Last week, Mills made it clear that he had grand plans to gain medical clearance and reclaim his spot on Squad 3; he would not be stopped. Unfortunately for Mills, medical clearance or not, there may not be a spot on Squad left to reclaim.
Mills proves his drive to rejoin the firefighters during a call to a collapsed parking garage. When Severide hops inside a van trapped by debris to save the driver before he’s crushed, Mills is right behind him, that is, until Severide stops Mills from putting himself in danger and requests that Capp help instead.
Back at the house, Mills overhears talk about Scott Rice, Severide’s firefighter friend from high school who, will be taking a trial run at that coveted spot on Squad 3. Rice has been on the sidelines for some time and finally worked up the nerve to ask Severide for help getting back to work.
Mills takes the snuff hard, that’s his spot, but is not discouraged from his pursuit to rejoin Squad, and he lets Boden know as much. Mills wants that spot left open until his doctor appointment later that week.
Meanwhile, rumors are flying around the house about Scott Rice. Capp recalls a guy who loves to hog the spotlight, and Otis has heard stories of his less-than-stellar conduct apparently he threw a guy out of a third-story window. When Rice finally shows up, he immediately busts out into an outrageous story, proving Capp right.
Turns out Otis’ sources are not the most credible, and Casey quickly shuts the intel down as gossip. He eventually asks Severide for the real story behind Rice’s incident, and Severide explains that Rice was defending himself against a crazy meth-head.
You know who’s still weary of Rice lurking around 51? Peter Mills. But before long, Ambo 61 and Squad 3 have to join forces to make a rescue at the Chicago Theatre. Mills and Brett arrive first to find a man with a head injury dangling from the catwalk. Mills decides to do possibly the worst thing a paramedic with vertigo can do, and climbs the insanely tall ladder up to rescue the victim on his own.
Mills makes the climb with no problem and begins to work on the victim, just as Severide arrives. In the end, Mills is just pumped that he felt absolutely no dizziness, he’s convinced he’s cured.
This small victory prompts Mills to confront Severide. Mills wants that spot on Squad; he’s earned it. Severide warns Mills to take the recklessness down a notch and informs him that Rice needs that job. But we all know Mills needs that job, too.
Mills heads to the doctor. Unfortunately, he does not get the quick go-ahead he was hoping for. Instead, the doctor explains that he’ll have to undergo a series of tests and wait at least a week. If there is even the slightest trace of something wrong, he won’t be cleared.
This is promising for Rice, who, as it turns out, is every bit the good guy Severide claims he is. Through Boden, we learn Rice’s wife had died the week before the “incident” and left him with a young son. Severide wasn’t lying, Rice really does need this job.
Rice isn’t the only blast from Severide’s past. Severide’s old friend, April Sexton, is working at Chicago Med now. Severide really perks up at the mention of her name and swings by the hospital in hopes of reconnecting. April wants no part of it, letting Severide know that he was a terrible friend.
Later, Severide dives into his little box of high school memories and finds an envelope with two ticket stubs to Eminem’s Slim Shady tour. Severide brings the tickets to the hospital as proof that he was a great friend to April, he only went to that concert for her. Somehow reminiscing about Marshall Mathers softens April.
The two have an enigmatic exchange about her parents, and how Kelly never got to thank them, or April for that matter.
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