Chicago Fire (TV Series) Just Drive the Truck (2014) User Reviews

Let's review this episode before my IPad goes oopsy.....

[tarwaterthomas · 9/10 · 9 April 2024]

.....because it starts off with a bang--literally! There are two fire engines on the way to a fire: Engine 66 under the leadership of Tommy Welch (Kenny Johnson), and Engine 81 under the skippership of Eric Severide (Taylor Kinney). Whichever engine gets there first, the first captain is in charge and the smoke eaters would rather have Severide running the show. But there's a collision at an intersection complete with controlled traffic signal, with Engine 66 slamming into Engine 81. The result is that several smoke eaters are injured, including Jason Molina (Glenn Stanton) from 66 and Randall "Mouch" McHolland from 81. Molina is in critical condition, while Mouch has an eye injury. Both are taken to a nearby hospital, of course. And Joe Cruz (Joe Minoso) is in the deep sewer, because he had been behind the wheel of Engine 81 at the time of the collision. Rival fire battalion chief Joel Tiberg (Kurt Ehrmann) bellows at Joe Cruz that he had better get himself a criminal lawyer, because he's going to need some lawyerly defense. While Molina is in the intensive care unit, Mouch returns to Engine 51 wearing an eyepatch and looking like a pirate. Arrrrrrrrrr. Trudy Platt (Amy Morton), Sergeant, Chicago Police Department shows up with a plate of brownies for Mouch, shoos the other firemen away, and commences to spoil him something fierce. To make a long story short, it turns out that both engines had the green light! Sounds like the idea of a controlled light was not such a good idea, and both companies have to share the responsibility. The staged massive fire truck collision was staged by nineteen stunt personnel! But it was the great acting and dialogue that made this here episode work. And that's all I have to say.