8.7/103 votes#1 - The First Symptom
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 3/29/2023
Mouch builds a classic firetruck model for the Deputy District Chief but needs some assistance from Gallo and Ritter. Brett and Violet encounter multiple victims with a strange set of symptoms. Cindy's chemotherapy results loom over the Herrmann family.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Matt Whitney
8.7/106 votes#2 - Call Me McHolland
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 1/24/2024
Mouch sets out to change his legacy and nickname. Ritter pushes Herrmann to see a doctor. Brett searches for the perfect wedding venue.
Director: Lisa Demaine
Writer: Matt Whitney
8.6/105 votes#3 - Where We End Up
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2020
A pest control problem forces the 51 team to temporarily bunk with Firehouse 20. All under the same roof, Casey clashes with Capt. Delaney while Foster, Kidd and Brett fear Capt. Leone has it out for them. Boden mulls a procedural overhaul.
Director: Batan Silva
Writer: Matt Whitney
8.5/104 votes#4 - Finish What You Started
Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 4/20/2022
Firehouse 51 tackles a fire caused by a dropped jet engine, and one of their own is accused of a theft related to the incident. Kidd and Boden disapprove of Kylie's potential new love interest.
Director: Carlos Bernard
Writer: Matt Whitney
8.2/104 votes#5 - 51's Original Bell
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 4/15/2020
When one of 51's own gets injured on a call, Lt. Severide becomes obsessed with helping out. Foster contemplates a big decision. Kidd is concerned for one of her high school trainees.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Matt Whitney
8.2/104 votes#6 - Head Count
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2021
A video of Casey from the roof rescue goes viral. Mouch sets up a Little Free Library at Firehouse 51. Herrmann breaks protocol.
Director: Matt Earl Beesley
Writer: Matt Whitney
8.0/104 votes#7 - Fault in Him
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/2019
Casey struggles after experiencing a narrow miss on a call. Otis wins a unique sporting opportunity in a raffle. Grissom turns to Severide for assistance when the mayor's office sends a task force to Firehouse 51.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Matt Whitney
8.0/104 votes#8 - Natural Born Firefighter
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 4/21/2021
While Mouch makes an incredible save, all eyes are on a mystery man who helped save his neighbor. Casey worries about his future at the CFD.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Matt Whitney
8.0/101 votes#9 - Untouchable
Season 13 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2024
Pascal and Severide revisit the storage facility fire in hopes of uncovering new evidence. Cruz helps Mouch take his studying to the next level. Novak prepares a proposal for Chief Robinson for a whole blood program.
Director: Lisa Robinson
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.8/104 votes#10 - Fog of War
Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2022
On a call with Station 37, a firefighter is struck by a power line and decides to lash out after her injury. Brett is visited by Scott and Amelia. Violet gets a surprise envelope. The rest of 51 enters a contest.
Director: Lisa Robinson
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.8/1012 votes#11 - Shot Through the Heart
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/2014
When Neal and Peter go after an assassin, the stakes are raised even higher when they realize this may be the same person who has been pulling Neal’s strings.
Director: Hannah Endicott-Douglas
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.7/109 votes#12 - The General / Chinatown
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/13/2018
When the Mothership jumps to South Carolina in 1863, the Time Team partners up with a courageous Union spy and military leader, Harriet Tubman - AKA "The General" - to thwart Rittenhouse's plan to alter the outcome of the Civil War. Back in the present, Rittenhouse hits the team where it hurts the most. Then, Jiya makes a daring escape from Rittenhouse that strands her in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1888 with no way home.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.7/103 votes#13 - Something for the Pain
Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 1/4/2023
Det. Pryma's case comes to an explosive end with Kidd and Carver's lives in danger. Brett installs an infant safe surrender box at 51. Violet is determined to take Emma down.
