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“Chicago Fire” recap (2.11): “Crapping rainbows”

Previously on Chicago Fire, the neighborhood clapped loudly enough to save Firehouse 51. Dawson got accepted to the fire academy. Casey dared question Dawson’s decision to become a firefighter and was struck down by the gods. Clarke got himself arrested for killing his wife’s boyfriend and sang a few bars of “He had it coming” on his perp walk.

You were all very worried that Casey wasn’t going to pull through after his knock to the head weren’t you? You lost sleep over it, you cried over it, you tweeted along with the #SaveCasey hashtag to share your fears with others, right? Fret no more because we open this episode with Casey waking up in his bed. He looks over and sees a very blurry Dawson. Hold the phone, this is a tragedy. Dawson must be appreciated through crystal clear vision. She is channeling her inner Spencer Hastings. She’s been for a run, made coffee, checked seventeen online forums, and is now refolding Casey’s T-shirts. He calls her out for being nervous about her first day at the academy. He’s excited that he’s been cleared to go back to work and shows it by faking a fall out of bed. She catches him and then yells at him for being a turkey. They decide that she’ll come by the house and they will tell everyone they are dating now, but she calls dibs on telling Mills because what’s more fun that kicking the big puppy?

Severide is meeting with the Chief of the fire academy. The Chief hands him a binder and tells him to teach the class and cut anyone who can’t hack it. Severide’s eyes light up at the power to chuck students. Before he goes the chief asks Severide about someone at 51 being mixed up in a murder case? Severide says everyone is trying to understand Mr. Simmering Rage could have possibly done anything like that.

Clarke is getting fitted with his Neal Caffrey model ankle bracelet. Smarmy Jay is back and telling Clarke he has to wear the thing until his trial is over and then tries to get Clarke to make a statement. Clarke watches Law and Order and tells Jay he’ll have to talk to his lawyer. Jay flounces off in a huff.

At 51, Herrmann is shouting about how he totally called Dawson and Casey getting together. Except he called it at home, to his wife, and no one believes him. Everyone is thrilled, though I think a couple people were handing over cash because they bet on Shawson. Dawson tells Severide she’s in his class and not to give her special treatment. He laughs and says, “As if?” I bet Shay would be more than happy to give you special treatment, if you know what I mean. Dawson scurries off to tell Mills about her new man and Mills is sweet. He just wants her to be happy, most of all he wanted to be the cause of happiness in her. Oh Hec, she’s found her Luce, time to get out of the way (by Luce I, of course, mean Shay).

Casey can’t remember the combination to his locker. Hmm, just how good were the doctors who cleared him for duty? Everyone is gathering so Boden can make a speech. Shay is in some sort of boxing match in the back of the room when Boden walks in. He says Clarke is out on bond and is innocent until proven guilty. Mills tells everyone that Clarke told them while they were cuddling in bed that he won’t be coming by because it might make people uncomfortable. Milke forever! Boden welcomes the new PIC taking Dawson’s spot. Rafferty has a wide stance and talks from her jaw like a regular Jane Rizzoli. She starts to introduce herself but everyone gets called out before we get past “Hi, I had to leave my old partner, Maura, in Boston.” Shay, ever the eager beaver, jumps up and introduces herself to Rafferty who gives an icy “yeah, heard a lot about you,” and walks away.

The call is to a construction site. A driver has nearly Phineas Gaged himself. He’s got a piece of rebar through his neck. Shay and Rafferty assess the guy and Shay tells everyone the bar didn’t go through the guy’s carotid but they better be careful getting it out or it might kill him. Casey keeps the guy calm while Severide uses his torch to cut the bar.

Mills, Mouch, and Herrmann walk in to 51 and Boden’s assistant hands Mouch a bunch of messages. Mils tells Mouch he’s an idiot for trying to hijack the Chief’s secretary but Mouch says it’s all union business. Otis hops out to talk to Herrmann about a notice they got about owing money on the bar. Hermann tells him the notice is totally fake but Otis actually read the letter and says it’s real. Oh Molly’s you are a sinkhole for money and dreams.

Casey gives his locker another try but still can’t remember the combination and his vision goes blurry. Instead of taking a deep breath and calling a doctor he punches the locker because that is both mature and helpful. In the common room, Raffety is telling Cruz about how she ended up in Chicago. When Shay sits down and joins in Rafferty gets snotty and leaves to get more food. Shay, you clearly ignite feelings in others that they, themselves, don’t understand.

