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“Chicago Fire” recap (1.23) “What an idiot”

Previously on Chicago Fire Shay asked Severide to make a baby with her. He said yes only to get sidetracked by a pesky case involving false accusations of sexual assault. Mills imperiused Dawson into being his girlfriend and agreeing to move in with him. Dawson decided to tell Mills that Boden boffed his mother back when Mills was just a wee babe.  Dirty cop Voight got out of jail, became Antonio’s boss and made everyone’s skin crawl. Casey and Hallie brought sexy back and were happy again until she got herself burned up in a fire.

What a difference a few weeks makes. Only a short time ago the squad was yucking it up in the meeting room while a big guy in a little coat taught them the do’s and don’ts of sexual harassment and this week Herrmann is announcing that when they open Molly’s it will be a celebration of Hallie’s life and that they will be donating all the proceeds to Children’s Memorial Hospital in her name. Kinda funny considering she never wanted kids but who is going to quibble?

In the land of this is how you spin off a show, Casey is meeting with the cast of the new Chicago PD, er, he’s meeting with the dedicated police officers who will be trying to solve the case of Hallie’s murder. The desk sergeant starts to tease Casey about being a well rested, well fed firefighter and a Kelli Giddish lookalike, Det. Julia Wilhite, runs up and tells him to shut it and that Casey is the boyfriend of the DOA from the clinic fire. The officer says “my bad” like that’s going to fix it.  Asshole. Congrats dickhead, you made me feel bad for Casey for maybe the second time all season. Well done.

Wilhite walks Casey up to meet with Antonio and Voight. Voight starts to fill him in and Casey cuts him off, “I only deal with Antonio.” Voight shows he’s not entirely heartless and shuts his trap for the first time all season. Brother Dawson says they have learned that Hallie was whacked in the back of the head and died before the fire. While Casey processes this new fact there is a call that they have the car that was seen leaving the clinic and we have a chase with a cop I am calling Boy Scout and a lady cop who looks a lot like Gina Gershon, who I would like to have a beer with. They run, they hop fences, lady cop, Officer Sermons, punches a guy in the throat, kicks him in the nuts, butt ends him with her nightstick, and finally tazes the moron who just won’t stay down.

Voight, Antonio, Casey, and Little Giddish show up. The guys from the car say they bought it from some guy named “Shorty.” Wilhite starts checking out the car and before you can say “Q” she’s found a trap door in the dash for hauling drugs.  I like this chick and I think Shay should too.

Shay comes running up to Severide and suggests that maybe since they both work in highly hazardous jobs maybe having a baby together isn’t the best plan. Just kidding. She suggests that they should have someone lined up to take care of the little sucker if either one dies. Mr. I Haven’t Planned Ahead Once This Season think it’s a good plan and then skips off with Boden to the scene of the fire. Severide comes running back and tells her that he’ll be there tomorrow when it’s time to make a baby and he looks pretty darn cute a he wags his tail. But then he says “squirrel” and off he runs.

The bar consortium is sitting around a table and Dawson has convinced a store to donate sunglasses for them to raffle off at the opening. Otis says his cousin Zoya can go pick them up. Herrmann has no idea what he’s talking about but apparently he may have agreed to hire Otis’ cousin to work at the bar.  Dawson doesn’t know anything about it but couldn’t care less because Grumplestiltskin walks by and Dawson makes eyes at him that say “sorry I was the one to tell you that Boden boned your mom, forgive me?” Mr. Grumpus walks away cementing his status a the biggest dumbass around. You out punted your coverage Mills, you’re going to need to grow a pair if you want to keep her.

The Chief, Severide, Casey, Lil Giddish, Antonio, and Voight are at the clinic checking out the arson.  The clinic director has another clinic elsewhere in the city.  Turns out the fire started in the patient records filing cabinet. Casey remembers that right before he and Hallie went to lunch she said something about a file being weird. The firefighters are called out and Boden says he’ll cover for Casey.  He and Severide show up and a truck driver says he heard screaming from inside a manhole.  Sure enough a lady is stuck in the water and Severide and Boden go in to rescue her. They get her out with the help of the rest of the squad.

