Ablaze (2001) Movie Script
[ train whistle blows ]
IS IT TRUE ALL YOU GUYS DOIS SIT AROUND AND WATCH PORNOS?
[ chuckles ]
IT'S A TERRIBLE MYTH.
YOU'RE SHOWINGYOUR COMPLETE LACKOF APPRECIATION
FOR THE MODERNFIREFIGHTER.
IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGEIT'S YOU COPS WHO REVELIN SLEAZE.
NO TASTE.
WELL, JUSKICK BACK, JACK,
AND ENJOY ONE OF THE BEAUTIESOF BEING A POLICE OFFICER--
THE STAKEOUT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT WAITING.
PLUS, YOU'RE THE ONLY GUY
THAT CAN I.D. THE FIREBUG.
THAT'S CAPTAIN THOMASTO YOU, AL.
I'M THE ONLY GUY IN TOWNWHO GETS THE SHIT JOBS.
YEAH.
YOU EVER SEEN THAT MOVIE
"HOOK, LINE, AND SPHINCTER"?
Jack: I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME A GUN, AL?
WHAT DO YOU NEEDA GUN FOR?
-YOU'RE A FIREMAN.
-YOU EVER SHOT A GUN?
I SHOT MY NEIGHBOR'SPET RABBIT WHEN I WAS A KID.
- RABBIT?- VERY UNPLEASANT RABBIT.
PROBABLY WAS
A REAL BIG RABBIWITH A ATTITUDE.
MM-HMM.
VERY DANGEROUS.
YEAH.
[ train whistle blows ]
THIS HUCKLEBERRY
RIGHT THERE?
IT'S NOT HUCKLEBERRY HOUND.
WHO THE FUCK IS
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND?
CAN WE PLAY, TOO?
DAMN GOODTO SEE YOU AGAIN, FREDDY.
FEELING'S MUTUAL, JACK.
BETTER TELL YOUR BUDDYWITH THE GUN TO BE CAREFUL...
BECAUSE I'M FULLY LOADED.
-NOT MUCH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD,
-BUT THERE'S ENOUGH THERE
TO LEVEL IT.
THINK WE GOA LITTLE STANDOFF.
I DON'T THINK SO.
[ car engine starts ]
I CAN'T AUTHORIZE YOUTO DRIVE.
WE CAN FILL OUTHE PAPERWORK LATER.
[ horns honking ]
SHIT.
THIS IS DENNING.
I'M COMING UP ON
THE FIFTH STREET BRIDGE,
REQUESTING BACKUP.
SUSPECT IS IN A BLUE SEDAN.
AM I SCARING YOU?
I'M ALL RIGHT.
ACTUALLY, THIS IS EASY.
YOU SHOULD TRY DRIVING
A LADDER TRUCK.
PISS YOUR PANTS EVERY TIME.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME.
I AIN'T GOT A WEAK BLADDER.
[ sirens blaring ]
- DO YOU SEE HIM?
- YEAH, THERE'S A LOOF COPS UP THERE.
-MAYBE THEY GOT HIM.
-TURN HERE.
- HERE?
- YEAH. SHIT!
OKAY, HE'S HEADING
FOR THE BAY TUNNEL.
MOTHERFUCKER DRIVES
AS CRAZY AS YOU.
SUSPECT IS COMING OUTOF THE BAY TUNNEL.
NEED A ROADBLOCKAT THE CORNER OF FIRST AND ELM.
BLOCK THE FIRST STREETBRIDGE EXIT.
I THINK WE GOT HIM.
ALL RIGHT, HOLD IT.
COME ON, HOLD IT.
BLOCK THE ROAD.
THAT'S IT.
WHOA.
THINK RABBIT.
WHAT'S HE DOING?
THAT WAS
VERY WELL DONE.
-THANKS, JACK.
-SARCASM IS ALWAYSAPPRECIATED.
YOU REALLY CAN'TFUCKING DRIVE.
YOU ARE CONSISTENTLYBAD AT THIS SHIT.
I'D LIKE TO THINK
I DO ONE THING WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY,
THIS ISN'T IT.
YOU'RE REDUNDANTLY
BAD AT THIS.
OH, AL, THAT'S A VERY POOR
CHOICE OF ADJECTIVES.
YOU ARE WRETCHEDLY BAD
AT THIS.
THAT'S OVER THE TOP.
WHAT DID YOU HAVE
FOR LUNCH?
-YOU KEEP DRIVING LIKE THIS,
-I'M GONNA SHOW YOU.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S HEADINGOUT OF TOWN.
WOULD THIS BEAN ILLEGAL TURN?
Al: OH, SHIT!
I LOVE A DRIVE
IN THE COUNTRY.
[ horn blows ]
SHIT! THERE'SA PROPER PROCEDUREFOR THIS TYPE OF CHASE.
RELAX, AL. I DID THIS EVERYFRIDAY NIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Al:
YEAH?
BET YOU DIDN'T DO THIS.
ALBERT, TALK TO ME.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
-AH! FUCK, NO,
-I'M NOT ALL RIGHT.
AW, SHIT!
HERE, TAKE THIS.
YOU SURE?
CAN'T DO MORE DAMAGETHAN YOU'VE ALREADY DONE.
FREEZE!
DON'T DO IT, FREDDY.
WE MIGHT ACTUALLY KILL YOU.
[ screaming ]
JEEZ, FREDDY.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO DECIDETO BECOME A COP.
-GO TO WORK,
-FIGHT THE BAD GUYS,
-GO HOME, KICK BACK.
-YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN SHOOT.
WHAT ARE WE GOING
TO DO WITH HIM?
-YOU'RE STILL A FIREMAN.
-YOU PUT HIM OUT.
Woman: Chief? Andrew Thomas is here, sir.
SEND HIM IN.
- MORNING, ANDY.
- CHIEF.
YOU READY FOR THIS?
IT'S POTENTIALLY A HELLOF A SACRIFICE YOU'RE MAKING.
THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFTOF MY REPUTATION TO SMEAR.
IF IT'LL HELPGET THESE GUYS...?
IT WILL.
THE REFINERY'SIN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
SOMEBODY DROPS A WRENCHNEAR ONE OF THOSE TANKS...THIS ENTIRE CITY COULD GO UP.
I KNOW THAT,
BUT THE D.A. TELLS ME
THE GRAND JURY'S GOING
TO NEED A LOT MORE
SOLID PROOF.
THAT'S WHATHIS IS FOR.
A WIRE?
A WIRE.
THE FILE YOU'VE COMPILED
IS VERY THOROUGH, BUT WE
NEED THEM ON TAPE.
IT'S LUCKY FOR USTHEY HAVE AN EMPLOYEEWITH A CONSCIENCE, HUH?
HI. RICK WOODSTO SEE MR. MAYS.
- [ buzzes ]
- Mays: If that's Woods,
send him in.
FRIEND OF MINE
AT CITY SERVICES TELLS ME
THE FIRE INSPECTOR IS GOING
TO TRY AND SHUT US DOWN.
YOU HELPING THEM,
RICKY?
I'M PAID VERY WELLBY MR. MAYS HERE.
HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THEIR INVESTIGATION.
THEY KNOW WE'RE PUSHING
PRODUCTION AT THE RISK
OF A MAJOR SPILL.
SO WHAT THE HELL DO YOU
PROPOSE I DO ABOUT IT?
-THE STATE NEEDS GAS.
-THIS REFINERY IS THE ONLY THING
KEEPING THE GAS PRICES DOWN,
SO WE GOT TO PUMP FAST.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL THATTO THE FIRE INSPECTOR?
Woods:
PERSUADE HIM.
Man: A BRIBE?
YEAH, THAT'S ALL THEY NEED
TO SHUT US DOWN.
-IF THEY WANTED TO SHUT US DOWN,
-THEY'D HAVE DONE IT ALREADY.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING...
HE NEEDS MONEY.
SO WHY DON'T YOU MEET WITH HIMAND TAKE CARE OF IT?
Mays:
AN INCIDENT NOW
WOULD BE BAD P.R.
BE BAD
FOR OUR FINE COMMUNITY.
IT'D BE BAD
FOR EVERYBODY.
Reporter: THE NEWLY
REORGANIZED MAYS GENERAL
WILL BE THE FIRST OF WHACRITICS ARE CALLING
"HMO HOSPITALS."
MANY FEAR EMERGENCY TREATMENWILL BE BASEDNOT ON THE CONDITIONOF THE PATIENT,
BUT ON THE CONDITIONOF THE PATIENT'S HEALTH PLAN.
SOME CRITICS CALL IT ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF WENDELL MAYS'
THIRST FOR PROFIT.
AS THEY SAY IN WASHINGTON,
"FOLLOW THE MONEY."
I'M ALAINA CHARLES.
AND WE'RE CLEAR.
YOU THINK THAT WASTOO BIASED?
WHO CARES?
YOU'VE SEEN
GAS PRICES LATELY.
EVERYBODY HATES
WENDELL MAYS.
THE WOMAN IS ALMOSTTWO CENTIMETERS DILATED.
SHE NEEDSEMERGENCY TREATMENT.
NOT IN MY E.R.
IT'S NOT MY FAULIF MISS HUNTER
DIDN'T CONTINUE
HER MEDICAL COVERAGE
AFTER SHE QUIT HER JOB.
SHE WAS FIRED BY HER BOSSBECAUSE SHE WAS PREGNANT.
I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR
OF THIS HOSPITAL,
NOT AN ATTORNEY.
IF THAT'S TRUE,
SHE SHOULD SUE HIM
INSTEAD OF WASTING OUR TIME.
WE SPEND MORE TIMETELLING PEOPLE
WHAT WE CAN'T OR WON'T DOTHAN TREATING THEM.
IT'S NOT WHY I CAMETO WORK HERE.
YOU CAME HERE
BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING YOU
A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY.
HEALTH IS OUR BUSINESS,
JENNIFER.
THAT'S OUR MOTTO.
TRY TO REMEMBER IT.
SHE'S NOIN OUR PLAN.
- CAN YOU CALL ME A CAB?- YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
HOW DARE YOUTREAT PEOPLE THIS WAY?
I'D RATHER HAVETHIS BABY MYSELFTHAN BE IN THIS PLACE.
- [ groans ]
- YOU'RE HAVING YOUR BABY
RIGHT HERE.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
YOU'LL BE FINE.
TRUST ME.
OKAY.
[ grunting ]
- YES, YES! THREE-ONE!- NO, TWO OUT OF THREE, MAN.
-NO, NO, THREE-ONE.
-COLLEGE BOY, YOU'RE NEXT.
THE WINNER. WHOO.
- OH, DANIELS, SMELLS GOOD.- YEAH? STAY AWAY.
- COME ON, MAN. ONE.- NOT A GOOD DAY TO DIE, WORKMAN.
OH, MAN. SHIT.
SO, DANIELS,
DID CAPTAIN REALLY KICK ASSIN A POLICE CHASE?
HE KILLED THE SUSPECT AND EVERYTHING?
ONE LESS FIREBUG
ON THE STREETS, GARRISON?
- LOCK AND LOAD, BABY.
- MR. SCOTT,
AS A ROOKIE I CAN
EXCUSE YOUR IGNORANCE
ABOUT OUR CAPTAIN
OVER HERE.
THE FACOF THE MATTER IS...
JACK THOMAS... WELL...
HE'S AN EXPERAT MANY THINGS.
HE JUST WON'T ADMIT IT.
I DO MANY THINGS...
BADLY.
WHAT ARE YOU
AN EXPERT AT, COLLEGE BOY?
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
OF FIRE, MOSTLY.
I SPECIALIZE IN HOW THEY START,
HOW THEY SPREAD,
WHAT THEY BURN.
- I LOOK FOR ANOMALIES.
- [ yawning ] UH-HUH.
NO? ALL RIGHT...
TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE,
THIS CHARCOAL, RIGHT?
IT'S NOT NEARLY
AS HOT AS IT COULD BE.
I LIKE TO FIND OUT WHY.
IT KEEPS THE MEAFROM BURNING, EH, GUYS?
-YEAH, BUT HOW?
-YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE BURN
-OF CHEMICALLY TREATED CHARCOAL,
-SO IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WIND.
CAPTAIN, COLLEGE BOY
WANTS TO KNOW
HOW YOU KEEP THE CHARCOAL
FROM GETTING TOO HOT.
I PISS ON IT.
[ laughs ]
- HE DOES.
- HE'S KIDDING, RIGHT?
ONLY THE CAPTAIN.
[ laughing ]
[ dialing ]
[ phone ringing ]
- THOMAS.
- HEY, BRO'.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
ANOTHER LOAN?
I'M TAPPED OUT.
YOU BORROWED MOST OF IT.
Andrew: I just wanted to call...
AND TELL YOU THINGS ARE GOINGTO BE DIFFERENT FROM NOW ON.
I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
GIVE ME THREE DAYS,
YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT.
We'll finally be able to put the past behind us.
MAYBE EVEN
GO FISHING AGAIN, HUH?
I GAVE UP FISHING,
LITTLE BROTHER.
I NEED YOU TO CO-SIGNSO I CAN ADMIT THE PATIENT.
DR. LEWIS, I DO NOGET INVOLVED IN POLICY.
THIS HOSPITAL IS PAYING
FOR MY CONDO ON PARK,
FOR MY THREE EX-WIVES,
FOR WHATEVER...
LOVELY YOUNG THING
I PICK FOR MY FOURTH.
I'LL DO
THE MEDICINE,
BUT I WILL NOT GET OFF
THE GRAVY TRAIN.
-THEY'RE GOINGTO SEND ME AWAY,
-AREN'T THEY?
OVER MY DEAD BODY,
MINDI. COME ON.
- WHAT IS THIS?
- THIS ONE'S FOR YOU.
-ROOM 219.
-IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME.
THAT MAKES TWOFOR THE SHIT LIST.
OKAY, YOU WIN.
FIND HER A ROOM.
NOW THE SHIT LISIS DOWN TO ONE.
[ mimics airplane ]
BARRY, NOT IN THE KITCHEN.
I WISH DAD WOULD COMETO THE PARTY.
I KNOW YOU DO,
SWEETIE.
- DO YOU THINK HE'LL CALL ME?- I DON'T KNOW.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
A GREAT TIME.
YEAH, I GUESS.
I HAVE TO GO TO THE STORE
FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I HAVE TO GET YOU
CANDLES FOR YOUR CAKE.
- CAN YOU BE GOOD
WHILE I'M GONE?
- MM-HMM.
- OKAY.
- CAN I OPEN
ONE OF THE PRESENTS?
NO, NOT TILL I COME BACK.
DO YOU PROMISE?
- I PROMISE.
- OKAY.
BARRY, YOU BE GOOD.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
OKAY.
DR. VIVIAN SIMS HERE HASCUT ALL THE NECESSARY RED TAPE
TO RESTRUCTURE
THIS ENTIRE HOSPITAL.
SOME OF OUR MOSIMPORTANT MEDICAL
DECISIONS
HAVE BEEN MADE
HERE AT THIS DESK.
SUCH AS WHO TO ADMIAND WHETHER YOU'RE WILLING
TO TREAT THEM?
I HAVE SPENT 10 MINUTES
WAITING FOR AN I.V. FEED.
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S A REAL EMERGENCY?- NOW IS NOT THE TIME.
THE PATIENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE
IS SKYROCKETING.
REFLEXES ARE HYPER...
THAT'S GOING TO LOOK GREATON THE 6:00 NEWS.
WHO IS SHE?
SMALL-TIME DOCTOR,
FIRST SHOT AT THE BIG TIME.
NOT HANDLING IT WELL.
I THINK WE CAN CUT THROUGH
SOME OF THE RED TAPE.
MR. MAYS WANTS TO KNOW
HOW WE CAN IMPROVE
THE QUALITY
OF YOUR LIFE.
IS HE OFFERING ME
A BRIBE?
I THINK BRIBES
ARE ILLEGAL, INSPECTOR.
IT'S COME
TO OUR ATTENTION
YOU'VE HAD SOME
VERY BAD LUCK RECENTLY.
MAYBE WE COULD CHANGETHAT LUCK FOR THE BOTH OF US.
- [ laughing ]
- YEAH!
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
-SCOTT, IF YOU WANT TO WIN,
-PLAY WITH ME SOMETIME.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- HOW LONG YOU GUYS
BEEN WITH THE CAPTAIN?
-I JOINED UP LAST YEAR.
-THESE TWO CLOWNS BEEN WITH HIMSINCE THE BEGINNING.
WE STARTED WORKING TOGETHER
DURING THE GULF WAR
FIGHTING OIL FIRES
IN KUWAIT.
BEEN WALKING THE BLAZE
WITH HIM EVER SINCE.
I'LL BET YOU'VE BEENWALKING INTO A FEW CATHOUSESALONG THE WAY TOO, HUH?
HEY, NOT THE CAPTAIN.
HE WAS MARRIED.
I'LL BETSHE'S HOT, HUH?
SHE'S DEAD,
MR. SCOTT.
IT WAS A RESTAURANT FIRE.
WE ALL WORKED THAT BLAZE,
DIDN'T WE, HUH?
