Chicago Fire (TV Series)

Headlong Toward Disaster (2015)

Jesse Spencer: Matthew Casey

Quotes 

• Matthew Casey : Take as much time as you need, Chief.

  Kelly Severide : Yeah, you earned it.

  Gabriela Dawson : Gonna miss you like hell, Chief.

  Wallace Boden : And I'm gonna miss you too. Well... some of you.

  Capp : Hey, Chief. Squad's still shorthanded. Are we getting anyone to sub for Newhouse?

  Wallace Boden : Talked to Chief Pridgen about that. It's in his hands now. See you when I see you.

  Christopher Herrmann : He'll be back in a week.

  Matthew Casey : He'll be back next shift.

  [laughter] 

  Gabriela Dawson : [turns around and sees Welch]  Oh, you gotta be kidding me.

  Christopher Herrmann : What the hell is he doing here?

  Matthew Casey : What's the matter, Welch? You lost?

  Tommy Welch : No, I'm good. I caught a relief assignment to Squad 3. Looks like I'll be working here at 51 for a while.

• 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.

• Matthew Casey : Pat Pridgen? You're married to Batallion Chief Pat Pridgen?

  Beth : Not anymore.

  Matthew Casey : Beth...

  Beth : [light laugh]  Oh...

  Matthew Casey : How did we spend 48 hours together without making that connection?

  Beth : Well, I certainly wasn't hiding anything from you.

  Matthew Casey : Point taken, but, obviously, we need to nip this in the bud right now.

  Beth : I thought we were having fun.

  Matthew Casey : We were. We're also racing headlong toward disaster.

  Beth : Pat and I are divorced.

  Matthew Casey : So what? He's obviously still carrying a torch for you.

  Beth : Well, it doesn't matter. I'm a free woman.

  Matthew Casey : But I'm not a free man. I work for him. He finds out I'm sleeping with his ex-wife, he'll end my career.

  Beth : Well, then let's not tell him, okay?

  [kisses Matt] 

  Matthew Casey : Beth!

  Beth : Matt!

  Matthew Casey : Come on.

  Beth : I can keep a secret. Can't you?