Jack Gibson

Jack Gibson was a firefighter at Station 19 of the Seattle Fire Department until a head injury forced him to leave his position, after which he took a job with dispatch.
==History==
===Childhood===
Jack's biological parents had him while they were both still in high school, and they placed him for adoption. He didn't get adopted and instead grew up in foster care. In June 2002, he was almost adopted into one family with two siblings also adopted by the couple. They wanted him to call them "Mom" and "Dad," but at first, he struggled to call them that because he wasn't used to having parents. Before his adoption could be completed, their house caught fire due to an old faulty oven. Jack ran into the house and helped to save his brother, but his parents didn't make it and he got separated from his brother and sister. After a while, he ended up in a group home with a lot of other kids, who became his family until he joined the Seattle Fire Department and found his family there. During his time in the group home, he had night terrors and screamed which freaked out all the kids except one girl.Lost and Found, 2x04 (S19) When he was in foster care, he was the one who would take care of everyone, stealing food for younger ones when the older kids kept it just for them. He would find old socks to wrap cuts when they wouldn't stop bleeding. This made him believe he was meant to be an older brother.Even Better Than the Real Thing, 6x10 (S19)
===Leadership Changes at Station 19===
Tiffany's house caught on fire when her laptop cord sparked on her bed while she was in the bathroom. Station 19 responded to the fire. Pruitt sent Maya and Andy in to do search and rescue while Dean, Jack, and Travis put out the fire. Maya and Andy quickly found Tiffany and brought her outside, where she said Charlie was still inside. With the fire extinguisher, they searched for Charlie and quickly found a puppy. Dean carried Charlie out and handed him over to a grateful Tiffany.Stuck, 1x01 (S19)
While fighting an apartment fire, Jack and Pruitt got separated when Jack entered a kid's room to look for a child. When he came back out, he couldn't find Pruitt because of the smoke. He had to tell Andy he couldn't find her dad and she and Maya came to help look for him. They found him on the floor, unconscious and pulseless. They tried to take him out, but they noticed the fire was choking, so they couldn't go out of the apartment. Once Andy got a pulse on her father, they strapped him to Jack and the four of them jumped out the window onto landing pads. Pruitt was then taken to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, where he had surgery and then was diagnosed with mesothelioma. He knew he had to step down as Captain immediately. He said Jack could be in charge until they filled the job. When Andy protested that, he promoted her to lieutenant and said they could share the responsibilities until a new captain was officially chosen.Stuck, 1x01 (S19)
Frankel came to the station and explained to Jack and Andy the procedure for choosing a new captain, which would take months. She said they'd alternate as captain each shift until then. Andy went first. She had the team do air consumption drills with new partners. Frankel watched for a while and then said she could stop back in anytime.Invisible to Me, 1x02 (S19)
Station 19 got called out to Stratford Middle School, where someone had pulled the fire alarm. Principal Linsley met them and said it was likely a false alarm. They said they'd won as quickly as they could to clear the building and get the kids back inside. They went through the building and found the alarm that had been pulled. They turned off the alarm and went to continue their sweep, but Ben found Tuck still inside the building. He followed Tuck and saw that he was the one who had pulled the alarm. He needed to get Ben to the school for his friend Ava, who was pregnant and in labor. He did everything he knew to do but still needed help. Ben and Vic delivered Ava's baby and after a brief complication when the amniotic sac didn't rupture, Ava and the baby were both healthy and stable.Invisible to Me, 1x02 (S19)
When a crash caused a tanker to overturn, Station 19 responded. Dean and Travis had to pry Shawn out of his car while Vic and Ben worked on the truck driver, who had gotten out of the cab and fallen. They noticed it was hot around them just as Andy realized it was an ethanol fire. It was surrounding Ben and Vic and they didn't have enough foam to put it out. Vic and Ben couldn't get out without leaving the truck driver there to die. They got him as wet and cool as they could as they treated him and then conserved their air while the rest of the team tried to figure out how to get them out. Andy eventually decided to back the truck over the flames to get them out and drive it back out.Invisible to Me, 1x02 (S19)
After Ben and Dean discovered that The Langham was on fire, they called the rest of the team in to help and started an evacuation. When the team arrived, they went up to the roof. They located the flame under the roof and created a ventilation hole, despite Jack wanting to make a strip. The hole wasn't sufficient to make the fire die down, so Andy authorized them to cut a strip. The strip worked and the fire started to die down. They got off the roof less than a minute before the roof collapsed. Back on the ground, Frankel admonished both Jack and Andy for their choices, saying Andy should have listened to Jack's experience and Jack should have followed orders.Contain the Flame, 1x03 (S19)
Station 19 also responded to a medical call. Dallas called the police after her brother and friends wouldn't wake up when she pulled them out of the pool. They'd made ice cream with liquid nitrogen and poured the rest in the pool to make it look cool. They were able to get the kids all breathing again, but then Jack suddenly jumped into the pool. He emerged with another kid that Dallas thought had gone home. They got her breathing as well and Dallas went to give them numbers to contact parents, but she had trouble breathing and vomited. She was dry drowning. She was put in an ambulance and taken to the hospital.
Later, when Jack submitted an incident report for the pool party call, Frankel talked to him about the adversity she'd faced and the respect she earned. She shared a concern that Andy had been handed things. Jack corrected her that Andy hadn't had anything handed to her and if anything, her father held her back.Contain the Flame, 1x03 (S19)
The team responded to a fire at a B&B on Sunken Meadow Road. Ben and Vic laid out the hoses, but before they could take them into the fire, a neighbor drove over one and popped it. They went to get a replacement line, but it turned out to be unnecessary because the fire was small and contained to the stovetop.