IT WAS ARSON, BUT THE FEDS
COULDN'T GET A CONVICTION.
JACK'S BROTHER ANDREW
WAS THE FIRE INSPECTOR.
I GUESS HE TOOK A BRIBE.
YEAH.
-I MEAN, YOUR OWN BROTHER.
-WHAT A PIECE OF WORK THAT WAS.
MR. GARRISON,
THAT WAS NEVER PROVEN.
IF THE CAPTAIN BELIEVESHIS BROTHER SOLD OUT HIS WIFE,
THEN HEY, GUESS WHAT?
SO DO I.
ANYWAY, HE'S BEEN LIVINGBY THE SAME TWO WORDSEVER SINCE, RIGHT?
OH YEAH.
All:
NOBODY BURNS.
AH, COOL.
[ coughing ]
[ smoke alarm sounds ]
- [ alarm bell ringing ]- OKAY, END OF CONVERSATION.
LET'S GO.
[ phone ringing ]
- STATION 19.
- CAPTAIN THOMAS,
HOUSE FIREIN YOUR DISTRICT,
WESTSIDE PARK,1313 MOCKINGBIRD LANE.
Possibly a child
trapped inside.
-SEND TWO WATER WAGONS AS BACKUP.
-WE'LL BREAK IN FIRST.
TELL THEM TO STAY OUT OF OUR WAYBUT BE READY TO SPRAY.
THAT'S MY BOY.
ANDREW'S BROTHER?
HE'S THAT GOOD?
SAVING LIVES
AND KILLING FIRES--
THAT'S WHAT HE LIVES FOR.
SOMETIMES I THINK
THAT'S ALL HE LIVES FOR.
[ horn blares ]
LET'S GO!
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!
LET'S GO!
[ siren blaring ]
OH GOD.
I'M IN A LOT OF PAIN.
CAN I HAVE
MY EPIDURAL, PLEASE?
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO WAIT FOR THAT.
[ sighs ]
SORRY.
HERE, HONEY, THIS WILL
TAKE THE EDGE OFF.
I HAD SUCH TROUBLE
FINDING A SECOND DOCTOR
TO SIGN
THE AUTHORIZATION.
-WHAT KIND OF HOSPITAL IS THIS?
-ALL I WANTED WAS AN I.V.
YOU OUGHT TO SEE THE FORMS
I HAVE TO FILL OUFOR A COUPLE OF ASPIRIN
AND A BANDAGE.
AS MY DEAR OLD DADDY
USED TO SAY ON THE FARM,
"IT'S JUST ONE BIG
STEAMING PILE
OF HORSESHIT, HONEY."
[ laughing ]
[ sirens blaring ]
Fireman:
LET'S GO! COME ON!
LET'S GO! MOVE!
MOVE!
DAMN, IT LOOKS BAD.
I NEED MORE FAITH
FROM YOU, WORKMAN.
-MY SON IS INSIDE THERE.
-YOU HAVE TO GET HIM OUT!
WE'LL GET HIM OUT, MA'AM.
WE'LL GET HIM OUT.
YOU ALL KNOW THE DRILL.
DANIELS, SEARCH AND FIND
WITH ME.
WORKMAN, GARRISON,
STICK TOGETHER. ROOKIE,
YOU'RE MY SHADOW.
- FIND THE BOY.
NOBODY BURNS.
- All: NOBODY BURNS!
Jack:
LET'S GO!
GARRISON, WORKMAN,
COVER THE DOWNSTAIRS.
LET'S GO.
SCOTT!
MR. DANIELS,
WE GOT A WINNER!
BLANKET! BLANKET!
ALL RIGHT, GET HIM
OUT OF HERE. GO!
- SCOTT!
- SIR!
- WATCH THE CAPTAIN'S BACK!- COPY THAT, SIR!
GET HIM
OUT OF HERE! GO!
SEARCH FOR STRAGGLERS!
- [ coughing ]
- ANYBODY?
- NO!
- THEN LET'S GO!
- GET THE DOOR.
- RIGHT.
HOW DO YOU WANTO HANDLE THIS, SIR?
I WANT YOUOUT OF HERE, SCOTT, GO!
- SIR?
- GO!
ALL RIGHT.
[ coughing ]
[ groans, screams ]
GET HIM
SOME OXYGEN.
SIR, WHAT ABOUTHE CAPTAIN?
-I TOLD YOU TO WATCH HIS BACK.
-STAY HERE WITH THE PARAMEDICS.
COME ON, GARRISON,
WORKMAN!
- BARRY!
- MA'AM, HE'S GOING
TO BE ALL RIGHT.
- LET THEM DO THEIR WORK.- HE'S MY SON!
HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
[ coughing ]
- CAN YOU SEE HIM?
- THERE HE IS!
OKAY, GIVE ME A HAND.
GET HIM UP!
GET UP! GET HIM UP!
GET HIM OUT!
DRAG HIM!
COME ON!
SO HOW MUCHARE WE TALKING?
I COULDN'T POSSIBLYSELL MY SOUL
FOR LESSTHAN SIX FIGURES.
A HIGH SIX FIGURES.
WE COULD DO THAT.
-AS A DOWN PAYMENT.
-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
WE'RE JUST REPAIRING
SOME WATER LINES DOWN THERE.
IT'S FAR FROM ANY
FLAMMABLE FUEL, I PROMISE.
AAH!
-IT'S JUST A STORM DRAIN.
-I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE WORKING ON ITRIGHT NOW.
-THIS IS FILLED WITH GASOLINE.
-WHERE'S IT COMING FROM?
GASOLINE?
IT'S A STORM DRAIN.
-IT'S RUNOFF.
-I DON'T KNOW.
- YOU FEELING BETTER?
- A LITTLE.
I'M JUST REALLY SCARED.
YOU'LL BE FINE.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF.
THE GOOD STUFF.
IT'S ALL GOOD STUFF.
BORN AND RAISEDIN DYSFUNCTION.
MY MOTHER WAS A DRUNK,
MY DAD WAS A DEAD DRUNK--THEN DEAD.
SO I MOVED OUT HERE
TO THIS CITY
TO TRY AND BETTERMYSELF,
AND I BETTER MYSELFINTO THE ARMS OF A LOSER.
I GET PREGNANT,
-HE GETS PISSED OFF,
-I GET FIRED.
NICE GUY, HUH?
MAKES YOU WONDERABOUT THE WORLD, DOESN'T IT?
DID YOU EVER THINK
OF THE ALTERNATIVE?
BEEN THERE,
DONE THAT.
I HAD TO GROW UP
SOMETIME.
BUT I KNOW ONE THING...
HAVING THIS CHILD'S
GOING TO BE
THE BEST THING I EVER DID.
OOH...
EVEN IF IT KILLS ME.
HAVE YOU THOUGHOF ANY NAMES?
-YEAH, IF IT'S A BOY,
-I'M GOING TO NAME IT "ROCKY."
-I FIGURE WITH ME AS A MOM,
-HE'S GOT A FIGHT ON HIS HANDS.
AND IF IT'S A GIRL...
I'M GOING TO NAME HER
AFTER MY GRANDMA.
SHE WAS THE GREATEST WOMAN
I EVER KNEW.
GOD, I LOVED HER.
HER NAME WAS HAILEY.
HAILEY GLORIA.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
YEAH.
HOW IS SHE?
SHE'S STABLE,
BUT KEEP AN EYE
ON HER BLOOD PRESSURE.
ANOTHER DAY
IN PARADISE.
MOM...?
THANK YOU.
HE'S GOING
TO BE FINE, MA'AM.
HE'LL BE OKAY.
[ coughing ]
YOU'RE GOING
TO BE ALL RIGHT, CAPTAIN.
IS HE GOING
TO BE OKAY?
- THAT'S A DAMN--!
- HOLD ON, HOLD IT!
IT WAS MY FAULT.
I SHOULD HAVE KEPAN EYE OPEN.
COLLEGE BOY WASHIS BACKUP, NOT YOU.
LISTEN! DON'T!
WORKMAN IS TRYING
TO PROTECT ME, SIR,
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I SHOULD HAVE STAYED.
THE CAPTAIN ORDERED ME OUT.
I SHOULD HAVE STAYED
AND WATCHED HIS BACK.
THIS IS MY FAULT.
OKAY...
I AM NOW TEMPORARILYIN CHARGE OF THIS FIRE UNIT.
I PROMISE, IT'LL SUCKFOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
-I NEED A SECOND,
-AND YOU'RE IT.
AND THE KID--
-THE KID IS NOWYOUR PROBLEM.
-HANDLE HIM.
[ torch buzzes ]
[ screaming ]
-YOU SHUT DOWN NOW.
-I'M CALLING IN A HAZMAT TEAM.
YOU CAN'T AFFORD
TO SHUT DOWN PRODUCTION--
-YOU HAVE A MAJOR FUEL LEAK.
-SCREW YOUR PRODUCTION SCHEDULE.
ONE LITTLE SPARK,
THIS ENTIRE PLACE
GETS VAPORIZED,
-AND YOU TAKE THE CITY WITH YOU.
-WHAT PART DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?
[ alarm blaring ]
- WHAT WAS THAT?- THAT'S THE SECURITY ALARM.
I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
IT'S JUST--
[ screaming ]
[ screaming ]
[ screams ]
- LEAVE HIM!
- WE CAN'T!
WHEN THIS GOES TO COURTHE'S THE ONLY FRIEND WE'VE GOT!
OH MY GOD.
Man:
GET HIM UP,
COME ON!
Woods:
HELP ME!
WHOA!
AAAH! HELP!
HELP!
[ screaming ]
COME ON!
COME ON!
COME ON, GO!
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!
HOW YOU FEELING?
I'M FUCKING DYING
IS HOW I'M FEELING.
-TAKE THIS.
-GET IT TO JACK THOMAS.
-MY BROTHER.
-I'VE GOT EVERYTHING ON TAPE.
THERE'S A FILE
IN MY OFFICE.
IN THE DESK.
YOU BREAK IN,
YOU GET IT.
I DIE, THAT'S ALL
WE'VE GOT.
FILE IN THE DESK.
I GOT IT.
HERE.
JUST TRY TO RELAX.
-THE REFINERY,
-IT'S TOAST.
OH MY GOD.
IS IT CONTAINED?
THEY'RE GETTING REPORTSOF GROUND EXPLOSIONS
IN A ONE TO TWO MILERADIUS OF THE PLANT.
THINK IT'S JUST DEBRIS?
FUEL COULD BE LEAKING
INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM.
WE'VE GOTO SHUT THIS CITY DOWN.
CLOSE OFF THAT SECTION
AND ROLL ALL
AVAILABLE UNITS.
THAT UNIFORMDOESN'T GIVE YOU AUTHORITYTO SHUT MY CITY DOWN.
MR. MAYOR.
SIR, WE'VE GOT A MASSIVE
FUEL FIRE ON OUR HANDS,
POSSIBLY TRAVELING THROUGH
THE CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM.
-THEN PUT IT OUT, CHIEF.
-IT'S WHAT THE CITY COUNCILPAYS YOU TO DO.
BUT YOU DON'TSHUT DOWN MY CITY.
-NOT ON FRIDAY,
-NOT DURING RUSH HOUR.
IS THAT CLEAR?
SIR, IF THAT FIRE
REACHES THE GAS MAINS,
YOU WON'T HAVE
A CITY TO SHUT DOWN.
- WHAT HOSPITALS
ARE IN THE AREA?
- MAYS GENERAL.
OH, BOY--
BUILT BY MAYS OIL.
-WE'RE AT FULL CAPACITY,
-BUT I WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
SO YOU'RE
MAKING ADMINISTRATIVE
DECISIONS NOW, DOCTOR?
THAT WAS FIRE COMMAND.
THEY JUST CONFIRMEDTHAT MAYS OIL REFINERYWENT UP IN SMOKE.
WE SHOULD EXPECT DOZENS OF BURN VICTIMS IN 10 MINUTES.
WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENTOR STAFF TO HANDLE THEM.
MY STAFF WILL HANDLE IJUST FINE.
COME ON, MOST OF THEM
COME FROM HMO CLINICS
AND COUNTRY CLUBS.
THEN WHAT DO YOU
SUGGEST WE DO?
I SUGGEST YOU WAIVEYOUR ADMITTANCE POLICY.
-THESE PEOPLE WON'T HAVEENOUGH TIME TO FILL OUT FORMS.
-THEY'LL BE TOO BUSY DYING.
OH, AND THANK YOUFOR THE BUSINESS, MR. MAYS.
WINSLOW,
GO TO EMERGENCY ALERT.
STUART, GET YOUR BUTTTO THE E.R.
I'M TEEING OFF
IN 20 MINUTES.
- I'M TEED OFF RIGHT NOW.- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- YOU'RE NOT PLAYING GOLF.- I'M PLAYING GOLF.
Chief:
That's right, Jack's brother
was at the refinery.
He was on an undercover
operation when it went up.
SEND US DOWN.
WE'LL PULL HIM OUT.
I DON'T NEED YOU
AT THE REFINERY.
IT'S A LOST CAUSE.
SINCE JACK'S ON THE DL,
I HAVE TO PUT YOUR UNION STANDBY.
- STANDBY?
- Gary...
YOU DON'T HAVE A CAPTAIN.
YOU'VE NEVER LED A FIRE
RESCUE UNIT BEFORE.
I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO PUT YOUON THE RESERVE LIST--
SECOND TEAM.
YOU'RE BENCHING US
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS?
Gary, stand down...
AND WAIT FOR ORDERS.
-SO WHAT'S NEXT ON THE LIST,
-ACTING CAPTAIN, SIR?
WELL...
THE CHIEF SEEMS TO THINK
WE NEED SOME QUIET TIME.
SIT BACK, RELAX--
WATCH THE CITY BURN.
ME?
I THINK I'LL
STICK MY HEAD UP MY ASS
AND CONTEMPLATE
MY INNER CHILD.
Alaina:
UNNAMED HOSPITAL SOURCES
CONFIRM THEY MAY NOT HAVE
THE CAPACITY
TO HANDLE
THIS MANY VICTIMS.
THIS HOSPITAL
SEEMS TO BE FIGHTING
A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO.
TOO FEW BEDS,
FEWER STAFF,
AND VERY LITTLE HOPE.
- WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
- Woods: GAS BURNS.
HE'S GOT SMOKE
INHALATION.
LET'S GET HIM INSIDE.
GET HIM PREPPED. COME ON!
WATCH THE PULMONARYFOR ME, WILL YOU?
SHOULD HAVE LETTHE SON OF A BITCH BURN.
-AT LEAST WE KNOWWHERE THE FILES ARE,
-HUH, RICKY?
I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
-OH REALLY?
-I SAW YOU IN THE REARVIEW.
-HOW MANY FILESTHEY GOT ON US?
-TWO, THREE MORE?
HE NEVER SUBMITTED
A DUPLICATE.
AT LEAST,
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
LET'S GO FINDTHE ORIGINAL, HUH, FRIEND?
HOW'S SHE DOING?
HER CONTRACTIONSHAVE SLOWED.
-I HEARD SOME NOISE.
-WHAT'S GOING ON?
REMEMBER WHAT YOUR DADDY
USED TO TALK ABOUT?
IT JUST HIT THE FAN.
- HEY! IS IT TRUE?- MAIN HOLDING TANKS BURST.
WELDING ACCIDENT TORCHEDTHE WHOLE FUCKING PLACE.
- DID YOU GET TO THOMAS?- SON OF A BITCH WAS WEARING A WIRE.
-HE SET US UP.
-HIM AND HIS NUMBER ONELITTLE SUCK-ASS.
YOU BETTER HOPE
HE DIES.
IT GETS WORSE.
THEY GOT A FILE
IMPLICATING US.
- WHERE IS IT?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK LITTLE RICKY
COULD FIND IT.
THEN WHY DON'T YOU GUYS
GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE?
TAKE THIS PIECE
OF SHIT WITH YOU!
FIND IT!
CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES.
YOU GUYS REEK!
MR. MAYS,
CAN YOU ANSWER A COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS FOR US?
WHAT CAUSED
THE REFINERY ACCIDENAND DO YOU HAVE
A STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS?
YES, NO, AND...GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY!
HEY, HEY, HEY!
DIVERT WATERTO SECTORS 4, 5, AND 7.
RE-DEPLOY ALL THE UNITSFROM THE REFINERY
-BACK AS FAR AS NECESSARY.
-IF WE CAN'T STOP THIS THING...
MAYBE WE CANAT LEAST CONTAIN IT.
THIS IS COMMAND CENTER.
WE NEED TO DIVERT WATER
FROM SECTION 4, 5 AND 7.
[ horn blasts ]
[ gasps ]
GET THESE VICTIMS.
TIGHT FOCUS!
- I'M ON IT.
- KEEP IT TIGHT.
GET ALL OF THEM.
-HEY, HEY, GET OUT!
-GET OUT, BOTH OF YOU!
COME ON, OUT!
OUT OF HERE!
NO, IT'S GOOD P.R.
FOR THE HOSPITAL.
GO, GO, GO!
ALL RIGHT, I GOT THIS GUY.
THERE'S A KID IN THE VAN.
LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, MA'AM,
HE'S IN GOOD HANDS NOW.
COME ON.
I WANT THIS GUY'S VITAL SIGNSCONSTANTLY MONITORED.
I WANT HIM CHECKED
FOR BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.
START A XYLIDINE DRIP
WHEN YOU GET HIM IN THERE.
AND LUNGS-- I WANHIS LUNGS X-RAYED, OKAY?
HERE, SHOOT THIS,
SHOOT THIS.
FATHER FIGURE,
NICE, NICE THING.
GOOD. OKAY,
NOW GO OVER THERE,
THERE'S A YOUNG GIRL.
YOUNG GIRL, OKAY?
I THOUGHMY EX-WIFE WAS SICK.
I KNOW. SHE THINKSEVEN IF YOU CAN'T TREATTHE PATIENTS
THE MEDIA WILL THINK
WE'RE TRYING.
LIKE SHE'S PLANNING
A COMMERCIAL.
ARE YOU SURPRISED?
SHE IS DEEP INSIDE
OF MAYS' POCKET.
HOW DO YOU THINKHE BYPASSED ALL THOSE REGS?
SHE'S IN IFOR THE CASH.
I GOT TO GET BACK TO SURGERY,
BUT I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE OVERTHIS UNIT, I'LL BACK YOU UP.
- MUTINY?
- ABSOLUTELY.
YOU JUST DO IT.
THANK YOU.
DON'T SHOOT HIM.
THAT'S THE GUY WHO OWNS
THE PORN CLUB.
NO, COME ON,
OVER HERE, OVER HERE.
THERE'S MORE.
THIS IS JUST UNBEARABLE.
I DON'T KNOWHOW MUCH MORE I CAN TAKE.
- HOW MUCH LONGER?- I WISH I COULD TELL YOU.
-OH GOD, I'M THIRSTY,
-I'M HOT,
I'M WORRIED.
CAN I ASK YOUSOMETHING?
IS MY BABY GOING
TO BE OKAY?
THAT BABY'S GOING TO LIVE
TO BE A RIPE OLD AGE.
DID I EVER TELL YOU
DR. J DELIVERED
AN IRAQI BABY
IN THE MIDDLE
OF A TANK BATTLE?
YOU AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL BABY
ARE GOING TO BE
A PIECE OF CAKE
TO THIS WOMAN.
P.A.:
Paging Dr. Ridgley.
Dr. Ridgley,
Surgery prep in 219.
DOCTOR, IT'S MY SON.
CAN YOU HELP MY SON, PLEASE?
-JUST HANG ON, MA'AM.
-WE'LL GET TO HIM.
[ coughing ]
HEY, LITTLE MAN.
HERE YOU GO.
- TRY THIS.
- BREATHE, BARRY.
BREATHE, HONEY.
Jack: PRETEND YOU'RE A SCUBA DIVER.
GOOD JOB.
[ coughing ]
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
WE NEED STERILE WATER--
SALINE SOLUTION.
WE NEED BLOOD.
ANY EMERGENCY SUPPL--
-NO, I CAN'T WAIT.
-GET BACK TO ME.
EXCUSE ME.
UH, EXCUSE ME.
I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM.
MY HOUSE BURNED DOWN,
I HAVE NO PLACE TO GO
AND I AM BORED AS HELL.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF Y'ALL
MIGHT NEED A LITTLE HELP.
I DON'T REALLY TH--
OH GOD.
DIDN'T YOU USEDTO BE...?
ELIZABETH SHERMAN.
[ gasps ]
I USED TO BE
ELIZABETH SHERMAN.
-AND AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT,
-I'M STILL ELIZABETH SHERMAN.
OH! OH!
[ explosion ]
[ screaming ]
I WANT SOME VITALS
ON THIS GUY.
I NEED SALINE.
I WANT SOME COMPRESSES,
STERILE DRESSINGS.
WHAT THE HELL?
CAN WE HAVE A GENERATOR
STANDING BY?
WHAT WAS THAT?
I'D SAY THE FIRE HAS REACHEDTHE GAS MAINS, MR. MAYOR.
- WHAT DO WE DO?
- WE EVACUATE.
HARRIS, GETTHE NATIONAL GUARD IN HERE.
I WANT TO BEGINA GENERAL EVACUATION
OF SECTORS 4,5 AND 7
WITH THE REST OF THE CITYTO GO AS NEEDED.
I DON'T THINK
A GENERAL EVACUATION
IS POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT.
MR. MAYOR, THE GOOD FOLKSOF THIS COMMUNITY
CANNOT VOTE...
IF THEY'RE FRIEDTO A CRISP.
Peters:
WHERE'S HIS OFFICE?
Woods: THE WHOLE BUILDING'S ON FIRE. LET THE FILES BURN.
I WANT THOSE FILES.
I NEED THEM, IN CASE
MAYS TRIES TO SCREW ME.
SOONER OR LATER,
HE DOES IT TO EVERYONE.
COME ON, IT'LL BE FUN.
WHERE DO YOU GUYS
THINK YOU'RE GOING?
- NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
- WHAT THE HELL?
AAAAH!
[ screaming ]
[ horn honking ]
HOW'S THE PRESSURE?
BP 155 OVER 117...
- AND RISING.
- INCREASE HER FLUIDS.
I'VE GOT TO GET HER
INTO PRE-OP.
IS IT SUPPOSED
TO HURT THIS BAD?
ALL MY KIDS DID.
ALL OF THEM?
OH YEAH.
YOU KNOW ALL THAT STUFF
ABOUT HOW "IT GETS EASIERAFTER YOU'VE HAD THE FIRST ONE"?
LIKE FALLING OFF
A BICYCLE.
YEAH-- WRONG!
[ laughs ]
ONCE MY EX-HUSBAND ASKED MEHOW IT FELT.
I SAID, "IMAGINE TRYING
TO CRAP A PICKUP TRUCK."
OOH-- FEELS MORE
LIKE A SEMI.
[ laughs ]
HOW'S THAT FIREMAN DOING
IN THERE?
HE'S STABLE.
WE DID WHAT WE COULD
FOR THE BURNS,
BUT HE'S NOT GOING
TO MAKE IT THROUGH
THE NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, HIS BROTHER
IS A FIREMAN, TOO?
PROBABLY OUT THERE FIGHTING
THIS GODDAMN THING NOW.
WINNY,
CAN YOU ROUND UP
SOME VOLUNTEERS OF OUR
NON-ESSENTIAL VISITORS?
- YOU MEAN LIKE US?
- WE'RE FEELING PRETTY
NON-ESSENTIAL.
COME WITH ME.
- DOCTOR, PLEASE CHECK MY SON.- OKAY, TELL ME WHERE HE IS.
THE SMOKE SEEMS TO HAVETRIGGERED SOME SORT OF ASTHMA.
HE HAD ASTHMA
IN PRE-SCHOOL.
NURSE?
CAN YOU GET ME
AN EXPECTORANAND AN ANTIBIOTIC
FOR INFECTION, PLEASE?
THE EXPECTORANT WILL OPEN UPHIS BRONCHIAL TUBES.
-KEEP HIM FLAT ON HIS STOMACH.
-WHEN HE COUGHS,
- HELP HIM COUGH
THE STUFF OUT.
- OKAY.
IT'S NOT PERMANENT.
HE'S GOING TO BE FINE.
- THANKS.
- OKAY.
BARRY, TURN OVER.
HURRY UP, COME ON.
- COUGH, BABY.
- [ coughs ]
GET IT OUT.
Jack: HEY, PROFESSOR.
JACK THOMAS?
MY GOD, I HAVEN'SEEN YOU SINCE...
-OXFORD UNIVERSITY,
-BACK SEAT OF MY CAR.
STILL A DUMB JOCK?
DUMB JOCK
WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH--
WHICH IS NOT HOW I GOTHIS GREAT JOB.
JACK OF ALL TRADES...
- AND BAD AT ALL OF THEM.- ALL BUT ONE.
- HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- GOOD.
WHAT ARE ALL THESEBURN VICTIMS DOING HERE?
THE OIL REFINERY
BLEW UP.
I GOT TO GET BACK
TO MY UNIT.
NOT WITH THOSE LUNGS.
LAY BACK DOWN.
STILL THE BOSS, HUH?
GUESS SO.
[ sirens blaring ]
YOU'RE TURNING THEM BACK?
OH GOD.
DO ME ONE SMALL FAVOR.
GET THEIR ASSES IN GEAR
BEFORE THEY GET SINGED!
JESUS!
- EVACUATION?- THE FREEWAYS ARE CLOGGED.
- IT'S NOT GOOD.
- BEST GUESS?
THE BLAZE HAS CREATED
A RING OF FIRE AROUND
SECTOR 3,
TRAPPING THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
-THOSE ARERESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
-THEY'VE BEEN EVACUATED.
YES, EXCEPFOR MAYS GENERAL.
THEY'RE TAKING THE MAJORITYOF VICTIMS FROM THE REFINERY.
THAT SECTOR IS
NOW IN DANGER
OF A FIRESTORM.
FIRESTORM?
A FIRESTORM SUCKS THE OXYGENOUT OF THE AIR.
THEY'LL SUFFOCATE
IF THEY DON'T GET OUT.
THOSE M.A.S.H. UNITS SHOULD BE IN PLACE, RIGHT?
LET'S GET AHOLD
OF THAT HOSPITAL.
Andrew: HEY.
ARE YOU MARRIED?
[ laughs ]
ARE YOU LOOKING?
NOT FOR ME.
FOR MY BROTHER.
KIND OF TENSE.
HE NEEDS TO GET LAID.
YOU WANT TO MEET HIM?
MAYBE WHEN ICOOLS DOWN A BIT.
[ chuckles ]
- NIGHT.
- NIGHT.
GOD, I CAN'T TAKE
THIS PAIN ANYMORE.
I KNOW, JUSTHANG IN THERE, HONEY.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T.
-COME ON, JUST KEEP BREATHING.
-DON'T PUSH, DON'T PUSH!
[ coughs ]
THE ENTIRE UNIT?
EVERY FLOOR?
THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL,
DOCTOR.
ARE YOU FINDING IDIFFICULT TO BREATHE?
[ coughs ]
WELL, I'VE BEEN DOING
A LOT OF RUNNING LATELY.
WHERE THE HELL ARE WE GOINGTO TAKE THE PATIENTS?
WE'VE SET UP MAKESHIFTMEDICAL UNITS
ALONG THE SOUTHERN RIMOF THE RIVER.
THE NATIONAL GUARD IS HELPING USKEEP THE ROADS CLEAR FOR YOU.
DOCTOR, JUST...
GET THOSE PEOPLE
OUT OF THERE.
OKAY. OKAY.
STUART, WE HAVETO EVACUATE.
I'M JUGGLING
20 PATIENTS.
-I START A SKIN GRAFTIN 10 MINUTES.
-WHAT ARE YOU--
PATCH UP THE BAD ONES.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM
OUT NOW.
YOU ARE NOEVACUATING MY HOSPITAL.
YOU HAVE NO AUTHORIZATION.
-IT'S A MUTINY, VIVIAN.
-GET IN THE LIFEBOAT.
I'M GOING TO THE STATE
LICENSE BOARD ON THIS ONE.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A FIRESTORM.
IF WE DON'T GETHE PATIENTS OUT, THEY DIE.
I HAVE TO BE IN SURGERY.
BUT, VIVIAN,
FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE,
JUST DO THE RIGHT THING.
Vivian:
Your attention, please.
WE ARE BEGINNING
A GENERAL EVACUATION.
STAFF WILL CONTACT YOUAS TO DEPARTURE PROCEDURES.
Your attention, please.
We are beginning
a general evacuation.
HEY, WHEREARE YOU GOING?
I'M TIRED
OF SITTING AROUND.
IT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGSI'M NOT GOOD AT.
EXTRA BLANKET.
WHO DO WE HAVE HERE?
Barry:
MY MOM,
SHE'S WORRIED
ABOUT ME.
I'M SORRY
I MADE YOU WORRY.
I GUESS I STARTED
A FIRE, HUH?
YOU DIDN'TSTART A FIRE, KIDDO.
YOU'RE NOT QUITEOLD ENOUGH.
- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?- BARRY.
BARRY.
YOU STICK WITH ME AND YOU'REGOING TO BE JUST FINE, OKAY?
YOU'RE VERY KIND.
AREN'T YOUTHAT SPELL LADY?
I WATCH YOU ON TV--"THE SPELLCASTER SHOW."
-MY FANS.
-THEY KEEP GETTINGYOUNGER AND YOUNGER.
[ laughs ]
CAN YOU REALLY PROTECT PEOPLEWITH THOSE SPELLS?
LET'S SEE.
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO REMEMBER ONETHAT WOULD BE JUST PERFECT.
-YOU READY?
-OKAY, CLOSE YOUR EYES.
REMEMBER,
IT WON'T WORKIF YOU DON'T BELIEVE.
OH GODDESS
OF THE UNIVERSE,
HEAR MY CALL.
-COME DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS,
-AND PROTECT BARRY
AND HIS MOM
FROM THE FIRE.
ANYA, ANYA...
- HEY!
- WOW.
JUST LIKE ON TV.
WE'LL BE OKAY, MOM.
DON'T WORRY.
- I JUST KNOW IT.- I BELIEVE YOU, SWEETIE.
YOU TAKE CAREOF YOUR MOM, OKAY?
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOUR SON.
HE JUST GAVE METHE BIGGEST PAYDAY
I EVER GOTFOR AN ACTING GIG.
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP
BEING MY BEST FRIEND,
GET ME ON ONE
OF THOSE AMBULANCES.
-I'LL GET YOU OUT OF HERE,
-DON'T WORRY.
JUST GO AWAY SOMEWHEREUNTIL I CALL FOR YOU.
ALL RIGHT!
EXCUSE ME,
CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH ROOM
ANDREW THOMAS IS IN?
- CHECK THERE.
- THANK YOU.
EXCUSE ME, I NEED
TO FIND ANDREW THOMAS.
KEEP MOVING!
LET'S GO, LET'S GO!
THE AMBULANCE SERVICES
ARE GETTING BACKED UP.
THE E.M.T.s NEED THEM
TO TREAT THE PATIENTS
N THE FIELD.
AT THIS POINT WE'RE
TRYING TO GET THE BODIES
OUT OF THIS FIRESTORM.
NEXT TIME YOU'RECARRYING ME, ALL RIGHT?
HERE YOU GO.
TAKE CARE
OF YOUR MOM NOW,
ALL RIGHT?
I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO THANK YOU.
JUST GET ME
A NEW AGENT.
OKAY.
TESTIMONYTO MAYS' BRILLIANCE.
HE BUILT THIS PLACEAT THE END OF A CUL-DE-SAC.
YEAH-- MEN.
[ sighs ]
HEY.
HEY.
I'M SORRY THIS HAPPENED.
YOU GET THE FILE?
- I GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
- GOOD.
YOU TAKE IT TO MY BROTHER,
JACK THOMAS.
TELL HIM ABOUT THE MAYOR.
HE VOTED
FOR THE SON OF A BITCH.
GO ON.
YOU GOT IT.
[ coughing ]
HI, I'M
WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MY NAME IS JACK THOMAS.
HOW CAN I HELP YOU HERE?
JACK THOMAS?
- I'M THOMAS.
- YOUR BROTHER WANTED ME
TO GIVE THIS TO YOU.
- MY BROTHER?- HE'S HERE, AT THE HOSPITAL.
- WHERE?
- RIGHT OVER HERE.
ROOM 115.
ANDY?
HEY.
YOU GOT THE FILE?
GOOD.
WHAT HAPPENEDTO YOU?
FILE IMPLICATES THE MAYOR.
TAKE HIM DOWN.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING
ON SETTING UP
THE MAYS OIL COMPANY
FOR MONTHS.
SAFETY VIOLATIONS.
WE USED MY SOILED REPUTATIONTO STING HIM.
PICKED THE WRONG TIME,
I GUESS.
I'VE MANAGED TO BURN UP
HALF THE CITY...
AND DAMN NEAR ALL OF ME.
HEY, HOW DID YOU
END UP HERE?
THEY BENCHED ME.
I GOT A LUNGFUL OF SMOKEIN A HOUSE FIRE.
STUPID.
DAD ALWAYS SAID
YOU'D MAKE A LOUSY FIREMAN.
YOU NEVER WALK AWAY
FROM ANYTHING.
I WALKED AWAY FROM YOU.
I'M SO SORRY ABOUT DONNA.
TOOK A LOT OF BRIBES...
BUT NOT THAT ONE.
I NEVER THOUGHT YOU DID.
I WANTED--I WANTED TO KILL THOSE BASTARDS
THAT TORCHED
THAT RESTAURANT.
BUT THEY HAD FRIENDS
IN THE WRONG PLACES.
WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU
OUT OF HERE, ANDY.
YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME...AND MINE.
GO ON,
MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL.
MAYBE EVEN SAVEA FEW LIVES AROUND HERE, HUH?
I'M ALREADY DEAD.
JESUS, ANDY, NO.
TELL ME ABOUT THE TROUT.
TELL ME ABOUTHE TROUT AGAIN, HUH?
