Cedric Young

A desperate aerospace CEO asks Nate Ford – an insurance investigator who once specialized in recovering stolen goods worth millions – to lead a team of expert thieves to recover airplane designs from the rival company that took them. But there's a twist: the designs were never the CEO's to begin with. Now, the honest man he hired must convince the band of criminals to do the right thing... steal the plans back.

A troubled Chief Boden goes to the police when a man dies in a hardware store fire set by Ernie, the troubled teenage firebug he's been trying to help, and his Uncle Ray. Meanwhile, Severide decides on his future and reaches out to his father. Elsewhere, Otis finds camaraderie when he fills in for a few shifts at the slowest firehouse in the city, and makes a decision of his own, while Dawson and Shay find themselves in a bad predicament during a call to a tenement apartment.

When Haywire sees through Michael’s plans, it further delays his timetable for an escape. Meanwhile, Sucre has a change of heart and Lincoln’s nightmares about his execution intensify. Outside the walls, Veronica teams with an advocacy lawyer who may be driven by more than justice.

Michael turns up the heat to break through to the other side of his cell wall and outside forces plan to move up Lincoln’s execution day. Meanwhile, a full-scale riot in the prison threatens lives and gives T-Bag an opportunity to uncover a startling secret. Outside the walls, Veronica and Nick track a lead to Washington, DC.

As the full-scale riot escalates, Michael faces a difficult decision regarding the life of Dr. Sara, and Abruzzi and Sucre team up to break the devil’s back. Meanwhile, T-Bag tastes blood as his quest to be included in the escape plan continues and Lincoln has a potentially fatal confrontation.