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10 hours ago, icemiser69 said:
I don't think I have watched this series long enough to have the slightest clue who this Gabby person is. I have heard her being talked about quite a bit, but I don't think I have seen her on screen.
She was on the show last season for the winter finale. She was the one who showed up out of the blue and demanded Matt attend a gala and get her wine, without once apologizing for walking out on him and nuking his life. That’s Gabby.
But this is something I’m curious about... A lot of online commenters here and other places have only watched since season 7 or so. It’s not a show that is backstreamed by any of the major streaming apps. There seems to have been a very quick “drift” in terms of viewership between season 6 and now, and it seems like Gabby is important/remembered only to the writers and some rabid fans on Twitter. So, who is their audience, really? Are there that many long term fans left who really care about resolving Dawsey? (The two ladies on Twitter with twenty Queen Gabby accounts don’t count.)
I can’t get a good sense of people left who have been with the show since 2012 or who have watched all the episodes. But, boy, coming on board without seeing the first 3-4 years must make these characters seem very different. Casey alone has done a complete 180 and 2/3 of the rest became comic relief. I definitely recommend the earlier seasons...fantastic TV and solid characters (honestly) (it’s the only reason I still watch).
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7 hours ago, iMonrey said:
Severide stopping to propose to Stella in the middle of a roaring fire is the stupidest thing I have ever seen, bar none. Not just on this show but on any show. These are supposed to be veteran fire fighters, and this is how they act? They know the ceiling could come crashing down on them at any moment, right? OMG. Just when you think the writing couldn't get any worse.
I'm a terrible person, because I now keep imagining that scene happening, but with the ceiling crashing down on both of them. 🤣 If only!
Aside from the Stellaride junk, I'm kind of miffed that the writers spent 13 episodes harping on Dawsey and then resolved it entirely off-screen. I would never call myself a shipper, and I stopped buying Matt and Gabby as a happily-ever-after couple in season 4 (but kinda loved them in seasons 2-3, when the show was normal), but that's a conversation I wanted to hear/see. I wanted real closure on those two, and I think more was needed than what this episode gave; even after three years of slow build-up, Casey and Brett as endgame still seems super weird (but not bad), and I don't feel like I can pinpoint when or why Casey fell for Brett and/or when he stopped waiting for Gabby to come back. It more seems like the writers were told to move on.
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6 hours ago, preeya said:
The way I see it, Natalie's mother dies, Natalie is arrested (by a P.D. cop), Will gets fired, and somehow April weasels her way into the interview she missed. End of season.
Hopefully, next season there will be new blood (no pun intended), with better writing and story-lines.
I think Will will originally take the fall for the compromised study, get fired, realize it’s not worth getting fired for Natalie, and tell Goodwin the truth, which sends Natalie packing (with or without charges). Will keeps his job because Goodwin is a pushover.
I can’t believe I got sucked into this show.
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2 hours ago, WinJet0819 said:
Not the first time either. Remember Boden's wedding in the Season 2 finale?
Totally off topic for this episode, but I always found it odd that it’s never been overtly acknowledged that Boden’s wedding was crashed by that horrific call and that his wedding anniversary is shared with the anniversary of Shay’s death. There’s a subtle storyline there with good dramatic contrast. But they choose to write episodes like this instead.
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2 hours ago, FnkyChkn34 said:
I guess it was good that they broke out the window first, so that they knew they had an escape? I dunno, it was cheesy, but I guess that's all I expect these days from this show.
Beyond the soft porn romance novel cinematography of it, taking off your SCBA mask in a fully involved fire is insanely irresponsible and something you just don’t do. It goes against...like, everything. The writers now don’t even take the fires they film seriously. There is nothing left for this show.
I might get roasted alive for this, but True Love is Lt. Casey screaming at Candidate Gabby in sheer, horrified panic when she took off her mask in a fire. It’s not some weird suicide pact thing that ends with making out and cutely finding a back door while your brothers try to rescue you and/or the structure continues to burn because the full effort can’t start until they’re out. That’s someone’s livelihood burning. (So glad Cruz salved his anger by unnecessarily destroying that wall.)
