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“Chicago Fire ” recap (1.12): “There’s the culprit.”

Previously on Chicago Fire everything was unicorns and rainbows in celebration of Shay doing what Cat McKenzie couldn’t and living through getting hit by a truck while gay. Severide asked for help, Shay moved back in with him, and Mills and Dawson played doctor.

We pick up where we left off last week, with Gabriela Dawson. She’s waking up in bed and Mills is missing.  She panics, not because he’s gone but because she wants to double check that she’s just as smoking hot as she was the night before. Yep still insanely gorgeous.

She pops out of bed and puts on one of those absurd mishmash of clothes that you would only see during sorority hazing but totally works in a “I just got laid and can’t think about anything at all” kind of way. I’ll just be over here pondering the falling off the shoulder sweater and sexy as hell boxer briefs.  Anyway, Mills is in the kitchen making Dawson a veggie scramble because he knows she’s actually a lesbian (exhibit A has to be the boxer briefs).  She’s kind of mean to him and talks about how drunk she was and how whenever she drinks wine this shit happens.  Look, we know, he’s not your thing.  Of course you had to be drunk to hook up with him while you are in love with Shay.

She makes it clear he shouldn’t tell because, she’s a lesbian and this sleeping with dudes thing is really cramping her dating life, and he says he can keep a secret so no worries. She feels bad and kisses him good-bye.

There’s cheering, girls throwing their underwear, and fireworks exploding because Shay’s back! Through the magical world of medicine in which privacy laws are for losers, painkillers are like Halloween candy, and a guy with a broken neck is still walking around not looking like Nearly Headless Nick, Shay bounces through the door with no bruises, scratches, or residual effects of any kind. I’m not saying that time is wonky on this show but let’s just mention that if this the day after the Milson sexy times it’s also the day after Shay looked rougher than an Orc in Lord of the Rings and now she’s back to her swoon inducing self in what, twelve hours? Clearly, she’s got the healing powers of a slayer.  I’d totally watch Shay the Vampire Slayer as long as Boden is her watcher.

Dawson is the only one to walk over and give her a hug. It’s a little bit long for the usual straight girl hug but maybe she’s trying to say “sorry I fed your dinner to Peter Mills and then got drunk on the wine we were supposed to drink and then gave him the sex I was saving for you.”  A hug can say all that, right?

The guys ask about her head and she says it’s “still hard as ever, that’s what he said” and we know she’ll be fine because it’s inappropriate and funny. Otis hands her a gift and it’s a red football helmet.  Look, I’ve always thought that Shay and our Secretary of State have a lot in common from blond hair, a great sense of humor, an understanding the chicks rule everything, and some killer swagger, but the football helmet puts it over the top. Shay puts the thing on, because she’s not one of those annoying girls who would worry that it would screw up her hair, and man does she look adorable. It’s too big and the chinstrap is all wonky and it’s like some crazy teenage lesbian dream I didn’t even know I had.

Dawson is getting coffee and Mills appears like any of a number of creepy, Alan Rickman, characters to hand Dawson two sugar packets.  It’s sort of sweet and sort of really creepy.  Either she’ll find it endearing or she’ll end up with a restraining order by the next episode.

Before we can decide on the creepy vs cute question as it pertains to Mills, and the team is off to an abandoned trailer. It’s locked and they have no clue what’s in it until Casey taps and something taps back. They break it open and a horrible smell comes pouring out. It’s full of people, most of whom are dead, except for Rosa. Dawson speaks to Rosa in Spanish and honestly, I would watch this thing with subtitles if they would just let Dawson do the whole thing in Spanish.

They rush Rosa to the hospital, she’s the only survivor from the truck, and Dawson speaks to her some more and when the doctors say they have to call immigration Rosa freaks and slips Dawson a piece of paper with “Ernesto” and a phone number on it.

Back at the station Severide is hanging out and Chief Boden asks him if he needs anything. Severide says that he’s totally fine if you ignore the broken neck and the addiction to pain meds. Chief Boden has the intuition and ability to read people like a “psychic” on late night television. Either that or her is a first rate legilimens and everyone in the house needs to have “remedial potions” with Snape if they ever want to hide anything.

Casey asks if anyone has seen Cruz, because this is the day when Cruz was either supposed to say nothing to Casey or take a trip to the station to talk to the nice police officers about the gang leader he let burn to death. Instead Cruz is home cutting up an apple and deciding to cut a hole in his hand as well.  For the first time ever I can say thankfully Leon walks in and talks to his brother can do more damage. Leon, free from Flaco, has signed up for classes at what I assume is high school. Big brother looks really proud. Actually, he looks like he just stabbed himself in the hand and is guilt ridden over, you know, letting a dude die in a fire.