They later returned to the Inn when the fire reignited and engulfed the building in flames. When a fire reignited in her face, Vic started to have a panic attack and Ben pulled her out while Andy doused the flames. Outside, Vic's ear was treated where it had been burned. Inside, Andy heard popping. She tried to go toward where she heard Deborah, but there were exploding wine bottles between them. They looked for the fuel that was feeding the fire to stop it off while Andy ran past the bottles to get to Deborah. Andy tied off her leg above a wound and then helped her out, using a tray as a shield from the glass. They were able to turn off the gas to the house, to keep it from reigniting. Once they got Deborah out, they realized she'd inhaled some glass. They couldn't intubate, so they did a crike and got her breathing again. Then they took her to the hospital.Reignited, 1x04 (S19)
When Lynn came into the station to have her car seats installed, Pruitt pressured Jack to do it personally.Shock to the System, 1x05 (S19)
The team was called out for a fire, but it turned out to be a small e-cigarette fire and they were back at the station quickly.Shock to the System, 1x05 (S19)
They were later called out again for a car accident involving downed electrical wires. They found Marshall trapped in his car with live wires around him. They moved the wires as they waited for the power to be shut off so they could get Marshall out of the car. However, when Vic noticed a fuel leak under his car, they were rushed, knowing that if a power line hit the gas, it would burst into flames and kill Marshall. So they coached him through hopping and landing with both feet simultaneously outside the car. Then he had to hop a few more times to safety. As he went to hop, a line snapped behind him, startling him, so he landed on his face instead of on his feet. The power was shut off soon after, but he was electrocuted severely. They attempted to resuscitate him, but they quickly realized the damage was too severe, so they had him call his wife, who was pregnant with triplets, one last time, and tell her he loved her and their babies.Shock to the System, 1x05 (S19)
Andy and Jack carpooled to The Incinerator, a test to determine one's suitability to be Captain. They arrived surprised to find so many candidates and only one open spot. They were put in a group with Charlotte Dearborn and Cole Edmonds to take the test. Cole went first and expected the women to watch while he and Jack did the rescue and talked down to them. Next was Charlotte, who was cavalier about safety, though she set a record time. During Jack's turn, they put out the fire, but after multiple sweeps, they didn't find the dummy, so Jack made the decision to leave without it. On the outside, he was informed that very few people mastered that variation of the test and there was no dummy in the first place. Finally, it was Andy's turn. She emphasized them working as a team. She had them hold on to each other due to low visibility. The building started to creak as they crawled along and eventually, the roof collapsed, separating them. Cole didn't respond to her calls, so they had to find him. He was unconscious. Charlotte then called for a mayday over Andy's objections. Frankel ordered everyone out, but Andy decided to stay in and find the dummy. Jack stayed with her and they retrieved the dummy. Once they were out, Frankel berated Andy for her decision to ignore the mayday call. Ripley interrupted and said he understood Andy's call, but they have rules for a reason. It's a Captain's job to remember that. In a real call, they'd all have come out in body bags. He understood but didn't agree with, her call. On the way home, Jack said he needed to win it because he was still in it, but Andy refused to talk to him about it.Stronger Together, 1x06 (S19)
During a shift when Andy was supposed to be Captain, Jack had to step in when Andy accompanied her father to the hospital.
A fire started at Flanner's restaurant and quickly spread to the rest of the strip mall. Station 19 was called to respond. Jack rushed in to evacuate people, followed by Ryan, despite Ryan not wearing turnout gear. They evacuated all the survivors they could quickly while Maya, Dean, Vic, and Travis set up the lines to douse the fire. Once the structure became too unstable to continue, they prepared to start the water and ended evacuations. They then noticed a woman on the balcony holding a baby. Jack took the ladder from the engine over to her, but it took time and so Ryan asked the woman to toss down her baby, so she'd be ready to jump to Jack when he got close enough. After some hesitation, she tossed down her baby and he caught it. Then she was able to jump onto the ladder with Jack and was taken safely to the ground. Jack and Ryan shook hands and each agreed that the other had done good work.Let It Burn, 1x07 (S19)
While Andy was captain, they were called out to respond to Peter, who accidentally ran into a dumpster. On their way to the hospital, they came across a party bus that had crashed. Andy left Jack to monitor Peter while they helped the party bus victims. While they were waiting, Peter offered up the gurney he was on for them to use, so Jack left briefly to take it to them. While he was gone, Peter ransacked the ambulance looking for morphine. During the ensuing struggle with Jack, Peter put his hand through a pane of glass and degloved his finger. Jack, with Dean's help, was able to restrain him and bandage his hand before they were able to take him to the hospital.Every Second Counts, 1x08 (S19)
Despite being on an active call, Andy decided to have her team stop to help the victims of a crashed party bus because the responding station was still eight minutes away. They had to free Susan, who was impaled on a piece of the bus, and Carla, who was pinned under the bus, while also treating Mary and the other six victims who were free. They were able to get everyone out and stabilized before station 23 arrived to take over.Every Second Counts, 1x08 (S19)
The station responded to a fire at the house of Audrey and Oliver. The fire started in a fireplace and was mostly contained to that area of the house. In order to put out the fire, they needed to go through the garage to get to the innermost part of the house. Audrey tried to get them access, but her blistered finger meant the pad couldn't read her print. Dean was sent to put the override code in, but he forgot the code and couldn't radio out because his radio was on the wrong channel, so after two failed attempts, the others were locked in the garage with no way out. With the fire in the house, the garage started to heat up. They searched for anything they could use to try to free themselves. They found a toolkit, which Karen used to pick the lock on the trunk of the car and retrieve a jack. They tried to use the jack to lift the garage door, but it wouldn't budge. As the temperature climbed, Ryan decided to hotwire the car and try to use it as a battering ram. Jack said it was a bad idea, but Ryan started it anyway. Andy was able to stop him before he moved the car. Jack had the idea to use the motor from the internal door to get access to the house. It didn't work and they started to wear out. When Pruitt arrived and gave Andy a pep talk, she used the last of her energy to think of a plan. She saw the water heater and decided they could use the pilot light to create an explosion. They siphoned gas from the car and rigged the water heater up to explode and propel itself through the garage door. It worked and once they were free, they were all cooled down and rehydrated.
