Cathleen Coyle

The pressure on Firehouse 51 is at an all-time high as the internal affairs investigation into the handling of a recent fire picks up steam. Just when it appears that game-changing evidence comes to light that would serve to bail out Chief Boden (Eamonn Walker), new twists emerge that put his head right back on the chopping block. Brett (Kara Killmer) and Chili (Dora Madison) respond to a routine call and quickly find themselves in a life and death situation to help aid a stabbing victim who is bleeding out. Meanwhile, a stuck elevator summons the house to a high-rise hotel that tests everyone's mettle and candidate Jimmy Borrelli (guest star Steven R. McQueen) is conflicted when his older brother Danny (guest star Andy Ahrens) looks to get him transferred to a different house. Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, David Eigenberg, Yuri Sardarov, Joe Minoso and Christian Stolte also star. Nick Gehlfuss, Oliver Platt, Brian Geraghty, Brian White, Rachel Nichols and Fredric Lehne also guest star.

Jarek and Caleb arrive first on the scene at a bank robbery and chase the thief through the streets of Chicago only to find he has met a gruesome end. As the Chicago Police Department pieces together the clues of the robber, Superintendent Colvin conducts a critical meeting with Alderman Gibbons about a key construction site. Duplicitous politicking raises the stakes and further exposes the depth of corruption in the city.