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On 5/16/2021 at 3:34 PM, WinJet0819 said:
And hence, it will further hammer home the point of portraying female first responders in the wrong type of light. This would be the prime example of letting drama override authenticity.
Chicago Fire Writers: "Hold our beer and watch this." 💯
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How did Gabby find out about Mouch’s award? If Casey’s not talking to her, then who is?
So Casey can’t talk to Gabby without Brett spiraling into a petulant depression, but Brett can provide emotional support and advice to Ex Boyfriend Cruz at her apartment? Sounds about right for Brett.
How ridiculous that Kidd was given bugles and a white officer’s shirt (which she was wearing at Mouch’s ceremony) for passing the exam. She's not a lieutenant until she lands a lieutenant position, which she acknowledged herself at the beginning of the episode…but it looks like she was actually made a District 4 Relief Lieutenant, based on her helmet during the fire at the end. What?! So, remember how special it was for Herrmann to finally have a set of bugles in season 7? And remember when he passed the exam and waited two years for a position, rather than instantly becoming a relief lieutenant? ...so.... What?!
A plane crashes onto a building, and a single Squad rig and one ambulance is called to respond, with what looks like a bunch of bystanders running around under the dangling plane. Yeah, that sounds right. (Not.)
Kinda shitty that Boden talks to other people besides Kidd about Kidd’s future. And, oh, don’t tell her about it, because she probably can’t handle it or something. How insulting. (For the record, it also wasn’t cool when Casey talked to Welch over at Truck 66 on Gabby’s behalf back in season 3.)
Heh, look, Cruz is going to kill another person!
I wonder if Casey actually talked that other chief into seeing batt chief potential in Casey. And with all the “successes” at 51, Boden gets promoted, too. And then a spot opens up for Kidd. (Wrote this before the promo. Yep.)
Aaaaaaaaaand with the Stellaride marriage proposal and prolonged makeout session in the middle of a burning building, Chicago Fire has, on a Very Special Episode, jumped the fucking shark. What an absolute disgrace and a disservice. I hope Taylor Kinney really does leave and takes Stellaride with him.
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8 hours ago, FnkyChkn34 said:
I just watched Zero Dark Thirty recently and Taylor Kinney had a very small role in it. He was good, playing a Navy SEAL opposite Chris Pratt. But this is his most lucrative job, and unless he's got something else lined up or there's a reason to absolutely hate the set of CF, I don't see why he wouldn't stay. These are NBC's highest rated scripted shows (I think) so he and Jesse Spencer should be making plenty of money.
See, I’m surprised Kinney has stayed this long. Besides a supporting role in Zero Dark Thirty, his biggest claim to fame is being formerly engaged to Lady Gaga and being the #2 or #3 (depending on how Eamonn Walker’s “and” is interpreted) on Fire. I thought he’d try to use Fire to springboard to his own show and get back to LA.
I kinda even think Jesse Spencer is wasting some good years on Fire, and he’s #1, but he really doesn’t need anything else after House and 9 years on this show. Seventeen to possibly 18+ straight years being a lead on hit network shows is pretty impressive. He's in a good spot, except his show keeps getting more ridiculous.
In any event, Netflix, Prime, and Disney+ seem to be the places to be, these days. Fire pulls in strong ratings, but network ratings and demos are slowly nosediving overall. Audiences are moving.
(Rumor is the set of Fire is brutal. They film long days in any weather in Chicago. A few of the originals have interviewed about sustaining permanent injuries from the earlier days, when they were filming multiple fires/heavy rescues per episode. I think it's a love it or hate it type deal, which explains why so many originals are still around while so many newbies end up leaving so quickly. My pet theory is that season 7+ turned so heavy toward investigations and mini rescues because Spencer and Kinney put some clauses into their contracts about physical workload, but I've got nothing to back that up except observations.)
