CHICAGO FIRE – A PROBLEM HOUSE (S02E01)
Kelly Severide: Uh, these are the last of the bills we need to split
Leslie Shay: Aw, that’s sad.
Kelly Severide: So how’s the hunt for new digs going?
Leslie Shay: Good, good. I mean, it will be. I haven’t really officially
Kelly Severide: Shay, we have to be out of there by the 15th.
Leslie Shay: I know. I’ll make it work. Did you and Renee find a
Kelly Severide: Closing in on one. It’s got a-a perfect baby room,
right next to the master.
Leslie Shay: You said the baby’s, um, coming on Thanksgiving,
Leslie Shay: [clears throat] Well, it’s just that, um… Renee left
February 9th. So when was the last time you guys…
Kelly Severide: February 9th.
Leslie Shay: Exactly. So the due date should be the first week in
Kelly Severide: Shay, look, look, look. I know this sucks for you.
You wanted to have a baby, and I have one without
Leslie Shay: No, it’s not about that.
Kelly Severide: I get it. But it’s not Renee’s fault or mine. And-and
for you to imply that it-it’s not mine… tell you-tell
you what, I’ll handle these. See you back at the
Gabby Dawson: How’s the apartment hunt going?
Leslie Shay: Oh, you know, better than telling Kelly I didn’t think
Renee’s due date added up.
Leslie Shay: Yeah. You can imagine how he took it.
Gabby Dawson: And this has nothing to do with you and a baby
Leslie Shay: [sighs] I’m past all that, all right?
Joe Cruz: Good to be back?
Matt Casey: Better than good.
Chief Boden: (into radio) Main, we have a 2 ½ story fully involved.
If you wanna get a line in that basement, let’s get a
primary search started immediately.
Matt Casey: We’ll vent the roof and start in the basement.
Kelly Severide: We’ve got the main floor.
Chief Boden: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Do you smell…
Matt Casey: Cruz, Herrmann, Otis, up the aerial to vent. Candidate,
Kelly Severide: Hey, 51, follow us in with the light. Capp, stay with
Engine Firefighter (Velez): Herrmann, Otis, a little help?
Kelly Severide: That smell’s still here.
Matt Casey: Yeah. Diesel?
Matt Casey: (into radio) There’s no one down here. It’s an inferno,
(over radio) We’re heading back the way we came.
Chief Boden: (over radio) Copy that.
Ferraris, Come on, let’s go, go.
Kelly Severide: Anybody in here?
Harold Capp: Hey, I got nothing. Where is she?
Kelly Severide: Check the hallway.
Harold Capp: Fire department. Call out!
Kelly Severide: (into radio) Mayday, mayday! I’m trapped in the
Chief Boden: Mouch, let’s move.
Kelly Severide: (over radio) The stairs are gone.
Chief Boden: (into radio) I need a charge, 1 ¾ at the stairs.
Kelly Severide: Down here!
Chief Boden: Okay. Lower it down!
Kelly Severide: All right, on!
Chief Boden: One, two, three, pull!
[men groaning & grunting]
Chief Boden: Hey. Come on.
Leslie Shay: Let’s get him down. You okay?
Kelly Severide: Yeah, I’m okay, I’m okay.
Chief Boden: [exhales & sniffs]
Kelly Severide: [exhales]
Leslie Shay: Are you sure you’re okay?
Kelly Severide: Yeah, yeah.
Peter Mills: There’s no one in there, Chief.
Kelly Severide: 1751. That’s my badge number.
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Mouch: Sorry, Mari. We got a call.
Christopher Herrmann: Oh, this is Mari! What took you so long,
Mouch: Mouch… it’s a nickname. It’s…
Otis Zvonecek: Welcome. We’re so glad to have you.
Mouch: Uh, this is Otis. This is, uh, Mills, Herrmann. That’s Joe Cruz
Joe Cruz: This man has had a smile on his face since the day you
Mouch: Come on, I’ll show you around. Oh, uh, Mills, Mari and I are
Mouch: We’re making butajiru.
Peter Mills: Bubutu what?
