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“Chicago Fire” recap (2.9): “Make it up to you”

Previously on Chicago Fire, Boden reneged on his deal with the devil. Mouch lost the election to Greg Sullivan but kept just enough dirt in his back pocket to use to help save 51. Severide met his long-lost half sister. Cruz and Leon made a deal with Detective Hairporn for Leon to go undercover with his old gang (an actual gang, not like the Rat Pack). He also made a deal with Zoya to get married so she wouldn’t have to go back to Russia. Dawson continued to be the worst friend as Shay spiraled out of control. Oh yeah she made out with Casey, too. Finally, Devon stole everything in the ShayverOtis apartment so she could afford a pair of pants.

We open this episode with the lovely sight of Gabriela Dawson lying in bed. And then Casey lies down next to her. She’s nervous that he wants to leave without a healthy breakfast and he assures her that he’s not going to scurry out the door. He messed up a year ago and says “this is our time, now.” He’ll be dead in a week.

Joe is stalking Leon from his truck. Leon is wearing his tough guy pants and standing on a street corner. He tells Joe that he can’t be there but Joe wants to check in and let Leon know he’s getting married to Zoya. Leon says, “Cool! I used to play the Legend of Zoya back in the day.” Before they can get this sorted out, Joe gets pushed into an alley by a sketchy, bearded dude who is actually a cop. Holy crap! It’s Duncan from Some Kind of Wonderful! Now if we can just find Watts maybe she can sort Shay out.

At the ShayverOtis apartment, Otis is using the TV remote to watch some SportsCenter. Nope. He forgot he doesn’t have television anymore thanks to the pantless bandit. He asks Severide if they have heard from the cops or the insurance company and Shay pops up from a staircase I didn’t know existed to say she’s, like, totally on it. Severide asks her to come back to 51 and she says “no, you have to graduate high school sometime.” We get it Shay, Firehouse 51 and high school are both the lands of crushes on straight girls who break your heart. Here’s hoping your new house is like a women’s college full of lesbians.

Dawson arrives at 51 with coffee for her new buddy Chout. But Chout is out and McAuley is in. McAuley is the guy who always sees the worst. You had a cold? He’s got a story about the time he had ebola. You broke your arm? He has a story about the time he was in traction for six months. Dawson offers him a coffee and he spills it all over himself. He then wrings his hands and moans about how life is unfair and how he’ll never be the same again.

Dawson bounces out of the locker room to find Casey strapped to the gurney in the back of the ambulance. He’s got plans to get the rig rocking. A minute later the alarm sounds, McAuley hops in the rig and starts bitching about Dawson being missing. As they start to pull out so does Casey. He hops out of the back of the rig and fixes his pants. Apparently, Casey is a minuteman.

The call is to help a cop who scurried out onto a roof to save a cat and got himself stuck. Debbie Downer mumbles about getting ready for the splat, Herrmann makes a crack about rescuing Reno 911, and the cop makes everything worse by breaking an electrical cable and falling halfway off the roof. They save his ass but maybe next time he should remember that every kitten figures out how to get down whether or not you ever show up.

Back at the firehouse, Otis begs Mouch to let him hold the remote control (not a euphemism). He misses watching television and thinks he made a big mistake moving in with Shayveride. But he doesn’t want to make Shay feel worse about her “gal pal” ripping them off. Gal pal? Really? Are you 97 years old? Mouch tells him that all he has to do is dial up the annoying to eleven and he’ll be out of the apartment in no time.

In the garage Mills is playing with Pouch so he can avoid fixing the toilets. He asks Dawson what’s new and she says “nothing, why? Do I look like I just banged Casey in the rig? Because that totally didn’t happen.” She says she has something awkward to talk about, and it’s not actually about Casey or plumbing, but about Isabella. She heard what happened at the “bring a person of color as your date” party and she says he’s over-thinking everything.

Katie appears in the garage and Dawson and Mills ask her if she’s lost. she shows them a beet salad but they still don’t understand who she is or what she’s doing there. “I carried a watermelon, guys!” When she says she’s Severide’s sister Dawson’s face says “a lady Severide? I’m never going to get Shay back now!”

Herrmann gives Katie grief about the vegetarian lasagna while Severide gives Mouch a lesson on the birds and the bees. Look how far you’ve come, Kelly. At the start of the season you couldn’t count to nine months and now you’re giving full on sex ed to Mouch. Everyone thanks Katie for lunch and she makes the dorkiest celebration ever. Can we keep her, please?

Dawson has a minute to spare so naturally she thinks of Casey and pops into his office for a quickie. But Cruz is lingering in the doorway so they’ll have to postpone their sexy times. Cruz is freaking out about Leon, so Casey suggests they get Dawson to call Antonio. Meanwhile Otis is flirting with Katie, or at least he is until Severide gives him the death stare. Mouch mistakes Otis’ flirting for an attempt to be annoying and congratulates him on having one foot out the door of the apartment already. Mills is in the bathroom, snaking a toilet when Antonio pops in to tell him that he was the first on the lottery list for the Chicago PD. Ruh roh, Petey has a big decision to make.

Shay is standing in the middle of the living room leaving a message on Devon’s voicemail. She says she doesn’t care why Devon stole everything. She only wants Otis and Severide’s stuff back. She says “if I meant anything at all to you” and we just want to hug that tiny, broken, smart ass.

The Chief tells Severide he got another call about Shay being late to her shift. Severide starts to make an excuse and then tries to call her. Antonio is explaining the new hierarchy of Leon’s gang. Antonio tries to calm Cruz down. Trust me, says the guy who got shot what 87 times last season? Sure, buddy.