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5 hours ago, WinJet0819 said:
It must be stated though that the news is that Taylor Kinney has not renewed his contract. That could change, but if it doesn't, I could totally see a version of events where Severide gets killed in the season finale, which ends Stellaride (YAY!!), and everyone at 51 would be honored if Stella takes his vacant lieutenant post. And it could be interesting to see how Stella navigates that when she doesn't have Kelly constantly saying "You got this Stella Kidd." But then again, she has no Squad experience, so it would make no sense for her to lead a Squad team with no experience doing Squad
If Kinney left (fingers crossed...sorry, can’t stand him and the character), before ever thinking of giving Squad to Kidd, I hope they would reveal that Casey has been Squad certified all this time and move him over to Squad to honor his friend. That could be an interesting shakeup of dynamics. Or, get rid of Squad altogether and downsize the cast; Squad rarely goes out on calls, Severide solves more crime than doing anything fire/rescue related, and Tony/Capp are great guest stars, and I just realized I forgot Cruz exists (just like the writers). And, even better, get rid of Severide and Kidd at the same time, almost like a Doug Ross and Carol Hathaway thing from ER.
All the possibilities....
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15 hours ago, Guildford said:
You know, I've being trying to figure out the problem I have with this show & I think this is it. So thank you.
Poor writing, awful characters & every story line driven by emotionally stunted, narcissistic, idiotic, unlikable characters & their toxic relationships with each other.
18 hours ago, WinJet0819 said:These storylines are just so mind-numbingly stupid. This is another example of where personal drama storylines are what's driving the medical. For once, I just wish to see an episode where they are all acting like actual doctors doing things by the book, where the drama is created by the patients they deal with. Not romantic relationship stuff. Not a sick parent that justifies breaking the rules. Not a long lost child who might be working there permanent. That would be so refreshing.
This episode felt like many of the characters were having a nightmare. I had that thought a few times as I watched the "drama" unfold. It's completely unrealistic and driven by inane, nonsensical decision-making, the way bad dreams don't make sense. There's no way Maggie gives that advice to a med student, let alone to her secret daughter (plus, what the hell does Maggie think Vanessa will do once she discovers the truth, whether it be tomorrow, a week from now, a month from now, or ten years from now??). Just like there's no way any halfway intelligent person gives someone else secret medication without thinking through the obvious consequences (Christ, Natalie, at least take your mom to Lakeshore instead of where you work).
Yes, absolutely - interesting, powerful drama comes from characters making rational decisions within the reasonable confines of their jobs, and, thus, storylines and plots emerge organically from those confines and in-universe rules. This is why most of ER stands the test of time: it's so damn enjoyable to watch interesting, mostly likable, sane characters do good, complex work and navigate the realities of their job (within the bounds of TV). It would be so refreshing and enjoyable to see Med and Fire try to do that. Most writers worth their mettle enjoy the puzzles of those confines and write better stories because of it, but not any of these writers. Not one of them.
I respect all the main cast members who have voluntarily decided to leave the One Chicago Trainwreck universe, though I'm sure it must really suck to have to choose between self-respect and job security.
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1 hour ago, AnnA said:
That isn't the way it works. Chicago Fire Dept HQ decides where Kidd is assigned.
Eh, but Boden decided to promote Herrmann to Engine 51 in season 7. I wouldn't mind so much if there was a legitimate opening at 51 for Kidd to become an officer, especially if she got passed up elsewhere.
I keep harping on this, but Herrmann passed the exam in season 5 and waited years for the promotion. It really seems like Kidd is going to get the promotion and a position somewhere instantly, because ~Kelly~, Casey, and Boden are going to pull strings. And there's that inappropriate cronyism/nepotism HQ was talking about earlier in the season. No one immediately pulled strings for Herrmann, who was demonstrably more capable, prepared, and experienced than Kidd. (Watch, she'll get a nice office, too, while Herrmann has been an officer for three years and still can't convince anyone he deserves to have a space to work.)
