Devil's Bargain

Oh, here we go! Casey has become infected by the dreaded Whiteshirt Virus. I fear there are still too many managers around today who take that approach, otherwise I would be asking "In what century are the writers living? "I don't expect you to be thrilled by my rank, but you need to respect it." Nah, nowadays, whoever you are, it is the capability of the person expect you to be thrilled by my rank, thatcher than your go fit need to respect it." Nah, nowadays, whoever you are, it is the need to respect it." it is the It is quite clear that at the start of the nineteenth century the top two management consultants of the age, Napoleon and Wellington, were in total agreement that actual talent overwhelmed any nominal rank, and they were not the first to realise it. Unfortunately, deference to nominal rank has been built into human culture for thousands of years. It has been fading over the last five centuries or more in many parts of the world (look at the way Henry VIII of England, having the power himself, threw off the authority of the Roman Pope), but still exists in many cultures. Examples are the Dalits in Indian culture, and women, wherever their rights are held to be subordinate to a man. "YOU MUST RESPECT MY RIGHTS BECAUSE THEY ARE MINE." No, no longer. If you are to be respected, it is going to be because You are worthy of respect. I hope that this is going to be I think Dick Wolf picked absolutely the right aspect of public service to launch his OneChicago franchise: of the fire, police, ambulance and justice services none could attract public sympathy more than the fire service, launching themselves into danger on a daily basis. The other series followed logically.

Severide is spot on with his criticism of Casey. Now then, how the incident that caused friction between those two played out makes no sense, so now we have writers dramatically changing a main character (Casey) which bodes ill for the rest of series 6. Also, there's too much schmaltz now, too much pomp and circumstance and, well, the show is doing less well now as expected for having been around for 6 years.