Chicago Fire Season 11 Episode 17: My Thoughts

Tonight is Chicago Fire night and I am here once again with a blog post about Season 11. As always I will recap the episode and then I will give my thoughts on the show. As always I welcome your comments on this post and your thoughts about the episode. I love hearing what you think about the show.

The episode begins with a recap. The episode begins at the Herrmann house with Cindy upset about a change in appointments. Herrmann tells her to think good thoughts. Cindy wants to burn the hospital down and Herrmann says good news he will be first on the scene. He tells her that they will get to the appointment. She cries and he hugs her.

Havi talks to Cruz about his sports games. He wants Cruz to come to his game and Cruz tells him about the added work since he is acting Lieutenant. Violet and Carver talk about his vehicle change. Boden and Kidd talk about Severide. He is still gone another month and a half. She talks about her visit with him. Boden says the dynamic is affected with Severide out. Kidd tells him that Severide can’t wait to get back to 51.

Boden sees Herrmann and asks about the appointment that he was to be at. Herrmann explains the change and how it all is affecting Cindy. Boden offers to have DOnna reach out to her for support. The tones go off. Herrmann looks worried and so does Cruz. Kidd directs victims to safety. She tells Herrman to get a line on the fire. Then she gives orders to Truck and Squad. Cruz starts telling Squad what to do. He tells Bamford to stay on his hip. Bamford does not need a babysitter so he says, but Cruz is the boss.

Capp and Tony is sent to the basement. Violet is looking to treat victims. Kidd is calling for victims inside. They find someone who Kidd is trying to get outside. They want to save the cooler. Kidd gives out orders. Cruz is calling for victims. He hears someone calling out for help. he sends Bamford to get her. Cruz keeps calling out. Engine starts with the water. Bamford brings a victim out. Kidd calls for Mouch. No word. Mouch comes out with a locked box that is very hot. They spray it with water to cool it off. A lady is very happy. It was a cooler with blood in it.

Back at 51, they talking about the fire. Bamsford is upset that Cruz tried to sideline him, but he still got the save. Cruz goes to talk to Boden. Cruz tells him about the disrespect from Bamsford. Cruz wants someone else. Boden says to write him up and find a cause. Cruz does not want to give him a black mark. He is there due to Severide’s absence. Boden says to make it work or send him packing. It is Cruz’s call.

Mouch has a model of a Fire Truck. He is building it on commission. Ritter, Gallo, and Brett are interested in it. Mouch is missing a piece. The tones go off for Ambo. A man is acting crazy. He is throwing things. He is seeing things. He wants all of them to leave. It is a COunty Prossecutor’s house. Violet and Brett ask his wife questions. Brett tells Andrew she is going to do a quick exam. Violet and Brett work fast to figure out what is going on with Andrew. They get his stable and get him off to Med. His symptoms don’t add up.

Cruz comes to see Kidd for advice. He needs help with Bamford. Cru wants to give it his best effort. Kidd talks about how she handled Carver and that might work for Cruz with Bamford. Cruz comes to see Bamford. He invites him to Molly’s for a beer. Bamford questions how things go around at 51. Ritter and Gallo are trying to help Mouch with his missing piece. Chief Gerardy comes to see Mouch at work on his model. Chief wants it completed ASAP for his dad. He is excited to see Mouch’s work.

Violet and Brett talk about Andrew’s condition. Carver talks about a similar case at his last house. Violet tells him good guess thought. Brett says good guesses are not good enough in their line of work. Bamford and Crruz talk at Molly’s. Bamford is broke, divorced, and shares custody of his two kids.

Herrmann says he is a terrible person. Kidd asks why. Herrmann says he came to avoid Cindy and tells Kidd what is going on. Kidd gives him advice. Herrmann says he needs to go home to be with Cindy and the kids. Kidd tells him to go home. Herrmann gets home to find them all watching tv.

Violet talks to Redgie in her building. Mouch is on the phone mad. He is trying to find a complete kit for the Fire Truck that he is looking for. Ritter found what he needed. Mouch says he is not giving up on finding the right part. Cruz is talking to Kidd about all he is missing. That included Otis saying Havi’s name for the first time. He does not know how Kidd juggles everything. She says you got this Joe Cruz. Herrmann talks to Boden about Cindy. He is worried about bad news. The appointment is the next day at 9:00am. It seems that Matt Casey has been calling regularly to check in on the Herrmanns. Boden is not surprised. The calls cheer her up. Cindy is holding things together really well and he is losing it. Herrmann is afraid the chemo did not work and there are not a lot of other options. Herrmann says it might all be fine.

