S06.E20: The Strongest Among Us

[Waterston Fan]

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After saving a girl from a car accident, Chief Boden and Lt. Severide are taken aback when they receive a surprise package. Brett struggles to keep quiet about Cruz reacquainting with his now married high-school sweetheart and Otis tackles his next challenge. A crisis brings Bria back into Dawson's life.

My first time making this new topic... I hope I did it right. 

Meh episode. 

The guys other than Severide and Matt were jerks to Stella. Are you kidding me? I think it's because she was a girl and they didn't want a woman driving and Otis almost gets in an accident. 

I thought the father was going to turn into a stalker and I still think he will. I want to know how she go hit. 

Cruz I think is going to get some crap his way somehow. 

Bria please go away. No way the department would allow them to use a fire truck like that. Just no... 

Edited April 27, 2018 by Waterston Fan

[iMonrey]

I don't know about anyone else, but I just barely remembered anything about the teenaged girl that Gabby was helping. That's how little I pay attention anymore to anything having to do with Gabby. 

Also, in determining who is better suited to driving the truck, I think maneuvering it backwards through cones would be a relatively small priority versus the ability to weave through traffic and get to the scene the quickest. Granted there's no practical way to test that but since both have driven, the rest of the squad probably have a good idea who does it best, and that's what should matter most.

I'd like to know how it really works in Chicago, because in my city, drivers just drive. That's literally all they do. They don't get out of the truck and help fight fires, they just drive there and drive back, period. Also? They get paid more money than the fire fighters, which is why the firemen might fight over filling in for the driver if he's out that shift. They'd get his salary for that shift. 

[mxc90]

15 minutes ago, Waterston Fan said:

My first time making this new topic... I hope I did it right. 

Meh episode. 

The guys other than Severide and Matt were jerks to Stella. Are you kidding me? I think it's because she was a girl and they didn't want a woman driving and Otis almost gets in an accident. 

I thought the father was going to turn into a stalker and I still think he will. I want to know how she go hit. 

Cruz I think is going to get some crap his way somehow. 

Bria please go away. No way the department would allow them to use a fire truck like that. Just no... 

You did great. Thanks for starting it!

It would have been nice if they gave a little background on the father (occupation, how did he know he fire chief, etc.). It just seemed like a forced plot just to show the level of Boden's professional integrity.

If Bria wanted to really impress her friends: she should have brought Gabby to her prom.

 Should Boden and Severide have turned the girl on her side and not let the cement sink deeper down her throat or did her broken leg prevent them from doing that?

I have to wait a week to know if Cruz decided to or not get laid. The suspense! I wouldn't be surprised if the husband shows up and fight Cruz.

The barber scene was gross. They should have had the barber that cut the ear off deliver the line "Who's next?".

When heard the name Donovan Mitchell, I though how can Bria date a NBA player and he can't afford a limo???!!!!!!!!

We've seen a lot off Connie lately, I wonder if they added those scenes since she passed.

[Waterston Fan]

24 minutes ago, mxc90 said:

You did great. Thanks for starting it!

It would have been nice if they gave a little background on the father (occupation, how did he know he fire chief, etc.). It just seemed like a forced plot just to show the level of Boden's professional integrity.

If Bria wanted to really impress her friends: she should have brought Gabby to her prom.

 Should Boden and Severide have turned the girl on her side and not let the cement sink deeper down her throat or did her broken leg prevent them from doing that?

I have to wait a week to know if Cruz decided to or not get laid. The suspense! I wouldn't be surprised if the husband shows up and fight Cruz.

The barber scene was gross. They should have had the barber that cut the ear off deliver the line "Who's next?".

When heard the name Donovan Mitchell, I though how can Bria date a NBA player and he can't afford a limo???!!!!!!!!

We've seen a lot off Connie lately, I wonder if they added those scenes since she passed.

Thanks. 

I do wish to know the background of the guy and his daughter but yeah, I think putting her on the side would have been better.

I keep thinking something bad will happen to Cruz like she will accuse him of rape or somethin. 

About Connie, the episodes have been shot a month before it airs, so they may have finished filming already when she died. 

