Chicago Fire (TV Series)

Headlong Toward Disaster (2015)

Matthew Del Negro: Pat Pridgen

Quotes 

• Matthew Casey : [about the truck crash where Truck 66 t-boned Truck 81]  Welch's own driver almost died in that crash. And he was perfectly willing to let Joe Cruz take the fall, when in fact *he* was the one who ordered his men to beat 81 to the scene.

  Pat Pridgen : Welch has paid for his mistake. He's been stripped of his rank...

  Gabriela Dawson : This isn't just about the crash, Chief. There's a lot of things leading up to this. Welch is a pig-headed, misogynistic...

  Pat Pridgen : Do I get a chance to talk?

  Gabriela Dawson : I'm just trying to give you the whole story before you cram him down our throats.

  Matthew Casey : Gabby.

  Pat Pridgen : Are you the officer in charge of Squad 3?

  Gabriela Dawson : No, but I...

  Pat Pridgen : You?

  Matthew Casey : Lieutenant Severide is in charge of Squad 3.

  Pat Pridgen : Oh! That's right. Lieutenant, do you have any personal conflicts with Welch?

  Kelly Severide : Not directly, no, but I don't like the guy.

  Pat Pridgen : Is he a bad firefighter?

  Kelly Severide : Well, I can't speak for that, but like Dawson was saying...

  Pat Pridgen : Well, I can. He's a terrific firefighter. He doesn't suffer fools. Maybe that doesn't make him pleasant company, but he's got heart. I'm pinned down in a flashover, I want Tommy Welch coming to get me.

  Gabriela Dawson : Yeah, well, I'd rather burn...

  Matthew Casey : Dawson.

  Pat Pridgen : Relief assignments are not a popularity contest. So you better learn to get along with Welch. Anything else I can help you with?

  Matthew Casey : No, Chief. Thanks for hearing us out.

• Wallace Boden : I'm glad I got to spend some time with my father... and he got to know all of you. Right now, I'm gonna take advantage of some unused furlough and wrap up my father's affairs.

  Randall McHolland : Uh, don't forget, Chief, you're also entitled to paternity leave.

  Wallace Boden : I will be taking furlough, Mouch. And a lot of it.

  [laughter] 

  Wallace Boden : I know you'll all be fine without me. Battalion Chief Pat Pridgen will fill in the void. Treat him right. His own house, 17, was closed last year by our old friend Miss McLeod.

  [booing and hissing] 

  Pat Pridgen : Aw, come on. McLeod wasn't all bad... as soulless assassins go.

  [laughter] 

  Pat Pridgen : Don't worry about 51, Chief. I'll take good care of it in your absence. I'm terribly sorry for your loss.

  Wallace Boden : Thanks.