Tonight is Chicago Fire night and I am here once again with a blog post about Season 12. 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 show starts with a recap of Episode 7. Violet and Carver are having sex. She wants to keep things casual. He keeps kissing her. Herrmann and Mouch are talking about Mouch’s course coming up. Ritter is helping him study. Tony and Capp come in arguing and Tony turns on the sink only to get sprayed.
Kidd and Violet talk about Carver. Kidd and Violet see Lennox and are not happy. In Boden’s office is Severide and Violet talking about how to deal with Lennox. A call comes in. Carver and Gibson talk about how Gibson is. Truck 81 and Ambo 61 is stuck in traffic on the way to a call. Things finally get moving. They show up at a dialysis center. It is a single victim. Gibson starts to head in when Kidd tells him back off. There is a lady that explains to Kidd what is going on. Violet and Lennox work on the patient. Then another person starts coughing. Mouch gets him. Smoke starts coming out from under a door.
Kidd wants everyone out of the building cause it is a hazmat situation. She calls for hazmat. They use wheelchairs to get people out. Kidd helps a man out of the building. Squad 3 rolls up with more Ambos and Engine 51. Severide talks about Hazmat’s eta. He gives Squad 3 orders of what to do. They suite up and go it to find out what is going on. It is a leak that needs to be stopped before the place blows up. He and Cruz move a barrel to get the leak stopped. He gives Herrmann orders for a deacon line.
Lennox talks to Violet about his complaint. He was honest and objective with Robinson about 51. He wants to be profession. He loves Chief Robinson. He would rather do the right thing than be liked. Cruz comes in talking about Lennox. They are talking about pranking Lennox. Severide says don’t do it.
Charlie, Kidd and Carver’s old academy instructor was on the call. Kidd wants to check on him since he refused to get checked out. They go to his house and he is on the floor bleeding. Carver and Mouch talk about Charlie’s family needing to be called at Med. Dr. Marsell comes to talk to them about Charlie. Charlie is going to be at Med awhile. He is to call Kidd if things change.
Boden goes to HQ and finds out he is on the short list for DC. DC Hill is leaving. Chief Robinson is on the list too. He talks to Severide and Kidd about it. He plans to go have a face to face talk with her about it. Carver talks to Gibson about what is going on with him. Carver invites him for drinks. Boden goes to see Chief Robinson. He accuses her of setting him up with Lennox. He tells her that he is not interested in the DC job.
She tells him that the charges are not questionable and explains why. She is being hateful about it. Boden says that if she had the full picture then she would know what was going on instead of filing charges. If she does he will support her in her way to be DC. Gibson is a no show with Carver. Carver calls him and gets voice mail. Gibson is in bed with a woman. She must be in medicine. He needs help with his medication. She can’t help him and she leaves for work cause she is late.
Severide and Kidd are at the loft kissing and he puts his hands on her butt. He tries to get her in bed for a booty call till her phone goes off. It is about Charlie. Marsell tells Kidd that Charlie is just fine and he does not need dialysis. Charlie is surprised. Severide and Boden are talking about Boden’s talk with Chief Robinson. Carver and Kidd talk about Charlie’s misdiagnoses. Violet is there and says that she has seen it before. Kidd talks about Charlie’s health.
Kidd is checking into Charlie’s doctor. Carver gives Gibson a look. Herrmann and Mouch talk and then Tony gets involved. Gibson comes back in. They had plans to prank him. Gibson goes off on Lennox. Boden comes in the Common Room. Everyone is quiet. Boden walks out.
Ambo gets a call. It is too a biker bar. There is a guy on the floor hurt very bad. Lennox tries to cut his jacket. The bikers get upset. Violet makes it better by explaining the situation to the biker Eddy. He tries to take the jacket off, but can’t. So, Violet comes up with a way to get it off and save it. Lennox is afraid that Eddie is going to kill him. Violet tells him protocol says he has to ride with Eddie. Then she says that the safety of Lennox and Eddie are more important than protocol.