Dawson pulls up to the fire academy full of nerves and excitement. She notices another woman in line to get uniforms. Maybe they’ll be friends! Maybe they’ll take on the world together! Maybe they’ll be the new Shawson! Maybe it’s just like high school with cliques and mean girls (but without the hilarious Tina Fey script).

Shay and Rafferty have been called to a seedy hotel by a woman whose friend was getting plastic surgery but was abandoned by the “doctor.” Yikes. The “doctor” was using a caulking gun as a tool. Just a quick PSA, if your doctor asks for $1500 in cash and tells you to meet at a hotel for surgery, you might want to go ahead and run.

Back at 51, Shay is trying to chat with Rafferty about the call and Rafferty barely responds. Shay asks if she and Rafferty have worked together before or if she stole Rafferty’s seat or something. Rafferty says no and Shay asks then why are you freezing me out? Rafferty says “It’s because I find your eyes hypnotic and I am not exactly sure what to do with all these feelings except channel them into my Rizzoli and Isles fanfic.” OK, what she actually says is that she had a partner who used to talk dirty to her girlfriend over the phone and Rafferty respects Shay’s “lifestyle choice” she just doesn’t want it shoved in her face. Mmm hmm. Maybe not in your face but I am guessing you wouldn’t say no to Shay giving you a nice Devon-style shove against the wall.

At the academy, Dawson is modeling this year’s finest trend, a perfectly fitted t-shirt. Thank you wardrobe department. She introduces herself to the other lady, Rebecca Jones. Jones knows that Dawson worked with Severide and then proceeds to talk smack about houses that got shut down by the state. Not the best way to make friends, tall girl.

Casey and Severide are looking at plans for their new clubhouse. Severide says he’s not much good at construction and asks Casey if this is just an opportunity for Casey to boss him around a job site? Oh you two and your role play. Severide asks if Casey is doing OK after his brain surgery and Casey’s like yeah totally, just don’t ask me my locker combination. Mills pops in and asks for a hall pass so he can go check on his boyfriend Clarke.

Out in the garage Katie arrives with cookies for Severide and runs into Otis. They engage in the dorkiest flirting over a board game. He speaks in German, she challenges to choose between grain and ore and then tells him to break his movie date with Cruz (Joe never puts out!) and come over to dinner and dorking at Severide’s.

Shay gets called into the Chief’s office. Mouch is in there, talking on his Madonna circa “Vogue” headset. A lawyer contacted the Chief about Darryl’s suicide. He slides the info to Shay but she doesn’t want it. She gets up and tries to walk out. Mouch says the union will be there for her and Boden tells her that everyone is behind her. She tries to keep it together by focusing on the Chief’s sternum. Man, can we just stop making poor Shay cry?

Mills is at the precinct with Antonio and Smarmy Jay. Jay says, “You’re friends with Clarke, right?” and Mills immediately wants to know what this is about. I mean they haven’t defined their relationship yet but “friends” doesn’t exactly cover it. Antonio shows him some texts Hayes received before he was killed. Mills scampers over to talk to Clarke. He tells him that Lisa was jealous of Hayes and his new girlfriend. Clarke gets pissed and threatens to “lay Mills out.” I bet you will. Mills stalks off, unlaid, but it looks like maybe he got through to Clarke.

Back at firefighter training, Dawson is done with her sweat suit clad run (the sweats are a crime against humanity). Severide says hi and Jones slides over and says “that hot piece of ass is Lt. Severide?” Dawson rolls her eyes and asks, “Let me guess, he’s uglier than you expected?” They gear up and are climbing the aerial when a guy freezes mid-ladder. Jones tries to get the guy going, Dawson asks if he’s OK, and Severide comes down and tells the guy being afraid is OK he just has to keep going. Afterward, Severide compliments Jones and she takes it as an invitation to chat but he shuts her down.

Back at 51 Casey still can’t remember his combo so he pulls out a pair of bolt cutters, like that’s a normal thing to carry around in his bag, and cuts the thing off. Clarke is waiting for Lisa at home. She tries to distract him with frozen pizza but he wants to chat about Hayes. He wants to know if she was jealous about Hayes’s new lady love. She says no but she is a terrible liar.

Chez Casey, Dawson is padding around in a robe and bare feet and telling him about her day of nervousness at the academy. Casey asks if there are any other lady firefighters and Dawson says yes and that she plans to “school her ass.” Competitive Dawson is hot and Casey notices and asks her to move in with him. Dude, you U-Haul like a couple of lesbians. She says yes and looks moderately concerned that this new, impulsive lesbian side of Casey may have been activated by his brain surgery.

