Kurt Russell credited as playing...
Stephen McCaffrey
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: The only problem is that in this job is there's just no place to hide. It's not like having a bad day selling log cabins. You have a bad day here and somebody dies... and that's just not fucking good enough.
- Tim Kizminski: [in a high rise elevator] How do we know if the floor's gonna be on fire on one of these?
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Well, when the doors open, if it's hot, don't get out.
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Hey, Swayzak! You missed it, buddy! Oh, you should have been there, man! Really, it was fuckin' great. I mean, we almost lost it. We almost lost a whole goddamn company for you just because, well, you know, since you shut down Thirty-Three. Well, there's no fuckin' backup, right? And we do, we appreciate it. I mean, I don't know about the rest of the guys, but you got my vote for mayor!
- Alderman Marty Swayzak: Look, Lieutenant, if you have a problem, why don't you help us? Why don't you work with the task force...
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Task force? Three guys have died already this year because of the cuts made by your FUCKIN' TASK FORCE!
- Alderman Marty Swayzak: You see that glow in the corner of your eye. It's your career dissapation light and it's going into overtime.
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: If anyone's lights are about to go out, believe me they are yours.
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: You had to do it, didn't you? You had to be myth man again, taking another fire bare-handed instead of looking out for your probie?
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: I had that fire! He just didn't listen to me!
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: He's a *candidate*! YOUR RESPONSIBILITY! You shouldn't have had him up there in the first place!
- [Steven walks away]
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: YOU BURNED HIM, STEVEN!
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: FUCK YOU!
- [keeps walking away]
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Don't you walk away from me!
- [Steven turns aroung and slugs Brian. Brian goes after Steven, resulting in a brawl]
- Schmidt: Yeah, it's jumping floors, Lieutenant!
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: So, where's the second-in companies, huh?
- Schmidt: Sorry, man, John Wayne time. You're on your own, boss.
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: [Steven enters after having saved a child from the fire] Man, that was pretty crazy, huh?
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: I waited. I woulda waited.
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Come on, don't worry about it.
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: But you did it man. You did it all the way Steven, you were really a hero today.
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Brian... its not about being a hero. I went in because there was a kid up there. You know, I just, I do what I do because that's my way. And it was Dad's way. Maybe it's not everybody's way.
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Dad's way? What? Did he tell you that in a fucking séance, Steven? Huh?
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: [to Brian] You got a real short memory for following direct orders... I told you to stay right beside me.
- Dennis McCaffrey: [Speaking to Brian] Okay, you stay near the truck now. That doesn't look too bad. Huh? Okay, boys let's drop two lines and hold the squad.
- 70's Hippie: Everything I own in the world is up on the second floor!
- [yelling]
- 70's Hippie: Hey, all my stuff's up there!
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Jesus Christ, Axe!
- John 'Axe' Adcox: You don't understand. My cousin, my cousin Sally used to work in Swayzak's office. She saw the files, Stephen. She saw what he did!
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: You set me up with those chemicals on the boat?
- John 'Axe' Adcox: I'm trying to explain! I'm trying to explain to you, Stephen!
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Stephen!
- John 'Axe' Adcox: You back off!
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Axe!
- John 'Axe' Adcox: Somebody had to stop these pricks, Stephen!
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Look at me, Axe.
- John 'Axe' Adcox: Will you please listen to me?
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: What were you thinking? You burned people! You're a fireman!
- John 'Axe' Adcox: When Sally showed me what was in Swayzak's files...
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: You saw Swayzak's files?
- John 'Axe' Adcox: I should've told you. I should've let you in on it.
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Let him in on what, John? Murder?
- John 'Axe' Adcox: Swayzak and those assholes were clamping firehouses! They were getting our friends killed for money! I had to, Stephen! I had to do it for the department!
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Did you do it for Tim, John?
- John 'Axe' Adcox: That was an accident!
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Did you start that fire?
- John 'Axe' Adcox: Jesus Christ! Why did you have to go in there so fucking early?
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: That's why you wanted me to wait!
- John 'Axe' Adcox: Let me finish Swayzak!
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: No, John! It's over!
- John 'Axe' Adcox: You shut up! Your dad would fucking puke if he saw how you shit on his department!
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: What would he say about what you're doing, John?
- John 'Axe' Adcox: Your dad died saving my life. He died saving my life and these people were killing firemen for money!
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Swayzak.
- John 'Axe' Adcox: He killed our friends for money! What the fuck would you do?
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Look, you're his lieutenant, Stephen! You've gotta handle this!
- [the roof starts weakening]
- John 'Axe' Adcox: It's going!
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Get to the side, Brian! It's gonna go!
- [Brian runs to the side roof ladder]
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Helen, can I just, can I talk to you for a minute?
- Helen McCaffrey: What about?
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: It's about Sean.
- Helen McCaffrey: Right here, right now, you wanna talk about Sean?
- Jackson: How you doing, Stephen?
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Hey, Jackson. Well, I mean, you don't have to stop, you know, dancing or anything. I mean, it's only our son, for Christ's sake.
- Helen McCaffrey: Stephen, you don't have to remind me of that, okay? I'm the one taking care of him.
- Jackson: Hey, Stephen, Stephen, what about that dumb-ass brother of yours?
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Wait a second.
- Jackson: Saving a mannequin. I mean, how fucking stupid can a guy get?
- [Stephen grabs Jackson's hair and punches him in the face]
- Helen McCaffrey: Stephen!
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: You got anything else you wanna say about my brother?
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: [tries to start his car, to no avail] Give me a break, huh! Shit! Come on, damn it!
- [abandons his car and races to the firehouse. As he turns the corner, Truck 46 and Engine 17 leave the firehouse]
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Oh, shit! My car wouldn't start.
- Tim Kizminski: What are you doing, man?
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Attaboy!
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Damn!
- [races after Engine 17]
- John 'Axe' Adcox: Come on, man, you can make it.
- [Brian jumps into Engine 17]
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Look at you. Look at your face! All the things you must be thinkin'. You really hate my guts, don't you? You know something, Brian? That's all right.
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Maybe we should talk about it.
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: You don't like me... because of what? Because I was no genius in the way I raised you. Is that it? Dad was gone! So, what was I supposed to do? You tell me.
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Forget it, Stephen. It's okay.
- Lt. Steven McCaffrey: I tried. I wanted so many things for you... that I couldn't even hope for. Because after that, I had no choices! Well, I'm not your father. You got somewhere to go? Go. People change, huh, Brian?
- Firefighter Brian McCaffrey: Sometimes right when you're lookin' at 'em.