Randall McHolland

Template:Character Infobox Randall McHolland ("Randy" or "Mouch") is a firefighter assigned to Truck Company 81.

Biography

He mentions, that in his youth, his father would have to travel due to work, but often send postcards to him. He treasured the postcards because they reminded him of his father.

McHolland gained his nickname "Mouch", due to the fact that he is almost always found watching television on the couch when not on a call. The nickname is a mash-up of Man and Couch, as the other firefighters say he is "half man, half couch". He is also occasionally called "Mouchie" as a more affectionate version of Mouch.

Mouch is the current Firefighters Union President, responsible for raising issues that firefighters face to the Fire Department, the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois. He is also a union representative and goes with members of his house to disciplinary hearings.

Season 1

Mouch is seen taking Japanese lessons. He ends up meeting a woman by the name of Mari online. She is from Japan and comes to visit Mouch in A Hell of a Ride and leaves in A Problem House. Mouch says he will try to visit her, but this never happens and they end up breaking up.

Mouch tries to meet a lady via GoldenOldeez.com off of the advice of Leslie Shay, but his dates don't end up working out.

Season 2

In Real Never Waits, Mouch meets Trudy Platt at Chief Boden's wedding, and they seem to hit it off.

Season 3

During Red Rag the Bull, he is contacted by a young man, claiming that he may be his son. He is shocked and goes to meet with him, but backs out.

In Forgive You Anything, the young man Emmett goes to meet him at the house. However, Emmett reveals that he is not his child, but his sister Lizzie is and he only wanted to meet him so to get a read on him before introducing him. He explains that he sees him as a coward for not bothering to show up.

Season 4

Trudy and Mouch get married in On the Warpath.

Season 5

Towards the end of the season, Mouch considers retiring from the fire department. In the Season 5 finale, Mouch, trapped inside a burning factory, collapses after seemingly having a heart attack.

Season 6

In the season premiere, he survives the factory fire and delivers a moving speech about how close he came to "walking off of this job". He treasures the time that he has with his brothers and sisters at 51 after he realizes he has not had enough time with them and Trudy. He hopes he will never have to look down that dark tunnel ever again. In wake of his heart attack, he strives to be fitter and so signs the whole second shift up for a Firefighter's Muster.

Season 8

Mouch and Trudy buy Otis’s share of Molly’s, with Mouch asking if this entitles him to free beer.

In 51's Original Bell, Mouch is at the station when Violet comes to confront Gallo. He and the others eavesdrop on their conversation, knowing the drama would be funny. They watch surprised when Violet is taken aback by Gallo making an impromptu marriage proposal. After she leaves, he and the other firefighters question the embarrassed Gallo about what he was thinking. He is at Molly's when Severide and Casey bring Capp from the hospital, where he and Herrmann welcome him back by teasing him.

Season 9

In Smash Therapy, Mouch comes under fire when Casey is nearly injured due to the faulty mechanics of the aerial ladder that Mouch was operating. Casey gives him the cold shoulder as he attempts to find out what could’ve caused it, but Herrmann does his own investigation and finds out what really happened - there were supposed to be repairs done to the ladder, but Gorsch never made the call. This reveals Mouch was not at fault and Casey apologizes to him. Mouch thanks Hermann for his actions.

During Funny What Things Remind Us, 81 responds to a call and saves a woman. To his dismay, however, he is reunited with his rival Chuck Rutledge. This reignites their old feud with both playing pranks on the other, much to the amusement of both of their squads. However Chuck ultimately wins the prank war when he has his old friend ring donuts down from a helicopter in front of the 51 squad. Realizing that he cannot top that, Mouch accepts defeat.

Notes and Trivia

• He has a personal vendetta against Canada, due to being made fun of after falling victim to an immigration scam (Leaving the Station).
• He is the same age as Herrmann.
• It is unknown whether he and his daughter have connected.
• Besides Boden, Herrmann, and Cruz, Mouch is one of the few firefighters to have a wife and child.
• He has an ongoing feud with fellow firefighter Chuck Rutledge, who refers to him by his last name McHolland.
• He apparently got a tattoo with his wife’s name on his buttock after losing a bet.

Appearances

Season 1
Pilot	Mon Amour	Professional Courtesy	One Minute	Hanging On
Rear View Mirror	Two Families	Leaving the Station	It Ain't Easy	Merry Christmas, Etc.
God Has Spoken	Under the Knife	Warm and Dead	A Little Taste	Nazdarovya!
Viral	Better to Lie	Fireworks	A Coffin That Small	Ambition
Retaliation Hit	Leaders Lead	Let Her Go	A Hell of a Ride

Season 2
A Problem House	Prove It	Defcon 1	A Nuisance Call	A Power Move
Joyriding	No Regrets	Rhymes with Shout	You Will Hurt Him	Not Like This
Shoved In My Face	Out With a Bang	Tonight’s the Night	Virgin Skin	Keep Your Mouth Shut
A Rocket Blasting Off	When Things Got Rough	Until Your Feet Leave the Ground	A Heavy Weight	A Dark Day
One More Shot	Real Never Waits

Season 3
Always	Wow Me	Just Drive the Truck	Apologies Are Dangerous	The Nuclear Option
Madmen and Fools	Nobody Touches Anything	Chopper	Arrest in Transit	Santa Bites
Let Him Die	Ambush Predator	Three Bells	Call It Paradise	Headlong Toward Disaster
Red Rag the Bull	Forgive You Anything	Forgiving, Relentless, Unconditional	I Am the Apocalypse	You Know Where to Find Me
We Called Her Jellybean	Category 5	Spartacus

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Season 7
A Closer Eye	Going to War	Thirty Percent Sleight of Hand	This Isn't Charity	A Volatile Mixture
All the Proof	What Will Define You	The Solution to Everything	Always a Catch	Inside These Walls
You Choose	Make This Right	The Plunge	It Wasn't About Hockey	What I Saw
Fault in Him	Move a Wall	No Such Thing as Bad Luck	Until the Weather Breaks	Try Like Hell
The White Whale	I'm Not Leaving You

Season 9
Rattle Second City	That Kind Of Heat	Smash Therapy	Funny What Things Remind Us	My Lucky Day
Blow This Up Somehow	Dead of Winter	Escape Route	Double Red	One Crazy Shift
A Couple Hundred Degrees	Natural Born Firefighter	Don't Hang Up	What Comes Next	A White-Knuckle Panic
No Survivors

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Notes

• He is the same age as Herrmann.
• It is unknown whether he and his daughter have connected.
• Besides Boden and Herrmann, Mouch is one of the few firefighters to have a wife and child.
• He has an ongoing feud with fellow fire fighter Chuck Rutledge who refers to him by his last name McHolland.