Chopper is the eighth episode of the third season and the 54th overall episode of Chicago Fire.
Summary[]
Firehouse 51 scrambles to save lives during a helicopter disaster.
Plot[]
Chief Boden and Donna visit the doctor together for an ultrasound and revel in seeing their baby on screen for the first time. However, the checkup takes a tough turn when the doctor reveals that Donna may suffer from placenta previa, a condition that puts her at high risk for a life-threatening hemorrhage in her third trimester. They struggle with the news, but some good comes with the unknown: Donna decides to ask about the sex of the baby, and it's a boy. Boden beams.
Later, a call sends the whole team out to a scary crash where a helicopter teeters on the roof of a building, still smoking. Severide finds the pilot and two passengers still inside and rushes to save all three as pieces of the roof crumble off to the ground. He barely emerges with his life - a fact not lost Brittany who arrives on the scene, terrified for her new husband's safety. Her worried presence at the scene frustrates Severide and the two fight afterwards - until Brittany reveals that the chopper catastrophe reminded her of a fatal crash from her past. They appear to reach an understanding, but the question lingers: can Brittany handle Severide's job of running headfirst into danger?
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Source: NBC.com
Across from the rooftop disaster, Otis and Herrmann locate the helicopter rotor in a nearby backyard - and find a woman pinned underneath it. Herrmann attempts to keep the victim calm as Otis slowly dismantles the rotor in order to lift it off of her. When they manage to save her, Otis makes a new discovery - a damaged remote control drone, the cause of the crash. Dawson confirms the connection when she follows a small blood trail to a shed, where a bludgeoned kid confesses to flying the drone with his brother. Casey and Cruz find his brother barely conscious and surrounded by live wires in a transformer cage, having fallen off the roof after the helicopter clipped him. They disentangle the kid and pull him out, making a narrow escape before the live wire touches the boy's blood.
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Brett and Mills locate another massive piece of the copter on top of a van with an injured driver inside. But the driver refuses to cooperate, an issue that confounds Brett until she spots a bag full of passports and licenses. She soldiers on and patches him up, even after he reveals a gun and then rejects further treatment. The next day, he tails Brett and corners her in the alley. Instead of confronting her, he apologizes and hands her a business card: she can contact him for anything, anytime, no questions asked. It's his thanks for her saving his life.
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Back at 51, Casey notices Brett and Cruz whispering and misinterprets it as another firehouse romance. To end Casey's curiosity, Brett reveals the true nature of her and Cruz's relationship: Cruz's moonlighting career as a highly-rated Zumba instructor. The secret spreads through the firehouse in record time and results in the entire squad ambushing Cruz at the next class. After his shock wears off, he embraces the attention and leads them all in an intense workout, something they all enjoy.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Jesse Spencer as Lieutenant Matthew Casey
- Taylor Kinney as Lieutenant Kelly Severide
- Monica Raymund as Paramedic Gabriela Dawson
- Kara Killmer as Paramedic Sylvie Brett
- Charlie Barnett as Firefighter Candidate Peter Mills
- David Eigenberg as Firefighter Christopher Herrmann
- Joe Minoso as Firefighter Joe Cruz
- Yuri Sardarov as Firefighter Brian "Otis" Zvonecek
- Christian Stolte as Firefighter Randy "Mouch" McHolland
- Edwin Hodge as Firefighter Rick Newhouse
- Eamonn Walker as Battalion Chief Wallace Boden
Recurring Cast[]
- Randy Flagler as Firefighter Harold Capp
- Anthony Ferraris as Firefighter Tony Ferraris
- Serinda Swan as Brittany Baker
- Melissa Ponzio as Donna Boden
- Amy J. Carle as Doctor Olga Patchefsky
Guest Cast[]
- Jason Kennett as Gus
- Gail Rastorfer as Julia
- Sarah Price as Sally
- Ric Walker as Robert
- Nick Hyland as Allen
- Alex Seeley as Jack
- Sal Mastrodomenico as Mastrodomenico
- Peter Moore as Father
- Christa South Hamranova as Instructor
- Adam Bitterman as Pilot
- Tess Hernandez as Woman Victim
- Torrence W. Murphy as Dying Victim
Notes and Trivia[]
- The house finds out about Cruz being an instructor.
- Boden is having a son with Donna.