes by like that.
Seriously, great reviews.
Whoa, hey, hot plate coming through.
Look out.
All right, guys, mini corn dogs.
See what you think.
I'm auditioning them for Cindy's party.
Hey, can we get some without toothpicks?
Just playing it safe.
What do you think?
All right.
You better chew at least 20 times.
Those weenies are a choking hazard.
Here's one on the house
for the keynote speaker, Mr. VIP.
Yeah, yeah.
I am serious.
Listen, you're obviouslymaking big impressions
on important people.
What I don't get is why you think anyone
would want me involved in this thing.
The DHS guys need firstresponders they can trust,
and I can't thinkof anyone more trustworthy.
- For real?- Mm-hmm.
Oh, man, do we miss you.
I miss you guys too.
- You know what would be fun?- What?
You should do a ride alongon Truck for old time's sake.
We'll let you kick in a door,put out a pot of meat.
Ah, I like it.
All right.
Any idea when Brett's due?
Is she coming?
I thought she was out with a friend.
Oh, Dylan? Yeah.
- I know all about him.- Mm.
I heard you got somebodykeeping you busy out there too.
What's her name?
Ah, it's not that serious.
Who said it had to be seriousas long as you're having fun?
Are you?
Sure.
Oh, there isn't anybody, is there?
I'm out there,but nothing really sticks.
Mm, well, why is that?
Why do you think?
That worked so well when you were trying
to fix your garbage disposal.
Yes, I almost had that.
I walked in on you shovinga broom handle down the drain.
That's what Google said to do.
I can fix it. Just tell me what to do.
How about I swing by and have a look?
Thank you.
It's better not to risk itwith electrical stuff.
Oh, yeah, and you justdon't think I can do it.
Not what I said.
Calling it a night?
Yeah.
Whoa, whoa, why don't you wait a bit
and grab a ride with us?
Nah, I'll just call an Uber.
Is everything okay with him?
Every time I ask, he says he's fine.
Uh, it's family stuff, I think.
I thought his family wasn't around.
What's the story there?
Uh...
There was a fire when he was a kid...
at 12, I think.
Yeah.
And the fire company that responded,
they were able to pull him out,but everyone else...
mom, dad, little sister...
He lost them all?
And the guy grows upto be a firefighter.
How about that?
It's how he processed all that pain,
turned it into something good.
Yeah, I wonder what's rattled him now.
No way.
♪ We wish you a Merry Christmas ♪
♪ And a happy new year ♪
Merry Christmas, Mom.From Madeline and Blake.
Gallo, toss me the WD-40.
- Gallo?- Huh?
- I got it.- Oh, uh, sorry.
All right, let's get thesecompartments packed up and...
well, well, well.
Matt Casey reportingfor duty, Lieutenant.
Gentlemen, we have ourselvesa new candidate.
Remember, hazing is frowned upon.
So don't do it in front of Chief Boden.
Understood.
All right, go ahead, get settled in.
I think you know your way around.
Yeah, I think I do.
What happened?
You look two days from death.What is it?
- Food poisoning.- Oh, no, no, no, no, no!
Herrmann, did you even checkthe expiration date
on those corn dogs?
Oh, this ain't on me.
The serving sizewas three dogs, all right?
He ate the whole pan.
So 40 mini dogs is the sameas, I don't know,
eight regular hot dogs?
You shouldn't get sick from that.
Yeah, you should!
What kind of hot dogs do you eat?
I swear Javi is a foot tallerevery time I see him.
Same, and I see him every day.
Oh, man, look at that smile on Otis.
Yeah.
I took Griffin and Benkayaking on Timothy Lake.
Oh.
It's really gorgeous.
Caught a bunch of trout.
Oh, man, that looks like a blast.
Yeah, it really was.
Wow.
So how do you like being the boss?
I'm not gonna lie,it's pretty cool, actually.
I still haven't figured outthe work-life balance.
This job is all-consuming.
No doubt.
Leadership requires a lot of sacrifice.
So does family.
There's always a price to pay.
But it sounds like you're goodat the lieutenant stuff.
If it's something you wanna pursue,
I'm sure you'll find your way.
Let's go, drills, app floor.
I'm not wearing that.
You are if you don't wannaget written up.
Move!
Whoa.
Candidate!
Come on, pick it up, 81.
Are you really gonnalet this Portland FD clown
beat you again?
Done.
I am disappointed.
That was four times in a row.
He holds the house record.
All right, I'm gonna have to get in here
and give you some real competition.
You're on after lunch.
Mm.
Don't think I've seen that before.
Yeah, I just found it.
It was my mom's.
It's nice.
We trip a breaker? What happened?
- Ah!- Turn those off.
- Why?- Tony is convalescing.
What's wrong?
All right, that's it.I'm calling in a floater.
- No!- I have to.
It's my responsibilityas acting lieutenant.
He'll be fine.
Remember when he broke a toein the middle of a call
and didn't miss a beat?
Or when he got hitby that drunk bicyclist?
A little food poisoningwon't take him out.
He's just conserving energy.
I need to hear it from you.