[MaryHedwig]

1 hour ago, Waterston Fan said:

About Connie, the episodes have been shot a month before it airs, so they may have finished filming already when she died. 

But I wondered like another poster upthread if they had put in some of the outtake scenes of Connie that they would have otherwise left on the cutting room floor, as a lovely gesture to honor her family.

 

2 hours ago, iMonrey said:

I don't know about anyone else, but I just barely remembered anything about the teenaged girl that Gabby was helping. That's how little I pay attention anymore to anything having to do with Gabby. 

Gabby wants to try again for a baby because it is fun to dress one up for a prom? Lots of endless nights cleaning up spit and vomit happen before that photo-perfect night.

[Dowel Jones]

1 hour ago, mxc90 said:

 Should Boden and Severide have turned the girl on her side and not let the cement sink deeper down her throat or did her broken leg prevent them from doing that?

Given that they yanked her out of mucky, hardening cement by her torso already, any damage to the leg by rotating her would have been minimal.  Same with the driver.  Pull him up through the door by the shoulders; that won't do any spinal damage, nope.  My FD actually had a call similar to that years ago, although I didn't go on it.  A cement truck rolled over on an offramp, crushing a car beside it.  The car driver was killed on impact, but then he had several yards of concrete dumped on him.

I liked Cruz's golf cap at the restaurant.  He actually looked cool for once.  But think, Cruz, think.  Did she just pick you out of the wilderness, or has she done this with other guys?  Something's going down, here.

I also liked the little ceremony for Otis's cane.  That's true firefighter humor there.

So how did the rich father figure out that it was bad juju to slip $40,000 to the FD as a reward for saving his daughter's life?  Did CFD contact him?  If so, how did they know it was him?  Or, did he have a conscience (emotional or financial) and decide on his own to go down to the big cheese's office and fess up?

Alright, naming contest.  What shall we call Boden's boat?  I nominate Chief's Justice.

The CFD command center must be scratching their heads at the number of instances where a unit from 51 is taken out of service for personal errands.

[Guildford]

2 hours ago, iMonrey said:

 

I'd like to know how it really works in Chicago, because in my city, drivers just drive. That's literally all they do. They don't get out of the truck and help fight fires, they just drive there and drive back, period. Also? They get paid more money than the fire fighters, which is why the firemen might fight over filling in for the driver if he's out that shift. They'd get his salary for that shift. 

Our fire department here you get rostered on to drive so you can rock up to a shift and it's your turn to drive. Everyone does it and it's not paid any differently. 

That whole story line was moronic. And hasn't Hermann turned into a complete wanker this season? Is he supposed to be funny? because he is basically coming off as a petulant & obnoxious.

All hail the miracle healers at Med for Otis's superhuman recovery.

If Casey is unlucky enough to impregnate his wife hopefully she'll take 12mths maternity leave and we won't have to see her next season. Wishful thinking, I know.

I am so glad that they told me it was supposed to be an Australian accent...it must have been hard for Jesse Spencer to pretend to do such a terrible accent. 

[Dowel Jones]

9 minutes ago, Guildford said:

..it must have been hard for Jesse Spencer to pretend to do such a terrible accent.

Hee!!

[MaryHedwig]

1 hour ago, Dowel Jones said:

Alright, naming contest.  What shall we call Boden's boat?  I nominate Chief's Justice.

I was thinking more along the lines of Exhibit A. What do you bet the $60,000 is not in the lock box and Boden is accused of using that money to buy that boat?

[preeya]

59 minutes ago, MaryHedwig said:

I was thinking more along the lines of Exhibit A. What do you bet the $60,000 is not in the lock box and Boden is accused of using that money to buy that boat?

I had the exact same thought.   Also, wasn't the initial reaction to the money showing up a bit over the top. And why was Grissom's "panties in a bunch" when they met him at the commissioner's office. This entire episode seemed "off-kilter."  And BTW, Herman is becoming a complete pain in the ass.

Edited April 28, 2018 by preeya

[SuzieQ]

Not one of the better episodes.

The ear scene was disgusting.  I was eating dinner and almost hurled.

I live in Chicago.  If they ever drove a kid to prom, especially with sirens blaring, it would be all over every news network and heads would roll!  They do things like that a lot on this show and it's way too over the top.  They would have all been fired.