Antonio and Baby Giddish are in the office of the clinic director. He denies that the place is a “pill mill” and eventually gives Dawson the name of a drug dealer who got pissed when the clinic reported his girlfriend’s broken jaw to the police.

Back at the station Herrmann’s watching NASCAR when Otis arrives with his cousin whose English skills match my Russian skills. Nothing like a bartender who doesn’t know what you’re ordering. Herrmann and Dawson are peeved until Otis says Zoya is going to bring a monkey to the opening. What? Dawson asks if Otis remembers the lady from Oprah who got her face chewed off by a monkey. Otis says he does but if it looks dangerous they’ll leave it in the car. Dawson’s face says everything you need to know.

Voight won’t tell Casey the name of the drug dealer they can’t seem to find and asks if there was anyone Hallie felt uncomfortable around. Casey says that the only person she felt scared of was Voight.  Voight tells Casey that he’s sympathetic but that he’s only letting Casey hang around as a courtesy.  It’s a nice gesture for a guy who got pinched trying to put a hit out on Casey. Casey gets pissed and points (so we know he’s mad) and tells Voight to find out who killed his girl. Antonio escorts Casey out of the room and tells him to go back to the fire house to cool off.  Casey stomps and say he’s not leaving but Antonio wins this round and Casey stomps down the stairs.

Shay and Severide are playing “what happens when one of us finally dies from one of these near death experiences” with a surprising amount of mirth. They agree that Dawson should get the baby because, duh. Oh Shay, we know what you’re really saying is that you and Dawson should be raising this kid together. Too bad you need Severide’s junk for this. Shay feels bad that Casey just lost his girlfriend and she’s getting ready to get pregnant. It’s not too late, Shay. You don’t have to do this. There are still so many pretty ladies for you to have sex with before you have a kid. Before Shayveride can process, Shay’s called out to a gunshot victim.

Shay and Dawson arrive and it’s a woman with a gunshot to the stomach. She dies on the scene and turns out she’s the nurse from the clinic. Voight, Antonio, and Wilhite arrive on scene and Voight says he wants the clinic director in the hot seat.  Antonio tries to tell Voight that he can’t just do whatever he wants like he used to and Voight says “watch me.” Antonio claims he’s got Voight under control but awesome blond cop is like “oh sure, that’s what it looks like.” Shay, stop monkeying around with Severide and come meet lady cop. You’ll like her.

Shay and Severide are fielding calls today from the nicest doctor’s office I’ve ever seen. This might be the reason they are charging fifty bajillion dollars to get pregnant Shay. Shay’s flipping out because their apartment is a death trap. Severide is right, for once, and notes that they have a minute or two to baby proof the place. She mentions a locked liquor cabinet and that might be a good idea to install that now so boy wonder doesn’t do anything else stupid. Severide rubs her belly for good luck and off Shay goes. Girl, I hope you have said goodbye to your blond hair because you’ve had your last dye job for 10 months.

At Molly’s they are hanging a Blackhawks banner because Herrmann is smart enough to know that you can’t alienate half the city by choosing Cubs or White Sox. Dawson is giving Otis shit about his cousin who can’t speak English and who thinks monkeys are appropriate for the bar. Dawson gets a text and she goes off to meet Mills. He tells her that he’s still mad that Boden slept with him mom and that Dawson didn’t tell him about it. Then, inexplicably, the moron breaks up with Dawson.  Mills, Dawson did not screw your mom. You get that, right?  He blabbers about needing space and still loving her. Buddy you’re an idiot. We can only hope that Dawson is thinking “you know who would be nice to see right about now, my old friend Kalinda.” Cripes guys.  You make it impossible to root for you. So impossible I am wishing for Dawson to morph back into the skeevy character she played on The Good Wife just so she’ll flirt with someone in her league. Guys, you are not worthy. Go watch Dr. Phil or something and work on your BS.

