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Exactly. To keep this show will be beating a dead horse. Let it go out on a high with Ellen going out. There's no point in carrying on without the title character.

When she first appeared in a recurring role in Season 8, her last name was Lim. And then when she came back in Season 9, it was magically changed to Mikami The writers seem the take us viewers for idiots. And Brett's time off is as unbelievable as it gets. There is no job that lets you take months off at a time. Especially a first responder job. Especially time off just because you miss your significant other. With the exception of maternity leave or an on-the-job injury, first responders can take, at most, a month off.

Oh man. This episode was full of such contrived BS. St. Stella can't handle that Gallo might go to Squad, and accuses Severide of actually trying to poach him when that could not be further from the truth. As Kelly said, Gallo had his eye on Squad long before Stella was in charge. There's no crime in him helping when Gallo asked him for it. And after Severide sets her straight, St. Stella just needs to take it upon herself to let Gallo know she's OK if he chooses to go to Squad. "Follow your heart." Last I checked, Gallo wasn't even considering what she thought, and was under no obligation to. But because she just HAD to let Gallo know how she feels, of course he chooses to turn it down, re-quoting her "Follow my heart." What a bunch of crap. The writing on this show has become so damn forced. Everybody has to bend a knee to the almighty Stella Kidd. This is why I think her character is an insult to all female first responders. She can't be taken seriously. Furthermore, Kelly actually needing to think about wanting to help Gallo because he's worried about upsetting his fiancée is the exact reason why they should not be in the same house. Stella's feelings can not come into play. Gallos's career aspirations, after asking you to mentor him, should take priority over Stella's feelings. I will say it's good on Kelly for calling it like he sees it with St. Stella again getting exactly what she wanted. And it really seems like the writers were just trying to stir up more drama for the sake of drama by again bringing up Gallo's interest in Squad. All the training with Kelly and the vertical rope rescue classes at the academy just to give Stella the same answer he gave Matt early in the season. So forced. And is Squad 3 the only Squad company in Chicago. Guys that want to go out for Squad at House 51 can only go to Squad 3? Mills, Cruz, and now possibly Gallo? That just further makes this storyline stupid. Emma is definitely a rat, but at the same time, I don't feel bad for Violet and Hawkins. This is the risk they opened themselves up to when they got together, and then continued to do so after his reprimand. There needs to be professionalism in this type of workplace, especially with him being her boss. And because he's sleeping with her, he can't be impartial, which screws over all the other paramedics. Another forced storyline. Man, I really do wish this show was more like 9-1-1, where all the relationship drama for the characters was outside of the house with people they don't work with. And the drama in the house was related to work and stories are crafted organically out of that.

This is another example of a potentially good episode that's oversaturated with relationship drama. The entire story of Adam finding his friend's daughter could have been good enough on its own, but they have to throw in the Burzek crap and Mackayla. It just detracts from the whole show.

OMG!!!! An Atwater-driven episode that didn't focus on his race or proving what side he's on. And it wasn't something where he went undercover as the token black guy. Color me shocked. This was long, long overdue. What a great episode. It is so amazing how much better the episodes are when they're not based around Upstead or Burzek and it's just about the police work. This type of story, and the last episode with Torres, are what keep me engaged throughout the whole show. Well done. Still have to catch-up to see if this just winds up being a one-off. Really, Kevin deserved this after the screwed up story with Celeste. That was a terrible storyline. And minor thing, but writers did screw-up with Raquel's age. Her real IL ID showed her birthdate being in 1990, but in the next scene, Kevin brings up that she would have been 18 in 2006.

Boden was the star of this episode. Plain and simple. But as others have said, no other exits in a store? There's more than just a front and back entrance. And really, the whole house has to roll to a HOSTAGE situation simply because their chief is involved. Give me a break. There is not even a remote necessity for them being there. Screw any other fires or emergencies. Our chief is a hostage and that takes priority. It really does seem going through this season that the writers can't come up with any actual firefighting storylines. Kelly is doing arson investigations. St. Stella is investigating suspicious car crashes. Boden is in a hostage situation. It's true that there aren't fires all the time, but these storylines are so, so, so far out of the realm of possibility for firefighters. It's pitiful. I really wish this show could learn from what 9-1-1 is doing and get back to where the actual job is the focal point. Not contrived stories.

Definitely this. Last I checked, Stella isn't the CPD and doesn't carry a weapon. She's a Lieutenant in the CFD. She doesn't have ANY power to keep Adriana safe. But of course, this show just has to bend itself over backwards and forwards to show how damn great Stella Kidd is. Gabby was suffocating the show. Stella is enveloping the show.