Back at the garage Shay is messing with Rafferty and it’s a glorious sight. She asks if Rafferty caught Ellen’s show and she says no. Shay says oh you really missed out, they had the cast of Glee. (Is Glee code for gay stuff in the straight world?) Rafferty says “well you must have crapped a rainbow” and Shay leans out of the ambulance, and says “it made me at least five percent gayer.” Rafferty looks a lot like she’d like Shay to make her five percent gayer.

Casey stops Mills in the garage and Mills is all “I know, I know, you’re with Dawson now.” Casey says, no I hear you did a great job while I was out with my head split open. A van of candidates rolls up and the house cheers when Dawson steps out. Severide tells the candidates to check out the firehouse. Dawson asks Severide if she can duck into the meeting Otis and Herrmann are having about the bar and he says “nope, not on my time, candidate.” The braintrust is in the middle of learning that the bank owns Molly’s. Maybe next time get a lawyer to help you when you buy a place, numbnuts.

At the precinct, Clarke hands Jay a receipt from the diner he was in when Hayes was killed. He tells Jay that he wouldn’t have made it home from Iraq without Lisa and he had to try to protect her. Back at the house Boden get some good news but everyone is called out before he can announce it. The candidates zip back to the van and Jones asks Severide if she can ride along with Squad. I think she’s more interested in riding Severide but whatever, he says sure, hop in. She takes the opportunity to throw another candidate under the bus. She’s a real team player, this one.

The call is to a diamond exchange. The lady who opens the door tells Casey and Severide it’s a false alarm. Something’s not right and when they check it out they find that there is a fire in the wall from two dudes trying to break into the safe. They grab the lady and hold her hostage. The fire starts spreading through the wall. Casey and Severide try to warn the guys that they need to get out before they succumb to the smoke. Two of the bad guys bolt and Severide hurries the people out leaving Mouch, Casey and the lady being held hostage by the last bad guy. Casey screams at the bad guy who raises the gun at Casey they fight. Mouch hurries the lady out while Casey beats the crap out of the last bad guy. Mouch pulls him off and Casey starts to fight with him until he realizes it’s Mouch. Yeah, about that “cleared for duty” thing.

Severide calls Jones over and tells her that he agrees that you have to be able to trust the people on your team. She smiles and then he cuts her from the academy. Like Hitch, she pictured that going differently in her mind.

Back at the house, Shay spots a lawyerly type and tells Rafferty she just can’t deal with him. Rafferty gives her a look and Shay says, “Forget it, helping a lesbian is basically like french kissing one.” Rafferty says, how about we find out and plants one on Shay. OK, no. Shay hides and Rafferty tells the lawyer Shay went home early because her dog had the runs. Shay hops back in the ambulance and tells Rafferty that she could kiss her. Rafferty tells her that if she wants to bust her balls she better watch out because he wrote the book on it. Then they engage in the second dorkiest flirting of the night as they argue about whose book is bigger. Next why don’t you see who can tie a cherry stem in her mouth faster? Or better skip all this nonsense and just make out already.

Boden calls to Casey and says he heard about how the hostage situation went down. Casey tries to keep his “oh shit!” face to a minimum but the Chief just wants to congratulate him for a job well done. Boden makes the announcement that Mills has been awarded a spot on Squad thanks to Casey’s commendation. Mills smiles at Casey and Casey gives him a “I stole your girl, it’s the least I can do” look. How sweet, now Mills and Clarke can ride together!

Meanwhile Academy Chief is telling Severide to make it work with Jones because her dad is a big wig in the fire department. Severide bristles but he’s out of luck. At Sevride’s apartment his little sister is having the nerdiest date ever with Otis. They are playing a board game and making out like a couple of high schoolers. When Severide walks in they jump apart, hide their beer under the couch, and turn on the TV. Severide asks if they want to come to Molly’s to celebrate Mills making squad but they make up some absurd excuse to go off together, like a couple of fifteen year olds.

At Molly’s they are drinking to Mills and Mouch is trying to get everyone to call him Randy because Mouch is a stupid name for an interim president of the union. Clarke walks in and Mills runs over and they start making out. OK, fine. They just stare at each other. Clarke tells Mills he needs to be around “family.” Guys, we know you two are family, just come out already.

OK, what did you think of this week’s episode? How do you like Rafferty?

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