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6 minutes ago, tinderbox said:
I’ve got a gut feeling that Mouch will die during a fire rescue at the end of this season. He’s been receiving accolades from his coworkers recently and now we learn he will be awarded some sort of official commendation.
I still enjoy the show but admit to being sick to death of Stella. I do hear some of your concerns about storylines not being as compelling as they once were, and agree, but I tend to think that could be Covid-19 related. My guess is that the city of Chicago didn’t allow a lot of filming on their streets during this time.I agree it's weird that Mouch has had some sentimental focus, but I don't see how Mouch dying does anything for the current major storyline. There's no room for another officer at 51, which stonewalls Kidd's progress. If she wants to be promoted to lieutenant, she'll need to leave 51. If anyone is going to leave, it would be her or one of the existing officers (Casey, Severide, or Herrmann). A far-fetched move would be Boden leaves/dies/retires, Casey is promoted to batt chief, and then Kidd becomes the Truck lieutenant. Mouch dying opens a regular spot on Truck, which doesn't solve the Kidd problem.
Season 7 began the lackluster investigation storylines. A good 2/3 of that season was investigations. It continued in season 8, and now season 9. It's not COVID. (And, really, the uninspired writing issues stem back to season 5, but I suppose it's all in the eye of the beholder.)
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15 hours ago, NJRadioGuy said:
I still think that at least one of the leads is leaving at the end of the season. Casey's medical woes were a decoy, I think. Severide's about to get engaged and be happy. My money is on him not coming back next season. That then puts Stella through the wringer and frees up a romantic spot for the Cat Hater and Casey to get it on at the same time.
This show is getting worse every week.
I agree and am waiting on big announcements, like Med just had. I could see Kinney/Severide leaving and Mayo/Kidd too. This is an “old” cast on an aging, formulaic network show in a city where there is little chance of doing other projects or even networking beyond Dick Wolf. No one is being nominated for awards. I’m more and more wondering if the sudden hard shift to Brettsey this season is because part or all of Stellaride gave notice. (I kinda always thought Derek Haas would wait out Jesse Spencer and send Casey off with Dawson.)
Or, it will be David Eigenberg who I think has said he has anxiety and a lot of trouble with lines, which shows through quite a bit. He’s quirky.
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It’s disappointing that this season is six episodes shorter than usual, and incredibly boring, filler junk like this is how the showrunner decides to fill the 16 episodes. These writers have got nothing. (Every now and then, I wonder what it would be like if Fire got sold to Netflix and soft-rebooted into a show for adults, like what happened to Designated Survivor a few years ago. Yes, I know that will never happen, but, gosh, there's so much wasted potential.)
The editing makes it look like the firefighters work an 8-5/M-F job. And the writing makes it looks like they’re PIs. They just need to do Chicago OFI and put Fire out of its misery.
The fire rescue scene seemed clunky and full of filler. I thought something was going to go wrong with the aerial again, with how much they were showing its details. At first, I thought the stabilizers had malfunctioned and the truck was going to tip. Weird editing.
Why is a paramedic schooling a batt chief, a captain, and a Squad lieutenant on fire science and the difference between chemicals?
Definitely saw the cat getting sold when Boden wanted her outside. Poor cat.
I can’t stand Brett’s whiny, annoying, immature young girl act; it's like she regressed back to season 3. Many vets board pets without requiring a “personality test,” so that whole storyline of hers was dumb. Also, give the cat up for adoption back to the original shelter, rather than hoping something bad happens, you jerk.
I feel like Mouch's approach to the "annual" (aka, never-seen-before) garage sale was out of character for him. Herrmann is the hustler.
Passing the exam means Kidd is eligible to become a lieutenant. It doesn’t mean she’s a lieutenant, as Boden referred to her. Herrmann passed the exam years before he was promoted…and, IIRC, no one cared that he passed, and no one called him "lieutenant" until he was actually promoted to lieutenant. I'll be beyond aggravated if she "gets promoted" next episode before she actually gets a position.