Christopher Herrmann: Okay.
Hey, I’m not eating any raw fish.
Matt Casey: Yeah, some Royals have started tagging. The numbers
could just be a coincidence.
Kelly Severide: [exhales] It has to be, right?
Matt Casey: We’ll keep an eye out.
Kelly Severide: Hey, how was fishing?
Matt Casey: It was good. Jumpin’ in the boat. Got my head cleared,
Kelly Severide: That’s good, man.
Matt Casey: Yeah. You seen Boden?
Kelly Severide: Said he got called to headquarters.
Woman 1: Coffee or some water? I’m sure I can get some…
Chief Boden: Sorry I’m late.
Woman 1: Please have a seat.
I wanna thank you all for coming, Chiefs. I know you’re
anxious to get back to your firehouses so I will keep this
as brief as I can. My name is Gail McLeod. And I’ve been
hired by the State Fire Marshal’s office to rein in the
disbursement of state money to the Chicago Fire
Department. Now, I have been charged with creating a
more streamlined and automated CFD, and reducing
expenditures by 10%. So, first we will be installing and
training you on a new system that we’re calling
Man 1 (Chief Raglund): The Wizard?
Woman 1 (Gail McLeod): [chuckles] I know, great name, right? But
‘The Wizard’ will monitor things like
apparatus fuel efficiency, man power
distribution, overtime approval. That alone
will save this department nearly 4% a
Chief Boden: Yeah, we save 4%, but we lose the ability to make the
best decisions for our men.
Woman 1 (Gail McLeod): What makes you think that you make the
Chief Boden: Have you ever run into a burning building, Ms.
McLeod? ‘Cause I was in one less than an hour ago,
where we barely saved one of our own. In fact, have
you ever grabbed a burn victim? Tried to pull him to
safety, but had the skin of his arm come off in your
own glove? ‘Cause I have. We all have.
Woman 1 (Gail McLeod): No, Chief. I’ve never done any of that. But
I do have to make very, very difficult
decisions. Like this morning when I told
Firehouse 33 that it was closed,
permanently. Now, to cover the additional
6% that we do need to cut, I am going to
have to close down two more houses.
You’re here… because your house is on
Okay, um, sign ups for training on the
Gabby Dawson: Um, Herrmann and Otis are driving me crazy with
this whole Game Day thing, and it would be really
nice to not talk about how we’re all going down
in flames, so… Tomorrow night? I’ll buy.
Matt Casey: That’ll be great.
Gabby Dawson: It’s really good to have you back.
Peter Mills: Smells good.
[slurps] Wow. That is amazing.
Mouch: I’ve never eaten so good. I come in, there’s noodles, there’s
rice, there’s little chopped up fish.
Christopher Herrmann: Holy mother, it’s good. Wow.
Chief Boden: Okay everybody, listen up. The state of Illinois, in all
its wisdom, has brought in a consultant to make
recommendations on firehouse closures.
Christopher Herrmann: What?
Chief Boden: 51 is on that list.
Chief Boden: To be certain that it doesn’t happen here, we are
gonna tighten up, not give ‘em a reason to even look
in our direction. Does everybody understand?
Joe Cruz: Meaning what, Chief?
Chief Boden: Meaning that the trucks and the gas will be
monitored. So no more side trips to go and get ice
cream. You will also be required to join a wellness
program, or you will pay higher premiums.
Christopher Herrmann: This is insanity, Chief.
Mouch: Yeah, according to these wellness doctors, I’m technically
Matt Casey: The Union’s not gonna stand for this.
Christopher Herrmann: Actually, I heard douchbag Greg Sullivan is
running for Union president.
Christopher Herrmann: Ugh… I know him from bowling league.
And let me tell you, he’s no fireman’s
Chief Boden: Regardless, we lock it down starting now.
Matt Casey: You got it, Chief.
Chief Boden: You’re gonna have some new faces soon, from the
house that’s already been closed. Everybody keep an
Leslie Shay: How’s Casey?
Gabby Dawson: Um, first I saw him was this morning, but he
Gabby Dawson: And… he needs a friend.
