S13.E08: Quicksand

[DanaK]

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11/20/2024 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Wednesday) : Herrmann and Mouch prepare to take their officer exams. Cruz receives a chilling omen. Carver takes care of a dog after its owner is injured on a call.

Mid-season finale

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[anna0852]

Wow! They really did revisit that storyline with Cruz from season one. I’m impressed. The show does not usually harken back to its own memories unless Kelly is unconscious and hallucinating about Shea.

[MediaZone4K]

During that scene where *Cruz was searching through the locker room for who left the bullet urn, I didn't realize how many extra employees worked at Firehouse 51.

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[FnkyChkn34]

29 minutes ago, MediaZone4K said:

During that scene where Cruise was searching through the locker room for who left the bullet urn, I didn't realize how many extra employees worked at Firehouse 51.

My take was that was a different shift. He knew a few by name but not all. I don't think they were extras for when our characters are there on their shift. 

Is the budget so bad that they can't have Severide and Herrmann in the same episode?  Overall though, not bad. I could see them dragging out Cruz's story for the rest of the season. 

[MediaZone4K]

3 minutes ago, FnkyChkn34 said:

My take was that was a different shift. He knew a few by name but not all. I don't think they were extras for when our characters are there on their shift. 

Is the budget so bad that they can't have Severide and Herrmann in the same episode?  Overall though, not bad. I could see them dragging out Cruz's story for the rest of the season. 

Interesting. I always assumed it was one set of firefighters, and it confuse me last week when I saw them fighting a fire at night.

[FnkyChkn34]

1 hour ago, MediaZone4K said:

Interesting. I always assumed it was one set of firefighters, and it confuse me last week when I saw them fighting a fire at night.

Our characters work "second shift."  Every shift is 24 hours on, 48 hours off.  So for example, they work 8am Monday to 8am Tuesday, then report again 8am Thursday, then Sunday, then Wednesday, etc.  The Chief appears to work a different schedule, seems like just daylight every day.  If you notice, he doesn't have a bunk to regularly work overnight. 

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[Dowel Jones]

The Chief probably works a similar schedule, and has a relief also, but oftentimes they are allowed to go home at night, provided they live within a reasonable distance of the fire station.  Obviously he would take the BC vehicle home with him.  

What I don't quite understand, and I'm sure it's just for plot development, is that Mouch and Hermann can take the Lieutenant's exam and be immediately available for a Captain position.  And suppose Pascal is happy to be a BC?  They're not going to move him out just for the intrepid Crew 51.

As soon as Cruz poured out the substance on his hand, I immediately thought of the anthrax poisoning some years back.  How did gangbanger manage to sneak into a house full of firefighters, pick the lock on Cruz's locker, and stash that bullet?

3 hours ago, FnkyChkn34 said:

My take was that was a different shift.

Something else to make you go, "Hmmm".  One Engine with 4 on board.  One Truck with 4 on board.  One Squad with 4 on board. 2 medics.  That's 14 people parking around the fire station, which means 28 cars at shift change, since one shift can't leave before the other gets there.  Where are they parking?

Too bad the writers didn't go off the rails a bit with Carver's fence job.  Instead of shovels, I was hoping they would have had an auger in the back of his truck..  

[anna0852]

7 hours ago, Dowel Jones said:

What I don't quite understand, and I'm sure it's just for plot development, is that Mouch and Hermann can take the Lieutenant's exam and be immediately available for a Captain position.  And suppose Pascal is happy to be a BC?  They're not going to move him out just for the intrepid Crew 51.

Something else to make you go, "Hmmm".  One Engine with 4 on board.  One Truck with 4 on board.  One Squad with 4 on board. 2 medics.  That's 14 people parking around the fire station, which means 28 cars at shift change, since one shift can't leave before the other gets there.  Where are they parking?

Herman is already a lieutenant and is taking the captain test. Mouch is taking the lieutenant test to get on the officer rung in the first place. So they’re not taking the same test and they’re not aiming for the same positions. There’s also been some discussion about how once you pass your officer test, you don’t necessarily get an assigned within your current firehouse. That came up when Stella became a lieutenant. There was not an officer slot available at 51 and she was going to be sent elsewhere. Of course, plot armor and the actresses contract kept her where she is, but they did acknowledge. They can’t just create a position. New officers are sent where they are needed, not necessarily where they want to stay.
 

Regarding the parking, over the years, we have seen that be a problem for the firehouse. Whatever parking lot they have seems to be very small and most of the firefighters and paramedics use the street parking around the station. we’ve seen them come in grumbling about needing to park blocks away or how they need to move a car before a meter runs out, etc.

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[Sandman]

Someone please make Pascal and his wife stop being so creepy. Something about their interactions is wrong, like “I’m taking up firearms so I can learn how to shoot you in the crotch” level of wrong. 

[iMonrey]

22 minutes ago, Sandman said:

Someone please make Pascal and his wife stop being so creepy. Something about their interactions is wrong, like “I’m taking up firearms so I can learn how to shoot you in the crotch” level of wrong. 

 I know right? It's like their kink is getting mad at each other. She got all hot and bothered after he beat up that guy he was jealous of. They have a really fucked up relationship. 

Wow, that first call was total ick. I knew he would have to lose the leg. And when they shoved the stretcher into the ambo you could see half his toes were gone too.

I can never remember Novak's name. I don't know if that's a bad sign for my memory or a bad sign for the show. Looks like we're going to get some backstory for her, maybe that'll help.

[preeya]

47 minutes ago, iMonrey said:

can never remember Novak's name. I don't know if that's a bad sign for my memory or a bad sign for the show. Looks like we're going to get some backstory for her, maybe that'll help.

If you noticed in the beginning of the episode she kissed someone in the family photo, then she reacted OTT when on the attempted suicide call. I suspect the girl in the picture is her sister who committed suicide.

[FnkyChkn34]

44 minutes ago, preeya said:

If you noticed in the beginning of the episode she kissed someone in the family photo, then she reacted OTT when on the attempted suicide call. I suspect the girl in the picture is her sister who committed suicide.

Is it Lizzie Novak? I think that's her name...  but I have the same exact prediction. 

[preeya]

2 hours ago, iMonrey said:

I can never remember Novak's name.

Her name is Lyla but she is nicknamed Lizzie.

[Dowel Jones]

I did enjoy the weekly dose of humor around the Certs package.  They really did discontinue it in 2018 so Mouch, you got nothin' coming.