- Matthew Casey: It's just frustrating, Tamara. This is a good measure. It would actually make a difference in people's lives.
- Tamara Jones: You don't have to convince me, Matt.
- Matthew Casey: It never occurred to me somebody would try to characterize it as self-dealing.
- Tamara Jones: Well, that's because you're not as cynical as most politicians.
- Kelly Severide: Stella, hey.
- Stella Kidd: Look, I'm just gonna guess what's happening in that apartment: there is an open beer, probably your third or fourth. There is a game on TV that you're not really paying attention to, or better yet, "SportsCenter". And, an empty fridge.
- Kelly Severide: It's only my second beer.
- Randall McHolland: [answers his phone] Randall McHolland here. All right. All right. Thank you.
- Joe Cruz: What'd they say?
- Randall McHolland: I'm sorry, Cruz. They're suspending you for 60 days without pay. Hey, it could've been worse. You're not losing your job.
- Joe Cruz: You just thanked them. I heard you.
- Randall McHolland: What?
- Joe Cruz: You said, "Thank you." Wha...
- [sighs]
- Joe Cruz: What is wrong with you, Mouch? All you have done for three days is sit on that couch and tell me that everything was gonna be fine, but you had no idea about anything! Mouch, you are so out of touch, that you don't know who works for the CFD, or what the procedures are! You couldn't even show up to my hearing on time!
- [Mouch stammers]
- Joe Cruz: No, Mouch. I did what you said. I told my side of the story, but it did no good, and now my life is in ruins because...
- [alarm blares]
- Joe Cruz: Ugh!
- Emergency dispatch: Truck 81, Ambulance 61, multi-vehicle accident, intersection of North Ogden and Grand.
- Randall McHolland: I'm sorry I let you down, Cruz.