- Kelly Severide: Cruz. I'm relieving you.
- Joe Cruz: Lieut...
- Kelly Severide: Don't argue with me! I asked you a direct question last shift, and you lied to my face. You tried to do it again back at the scene. I've only got a four-man team, Cruz. Everybody's got to be on their game, and you aren't.
- Blake Gallo: Hey, Cruz, you got a sec?
- Joe Cruz: Not really.
- Blake Gallo: I just wanted to ask you a quick question. Um, I know that you came up on, you know, Truck 81. I mean, obviously, but, uh, what was it like transitioning to Squad? I know it's more training, higher expectations, all that. So I guess I'm asking, how did you know you were up for the challenge?
- Joe Cruz: Are you trying to be funny?
- Blake Gallo: Uh, no, Severide said I should think about going for Squad, so I wanted to, you know, pick your brain.
- Joe Cruz: That's great, but do me a favor, Gallo. Wait till my body's cold.
- Christopher Herrmann: Listen, hey, if you're gonna be... if you're gonna be filling in for Chief, you can't be playing favorites!
- Matthew Casey: I'm just making the announcements. All right.
- [alarm blares]
- Emergency dispatch: Squad 3, person trapped, Douglass Park, 2813 West Roosevelt Road.
- Matthew Casey: Hey, have you checked on Cruz?
- Kelly Severide: No.
- Stella Kidd: Ah, tight spaces seem to really be setting off his panic switch, huh?
- Matthew Casey: Did he say what's giving him trouble?
- Kelly Severide: I wasn't in the mood to talk. He lied to me, and he put a victim in jeopardy.
- Stella Kidd: Maybe he thought he was getting better.
- Matthew Casey: I did the same thing last year. Kept my head injuries secret longer than I should've. Ugh. I just wanted to be on shift, ignore the rest of it. That didn't work.
- Kelly Severide: Well, you got by.
- Matthew Casey: I had Sylvie. She was with me every step of the way. Only reason I stayed sane.
- Stella Kidd: Maybe you should talk to him.
- Kelly Severide: He's already talking to a CFD counselor. I made sure of that.
- Matthew Casey: Good. You're his lieutenant. It wasn't the injury that almost got me. It was trying to get through it alone.
- Kelly Severide: [timing Cruz] Better.
- Joe Cruz: I'm out again.
- Kelly Severide: You counting your breaths?
- Joe Cruz: Yeah. Four-second intervals.
- Kelly Severide: How's it feel?
- Joe Cruz: Like stepping into your favorite pair of Air Jordans.
- Kelly Severide: All right, good. Break's over.
- [presses his stopwatch]
- Kelly Severide: Go!