Chicago Fire: Official announcement regarding the death of actress Dora Madison
Chicago Fire season 14 is nearly over, and the penultimate episode of the season continued to build towards a final showdown between Severide and Hopkins.
After finding out that Hopkins had put him under investigation with Internal Affairs, Severide and Kidd began to look into Hopkins’ past in hopes of getting intel on what went down back in the day between him and Benny. As episode 20 begins, Van Meter comes to visit Severide, having been told about Hargraves offering him the position over at OFI.
Severide informs him that Kidd took off to Cleveland to see Isiash as his mom had a setback in her recovery, but before she left, she showed him a file that arrived at their door from an anonymous sender. Hopkins and Williams were accused of stealing some high-end watch. IA cleared them but Benny suspended them for conduct unbecoming and had them transferred out of the house. Severide is working to comb through the files before he takes this to IAD, and Van Meter notes he doesn’t have much time, as the case is moving fast. He heads to 51 and pulls Cruz aside to enlist his help.
Also arriving for the day are Lucy and Herrmann, who walk in together as Herrmann tells her he has a bone to pick with her since she hasn’t come to Molly’s once. He reminds her that she’s part of the 51 family and Molly’s is for her too as she thanks him for the invite. He heads inside, where he finds Mouch stashing his phone. We learn that Mouch sent his book out to publishers; he hasn’t heard back yet, and Herrmann encourages him to give them some time.
Speaking of Molly’s, Violet and Novak talk about Molly’s popping off the prior night and how they had fun but missed Vasquez. As they enter the floor of the firehouse, they see Vasquez by Truck 81 and joke about him blowing Molly’s off for a cop bar as he comments, “Something like that,” but the conversation is cut short as they head out to respond to a call.
After a tense call, Severide walks Cruz through the case and how the owner of a jewelry store found a watch valued at 50,000 went missing. Security footage put a watch on a table until firefighters arrive, but that’s when the cameras cut out. According to the reports, Hopkins and Williams were the only ones who entered the building suggesting that one of the two were to blame.
As they review the files, Cruz recognizes Williams as having come into the firehouse last week before he wrote Severide up and suggests she’s in on this. Severide heads out to speak with Williams, suggesting that Hopkins is willing to steamroll anyone, and that might include Williams. Elsewhere, Herrmann worries that he overstepped on the call, and Mouch is annoyed, as Mouch tells him it’s no problem. Herrmann suggests that something seems to be bothering him, and Mouch admits it’s not about the call; it’s about the book. The waiting is torture and has him on edge.
Severide heads out to see Williams and she notes she has no intention of discussing an ongoing investigation with him. He notes he’s just trying to understand more about the grudge between Hopkins and Benny. Williams notes that all she knows was that Hopkins was next to her the entire time on the call and that’s all she knows as she suggests that someone else was in the call as she suggests that Benny took the watch as she shows him out the door.