When Jack later asked Dean what happened with the access pad, Vic covered for him and he assured her there wouldn't be a next time.Hot Box, 1x09 (S19)
While Jack was waiting for his final captain interview, a page came in about a skyscraper fire downtown, so Ripley said the interviews were being postponed until further notice. He then told Andy that if he didn't get captain, he was putting in for a transfer to another station.Not Your Hero, 1x10 (S19)
===Skyscraper Fire, PTSD, and New Captain===
Station 19 anxiously waited to be called in on the skyscraper fire. While they waited, they checked their supplies. When they were finally called in, they responded to the fire and went to base camp to receive their assignments. Most of the team was sent to relieve station 7 working on the active fire, but Ben and Travis were kept for triage and Maya and Vic were sent above the fire to do crowd control at a law firm where they were keeping civilians held in place. At the active fire, they worked with Charlotte, who made the decision to jump through the fire to try to get to a fire door. Then there was a crash and she didn't respond. Andy jumped after her and found her injured. She used an extinguisher sphere to put out the flames and let the rest of the group come help her free Charlotte. Andy took Charlotte down to triage and because the fire was contained, she sent Jack and Dean to the floor above to check it out. On that floor, they found a large number of combustibles. A rapid evacuation was started. Andy dropped Charlotte at triage and then went back up to the top floor to tell them to get ready for evacuation. Then she went back downstairs and helped Ripley pack up and evacuate base camp. When Jack and Dean found a civilian as they closed fire doors, they called for an elevator evacuation. Ripley said no, but Andy took the elevator key and sent the elevator up. Jack sent Dean down with the civilian and continued his work. He talked to Andy through the elevator shaft. She tried to convince him to find a way out, but he said he wasn't willing to sacrifice the lives of anyone on the team to try to save himself. She asked him to stay on the radio, which he did until it cut out a few minutes later. Then there was an explosion in the building.Not Your Hero, 1x10 (S19)
Jack was trapped under a pile of debris which was getting hotter and hotter. He was stuck there for so long without being able to move that his PASS device activated. He thought he was going to die. Andy and Maya went up to the floor where he was and pried open a door to get access. They then followed the sound of his PASS device to find him. They pulled the rubble off him and the three of them evacuated the building together. Outside, Andy evaluated Jack, who insisted that he was okay.No Recovery, 2x01 (S19)
Six weeks after the skyscraper fire, the team gathered at the station to meet their new captain. Ripley introduced them to Robert Sullivan, who immediately established himself as a strict, by the book boss. He said he wanted to improve station 19's efficiency and wanted to start immediately.No Recovery, 2x01 (S19)
Station 19 was called out to help when Max Forrester fell into a storm drain after disappearing from the hospital. Ben, who had been left behind at the station due to a burn on his hand, was aided by Travis and Pruitt as he located plans for the storm drains' paths to see where Max was most likely to have gone. Station 23 had a feed down a drain that showed a handprint, giving them a clue where he'd gone. They quickly moved downstream from that location and Maya prepared to jump in to grab Max. However, her oxygen tank wasn't working, so they went to get a replacement tank. While she was gone, Andy heard Max's voice down below them. Over Maya and Sullivan's objections, Andy jumped down into the drain to try to get to him. However, the flow of water picked up and while she was pulled underwater, Max was swept away. Since they'd lost that chance to get him, they had only one more access point down the line. When they arrived, they learned that the opening was smaller than they expected, too small for an adult to fit down to get him. When they heard Max down below them, they considered using a jackhammer to widen the opening, but Ben found that there was a gas line near them and it's too risky. Since they couldn't get an adult down into the drain, they decided to send down a loop for Max to grab. Max was scared to let go and jump to the loop, even when his father told him to. His father finally told him that his mother was dying and encouraged him as he jumped and grabbed the loop. Max was then lifted to safety.Under the Surface, 2x02 (S19)
In order to foster cooperation between the fire department and police department, Sullivan sent Jack on a ride-along with Ryan. Ryan told Jack he wasn't allowed to leave the squad car for any reason because he was a civilian. They were on traffic duty. They first pulled over Vince, who was speeding to get home because he had burned himself on hot coffee and wasn't wearing pants or underwear. Jack used the megaphone to ask Vince about his burn and then advised him that he'd need medical attention and offered a police escort to the hospital. After that was complete, Ryan pulled over Gregory Dougal, who was also speeding. He said he was on the way to a birthday party with his daughter, Lindy. Ryan said he'd be right back and went back to the squad car. He immediately radioed in to say he suspected a child abduction. Jack was shocked that Ryan had figured that out based just on the traffic stop. Ryan pointed out what he'd seen and confirmed that there was an Amber alert out for Lindy, who was the subject of a custody dispute. They waited for backup, but when Gregory clearly became restless, Ryan went over to the car and calmly told him not to do what he was planning because it wouldn't end well for him. He was able to talk Gregory into surrendering. Jack sat with Lindy until her mom came. The mom thanked him, even though he tried to tell her that Ryan was actually the hero. When Jack told Ryan about that, he said he's used to it because cops aren't seen as heroes like firefighters are.Home To Hold Onto, 2x03 (S19)
