Chicago Fire season 6, episode 9 takeaways: Foul Is Fair

Did Chicago Fire show us Herrmann’s softer side? Does Casey deserve an award? Here are our Chicago Fire season 6, episode 9 takeaways.

Last night’s Chicago Fire episode had several surprises, so it’s time to break it all down and talk about what we thought about those reveals!

Season 6, Episode 9 was called “Foul Is Fair” and while Gabriela Dawson (Monica Raymund) and Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) continued their search for Bria to no avail, Matthew Casey (Jesse Spencer) learned an important lesson about staying close to the ones you love. And some people got too close.

If you missed any of this Chicago Fire episode or just want a refresher on the events that we’re discussing, you can catch up with our “Foul Is Fair” recap.

Here are our Chicago Fire season 6, episode 9 takeaways:

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1) Herrmann’s an animal lover

Not a huge revelation, but “Foul Is Fair” did show us Christopher Herrmann’s (David Eigenberg) soft side again, as he stood up for the firehouse’s guinea pig Mr. Sprinkles.

Herrmann was genuinely angry when Chicago Fire revealed what had happened to the missing mascot, and when Otis tried to suggest that it was actually a plus, he threatened his colleagues with being banned from Molly’s unless they donated to the Humane Society.

We love Herrmann when he’s riled up, but what makes him work is that underneath that gruff exterior he does have a big heart, and it was very heartwarming to see him stick up for poor Mr. Sprinkles. We’ll never get tired of seeing the kinder, gentler Christopher Herrmann (as rare as it is!)

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2) Casey is the most understanding husband ever

Can we give Matthew Casey a round of applause? Chicago Fire teased us with the possibility that the Bria situation would make things tense between Casey and Dawson, but Casey has been more than understanding of Dawson’s latest mission.

In this episode alone, he agreed to have Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) fill in for Dawson so that she could travel to Joliet looking for Bria’s aunt, and he was missing her so much that the end of the episode had him replaying her voicemail multiple times. The only time he’s ever even kind of voiced an objection to this whole storyline was in the previous episode, and the two of them were making up just a few scenes later.

We appreciate Dawson for going above and beyond the call of duty, and we appreciate Casey for going above and beyond in supporting his wife.

3) Severide does learn occasionally

We’ve been very hard on Kelly Severide for being a creature of habit and not learning from many of his various mistakes. But there was a great scene in “Foul Is Fair” where he visited Bria’s dad in his rehab clinic, and Chicago Fire reminded us that Severide was once addicted to pain medication too. He was able to try and comfort the girl’s father based on his own past experience, and show that he’s not that guy anymore.

Now if only he could gain the same perspective when it comes to his dating life.

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What did you learn from this week’s Chicago Fire episode? Tell us your takeaways from “Foul Is Fair” in the comments.

Chicago Fire airs Thursdays at 10/9c on NBC.