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5 hours ago, FnkyChkn34 said:
Oh look, another investigation!
I legit think the showrunner still wants to be running/writing PD. There doesn’t appear to be much interest in Fire as a non-procedural.
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12 hours ago, leslieo54 said:
I was (am? hmmm…) all for Brett and Casey, assuming they ever actually did it - hey, I could dream that it meant no chance of Gabby ever coming back - but damn, yes… They needed to hire someone less attractive to play Grainger and also make him less understanding, because he definitely looks like the better choice.
Appearance aside (he looks like a poor man’s Gallo LOL), Grainger is a lot of how Casey was before Hallie was murdered, he lost two children, and his wife left him in the span of six years. I hate how Casey has been since season 7, but he’s just about the only character who’s been allowed to develop in a real way. He’s got baggage. I hope gets the win here and a hundred more.
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42 minutes ago, FnkyChkn34 said:
Oh, he clearly did. I'm sorry that my sarcasm didn't come through. 😉
On second read, it definitely came through, haha. :) It’s been a day. (And maybe it also speaks to the absurdity of this show, where maybe they WOULD try to use an iPhone to detect gas levels, just like a couple people legit thought that Donna was going to teach Zumba at the house, because OF COURSE these writers would. Remember Cruzumba...?)
In other news, I saw another interview where Derek Haas said he shoehorned in the swaddling plot because he realized there wasn’t a “funny c-plot” and that’s a requirement now. Guess what, ding bat, there STILL wasn’t a funny c-plot but your a-plot was pretty laughable...and a primetime drama shouldn’t have a sitcom element. This show is absolutely screwed with him as the showrunner.
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6 hours ago, FnkyChkn34 said:
I think the girl said something about involving the cops - if they called the cops then they would surely kill her, or something like that? Maybe I just made that up to help the story make one iota of sense...
Nice to see that a new iPhone 12 will read natural gas levels. Is there anything it can't do!? 🙄
I think Severide made that up to fool the gangsters. The whole thing was inane.
They still should have called the police. There are gang units for this with intelligence on gang activity/hangouts, CIs, and undercover officers. The girl was more likely to die when the gangsters heard Boden’s sirens.
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20 hours ago, WinJet0819 said:
Of course, it just has to be kid who has the responsibility of saving some one. Only on Chicago Fire Anatomy.
...except she didn't really do anything. Boden and Severide took over.
This episode was supposed to convincingly showcase how prepared Kidd is to be a lieutenant. The showrunner gave an interview about that today. But all it really demonstrated was that Kidd could be a 911 dispatcher and stare at a phone while a high schooler gives her emotional support. I don't get what the writers were thinking, given the goals they had in mind for this episode. Honestly, if she wasn’t Severide’s girlfriend, this sixth-billed character would be written like Herrmann, Mouch, and Cruz - nonexistent comic relief.
I'm pretty sure Boden would’ve called the police and let the police handle the situation. There would be no defense if the girl died and he didn’t involve the police. Also, wasn’t this the plot of 911’s pilot episode, particularly with fire truck sirens being used to pinpoint a kidnapped victim, while the dispatcher told them when they were close to the location?
I don’t respect that Severide’s advice to Kidd is for Kidd “to go tell Casey” to go find some floater, so she can go home and stress about the exam she’s been whining about for a year. This show will be more than insufferable, if she actually makes lieutenant and somehow stays at 51. Seriously, I can’t stand Stellaride. I hope one of them leaves at the end of the season.
It sounds like Donna's home Internet went down. Is Donna not allowed in her school building to teach Zoom class? (Our virtual teachers are teaching out of their classrooms but I'm not Chicago.) Nice to see her, I guess. But I don’t understand why COVID isn’t at all a consideration on this show, except the District 4 office (where Donna taught her class) still doesn’t have any employees except for a high school temp.