Leslie Shay: He needs something, all right.
Victim 1 (Tyrelle): [grunts]
Victim 1 (Tyrelle): [gasps]
Gabby Dawson: Multiple gunshot wounds.
Victim 1 (Tyrelle): Get off me. Don’t leave me here.
Patrol Officers: Stop! Stop the car!
Gabby Dawson: Hey, hey, need some help here!
Patrol Officers: On the ground! Get on the ground! Don’t you move!
Gabby Dawson: He’s circling. One, two, three, four bullet holes.
Patrol Officers: Freeze! Stop right there!
Leslie Shay: Try to get a line in.
He’s not breathing. I’m gonna tube him.
I’m losing him. Starting CPR.
[whispering] Come on… damn it.
Patrol Officers: All right, call it in.
Gabby Dawson: You couldn’t have walked him into the ER?
Leslie Shay: Dawson, don’t.
Chief Boden: How you doing, Peter?
Peter Mills: Fine, Chief.
Well, I just wanna make you aware, one of the new
firefighters coming over from 33… He’s gonna be
Peter Mills: Sounds good. Anything else?
Chief Boden: Nope. That’ll be all.
Joe Cruz: So what happened?
Leslie Shay: Drive-by drop off, gurney completely destroyed.
Joe Cruz: How do you replace a gurney?
Leslie Shay: Uh, we took one from Lakeshore.
Kelly Severide: Hey, Renee, it’s-it’s Kelly. Listen, um… give me a
call when you get a chance. All right, love you,
Mouch: Transfers from a closed house is never good. They were
Peter Mills: Do you really think 51 is in danger?
Matt Casey: We just gotta keep doing our jobs. We’ll be fine.
Mouch: Will you look at this?
Christopher Herrmann: Who’s running against him?
Christopher Herrmann: We deserve what we get then.
Matt Casey: Hey, Heather.
Matt Casey: Just wanted to get a jump on these.
Heather Darden: How you doing?
Matt Casey: Ready for normalcy.
Heather Darden: Good. That’s all you can hope for right now.
Matt Casey: Yeah, I know.
Heather Darden: I can’t believe it’s been a year.
Heather Darden: Sylvie and Shylah are taking me out to, uh, happy
hour, just to get my mind off of it.
Heather Darden: We’re going to McIntyre’s on Michigan, if you
wanna come. They already said to plan on
Matt Casey: [chuckles] I’m on shift. But I’ll definitely try to drop by.
Heather Darden: Thanks, Matt. For everything.
Matt Casey: Andy would’ve done the same for me.
Heather Darden: Hey, breakfast is almost ready.
Matt Casey: Ben, how you doing? Hey, Griffin, how you doing?
Griffin Darden: I’m not hungry.
Heather Darden: Griffin Darden…
Griffin Darden: I’m not hungry!
Heather Darden: Ah, it’s the shirt. Anything related to the fire
Matt Casey: I’m sorry. I didn’t realise you…
Christopher Herrmann: I’m telling you guys, we’re gonna get
Otis Zvonecek: Your optimism is always inspiring.
Gabby Dawson: You know, my aunt, she used to be this secret
shopper for her company. She’d go in,
completely anonymously, check on the customer
service, and report back.
Christopher Herrmann: And?
Gabby Dawson: We need a secret shopper to go check out Game
Joe Cruz: Yeah, good by me.
Christopher Herrmann: Don’t try to big dog it. Just go over there
Joe Cruz: I know how to walk into a bar.
Christopher Herrmann: What?
Joe Cruz: I’m not going out of pocket on this.
Christopher Herrmann: Wow. I want an itemised receipt.
Matt Casey: Excuse me, uh, do you guys accept game day
Antonio Dawson: Keep your elbows up, you’ll get into a better flow.
Peter Mills: Hey, what’s happening, Antonio?
Antonio Dawson: You know, staying out of trouble.
Hey, we’re good, right? You know, it didn’t work out
Antonio Dawson: Yeah, we’re good. A little battle of the badges is
coming up. We’d be a good match.