Station 19 was called out to a structure fire. When they arrived, they started a perimeter sweep to see if anyone might be inside and prepared to start fighting the fire. When Maya learned that the hydrant was dry because the building was scheduled for demolition, she suggested that once they cleared the building, they could use the water in the engine to drown the surrounding buildings and let it burn. Jack then saw signs that there were squatters inside. Just then a kid came out of the building with Zoe. He was handed off to be seen and Zoe tried to re-enter the building. Andy stopped her, saying she needed to be treated, too, but Zoe said there were five more kids inside. They found Sean and he was evacuated and treated. Andy then noticed a sprinkler system and said they needed to locate the valve. Zoe thought she knew where it was and showed Andy the way to it. Andy reached the valve just as Travis and Ben noticed that what was coming out of the sprinklers was flammable. She didn't get the warning in time and turned on the sprinklers, which caused fire to engulf the building. Dean and Vic ended up trapped with two kids and Andy ended up trapped with Zoe as well. Vic and Dean shared their oxygen with the kids until an exit was made and they were able to evacuate. Ben, Travis, and Andy remained trapped. Water was then finally available and they doused the building as quickly as they could. Everyone was evacuated and treated for smoke inhalation.Lost and Found, 2x04 (S19)
The firefighters of station 19 held a training session for the police officers, teaching them first aid and CPR. Maya was paired with Jack to teach one group, which included Elle Kingsley. They both flirted with her and spent the whole day trying to outdo each other for her affection. When Sullivan saw them laughing and felt they weren't taking it seriously, he called Maya out on it, which eventually got him sent home for the rest of the shift. At the end of the day, both Jack and Maya got Elle's number.Do a Little Harm..., 2x05 (S19)
Upon learning it was Dean's birthday, Jack planned a surprise birthday party with the rest of the team. They ate cake and celebrated.Do a Little Harm..., 2x05 (S19)
Jack continued to have trouble sleeping and what little sleep he got was plagued by nightmares of being trapped in the skyscraper.Last Day on Earth, 2x06 (S19)
After separating from Miranda, Ben wanted to feel a sense of togetherness, so he planned "Friendsgiving" with Jack at Dean's houseboat and invited the rest of the team. However, while they were still preparing the meal, the team was called away due to accidents from the windstorm.
At the station, they went over storm protocols and gathered extra supplies to be ready. Andy and Sullivan were soon after called out for a car accident, then Greg, Ryan, Pruitt, and Grant surprised the team by bringing Friendsgiving to the station. Meal prep continued, but another call came in and Ben, Dean, Travis, Maya, Vic, and Ripley headed out to cover it, leaving Jack alone at the station, where he played poker with the others and anxiously waited for news. At the end of the day, he got into a spat with Pruitt after Pruitt expressed concern about Jack's lack of sleep. When the team returned to the station, they all sat down to eat. At the table, Ripley announced that Maya would be a lieutenant soon and he already put her in for a transfer to station 23.Weather the Storm, 2x07 (S19)
After being called out by Pruitt for not getting Jack help, Dean used the ruse of cleanup duty to get Jack to go to the kitchen, where they held an intervention. He lashed out at them but was interrupted by Ripley, coming to tell them they were taking calls again and their first call was search and rescue for Andy and Sullivan as no one had heard anything from them in over an hour. They all suited up. Ripley was called back to headquarters, so Pruitt stepped in as captain. Pruitt then benched Jack, left Travis to keep an eye on him, and they left to find Andy. Jack then quickly left the station and wouldn't answer his phone.
Jack went to four months of therapy three times a week. He said he felt ready to go back to work, but she said he needed to deal with whatever was still keeping him up at night. He was still not speaking to Dean because he felt like Dean had betrayed him. Maya met Jack after every single therapy session, even though he said it wasn't necessary.Crash and Burn, 2x08 (S19)
Jack was finally cleared to go back to work, though he was still fighting with Dean. After months of rehab, Sullivan was also ready to go back to work. Pruitt criticized him for missing Jack's PTSD and not seeing that regular drop-ins weren't coming in anymore. This inspired Sullivan to take Ben and Jack for a wellness check on a drop-in Pruitt specifically mentioned. They went to his house and did an exam. He revealed that Sullivan was the reason he stopped checking in. His car was busted, leaving him unable to pick up his medications. Ben then heard regurgitation in his heart. He didn't want to go to the hospital, but he collapsed trying to fight them off. Sullivan distracted him with a game of chess as they worked to get him stable while they waited for an aid car. He stabilized, then checkmated Sullivan. After they sent him to the hospital, they remembered that he mentioned his car wasn't working, so they went to his garage and fixed it.I Fought the Law, 2x09 (S19)
===Hooking Up with Maya===
Maya and Jack were called out to the transit tunnel for an unknown medical emergency. They arrived to learn that a subway had malfunctioned and multiple passengers were injured in a minor fall. Once they boarded the car, they started treating the injuries, which all seemed minor. One of the injured was Will, who didn't want to let Maya check him out, but agreed when Maya asked directly. She examined him and asked about his cough, but his father didn't know how long he'd had it. Will coughed up blood and Maya noticed that he'd been on an international flight. He'd come from Bashran, in the middle east. Maya consulted with Jack and said she believed they were dealing with a contagious illness and needed to go on lockdown. They radioed out for CDC, which confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in Bashran and said they'd be on their way. They also noted that another passenger, Neil, had come in on the same flight. They talked to Will's father and explained the situation and then made an announcement to the whole car. While they were working, Maya told Jack that she believed he had lied about being fine to get back to work. The situation escalated when Neil's condition worsened and he collapsed on the floor. They put in an IV and used lidocaine to restore sinus rhythm. He stabilized, but then Will collapsed. While Maya and Jack were distracted, Reese tried to leave, but Kenneth, a security guard, used a taser on him, which set off a cardiac episode. He took the heart monitor off Neil and put it on Reese, which revealed ventricular arrhythmia. They didn't have any more lidocaine to treat him, so Maya went through the Aid Car, asking the passengers to show her any medications they had. While she was working on that, Reese flatlined and Neil stopped breathing. Jack asked the passengers to help and handed out assignments. They were able to stabilize Reese but realized Will needed blood. Desperate, Jack used Harold as a donor for his own son. After a rough moment, all the patients were stable. The CDC then arrived and set up decontamination so all the passengers could leave. Jack and Maya's tests showed that they weren't infected. After being decontaminated, the two of them went back to Maya's place and had sex in her shower.Crazy Train, 2x10 (S19)