Grissom coming back "for the action" is weird.  Someone in his capacity would never be involved to that degree.  The character is shady and there's something weird about his agenda.  My first thought when that money appeared at the station was they were setting Boden up and they failed miserably.  I think there is more to that story line but it was delivered poorly.

Gabby reproducing is scary!

[Guildford]

Now I must admit my first aid training is a bit hazy but I do know that you don't put a severed body part directly onto ice. How did they get this so wrong?

I could understand if the butcher (sorry barber) had done it but they are trained paramedics and it was mind blowingly stupid, but quite the norm for this show apparently.

Not that I think a TV show should be a 'learning experience' but how hard would it have been to make some comment about how it needed to be wrapped first & how it shouldn't come into direct contact with ice? Maybe someone might have remembered that should the need arise in real life.

I mean they had 'Dr Detective St Gabby of the flame' right there to belittle them. The writers are slipping, they passed up a chance to highlight her awesomeness.

[preeya]

41 minutes ago, Guildford said:

Now I must admit my first aid training is a bit hazy but I do know that you don't put a severed body part directly onto ice. How did they get this so wrong?

I could understand if the butcher (sorry barber) had done it but they are trained paramedics and it was mind blowingly stupid, but quite the norm for this show apparently.

Not that I think a TV show should be a 'learning experience' but how hard would it have been to make some comment about how it needed to be wrapped first & how it shouldn't come into direct contact with ice? Maybe someone might have remembered that should the need arise in real life.

I mean they had 'Dr Detective St Gabby of the flame' right there to belittle them. The writers are slipping, they passed up a chance to highlight her awesomeness.

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You are absolutely 100% correct. First aid training states:

"Wrap the severed part in a clean, damp cloth, place it in a sealed plastic bag and place the bag in an ice water bath. DO NOT put the body part directly in water without using a plastic bag. DO NOT put the severed part directly on ice. DO NOT use dry ice as this will cause frostbite and injury to the part."

[Crs97]

PSA for any single dads out there:

If your daughter is in tears because her makeup looks bad and prom is only five days away, there is no need to call 911 or race to your local fire department.  Take her to a department store and sit her down at any of the dozen makeup counters.  They will be happy to help.

You’re welcome.

I would say it was the dumbest storyline ever, but Chicago Fire writers have been making the competition pretty fierce these days.

[LittleIggy]

I hope Boden talked to his wife before he bought the boat. Otherwise, I enjoyed his glee about it. I would love to take a spin on the lake with him, Matt, and Kelly.

Edited April 28, 2018 by LittleIggy

[MakeMeLaugh]

Casey: I’m going to a cookout with some guys (Australian accent).

Gabby: No you have to go with me and just sit in an apartment so I can put makeup on a pathetic teenage girl.

Me: Jeez Casey, grow a pair!

Edited April 28, 2018 by MakeMeLaugh

[belletane]

17 hours ago, MaryHedwig said:

But I wondered like another poster upthread if they had put in some of the outtake scenes of Connie that they would have otherwise left on the cutting room floor, as a lovely gesture to honor her family.

 

Gabby wants to try again for a baby because it is fun to dress one up for a prom? Lots of endless nights cleaning up spit and vomit happen before that photo-perfect night.

 

14 hours ago, SuzieQ said:

 

Gabby reproducing is scary!

The thought of someone like her having a child is scary. No one would want their kid growing up like her, self centred, obnoxious and rude. Its Casey l feel sorry for. And yes, l know its only TV characters! But that's the way they make me feel!

4 hours ago, MakeMeLaugh said:

Casey: I’m going to a cookout with some guys (Australian accent).

Gabby: No you have to go with me and just sit in an apartment so I can put makeup on a pathetic teenage girl.

Me: Jeez Casey, grow a pair!

We so wish Casey would grow his balls back where Grabby is concerned!  That character has ruined Casey's character in the show!

[belletane]

12 hours ago, Crs97 said:

PSA for any single dads out there:

If your daughter is in tears because her makeup looks bad and prom is only five days away, there is no need to call 911 or race to your local fire department.  Take her to a department store and sit her down at any of the dozen makeup counters.  They will be happy to help.