I do find it quite interesting how, in this episode, Kim says in court that "I know I don't have a lot of money..." That's strange considering her personal vehicle, not her police vehicle, is a Lexus, which comes after she was driving a Mercedes, and her realistically affordable Toyota Corolla that we saw her drive a few seasons ago when she lost her baby. And add that to the fact that's living in a high-rise condo with a secure-access parking garage. She seems pretty flush with money, for someone that's still an officer, which is less salary than a detective. Yes, writers, smart viewers do pick up on this type of stuff.

The Joe-Chloe storyline with Javi is really the only one worth caring about in this episode. I'm interested to see what happens next. Stella continues to be deified. No interest. Kelly again front and center to work what was thought to be a suspicious fire. No interest. Another side-hustle from the non-main characters goes nowhere. Again, no interest. And I am supremely satisfied that another paramedic did catch Hawkins and Violet, and now he'll have to answer for it. These are the reasons why relationships with a boss do not work, especially in these types of jobs. And it's about damn time someone on one of these shows called it out.

Wow, another OFI Investigation. Snooze. This has to be like the third or fourth this season. It's getting really tired. At this point, Kelly going to OFI full-time would be the perfect way to write out his character if Taylor Kinney ever chose to leave. As it is, it's amazing how Squad lieutenant, who has to keep his own crew tight, has all the time to be loaned out for arson investigations. He always claims there's not a chance he'll go over to OFI, but yet, he's always willing to jump in feet first to investigate any suspicious fire. I constantly want to scream "THAT IS NOT YOUR JOB!!!"

Exactly how was Glassman punishing Shaun? By being mad at him? As he said, he didn't shoot down Shaun's surgical ideas because of his anger. They weren't safe. Glassman now doesn't have a right to be mad at Shaun, even if he loves him? You can't expect Glassman to treat this like any other conflict they've had with a hoe-hum attitude because Shaun is Shaun. He's a grown man, and he's not infallible. Lim's life was changed. Tough love hurts, but that's why it's tough. Lea gave him the same type of tough love at the beginning of season 2 if I recall when he ghosted her to avoid hashing out their issues.

OMG!!!! What did I just watch? I'm really dreading catching all the way back up. The deification of Stella is complete. First off, she gets to choose where she wants to be a lieutenant? Total BS. A lieutenant opening isn't something that's up for someone to apply for just because "I want it." There are plenty of other firefighters who passed the Lt. test that want it, too. That's why there's a promotion list. Look at Hermann. He was on the promotion list for years before he finally got the spot. That is why it is so damn aggravating that the writers continue to think the viewers are not going to notice the inconsistency in how Hermann got his Lt. position and how Stella got hers. And as others said, I really did like Pelham. It sucks that he fell on his sword so that Stella could conveniently stay at 61 and abuse the PDA rules with her Lt. fiancé. I so wanted her to be gone and she could have taken her Girls on Fire with her. Brett Dalton could have been a great co-lead. Truck does need more members. A truck in Chicago needs to have more than 3 firefighters. I saw a few episodes ago they added some filler characters. And this is kind of where the depth issue comes into play. Peter Mills left. Gabby gave up her spot. Cruz went to Squad. Hermann got the promotion to Engine. Otis died. Matt left. They've let characters leave truck without really replenishing. Stella and Gallo are the only additions to Truck in the 10 seasons of the show. That's more the reason why they should have kept Pelham. And the special treatment given to Violet simply because she's sleeping with Hawkins was just disgusting. This is exactly why the CFD actually has rules that prohibit these types of relationships. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

The problem with this is that it shows favoritism. It's exactly why sleeping with the boss, man or woman is frowned upon. All other paramedics who aren't sleeping with Hawkins don't get a bump to the top of the line for a maintenance issue. They just have to deal with it. But Violet gets special treatment because she is sleeping with him. That's a lawsuit waiting to happen. Not to mention, the guys on truck were delayed, and kept out of service longer, because the work on their rig was started and then had to be stopped for an hour while the special request to accommodate Violet's ambo was given priority, simply because she's sleeping with the Chief That's a bad look, and gives the impression that she can curry special favors from her boss because of their relationship.

