Watch the official "A Difficult Position" clip from the NBC drama series Chicago Fire.
Chicago Fire Cast:
Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, Lauren German, Charlie Barnett, David Eigenberg, Teri Reeves, Eamonn Walker and Yuri Sardarov
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Chicago Fire Cast:
Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, Lauren German, Charlie Barnett, David Eigenberg, Teri Reeves, Eamonn Walker and Yuri Sardarov
Stream Chicago Fire now on Peacock!
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00:00 A lot of cops got dinosaur arms when it comes to pulling their gun.
00:03 Not me.
00:04 I've always been aggressive.
00:06 It's the only way to get anything done in my line of work.
00:08 Look, the reason I'm telling you this is...
00:16 I put a lot of time into my job.
00:20 I mean, I cared a lot about protecting this city and the people in it.
00:23 Maybe too much, 'cause...
00:29 I wasn't at home a lot, and I took my eye off my son.
00:31 That's on me.
00:34 But I am telling you right now, I am gonna be up that kid's ass
00:40 until he gets his head on straight.
00:41 I'm gonna get him in a program, the whole deal.
00:43 I got my word on it.
00:44 Good to hear.
00:46 See, the thing is, Justin, that's my son.
00:51 He's got some priors.
00:56 This thing that happened the other night, if there was alcohol involved,
00:58 that's a felony.
00:59 He does time.
01:01 Real time.
01:04 You ever been to lockup?
01:07 You been to Statesville? You been to these places?
01:09 You don't want your kid there. Trust me.
01:12 I'm sympathetic, but...
01:15 that's got nothing to do with me.
01:18 Sure it does.
01:19 You filed a report that said my son was drunk that night.
01:23 He was.
01:25 Well, I need you to retract it.
01:26 Let me tell you.
01:28 I will owe you, big time.
01:32 I'm a good guy to have a favor banked with.
01:35 Kid in the other car.
01:36 Did you know he was paralyzed?
01:38 Yeah.
01:40 And it breaks my heart.
01:42 But there is no sense having two tragedies coming from that night
01:47 and putting ten years on my son would be a tragedy,
01:50 'cause he's a great guy.
01:52 I've been to Statesville.
01:54 You ever been to a spinal injury center?
01:58 The family watches their kid drag his feet
02:03 while gripping some parallel bars,
02:05 clinging to the fantasy that he'll walk again one day.
02:07 And the dad quits his job to help the mom care for him
02:12 and take a second mortgage out on their house to pay for it.
02:15 And on top of that,
02:16 they have to live with the shame that the police
02:19 and fire department shoved a lie down their throat
02:21 that they caused the accident?
02:23 What you're asking me to do--
02:27 I'm not asking!
02:28 If you're not the kind of man to do a cop a favor,
02:35 I can take this to the next level real easy.
02:39 It's the end of your shift, you retire,
02:43 you got your paperwork mixed up, you got your calls mixed up,
02:45 there's a million excuses for you to go to jail.
02:48 And if you don't give it up, there's a million excuses.
02:51 Pick one.
02:53 Because believe me,
02:55 you are gonna retract that statement.
02:58 'Cause if you don't, I swear to God...
03:03 Casey.
03:07 Chief.
03:08 Hey, Chief, uh...
03:17 can you give us a minute?
03:18 It's kind of a private conversation.
03:20 No, I'm good.
03:25 [♪♪♪]
03:29 [♪♪♪]
03:32 I'm not changing a word.
03:56 (dramatic music)