Antonio Dawson: Unless you’re fighting for the CPD, of course.
Peter Mills: What’s that mean?
Antonio Dawson: I saw your name on the applicant list.
Peter Mills: Yeah, that… I was in a bad place, man.
Antonio Dawson: Cool. It stays between us. You’d make a hell of a
Gabby Dawson: So… how was it?
Matt Casey: Fish were biting. It was, uh… Thank you. It was a great
Gabby Dawson: That was my dad’s favourite spot.
Hey, Matt. [exhales] You know… you know there
are no expectations here, right? We’re friends.
Great friends. And I’m happy being in your life as
Matt Casey: You’ve always been there for me.
Gabby Dawson: Yeah. That’ll never change.
[exhales] I just want you to know, I have had the best time.
Best time. And I’ll come to Osaka as soon as I have
Mari: In my culture, men with narrow eyes are destined to do great
things. You are destined for greatness.
[crowd cheering, music blasting]
Man 2 (Jay Halstead): Hey, uh, can I please send a couple Long
Island ice teas to the ladies in the corner?
Gabby Dawson: Long Island ice teas? What do you think this is,
spring break at Jersey Shore? 15-year Scotch is
Man 2 (Jay Halstead): Is that right?
Gabby Dawson: I mean admittedly, I don’t-I don’t know about those
girls, but most women prefer a man who knows
Man 2 (Jay Halstead): Yeah?
Man 2 (Jay Halstead): What are they drinking now?
Gabby Dawson: Uh… [laughs]
Man 2 (Jay Halstead): That’s what I thought. Three Long Island ice
Gabby Dawson: Coming right up.
[distant cheering, music]
Christopher Herrmann: We’re open till 2:00.
Man 2 (Jay Halstead): Scotch.
Christopher Herrmann: No discount on that.
Joe Cruz: You got nothin’ to worry about.
Otis Zvonecek: What do you mean?
Joe Cruz: It’s stale and bland and corporate. They put on a big
show tonight, but tomorrow Game Day is gonna look
like another bad date with a hangover.
Christopher Herrmann: Yeah. Yes, we’re gonna be fine.
Joe Cruz: [chuckles] Here, I forgot a receipt.
Christopher Herrmann: Chop, chop, guys.
Christopher Herrmann: Severide, we got trouble! Get out here!
Christopher Herrmann: Your car!
Kelly Severide: What the hell?
Christopher Herrmann: Totalled.
Matt Casey: You smell that? Same chemical.
Kelly Severide: [sighs] Yeah, now we know.
Man 3: Whoa. You guys make your own fires around here [chuckles]
Matt Casey: You must be the new guys.
Man 3 (Lt Spellman): I’m Lieutenant Spellman, this is Clarke. Wish it
were under better circumstances.
Matt Casey: I’m Casey. This is Severide. Nice to meet you.
Man 4 (Jeff Clarke): Jeff Clarke, sir.
Matt Casey: We both smelled the same thing there and at the
Chief Boden: Come on in, Clarke.
Man 4 (Jeff Clarke): Pardon the interruption, sir. But, um, I found
Man 4 (Jeff Clarke): That coil holds a Styrofoam cup filled with
something like brake fluid, uh, sitting on an
oxidiser. It’s a homemade accelerant.
Chief Boden: How do you know all this?
Man 4 (Jeff Clarke): I’ve seen it before.
Chief Boden: Okay. We bring in arson investigation and CPD.
Christopher Herrmann: Who put these up? First watch? They
should be ashamed of themselves.
Joe Cruz: Why don’t you just run, Herrmann?
Christopher Herrmann: I don’t think I’m the electable type.
Chief Boden: Everyone come with me, please.
Okay. Step one of the cutbacks… overtime pay has
Christopher Herrmann: Here we go.
Chief Boden: And we are gonna start doubling up on lockers.
They’re gonna take out that whole section and use
it to store some of the equipment from the closed
Firehouse 33. Please don’t ask me why.
Christopher Herrmann: This has reached a new level of absurdity.
Chief Boden: So now you get to choose who you wanna share with.
