Fire Country (2022) s04e02 Episode Script
Not a Stray
1
(PANTING)
♪
RICHARDS: I'm not here to rebuild 42.
I'm here to reinvent it.
I'm 42's new battalion chief.
First win with my son by my side,
feels better than any in my career.
DREW: Pop one every
now and then for the pain.
Consider it a thank-you.
AUDREY: I'm worried about
those pills that you're holding.
'Cause people like you and me,
we can't go through all this
without being tempted.
That's why I flushed them.
VINCE: First win with
my son by my side
- RICHARDS: I'm 42's new battalion chief.
- DREW: I pop one
every now and then for the pain.
JAKE: Vince was like a father to me.
AUDREY: I'm worried about
those pills that you're holding.
(OVERLAPPING VOICES CLAMORING)
- RICHARDS: Hell of a view.
- (VOICES STOP)
(PANTING)
Pride of Madeira flowers.
Originated in Portugal.
Traveled all this way
to become a California staple.
Yeah, tourists tend to like them.
(CHUCKLES): I'm hardly a tourist.
Moved here
30-plus years ago from Boston.
But, yeah, the hillsides
and the wicked ocean views still get me.
"Wicked."
(LAUGHING)
So, what do you say?
Hike back to 42 together?
(SIGHS)
You think, uh
you think buddying up with me
is gonna help you
reinvent my dad's station?
It's just a hike.
I run alone.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
EVE: (SIGHS) Okay, I'll admit
it's gonna take a lot of work
to reopen Three Rock.
Our water issues remain unsolved,
and our structures have suffered
significant damage,
and our soil's contaminated.
- Do you mind if I?
- Oh, yeah.
Pictures for the, uh,
the council meeting?
But I think we should snap
some photos on the east ridge,
'cause we have some clean water there
and, like, some plants are growing.
The pictures aren't only
for the city council meeting.
They're for potential buyers.
Corporations have the deep
pockets the state doesn't.
Wait, are you saying that Sacramento
is just planning on
selling off the land?
My guys are gonna just rot in prison
while Megamart moves in, or?
MANNY: I mean, I know
it doesn't look like much.
This place is a home.
You know, just like
any of the others in Edgewater
that were affected by the fires.
I mean, it was my home once.
You were an inmate here?
For two tours, actually.
Bad boy.
- Huh.
- (MANNY CHUCKLES)
Let's just say I missed the food.
Uh, so, getting back
to camp being shut down.
- I think I, um
- Right. You're not
you're not gonna let them
do that to us, right?
I'll see what I can do.
Thank you, Councilwoman.
Call me Priya.
Priya.
(PRIYA CHUCKLES)
BODE: She was flirting with Manny?
Priya, the councilwoman?
Blatantly, shamelessly.
Beautifully, too,
- because I didn't notice it
- Come on, she wasn't flirting
with me, she was just
trying to let us down gently
'cause of Three Rock.
Don't say that.
Come on.
The state's selling
the land to a corporation.
A corporation's gonna buy Three Rock?
- And Brett Richards owns us.
- Yeah.
Gentlemen, this is a man
who puts ketchup on his eggs.
- (SCOFFS)
- It's just the truth.
42 is a "salsa on eggs" house.
Okay? Let me show you what he does
with the, with the ketchup.
Fridge, ketchup.
Like you're supposed to do.
- Disgusting.
- How's that disgusting?
EVE: You were raised wrong.
We've had this talk before.
- Uhp.
- How are you in a firefighter's camp
Come here.
- (SQUEALS)
- (GRUNTS)
(SIGHS)
I came straight from the airport.
(CHUCKLES)
Everything's different around here,
but you look the same.
I'm not the same.
I'm lighter, because before Finn
got carted off to the mental hospital,
he actually confessed.
Which means the D.A. ruled
my case self-defense.
I told you the truth would win out.
You lied to me.
You're not sleeping.
(CHUCKLES)
Yeah, I needed
I just needed some company. You know?
It's hard, you know?
(LAUGHS)
You see that right there?
That's love, Manny.
And Priya could be that for you.
(LAUGHS) You, just stop.
- All right? Stop.
- Stop what? I need hope,
- and you need love.
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
MANNY: I have hope.
I have hope that this fire
is not gonna be a big one.
BODE: Guys, it's the
station. We got to go.
Can't handle that. Let's go.
We're coming, ketchup!
(GENTLE CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
I thought you were here
fixing the station,
not your midlife crisis-mobile.
(CHUCKLES)
I'm a multitasker.