Severide asks Dawson if she’s heard from Shay. Dawson says, “I don’t hear from Shay ever. It’s the new Shay.” Dawson, you’re an ass. They get called out to save a dude stuck in a trash compactor. On the way Cruz gets word that Leon is fine, but they didn’t get the confession they needed. Debbie Downer gives a running commentary of everything that could go wrong while everyone else works to get the guy out.

Shay is wandering the city looking sad in her standard issue lesbian slouch hat. A lady knocks into her and yells at Shay for not watching where she’s going. Jeez lady, way to kick a girl when she’s down. Shay stands at the edge of the bridge and weeps while she ponders why Chicago can dye the river green for St. Patrick’s Day but can’t make it blue for the rest of the year.

Otis is back and ready to bang on the drum all day if it means he can skip out on his lease. Also interested in banging is Dawson who texts Casey. When Casey hops up to follow her McAuley notices and says something to Mills. Dawson is waiting for Casey in the shower and they continue their sexcapade bingo through the firehouse. They’re just a tryst on the aerial away from winning. Around the firehouse Clarke is apologizing to Herrmann for yelling at him earlier when Capp tells him it’s time to go for a ride with Severide. Boden is working on ‘The Wizard’ when his assistant checks in before she leaves. There’s been no word from McLeod, but that’s not necessarily a good thing.

Severide walks into the apartment and the only signs of Shay are a broken vase and an empty bottle of liquor. Back at the house McAuley is giving Dawson the good news that he has asked to be her partner. She looks thrilled. Dawson, the writing it literally on the wall. Even your locker knows Shay belongs on top of you.

On her way out Severide stops Dawson. He needs her help finding Shay. She says, “I made my overture, she chose Devon.” Oh, there’s that jealousy. Monica Raymund’s face does this incredible, and brief, wave of hurt as she says it and then she’s back to tough, I don’t give a crap Dawson. Kelly is pissed that Dawson is happy while turning her back on Shay. He doesn’t give a shit who was wrong, he just wants Dawson to fix it. This is what we’ve been screaming at our TVs for weeks. You broke it, now fucking fix it, Dawson. Dawson tries all of Shay’s usual spots but no one has seen her. Casey agrees to help by driving Dawson around. He says, “Nobody knows her like you do.” For once, you’re right, buddy.

Zoya and Cruz take a romantic stroll while discussing courthouse weddings. His mind is elsewhere. “Elsewhere” shows up on his front step in the shape of Leon. Leon has to go on a hit as part of his initiation and Cruz tries to talk him out of it. But Leon is in it to get Doc for killing the little girl.

Severide stops by Katie’s house to drop off the dishes. When her mom comes to the door she practically humps his leg. Apparently, he’s the spitting image of his pop when they “special hugged” their way to making Katie. When the mom puts her top back on she asks if Severide is going to Katie’s graduation from cooking school. Severide didn’t know about it and Katie tries to make it seem like no big deal because her parents are blowing it off to be with their other kids.

Isabella and Mills are at another party when the Senator walks in. Mills gets pissed and Isabella says they can go. When Mills is getting their coats the Senator chats with Mills. He hired Isabella to work on his campaign even though the Senator’s wife thought Isabella was using Mills. Awkward.

Leon is in the car with Doc and trying to get him to spill about killing the little girl. Cruz is in a van with Voight, Antonio. Sadly, there’s no Detective Hairporn in sight. Leon gets Doc to incriminate himself right before the car get shot up. Leon comes out of the car covered in blood, but it’s not his. Doc is alive and spouting off about how he’s going to kill Leon.

So we’ve finally come to the scene we have all been waiting for. OK, fine, the Shawson scene we’re really waiting for is never going to happen except in fan fiction. Dawson finds Shay on her favorite bridge. She knows it’s her favorite because they always drive over it, even when it’s not on the way. Dawson notices this stuff because that’s the kind of friends they are. They’re the kind of friends who should be able to tell each other to go to hell and have the other know that what she really means is “I’m falling apart and I need your help.” Dawson says she knew better but she didn’t do anything and she’s sorry and wants to make it up to Shay. I can think of a dozen ways she can start making it up to Shay. For now they cry and Dawson hugs Shay tight enough to confirm that Shay is safe and not going anywhere.

Katie’s graduation is the worst attended graduation ever. There are about four people there but one of them is Severide who stands up and claps and embarrasses Katie just the way big brothers should. He drives her to Molly’s to buy her a beer. When they walk in everyone is there and she bursts into tears. Isabella finds Mills and asks what she can do, specifically, to thank him for helping her get the job. They leave to get into specifics in his bedroom. First step: please where this name tag so I don’t call you Gaby again.

Otis nervously stumbles over telling Severide he wants to move out but Severide is cool with it. Zoya tells Otis that he’s going to have to break up with Joe for her because he’s a good guy and shouldn’t be marrying her just to keep her in the country. She can’t do it because it would hurt Joe too much. Um, pretty sure breaking up via cousin is about as bad as the break-up text, Zoya.

At the precinct Antonio is chatting with Cruz about Leon. Leon hs to get out of town and stay gone for a long time. Cruz is pissed at Voight because he’s losing his little brother but Leon says it’s OK, they did a good thing.

Shay and Dawson stroll back into 51 the next morning. It’s all smiles until McLeod announces that they are closing 51 and everyone gets reassigned to other houses. They all have one shift left before the house is shut down forever. Aw man, and we just got Shawson back together!

What did you think of this week’s episode? Are you happy Shawson is back together?

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