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Season One of Chicago Fire premiered on October 10, 2012 with the episode Pilot, also known as the series premiere, which got around 6.61 million US viewers. This season consists of 24 episodes. Season 1 concluded on May 22, 2013 with A Hell of a Ride.

Summary[]

Following the death of fellow firefighter Andrew Darden, friendships are damaged and lead to controversy between Lieutenant Severide and Lieutenant Casey. As Severide blames Casey for the death of one of their own, but the wife of the fallen firefighter blames Severide stating "he only wanted to be a firefighter because you did".

Despite everyone's differences, Firehouse 51 comes together after the near death and serious injury of Christopher Herrmann. The new candidate Peter Mills joins the Firehouse, following in his late fathers footsteps. Mills hopes to one day, be a member of Rescue Squad... just like his father.

Paramedic in-charge Gabriela Dawson and Paramedic Leslie Shay are best friends and are assigned to Ambulance 61, which is attached to Firehouse 51. The team face life and death situations on a daily basis and look after each other like family, and all of them would risk their lives to safe a fellow member of the family.

Motto: "Live in the Heat of It..."

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Recurring Cast[]

Episode List[]

No. Episode Summary Air date
1x01
001
Pilot
1x01-Pilot
Firehouse 51 tries to recuperate after the tragic loss of one of their own. One month later, Matthew Casey and Kelly Severide, are still at odds with each other over Andrew Darden's death. They are forced to settle their differences when one of their colleagues, Christopher Herrmann, is at risk of losing his life. Paramedic Gabriela Dawson is facing disciplinary action after trying to save a girl by doing a risky procedure in the field. Peter Mills reports to Firehouse 51 for his first day of duty as a Firefighter/EMT Candidate. Casey tries to sort out his relationship with his fiancée, Hallie. October 10, 2012
1x02
002
Mon Amour
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Severide struggles with an ongoing shoulder injury as he tries to save a construction worker in a collapsed building. The men get a call to an apartment basement fire and mediate between an elderly tenant and his angry landlady. Still consumed with guilt over Darden's death, Severide finds out that Darden's widow Heather also blames him for the tragedy. The team rescues two teens trapped in a car. Casey and Hallie have more problems in their shaky relationship, while Otis tries to solve the mystery behind Truck 81's goat mascot. At the end of his shift, Severide visits the widow of the construction worker who died in the rubble to relay a special message. October 17, 2012
1x03
003
Professional Courtesy
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Casey is forced to make a difficult decision about whether or not he wants to report CPD Detective Voight's son for DUI. Severide finally makes an appointment to see the doctor about his injured arm, which turns out to be a fractured vertebra. Peter Mills finds that splitting his time between his mom and her restaurant and his own job is difficult. October 24, 2012
1x04
004
One Minute
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Chief Boden is accused of leaving a homeless man to die in a warehouse fire after ordering his men to evacuate the scene, creating negative press and bad feelings within the department. Detective Voight ramps up his intimidation tactics aimed at Casey in an attempt to discourage him from testifying against his son. Shay is forced to revisit her heartbreak over her ex-girlfriend Clarice, when she finds herself face-to-face with the ex and her husband during a call. Herrmann's temper flares during a rescue call at a Halloween block party. October 31, 2012
1x05
005
Hanging On
CF 105 01
Casey fights back against Detective Voight and ends up dealing with the repercussions, Dawson faces disciplinary action due to on the job conduct, and Severide's arm fails during a rescue on a roof. November 7, 2012
1x06
006
Rear View Mirror
CF 106 10
Casey is distracted by his issues with Detective Voight---especially after he and Hallie are set up for a trumped-up drug trafficking arrest---which worries Dawson and Chief Boden. Dawson prepares for her disciplinary hearing and is pleasantly surprised when Mouch brings in a special witness to testify on her behalf. Dawson's brother, Antonio, a cop in Voight's precinct, arranges a sting to stop Voight after a young man Casey rescued in an apartment fire comes forward to help. November 14, 2012
1x07
007
Two Families
CF 107 06
Everyone in the firehouse is ordered to take a drug test after a call to a daycare center exposes them to a makeshift meth lab, and Severide stalls, not wanting his injury, or the painkillers he takes, to be discovered. Meanwhile, Truck and Squad find themselves pinned down by gunfire while trying to help the victim of a gang shooting, and a deep-fried turkey fire grows from small to explosive when a garage catches fire. Elsewhere, Dawson saves a bleeding man and Casey delivers a baby on the scene of a massive car pileup on the freeway. November 21, 2012