Still upset with Dean for his part in the intervention, Jack called Dean's family and set up a dinner with them.I Fought the Law, 2x09 (S19) However, before the dinner could happen, Dean's family canceled and Jack was trying to reschedule.Crazy Train, 2x10 (S19)
Finally, Jack was able to reschedule the dinner. Ifeya, Bill, and Yemi Miller came over. Ifeya and Bill continued to try to pressure Dean to quit firefighting and join the family business. He said he wouldn't and after Yemi, inspired by Dean, told them she wanted to move out of their house, Ifeya insisted on speaking to Dean alone. He told her about how firefighting is more than just a job to him and got her to give Yemi the same support she gave him by agreeing to go on a few dates she set up. After the dinner, Dean proclaimed Jack an honorary Miller.Baby Boom, 2x11 (S19)
===Dean Miller's Death===
After Dean died, Jack began to grieve and took a leave of absence from work. He became a little unsteady and going through all the pain and sadness he asked himself why he was that way and why he couldn't stop feeling that way A House Is Not a Home, 5x07 (S19). Eventually he grieved Dean's death and got back to work.
===Dean Miller Memorial Clinic===
With Jack's knowledge from what his time living on the streets and not having access to health care, he got the idea to have a free clinic suitable for people who don't have any other type of access care or can't pay hospital bills, a place where people could feel safe and get treatment.Searching for the Ghost, 5x10 (S19) To honor his best friend, Jack named it The Dean Miller Memorial Clinic. The clinic is located at Station 19. 
===Being Maya and Carina's Donor and Meeting Joshua===
After Maya and Carina decided to have a baby, they discussed sperm donors. Jack offered to be the donor semi-jokingly while talking to Carina, though she immediately rejected it.Searching for the Ghost, 5x20 (S19) When Maya told Carina she wanted to use a known donor,The Little Things You Do Together, 5x11 (S19) Carina told her that Jack had offered.In My Tree, 5x12 (S19) They asked Jack and he accepted after they allayed his concerns.When the Party's Over, 5x15 (S19) In preparation for donating his sperm, Jack had his DNA tested and learned he had a biological brother named Joshua Hill who at some point had submitted his DNA to an ancestry website.Death and the Maiden, 5x16 (S19) Jack got in contact with him and they met at Joshua's place, along with Andy, who came along to support Jack. Jack was nervous, wondering if they had a similar life growing up and even took some trophies he had won through life in order to break the ice because he didn't know what to expect or if they shared the same interests.The Road You Didn't Take, 5x17 (S19)
When Jack and Andy got to Joshua's house, they went to the back yard and Andy complimented the cookies he had brought for them in order to break the ice because she could see how both of them where a bit uncomfortable. After that Jack praised Joshua's big house and he told them he bought it because it reminded him of the house where he grew up. Jack said that he must have had good adopted family but Joshua told him that he wasn't adopted, that he grow up with their parents. He added that his sisters Vivian, Abby, and Brooke also didn't know about Jack. When Joshua got the news about having a brother, he told his sisters and they all confronted their parents, who told them about Jack, saying that they never looked for him because he might not even know that he was adopted and didn't want to uproot his life like that. Seeing how overwhelmed Jack has, Andy told Joshua it was enough and they left. On their way home, they got a flat tire and when Jack tries to fix it while still in shock and get's a nervous break down, starting to cry and telling "they didn't want me, they just didn't want me" and Andy tries to comfort him.The Road You Didn't Take, 5x17 (S19) 
He then quit his job, leaving an opening at Station 19 for Andy to return.Crawl Out Through the Fallout, 5x18 (19) Jack located his brother, Cal, but Cal didn't remember Jack and so Jack didn't try to get in contact with Lila, afraid she wouldn't remember him either. He lied to everyone from the station about where he was for six months and spent three of those months living with Eva Vasquez until after a tornado hit Seattle and the team responded to a call and found him in her bed after a tree came down and broke through the ceiling. Jack was combative when his team offered him help and insisted that he was fine. Later that day, Andy rallied the rest of the team to go to Eva's and help fix the roof.Twist and Shout, 6x10 (S19) 
===Relationship with Brooke ===
Brooke Hill came to the station on a day that the clinic was open to deliver an envelope to Jack but when she arrived, she was mistaken for a clinic patient. Brooke claimed she was having pain while urinating and while going to the bathroom, she eavesdropped on Jack and Warren talking and learned that Jack had grown up partially on the streets. Later, Brooke asked Carina to deliver the envelope she had with her before leaving. The envelope was addressed to Jack and had a note with her number and a picture that her parents had kept of Jack as a baby.Pick Up The Pieces, 6x5 (S19) After some time, Jack called Brooke and they went for a coffee to talk.We Build Then We Break, 6x7 (S19)