Boden goes to see DC Hill about the position. He tells her about Chief Robinson. He explains about what she is up to trying to get the job. DC Hill tells that there is a process for complaints and that she thinks Chief Robinson is right for the job. Boden says things need to be changed. DC Hill says that he wants things his way and that is not good.
Kidd talks about what she found out about the doctor that saw Charlie. Violet and Carver talk to her about Charlie filing malpractice. Kidd finds something. She is not happy. This doctor is referring patients to himself. Carver goes to see Gibson about his medication issue. Carver tells him he is not the only one with demons. Carver knows what he is going through. Carver tells him get off the floor and pull himself together. Gibson punches his locker.
Boden brings Lennox into his office. Boden says that Lennox is not a good fit for 51. He is putting Lennox back in the floater pool. No one wants to work with him due to his affiliation with Chief Robinson. Lennox tells him good luck. Kidd goes into the bathroom and then walks to the showers to see Gibson is bleeding sitting in a shower. He tells Kidd that he needs help.
Kidd talks to Severide about Gibson in Severide’s office. He says that no everyone is cut out for 51 even Lennox. Severide and Kidd hug. Carver and Violet talk about Lennox. They are worried abut Violet’s next partner and worried about Lennox. Boden talks to Violet about Lennox and what he told Boden before he left.
They guys pull a prank on Herrmann when his car starts up. Mouch and Tony see him and smile. Carver and Gibson talk at Carver’s truck. Gibson thanks him for the help. Kidd and Severide goes back to the dialysis center to see Dr. Landis. They are having an inspection with the fire marshal. They are shutting him down. Kidd and Dr, Marsell are filing charges against him.
Chief Robison came to talk to Boden and is upset about the fact that her charges were dropped, she is off the DC list, and Lennox is in the floater pool. She came to threaten Boden and 51.
Now it is time for my thoughts: This episode was one that I had a love and hate relationship with. Some things I liked and others I hated. I hope that next week is better.
Chief Robinson: I still maintain that Chief Robinson is Gail McLeod who was after 51. I believe that Robinson was trying to bring 51 down so that she could move up in the CFD. She used Lennox to spy on 51 and report back to her. I hated the fact that she threatened Boden and 51.
Lennox: I am glad that he is gone. He was not a good fit for 51. He was a spy sent by Chief Robinson to bring down 51. I hated how he made Chief Robinson out to be some kind of God that was going to help him move up in the CFD cause he was her spy.
Boden: I loved how he stood up for 51. How he would not back down to Chief Robinson who was being a bully. I loved how he took charge and put Lennox back in the floater pool. He nicely explained why Lennox would not get a permanent home being a nark for Chief Robinson and how he was not 51 material. I loved how Boden went to DC Hill to talk to her about Chief Robinson and explain that policies sometimes need to be changed. It got her to change her mind about things with Chief Robinson.
Gibson: I think he is on his way out. He has issues that he needs help with. The storyline with him tonight was like Severide in Season 1. I am just glad Kidd found him and he asked for help.
Carver: I love how Carver tried to help Gibson. It shows he is a good friend. Tonight we finally get Carver and Violet together. I think this is going to be a ship that works out well.
Violet: Violet did the right things with Lennox. She handled him well. I love how she handled things at the Biker Bar to calm Eddie the patient down so that they could get him to Med. She is good at what she does.
Pranks: I love the pranks especially on Herrmann. We needed a laugh this episode and Tony is always good at providing a laugh.
Charlie: I am glad that Kidd, Violet, and Carver worked together to help Charlie and take the Dr Landis and his clinic down. I am glad that they figured out that Charlie was misdiagnosed before he got really hurt.
Stellaride: I loved that they were at the Loft and about to get all hot and heavy. I was not happy that they were interrupted. We deserved a hot and heavy Stellaride scene. I did like how they talked in Severide’s office and then they kissed. I also liked how they worked together going back to the dialysis center to take down Dr. Landis. I hope next week we get some hot and heavy Stellaride.
Next week: Wednesday, April 3, 2024, Chicago Fire will be ALL NEW with Season 12 Episode 9: Something About Her at 9:00pm (eastern) on NBC. I will be back next week with another blog post about the episode. As always, please leave your thoughts in the comments. I love reading them.
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