IT WAS A COLD MORNING.
DAMN COLD.
MY PISS NEAR FROZE.
YEAH.
- I WAS FLYCASTING
ON THE OTHER BANK.
- YEAH.
CAN'T FLYCAST LIKE THAT,
NOT THE WAY YOU DO IT.
ALL YOU HAD WAS A HOOK
AND A WORM.
YOU LANDED THAT BIG,
BEAUTIFUL SON OF A BITCH
IN UNDER TWO MINUTES.
FRIED HIM IN FLOUR.
I CAN STILL TASTE IT.
EGGS OVER EASY.
THAT FISH JUST FELL RIGHT OFF THE BONE.
LITTLE WHISKEY
IN THE COFFEE...
ANDY...?
[ flat tone ]
ANDY?
DOCTOR?!
- BRING HIM BACK.
- GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
GET THE GOWN OFF.
CLEAR.
[ machine whines ]
CLEAR.
Ridgley:
CLEAR.
CLEAR!
[ flat tone stops ]
Ridgley:
I CLEARED THIS UNIT.
FIND AN AMBULANCE.
EVACUATE THE FACILITY.
HE'S GONE.
YOU'RE FAMILY?
YEAH.
-WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
-PREP HER FOR A C-SECTION.
OH, NO.
GOD, I CAN'T DO THAT.
- YOU WANT A SPINAL,
OR KNOCK HER OUT?
- KNOCK ME OUT.
- I DON'T WANT TO BE AWAKE.- GOOD CHOICE.
-DON'T WORRY,
-IT'LL BE OVERBEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
- IT'S OKAY.
- EASY.
[ groaning ]
OKAY, EASY.
OKAY.
-IT'S ALL RIGHT.
-IT'S ALL RIGHT.
THE AIR TEMPS ARE GETTINGDANGEROUSLY HIGH.
IF THEY DON'TEVACUATE THAT HOSPITALIN 45 MINUTES,
THEY'RE NOT GOINGTO MAKE IT.
THE OXYGEN WILL BEGIN TO EXPLODE BY ITSELF.
Chief:
DID YOU LET THEM KNOW?
YEAH, BUTTHEY'RE WAITING FOR USTO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
WHAT ABOUT CHOPPERS?
WE CAN DROP CHEMICALS.
MAYBE THAT'LL COOL IT ENOUGHTO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THERE.
NO, THEY CAN'T FLY.
THE HEAT OVER THAT SECTORIS ALREADY TOO INTENSE.
WITH THE WINDS, WE CAN'TCHANCE PUTTING THEM IN THE AIR.
NATIONAL GUARD UNITSARE IN PLACE ALL OVER THE CITY,
BUT THEY CAN'T GO IN
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
THE PROPER EQUIPMENT.
WE NEED FIRE UNITS
ON THAT STREE-LEADING UP TO THAT HOSPITAL.
-WHAT HAVE WE GOT IN THAT AREA?
-A COUPLE OF WATER TRUCKS.
-AND UNIT 19,
JACK THOMAS' BOYS.
JACK'S IN THAT HOSPITAL.
-MAYBE THEY CAN GET HIM OUT,
-WITH THE REST OF THE PEOPLE.
[ phone ringing ]
- UNIT 19.
- GARY, HERE'S
YOUR CHANCE TO SHINE.
I need you right in the middle
of this hellhole.
-HELP WITH THE HOSPITAL EVAC.
-MAYS GENERAL.
AND GARY?
JACK'S IN THAT HOSPITAL.
-WE DON'T NEEDA REASON, CHIEF.
-WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
- YES!
- BACK ON THE JOB, SIR?
YEAH, HE WANTS US
TO FIGHT A FIRE!
LET'S GO!
[ alarm ringing ]
LET'S GO, GO, GO!
-WHERE ARE YOU GUYS GOING?
-WE NEED ALL THE VEHICLESFOR PATIENTS!
- THEY NEED DOCTORS
AT THE RIVER!
- GO!
I WISH I HAD THAON TAPE.
I DIDN'T LIKELOSING MY HOSPITAL.
NOW THAT WASA SURPRISE.
IT'S ALL FOR THE BEST.
WE'LL MAKE A FORTUNE
ON INSURANCE PAYOFFS.
-WE'D BETTER.
-IT LOOKS LIKEMY MEDICAL CAREER IS OVER.
IN A BLAZE OF GLORY,
SWEETHEART.
[ screaming ]
- WHERE'S VIVIAN?
- SHE AND MAYS WERE
IN THAT TRUCK.
-OOOH.
-CAN'T HELP THEM.
-ALL RIGHT, FOLKS,
-I NEED EVERYBODY BACK INSIDE.
THIS IS STARTING TO LOOK
LIKE A FIRESTORM.
COME ON, LET'S MOVE IT.
WHAT HAPPENED?
-I DON'T KNOW.
-WE'VE LOST THE ANESTHESIA FEED.
ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS WHAT'S
IN THE PRE-MASK TANK.
- HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE?- I DON'T KNOW THAT, EITHER.
SHE COULD START FEELING
SOMETHING ANY TIME NOW.
ALL RIGHT!
I WANT A CATHEDRAL OF WATERSTRETCHED ALL THE WAY
DOWN THAT STREET.
I WANT IT HIGH,
AND I WANT IT WET.
WE WILL CARRY THESE PEOPLEOUT OF THAT HOSPITALIF WE HAVE TO.
WE'RE ON IT.
LET'S GO!
MOVE!
COME ON!
HELLO, CAVALRY.
NEARLY THERE.
Ridgley:
JACK, WHAT THE HELL
IS GOING ON?
GOT A RESCUE UNIT,
END OF THE STREEWITH A WATER TUNNEL,
BUT THEY'RE
AT THE END OF THE HOSE.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING CLOSER.
HOW DO WE GEPEOPLE OUT OF HERE?
THOSE WHO CAN ARE GOING
TO RUN FOR IT.
- THE REST WE PUSH.
- CAN WE MAKE IWITHOUT BURNING?
-THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
-WE WON'T KNOW TILL WE DO IT.
GUESS YOU NEEDA GUINEA PIG.
-WE DO, WHICH IS MY DEPARTMENT.
-WE NEED TO SPRAY 'EM DOWN.
- WHERE'S YOUR
INTERNAL FIRE HOSE?
- IT'S OVER HERE.
- WET IT DOWN!
CLOSER!
- YES, SIR!
HIGHER!
[ coughing ]
- [ screams ]
- OH MY GOD--!
SHIT!
[ sizzling ]
IT'S RIGHAROUND HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
WANT TO BE A FIREMAN?
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE.
WHEN THE HOSE GETS STRAIGHT,
CRANK THE VALVE.
YES, SIR.
[ gasps ]
HER HAND MOVED.
SHE'S COMING OUT OF IT.
SHE'S A GIRL.
[ wails ]
GIVE HER A QUICK WASHWHILE I SEW HER BACK UP.
-HERE WE GO, GUYS.
-HERE WE GO.
RIGHT HERE.
YOUR TURN.
LET'S GO.
- BYE BYE.
- HEAD DOWN!
OKAY, COME ON.
OKAY, GO!
[ coughing ]
Cameraman: NEXT ONE, COME ON.
KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN!
AND STAY LOW.
[ baby crying ]
- WHAT'S THAT?- THEY'RE COMING THROUGH!
LET'S GO!
-THIS WAY,
-THIS WAY!
[ screaming ]
HOW YOU DOING THERE,
JACK?
GOOD, BUT I'MLOSING PRESSURE.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL CHECK.
I'LL GO CHECK.
-THESE PEOPLE ARE WALKING OUT,
-DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
Some are getting burned trying to reach us.
- WHERE ARE THOSE EXTRA TRUCKS?- I DON'T HAVE THEM, GARY.
I'M STRETCHED TO THE LIMIALL OVER THE CITY.
YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING
YOU CAN DO.
NO, SIR, I'M NOT.
BUT THAT'S GOING
TO CHANGE RIGHT NOW.
LET'S SPEED THIS UPOR MOST OF THESE FOLKSARE GOING TO DIE.
-FIND WORKMAN AND GARRISON.
-PULL THEM OFF THE REAR HOSESIF YOU HAVE TO.
- YES, SIR!- GOING IN CLOSER! MOVE!
OH, JESUS.
YOU'VE GOYOUR BABY GIRL.
OH, CAN I SEE HER?
OH MY GOD.
HI, SWEETHEART.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD.
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
THAT SHE IS.
HAILEY.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU.
FROM THE BOTH OF US.
[ alarm ringing ]
- WHAT'S THAT?
- WE'VE GOT TO GET YOU
OUT OF HERE.
- THIS IS ALL I GOT.
- LET'S GO.
COVER THE HEAD.
ALL RIGHT, GO! GO.
JACK! HOSPITAL'S
ON FIRE BACK THERE.
WE LOST ONE
OF OUR NURSES--
HELEN GOODMAN.
-THIS GAME'S ALMOST OVER.
-GET BACK IN THERE, COME ON.
GET THESE TWO
OUT OF HERE, NOW!
[ Hailey crying ]
SHH, IT'S OKAY.
ARE YOU SURE WE'RE GOING
TO MAKE IT THROUGH?
AFTER WHAT YOU'VEBEEN THROUGH TONIGHT,
THIS IS GOING TO BEA WALK IN THE PARK.
I HOPE SO.
TIM, LET'S DO THIS.
WE NEED SOMEHELP OUT HERE!
ALL RIGHT, FOLKS,
YOUR TURN.
- HERE WE GO.
- HURRY!
WELCOME TO THE WORLD,
LITTLE GIRL.
LET'S GO.
-I'LL SEE YOUON THE 11:00 NEWS,
-ALL RIGHT?
OKAY.
NEXT ONE, COME ON!
WHOA, WHOA.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
TO DOUBLE CHECK
AND MAKE SURE
NO ONE'S LEFT.
- YOU BE CAREFUL.
- I WILL.
- ARE THERE ANY PATIENTS LEFT?- I THINK THEY'RE ALL OUT OF THERE.
- YOU'RE UP, BEAUTIFUL.
- OH, OKAY.
OOH-HH!
I THINK I LOVE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, KID, YOUR TURN.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
- THERE'S NOTHING MORE
YOU CAN DO HERE.
- I'M STAYING WITH YOU.
I OUTRANK YOU.
HERE WE GO.
GO!
- WHERE'S JENNIFER?
- SHE WENT CHECKING
FOR STRAGGLERS.
WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
GO GET HER!
[ Hailey cries ]
OH MY GOD.
SHH, SHH.
-THIS WAY, OVER HERE!
-RIGHT THIS WAY.
[ sobbing ]
[ wheezing ]
COME AND GET US, BOYS.
COME AND GET US.
BRING THEM ON.
JENNIFER?
JEN?
I'M HERE!
- IS THERE ANYBODY LEFT?
- ALL CLEAR.
LET'S GEOUT OF HERE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT FIREMANTHAT WAS BROUGHT IN LAST NIGHT?
JACK'S BROTHER?
HE DIED LAST NIGHT.
- I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU.
- JACK'S BROTHER?
OH MY GOD.
[ creaking, screams ]
[ screaming ]
NO-OO!
NO. TIM.
OH, TIM.
NO! LOOK OUT!
LOOK! LOOK!
JEN, GIVE ME
YOUR JACKET.
NOW GET THE HELL
OUT OF HERE.
JACK, I'M SORRY
ABOUT YOUR BROTHER.
-IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A NIGHT.
-I'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE.
HERE WE GO.
OKAY.
[ Hailey crying ]
WE MADE IT?
YEAH, YOU MADE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M JUST DOING
MY JOB, MA'AM.
JUST DOING MY JOB.
OKAY.
YUP, JUST DOING
MY JOB.
-CHARGE THE HOSE!
-CHARGE THE HOSE!
LET'S GO!
WE GOT A STRAGGLER!
IT'S OKAY, MA'AM.
PARAMEDIC!
OXYGEN.
IT'S OKAY, MA'AM.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE SAFE NOW.
YOU'RE SAFE.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
STAY RIGHT HERE.
YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS.
[ sobbing ]
I GUESS I'M NEXT,
BIG GUY.
HERE WE GO.
SAVE ME A SEANEXT TO HER,
WILL YOU, DOC?
ALL RIGHT.
MOVE! NO, NOT THERE!
GO OVER THAT WAY!
HOW LONGHAVE THEY GOT?
NOT LONG.
WHEN THAT FIRESTORM HITS,
THIS ENTIRE STREET'SGOING TO GO UP LIKE AN A-BOMB.
-LET'S GO.
-LET'S GET SOME OXYGEN HERE!
ALEX, MALLOY,
CHARGE THE HOSE!
[ coughing ]
WE NEED MORE PRESSURE
BACK HERE!
- DANIELS!
- WHAT?!
IT'S THE CAPTAIN, SIR.
LET'S GO.
-OKAY, GARRISON,
-GRAB THE CAPTAIN.
-OKAY, GOT HIM,
-CAPTAIN.
-Daniels:
-MOVE! MOVE OUT!
THIS WHOLE THING'S
GOING TO GO!
- ARE YOU OKAY, DOC?
- I'M OKAY, THANKS.
THANKS.
- WANT A LITTLE OXYGEN?- NO, I'M FINE, THANK YOU.
- OKAY.
- THANKS A LOT.
NO.
Garrison:
SET HIM RIGHT HERE!
YOU WERE SUPPOSEDTO BE IN A NICE WARMHOSPITAL BED, CAP.
A LITTLE TOO WARM.
WE DON'T HAVE MORETHAN A FEW SECONDS, CAPTAIN.
EVERYBODY BACK!
FIRESTORM!
BACK!
GO, GO!
DROP IT!
FIRESTORM!
-Man:HELP ME UP HERE.
-HELP ME UP.
NO, THAT'S A DIRECT QUOTE.
- AND I'VE READ THE FILE.- Chief: Thank you, Jack.
THANK YOU FOR ALLTHE INFORMATION.
YEAH.
ANY WORD ON MAYS?
MY CAPTAIN IN THE FIELD...
INFORMS ME THAT MR. MAYS
APPARENTLY PERISHED
IN THE FIRE.
THAT'S GOING
TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
BUT WE MUST DO
THE BEST WE CAN.
WE HAVE A CITY
TO REBUILD.
WE MUST BE STRONG,
WE MUST BE POSITIVE.
THE VOTERS DEMAND
A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
MAYOR PHILLIPS,
SOMETHING TELLS MEYOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY
ABOUT YOUR NEXT ELECTION.
[ laughs ]
IF I WAS YOU... SIR,
I'D BE THINKING ABOUT...
EXPENSIVE ATTORNEYS,
PLEA BARGAINS,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I WOULD BE
PRAYING TO GOD
I DIDN'T GET AN OVERLY
FRIENDLY CELLMATE.
[ coughing ]
Al: HEY, JACK.
I GOT SOME GOOD CONNECTIONSUP AT THE POLICE ACADEMY.
-THE TRAINING'S TOUGH,
-BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRYABOUT GETTING BURNED.
-ACTUALLY, I'M THINKINGOF EARLY RETIREMENT, ALBERT.
-MOVING TO THE MOUNTAINS,
FISHING WHERE
IT'S NICE AND COOL,
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE
TO PUT OUT ANY FIRES
- EXCEPT FOR THE ONES YOU SET?- SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- HERE.
- WHAT'S THIS?
A LITTLE PROJECMY BROTHER WAS WORKING ON.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE SOME CREDITWHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FAN?
WHAT KIND OF SHIYOU TALKING ABOUT?
BIG. THE MAYOR.
I COULD ALWAYS USE
A PAY RAISE.
ONE BAD THING
ABOUT BEING A COP
IS THE PAY SUCKS.
SEE, THAT'S WHAT I LIKE
ABOUT BEING A FIREMAN.
YOU GO TO WORK,
PUT OUT THE FIRE,
SAVE A FEW LIVES,
AND HAVING PERFORMED
AN IMPORTANCOMMUNITY SERVICE,
YOU GO HOME AND RELAX.
THAT'S IF YOUR HOME'SSTILL STANDING.
TAKE CARE.
JACK?
I'M SORRY ANDREW
DIDN'T MAKE IT.
WE TRIED EVERYTHING
WE COULD.
HE WANTED ME TO TELL YOU--
HE SAID,
THEY DROPPED A HOOK,
BUT HE DIDN'T BITE.
HE SAID YOU'D KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANT.
-HE ALSO SAID YOU WERE A SHIT.
-YOU SHOULD WORK AT GETTINGA LIFE.
- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?- YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
OR DO YOU?
IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS
THAT I REPORT THE DEATH
OF 57 PEOPLE,
INCLUDING TWO MEMBERS
OF OUR OWN NEWS STAFF.
AND NOW,
AS THE LONG HOT NIGHCOOLS INTO A NEW DAY
OVER THE CITY,
MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN.
HOW COULD SUCH A THING HAPPEN?
WHO MIGHT BE RESPONSIBLE?
AND WHY WOULD THEY DO
SUCH A THING?
BUT FOR THE SURVIVORS,
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION
IS NOT HOW THIS BLAZE STARTED,
BUT HOW IT ENDED.