Shay catches up with Severide in the garage and asks him how it went with Boden. Severide is all smiles and tell her that his shoulder didn’t even hurt a bit when he snapped the lock in the trailer full of smuggled immigrants.  So, it’s totally cool, if I don’t tell dad that I’m hurt, right? Shay reminds him that she only moved back in because he promised to come clean.  Between his runaround and the food/win/sexcapades she missed out on over at Dawson’s place I think Shay might have made a big mistake here. In the words of Vivian to the bitches of Rodeo Drive “big mistake, huge!”

Casey’s sister shows up and asks if he’s been talking to some lawyer named Rick about their mom’s case. All of this is less fascinating than the fact that her name is Christie. Seriously, she was born Christie Casey? Come on parents, that’s a comic book name.

Severide meets with Boden because Shay’s eyes have magical powers over everyone. He tells the Chief that he’s got a broken neck and then says he’d like to rub some dirt on it, walk it off, and keep working until he gets it examined. Listen to how that sounded again Severide and realize that this is a really easy call. The Chief sends him home. Severide peels out in a huff, hoping that his muscle car will make him feel like he’s got some control over his life.

Severide goes to Royce’s apartment and tells her about his troubles. She tells him about the time she was an Olympic caliber gymnast. Severide remarks that she must have gotten her flexibility from that. We’ll ponder that later. She tells him about the time she got all mad at her parents and then got on her bike in the rain and rode over to Emily Fields’ house and then got kneecapped by a car on her way home. She said she healed eventually, but didn’t actually make it back to the team. So maybe not the best pep talk. Stick to being insanely gorgeous, mmmkay?

Dawson is on the phone with Ernesto, Rosa’s uncle, when Casey comes over all useless and doofy. I know he’s the hero of this story and all that but I just find him super dull. Anyway, they’re talking and Mouch delivers flowers to Dawson. There’s no card so she assumes that Mills broke the first rule of the Secret Sex Club. She’s pissed but before she can go yell at him they are called out to another accident. How’s a person supposed to properly process anything if they are forced to do actual work all the time. Jeez!

It’s an accident involving a small plane flown by Mr. Magoo that crashes in the middle of the street. People die, some guy gets chucked through a second story window. It’s all kinds of bloody and gross. So let’s just look at our ladies in their gear and move on, shall we?

Cruz shows up at the firehouse and tells Casey he is glad Casey set him straight about Flaco. Casey gets mad, or at least flares his nostrils a bunch, because damn-it how many times did he show Cruz the special handshake and then he comes to work and screws it up. God! Casey tells Cruz he never wants to talk about it again.

Cruz ends up back in the locker room and Mouch is doing his usual bullshit and Cruz isn’t laughing or playing along. Mouch, never doubts that he’s hilarious, so knows that Cruz must be bummed about something and tells Cruz they can talk any time. Cruz just wishes Dad and Papa would have the same rules because all these mixed messages are making it hard for a guy who just walked away from a dying bad guy.

Dawson lays into Mills in the most unsubtle way possible and is kind of a dick to him about it. He says he didn’t send any goddamn flowers because he knows how to keep a secret. Turns out the flowers are for both of them from the lady who they saved after drugging her dog last week. Whoops. Dawson that one’s going to cost you another meal I think.

Severide is at the doctor waiting on one of those exam tables with the crinkly paper. It’s weirdly dark like he’s in some creepy government lab and they are about to put adamantium in his bones.  

Hey, look who’s here? It’s Royce. She’s come to be there when Severide gets the news about his nearly headlessness. and he rewards her by calling her his girlfriend. Can we skip to the part where we see Shay reward her with sexy times? Thanks.

The doctor tells him that it’s worse than they first thought and that he’s looking at a minimum of a year before he would have any chance of being back on Squad.  She nicely crushes his dreams some more by saying no one has ever come back from this injury to work Squad again. On the bright side he could be back in four to five months if he wants to have a desk job but of course swashbuckling Severide wants none of that crap.  I get it chicks don’t go for pencil pushers even when they’re as pretty as Severide.

Mills is doing laundry and Dawson apologizes for being such a jerk.  He’s mad because he did what he said he would, keep his mouth shut, and she didn’t believe him. The Chief shows up and immediately knows what’s going on because there are no secrets from him.  