1x08
008
Leaving the Station
CF 108 03
At the site of a train accident, Peter Mills becomes deeply upset when he observes the dead body of a young victim. Unable to shake his emotional distress about the event, he questions his future as a firefighter. Dawson and Shay save a 6-year-old girl whose mother is abusing her -- but their confrontation leads the woman to resort to dire actions. Meanwhile, Severide aggravates his injury while rescuing a heart attack victim and Shay sends Clarice, her married, pregnant ex-girlfriend, back home to her husband. December 5, 2012
1x09
009
It Ain't Easy
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After his lungs are damaged in an auto machine shop fire, Jose Vargas is forced to go on disability and leave his life as a firefighter behind - a task he finds incredibly difficult. Chief Boden tries to help a suspected teenage firebug. Also, Severide receives an enticing invitation from Renee, a woman who he saved from a car crash incident involving live electrical wires. Meanwhile, Cruz tries to save his younger brother Leon from the gang he is involved with. Casey and Severide try to stop Vargas from a desperate act. December 12, 2012
1x10
010
Merry Christmas, Etc.
CF 110 05
After putting out a kitchen fire in an upscale townhouse, Casey, Herrmann, Mouch, Cruz, Otis and Mills find themselves accused of stealing a $50,000 diamond necklace from the home, which sparks an internal investigation led by Casey's nemesis from his academy days. Cruz's brother Leon is caught in the middle of an escalating gang war, leaving Cruz to make a desperate choice to save him. Meanwhile, Dawson invites Casey to her cousin's fancy Christmas party, and a frustrated Shay has reached her limit with Severide. Dawson and Shay's lives are left in jeopardy as they're involved in an ambulance crash. December 19, 2012
1x11
011
God Has Spoken
CF 111 04
Eaten up by his guilt over Flaco’s death in the fire, Cruz goes to Casey to confess. While Shay recovers from a head injury sustained in the ambulance crash, Severide asks Dawson for her help in dealing with his own injury. Casey is caught in the middle of a family conflict between his mother, Nancy---imprisoned for killing his abusive father but now facing possible parole---and his sister, Christie, who rejects their mother over it. Elsewhere, Herrmann finds a business deal hard to stomach. Meanwhile, things get spicy between Dawson and Mills. January 2, 2013
1x12
012
Under the Knife
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Severide finally addresses Chief Boden about his injury and makes some important personal decisions about his future, one of which involves Renee. Meanwhile, Casey struggles with family matters after Nancy asks him to appear at her parole hearing. Dawson takes matters into her own hands when she discovers a young girl who is the sole survivor at the scene of a rescue call. January 9, 2013
1x13
013
Warm and Dead
CF 113 06
A troubled Chief Boden goes to the police when a man dies in a hardware store fire set by Ernie, the troubled teenage firebug he’s been trying to help, and his Uncle Ray. Meanwhile, Severide reaches out to his father after deciding a radical new surgery could require shorter recovery time while he has second thoughts about moving to Madrid to be with Renee. Elsewhere, Otis finds camaraderie when he fills in for a few shifts at the slowest firehouse in the city, and makes a decision on his own, while Dawson and Shay find themselves in a bad predicament during a call to a tenement apartment. January 30, 2013
1x14
014
A Little Taste
CF 114 01
Severide returns to the firehouse and discovers he has an only too-familiar past with Eric Whaley, the Lieutenant who was brought into the firehouse to help during Kelly's absence---Whaley's sister is Severide's former fiancee. Dawson lets Shay in on her secret. Newly-paroled Nancy Casey moves in with her son, causing further issues between Casey and his sister. Meanwhile, a bad batch of heroin on the streets has Boden and the team scrambling while Dawson's detective brother Antonio is determined to stop it no matter what cost. Clarice and Shay find they have a new problem to overcome, involving Clarice's pregnancy. February 6, 2013
1x15
015
Nazdarovya!
CF 115 06
Dawson attempts to help her brother Antonio unravel the details of his drugs-and-gang investigation, and goes behind his back in turning to an unlikely source for assistance---which could impact her friendship with Casey. Casey and Nancy struggle with their new relationship. Having learned the truth about Severide's breakup with his sister Renee, Eric Whaley convinces Severide to try to find her. Herrmann and Otis learn some hard truths about their "silent partner" in the bar. Casey and Christie struggle over their mother, leading Casey to confront Nancy about his father's death. February 13, 2013
1x16
016
Viral