Otis Zvonecek: Anyone but Cruz, I’m begging you.
Joe Cruz: I’ll take Otis.
Otis Zvonecek: He didn’t mean that.
Chief Boden: On a more serious note, we have the reason to
believe that Kelly Severide has gotten the attention of
an arsonist. I have been assured by CPD and arson
investigation that they are into it. But I expect extra
vigilance in the coming shifts from all of you. And
finally, today marks one year since we lost Andy
Darden. Everyone hold a thought for him and the
family that he left behind. We are a little less without
Man 4 (Jeff Clarke): You need something?
Peter Mills: No. No, I’m good.
Matt Casey: If anyone asks, we saw a cat in a tree.
[background chatter, music playing]
Matt Casey: Looks like your wrecking crew right here.
Heather Darden: Matt. Thanks for coming.
Matt Casey: Ah. I only have a second.
Heather Darden: Right. Uh, this is Silvie, Shylah, and Jen.
Matt Casey: Hi, nice to meet you. Thanks for taking this one out.
Woman 2 (Jen): Oh, she deserves it.
Matt Casey: Yeah. How you doing?
Heather Darden: I'm doing just great.
Woman 3 (Waitress): Here you go, ladies.
Heather Darden: [giggles] And I'm about to be doing a whole lot
Matt Casey: Looks like you're in excellent hands.
Heather Darden: [giggles] He's on duty, or else I'd make him do
Matt Casey: Next round's on me. Make sure it's a celebration.
Heather Darden: Thank you.
Matt Casey: All right, be safe.
Heather Darden: Yes, sir.
Matt Casey: See you, guys.
Matt Casey: See, no one will even know we were gone.
(Over PA): Still and Box alarm, building fire. Truck 81, Squad 3,
Woman 4 (Daughter): My mother’s on the fourth floor, says her
Woman 4 (Daughter): There.
Gabby Dawson: We’ll get her.
Victim 2 (Woman): [coughing]
Kelly Severide: Hey, take the staircase up! Get attack lines in here.
Matt Casey: Let’s clear it!
Victim 2 (Woman): [coughing]
Victim 3 (Man): [coughing]
Matt Casey: Let’s get you outta here.
Kelly Severide: Hey, rooms are clear back there. Let’s go upstairs.
Man 3 (Lt. Spellman): All right, let’s send the water.
Chief Boden: That wind isn’t good.
Matt Casey: (into radio) Fire’s jumpin’, Chief.
(into radio) Shay, Dawson, get out of there. Evacuate
Gabby Dawson: [gasps] Pull her in, pull her in!
Gabby Dawson: (into radio) Hey, Chief? No way we’re going down
the stairs we came up. Fourth floor.
Chief Boden: (over radio) Hang tight. We’re coming.
(into radio) Severide, Casey. Shay and Dawson are
(over radio) Can you see ‘em?
Matt Casey: (into radio) Got ‘em, Chief.
Gabby Dawson: (into radio) We’ve got an incapacitated woman on
a stair chair. She can’t move.
Man 3 (Lt. Spellman): (over radio) Fire's out in building one, Chief.
Chief Boden: (into radio) Casey, we can’t get the aerial in there to
Matt Casey: (into radio) Mills, Otis, run a straight ladder up.
(over radio) Bring ‘em across.
Leslie Shay: We gotta go.
Peter Mills: Here we go. Steady, Otis.
Leslie Shay: Fire’s coming through.
Matt Casey: Come to the window. We’ll get you.
Kelly Severide: You’re up.
Gabby Dawson: [heavy breathing]
Peter Mills: You got it, Gabby.
Gabby Dawson: [whimpers & exhales]
Kelly Severide: Okay, nice and easy, Shay.
Matt Casey: Fire’s coming!
Leslie Shay: [exhales] Get me off this thing.
Otis Zvonecek: All right.
Kelly Severide: (over radio) Here comes the victim. Keep the slack
Man 3 (Lt. Spellman): (over radio) Engine 51 moving into building
Kelly Severide: There you go.
Casey, move! Now! Come on, Casey! Let’s go!