They continued talking to each other and bonding until Brooke showed up at the station with her friend Clara, after a motorcycle accident while they were high. Jack took care of Brooke, insisting that she should go to the hospital, though she and Clara both refused, which they admitted was because they'd taken edibles. Jack became protective of Brooke and told Clara to stay away from her. Brooke and Clara tried to leave together, but Clara collapsed and they took both of them to the hospital. On the way back from the hospital, Jack admitted that he didn't know what he was to Brooke because when he was at foster homes, he thought he knew what it meant to be an older brother because he used to take care of the younger kids, but it didn't line up with what he was for Brooke. Maya advised him to just be there for her and try to find a balance and not push for anything that would make them uncomfortable. Later that night, Brooke came back to the station with crutches and Jack asked her why she contacted him. She said that she thought they could at least be friends because he grow up wishing to be part of her family and she grow up wishing she could get away from them and she thought they could understand each other. She asked him for another chance without the older brother lecture and Jack agreed.Even Better Than the Real Thing, 6x10 (19)
Some time later, he told Maya that things were good, but he felt like Brooke ruined things by springing her family on him by asking him to meet another sister. He thought about not going but Jack and Brooke met and went to Joe's bar, where she told him not to be nervous. Instead of bringing one of her sisters, Brooke surprised Jack by showing him his sister Lila with whom he had lost contact after their parents died.All These Things That I've Done, 6x17 (19)
===Firefighter's Ball and Injuring Out===
At the Firefighter's Ball, the floor collapsed, sending several people into a hole. Jack helped rescue some people, including a pregnant woman. After everyone else was safe, Jack collapsed and his teammates rushed to help him.Glamorous Life, 6x18 (S19)
At the hospital, Jack was diagnosed with a brain bleed and operated on by Amelia Shepherd. Andy informed Brooke Hill. While he was anesthesized and being operated on, he dreamed about partaking in a rescue, only to find himself as one of the victims. Amelia evacuated the bleed and due to lack of brain swelling, she was able to close his skull right away. She informed Andy about the surgery and that she would be able to talk his prognosis once he woke up. Andy sat by Jack's bedside. Her insecurities on her first day as Captain took the shape of a hallucination of Jack, who urged her to keep herself together in order to properly lead the team, a sentiment echoed by Maya as she reminded Andy of the weight women in her position had to carry for the other women in FD. Marsha Smith arrived and yelled at Jack's colleagues for not calling her, his only family. Hallucination Jack continued to haunt Andy during her first call as Captain. Once back at the hospital, Amelia informed Andy that Jack's scans revealed scarring in his brain from previous traumatic brain injuries, which might result in the loss of some fine motor skills. While she estimated he might make a full recovery with PT, she also said he was likely to develop CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), meaning no doctor nor the Department would clear him to fight fires ever again. Wrecked with guilt, Andy was taunted by hallucination Jack for not looking out for him properly. She lashed out and said it wasn't her fault and he wouldn't succeed in making her doubt herself. She asserted that she had worked hard for her promotion and vowed to be the best captain the station had ever seen. Hallucination Jack/her self-doubt then disappeared. Later, she shared Amelia's prognosis update with Ben. Marsha then called them into the room as Jack had woken up. Upon seeing Andy, he smilingly asked his Captain when his next shift was.This Woman's Work, 7x01
About a week later, Jack was discharged for the hospital and met with Andy and Chief Ross at Station 19. During the meeting, it was officially established that Jack would not be allowed to return to firefighting, with the worker's comp doc serving as second opinion. Andy assured Jack that the station would continue to be there for him, albeit in a different way. She invited him for station dinner that night. He then went to clear out his locker as Theo, Ben, and Maya tried to cheer him up and suggest ways forward. Jack stuck around for the clinic day and reminded Dayna Rutledge and Carina DeLuca of his vision for the clinic with minimal paperwork, citing Gloria as an example of why that mattered. When two children came in yelling about their injured nanny, Jack tried to go help, but Carina stopped him and told him she would take care of it. He then left, leaving behind his helmet.
Jack figured the station dinner was an obligation no one really had the time for and arranged dinner plans with Marsha. Their dinner was interrupted by Ben and Theo, who came to pick him up with the aid car and a gurney. After some convincing on their part, Jack agreed to come if they used the sirens to get him to the station. He arrived in the beanery to meet the team for dinner, having collected his helmet. He wondered how Andy knew he was going to skip the dinner. She replied that she knew him. Everyone then sat down for a shared dinner with a cake in Jack's honor as dessert. During dinner, Carina and Maya introduced the team to Liam. After clearing the table, Andy handed Jack a marker. He lied down underneath the table and wrote his name among the names of the station's other fallen firefighters, among them Pruitt Herrera. The team joined him on the floor and Jack started to cry as they all comforted him.Good Grief, 7x02 (S19)
==Personality==
Jack knows how to get things done and isn't usually afraid to break the rules in order to save people. Jack is caring, passionate, and energetic especially when it comes to his closest ones.Not Your Hero, 1x10 (S19)
When he freaks out, he doesn't show it on the outside but "it's like a hurricane" on his brain, especially when bad things start to happen.Even Better Than the Real Thing, 6x10 (S19)
==Relationships==
===Romantic===
====Andy Herrera====
Jack and Andy secretly began sleeping together. When she found an engagement ring while they were having sex, she freaked out. Later, when Jack lost Pruitt while they were in a fire together, Andy got angry with him. With Pruitt stepping down, Jack and Andy had to work as co-captains together, further straining the relationship.Stuck, 1x01 (S19)