Nice callback to season 1 and season 6 with Casey cooking for the house again. He really did sound and look more relaxed the whole episode. His voice was even back to normal, instead of a weird, too-low pitch. I hope this is really the end of Uptight Zombie Casey.
Wait, so Brett was capably able to kick down a solid front door, but couldn’t do the same for the sauna door? She called Squad for that? I guess I should just be happy that the sauna call didn’t turn into an investigation into the lock manufacturer taking manufacturing shortcuts and endangering rich people with clear skin.
Okay, so, much like last week… Three members of the house are mired in a situation with a kidnapped girl being threatened with a violent murder, while two others worry about dating, others take bets on swaddling, and two others entertain a bunch of high schoolers. There is absolutely zero thematic cohesion, EVER.
I so love Capp. I will never not love Capp. Dude just wants to eat and be happy.
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13 hours ago, WinJet0819 said:
And really, I must say this show has seemingly gotten boring. It's trying to keep a serious tone, but it's drifting closer and closer to what Station 19 is. The show keeps pushing relationship tension and the actual fires (unless it's an investigation) and the actual daily lives of firefighters are an afterthought. Each episode seems to follow a predictable pattern. A close-call fire or accident. Relationship drama. Some comedic relief. A feel good story. More drama and a accident that then relates to that drama for a character. Nothing to keep you on the edge of your toes. Nothing different. I never thought I would ever call a Dick Wolfe show predictable and boring, but here we are.
All of this. The fact that the show lost six episodes out of the season and there is still so much filler and silly stuff is quite telling. The next two episodes sound like filler, fluffy BS, based on the press releases. These writers don’t appear to have any curiousity about the characters or interest in writing about firefighting, and this shortened season hits home how little substance the writers are able to bring to the table. Thank god it’s not a full season because it looks like these people cap out at three arguably decent episodes a year.
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1 hour ago, MssdDrms said:
I try to like Stella, but I think , too, they are building her up like they did Dawson. so far, though, she’s not in every scene and the heroine of every save.
I do like Brett with Casey. They get along well and she seems to have respect for him. Unlike Dawson who seemed to treat him as an afterthought. They argued more than anything else. Makes no sense to me why the writers of this show is trying to convince us now that they were such a great couple. Smh...
A big issue I have with Kidd is how the writers have attached her to Severide’s hip. I’ve said it since she did the leadership conference last season, but I wish the writers had put her with Casey or Herrmann for mentorship and had Kidd refuse help from Severide. Her professional ambitions have totally merged with her romantic ambitions, and that’s completely sullied both the character and her promotion storyline. There were a dozen other ways to build her up, other than this soppy "you've got this, Stella Kidd" platitudinal BS. I liked her character in seasons 4 and 5, then she started to slip in season 6, and then most of season 7 was her whining about ~Kelly~. It's never gotten better. (And I can't take Severide seriously; he was too much of a sleazy, up-himself creep for the first 4-5 years of the show.)
I'd love to know what happened behind the scenes for the hard switch to Casey/Brett this season. If they don't happen and/or this is all a build-up for Dawsey, I swear to god...
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I don’t mind the secondary main characters getting some screentime and storylines. Herrmann, Cruz, and Mouch have been with the show since season 1 and usually get far less screentime/storylines than newbies Gallo and Ritter, while Kidd is basically treated as if she’s fourth-billed at this point (she’s not). Of the three originals, I don’t understand why Cruz just had more to do on Chicago Med, leading some weird bizarro version of Squad 3, than he’s had to do on Fire all season, but whatever.
What I don’t like/understand is the mix of storylines that the characters have in single episodes. This show is like going to dinner at a nice restaurant and being served an entree of spaghetti, tacos, spinach dip, and curry…it doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t go together, and it’s weird, even if each type of food on its own is okay. I mean, Casey’s on the cusp of losing his career/staring down the barrel of lifelong post-traumatic epilepsy, while Herrmann and Kidd are advocating for felons, Ritter/Gallo/Mouch are hunting for some legendary veteran firefighter to inspire rookies, and Boden’s worked up over a public parking space being used. What? It’s like none of these people know each other or live in the same reality, just like when Casey nearly got his head blown off and everyone was worried about Otis making a hockey goal. I don't know if I'm watching a drama or a sitcom.