(MUSIC STOPS)
Pass me that socket wrench?
Do you remember when
you called me a "nosy ass"
at the academy 'cause
I was one of the first people
to figure out that
you and Vince were dating?
Fun memory.
Mm, like it was yesterday.
That's why I'm 42's new battalion chief.
I have a knack for diagnosing things.
People
fires, stations.
Mm.
There's the issue. Sticky valve.
So, you diagnose our station,
and then what?
- Oh.
- (FINGERS SNAP)
Ashwagandha tea.
Best sleep of your life. Trust me.
Yeah, that's your third cup of coffee.
You're counting my coffee?
Sharon, respectfully,
you're back at work
just weeks after your husband passed.
You got to tolerate
some schmuck you don't even like
inheriting his title.
I'd be sleepless, too.
Like I said, I diagnose, I prescribe.
- Just drink the tea.
- (URGENT CHATTER)
(SIGHS)
- Showtime.
- (STOPWATCH BEEPS)
You can watch if you want.
Oh, I'll be watching.
Six minutes.
Wait.
Wait, the trucks aren't even running.
We all got the 911 text.
Took you six minutes to respond.
Do you know how many acres
can burn in six minutes?
But you're saying right now
zero acres are burning?
- Oh, James, you're back.
- Hey, Chief, good to see you.
I'd hug you, but I
Are we hugging? Or are we drilling?
I'm, uh, I'm back
and I'm behind and I'm confused.
Like an under-trained
firefighter in a bind,
a situation I'm personally
going to see to it
that 42 is never in again.
BODE: Again? What does that mean?
Toes on the line! Now!
Now!
10s and 18s.
The basics. Rapid fire.
You're up first, Cap. Order two.
Know what the fire is doing
at all times.
This is "basics," basics. Probie basics.
Well, then let's try a probie.
Watch out nine.
Building fire line downhill
with fire below.
Watch out 14.
Weather becoming hotter and drier.
It's the bread and butter
of what I taught at Three Rock.
Yeah, that's three for three.
Word perfect. You done, Richards?
Speaking of Three Rock,
Captain Edwards, order five?
Post lookouts
when there is possible danger.
- We're a seasoned crew.
- I agree.
I know what you must be thinking.
Who is this guy standing
in Vince Leone's station,
lecturing his crew?
A great crew, by the way.
About those basics, though.
(SIGHS) Not good.
So I'm gonna tell you my stats.
30 years in the fire service.
Two degrees: one in fire science,
one in psychology.
Ten stations Cal Fire's sent me to
to leave them better than I found them.
That's what I did.
Diagnosed their problems,
their dysfunction.
And in the case of 42,
it comes down to the basics.
Like you said, Leone. Order ten.
- Fight fire aggressively.
- Damn good at that part.
But the second part?
Having provided for safety first.
That part is why I'm standing here
and Vincent Leone is not.
Mm-hmm.
It is also why I lost my own mentor
to a fire seven years ago,
but that is a very sad story
for another day.
10s and 18s are lessons
written in blood.
And under me,
you will rededicate yourself
to every aspect of those 10s and 18s.
You will meet or exceed my expectations.
And if you don't, you will be gone.
♪
Richards is cutting Vince
out of 42's culture?
I just got back in this uniform.
You remember that fire
we worked with 77?
Now, that was a good crew.
Not the worst place to go.
So, we're jumping ship now?
Weren't you just trying
to get back to Three Rock?
One speech and you're ready to bail?
EVE: Hey, come in. Shut the door.
Guess I shouldn't be surprised, though.
You were ready to drop us
for Butte a few months ago.
Yeah, well, I'm just
looking out at all options.
Hey, boys, put your hoses away, okay?
We're at work.
So, what's your plan
to weather this storm?
Well, my mom, who hates
the guy, is the division chief.
So, let him piss her off
to the point that she shuffles
his ass to some other station.
Or we prove to Richards
that this crew understands the basics,
that there's enough room at 42
for all of us.
So we keep him?
Just let him ruin my dad's
station? That's your plan?
MANNY: Guys, we do both plans,
all right?
We show Richards who the hell we are,
and then we help Sharon
show him the door.
- Double our efforts.
- I can roll with that.
- Sounds like a plan to me.
- AUDREY: I have a question.
New Guy's really that bad?
- Who's New Guy?
- JAKE: Violet?
AUDREY: Brett Richards,
aka Freddy Four-Wheeler.
Our new battalion chief.
New battalion chief?