Director: Matt Earl Beesley
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.5/104 votes#14 - Try Like Hell
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2019
Severide and Boden search to uncover whether arson was the cause of a fire at a hair salon. Mouch, Herrmann, Otis and Kidd make a startling discovery in tracking down the missing piercing nozzle from Engine 27.
Director: Stephen Cragg
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.5/104 votes#15 - Off the Grid (I)
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/26/2020
A series of teen opioid overdoses sees Severide partner with Sean Roman, but begins to suspect there’s more to the story than his old friend is telling him. Casey tries to be there for Brett as she considers her birth mother’s offer to meet. The crossover continues on Chicago P.D. S07E15 Burden of Truth (II).
Director: Reza Tabrizi
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.5/102 votes#16 - Every Scar Tells a Story
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2022
Javi spends a couple of shifts at Firehouse 51. Kidd and Carver work together to help Carver's former boss. As Hawkins and Violet's relationship blossoms, Gallo turns his attention elsewhere.
Director: Brenna Malloy
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.3/103 votes#17 - The Backup Dan
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2012
Blair must make a difficult decision about her future, the consequences of which could hurt those she loves most. Serena takes the blame for an incident with Gossip Girl in order to protect someone she loves.. Georgina smells the scent of scandal and decides to follow its trail.
Director: David Warren
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.3/103 votes#18 - Red Flag
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 3/20/2024
Violet clashes with her new partner. Severide discovers a hidden stash of money on a call and squares off against the cops working the case. Mouch gets a parking ticket.
Director: William Eichler
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.2/104 votes#19 - Portrait of a Lady Alexander
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/2012
Chuck’s continued investigation into his father’s dealings leads him to an unlikely event with Manhattan’s elite, where he hopes to find the one person who can tell him the truth about Bart. Serena and Steven decide to reveal their romantic histories so they aren’t surprised by anything, but neither was prepared for what they uncovered. With The Spectator in jeopardy after Dan decided to publish elsewhere, Nate must make a difficult decision to keep it in business. Meanwhile, Georgina pushes Dan to choose a worthy person to date to boost his image, but he finds himself drawn in a different direction.
Director: Andy Wolk
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.2/105 votes#20 - Inside These Walls
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/2019
A dangerous situation leaves Casey and Naomi in peril. Foster and Brett are in charge of planning a field trip visit to the station while Severide and Kidd go through tough times.
Director: Jono Oliver
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.2/104 votes#21 - Buckle Up
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2019
Kidd must prove herself at the National Firefighter Leadership Conference while the rest of Firehouse 51 is called to two eerily similar car wrecks. Mouch tries to keep everyone in the firehouse informed by starting a newsletter, but things quickly get out of hand. Cruz deals with a heartbreak.
Director: Leslie Libman
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.1/1015 votes#22 - Space Race
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/2016
Back in 1969, the team goes undercover at NASA to stop Flynn from sabotaging the moon landing and killing the crew of Apollo 11.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.0/1011 votes#23 - Hollywoodland
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/2018
When a Rittenhouse sleeper agent in 1941 Hollywood steals the only copy of Citizen Kane, Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus team up with Hedy Lamarr to get it back. Hedy Lamarr turns out to be not only a glamorous movie star but also a scientific wizard whose discoveries led to the invention of Wi-Fi.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Matt Whitney
7.0/105 votes#24 - This Isn't Charity
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2018
Firehouse 51 is on high alert when a series of explosions rock the city. Herrmann adjusts to his new duties and Kidd gets a visit from an old friend.
Director: Batan Silva
Writer: Matt Whitney
6.6/1011 votes#25 - Public Enemy No. 1
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2017
Flynn travels to 1931 Chicago to partner with gangster Al Capone. Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus, meanwhile, team up with the only man who can bring Capone down: federal law-enforcement agent Eliot Ness.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Matt Whitney
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"The First Symptom" is the best rated episode written by Matt Whitney. It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Paul McCrane. It aired on 3/29/2023 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Call Me McHolland".