You’re welcome.

I would say it was the dumbest storyline ever, but Chicago Fire writers have been making the competition pretty fierce these days.

The plots in this show are getting dumber by the season. If they are lucky enough to be renewed for another season they need a new writing team and a new show runner who isnt obsessed with Grabby and who can research things properly.  The current teams dont appear research anything much or if they do they just ignore the facts!

[belletane]

17 hours ago, Guildford said:

Our fire department here you get rostered on to drive so you can rock up to a shift and it's your turn to drive. Everyone does it and it's not paid any differently. 

That whole story line was moronic. And hasn't Hermann turned into a complete wanker this season? Is he supposed to be funny? because he is basically coming off as a petulant & obnoxious.

All hail the miracle healers at Med for Otis's superhuman recovery.

If Casey is unlucky enough to impregnate his wife hopefully she'll take 12mths maternity leave and we won't have to see her next season. Wishful thinking, I know.

I am so glad that they told me it was supposed to be an Australian accent...it must have been hard for Jesse Spencer to pretend to do such a terrible accent. 

Hopefully Grabby will be missing for a long time if Casey is unlucky enough to get her pregnant! The very thought of her having a kid makes makes me shudder. l so wish they had made someone wonderful for Casey, but instead he has shackled himself to this horrid character. Very frustrating to see him the way he is now and what she has done to him. The whole show is so annoying now with stupid plots and they are making more than one character take a nose dive (Casey did that a long time back when Grabby got her claws into him). It really needs one hell of a shake up to get back to its roots and to how great it used to be. If season 6 is anything to go by they will be lucky to get one more year out of it imho. 

[greyhorse]

I get so annoyed with this show I wonder why I still watch.

Still ridiculous that Otis is completely back to normal after being shot in the spine just several weeks ago.  And now he has no residual deficits. A humble Otis would have been happy to just be back on the team and would step aside to let Stella have the job.  But no, he acts like an entitled baby who somehow deserves his spot back immediately.

Still no sign of Otis' girlfriend.

Not sure what's going on with the Cruz high school girlfriend, other than a means for Sylvie to secretly pine away for him and eventually we'll see the two of them back together.

So Severide and Boden pull that woman out of the concrete.  Yet all they do is roll her on her back and Boden tells her "come on" and "breathe".  Aren't firefighters trained in basic CPR?  Shouldn't they have done more before the paramedics arrive?  And no way does a father just drop of thousands of dollars of cash in an envelope with no explanation or note.  Ridiculous.

I could do without Bria.  The father of Bria is just skanky looking and I don't see what purpose this storyline serves other than to show us Gabby can be motherly, which I don't care at all about.

[Guildford]

1 hour ago, greyhorse said:

I get so annoyed with this show I wonder why I still watch.

 

I think I still watch so I can comment on here. This is far more entertaining than the actual show...

[belletane]

6 hours ago, Guildford said:

I think I still watch so I can comment on here. This is far more entertaining than the actual show...

Gosh Guildford you are so funny! That gave me a real laugh. The show's just become plain silly now and so annoying with Grabby in our faces all the time trying to show off and make herself look wonderful to everyone! Talk about Lady Bountiful gracing the public with her presence! Even though l love Jesse Spencer l sure don't love what this show has become! It;s taken a massive nose dive!

Edited April 29, 2018 by belletane

[MakeMeLaugh]

More convo at the MML house during this episode:

Addict dad: My daughter is in trouble! 911 Emergency!

Me: What could it be? First period? Pregnant? Heroin? Stalker? Wtf, makeup????

Gabby to the rescue: Raccoon eyes are my specialty!  (Dumps Hefty bag of nasty used cosmetics on bed)

Me: Ick. And as if teenage girls need a mom for makeup help. But who calls a random EMT for makeup help?

Mr MML: Well you are always bitching about how much makeup Gabby wears—obviously addict dad noticed and was impressed even while he was having withdrawal seizures. 