Brett and Violet are gathering supplies at Med. They talk to Will Hallsted about their recent patient because another patient comes in with the same symptoms. The medics say this was the 2nd one that day and Lake Shore had seen others. Mouch is hard at work on the model and is almost done. One last decal and it is done. 18 hours of building time. Mouch says it was worth it, but it is not complete. Ritter found the part he is missing. Mouch asked how much. He wants to swap. Mouch has an idea.

Brett and Violet talk about the cases. Then Violet talks to Carver about a construction job with her neighbor. Tones go off and they show up to find a woman they had seen before. Maryline is having the same symptoms as her husband. Cruz gets lunch for Squad 3. Herrmann is pacing and talking to Cindy on the phone. Bamsford is busting Herrmann. Herrmann is about to go off on him. Herrmann tells him that he will not know anyone as good as Cindy. Cruz apologizes for Bamsford. Herrmann says to have him stay clear of him or Bamsford will get laid out.

Violet and Brett and concerned about the patients they have had. They try to figure out what is going on. They go to see Andrew. They ask him questions about what happened. Andrew gets the medications that they took. They ask questions about the medication. Brett is worried it was tampered with. Violet finds evidence it was.

Boden is on the phone. Vought tells Brett and Violet nice work. He is on the case. They are looking to find a suspect. Boden says they saved lives today. Boden says IAD will have answers soon enough. The guy with the deck gun came to 51. He wants to trade first before he gives over the part. They give him a slamagin.

Brett, Violet, and Carver talk about the victims. Then Carver tells Violet about her neighbor. Cruz talks to Bamford. He tells him he is not a good fit. Bamford makes excuses. Cruz says find another house. Kidd comes in to find him. Cruz said he followed his gut. He feels like he is not cut out for the job of Lieutenant. Kidd says it is the opposite. He is cut out for it.

Mouch delivers the model. The Chief could not thank him enough. Mouch finds out it was for the Cheif’s daughter from his dad. Brett and Violet watch a video with Upton. They find out about what they found out. The appointment was moved from 9:00am to 4:00pm and Cindy is mad.

Cindy goes off on the doctor. She is pissed. The doctor says he will see her. The doctor talks about the fact that he is always giving out bad news. He tells Cindy that she is cancer free. The chemo did its job. Cindy and Herrmann are happy. Cindy is happy crying. Herrmann hugs her.

Now my thoughts on the episode: This episode has a lot of stuff in it. Trying to keep up is hard.

Mouch: I think Mouch did a great thing even if it was going to be a toy for a Chief’s little girl. I loved how Ritter and Gallo tried to help him find the lost part for the model.

Violet and Brett: I loved how they put things together to solve the case of patients with a mysterious illness. They were able to help Vought and Upton with it.

Violet and Carver: I am so glad that Violet was able to get Carver that job with her neighbor. She must really like Carver in a friend way.

Bamsford: This guy got on my nerves from moment 1 he was at 51. He always made a joke out of everything. Then to get upset because he was in his mind babysat at a fire call by is acting Lieutenant was something else. I think Cruz did the right thing by moving him one. He clearly was not the right fit for the house.

The Herrmanns: The scenes with Cindy and Herrmann were great. I loved getting to see how Cindy really felt about everything she was going through. Plus we got to see how doctors give patients the run around these days. I am so happy Cindy got the fantastic news that she is cancer free. Maybe now they can have a party.

Stellaride: So again they mention Severide. They give the time frame of a month and a half for him to be back. Not liking that. I love how Kidd was there for Cruz again. I love how she mentioned a possible baby, but not just yet. That gives me hope that Severide is coming back to 51. Just hope it is before the end of the season.

Next Wednesday, April 5, 2023, Chicago Fire is ALL NEW with Season 11 Episode 18: Danger Is All Around at 9:00pm (eastern) on NBC. I will be back with anothe blog post then. Again please leave your thoughts in the comments below.