Andy, Jack and 18 other candidates take the captaincy drill test, gunning for one spot as captain of Station 19.
Chief Ripley holds final interviews for the role of captain but is interrupted when the team is called to a massive skyscraper fire, causing several lives to hang in the balance.
Alicia and Will represent an internet start-up company in a case against a search engine that is accused of manipulating its search results in favour of businesses that pay for advertising. Eli discovers that a journalist writing a high-profile article about the Florricks is going to reveal evidence of a new affair and struggles to contain the potential scandal for Peter's campaign.