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The anguish that haunts Cruz over his previous actions boils over, as he puts himself and his fellow firefighters in jeopardy. Casey and his sister Christie try to solve their issues with Nancy and each other. Meanwhile, Severide confronts Renee Whaley---who's now working in a strip club. The squad gains new perspective after assisting the bomb squad on an extremely dangerous call. Shay's attempt to prove herself a good mother to Clarice's baby is compromised when a homeless man hits her with a possibly-tainted needle. February 20, 2013
1x17
017
Better to Lie
CF 117 06
Shay decides she wants to have a baby. Gabby, Herrmann and Otis finally name their bar. Kelly's father visits Firehouse 51. Boden hosts a Fire Academy Gala. The truth about the death of Mills' father is revealed. February 27, 2013
1x18
018
Fireworks
CF 118 07
Peter starts looking into his father's death and he confronts Benny Severide about it, while Chief Boden asks Gabriela to keep a secret. After an unexpected source tells her more about the sperm-donating process, Shay decides to take a different approach at having a baby. Kelly wants to help an old man whose restaurant has been put on fire as an intimidation method, but nothing is at it seems. Heather invites herself to dinner with Matt. March 20, 2013
1x19
019
A Coffin That Small
CF 119 04
Tragedy strikes when a rescue attempt at a tenement building proves unsuccessful, leaving the men and women of firehouse 51 affected by the loss of the victim. Severide’s decision to put Mills on the fast track to move from Truck to Squad doesn’t sit well with some of the others. Tension arises between Severide and Casey when Severide thinks Heather slept with him---unaware that Casey rejected the idea out of respect for Andy's memory. Shay and Dawson are forced to deal with a junkie’s crazy behavior while on a call. Shay considers a different way to have a family, involving Severide. Meanwhile, the team draws the ire of local drug dealers who threaten the peace and safety of the neighborhood and firehouse---and shoot at the firehouse. A fireman's sparsely-attended funeral prompts Herrmann to try reconnecting with his own family. March 27, 2013
1x20
020
Ambition
CF 120 05
Mills finds himself the target of resentment from some colleagues when Severide supports his desire to join Squad. Mills also thinks Casey's resentment ties to his relationship with Dawson. Tara, a paramedic candidate, joins Dawson and Shay on the job for a few shifts. Meanwhile, Shay comes to the aid of Cindy Herrmann, who suffers from pregnancy complications while her husband Christopher is out of town. Elsewhere, Dawson and Casey draw closer as the grand opening of Molly’s draws near. Casey is surprised by former fiancee Hallie. April 3, 2013
1x21
021
Retaliation Hit
CF 121 10
Detective Voight returns, looking to collect on the favor that Dawson owes him for helping her brother, Antonio. Tara accuses Severide of sexual harassment. Meanwhile, Casey falls back into old patterns in his personal life, reuniting with Hallie---and facing corrupt detective Voight's release from prison. Dawson, Herrmann and Otis become the proud owners of a real neighborhood bar as Molly's prepares for its grand opening. May 1, 2013
1x22
022
Leaders Lead
CF 122 11
A frustrated Severide discovers Tara once forced an advertising executive---now working as a copy service manager---out of his high-powered career on a trumped up harassment charge. Mills and Dawson face personal challenges involving a secret about Mills's mother---Dawson finally reveals what she knows about his mother, his father, and Boden. After Severide confronts Tara with her old deception, Tara resigns her job and leaves town. Casey and Hallie continue happily reunited until a fire at the medical clinic where she now works erupts. Meanwhile, the squad is called to the scene of a harrowing apartment building collapse. May 8, 2013
1x23
021
Let Her Go
CF 123 10
Hallie's unexpected death in the clinic fire forces Casey to team up with the police Intelligence Unit, now run by Voight, who doesn’t appear to have changed his crooked ways after his stint in prison. Shay’s excitement at the prospect of becoming a parent grows, while Mills and Dawson face some personal challenges. Casey, Antonio, and Voight discover and chase the arsonist who set the fire that killed Hallie onto a Chicago elevated rapid transit train. Meanwhile, the house comes together to support the opening of Molly’s. May 15, 2013
1x24
022
A Hell of a Ride
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When a call comes in from the Cook County jail, the squad steps into a volatile predicament and are tasked with trying to defuse an escalating situation. Shay remains hopeful about her baby dreams and Hermann’s wife Cindy goes into labor with their fifth child. Meanwhile, Mills and Dawson face key decisions in their personal lives while Mills faces one involving his career. Mouch has a happy first in-person meeting with his months-long online Japanese love. Casey can finally grieve over Hallie---and receives unexpected private comfort. May 22, 2013