IS IT TRUE ALL YOU GUYS DOIS SIT AROUND AND WATCH PORNOS?
[ chuckles ]
IT'S A TERRIBLE MYTH.
YOU'RE SHOWINGYOUR COMPLETE LACKOF APPRECIATION
FOR THE MODERNFIREFIGHTER.
IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGEIT'S YOU COPS WHO REVELIN SLEAZE.
NO TASTE.
WELL, JUSKICK BACK, JACK,
AND ENJOY ONE OF THE BEAUTIESOF BEING A POLICE OFFICER--
THE STAKEOUT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT WAITING.
PLUS, YOU'RE THE ONLY GUY
THAT CAN I.D. THE FIREBUG.
THAT'S CAPTAIN THOMASTO YOU, AL.
I'M THE ONLY GUY IN TOWNWHO GETS THE SHIT JOBS.
YEAH.
YOU EVER SEEN THAT MOVIE
"HOOK, LINE, AND SPHINCTER"?
Jack: I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME A GUN, AL?
WHAT DO YOU NEEDA GUN FOR?
-YOU'RE A FIREMAN.
-YOU EVER SHOT A GUN?
I SHOT MY NEIGHBOR'SPET RABBIT WHEN I WAS A KID.
- RABBIT?- VERY UNPLEASANT RABBIT.
PROBABLY WAS
A REAL BIG RABBIWITH A ATTITUDE.
MM-HMM.
VERY DANGEROUS.
YEAH.
[ train whistle blows ]
THIS HUCKLEBERRY
RIGHT THERE?
IT'S NOT HUCKLEBERRY HOUND.
WHO THE FUCK IS
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND?
CAN WE PLAY, TOO?
DAMN GOODTO SEE YOU AGAIN, FREDDY.
FEELING'S MUTUAL, JACK.
BETTER TELL YOUR BUDDYWITH THE GUN TO BE CAREFUL...
BECAUSE I'M FULLY LOADED.
-NOT MUCH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD,
-BUT THERE'S ENOUGH THERE
TO LEVEL IT.
THINK WE GOA LITTLE STANDOFF.
I DON'T THINK SO.
[ car engine starts ]
I CAN'T AUTHORIZE YOUTO DRIVE.
WE CAN FILL OUTHE PAPERWORK LATER.
[ horns honking ]
SHIT.
THIS IS DENNING.
I'M COMING UP ON
THE FIFTH STREET BRIDGE,
REQUESTING BACKUP.
SUSPECT IS IN A BLUE SEDAN.
AM I SCARING YOU?
I'M ALL RIGHT.
ACTUALLY, THIS IS EASY.
YOU SHOULD TRY DRIVING
A LADDER TRUCK.
PISS YOUR PANTS EVERY TIME.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME.
I AIN'T GOT A WEAK BLADDER.
[ sirens blaring ]
- DO YOU SEE HIM?
- YEAH, THERE'S A LOOF COPS UP THERE.
-MAYBE THEY GOT HIM.
-TURN HERE.
- HERE?
- YEAH. SHIT!
OKAY, HE'S HEADING
FOR THE BAY TUNNEL.
MOTHERFUCKER DRIVES
AS CRAZY AS YOU.
SUSPECT IS COMING OUTOF THE BAY TUNNEL.
NEED A ROADBLOCKAT THE CORNER OF FIRST AND ELM.
BLOCK THE FIRST STREETBRIDGE EXIT.
I THINK WE GOT HIM.
ALL RIGHT, HOLD IT.
COME ON, HOLD IT.
BLOCK THE ROAD.
THAT'S IT.
WHOA.
THINK RABBIT.
WHAT'S HE DOING?
THAT WAS
VERY WELL DONE.
-THANKS, JACK.
-SARCASM IS ALWAYSAPPRECIATED.
YOU REALLY CAN'TFUCKING DRIVE.
YOU ARE CONSISTENTLYBAD AT THIS SHIT.
I'D LIKE TO THINK
I DO ONE THING WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY,
THIS ISN'T IT.
YOU'RE REDUNDANTLY
BAD AT THIS.
OH, AL, THAT'S A VERY POOR
CHOICE OF ADJECTIVES.
YOU ARE WRETCHEDLY BAD
AT THIS.
THAT'S OVER THE TOP.
WHAT DID YOU HAVE
FOR LUNCH?
-YOU KEEP DRIVING LIKE THIS,
-I'M GONNA SHOW YOU.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S HEADINGOUT OF TOWN.
WOULD THIS BEAN ILLEGAL TURN?
Al: OH, SHIT!
I LOVE A DRIVE
IN THE COUNTRY.
[ horn blows ]
SHIT! THERE'SA PROPER PROCEDUREFOR THIS TYPE OF CHASE.
RELAX, AL. I DID THIS EVERYFRIDAY NIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Al:
YEAH?
BET YOU DIDN'T DO THIS.
ALBERT, TALK TO ME.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
-AH! FUCK, NO,
-I'M NOT ALL RIGHT.
AW, SHIT!
HERE, TAKE THIS.
YOU SURE?
CAN'T DO MORE DAMAGETHAN YOU'VE ALREADY DONE.
FREEZE!
DON'T DO IT, FREDDY.
WE MIGHT ACTUALLY KILL YOU.
[ screaming ]
JEEZ, FREDDY.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO DECIDETO BECOME A COP.
-GO TO WORK,
-FIGHT THE BAD GUYS,
-GO HOME, KICK BACK.
-YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN SHOOT.
WHAT ARE WE GOING
TO DO WITH HIM?
-YOU'RE STILL A FIREMAN.
-YOU PUT HIM OUT.
Woman: Chief? Andrew Thomas is here, sir.
SEND HIM IN.
- MORNING, ANDY.
- CHIEF.
YOU READY FOR THIS?
IT'S POTENTIALLY A HELLOF A SACRIFICE YOU'RE MAKING.
THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFTOF MY REPUTATION TO SMEAR.
IF IT'LL HELPGET THESE GUYS...?
IT WILL.
THE REFINERY'SIN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
SOMEBODY DROPS A WRENCHNEAR ONE OF THOSE TANKS...THIS ENTIRE CITY COULD GO UP.
I KNOW THAT,
BUT THE D.A. TELLS ME
THE GRAND JURY'S GOING
TO NEED A LOT MORE
SOLID PROOF.
THAT'S WHATHIS IS FOR.
A WIRE?
A WIRE.
THE FILE YOU'VE COMPILED
IS VERY THOROUGH, BUT WE
NEED THEM ON TAPE.
IT'S LUCKY FOR USTHEY HAVE AN EMPLOYEEWITH A CONSCIENCE, HUH?
HI. RICK WOODSTO SEE MR. MAYS.
- [ buzzes ]
- Mays: If that's Woods,
send him in.
FRIEND OF MINE
AT CITY SERVICES TELLS ME
THE FIRE INSPECTOR IS GOING
TO TRY AND SHUT US DOWN.
YOU HELPING THEM,
RICKY?
I'M PAID VERY WELLBY MR. MAYS HERE.
HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THEIR INVESTIGATION.
THEY KNOW WE'RE PUSHING
PRODUCTION AT THE RISK
OF A MAJOR SPILL.
SO WHAT THE HELL DO YOU
PROPOSE I DO ABOUT IT?
-THE STATE NEEDS GAS.
-THIS REFINERY IS THE ONLY THING
KEEPING THE GAS PRICES DOWN,
SO WE GOT TO PUMP FAST.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL THATTO THE FIRE INSPECTOR?
Woods:
PERSUADE HIM.
Man: A BRIBE?
YEAH, THAT'S ALL THEY NEED
TO SHUT US DOWN.
-IF THEY WANTED TO SHUT US DOWN,
-THEY'D HAVE DONE IT ALREADY.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING...
HE NEEDS MONEY.
SO WHY DON'T YOU MEET WITH HIMAND TAKE CARE OF IT?
Mays:
AN INCIDENT NOW
WOULD BE BAD P.R.
BE BAD
FOR OUR FINE COMMUNITY.
IT'D BE BAD
FOR EVERYBODY.
Reporter: THE NEWLY
REORGANIZED MAYS GENERAL
WILL BE THE FIRST OF WHACRITICS ARE CALLING
"HMO HOSPITALS."
MANY FEAR EMERGENCY TREATMENWILL BE BASEDNOT ON THE CONDITIONOF THE PATIENT,
BUT ON THE CONDITIONOF THE PATIENT'S HEALTH PLAN.
SOME CRITICS CALL IT ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF WENDELL MAYS'
THIRST FOR PROFIT.
AS THEY SAY IN WASHINGTON,
"FOLLOW THE MONEY."
I'M ALAINA CHARLES.
AND WE'RE CLEAR.
YOU THINK THAT WASTOO BIASED?
WHO CARES?
YOU'VE SEEN
GAS PRICES LATELY.
EVERYBODY HATES
WENDELL MAYS.
THE WOMAN IS ALMOSTTWO CENTIMETERS DILATED.
SHE NEEDSEMERGENCY TREATMENT.
NOT IN MY E.R.
IT'S NOT MY FAULIF MISS HUNTER
DIDN'T CONTINUE
HER MEDICAL COVERAGE
AFTER SHE QUIT HER JOB.
SHE WAS FIRED BY HER BOSSBECAUSE SHE WAS PREGNANT.
I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR
OF THIS HOSPITAL,
NOT AN ATTORNEY.
IF THAT'S TRUE,
SHE SHOULD SUE HIM
INSTEAD OF WASTING OUR TIME.
WE SPEND MORE TIMETELLING PEOPLE
WHAT WE CAN'T OR WON'T DOTHAN TREATING THEM.
IT'S NOT WHY I CAMETO WORK HERE.
YOU CAME HERE
BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING YOU
A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY.
HEALTH IS OUR BUSINESS,
JENNIFER.
THAT'S OUR MOTTO.
TRY TO REMEMBER IT.
SHE'S NOIN OUR PLAN.
- CAN YOU CALL ME A CAB?- YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
HOW DARE YOUTREAT PEOPLE THIS WAY?
I'D RATHER HAVETHIS BABY MYSELFTHAN BE IN THIS PLACE.
- [ groans ]
- YOU'RE HAVING YOUR BABY
RIGHT HERE.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
YOU'LL BE FINE.
TRUST ME.
OKAY.
[ grunting ]
- YES, YES! THREE-ONE!- NO, TWO OUT OF THREE, MAN.
-NO, NO, THREE-ONE.
-COLLEGE BOY, YOU'RE NEXT.
THE WINNER. WHOO.
- OH, DANIELS, SMELLS GOOD.- YEAH? STAY AWAY.
- COME ON, MAN. ONE.- NOT A GOOD DAY TO DIE, WORKMAN.
OH, MAN. SHIT.
SO, DANIELS,
DID CAPTAIN REALLY KICK ASSIN A POLICE CHASE?
HE KILLED THE SUSPECT AND EVERYTHING?
ONE LESS FIREBUG
ON THE STREETS, GARRISON?
- LOCK AND LOAD, BABY.
- MR. SCOTT,
AS A ROOKIE I CAN
EXCUSE YOUR IGNORANCE
ABOUT OUR CAPTAIN
OVER HERE.
THE FACOF THE MATTER IS...
JACK THOMAS... WELL...
HE'S AN EXPERAT MANY THINGS.
HE JUST WON'T ADMIT IT.
I DO MANY THINGS...
BADLY.
WHAT ARE YOU
AN EXPERT AT, COLLEGE BOY?
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
OF FIRE, MOSTLY.
I SPECIALIZE IN HOW THEY START,
HOW THEY SPREAD,
WHAT THEY BURN.
- I LOOK FOR ANOMALIES.
- [ yawning ] UH-HUH.
NO? ALL RIGHT...
TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE,
THIS CHARCOAL, RIGHT?
IT'S NOT NEARLY
AS HOT AS IT COULD BE.
I LIKE TO FIND OUT WHY.
IT KEEPS THE MEAFROM BURNING, EH, GUYS?
-YEAH, BUT HOW?
-YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE BURN
-OF CHEMICALLY TREATED CHARCOAL,
-SO IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WIND.
CAPTAIN, COLLEGE BOY
WANTS TO KNOW
HOW YOU KEEP THE CHARCOAL
FROM GETTING TOO HOT.
I PISS ON IT.
[ laughs ]
- HE DOES.
- HE'S KIDDING, RIGHT?
ONLY THE CAPTAIN.
[ laughing ]
[ dialing ]
[ phone ringing ]
- THOMAS.
- HEY, BRO'.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
ANOTHER LOAN?
I'M TAPPED OUT.
YOU BORROWED MOST OF IT.
Andrew: I just wanted to call...
AND TELL YOU THINGS ARE GOINGTO BE DIFFERENT FROM NOW ON.
I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
GIVE ME THREE DAYS,
YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT.
We'll finally be able to put the past behind us.
MAYBE EVEN
GO FISHING AGAIN, HUH?
I GAVE UP FISHING,
LITTLE BROTHER.
I NEED YOU TO CO-SIGNSO I CAN ADMIT THE PATIENT.
DR. LEWIS, I DO NOGET INVOLVED IN POLICY.
THIS HOSPITAL IS PAYING
FOR MY CONDO ON PARK,
FOR MY THREE EX-WIVES,
FOR WHATEVER...
LOVELY YOUNG THING
I PICK FOR MY FOURTH.
I'LL DO
THE MEDICINE,
BUT I WILL NOT GET OFF
THE GRAVY TRAIN.
-THEY'RE GOINGTO SEND ME AWAY,
-AREN'T THEY?
OVER MY DEAD BODY,
MINDI. COME ON.
- WHAT IS THIS?
- THIS ONE'S FOR YOU.
-ROOM 219.
-IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME.
THAT MAKES TWOFOR THE SHIT LIST.
OKAY, YOU WIN.
FIND HER A ROOM.
NOW THE SHIT LISIS DOWN TO ONE.
[ mimics airplane ]
BARRY, NOT IN THE KITCHEN.
I WISH DAD WOULD COMETO THE PARTY.
I KNOW YOU DO,
SWEETIE.
- DO YOU THINK HE'LL CALL ME?- I DON'T KNOW.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
A GREAT TIME.
YEAH, I GUESS.
I HAVE TO GO TO THE STORE
FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I HAVE TO GET YOU
CANDLES FOR YOUR CAKE.
- CAN YOU BE GOOD
WHILE I'M GONE?
- MM-HMM.
- OKAY.
- CAN I OPEN
ONE OF THE PRESENTS?
NO, NOT TILL I COME BACK.
DO YOU PROMISE?
- I PROMISE.
- OKAY.
BARRY, YOU BE GOOD.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
OKAY.
DR. VIVIAN SIMS HERE HASCUT ALL THE NECESSARY RED TAPE
TO RESTRUCTURE
THIS ENTIRE HOSPITAL.
SOME OF OUR MOSIMPORTANT MEDICAL
DECISIONS
HAVE BEEN MADE
HERE AT THIS DESK.
SUCH AS WHO TO ADMIAND WHETHER YOU'RE WILLING
TO TREAT THEM?
I HAVE SPENT 10 MINUTES
WAITING FOR AN I.V. FEED.
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S A REAL EMERGENCY?- NOW IS NOT THE TIME.
THE PATIENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE
IS SKYROCKETING.
REFLEXES ARE HYPER...
THAT'S GOING TO LOOK GREATON THE 6:00 NEWS.
WHO IS SHE?
SMALL-TIME DOCTOR,
FIRST SHOT AT THE BIG TIME.
NOT HANDLING IT WELL.
I THINK WE CAN CUT THROUGH
SOME OF THE RED TAPE.
MR. MAYS WANTS TO KNOW
HOW WE CAN IMPROVE
THE QUALITY
OF YOUR LIFE.
IS HE OFFERING ME
A BRIBE?
I THINK BRIBES
ARE ILLEGAL, INSPECTOR.
IT'S COME
TO OUR ATTENTION
YOU'VE HAD SOME
VERY BAD LUCK RECENTLY.
MAYBE WE COULD CHANGETHAT LUCK FOR THE BOTH OF US.
- [ laughing ]
- YEAH!
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
-SCOTT, IF YOU WANT TO WIN,
-PLAY WITH ME SOMETIME.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- HOW LONG YOU GUYS
BEEN WITH THE CAPTAIN?
-I JOINED UP LAST YEAR.
-THESE TWO CLOWNS BEEN WITH HIMSINCE THE BEGINNING.
WE STARTED WORKING TOGETHER
DURING THE GULF WAR
FIGHTING OIL FIRES
IN KUWAIT.
BEEN WALKING THE BLAZE
WITH HIM EVER SINCE.
I'LL BET YOU'VE BEENWALKING INTO A FEW CATHOUSESALONG THE WAY TOO, HUH?
HEY, NOT THE CAPTAIN.
HE WAS MARRIED.
I'LL BETSHE'S HOT, HUH?
SHE'S DEAD,
MR. SCOTT.
IT WAS A RESTAURANT FIRE.
WE ALL WORKED THAT BLAZE,
DIDN'T WE, HUH?
IT WAS ARSON, BUT THE FEDS
COULDN'T GET A CONVICTION.
