In this short three episode recap, Bowden's facing charges, Severide and Patterson gets heated up but soon something will come to one of there senses.
The main storyline throughout these episodes was Bowden being accused of assaulting his neighbor. The detective on the case has been getting into Bowden's grilled and back off when Voight came in during an interview. Voight leaves an offer to help on the table, but Bowden takes it in his own way.
That leaves Donna going up to the accused and confronting her about what's going on. Things get heated and the next day, the accused is missing and leaving Bowden the lead suspect. Bowden's life has turned upside down and while talking to Dawson, Casey, Severide and others about the situation, Dawson gives him her input that it has to be Riddle.
That would be the case, but it turns out that it's not him. It's the billionaire restate Roger Maddox, who has a thing for getting his way to make money. Bowden gets to see Maddox face to face, which lead Bowden to sent to jail
But things come around when clues come around as Severide gets a clue from his study buddy friend, who works for Maddox, on the whereabouts of the accused. Ruzek and Atwater to the place and hotel and find the accused. She's being questioned and talks. That lead to Maddox arrested and dropping charges for Bowden as he is a free man.
Patterson, who's been a pain in the ass since the beginning, tries being in charge by suspending Severide because of not following his directions. But Severide gets some dirt from his father on him but doesn't use it. Instead turns it in to Patterson to let him know that there's a file on him still.
After Bowden gets arrested, Patterson took control of House 51, something that no one agrees, but deals with it for a short while. Patterson makes some tough choices from telling Cruz that Freddie can't hang around and Connie can't make her Christmas ornaments, but the gang of 51 step up and helped her along with Freddie too as he gets a job at Molly's thanks to Herrmann and Otis.
Other things, Johnny and Chili become the high school couple of 51, which isn't a bad thing, its cute. But Casey thinks that Johnny should dial it down a bit, and he does suffer the punishment from Patterson by doing trash duty with Chili because of their relationship and lateness.
Britt and Otis go to the CFD party together and Otis enjoyed it and so did Britt but during a call Britt saves a victim and so comes back to thank her by asking her out. Otis is jealous and seems to might be losing out in this small love triangle.
And as for Freddie, trying to get out of the gang community, he gets a job at Molly's but doesn't like the jokes that Herrmann gives him like calling him fat and short as Freddie was looking for some glasses. But Freddie gets mad and as Herrmann won't apologize for it, Freddie stabs him in the side and leaves him in the back room to bleed out.
That's where we're left off until January 5th with the two night crossover event. Chicago Fire will start out the event at an early time at 9/8c and Med at 10/9c on Tuesday and PD will end the event at it's regular time 10/9c Wednesday.