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Behind the Scenes[]

The Making[]

  • The series pilot, co-written by creators Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, was filmed in Chicago and, according to an NBC representative, the series will continue to be filmed there.[9] Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel made an appearance in the series' pilot episode. Emanuel stated: "It's easier being mayor than playing mayor. I told them I'd do it under one condition: the TV show is making an investment to the Firefighters' Widows and Orphans Fund."[10]
  • The network placed an order for the series in May 2012.[11] After receiving an additional script order in October, Chicago Fire was picked up for a full season on November 8, 2012.[12][13] On January 29, 2013, Chicago Fire had its episode total increased from 22 to 23.[14] One week later, on February 6, 2013, Chicago Fire received one more episode, giving it a total of 24 episodes for season one.[15]
  • The firehouse shown is Engine 18's Quarters located at 1360 S. Blue Island Ave. between 13th & Racine. Housed here is ALS Engine 18, 2-2-1 (Deputy District Chief - 1st District), 4-5-7 (Paramedic Field Chief - EMS District 7), 6-4-16 (High-Rise Response Unit) & BLS Ambulance 84.

Bloopers[]

Notes[]

Cast News[]

No job is more stressful, dangerous or exhilarating than those of the Firefighters, Rescue Squad and Paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51. These are the courageous men and women who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way. But the enormous responsibilities of the job also take a personal toll.

With big reputations and hefty egos, the pressure to perform and make split-second decisions is bound to put squad members at odds. When a tragedy claims one of their own, there's plenty of guilt and blame to go around. In the middle of a divorce, Lt. Matthew Casey tries to go about business as usual, but can't help butting heads with the brash Lt. Kelly Severide of the Rescue Squad - and each blames the other for their fallen team member. When it's "go-time," though, they put their differences aside and put everything on the line for each other. This is a look inside one of America's noblest professions.

From renowned Emmy-winning producer Dick Wolf and the writing team behind "3:10 to Yuma" comes an edge-of-your-seat view of a dirty job that often means the difference between life and death.[1]

Crew News[]

Members of the Chicago Firehouse 51 are shaken after the loss of firefighter Andy Darden. Truck leader Matthew Casey and Rescue Squad leader Kelly Severide blame each other for Darden's death. However, they have to overcome the frictions when another colleague, Christopher Herrmann, is gravely injured. Meanwhile, Paramedic Gabriela Dawson performs a risky procedure in the field, in order to save a little girl's life; Casey goes through a rough patch with his fiancée Hallie; and the new candidate, Peter Mills, reports for duty.[2]

Other News[]

Cinespace Chicago is about to heat up—NBC could soon be filming another show at the young soundstage.

Deadline reports that NBC is considering a spin-off for its hot Wednesday night show Chicago Fire, the one-year-old drama following a group of Chicago firefighters. The new series would center on the Chicago Police Department (which, in real life, has plenty of drama at the moment).

So, NBC, if this is true, what will you call the new show? Assuming Chicago Crime is not a contender, allow us to make some suggestions for its title:

  • Law and ORD
  • Vacant Homeland
  • Calumet Heights 60619
  • It's Always Sunny in West Englewood
  • How I Met McCarthy

Anyone have a better idea?[3]

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