The desk sergeant is giving Voight crap for being lucky. Antonio and Giddish walk in and say that the prints from the car are from a dealer named C.J. Voight says he’ll be the one to pick him up. Instead of finding C.J. Voight finds C.J.’s uncle Maurice. Turns out C.J was dealing drugs from the clinic and working with some crazy white dude. But bad white guy knows all about Voight and his dealings with Uncle Maurice. C.J. is long gone but before Voight leaves he’s given five grand as a welcome back present.  Antonio watches the whole thing from his car.

Dawson and Shay are doing laundry and talking about where junior is going to go to college. While Shay talks college funds Dawson gets weepy. She tells Shay that Mills broke up with her and Shay, the voice of every person watching, says “what an idiot” and then gives Dawson a hug. Ladies, try sticking together a little more. Maybe see where the hug leads.  

Casey is sitting in his office, feeling like his girlfriend just got murdered, when Severide walks in and offers him a cigar. Nothing helps with feelings about death like a cancer sticks so they head out to smoke. Casey talks about telling Hallie’s family and Severide tells him he’s sorry and that the only thing that helped when Darden died (remember Darden?) was doing normal stuff until he felt normal again. He offers to hit golf balls or tempt cancer with Casey anytime he needs it.

Boden calls Casey in and Antonio and Wilhite are hanging out and they’ve got a plan. Casey is going to go tell the clinic director that he found the whole scam spelled out on Hallie’s computer. Boden is concerned for Casey’s safety but Casey’s feeling like death is surely not the worst of evils and says he’s in. Casey asks to see the director but the receptionist says he’s busy. Casey starts to sit down and shots ring out. Casey chases the creepy bald guy from the clinic and despite being “right outside” the cops are freaking useless. Casey chases the guy right out the back door where Boy Scout and Officer Sermons are not waiting (where exactly did they park?). Off they go to the races. They end up on the L platform because someone who works for the show saw that Spiderman movie with the L chase. Casey chases the bad guy and Antonio chases both of them while Voight races through traffic underneath. Casey ends up on the platform with a gun to his head. Voight walks onto the platform and the bad guy starts to tell Voight to explain and Voight shoots the guy in the head. Antonio knows something’ off but simply tells Voight “nice shot.” Sermons asks Casey how he’s doing and he says he’s fine. Well, fine enough for a guy with a dead girlfriend and some bad guy’s blood on his face.

Shay is freaking out about a thousand things and instead of working them out she and Severide decide to go to Molly’s. Over at Molly’s cousin shows up with the monkey which is, in fact, Lord Stanley’s Cup. Otis’s Russian is not exactly spot on and Zoya found some way to get the greatest trophy in sports to the bar. Herrmann, Mouch, and Cruz look at the Cup like the Liars look into the depths of Wilden’s trunk on the PLL finale. Props for everyone on the show knowing you only get to touch it if you win it and keeping their grubby mitts off of it.

Voight is meeting with someone in a creepy parking deck but here’s the twist, he’s only pretending to be dirty. Severus Snape! He hands over the cash and is told to keep pretending to be dirty so they can see how many people they can catch.

Casey walk into the bar and everyone hugs him. He takes a moment with Hallie’s picture before walking to the center of the room. He spots the Stanley Cup and asks if it’s real. Someone hands him a beer and he makes a toast to Hallie. He says that one of their first dates was a Blackhawks game and that he knew he had a keeper when Hallie knew what icing was (not to be a jerk but any moron can understand icing. If she could explain the offsides rules then you’ve got a keeper). Everyone raises a glass and drink to Hallie.

Only one episode left this season.  What did you think of this episode of Chicago PD (with a side of Fire)?

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