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Chicago Fire S7E5 — A Volatile Mixture
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Chicago Fire•Season 7•Episode 5

A Volatile Mixture

8.0/10 · 496 votesOct 24, 201842 min

Ranked #16 of 22 in Season 7•−0.2 vs season avg

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Working alongside a journalist, Casey does some digging into the cause of a trailer park fire. Boden hits his breaking point while Mouch, Herrmann and Cruz work to figure out why Molly's isn't performing up to expectations.

Directed bySanford Bookstaver
Written byAndrea Newman
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Taylor Kinney

Taylor Kinney

Kelly Severide

Jesse Spencer

Jesse Spencer

Matthew 'Matt' Casey

David Eigenberg

David Eigenberg

Christopher Herrmann

Joe Miñoso

Joe Miñoso

Joe Cruz

Christian Stolte

Christian Stolte

Randy 'Mouch' McHolland

Miranda Rae Mayo

Miranda Rae Mayo

Stella Kidd

Kara Killmer

Kara Killmer

Sylvie Brett

Eamonn Walker

Eamonn Walker

Wallace Boden

Yuriy Sardarov

Yuriy Sardarov

Brian 'Otis' Zvonecek

Annie Ilonzeh

Annie Ilonzeh

Emily Foster

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Sanford Bookstaver

Sanford Bookstaver

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Andrea Newman

Writer

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Episode Summary

"A Volatile Mixture" is episode 5 of Chicago Fire season 7. It scored 8.0/10 from 496 votes, ranking #16 of 22 episodes this season (season average 8.2). Directed by Sanford Bookstaver and written by Andrea Newman, it aired on October 24, 2018.

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