JACK'S BROTHER ANDREW
WAS THE FIRE INSPECTOR.
I GUESS HE TOOK A BRIBE.
YEAH.
-I MEAN, YOUR OWN BROTHER.
-WHAT A PIECE OF WORK THAT WAS.
MR. GARRISON,
THAT WAS NEVER PROVEN.
IF THE CAPTAIN BELIEVESHIS BROTHER SOLD OUT HIS WIFE,
THEN HEY, GUESS WHAT?
SO DO I.
ANYWAY, HE'S BEEN LIVINGBY THE SAME TWO WORDSEVER SINCE, RIGHT?
OH YEAH.
All:
NOBODY BURNS.
AH, COOL.
[ coughing ]
[ smoke alarm sounds ]
- [ alarm bell ringing ]- OKAY, END OF CONVERSATION.
LET'S GO.
[ phone ringing ]
- STATION 19.
- CAPTAIN THOMAS,
HOUSE FIREIN YOUR DISTRICT,
WESTSIDE PARK,1313 MOCKINGBIRD LANE.
Possibly a child
trapped inside.
-SEND TWO WATER WAGONS AS BACKUP.
-WE'LL BREAK IN FIRST.
TELL THEM TO STAY OUT OF OUR WAYBUT BE READY TO SPRAY.
THAT'S MY BOY.
ANDREW'S BROTHER?
HE'S THAT GOOD?
SAVING LIVES
AND KILLING FIRES--
THAT'S WHAT HE LIVES FOR.
SOMETIMES I THINK
THAT'S ALL HE LIVES FOR.
[ horn blares ]
LET'S GO!
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!
LET'S GO!
[ siren blaring ]
OH GOD.
I'M IN A LOT OF PAIN.
CAN I HAVE
MY EPIDURAL, PLEASE?
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO WAIT FOR THAT.
[ sighs ]
SORRY.
HERE, HONEY, THIS WILL
TAKE THE EDGE OFF.
I HAD SUCH TROUBLE
FINDING A SECOND DOCTOR
TO SIGN
THE AUTHORIZATION.
-WHAT KIND OF HOSPITAL IS THIS?
-ALL I WANTED WAS AN I.V.
YOU OUGHT TO SEE THE FORMS
I HAVE TO FILL OUFOR A COUPLE OF ASPIRIN
AND A BANDAGE.
AS MY DEAR OLD DADDY
USED TO SAY ON THE FARM,
"IT'S JUST ONE BIG
STEAMING PILE
OF HORSESHIT, HONEY."
[ laughing ]
[ sirens blaring ]
Fireman:
LET'S GO! COME ON!
LET'S GO! MOVE!
MOVE!
DAMN, IT LOOKS BAD.
I NEED MORE FAITH
FROM YOU, WORKMAN.
-MY SON IS INSIDE THERE.
-YOU HAVE TO GET HIM OUT!
WE'LL GET HIM OUT, MA'AM.
WE'LL GET HIM OUT.
YOU ALL KNOW THE DRILL.
DANIELS, SEARCH AND FIND
WITH ME.
WORKMAN, GARRISON,
STICK TOGETHER. ROOKIE,
YOU'RE MY SHADOW.
- FIND THE BOY.
NOBODY BURNS.
- All: NOBODY BURNS!
Jack:
LET'S GO!
GARRISON, WORKMAN,
COVER THE DOWNSTAIRS.
LET'S GO.
SCOTT!
MR. DANIELS,
WE GOT A WINNER!
BLANKET! BLANKET!
ALL RIGHT, GET HIM
OUT OF HERE. GO!
- SCOTT!
- SIR!
- WATCH THE CAPTAIN'S BACK!- COPY THAT, SIR!
GET HIM
OUT OF HERE! GO!
SEARCH FOR STRAGGLERS!
- [ coughing ]
- ANYBODY?
- NO!
- THEN LET'S GO!
- GET THE DOOR.
- RIGHT.
HOW DO YOU WANTO HANDLE THIS, SIR?
I WANT YOUOUT OF HERE, SCOTT, GO!
- SIR?
- GO!
ALL RIGHT.
[ coughing ]
[ groans, screams ]
GET HIM
SOME OXYGEN.
SIR, WHAT ABOUTHE CAPTAIN?
-I TOLD YOU TO WATCH HIS BACK.
-STAY HERE WITH THE PARAMEDICS.
COME ON, GARRISON,
WORKMAN!
- BARRY!
- MA'AM, HE'S GOING
TO BE ALL RIGHT.
- LET THEM DO THEIR WORK.- HE'S MY SON!
HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
[ coughing ]
- CAN YOU SEE HIM?
- THERE HE IS!
OKAY, GIVE ME A HAND.
GET HIM UP!
GET UP! GET HIM UP!
GET HIM OUT!
DRAG HIM!
COME ON!
SO HOW MUCHARE WE TALKING?
I COULDN'T POSSIBLYSELL MY SOUL
FOR LESSTHAN SIX FIGURES.
A HIGH SIX FIGURES.
WE COULD DO THAT.
-AS A DOWN PAYMENT.
-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
WE'RE JUST REPAIRING
SOME WATER LINES DOWN THERE.
IT'S FAR FROM ANY
FLAMMABLE FUEL, I PROMISE.
AAH!
-IT'S JUST A STORM DRAIN.
-I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE WORKING ON ITRIGHT NOW.
-THIS IS FILLED WITH GASOLINE.
-WHERE'S IT COMING FROM?
GASOLINE?
IT'S A STORM DRAIN.
-IT'S RUNOFF.
-I DON'T KNOW.
- YOU FEELING BETTER?
- A LITTLE.
I'M JUST REALLY SCARED.
YOU'LL BE FINE.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF.
THE GOOD STUFF.
IT'S ALL GOOD STUFF.
BORN AND RAISEDIN DYSFUNCTION.
MY MOTHER WAS A DRUNK,
MY DAD WAS A DEAD DRUNK--THEN DEAD.
SO I MOVED OUT HERE
TO THIS CITY
TO TRY AND BETTERMYSELF,
AND I BETTER MYSELFINTO THE ARMS OF A LOSER.
I GET PREGNANT,
-HE GETS PISSED OFF,
-I GET FIRED.
NICE GUY, HUH?
MAKES YOU WONDERABOUT THE WORLD, DOESN'T IT?
DID YOU EVER THINK
OF THE ALTERNATIVE?
BEEN THERE,
DONE THAT.
I HAD TO GROW UP
SOMETIME.
BUT I KNOW ONE THING...
HAVING THIS CHILD'S
GOING TO BE
THE BEST THING I EVER DID.
OOH...
EVEN IF IT KILLS ME.
HAVE YOU THOUGHOF ANY NAMES?
-YEAH, IF IT'S A BOY,
-I'M GOING TO NAME IT "ROCKY."
-I FIGURE WITH ME AS A MOM,
-HE'S GOT A FIGHT ON HIS HANDS.
AND IF IT'S A GIRL...
I'M GOING TO NAME HER
AFTER MY GRANDMA.
SHE WAS THE GREATEST WOMAN
I EVER KNEW.
GOD, I LOVED HER.
HER NAME WAS HAILEY.
HAILEY GLORIA.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
YEAH.
HOW IS SHE?
SHE'S STABLE,
BUT KEEP AN EYE
ON HER BLOOD PRESSURE.
ANOTHER DAY
IN PARADISE.
MOM...?
THANK YOU.
HE'S GOING
TO BE FINE, MA'AM.
HE'LL BE OKAY.
[ coughing ]
YOU'RE GOING
TO BE ALL RIGHT, CAPTAIN.
IS HE GOING
TO BE OKAY?
- THAT'S A DAMN--!
- HOLD ON, HOLD IT!
IT WAS MY FAULT.
I SHOULD HAVE KEPAN EYE OPEN.
COLLEGE BOY WASHIS BACKUP, NOT YOU.
LISTEN! DON'T!
WORKMAN IS TRYING
TO PROTECT ME, SIR,
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I SHOULD HAVE STAYED.
THE CAPTAIN ORDERED ME OUT.
I SHOULD HAVE STAYED
AND WATCHED HIS BACK.
THIS IS MY FAULT.
OKAY...
I AM NOW TEMPORARILYIN CHARGE OF THIS FIRE UNIT.
I PROMISE, IT'LL SUCKFOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
-I NEED A SECOND,
-AND YOU'RE IT.
AND THE KID--
-THE KID IS NOWYOUR PROBLEM.
-HANDLE HIM.
[ torch buzzes ]
[ screaming ]
-YOU SHUT DOWN NOW.
-I'M CALLING IN A HAZMAT TEAM.
YOU CAN'T AFFORD
TO SHUT DOWN PRODUCTION--
-YOU HAVE A MAJOR FUEL LEAK.
-SCREW YOUR PRODUCTION SCHEDULE.
ONE LITTLE SPARK,
THIS ENTIRE PLACE
GETS VAPORIZED,
-AND YOU TAKE THE CITY WITH YOU.
-WHAT PART DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?
[ alarm blaring ]
- WHAT WAS THAT?- THAT'S THE SECURITY ALARM.
I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
IT'S JUST--
[ screaming ]
[ screaming ]
[ screams ]
- LEAVE HIM!
- WE CAN'T!
WHEN THIS GOES TO COURTHE'S THE ONLY FRIEND WE'VE GOT!
OH MY GOD.
Man:
GET HIM UP,
COME ON!
Woods:
HELP ME!
WHOA!
AAAH! HELP!
HELP!
[ screaming ]
COME ON!
COME ON!
COME ON, GO!
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!
HOW YOU FEELING?
I'M FUCKING DYING
IS HOW I'M FEELING.
-TAKE THIS.
-GET IT TO JACK THOMAS.
-MY BROTHER.
-I'VE GOT EVERYTHING ON TAPE.
THERE'S A FILE
IN MY OFFICE.
IN THE DESK.
YOU BREAK IN,
YOU GET IT.
I DIE, THAT'S ALL
WE'VE GOT.
FILE IN THE DESK.
I GOT IT.
HERE.
JUST TRY TO RELAX.
-THE REFINERY,
-IT'S TOAST.
OH MY GOD.
IS IT CONTAINED?
THEY'RE GETTING REPORTSOF GROUND EXPLOSIONS
IN A ONE TO TWO MILERADIUS OF THE PLANT.
THINK IT'S JUST DEBRIS?
FUEL COULD BE LEAKING
INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM.
WE'VE GOTO SHUT THIS CITY DOWN.
CLOSE OFF THAT SECTION
AND ROLL ALL
AVAILABLE UNITS.
THAT UNIFORMDOESN'T GIVE YOU AUTHORITYTO SHUT MY CITY DOWN.
MR. MAYOR.
SIR, WE'VE GOT A MASSIVE
FUEL FIRE ON OUR HANDS,
POSSIBLY TRAVELING THROUGH
THE CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM.
-THEN PUT IT OUT, CHIEF.
-IT'S WHAT THE CITY COUNCILPAYS YOU TO DO.
BUT YOU DON'TSHUT DOWN MY CITY.
-NOT ON FRIDAY,
-NOT DURING RUSH HOUR.
IS THAT CLEAR?
SIR, IF THAT FIRE
REACHES THE GAS MAINS,
YOU WON'T HAVE
A CITY TO SHUT DOWN.
- WHAT HOSPITALS
ARE IN THE AREA?
- MAYS GENERAL.
OH, BOY--
BUILT BY MAYS OIL.
-WE'RE AT FULL CAPACITY,
-BUT I WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
SO YOU'RE
MAKING ADMINISTRATIVE
DECISIONS NOW, DOCTOR?
THAT WAS FIRE COMMAND.
THEY JUST CONFIRMEDTHAT MAYS OIL REFINERYWENT UP IN SMOKE.
WE SHOULD EXPECT DOZENS OF BURN VICTIMS IN 10 MINUTES.
WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENTOR STAFF TO HANDLE THEM.
MY STAFF WILL HANDLE IJUST FINE.
COME ON, MOST OF THEM
COME FROM HMO CLINICS
AND COUNTRY CLUBS.
THEN WHAT DO YOU
SUGGEST WE DO?
I SUGGEST YOU WAIVEYOUR ADMITTANCE POLICY.
-THESE PEOPLE WON'T HAVEENOUGH TIME TO FILL OUT FORMS.
-THEY'LL BE TOO BUSY DYING.
OH, AND THANK YOUFOR THE BUSINESS, MR. MAYS.
WINSLOW,
GO TO EMERGENCY ALERT.
STUART, GET YOUR BUTTTO THE E.R.
I'M TEEING OFF
IN 20 MINUTES.
- I'M TEED OFF RIGHT NOW.- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- YOU'RE NOT PLAYING GOLF.- I'M PLAYING GOLF.
Chief:
That's right, Jack's brother
was at the refinery.
He was on an undercover
operation when it went up.
SEND US DOWN.
WE'LL PULL HIM OUT.
I DON'T NEED YOU
AT THE REFINERY.
IT'S A LOST CAUSE.
SINCE JACK'S ON THE DL,
I HAVE TO PUT YOUR UNION STANDBY.
- STANDBY?
- Gary...
YOU DON'T HAVE A CAPTAIN.
YOU'VE NEVER LED A FIRE
RESCUE UNIT BEFORE.
I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO PUT YOUON THE RESERVE LIST--
SECOND TEAM.
YOU'RE BENCHING US
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS?
Gary, stand down...
AND WAIT FOR ORDERS.
-SO WHAT'S NEXT ON THE LIST,
-ACTING CAPTAIN, SIR?
WELL...
THE CHIEF SEEMS TO THINK
WE NEED SOME QUIET TIME.
SIT BACK, RELAX--
WATCH THE CITY BURN.
ME?
I THINK I'LL
STICK MY HEAD UP MY ASS
AND CONTEMPLATE
MY INNER CHILD.
Alaina:
UNNAMED HOSPITAL SOURCES
CONFIRM THEY MAY NOT HAVE
THE CAPACITY
TO HANDLE
THIS MANY VICTIMS.
THIS HOSPITAL
SEEMS TO BE FIGHTING
A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO.
TOO FEW BEDS,
FEWER STAFF,
AND VERY LITTLE HOPE.
- WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
- Woods: GAS BURNS.
HE'S GOT SMOKE
INHALATION.
LET'S GET HIM INSIDE.
GET HIM PREPPED. COME ON!
WATCH THE PULMONARYFOR ME, WILL YOU?
SHOULD HAVE LETTHE SON OF A BITCH BURN.
-AT LEAST WE KNOWWHERE THE FILES ARE,
-HUH, RICKY?
I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
-OH REALLY?
-I SAW YOU IN THE REARVIEW.
-HOW MANY FILESTHEY GOT ON US?
-TWO, THREE MORE?
HE NEVER SUBMITTED
A DUPLICATE.
AT LEAST,
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
LET'S GO FINDTHE ORIGINAL, HUH, FRIEND?
HOW'S SHE DOING?
HER CONTRACTIONSHAVE SLOWED.
-I HEARD SOME NOISE.
-WHAT'S GOING ON?
REMEMBER WHAT YOUR DADDY
USED TO TALK ABOUT?
IT JUST HIT THE FAN.
- HEY! IS IT TRUE?- MAIN HOLDING TANKS BURST.
WELDING ACCIDENT TORCHEDTHE WHOLE FUCKING PLACE.
- DID YOU GET TO THOMAS?- SON OF A BITCH WAS WEARING A WIRE.
-HE SET US UP.
-HIM AND HIS NUMBER ONELITTLE SUCK-ASS.
YOU BETTER HOPE
HE DIES.
IT GETS WORSE.
THEY GOT A FILE
IMPLICATING US.
- WHERE IS IT?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK LITTLE RICKY
COULD FIND IT.
THEN WHY DON'T YOU GUYS
GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE?
TAKE THIS PIECE
OF SHIT WITH YOU!
FIND IT!
CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES.
YOU GUYS REEK!
MR. MAYS,
CAN YOU ANSWER A COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS FOR US?
WHAT CAUSED
THE REFINERY ACCIDENAND DO YOU HAVE
A STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS?
YES, NO, AND...GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY!
HEY, HEY, HEY!
DIVERT WATERTO SECTORS 4, 5, AND 7.
RE-DEPLOY ALL THE UNITSFROM THE REFINERY
-BACK AS FAR AS NECESSARY.
-IF WE CAN'T STOP THIS THING...
MAYBE WE CANAT LEAST CONTAIN IT.
THIS IS COMMAND CENTER.
WE NEED TO DIVERT WATER
FROM SECTION 4, 5 AND 7.
[ horn blasts ]
[ gasps ]
GET THESE VICTIMS.
TIGHT FOCUS!
- I'M ON IT.
- KEEP IT TIGHT.
GET ALL OF THEM.
-HEY, HEY, GET OUT!
-GET OUT, BOTH OF YOU!
COME ON, OUT!
OUT OF HERE!
NO, IT'S GOOD P.R.
FOR THE HOSPITAL.
GO, GO, GO!
ALL RIGHT, I GOT THIS GUY.
THERE'S A KID IN THE VAN.
LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, MA'AM,
HE'S IN GOOD HANDS NOW.
