The promo for Chicago Fire season 14 episode 5 gives us a look at a strange emergency, with people passing out while outside. What’s going on? Let’s dive into the episode.

We pick up with Vasquez trying to talk his dad into his idea, but his dad isn’t interested in listening. To be fair, as low as it is, his dad has a point in that Vasquez needs to learn how to follow orders. It’s not easy to hear, though.

 

 

At the same time, we get caught up with how Herrmann is doing. Mouch just wants to be able to help, but Herrmann needs people to stop asking what he needs. He and Cindy need to figure it out, but we know Mouch won’t give up with this.

Of course, the topic of Halloween comes up for a few people. Isaiah is head to a Halloween dance at school, while Novak is planning on a Halloween party of her own.

 

 

With Pascal still dotted between firehouses, Severide is still in charge. With a quick update about the current situation, there’s the first call of the episode, which takes everyone to an apartment fire with the smoke coming from the basement. It looks like the oil furnace is the source, leading to Kidd and Vasquez heading in to find the shut-off valve.

Cruz walks around the hallways to find people, where a man on oxygen telling Cruz about an injured woman in an apartment. Of course, when Cruz turns around to tell him to get outside, he’s gone, but Cruz continues his search for the woman he was told about. Cruz worries about the old guy he saw, and he can’t help but want to get back in. Yet, Capp and Tony say that the building is clear.

It must mean that the old guy got out, and Cruz can just hope that he got out of the building. So, where is he? This is a Halloween episode, so is it possible that Cruz saw a ghost?

Back at the firehouse, the calls from the prison for Vasquez continue, but he still refuses to answer. Novak does help to take his mind off things a little by asking him if he has plans for Halloween.

At the same time, there’s a conversation about the building situation and the missing guy. Nobody came in with his description, which continues to leave Cruz wondering what happened to him. This is going to be something he continues to search for throughout Chicago Fire season 14 episode 5.

The conversation is cut with Mouch asking for everyone to come to the briefing room. All he wants to do is help Herrmann, and he may have figured it out. What about a Pass the Boot event at Molly’s? While there are financial problems for everyone, this is something that everyone wants to do. Herrmann is an important part of the family.

As for Herrmann, he has a brochure for a place for sale a couple of blocks away from the old place. It’s a fixer-upper, but Herrmann thinks it’s a possibility. Cindy isn’t in on the idea just yet, as she’s still struggling to wrap her head around things. They haven’t even had a conversation about what to do with the land the old house was one. Will they rebuild?

All Herrmann wants to do is go back to being normal, but he’s not thinking of Cindy and the rest of the family. The fire taking the house isn’t something you just move on from, and it’s like Herrmann is trying to just bury the feelings rather than focusing on what’s best for everyone. At the same time, Cindy does need to think about moving forward.

Vasquez’s problems are about to become the firehouse’s, as Ray ends up calling the firehouse since he can’t get through to him. Kidd is the one to answer the call initially, and she’s going to want answers. Vasquez is angry that his dad called him at the job, and there’s almost a hint that Ray is the reason previous jobs have been ruined for him. We know that it was likely his dad that cost him a position at the Police Academy, but what about the positions at other firehouses?

Kidd has decided not to ask Vasquez about it. Instead, she’s turned to Severide to figure things out, not sure how to handle the situation, but she does know who Ray Vasquez is and why he’s in prison. Personally, she needs to take time to consider just how Vasquez may not be the one instigating all of these phone calls.

Meanwhile, Cruz continues to search for the man he saw in the hallway. He doesn’t get anything, but Violet has some hope. The woman Cruz saved reached out to thank the firefighter who saved her, and this could be the way to find out who the man is.

As all that goes on, Mouch has the flyer for the Pass the Boot fundraiser, but there’s a problem. He wants to do it on Halloween night, which means Novak has to change all of her plans. Well, she wants to turn it into a costume party if they’re going to get everyone in, and she will take charge of it all. This is a cute duo.

We get to the call from the Chicago Fire season 14 episode 5 promo, which takes Firehouse 51 to a place Severide and others don’t even know. They all have to spread out to find anyone there and figure out why they were called in, which gets Kidd alone with the victim passed out on the ground. This is what we see from the promo, with Kidd passing out while with him.

It looks like they’re with some freight trains, and Severide and Cruz find a bunch of dead birds. That’s when they see the sign. There’s phosphene gas, and Severide sends out the order to mask up. It’s too late for Kidd, though.