Suspicions continue to grow around the new paramedic, and an investigation from a big crash site sent Severide in a race against time in tonight’s newest episode.

A plane crash caused a jet engine to fall and land on top of a school. It took the entire firehouse to save the remaining children. It was impossible to navigate the stairs without causing the engine to possibly fall through the stairs and crush them. Newest recruit Mason thought of a way to cause the wall of the school to fall outward, rather than inward, a technique he’s used for trees in wildfires. The technique worked, and the team was able to put out the fire, while Squad Three got the rest of the students and teachers out of the building.

An investigator for the the call said that a piece of the engine strut was taken from the call, and that someone on Squad Three took it. This of course didn’t happen, which caused the wrath of the government to attempt to fall on Firehouse 51.

While preparing the collapse of the wall, Ritter saved a student from a first story window. This kid, Marco, revealed that he knew who took the strut, a kid by the name of Oliver. Severide found him, and got the strut, and made sure that Oliver did not get in too much legal trouble for messing with evidence, since he felt bad for him and all. Bless Severide’s adorable heart. He convinced the investigator that they mistook the piece for a halligan, and got lost in their equipment. No charges were filed against anyone.

Ritter made the discovery that the new paramedic, Emma, did not attend Johns Hopkins where she claims to have attended. What’s more, Emma made up a story about how Violet couldn’t handle the blood on the call with the jet, which she didn’t do, only used her boyfriend to call ahead to the hospital. On a separate call of a man involved with a scooter accident, Emma tried to make the person injured man feel nervous about Violet helping him settle his broken arm. It seems to be that Emma is trying to steal Violet’s job, and is attempting to gaslight the rest of the firehouse to believe that she is not capable of doing her job in a high stress situation. Hawkins cannot even involve himself in this situation, due to their recent controversy and complaints.

A crew was installing new Ethernet cables in the firehouse, and one of the workers had an interest in Kylie, Boden’s secretary and assistant. The worker, named Needles, looked like the bad boy type, with greasy hair and tattoos. Boden and Stella were both not big fans of him, acting like parents of a teenager. The two even sat Kylie down and talked to her like parents, but wording all of their sentences in different ways because they are not her parents, obviously. Kylie told them that Needles took her on a horrible first date, and that there would not be a second one.

Remember Todd Graham, the firefighter who visited his brother’s memorial, and bonded with Herrmann and his kids? Well he’s back, and is going to be a new candidate in the CFD, and Herrmann is taking a new protege under his wing.

I don’t quite understand what the show is trying to do with Emma here. She has no compassion for her patients or the rest of the firehouse, and for some reason has it out for Violet. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me, and I’m just ready for that to end. I just don’t really care about it as much.

It’s interesting to note that two people who are inspired by Herrmann, Todd and Mason, have returned to his life. It makes me wonder if something will happen to either of them, and it will make Herrmann question some moral choices with them.

The season is definitely gearing for Severide and Stella’s wedding for the end of the season. They decided on a venue at the end of the episode, and they are going full speed ahead to tie the knot. Maybe Casey will make a cameo for that day?

Chicago Fire returns in three weeks with the last batch of episodes for the season! Leave a comment below with your thoughts on tonight’s episode.