COME ON.
I WANT THIS GUY'S VITAL SIGNSCONSTANTLY MONITORED.
I WANT HIM CHECKED
FOR BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.
START A XYLIDINE DRIP
WHEN YOU GET HIM IN THERE.
AND LUNGS-- I WANHIS LUNGS X-RAYED, OKAY?
HERE, SHOOT THIS,
SHOOT THIS.
FATHER FIGURE,
NICE, NICE THING.
GOOD. OKAY,
NOW GO OVER THERE,
THERE'S A YOUNG GIRL.
YOUNG GIRL, OKAY?
I THOUGHMY EX-WIFE WAS SICK.
I KNOW. SHE THINKSEVEN IF YOU CAN'T TREATTHE PATIENTS
THE MEDIA WILL THINK
WE'RE TRYING.
LIKE SHE'S PLANNING
A COMMERCIAL.
ARE YOU SURPRISED?
SHE IS DEEP INSIDE
OF MAYS' POCKET.
HOW DO YOU THINKHE BYPASSED ALL THOSE REGS?
SHE'S IN IFOR THE CASH.
I GOT TO GET BACK TO SURGERY,
BUT I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE OVERTHIS UNIT, I'LL BACK YOU UP.
- MUTINY?
- ABSOLUTELY.
YOU JUST DO IT.
THANK YOU.
DON'T SHOOT HIM.
THAT'S THE GUY WHO OWNS
THE PORN CLUB.
NO, COME ON,
OVER HERE, OVER HERE.
THERE'S MORE.
THIS IS JUST UNBEARABLE.
I DON'T KNOWHOW MUCH MORE I CAN TAKE.
- HOW MUCH LONGER?- I WISH I COULD TELL YOU.
-OH GOD, I'M THIRSTY,
-I'M HOT,
I'M WORRIED.
CAN I ASK YOUSOMETHING?
IS MY BABY GOING
TO BE OKAY?
THAT BABY'S GOING TO LIVE
TO BE A RIPE OLD AGE.
DID I EVER TELL YOU
DR. J DELIVERED
AN IRAQI BABY
IN THE MIDDLE
OF A TANK BATTLE?
YOU AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL BABY
ARE GOING TO BE
A PIECE OF CAKE
TO THIS WOMAN.
P.A.:
Paging Dr. Ridgley.
Dr. Ridgley,
Surgery prep in 219.
DOCTOR, IT'S MY SON.
CAN YOU HELP MY SON, PLEASE?
-JUST HANG ON, MA'AM.
-WE'LL GET TO HIM.
[ coughing ]
HEY, LITTLE MAN.
HERE YOU GO.
- TRY THIS.
- BREATHE, BARRY.
BREATHE, HONEY.
Jack: PRETEND YOU'RE A SCUBA DIVER.
GOOD JOB.
[ coughing ]
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
WE NEED STERILE WATER--
SALINE SOLUTION.
WE NEED BLOOD.
ANY EMERGENCY SUPPL--
-NO, I CAN'T WAIT.
-GET BACK TO ME.
EXCUSE ME.
UH, EXCUSE ME.
I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM.
MY HOUSE BURNED DOWN,
I HAVE NO PLACE TO GO
AND I AM BORED AS HELL.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF Y'ALL
MIGHT NEED A LITTLE HELP.
I DON'T REALLY TH--
OH GOD.
DIDN'T YOU USEDTO BE...?
ELIZABETH SHERMAN.
[ gasps ]
I USED TO BE
ELIZABETH SHERMAN.
-AND AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT,
-I'M STILL ELIZABETH SHERMAN.
OH! OH!
[ explosion ]
[ screaming ]
I WANT SOME VITALS
ON THIS GUY.
I NEED SALINE.
I WANT SOME COMPRESSES,
STERILE DRESSINGS.
WHAT THE HELL?
CAN WE HAVE A GENERATOR
STANDING BY?
WHAT WAS THAT?
I'D SAY THE FIRE HAS REACHEDTHE GAS MAINS, MR. MAYOR.
- WHAT DO WE DO?
- WE EVACUATE.
HARRIS, GETTHE NATIONAL GUARD IN HERE.
I WANT TO BEGINA GENERAL EVACUATION
OF SECTORS 4,5 AND 7
WITH THE REST OF THE CITYTO GO AS NEEDED.
I DON'T THINK
A GENERAL EVACUATION
IS POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT.
MR. MAYOR, THE GOOD FOLKSOF THIS COMMUNITY
CANNOT VOTE...
IF THEY'RE FRIEDTO A CRISP.
Peters:
WHERE'S HIS OFFICE?
Woods: THE WHOLE BUILDING'S ON FIRE. LET THE FILES BURN.
I WANT THOSE FILES.
I NEED THEM, IN CASE
MAYS TRIES TO SCREW ME.
SOONER OR LATER,
HE DOES IT TO EVERYONE.
COME ON, IT'LL BE FUN.
WHERE DO YOU GUYS
THINK YOU'RE GOING?
- NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
- WHAT THE HELL?
AAAAH!
[ screaming ]
[ horn honking ]
HOW'S THE PRESSURE?
BP 155 OVER 117...
- AND RISING.
- INCREASE HER FLUIDS.
I'VE GOT TO GET HER
INTO PRE-OP.
IS IT SUPPOSED
TO HURT THIS BAD?
ALL MY KIDS DID.
ALL OF THEM?
OH YEAH.
YOU KNOW ALL THAT STUFF
ABOUT HOW "IT GETS EASIERAFTER YOU'VE HAD THE FIRST ONE"?
LIKE FALLING OFF
A BICYCLE.
YEAH-- WRONG!
[ laughs ]
ONCE MY EX-HUSBAND ASKED MEHOW IT FELT.
I SAID, "IMAGINE TRYING
TO CRAP A PICKUP TRUCK."
OOH-- FEELS MORE
LIKE A SEMI.
[ laughs ]
HOW'S THAT FIREMAN DOING
IN THERE?
HE'S STABLE.
WE DID WHAT WE COULD
FOR THE BURNS,
BUT HE'S NOT GOING
TO MAKE IT THROUGH
THE NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, HIS BROTHER
IS A FIREMAN, TOO?
PROBABLY OUT THERE FIGHTING
THIS GODDAMN THING NOW.
WINNY,
CAN YOU ROUND UP
SOME VOLUNTEERS OF OUR
NON-ESSENTIAL VISITORS?
- YOU MEAN LIKE US?
- WE'RE FEELING PRETTY
NON-ESSENTIAL.
COME WITH ME.
- DOCTOR, PLEASE CHECK MY SON.- OKAY, TELL ME WHERE HE IS.
THE SMOKE SEEMS TO HAVETRIGGERED SOME SORT OF ASTHMA.
HE HAD ASTHMA
IN PRE-SCHOOL.
NURSE?
CAN YOU GET ME
AN EXPECTORANAND AN ANTIBIOTIC
FOR INFECTION, PLEASE?
THE EXPECTORANT WILL OPEN UPHIS BRONCHIAL TUBES.
-KEEP HIM FLAT ON HIS STOMACH.
-WHEN HE COUGHS,
- HELP HIM COUGH
THE STUFF OUT.
- OKAY.
IT'S NOT PERMANENT.
HE'S GOING TO BE FINE.
- THANKS.
- OKAY.
BARRY, TURN OVER.
HURRY UP, COME ON.
- COUGH, BABY.
- [ coughs ]
GET IT OUT.
Jack: HEY, PROFESSOR.
JACK THOMAS?
MY GOD, I HAVEN'SEEN YOU SINCE...
-OXFORD UNIVERSITY,
-BACK SEAT OF MY CAR.
STILL A DUMB JOCK?
DUMB JOCK
WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH--
WHICH IS NOT HOW I GOTHIS GREAT JOB.
JACK OF ALL TRADES...
- AND BAD AT ALL OF THEM.- ALL BUT ONE.
- HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- GOOD.
WHAT ARE ALL THESEBURN VICTIMS DOING HERE?
THE OIL REFINERY
BLEW UP.
I GOT TO GET BACK
TO MY UNIT.
NOT WITH THOSE LUNGS.
LAY BACK DOWN.
STILL THE BOSS, HUH?
GUESS SO.
[ sirens blaring ]
YOU'RE TURNING THEM BACK?
OH GOD.
DO ME ONE SMALL FAVOR.
GET THEIR ASSES IN GEAR
BEFORE THEY GET SINGED!
JESUS!
- EVACUATION?- THE FREEWAYS ARE CLOGGED.
- IT'S NOT GOOD.
- BEST GUESS?
THE BLAZE HAS CREATED
A RING OF FIRE AROUND
SECTOR 3,
TRAPPING THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
-THOSE ARERESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
-THEY'VE BEEN EVACUATED.
YES, EXCEPFOR MAYS GENERAL.
THEY'RE TAKING THE MAJORITYOF VICTIMS FROM THE REFINERY.
THAT SECTOR IS
NOW IN DANGER
OF A FIRESTORM.
FIRESTORM?
A FIRESTORM SUCKS THE OXYGENOUT OF THE AIR.
THEY'LL SUFFOCATE
IF THEY DON'T GET OUT.
THOSE M.A.S.H. UNITS SHOULD BE IN PLACE, RIGHT?
LET'S GET AHOLD
OF THAT HOSPITAL.
Andrew: HEY.
ARE YOU MARRIED?
[ laughs ]
ARE YOU LOOKING?
NOT FOR ME.
FOR MY BROTHER.
KIND OF TENSE.
HE NEEDS TO GET LAID.
YOU WANT TO MEET HIM?
MAYBE WHEN ICOOLS DOWN A BIT.
[ chuckles ]
- NIGHT.
- NIGHT.
GOD, I CAN'T TAKE
THIS PAIN ANYMORE.
I KNOW, JUSTHANG IN THERE, HONEY.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T.
-COME ON, JUST KEEP BREATHING.
-DON'T PUSH, DON'T PUSH!
[ coughs ]
THE ENTIRE UNIT?
EVERY FLOOR?
THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL,
DOCTOR.
ARE YOU FINDING IDIFFICULT TO BREATHE?
[ coughs ]
WELL, I'VE BEEN DOING
A LOT OF RUNNING LATELY.
WHERE THE HELL ARE WE GOINGTO TAKE THE PATIENTS?
WE'VE SET UP MAKESHIFTMEDICAL UNITS
ALONG THE SOUTHERN RIMOF THE RIVER.
THE NATIONAL GUARD IS HELPING USKEEP THE ROADS CLEAR FOR YOU.
DOCTOR, JUST...
GET THOSE PEOPLE
OUT OF THERE.
OKAY. OKAY.
STUART, WE HAVETO EVACUATE.
I'M JUGGLING
20 PATIENTS.
-I START A SKIN GRAFTIN 10 MINUTES.
-WHAT ARE YOU--
PATCH UP THE BAD ONES.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM
OUT NOW.
YOU ARE NOEVACUATING MY HOSPITAL.
YOU HAVE NO AUTHORIZATION.
-IT'S A MUTINY, VIVIAN.
-GET IN THE LIFEBOAT.
I'M GOING TO THE STATE
LICENSE BOARD ON THIS ONE.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A FIRESTORM.
IF WE DON'T GETHE PATIENTS OUT, THEY DIE.
I HAVE TO BE IN SURGERY.
BUT, VIVIAN,
FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE,
JUST DO THE RIGHT THING.
Vivian:
Your attention, please.
WE ARE BEGINNING
A GENERAL EVACUATION.
STAFF WILL CONTACT YOUAS TO DEPARTURE PROCEDURES.
Your attention, please.
We are beginning
a general evacuation.
HEY, WHEREARE YOU GOING?
I'M TIRED
OF SITTING AROUND.
IT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGSI'M NOT GOOD AT.
EXTRA BLANKET.
WHO DO WE HAVE HERE?
Barry:
MY MOM,
SHE'S WORRIED
ABOUT ME.
I'M SORRY
I MADE YOU WORRY.
I GUESS I STARTED
A FIRE, HUH?
YOU DIDN'TSTART A FIRE, KIDDO.
YOU'RE NOT QUITEOLD ENOUGH.
- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?- BARRY.
BARRY.
YOU STICK WITH ME AND YOU'REGOING TO BE JUST FINE, OKAY?
YOU'RE VERY KIND.
AREN'T YOUTHAT SPELL LADY?
I WATCH YOU ON TV--"THE SPELLCASTER SHOW."
-MY FANS.
-THEY KEEP GETTINGYOUNGER AND YOUNGER.
[ laughs ]
CAN YOU REALLY PROTECT PEOPLEWITH THOSE SPELLS?
LET'S SEE.
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO REMEMBER ONETHAT WOULD BE JUST PERFECT.
-YOU READY?
-OKAY, CLOSE YOUR EYES.
REMEMBER,
IT WON'T WORKIF YOU DON'T BELIEVE.
OH GODDESS
OF THE UNIVERSE,
HEAR MY CALL.
-COME DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS,
-AND PROTECT BARRY
AND HIS MOM
FROM THE FIRE.
ANYA, ANYA...
- HEY!
- WOW.
JUST LIKE ON TV.
WE'LL BE OKAY, MOM.
DON'T WORRY.
- I JUST KNOW IT.- I BELIEVE YOU, SWEETIE.
YOU TAKE CAREOF YOUR MOM, OKAY?
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOUR SON.
HE JUST GAVE METHE BIGGEST PAYDAY
I EVER GOTFOR AN ACTING GIG.
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP
BEING MY BEST FRIEND,
GET ME ON ONE
OF THOSE AMBULANCES.
-I'LL GET YOU OUT OF HERE,
-DON'T WORRY.
JUST GO AWAY SOMEWHEREUNTIL I CALL FOR YOU.
ALL RIGHT!
EXCUSE ME,
CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH ROOM
ANDREW THOMAS IS IN?
- CHECK THERE.
- THANK YOU.
EXCUSE ME, I NEED
TO FIND ANDREW THOMAS.
KEEP MOVING!
LET'S GO, LET'S GO!
THE AMBULANCE SERVICES
ARE GETTING BACKED UP.
THE E.M.T.s NEED THEM
TO TREAT THE PATIENTS
N THE FIELD.
AT THIS POINT WE'RE
TRYING TO GET THE BODIES
OUT OF THIS FIRESTORM.
NEXT TIME YOU'RECARRYING ME, ALL RIGHT?
HERE YOU GO.
TAKE CARE
OF YOUR MOM NOW,
ALL RIGHT?
I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO THANK YOU.
JUST GET ME
A NEW AGENT.
OKAY.
TESTIMONYTO MAYS' BRILLIANCE.
HE BUILT THIS PLACEAT THE END OF A CUL-DE-SAC.
YEAH-- MEN.
[ sighs ]
HEY.
HEY.
I'M SORRY THIS HAPPENED.
YOU GET THE FILE?
- I GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
- GOOD.
YOU TAKE IT TO MY BROTHER,
JACK THOMAS.
TELL HIM ABOUT THE MAYOR.
HE VOTED
FOR THE SON OF A BITCH.
GO ON.
YOU GOT IT.
[ coughing ]
HI, I'M
WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MY NAME IS JACK THOMAS.
HOW CAN I HELP YOU HERE?
JACK THOMAS?
- I'M THOMAS.
- YOUR BROTHER WANTED ME
TO GIVE THIS TO YOU.
- MY BROTHER?- HE'S HERE, AT THE HOSPITAL.
- WHERE?
- RIGHT OVER HERE.
ROOM 115.
ANDY?
HEY.
YOU GOT THE FILE?
GOOD.
WHAT HAPPENEDTO YOU?
FILE IMPLICATES THE MAYOR.
TAKE HIM DOWN.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING
ON SETTING UP
THE MAYS OIL COMPANY
FOR MONTHS.
SAFETY VIOLATIONS.
WE USED MY SOILED REPUTATIONTO STING HIM.
PICKED THE WRONG TIME,
I GUESS.
I'VE MANAGED TO BURN UP
HALF THE CITY...
AND DAMN NEAR ALL OF ME.
HEY, HOW DID YOU
END UP HERE?
THEY BENCHED ME.
I GOT A LUNGFUL OF SMOKEIN A HOUSE FIRE.
STUPID.
DAD ALWAYS SAID
YOU'D MAKE A LOUSY FIREMAN.
YOU NEVER WALK AWAY
FROM ANYTHING.
I WALKED AWAY FROM YOU.
I'M SO SORRY ABOUT DONNA.
TOOK A LOT OF BRIBES...
BUT NOT THAT ONE.
I NEVER THOUGHT YOU DID.
I WANTED--I WANTED TO KILL THOSE BASTARDS
THAT TORCHED
THAT RESTAURANT.
BUT THEY HAD FRIENDS
IN THE WRONG PLACES.
WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU
OUT OF HERE, ANDY.
YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME...AND MINE.
GO ON,
MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL.
MAYBE EVEN SAVEA FEW LIVES AROUND HERE, HUH?
I'M ALREADY DEAD.
JESUS, ANDY, NO.
TELL ME ABOUT THE TROUT.
TELL ME ABOUTHE TROUT AGAIN, HUH?
IT WAS A COLD MORNING.