If we... if we get a call, I will rally.
The idea is to giveyour firefighters a leg up
in case they respondto one of these attacks
or maybe even get a chanceto prevent one in progress.
Is there a time frameon this kind of threat?
I don't think so.
It's all pretty vague.
I'm hoping it's justempty bluster, but...
But we all know what thesesort of people are capable of.
When I saw Chicagoon that list of target cities,
I had to get involved.
Mm.
This is still home in a lot of ways.
Yeah, so...
When are you coming back?
Ben will be off to college next year.
I'd love to return,
but some things haveto fall into place first.
Like?
Truck 81, person trapped,650 South Wayman.
That's me.
Yeah, go get them.
So we had an arrest warrantfor the boyfriend
of one of the residents, wantedfor a string of robberies.
Idiot bailed out of the windowwhen we knocked
on his girlfriend's door.
Help!
We need to move all thesecop cars out of the way
so we can deploy the aerial.
All right, Carver, help them.
Copy.
Hurry, please!
Lieutenant, I think I can grab him
- from the fourth floor.- Yeah, do it.
- Yeah.- Help!
Fire department!
Hey, please.
I got you, all right?
All right. All right, bud.
What's your name?
- Joel.- All right, Joel.
Well, if you just hang onfor a second longer,
I got you, all right?
Ah!
Come on.
Mouch! Hurry it up with that aerial.
- Right.- Come on, don't let go.
I'm not gonna let go.I'm not letting you go.
Please!
On three. One, two, three.
Don't drop me!
So what'd you think?
We give your new companya run for their money?
Yeah, come see for yourself.
We got a muster in June.
Hey, that save back therewas something special.
No, I was just doingwhat had to be done.
Yeah, but not a lot of peoplecould have done that.
Not a lot of firefighterscould have done that.
You're getting to beone hell of a smoke-eater.
Thanks, Captain.
Hmm, the Gallo I know would have
post-gamed that call all the way home.
We made the save, nothing to post-game.
It messed me up whenmy brother resurfaced.
I was distracted at work,couldn't sleep,
said and did things I regret.
I wasn't myself.
Ritter and Violet told meyou might be in a similar boat.
My aunt, out of nowhere,
wants to make niceafter all these years.
I've been angry for a really long time.
That doesn't just go away.
I get it,
but not everyonetries to fix their mistakes.
If she really wantsto be a part of your life,
that's not somethingto take for granted.
So how do we make this official?
I'll get the word outthrough my union buddies.
They'll put it in the monthly bulletin.
But I might swing by 40,
break the news to Rutledge myself.
I cannot wait to see his face.
How should we celebrate?
Sleep and a tub of antacid.
Oh, hey, 7:00.
Get ready to rage.It's sayonara, cancer.
Cindy has requesteda specialty margarita menu
and Blondie on the speakers.
Hey.
You stay home, all right? Rest.
Cindy will understand.
Yeah, no, I'll be there.
Oh, all right.
Yes!
- Squadzilla!- My guy.
What are you supposed to dowith the... with the red wire?
Carver didn't label a red wire.
And you don't have a red wire.
If you had a ceiling fan.
That's what would power the motor,
but with this light, you don't need it.
Oh.
Guess I really didn'tneed your help after all.
How about this?
I'll hold it up therewhile you screw it in.
That way, you can still saythat you installed it.
Fine.
Here we go.
Seager must be bummed with you spending
all your extra time here.
If it were me, I'd bepretty jealous of Reggie.
No, that's long over.
Oh?
Yeah, it was just a short, casual thing.
No jealousy there.
Huh.
There's one screw left.I think I got it from here.
Are you sure? It's no bother.
Yeah, no, no, I got it, thanks.
You should probably get back to work.
All right.
See you tonight at the thing?
- Yeah, absolutely.- Nice.
♪ Once I had a love and it was gas ♪
♪ Soon turned out had a heart of glass ♪
♪ Seemed like the real thing,only to find ♪
♪ Mucho mistrust... ♪
You gotta be kidding.
Chief to you.
Oh, boy.
Hey, pal, move it along.
I am so glad you could make it.
I'm so glad you could make it, Cindy.
Hey, you're not leavingalready, are you?
Yeah, I promised Dylan thatI would meet him at his bar.
It was really good to see youback in action at 51, Matt,
even if it was just forone shift and as a candidate.
Safe travels tomorrow.
Well, it was goodto see you, too, Sylvie.
Real good.
Sorry, Carver, no bourbon tonight,
strictly margaritas only...
Cindy's orders.
Fine, I'll do whatever Gallo's doing.
All right, two sweetand spicies coming up.
So I've been thinking about it.
You know what?
That save was really awesome.
- There he is.- No, I just had it in my head.
I couldn't stop thinking,I can't let go, I can't let go.
And then Casey comes out of nowhere
like Captain America.
He's...
My aunt's at a bar in Logan Square.
Damn it.
- You want me to come?- No, thanks.
Hey, it's Lacey.
Leave a message.
Hey, it's me.
I'm almost thereif you wanna come outside.
I'll see you in a second.
No, no.
No, no, no.