Chicago Fire season 14, episode 4 review: Best episode yet

SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Chicago Fire Season 14, Episode 4.

David Eigenberg has been part of Chicago Fire from the very beginning, and he’ll probably be there until the very end. How much he gives the NBC show is spotlighted in Season 14, Episode 4, which Eigenberg takes hold of with both hands. The only negative about “Mercy” is how the series gives him such a showcase.

Did Chicago Fire really have to burn down the Herrmann family’s house? It was only a few seasons ago that the writers had Cindy Herrmann struggle with lung cancer, and now the family loses their home and everything in it. That feels really harsh. But that aside, “Mercy” features one of Eigenberg’s best performances. He gets every ounce of emotion out of that tragic storyline. Audiences often think of the Sex and the City alum as comic relief, because there’s a lot of funny mileage that comes out of Herrmann’s exasperation or the predicaments that the supporting cast get into. But Eigenberg doesn’t get as much credit for the dramatic work that he does on Chicago Fire.

It was Herrmann who gave the big speech that eloquently summed up the show’s 100th episode. It was also Herrmann who confronted the corporate executive after the factory fire that…