Some of these storylines could be written to thematically support each other - like, the firefighter who saved an infant that Mouch was trying to find? Yeah, there’s a firefighter who’s out on medical leave because he ran through a couple walls of fire to save an infant, had a ceiling collapse on him, dragged himself out, handed the infant over, and instantly collapsed and nearly died, then came back to work for seven years before having more problems…and he’s THEIR CAPTAIN. But no connection, none, was drawn there, even for a moment. It’s all so separate and doesn’t make sense in the same episode, but it COULD if the writers would/could make an effort to synthesize themes, write a cohesive episode where 2-3 storylines work in tandem, and make connections for dramatic impact.
I rewatched the episode last night and only have two extra thoughts: (1) Casey was rubbing his left arm and wincing during the Molly’s scene with Severide, which was a nice foreshadowing to his Random Left Shoulder Injury that his questionable doctor diagnosed without any medical assessment of that shoulder and after hypothesizing that a left-sided brain injury caused left-side weakness (!?) (jaded speculation: the doctor is wrong, Casey’s not okay, and Casey goes down during a call in the finale); and (2) a much cooler show would have capitalized on Brett’s terrible playlist, actually played a non-Taylor Swift song during the MRI and some scenes from the other storylines, and set a tone/vibe.
This got long.
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58 minutes ago, FnkyChkn34 said:
I think my issue is that Boden goes to so many fires in the first place - so he's always already in charge. He doesn't have to go to the fires, and when he doesn't, Casey is in charge. So I guess in this episode, he was just a stand-in Casey and it was like a fire that Boden wouldn't have otherwise attended? No matter what, Boden is in charge when Boden is there. Truck wasn't really down a man, because Boden could have jumped in. (Also agree about Squad - that was weird.)
Boden could have jumped in but wasn’t fully geared up with his SCBA, which would have wasted precious time. If Casey had been there, guaranteed Mouch would have had the aerial up and Casey/Gallo would have been buddied up in the fire. As it is, I couldn’t tell who helped Kidd with the ground ladder but it wasn’t anyone from the ladder company. This isn’t even getting into what would have happened if the roof had needed vented. I think Truck was understaffed and Boden was not truly covering Truck at all - he was there as BC. They missed a real opportunity to bring in a random floater and have Kidd cover for Casey like Herrmann used to.
I wonder, though, if Boden kept Casey’s medical issue off the books and that’s why he “covered.” Not excusing that but it crossed my mind as a potential explanation.
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56 minutes ago, FnkyChkn34 said:
Sorry, but... huh? This already happened awhile ago, didn't it? I apologize, but I don't understand your comment.
I don't even remember the previews for next week - must have really captured my attention! 😂
Haha. The inconsistency in how absences are handled is frustrating. When Herrmann was out a few episodes ago, a big deal was made about Grainger floating in to cover the absence...which was the writers manufacturing drama for the sake of drama. He was the first floater in a good two or three seasons called in to make sure a rig was fully staffed, and of course it was Brett’s boyfriend. Now, a few episodes later (this episode), Casey is out for as long as Herrmann had been out but no replacement officer or floater was called in to cover Casey. Boden personally “covered” but ultimately left Truck understaffed with three firefighters. It doesn’t make any sense, either applying real world practices or in-show continuity, and it glaringly highlights how inconsistently and superficially the show tends to be written. Stuff only happens if it makes more drama.
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S09.E15: A White-Knuckle Panic
in Chicago Fire
Hell, I think it’s hard to reconcile Fire with PD and even Med. The showrunner is on record as saying Fire is a feel-good show about optimism and happy outcomes, with every episode needing a funny subplot. Move it to Saturday morning then.