He calls them to a meeting about Severide. He says it’s going to be a hard road for him but that Severide should be encouraged to hang out at the house all the time. He also says it should be a message about not covering up injuries or self-medicating.  He takes his time making eye-contact with Shay, who gets a little twitchy in her seat. He knows everything!  

Dawson gets called out of the meeting by Ernesto who says Rosa is being deported because she’s sixteen and therefore doesn’t fit under the criteria to stay in the U.S. He gives Dawson money to help her get home because immigration will just drop her at the border, not where she actually lives. Dawson promises she’ll get the money to Rosa somehow and we’ll send Dick Wolf a thank you card for the free immigration and all the way it screws people over lesson.

Time for another call out to a gym where a basketball coach is having a heart attack. Shawson shocks him three times and he flatlines before they shock him one last time and save him. Hooray, heroines.  

Severide is at home fondling his lieutenant’s badge before shoving it in a drawer.  Shay bops into the apartment looking for Severide and meets Royce instead.  Royce is making coffee for Severide and she and Shay have a really awkward conversation.  We may be able to chalk it up to Severide telling Shay about the gymnast thing.  Shay’s head is clearly elsewhere pondering Royce particular gifts, and jesus, just look at her in that shirt!

They talk about Royce leaving for Madrid in a matter of days and Shay is weird and says not to worry because she’ll take care of Severide. What she’s really trying to say is, “girl, I would love to take care of you, I give amazing sponge baths.”

Royce is totally thrown by Shay’s weirdness and Shay has to take a breath after Royce walks away because, damn!, and it’s a serious bro code violation to be lusting after your bro’s girlfriend (just ask Chandler and Barney). But who can blame her for being unable to form proper sentences when all any gay girl can think at the sight of Carmen is “yowza.” What we really needed was a Shawson follow-up.  

Shay: I fancy that coffee girl.

Dawson: Yeah, yeah, I know you do.

Shay: She likes me, right? I got a vibe that she likes me.

Dawson: Can we talk about me?

Shay: Sure, yes.  Did you get the vibe that she likes me?

Dawson goes to see Rosa and because rule breaking is her thing, the cop guarding her hospital room lets Dawson in. They chat in Spanish and …. I’m just going to skip to the resolution. Dawson convinces Casey to help her. She tells the Chief that Rosa actually told her that she’s turning sixteen but isn’t sixteen yet. Casey, in some truly horrendous Spanish, backs Dawson up and the Chief knows they are full of shit but goes along with it. Hooray, Rosa can stay, Republicans will cite this example as why immigration is too soft, and we can all go back to worrying about important things like what’s up with Casey’s mom.

Casey visits murdering mommy and we find out, via Rick the “Pen Pal” who isn’t actually a lawyer, that Casey accidentally left the key to his dad’s house, the Marauders’ Map, a flute to play some music for Fluffy, and a loaded gun, you know just to make everything easier. Murder mom drove to Papa’s crib and put a cap in his ass. Rick asks Casey some invasive and personal questions and murder mom gets mad and tells Rick to bugger off.

The Chief calls Mills in and tells him to cut it out with his personal life while he’s a candidate. Mills is like, with all due respect, I’m a grown ass man and my personal life has nothing to do with my job. The Chief informs Peter Mills that although Severide has slept with half of Chicago, he kept a clean sheet while he was a candidate and that Mills would do well to follow suit. Otherwise the Chief might not be so inclined to promote Mills later on. The Chief ships Shawson too!

Casey apologizes to Dawson for being all weird because he’s been dealing with some stuff but not the Hallie stuff as Dawson assumed. He tells her about trying to get his mom out on parole and you can tell she’s sad she invited Peter Mills to her pants party when Lt. Dullsville was available. Let’s just stop right there. Who did you make that food for? Shay. She’s the right answer.

Severide and Casey meet up in a bar and Casey is talking about Severide’s rehab and how he’ll be around the firehouse all the time. The Severide drops the bomb that he’s moving with Royce to Madrid and will be doing his rehab there. First thought, there’s now an open spot for Dawson at Shay’s house.  Second thought, bummer, I like Severide and his relationship with Shay. Third, who can blame a guy. Hands up all of you who would turn down Carmen?  Sit the hell down Shane, we all think you’re a moron.

Thanks to everyone who played along with the #ShaycagoFire Twitter party. Here a couple highlights for those who missed it. See you back there for the next episode.

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