Chicago Fire season 7, episode 2 takeaways: Going To War

What should fans take away from the latest Chicago Fire? Learn more about this week’s episode with our Chicago Fire season 7, episode 2 review.

What did One Chicago fans learn from last night’s Chicago Fire episode? Here’s what we took away from this week’s installment, “Going To War.”

“Going To War” saw Firehouse 51 battle a blaze on the upper levels of a high-rise apartment building, which presented all kinds of complications, particularly if your name was Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo).

If you missed any of last night’s episode, or just want a refresher on the events that we’re going to discuss, you can catch up with our Chicago Fire recap.

Below are our takeaways from this week’s episode:

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1) Gorsch is a complete waste of space

No one was expecting greatness from Jerry Gorsch, but “Going To War” proved that he is totally useless. In a massive crisis where every person was needed, Gorsch…stood around in the background while Chief Boden (Eamonn Walker) ran the show.

Say what you will about Chief Grissom (Gary Cole), but even though he was Chicago Fire‘s bad guy, he still got out and helped when it mattered. Even taking into account that Gorsch was terrible at being a firefighter, given the severity of the situation, you’d think he’d try to help somehow. Anything would’ve been fine. But nope.

You almost have to feel for actor Steven Boyer, who got to appear in a Chicago Fire crossover episode to stand there with maybe a handful of lines. He missed all the fun.

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2) Stella and Severide need to cool off

Stella and Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) are a couple again now, and that’s awesome. Chicago Fire paid off two seasons’ worth of Stellaride tension last season, so of course there’s going to be a bit of emphasis on their relationship.

That being said, there’s a time and a place to be a cute couple, and it wasn’t in this episode. One of the opening moments in “Going To War” involved the two engaging in a heated make-out session right in a Firehouse 51 hallway where anyone could see them. Later in the episode, in the middle of the blaze, Severide and Stella still had time to have a lovey moment when passing each other in a hallway.

It’s great that they care so much about each other, but both of them are professionals who would know when to leave that stuff at home and when to be at work. Those moments felt as if they’d ended up in the script just to drum up attention ahead of Stella’s career-threatening injury.

3) Brett’s timing is terrible

Speaking of eyebrow-raising moments, was right after the conclusion of the fire the best time for Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer) to confront Matthew Casey (Jesse Spencer) about Dawson’s departure?

While the fire was mostly contained at that point, there was still a lot going on, and Casey had just gotten out of the building. He was visibly exhausted. You can’t blame Brett for wanting to talk, but right then? This was a prime example of dramatic license. Chicago Fire clearly wanted to get that scene in, but didn’t have a lot of downtime with 95 percent of this episode being on the scene of a huge fire.

And at least, let’s give the writers credit for giving Brett some closure with Dawson, as well. She deserved some sort of resolution since Dawson was her partner, even if she didn’t get the farewell moment that the Chicago Fire season 7 premiere gave Casey. But it was still weird to watch, even if we understood the why of it all.

What are your thoughts about this week’s episode of Chicago Fire? Let us know what you took away from this episode in the comments.

Chicago Fire airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on NBC.