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Me (having predicted the firetruck escort the minute pathetic teenage girl said they couldn’t afford a limo): Nah, that siren and flashing lights pulling up at the prom venue (a) won’t be at all embarrassing to a shy girl, and (b) won’t panic EVERY SINGLE PERSON at the event

****

Gabby: I want to have a baby so I can put makeup on it

Casey, meekly: okay

Me: Way to have a thoughtful discussion about this. And again, Jeez, Casey, grow a pair!

Edited April 29, 2018 by MakeMeLaugh

[Tally316]

Come on Casey,  assert yourself for once.  You can't always give into every bad idea Dawson has.  I know it's what's currently popular,  but having Dawson and Stella as main storylines had me ready to turn it off. I hate the Severide/Stella storyline. In what universe would that couple happen?! She is not in his league! Looking forward to Sarah Shahi next week,  that's more like it!

[MakeMeLaugh]

13 hours ago, Tally316 said:

Come on Casey,  assert yourself for once.  You can't always give into every bad idea Dawson has.  I know it's what's currently popular,  but having Dawson and Stella as main storylines had me ready to turn it off. I hate the Severide/Stella storyline. In what universe would that couple happen?! She is not in his league! Looking forward to Sarah Shahi next week,  that's more like it!

Even Taylor Kinney (playing Severide) couldn’t keep his face from lighting up when Shahi (Rene) walked into the firehouse. I like Stella a lot (and Mayo is a lot prettier than Fire lets her show) but her character doesn’t even come close to Rene, and Rene and Severide’s chemistry is off the charts.  Plus I predict the boy really is Severide’s son—show amnesia will override any earlier evidence proving he isn’t.

Edited May 6, 2018 by MakeMeLaugh

[juliet73]

On 4/27/2018 at 6:12 PM, Dowel Jones said:

Alright, naming contest.  What shall we call Boden's boat?  I nominate Chief's Justice.

"The Queen Gabby"

None of Bria's friends have mom's?  Or she couldn't watch one of the 1,000,000+ make up tutorials that are on YouTube?

On 4/28/2018 at 6:44 PM, Guildford said:

I think I still watch so I can comment on here. This is far more entertaining than the actual show...

The only reason I watch the show anymore is so I can come on here and read all the snarky comments!

[Guildford]

5 hours ago, juliet73 said:

"The Queen Gabby"

None of Bria's friends have mom's?  Or she couldn't watch one of the 1,000,000+ make up tutorials that are on YouTube?

The only reason I watch the show anymore is so I can come on here and read all the snarky comments!

She probably did ask a friends mother and was told in no uncertain terms that the only person in the whole of Chicago who could possibly help her was this 'God Like figure' who can only be spoken about in hushed and reverent tones.....Bria would know exactly who she meant without the poor hapless mother saying her name. She's that good.

So let's list all of Gabby's AH...mazing talents. (Keeping in mind, she is the best at every single one of them)

Firefighter, paramedic, student Dr, Structural engineer, arson investigator, CPD detective, social worker, make-up artist (probably sewed her dress too), transport co-ordinator, healer of the sick, lame and broken. 

Forgive me if I missed something, I was probably rolling my eyes.

[athelyna]

I don't know, Gabby helping Bria with getting ready for prom didn't bug me that much, Gabby is an adult woman who Bria feels comfortable with.  That said, I didn't enjoy them making it out to be some major emergency - Bria's dad knows Bria is close to Gabby, why not suggest sooner calling and seeing if she has prom suggestions.  Maybe I'm just being nice because my first though was Bria was going to be pregnant and of course Gabby would have to adopt the baby.

I liked that Boden is shown to be competent and intelligent - when the money showed up he immediately called legal and told Connie to witness that he was refusing it, I feel like if some of the other characters had received an envelope of money they probably would have stashed it under a mattress and spent 2 episodes freaking out wondering what to do.  When Severide's old mentor showed up and was mad I thought it would turn out he somehow set up the scenario to get Boden in trouble.

[Spike]

The writers can’t even get the cliches right. It’s your chariot awaits not your chariot arrived.

Oh and aren’t there a billion YouTube makeup tutorials?  Those skanks on Little Women LA are always making them.

Edited May 16, 2018 by Spike

[Spike]

I bet Bria’s date would have liked to borrow Severide’s car for after the prom.