As others have said, it was nice to see Daniel had an actual legit reason for not wanting to date Jordan. I'm surprised the writers decided to get that deep. This was something the Grey's writers could have done with Amelia. That being said, if him wanting to maintain his sobriety is going to the be the reason for not getting romantically involved, then it needs to stick. It can't last for only 5-10 episodes, and then he and Jordan get paired on another case that draws them in emotionally to the point where he's willing to throw his sobriety reason out the window. Make it matter. And let's see his character develop instead of having forced storylines with Jordan all the time. We've seen that on too many shows. When did Shaun train in neurosurgery? This lack of specialties for the doctors is getting on my nerves. Glassman is the only certified neurosurgeon there (since this show does not want to seem to add more attendings after Melendez). And as mentioned earlier, I can understand why Glassman is angry at Shaun. He's not trying to force Shaun to accept fault for Lim, but he wants him to shoulder some accountability for the unexpected complication that was either directly or indirectly caused by him changing the surgical plan without permission. He needs to accept that he was wrong to do that, and he needs to apologize to Lim for the end result. And he needed to back off when Lim decided against the surgery and respect her decision. In regards to that decision, Danica may mean well, but she's not in the same boat at Lim. Her leg was severed and there's no getting that limb back. But she did get an artificial leg that allows her to still live a relatively normal life. Audrey is in a wheelchair. She has to drive by hand. She has to hope every building she enters is handicap-accessible. And she has a realistic chance of having a surgery done that can allow her to walk again. That's something that's a rarity amongst paraplegics. That's a chance you take. It was also nice to have an episode where we finally didn't have to endure Park and Morgan taking shots at each other. The episode seemed to flow a lot better without their banter.

Shaun was NOT supposed to change things without his permission. That's the whole crux of the issue. Shaun was the resident, and unless Lim was coding, which she wasn't, he was to stick with Glassman's plan, who was the attending. And rather directly, or indirectly, it lead to Lim being paralyzed. And Shaun can keep saying he saved her life, but he also has to take some accountability. Lim was paralyzed under his watch. That's why Glassman was wanting Shaun to apologize. Most top surgeons will still apologize for a complication, even if it wasn't directly their fault. It's just called being professional. And considering how Lim has bent over backwards to stick up for Shaun in the past, that's the least he can do. That's probably more the reason Glassman is upset at Shaun.

Such a stupid storyline for Crockett. Having him spend time with Avery and then kissing her mother, his boss. Just stupid. It was a matter of time before that got blown up. Crockett seems like a smart dude, and he puts himself in that type of position. Ugh. I actually thought Will and Stevie had great chemistry, but at least it's not going to go further than just being friends.

This episode really was a bore. The relationship crap between Violet and Hawkins. The tension between Violet and Gallo. The drama is so damn forced. The writing had them acting like immature children early in the season. And then when Gallo finally opens up, they have Violet falling asleep so, conveniently, she doesn't hear it. And then she takes it personal when Gallo tells her what we're all thinking. Her being with Hawkins, her chief, is not a good look. The Stella deification is grinding my gears. A woman who was going to pass on the Lieutenant's test because her boyfriend was giving her the silent treatment and constantly needs to have her man give her the "You got this Stella Kidd" cheer is not someone I can take seriously in a leadership position. And of course, another episode where Kelly is doing his side job of being OFI's #1 arson investigator. It's to the point where Cruz, in his only scene, refers to him as playing "fire cop." Fitting. Severide is so good at arson investigations he can ask the solid questions and find clues that the police and other actual arson investigators couldn't.

Yep, this is kind of why I took a break after she came back. I used to nickname this show Gabby Fire because of Gabby strangling all of the storylines. Now, it's Stella Fire. Every damn thing she does is so admired and she's so awesome and inspiring. It's suffocating. If I hear more inspirational stories about how Girls on Fire changed lives, I'm going break my TV. This exactly. Why does every woman on this show need to hook up with their superior? It's giving all females working in male-dominated fields, especially first responders, a bad rap. Hawkins is wrong, as I believe it is a rule that an officer can't have relations with a subordinate. He's the chief of paramedics. And his relationship really could cause favoritism.

I must say that Stella seems that much more annoying since her return. She was judging Pelham from the jump. It seems like she actually looks down on him because he got the job that she gave away. And I rolled my eyes when she said she knew McBride from "groundbreaking" Girls on Fire. Of course. And exactly how old is McBride for Stella to actually be able to know her from Girls on Fire. It started only 2 years prior, and it was only for high school girls. McBride looks to be in her early to mid-20s. So it doesn't compute how deity Stella would know her from Girls on Fire. But as we know, facts don't matter for the writers. And why is she sitting in on the discussion between Boden, Pelham and Severide? She's not an actual Lieutenant yet and has no standing. But I guess they had to have her input because the writers make it so. And my problem with Hermann is that he doesn't seem to carry himself as a Lieutenant. At least not as one when he's not on a call. He's still doing childish stuff that he was doing before his promotion. And this is another indictment on the writers. They haven't tried to have his character grow as much as he should now that he has his own command. And quite funny how Cruz says there's no way Boden will approve them taking the trucks out of district to do training downtown to try to when the contest. Yet, the trucks were pulled out of service and the sirens were abused just so he could get to the hospital to see his baby born. And in regards to Gallo and Violet, I have not much to say. Both of them acted stupid. And now Violet will be another woman on this show who falls for her boss. This is getting tired. Another woman on this show who can't find love the normal way, which is outside of the workplace.

