Changes come to 51 with Dawson's replacement; a romance grows, a relationship is challenged, and politics are in the ay. The season premiere of Chicago Fire delivered a blazing opener.
"A Closer Eye" was a highly emotional character-driven episode that, when the show opened, opened on the characters dealing with the issues in the season finale. From Severide and Kidd, now a couple, Casey dealing with Gabby going to Puerto Rico, Brett being mad at Dawson, and Boden looking back at when he lost the job to Grissom. It's one of the best recaps to last season, but being in the moment with our characters simultaneously.
Let's start with Brett, as she has been dealing with fill-ins for Dawson for a while and has been transferring them to other places. When Boden tells her that she will get a new partner and, this time, they'll be staying until Dawson returns. The new, by Emily Foster, comes in late and forgets Boden's name (calling him Brody). you
As you can see, Brett was hoping to have her transfer, but after a couple of runs, mainly saving a guy's eye from popping out. The two have become steady partners.
Boden meets with a new assistant deputy commissioner whom Grissom named Jerry, looking into 51 specifically to find a way to take Boden and the house down. Jerry got in the form of having Boden, Casey, and Severide a private conversation, even the way Severide had to save a life when he jumped a worker being electrocuted from a grounded power linen had enough and decided to turn in those reports that Otis had found about how Grissom falsified reports to look good. But it didn't help much because the mayor and Grissom had grown close to primary politics.
Now, about Casey, who's been having some trouble dealing with Dawson's absences, mainly during a call, he dives underneath an elevator that was coming down on a building maintenance employee. Casey tries to be like Superman and hold the elevator until the guys can stop it, but it isn't stopping, not even with the power being turned off. But they did stop the elevator from squishing them in time.
Severide is concerned about Casey and tells him to call Dawson and ask when she'll return to fight for her. Casey faces times Dawson in Puerto Rico and seems happy there, helping kids and families with medicine. Casey, who gets the urge to go down there and even asked for a couple of days off when he was with Boden and Severide fishing, gets after work and sees Dawson with her stuff packed. Gabby tells him she's needed there and that he could come with her, but he tells her he can't because he's a Chicago guy. And the two come to terms to go their separate ways in one of the most heartfelt scenes so far.
Battle on!:
Otis has been battling who he thought was another firefighter in a game of chess. But when he loses, he goes wild and learns and tries to do them out. As he sneaks to see who this person is, it turns out to be Kidd. The two are like brother and sister battling who's the best.
"We didn't say goodbye".
We learn about Connie's fate on the show after the death of DuShon Monique Brown early this year. Boden informs 51 that Miss. Connie has received her master's degree and has taken a job in counseling. I thought it was one of the most intelligent decisions not to kill her off and use Brown's real life as she was a school counselor. She may not be here helping us, but she's out there helping others who need help, and she'll always be in our hearts.
"A Closer Eye" was one of the best season openers that only Fire can deliver. Strong writing, solid performances, and some excellent directing shots, mainly during the call, and we see the camera moving from the L train to the streets of Chicago and seeing 51 heading down to the fire. That'll be fantastic, with new cast members and enemies coming in to take down 51. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.
You can catch Chicago Fire early next week at 8/7c as part of the #OneChicago Crossover event with Med at 9/8c and PD at 10/9c on NBC.
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