Tommy has his section 8 hearing and the doctor , who has a bitter history with Feinberg , lets Tommy off without thinking twice . Lou and Tommy get into a brawl after Lou decides to have Needles be his best man at his wedding . Also , Tommy 's wife , Janet , has a new lover , Dwight ( Michael J. Fox ) , who has a disability from an accident that occurred years previously . Tommy is disdainful towards Dwight , but does not accept Dwight 's drug addiction . Tommy has completed one full year without a drink , but relapses due to grief at a restaurant near the site of the September 11 attacks when being interviewed by a French journalist interested in writing a book about Tommy 's and other firefighters ' experiences during the 9/11 tragedy . Tommy leaves behind his twelve-month sobriety chip at the bottom of his glass . After a failed intervention by his family to stop his relapse , Tommy ends up convincing most of them to start drinking again as well . This results in the death of Teddy 's wife Ellie in a car crash . Teddy holds Tommy responsible and shoots Tommy twice in the shoulder at the bar where they work after hours , and forces his friends at gunpoint to watch him bleed out on the floor . The episode fades out without the viewer knowing if Tommy lives or survives
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Tommy Gavin