The "Chicago" shows are supposed to be three interlocking / complimentary story lines. Fire and Med both had crossover potential(s) in their newest episodes and failed to do so. Something they don't do all too often. Sort of defeats the premise of three interlocking / complimentary story lines.
This episode was full of technical / procedural errors in the story line. If you are making a show about an emergency services crew these elements are necessary for an accurate portrayal.
1. Lack of a fire / radio watch. Someone would have been on duty and there to meet the thieves.
2. Lack of leadership. Either Kidd or Herman would have been next in line after Severide and taken charge. Neither one of them called command to get a back up vehicle or take the station out of service. A proper response would have involved many high ranking supervisors from both police and fire services.
3. Severide could not have removed the steering wheel intact, that would require special tools to do so.
4. Knocking down the thief with the fire cannon was a nice touch. However, the trucks tanks don't carry enough water to do so and put out a vehicle fire. Let alone the bomb was very underwhelming. It was supposed to be a terror weapon and it didn't even destroy the truck carrying it.
The general story line has problems too. Severide had the opportunity to call 9*11. Had he done so the battle between the thieves, detectives and fire crew never would have happened. The thieves and potential terrorist bombers ( Their motivation / target were never explained ) would have required a response from SWAT and HAZMAT teams not two cops and the firehouse crew. Jack Damon's character now has an hostile work environment complaint due to the crews actions toward him in this episode.
Severide used the radio to signal the firehouse. It is high time for movie and TV writers to drop the Morse Code plot device. One in a thousand people may know it, not two people in all these situations--too convenient. Also, the position of station chief is still vacant.
This episode was full of technical / procedural errors in the story line. If you are making a show about an emergency services crew these elements are necessary for an accurate portrayal.
1. Lack of a fire / radio watch. Someone would have been on duty and there to meet the thieves.
2. Lack of leadership. Either Kidd or Herman would have been next in line after Severide and taken charge. Neither one of them called command to get a back up vehicle or take the station out of service. A proper response would have involved many high ranking supervisors from both police and fire services.
3. Severide could not have removed the steering wheel intact, that would require special tools to do so.
4. Knocking down the thief with the fire cannon was a nice touch. However, the trucks tanks don't carry enough water to do so and put out a vehicle fire. Let alone the bomb was very underwhelming. It was supposed to be a terror weapon and it didn't even destroy the truck carrying it.
The general story line has problems too. Severide had the opportunity to call 9*11. Had he done so the battle between the thieves, detectives and fire crew never would have happened. The thieves and potential terrorist bombers ( Their motivation / target were never explained ) would have required a response from SWAT and HAZMAT teams not two cops and the firehouse crew. Jack Damon's character now has an hostile work environment complaint due to the crews actions toward him in this episode.
Severide used the radio to signal the firehouse. It is high time for movie and TV writers to drop the Morse Code plot device. One in a thousand people may know it, not two people in all these situations--too convenient. Also, the position of station chief is still vacant.
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