firefighters don't want their entire company to be present when they have a child. Stupid typos

OMG!!!!! This episode made me cringe. Little girl is missing, and Kim and Adam take time out, when every second counts, to argue about Adam not having his name on the forms. Seriously? And of course the case has to strike home for those two, which is the pattern for almost every episode. A case effects Upstead or it effects Burzek. And the only cases that affect Atwater are the racial-focused ones. I loathe any pedophile, but going to the press to out the guy in his neighborhood just to try to get him to confess based on incomplete information is a bad look. That surely can't be ethical. And of course, the guy tells Adam actual evidence of what he saw, but he's so laser-focused that he's the guy, he ignores it. Now, the man's life is blown up. He'll probably have to leave his job, and pay to move somewhere else. Even though he's a sex offender, he's now got a target on his back based on an assumption.

The way Gallo just kept getting interrupted when trying to tell Violet his feelings would be comical if it wasn't so pathetically sad. This is the prime example of this show being such a soap opera. This is what the writers are coming up with now? Wow. Seager needs to get the message that Kelly, unfortunately, is not available. Every time she appears, she always tries to make a pass at Kelly. It's almost toeing the line of harassment.

That's become the downfall of this entire One Chicago universe.

Actually no. At that point and time, Shaun was still a resident. Going by the time frame of when Lim returned for the second episode, it had been about 3 and half months. So Shaun was supposed to obey what Glassman told him. But lucky for Shaun, the "parameters changed", so he did the surgery he wanted to do. And maybe someone in the hospital field can confirm, but I think there are some actual repercussions should a resident go against an attending's surgical plan without consulting them. He should have had someone get Glassman. Yeah, we can say he saved her life, but he also possibly changed it. And this partly goes back to the theme of the previous episode where he always thinks his way right and everyone else is wrong. And Shaun shouldn't let them walk all over him. But at the same time, he does need to accept some accountability. Constantly saying he saved her life and he was right doesn't change the fact that he changed the surgical plan without approval. Just because he's gifted doesn't make him infallible. It's almost like he has a God-complex. And let's not forget, he did save Lim's life, but he also almost caused her to lose her life because of his tantrum in the OR. All his tantrums always seem to be brushed aside on the show because he eventually made the right call or was proven right. I believe the M&M came back as inconclusive. Definitely this. Morgan IS NOT A SURGEON anymore. And yet, the writers do not seem to know what to do with her character. And as it is, it stretches the bounds of reality to see her consult on cases with actual surgeons and tell them what to do when she's not the one actually doing surgery. What actually is her role? And the constant banter with Park is just plain irritating. You're working on an injured guy in the ER, and taking jabs at each other. You're broken up. We get it. We don't need all this banter to try to force them back together. Have them move on. And I, too, am getting tired of the Jordan-Daniel relationship push. This is his THIRD episode, and they're already trying to push him into a relationship with his boss, coming close to a kiss. Ugh. It's so tired as we've seen this ad nauseam on Grey's. I'd like to see his character develop a bit more and actually prove his worth as a doctor first, instead of seemingly only existing to be a love interest for Jordan.

I really wish Morgan would leave. The fact that the snipes she and Park are having drawing the annoyance of Lim and Andrews is pathetic. This is not the crap I want to watching back and forth from a broken up couple. And it would be stupid to try to use this as a vehicle to force them back together. There's also the elephant in the room that Morgan is NOT a surgeon anymore. So the fact she continues to present cases and tell actual surgeons what to do for a surgery just stretches belief. It's like after the writers decided to have her have the hand issues, they haven't figured out what to do with her character. They throw her with Park, put her in the clinic where every patient she seems to see has surgical issue, and now have her basically be surgeon who can't operate. It's getting stupid. It's nice to get new interns. But it would be really nice if Daniel isn't just there to give Jordan a relationship. It'd be nice to actually get to learn more about him and see his character evolve. And as others have said, the hospital should be ADA-compliant. How the hell do they not already have operating beds that can be raised or lowered? Lim shouldn't have to be doing all the leg- work (no pun intended) to find a solution that allows her to work effectively and efficiently. And it's a safe bet that Lim's resentment of Shaun will lead to a lawsuit. And that's do to the fact that there's going to be a backdoor pilot for "The Good Lawyer" and the main character will be representing Shaun.