DAMN COLD.
MY PISS NEAR FROZE.
YEAH.
- I WAS FLYCASTING
ON THE OTHER BANK.
- YEAH.
CAN'T FLYCAST LIKE THAT,
NOT THE WAY YOU DO IT.
ALL YOU HAD WAS A HOOK
AND A WORM.
YOU LANDED THAT BIG,
BEAUTIFUL SON OF A BITCH
IN UNDER TWO MINUTES.
FRIED HIM IN FLOUR.
I CAN STILL TASTE IT.
EGGS OVER EASY.
THAT FISH JUST FELL RIGHT OFF THE BONE.
LITTLE WHISKEY
IN THE COFFEE...
ANDY...?
[ flat tone ]
ANDY?
DOCTOR?!
- BRING HIM BACK.
- GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
GET THE GOWN OFF.
CLEAR.
[ machine whines ]
CLEAR.
Ridgley:
CLEAR.
CLEAR!
[ flat tone stops ]
Ridgley:
I CLEARED THIS UNIT.
FIND AN AMBULANCE.
EVACUATE THE FACILITY.
HE'S GONE.
YOU'RE FAMILY?
YEAH.
-WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
-PREP HER FOR A C-SECTION.
OH, NO.
GOD, I CAN'T DO THAT.
- YOU WANT A SPINAL,
OR KNOCK HER OUT?
- KNOCK ME OUT.
- I DON'T WANT TO BE AWAKE.- GOOD CHOICE.
-DON'T WORRY,
-IT'LL BE OVERBEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
- IT'S OKAY.
- EASY.
[ groaning ]
OKAY, EASY.
OKAY.
-IT'S ALL RIGHT.
-IT'S ALL RIGHT.
THE AIR TEMPS ARE GETTINGDANGEROUSLY HIGH.
IF THEY DON'TEVACUATE THAT HOSPITALIN 45 MINUTES,
THEY'RE NOT GOINGTO MAKE IT.
THE OXYGEN WILL BEGIN TO EXPLODE BY ITSELF.
Chief:
DID YOU LET THEM KNOW?
YEAH, BUTTHEY'RE WAITING FOR USTO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
WHAT ABOUT CHOPPERS?
WE CAN DROP CHEMICALS.
MAYBE THAT'LL COOL IT ENOUGHTO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THERE.
NO, THEY CAN'T FLY.
THE HEAT OVER THAT SECTORIS ALREADY TOO INTENSE.
WITH THE WINDS, WE CAN'TCHANCE PUTTING THEM IN THE AIR.
NATIONAL GUARD UNITSARE IN PLACE ALL OVER THE CITY,
BUT THEY CAN'T GO IN
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
THE PROPER EQUIPMENT.
WE NEED FIRE UNITS
ON THAT STREE-LEADING UP TO THAT HOSPITAL.
-WHAT HAVE WE GOT IN THAT AREA?
-A COUPLE OF WATER TRUCKS.
-AND UNIT 19,
JACK THOMAS' BOYS.
JACK'S IN THAT HOSPITAL.
-MAYBE THEY CAN GET HIM OUT,
-WITH THE REST OF THE PEOPLE.
[ phone ringing ]
- UNIT 19.
- GARY, HERE'S
YOUR CHANCE TO SHINE.
I need you right in the middle
of this hellhole.
-HELP WITH THE HOSPITAL EVAC.
-MAYS GENERAL.
AND GARY?
JACK'S IN THAT HOSPITAL.
-WE DON'T NEEDA REASON, CHIEF.
-WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
- YES!
- BACK ON THE JOB, SIR?
YEAH, HE WANTS US
TO FIGHT A FIRE!
LET'S GO!
[ alarm ringing ]
LET'S GO, GO, GO!
-WHERE ARE YOU GUYS GOING?
-WE NEED ALL THE VEHICLESFOR PATIENTS!
- THEY NEED DOCTORS
AT THE RIVER!
- GO!
I WISH I HAD THAON TAPE.
I DIDN'T LIKELOSING MY HOSPITAL.
NOW THAT WASA SURPRISE.
IT'S ALL FOR THE BEST.
WE'LL MAKE A FORTUNE
ON INSURANCE PAYOFFS.
-WE'D BETTER.
-IT LOOKS LIKEMY MEDICAL CAREER IS OVER.
IN A BLAZE OF GLORY,
SWEETHEART.
[ screaming ]
- WHERE'S VIVIAN?
- SHE AND MAYS WERE
IN THAT TRUCK.
-OOOH.
-CAN'T HELP THEM.
-ALL RIGHT, FOLKS,
-I NEED EVERYBODY BACK INSIDE.
THIS IS STARTING TO LOOK
LIKE A FIRESTORM.
COME ON, LET'S MOVE IT.
WHAT HAPPENED?
-I DON'T KNOW.
-WE'VE LOST THE ANESTHESIA FEED.
ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS WHAT'S
IN THE PRE-MASK TANK.
- HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE?- I DON'T KNOW THAT, EITHER.
SHE COULD START FEELING
SOMETHING ANY TIME NOW.
ALL RIGHT!
I WANT A CATHEDRAL OF WATERSTRETCHED ALL THE WAY
DOWN THAT STREET.
I WANT IT HIGH,
AND I WANT IT WET.
WE WILL CARRY THESE PEOPLEOUT OF THAT HOSPITALIF WE HAVE TO.
WE'RE ON IT.
LET'S GO!
MOVE!
COME ON!
HELLO, CAVALRY.
NEARLY THERE.
Ridgley:
JACK, WHAT THE HELL
IS GOING ON?
GOT A RESCUE UNIT,
END OF THE STREEWITH A WATER TUNNEL,
BUT THEY'RE
AT THE END OF THE HOSE.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING CLOSER.
HOW DO WE GEPEOPLE OUT OF HERE?
THOSE WHO CAN ARE GOING
TO RUN FOR IT.
- THE REST WE PUSH.
- CAN WE MAKE IWITHOUT BURNING?
-THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
-WE WON'T KNOW TILL WE DO IT.
GUESS YOU NEEDA GUINEA PIG.
-WE DO, WHICH IS MY DEPARTMENT.
-WE NEED TO SPRAY 'EM DOWN.
- WHERE'S YOUR
INTERNAL FIRE HOSE?
- IT'S OVER HERE.
- WET IT DOWN!
CLOSER!
- YES, SIR!
HIGHER!
[ coughing ]
- [ screams ]
- OH MY GOD--!
SHIT!
[ sizzling ]
IT'S RIGHAROUND HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
WANT TO BE A FIREMAN?
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE.
WHEN THE HOSE GETS STRAIGHT,
CRANK THE VALVE.
YES, SIR.
[ gasps ]
HER HAND MOVED.
SHE'S COMING OUT OF IT.
SHE'S A GIRL.
[ wails ]
GIVE HER A QUICK WASHWHILE I SEW HER BACK UP.
-HERE WE GO, GUYS.
-HERE WE GO.
RIGHT HERE.
YOUR TURN.
LET'S GO.
- BYE BYE.
- HEAD DOWN!
OKAY, COME ON.
OKAY, GO!
[ coughing ]
Cameraman: NEXT ONE, COME ON.
KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN!
AND STAY LOW.
[ baby crying ]
- WHAT'S THAT?- THEY'RE COMING THROUGH!
LET'S GO!
-THIS WAY,
-THIS WAY!
[ screaming ]
HOW YOU DOING THERE,
JACK?
GOOD, BUT I'MLOSING PRESSURE.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL CHECK.
I'LL GO CHECK.
-THESE PEOPLE ARE WALKING OUT,
-DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
Some are getting burned trying to reach us.
- WHERE ARE THOSE EXTRA TRUCKS?- I DON'T HAVE THEM, GARY.
I'M STRETCHED TO THE LIMIALL OVER THE CITY.
YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING
YOU CAN DO.
NO, SIR, I'M NOT.
BUT THAT'S GOING
TO CHANGE RIGHT NOW.
LET'S SPEED THIS UPOR MOST OF THESE FOLKSARE GOING TO DIE.
-FIND WORKMAN AND GARRISON.
-PULL THEM OFF THE REAR HOSESIF YOU HAVE TO.
- YES, SIR!- GOING IN CLOSER! MOVE!
OH, JESUS.
YOU'VE GOYOUR BABY GIRL.
OH, CAN I SEE HER?
OH MY GOD.
HI, SWEETHEART.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD.
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
THAT SHE IS.
HAILEY.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU.
FROM THE BOTH OF US.
[ alarm ringing ]
- WHAT'S THAT?
- WE'VE GOT TO GET YOU
OUT OF HERE.
- THIS IS ALL I GOT.
- LET'S GO.
COVER THE HEAD.
ALL RIGHT, GO! GO.
JACK! HOSPITAL'S
ON FIRE BACK THERE.
WE LOST ONE
OF OUR NURSES--
HELEN GOODMAN.
-THIS GAME'S ALMOST OVER.
-GET BACK IN THERE, COME ON.
GET THESE TWO
OUT OF HERE, NOW!
[ Hailey crying ]
SHH, IT'S OKAY.
ARE YOU SURE WE'RE GOING
TO MAKE IT THROUGH?
AFTER WHAT YOU'VEBEEN THROUGH TONIGHT,
THIS IS GOING TO BEA WALK IN THE PARK.
I HOPE SO.
TIM, LET'S DO THIS.
WE NEED SOMEHELP OUT HERE!
ALL RIGHT, FOLKS,
YOUR TURN.
- HERE WE GO.
- HURRY!
WELCOME TO THE WORLD,
LITTLE GIRL.
LET'S GO.
-I'LL SEE YOUON THE 11:00 NEWS,
-ALL RIGHT?
OKAY.
NEXT ONE, COME ON!
WHOA, WHOA.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
TO DOUBLE CHECK
AND MAKE SURE
NO ONE'S LEFT.
- YOU BE CAREFUL.
- I WILL.
- ARE THERE ANY PATIENTS LEFT?- I THINK THEY'RE ALL OUT OF THERE.
- YOU'RE UP, BEAUTIFUL.
- OH, OKAY.
OOH-HH!
I THINK I LOVE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, KID, YOUR TURN.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
- THERE'S NOTHING MORE
YOU CAN DO HERE.
- I'M STAYING WITH YOU.
I OUTRANK YOU.
HERE WE GO.
GO!
- WHERE'S JENNIFER?
- SHE WENT CHECKING
FOR STRAGGLERS.
WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
GO GET HER!
[ Hailey cries ]
OH MY GOD.
SHH, SHH.
-THIS WAY, OVER HERE!
-RIGHT THIS WAY.
[ sobbing ]
[ wheezing ]
COME AND GET US, BOYS.
COME AND GET US.
BRING THEM ON.
JENNIFER?
JEN?
I'M HERE!
- IS THERE ANYBODY LEFT?
- ALL CLEAR.
LET'S GEOUT OF HERE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT FIREMANTHAT WAS BROUGHT IN LAST NIGHT?
JACK'S BROTHER?
HE DIED LAST NIGHT.
- I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU.
- JACK'S BROTHER?
OH MY GOD.
[ creaking, screams ]
[ screaming ]
NO-OO!
NO. TIM.
OH, TIM.
NO! LOOK OUT!
LOOK! LOOK!
JEN, GIVE ME
YOUR JACKET.
NOW GET THE HELL
OUT OF HERE.
JACK, I'M SORRY
ABOUT YOUR BROTHER.
-IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A NIGHT.
-I'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE.
HERE WE GO.
OKAY.
[ Hailey crying ]
WE MADE IT?
YEAH, YOU MADE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M JUST DOING
MY JOB, MA'AM.
JUST DOING MY JOB.
OKAY.
YUP, JUST DOING
MY JOB.
-CHARGE THE HOSE!
-CHARGE THE HOSE!
LET'S GO!
WE GOT A STRAGGLER!
IT'S OKAY, MA'AM.
PARAMEDIC!
OXYGEN.
IT'S OKAY, MA'AM.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE SAFE NOW.
YOU'RE SAFE.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
STAY RIGHT HERE.
YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS.
[ sobbing ]
I GUESS I'M NEXT,
BIG GUY.
HERE WE GO.
SAVE ME A SEANEXT TO HER,
WILL YOU, DOC?
ALL RIGHT.
MOVE! NO, NOT THERE!
GO OVER THAT WAY!
HOW LONGHAVE THEY GOT?
NOT LONG.
WHEN THAT FIRESTORM HITS,
THIS ENTIRE STREET'SGOING TO GO UP LIKE AN A-BOMB.
-LET'S GO.
-LET'S GET SOME OXYGEN HERE!
ALEX, MALLOY,
CHARGE THE HOSE!
[ coughing ]
WE NEED MORE PRESSURE
BACK HERE!
- DANIELS!
- WHAT?!
IT'S THE CAPTAIN, SIR.
LET'S GO.
-OKAY, GARRISON,
-GRAB THE CAPTAIN.
-OKAY, GOT HIM,
-CAPTAIN.
-Daniels:
-MOVE! MOVE OUT!
THIS WHOLE THING'S
GOING TO GO!
- ARE YOU OKAY, DOC?
- I'M OKAY, THANKS.
THANKS.
- WANT A LITTLE OXYGEN?- NO, I'M FINE, THANK YOU.
- OKAY.
- THANKS A LOT.
NO.
Garrison:
SET HIM RIGHT HERE!
YOU WERE SUPPOSEDTO BE IN A NICE WARMHOSPITAL BED, CAP.
A LITTLE TOO WARM.
WE DON'T HAVE MORETHAN A FEW SECONDS, CAPTAIN.
EVERYBODY BACK!
FIRESTORM!
BACK!
GO, GO!
DROP IT!
FIRESTORM!
-Man:HELP ME UP HERE.
-HELP ME UP.
NO, THAT'S A DIRECT QUOTE.
- AND I'VE READ THE FILE.- Chief: Thank you, Jack.
THANK YOU FOR ALLTHE INFORMATION.
YEAH.
ANY WORD ON MAYS?
MY CAPTAIN IN THE FIELD...
INFORMS ME THAT MR. MAYS
APPARENTLY PERISHED
IN THE FIRE.
THAT'S GOING
TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
BUT WE MUST DO
THE BEST WE CAN.
WE HAVE A CITY
TO REBUILD.
WE MUST BE STRONG,
WE MUST BE POSITIVE.
THE VOTERS DEMAND
A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
MAYOR PHILLIPS,
SOMETHING TELLS MEYOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY
ABOUT YOUR NEXT ELECTION.
[ laughs ]
IF I WAS YOU... SIR,
I'D BE THINKING ABOUT...
EXPENSIVE ATTORNEYS,
PLEA BARGAINS,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I WOULD BE
PRAYING TO GOD
I DIDN'T GET AN OVERLY
FRIENDLY CELLMATE.
[ coughing ]
Al: HEY, JACK.
I GOT SOME GOOD CONNECTIONSUP AT THE POLICE ACADEMY.
-THE TRAINING'S TOUGH,
-BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRYABOUT GETTING BURNED.
-ACTUALLY, I'M THINKINGOF EARLY RETIREMENT, ALBERT.
-MOVING TO THE MOUNTAINS,
FISHING WHERE
IT'S NICE AND COOL,
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE
TO PUT OUT ANY FIRES
- EXCEPT FOR THE ONES YOU SET?- SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- HERE.
- WHAT'S THIS?
A LITTLE PROJECMY BROTHER WAS WORKING ON.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE SOME CREDITWHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FAN?
WHAT KIND OF SHIYOU TALKING ABOUT?
BIG. THE MAYOR.
I COULD ALWAYS USE
A PAY RAISE.
ONE BAD THING
ABOUT BEING A COP
IS THE PAY SUCKS.
SEE, THAT'S WHAT I LIKE
ABOUT BEING A FIREMAN.
YOU GO TO WORK,
PUT OUT THE FIRE,
SAVE A FEW LIVES,
AND HAVING PERFORMED
AN IMPORTANCOMMUNITY SERVICE,
YOU GO HOME AND RELAX.
THAT'S IF YOUR HOME'SSTILL STANDING.
TAKE CARE.
JACK?
I'M SORRY ANDREW
DIDN'T MAKE IT.
WE TRIED EVERYTHING
WE COULD.
HE WANTED ME TO TELL YOU--
HE SAID,
THEY DROPPED A HOOK,
BUT HE DIDN'T BITE.
HE SAID YOU'D KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANT.
-HE ALSO SAID YOU WERE A SHIT.
-YOU SHOULD WORK AT GETTINGA LIFE.
- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?- YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
OR DO YOU?
IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS
THAT I REPORT THE DEATH
OF 57 PEOPLE,
INCLUDING TWO MEMBERS
OF OUR OWN NEWS STAFF.
AND NOW,
AS THE LONG HOT NIGHCOOLS INTO A NEW DAY
OVER THE CITY,
MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN.
HOW COULD SUCH A THING HAPPEN?
WHO MIGHT BE RESPONSIBLE?
AND WHY WOULD THEY DO
SUCH A THING?
BUT FOR THE SURVIVORS,
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION
IS NOT HOW THIS BLAZE STARTED,
BUT HOW IT ENDED.