Herrmann was one of the first responders to a fire that was actually two blocks away from where he grew up. A man had escaped the burning building and unfortunately for him he had run safety at the risk of leaving his son behind. And when Herrmann saw how much that sole decision was eating up the father, he made the man a promise. He told him that he was going to get the boy out alive. Herrmann saved Alec but he did so by going against direct command.
The Chief had seen how out of control the fire was and he didn’t want to risk his men. So he ordered them to pull back. And while Dawson followed his orders, Herrmann put himself in danger just to fulfill that promise.
However, after the fire, Chicago PD came by the station and they told him the very same father he had spoken with could have also been responsible for that fire. Apparently, Slater was being accused of negligence. He’s a habitual drug user, a fact that was proven when someone sent a video clip to the police where Slater is drunk and high, lighting up meth and blowing the smoke directly into his son's face. Odds are he didn’t cool down his crack pipe long enough before he placed it down somewhere.
Now, Slater is in the wind. He soon disappeared after his son was admitted to the hospital.
Hence, Herrmann felt like the biggest fool in the world for ever even sympathizing with Slater.
The cops can't locate Slater. So Herrmann decided to go back to the old neighborhood and start asking some of his own questions.
He knew the busybody and so he knew what questions to ask. An elderly gentleman relays some information about Slater's whereabouts, but when Truck 81 asks if he found anything useful, Herrmann says no. Casey though is suspicious.
As it turns out, parents that abuse their kids is kind of hot button for Herrmann. So Casey decided to follow him when he left work that day.
Post shift, Herrmann uses his neighborhood information and pays a visit to Slater at a bar. Luckily Slater is in for his afternoon beer. This time instead of Herrmann using his words, he uses his fists to get through to Slater. Casey had to pry his friend off and once he was done with that he then called in Chicago PD.
Later, Casey covered for Herrmann with the Chief but the other man still wasn’t ok. Slater’s son it seems had taken a turn for the worse and Herrmann didn’t know how to handle the news. So Casey called Chaplain Orlovsky to help when he saw that his friend needed someone with a higher authority. And no one was going to help Herrmann with his guilt like the Chaplain.
You see there was a part of Herrmann that regretted saving the toddler when he realized the fire was actually better in comparison to his life with his father. Or for that matter any possible life he could have after so many surgeries. Yet, none of that ultimately mattered in the end because Alec passed away anyways.
Brett takes Dawson’s advice to “rip the Band-Aid off” and decides it’s time to break up with Cruz. But before she can get the words out, Cruz dumps her. Turns out Cruz was taking some advice from his best buddy Otis, too, there were lots of meat metaphors involved. In the end, Otis realizes he may be in love with Brett.
We finally learn that April’s parents, at her request, took Severide in when his home life imploded back in high school. He apologizes for blowing her off after that and swears it was due to embarrassment over the rumors about his family. Seems like he and April are on the road to forgiveness.
Mills’ sister Elise shows up, and they discover their onetime possibly racist grandfather bequeathed them a restaurant in North Carolina. Before Mills really has to make a decision as to whether or not he wants to join his sister in reentering the restaurant biz, he gets the good news that he’s officially cleared for squad duty.
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