The two continuously bickered because of their different leadership styles, but they began sleeping with each other again after a while to relieve the tension and postpone the conversation they knew they needed to have. He decided that sex was not enough for him and that he wanted more, to build a home with someone. Andy said she didn't want more and that the team and the station were her home. As they were arguing over this, they failed to properly dress and Pruitt caught them when he came to fetch documents from the captain's office.Reignited, 1x04 (S19) Under pressure from Pruitt, they told the team about their relationship. The team was mostly supportive but only worried about who they'd saved first in a fire. Their worries were abated when Jack and Andy said they'd ended things.Shock to the System, 1x05 (S19)
====Elle Kingsley====
Jack flirted with Elle at a training for police officers and spent the day competing with Maya for her affection. At the end of the day, both he and Maya got her number.Do a Little Harm..., 2x05 (S19)
====Maya Bishop====
Maya and Jack first met on Maya and Andy's first day at Station 19. Jack jokingly asked if he could touch Maya's Olympic Gold Medal for luck, but Maya immediately refused, telling him it wasn't luck but hard work and it proved how much better she was than him. Then, Maya and Andy both agreed that Jack was "very ew".No Recovery, 2x01 (S19) Maya was the only person who knew about Jack and Andy's secret relationship, the latter's proposal, and their subsequent breakup. She was often antagonistic towards Jack, making smack talk about him behind his back and she had clearly sided with Andy during the captain's race.Stuck, 1x01 (S19) However, when Andy and Jack got back together, Maya didn't know and was hurt when she found out, thinking Andy had betrayed her, but the girls resolved their differences.Shock to the System, 1x05 (S19) Later, at the skyscraper, Maya helped Andy look for Jack.No Recovery, 2x01 (S19)
After the skyscraper fire and the end of Andy and Jack's relationship, Maya and Jack were often seen bickering and throwing light-hearted insults at each other. When Ripley revealed that Maya had applied to be a lieutenant, Jack told her he was ready to take her on if she tried to take his job since there could only be two lieutenants at the station. At the police training, they worked together and competed for the attention of policewoman Elle Kingsley, and eventually both got her number.Do A Little Harm..., 2x05 (S19) When Pruitt drew everyone's attention to Jack's PTSD, Maya participated in the intervention. However, Jack got angry at everyone and told Maya she had no chance to take his job from him. When the team went to look for Herrera and Sullivan, Pruitt as acting captain benched Jack and ordered Maya to act as temporary lieutenant. Four months after the windstorm, Maya was meeting Jack after every therapy session and showing her support, telling him he would eventually return to active duty. She also invited him to Andy's party, but he declined.Crash and Burn, 2x08 (S19)
Maya and Jack were both on Aid Car during the next shift, but Maya didn't think that Jack was ready to be back to work. The two responded to the train crash which turned into an infectious disease call and even though they were arguing in the beginning, they later started working together to treat the patients. Afterwards, while waiting to be cleared, the two resolved their differences and later had sex while showering at Maya's apartment.Crazy Train, 2x10 (S19) While Jack wanted to clear things up between them, Maya told him she was telling Andy about what had happened and that nothing would happen between them ever again. However, when Maya tried to tell Andy, they were interrupted by Ryan and his date.Baby Boom, 2x11 (S19)
Later, Maya noticed that Jack was doing the quiet thing, meaning he was angry and out of concern, she asked what happened. Jack told her that seeing Dean with his family brought up feelings about his own and he told Maya that he didn't actually know who his biological parents were. Maya tried helping him by suggesting he internet-stalk them, but he brushed her off and told her he didn't want her help. However, Maya still cared and she told him so on the rooftop of the station, adding that he was the last person she expected to care about. She then walked away, but turned around and kissed him passionately.When It Rains, It Pours!, 2x12 (S19) The two then continued to hook up in secret. While having beer for breakfast after shift at the houseboat, Miller asked Jack to point out why Maya would make a terrible fake girlfriend for him, but Jack simply complimented Maya, saying that "her eyes sparkle even in the dark", proving he also had feelings for her.The Dark Night, 2x13 (S19)
When Andy brought up the fact that she and Jack were on good terms, Jack went to Maya and told her they needed to tell Andy, but Maya suggested they have a last secret hookup in a supply closet before telling Andy the truth. However, Andy found them and she and Maya got into a big argument about it as Andy felt humiliated.Friendly Fire, 2x14 (S19) During overhaul at the coffee processing plant, Dean revealed that he knew about Maya and Jack as they often snuck in and out of the houseboat and Maya was eager to talk to someone about all of her feelings as Andy was still mad at her.Always Ready, 2x15 (S19) 
After Ripley died, Maya was visibly sad and constantly crying and Jack tried to ask her what was going on, but Maya denied the fact that she was crying. Later, Dean used an analogy with sea anemones to explain their behavior to them why Maya was crying and the fact that Jack wasn't actually annoyed with her as well as the fact that the two didn't know how to act now that they were officially together. At the funeral, Maya held Jack's hand during Sullivan's eulogy.For Whom the Bell Tolls, 2x16 (S19)
After the bar crash, Maya sat down with Jack and told him he is good in bed and he is a good guy. He caught on to what Maya was intending. He asked if it was because she was interested in getting promoted to captain. She neglected to answer the question. She said they should just be friends.I Know This Bar, 3x01 (S19)
====Inara====
After helping Inara escape from an abusive husband at a fire call, he moved Inara and her son Marcus in with Marsha. Jack had a good relationship with her son, Marcus. Later on, they started a relationship but it ended when she moved to California to be with her sister after realizing Jack didn't love her the way she loved him.Forever and Ever, Amen, 4x16 (S19)
===Familial===
Jack's biological parents placed him for adoption while they were in high school but he never got adopted. His most recent foster parents got married after 6 months of dating.When It Rains, It Pours!, 2x12 (S19) Later, he lived on the streets with other foster kids because it was better than as Jack said, "being passed on from creep to creep." They had to steal food and run from the police.
