Chicago Fire Season 13 doesn’t have a heart-pounding rescue scene. That’s about to change in Chicago Fire Season 13, Episode 5, “Down the Rabbit Hole,” where Severide performs one of his daring rescues. According to the official logline below, Severide uses more of his skills to investigate Stella’s suspicious accident. However, the fire department is still celebrating her birthday while Carver is struggling with something. The promo previews Kelly’s daring rescue, where every second counts.
“Kidd and Severide investigate a trucking company responsible for a series of accidents. Herrmann recruits Kylie to help buy new radios. Fire Department 51 celebrates Violet’s birthday. Carver’s loyalties are shaken.”
The tense promo above begins with Fire Department 51 arriving at the scene of an accident where a truck rear-ended another train. “It’s raining gasoline,” Severide says as the video shows gasoline dripping onto the scene. One would think that would deter someone, but not Kelly. With a victim trapped in the truck, Kelly leaps into action and gets into the truck, which could explode at any moment. The gasoline makes the rescue difficult because firefighters can’t use equipment that could create a spark. “One spark, and this guy’s going to be burned to a crisp,” Chief Pascal warns. Given Kelly’s risk in this rescue, he becomes interested in the case on a deeper level. He realizes that something was missed in this accident and several others before it.
The episode also promises to focus on the Violet-Carver drama as Violet celebrates her birthday and Carver struggles to decide who to root for. Jake Lockett previously teased some of the details of that relationship, and given Violet and Tori’s fight in the previous episode, it’s a great place to start for the drama. But whether they end up together this season, Lockett spoke about that, saying, “In a world where they end up together, which I don’t know what that situation is — we don’t have that in the script yet — I think he just needs someone who’s willing to meet him where he is. I think she has to be a lot more careful and willing to be honest about where she is.”
Will Severide make it out before the “incinerator” explodes? What situations will test Carver’s loyalty? Find out when “Down the Rabbit Hole” airs on NBC tonight, Wednesday, October 23. You can also catch up on previous episodes on Peacock.