Kelly Severide: Otis, Mills, pull!
[men groaning & grunting]
Kelly Severide: We gotcha.
Chief Boden: (over radio) Okay, everyone out, now.
Leslie Shay: A little well done, but we’re all right, Chief.
Gabby Dawson: Here, hop on.
Man 4 (Jeff Clarke): Found two of these in the basement.
Leslie Shay: An arsonist? What the hell? Are you okay?
Kelly Severide: Yeah, we’ll find him. We’ll… we’ll find him.
Look, Kelly, um, I’m sorry about the Renee thing. And,
uh, I’m-I’m sure everything’s on the up and up.
Kelly Severide: Renee’s visiting her parents. It’s the last time she
can fly before the baby. I don’t wanna get into it
with her on the phone, but…
Matt Casey: Who’s on Pouch poop duty? ‘Cause there’s a few
Otis Zvonecek: Oh, don’t you dare look at me
Otis Zvonecek: [chuckles] Oh… my… God.
Christopher Herrmann: What?
Joe Cruz: That’s what I’m talking about, baby!
Christopher Herrmann: Thanks a million, Judas.
Joe Cruz: Guys, what do you want me to say? Game Day’s
incredible. It’s the best bar in Chicago. No, it’s the
single greatest place on Earth.
Man 4 (Jeff Clarke): You asked to see me, ma’am?
Woman 1 (Gail McLeod): Oh yes. Come in, come in, please, have a
Hi, you are Jeff Clarke, yes?
Man 4 (Jeff Clarke): Yes, ma’am.
Woman 1 (Gail McLeod): And how are you liking the fit at 51, Jeff?
Man 4 (Jeff Clarke): Uh, I think it’s a real good fit, ma’am.
Woman 1 (Gail McLeod): Good, good. Well, listen, I, um… I pushed
to get you promoted from relief at 33 to a
permanent place on Squad at 51,
because I know you’re a fireman that a
Man 4 (Jeff Clarke): I’m sorry…
Woman 1 (Gail McLeod): I-I-I was hoping that you could be my
eyes and ears over there. It’s nothing
shady. It’s just a bit of a problem house.
There are prescription drugs missing off
of an ambulance, there’s a sexual
harassment claim, all of which are
Man 4 (Jeff Clarke): I don’t know anything about that, ma’am…
Woman 1 (Gail McLeod): [laughs] No, no, no. I-I didn’t expect you
to. But it would be very helpful if you
could just check in with me once a
week and let me know what’s
happening. In light of the fact that it
would be incredibly easy to put you
back into a relief rotation, I would think
that you’d wanna help me out. So, like I
said, as a former military man who
understands chain of command, I’m
hoping I can count on you.
Mouch: Can I ask you something? Do I have narrow eyes?
Chief Boden: [chuckles] What answer do you wanna hear?
Otis Zvonecek: You were just in there!
Joe Cruz: I tried to bring people over to the other bar.
Mouch: I would like to announce that I, Randy McHolland, am
running for Union president, and I would appreciate your
Christopher Herrmann: Attaboy, Mouch. That’s the best news I
Christopher Herrmann: Hear, hear!
(Over PA): Truck 81, Ambulance 61, single car accident. 87 South
[sirens blaring, horn honking]
Kevin Atwater (Patrol Officer): (into radio) Affirmative, central.
DUI. Passenger’s in pretty bad
Gabby Dawson: Head trauma, losing blood. We gotta move fast.
Matt Casey: Where’s the driver?
Heather Darden: [sobs] They don’t have a father anymore… Please
tell me… please let me tell someone, please,
Heather Darden: Matt? Oh, God.
Matt Casey: What happened?
Heather Darden: Oh, God, the kids. The kids are at the babysitter.
Matt Casey: I’ll take care of…
Heather Darden: Can you get them, please?
Matt Casey: I got it. I got it!
Heather Darden: Thank you.
[crying] Please tell them I’m so sorry
Butajiru = Japanese soup made with pork and vegetables, flavoured with miso
DUI = Driving under the influence