When Jack was twelve years old, he was living with a foster family and almost got adopted. He had a sister, Lila, and a brother named Cal, plus a mom and a dad, which he had a hard time calling them that at first. His father was a high school science teacher and his mom was a receptionist in a dentist's office. Jack thought they couldn't have kids, but they could. They chose to adopt instead. His father was preoccupied with overpopulation so they fostered children and planned on adopting them.Something About What Happens When We Talk, 3x10 (S19). Before they got adopted, their house caught on fire, Jack saved his siblings by getting them outside, but their parents died and the three kids were taken away separately.
===Friendships===
====Dean Miller====
Jack met Dean at the fire academy. Dean helped Jack get through Hazardous Materials training and Jack helped Dean get through Resource Deployment. Their friendship has remained strong.Every Second Counts, 1x08 (S19) During their time at the academy, they initially didn't get along and even ended up getting in a physical fight, which nearly got them kicked out.No Recovery, 2x01 (S19) They ended up working together at Station 19 after the academy and became best friends.
During the skyscraper fire, without seeing a way out, Jack put Dean in an elevator so he could save his friend's life. Jack was ultimately able to get out, but Miller was mad at him, saying that he should not have "sent [him] away like a hopeless little puppy," but Jack told him that he didn't have a plan for both of them.
After learning that Dean lived on the water, Jack was surprised Dean had never invited him over before.Home To Hold Onto, 2x03 (S19) When Dean learned that Jack had grown up in foster care, he was upset that Jack hadn't told him before, but then asked Jack to move in with him, believing that that's what Jack wanted all along.Lost and Found, 2x04 (S19) After Jack moved in, Dean woke up to find Jack rearranging the furniture.Do a Little Harm..., 2x05 (S19) He became angry with Dean when Dean told Pruitt about his PTSD. This led to him not speaking to Dean for months.Crash and Burn, 2x08 (S19) When he finally returned to work, he spoke to Dean only to tell him that he'd called Dean's family and made them talk to him, as payback for what Dean had done.I Fought the Law, 2x09 (S19) 
After their fight, Jack and Miller got their friendship back but Jack left Deans's place because without knowing, Miller was about to become a dad from an old relationship.House Where Nobody Lives, 3x04 (S19) Eventually his little girl, Pruitt Arike Miller, was born and her mother left them.Satellite of Love, 3x07 (S19)
After Dean died, Jack began to grieve and briefly left Station 19, but came back after some convincing and support from Andy and the rest of the team.
====Ryan Tanner====
Jack and Ryan didn't get a long because of their competition for Andy's affections. After Jack went on a ride-along with Ryan, they buried the hatchet and went to Dean's after work to share a drink and hang out.Home To Hold Onto, 2x03 (S19)
====Marsha Smith====
While the team had to see a therapist after Rigo's death, when asked what his worst call was, he referred that a simple burning Christmas tree was the worst one. Surprised by Jack's response, Diane Lewis asked why and he told her that it was the worst one because the old lady was all alone and even despite all the alcohol she'd consumed, she managed to get up, get a tree, and decorate it with anything she could find. While she was dunk, Marsha was telling Jack to save the tree. The same day, after the session, Jack went to Marsha's apartment, bringing groceries, and told her that he was the one who put out the fire. She invited him to come in and they became friends. Something About What Happens When We Talk,3x10 (S19) During COVID, Jack moved into her apartment and when she got Covid-19, he took her to the hospital. Jack and Marsh are very close. When he was struggling with his feelings over Brooke, especially when she said she wanted to introduce him to another one of his sisters, Marsha knew that he was nervous and told him that after that very difficult year, Jack shouldn't do anything that made him feel uncomfortable.All These Things That I've Done, 6x17 (S19)
===Professional===
====Pruitt Herrera====
Pruitt was Jack's mentor.
==Career==
Jack was a firefighter and former Lieutenant at Station 19 of the Seattle Fire Department.
After Pruitt Herrera was diagnosed with cancer, Jack and Andy became the acting captains of Station 19, with one of them running each shift. This arrangement ended after the skyscraper fire. Lucas Ripley acted as their captain for six weeks until he picked Robert Sullivan as their new captain. Jack continued to be a Lieutenant for years until he quit his position due his mental health struggles over the discovery of his biological family. He rejoined the Station 19 crew more than six months later although stripped of his rank, with Andy having been given his Lieutenant spot. Eventually, Jack suffered a head injury at the Firefighters Ball. The work-up revealed that he had multiple scars in his brain from previous traumatic brain injuries, which put him at severe risk of developing CTE. Consequently, he was not cleared to return to work as a firefighter ever again and was forced to leave Seattle FD.
==Notes and Trivia==
*He gets quiet when he's mad.Shock to the System, 1x05 (S19)
*He drinks pickle juice from the jar.Weather the Storm, 2x07 (S19)
*He knows American Sign Language, having had a deaf foster sister when he was 11.Into the Wildfire, 2x17 (S19)
*He played hockey when he was a kid.Here It Comes Again, 4x11 (S19)
*He knows how to ice skate but sometimes has some difficulties.Here It Comes Again, 4x11 (S19)
*He hates puzzles because he's terrible at them.The Road You Didn't Take, 5x17 (S19)
*He was abused physically and/or sexually while he was in foster care.The Road You Didn't Take, 5x17 (S19)
==Gallery==
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==Notable Episodes==
The following episodes are Jack-centric or are otherwise very informative about his life:
*House Where Nobody Lives
*The Road You Didn't Take
*Crawl Out Through the Fallout
==Memorable Quotes==
==Appearances==
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