I was bringing you your study materials.
Do you not need those anymore?
No, no, no, babe, I
Let's, uh, let's go outside.
VIOLET: What's going on?
Okay, so I'm not the only one
out of the loop.
Jake, why am I finding this out
by accident?
Baby, I'm-I'm sorry.
It all kind of happened fast.
- So, who is this new chief?
- (SIGHS) He's just some guy
with a lot of degrees
and a bug up his ass
about the 10s and 18s.
- The what?
- The rules.
Violet, look, I don't know
what he's gonna do here,
or if I'm gonna stay here,
- or if I'm gonna go
- That's a lot of "I" s.
Are you thinking of any "we" s in there?
I am. I-I swear.
Staying or leaving,
that's something
that we need to discuss.
(ALARM BLARING)
Listen, I love you, but I got to go.
(SIGHS)
(URGENT CHATTER)
(SIREN WAILING)
All right, talk to me. What do you see?
We got some heavy timber,
a ton of brush,
one fire break, no structures.
No, Greencrest said that the fire
is threatening lives and properties.
Are you sure you're looking
at the right location, probie?
I'm sure, Captain.
(SIREN WAILING)
(INDISTINCT EMERGENCY RADIO CHATTER)
(URGENT CHATTER)
♪
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
Yeah, open it up!
All right, we're clear! Let's do it!
(WATER HISSING)
Bode and Jake are still this bad, huh?
Yeah, it's even worse now that
Bode's staying at the station.
- Wait, he moved out?
- He didn't tell you?
(SCOFFS) He said he was better.
He said he was letting people
take care of him.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Any of that true?
Have you ever tried
to take care of Bode?
Mr. "I'm Fine."
Mr. "How Are You Doing?
How Can I Help You?"
Not even Sharon?
Wouldn't even let her
make him a bowl of soup.
Gabriela said he was sleeping,
he was eating,
he was crossing off
his probie checklist,
which made me hella competitive.
EVE: Yeah, well, Gabriela's gone now.
Well, I'm back.
Like I said, no structures.
Mind if I take I.C. on this one?
Sometimes the best view of a crew
is from the top down on a call.
I don't mind
getting my hands dirty today.
While I'm watching you.
Leone, James, right flank.
Perez and Edwards, take a crew,
start cutting line.
I'm missing Three Rock right about now.
Yeah, tell me about it.
I missed this.
You mean kicking fire's ass?
I mean kicking fire's ass together.
Yeah, me, too.
That's not the only thing
I missed while I was away.
(DOG BARKING)
BODE: Hey, uh, take over here. Bump up.
- (DOG BARKING)
- Hey.
Come here, buddy. Come here.
Hey, you okay, buddy? Hey. Hi.
Hi. Where'd you come from?
Tiberius?
He's got a collar and a leash on.
Definitely not a stray.
Yeah.
(BARKING)
Hey, Chief, this dog's owner's
got to be nearby.
Might be in danger.
Crawford, Leone, James.
Scope out the scene.
(BARKING CONTINUES)
(BARKING CONTINUES)
(SIGHS)
JAKE: Someone's living out here.
AUDREY: Looks like a lot of someones.
BODE: I'm guessing
that's why these structures
didn't show up on the map.
- Because they're new.
- JANICE: Tiberius.
(LAUGHS) Oh, you crazy pup.
I was looking everywhere for you.
Janice?
You know her?
She works at the coffee shop in town.
What are you doing out here?
Here is home.
The Zabel Ridge Fire burned down
our apartments over on Trinity.
- Herald Arms Complex?
- Yeah.
I was the building supe,
and once the building was gone,
I was helping everyone find
new rentals until
our insurance payments stopped.
Come on.
I mean, after losing your home
in a fire, they can do that?
Declaring bankruptcy
instead of paying out our claims
is totally legal, apparently.
Gross.
You know, 42 has
donation centers, resources.
Yeah, I mean, we-we could've helped you.
We wanted to help ourselves,
as stubborn as that sounds.
The building's its own ecosystem.
You're a family. I I get it.
Hey, Chief, uh,
we have an encampment of people
deeper into the forest.
Please advise.
Now, what is number four
of standard orders?
Really? Now's the time for a pop quiz?
Identify escape routes and safety zones
and make them known.
And have you done so?
Yes, Chief.
There is a safe exit path
away from the fire.
No, we just settled here.
We have nowhere to go. Please don't.
Janice, I'm sorry,
but I'm gonna need you guys
to pick up and leave now.
But that truck has been
sunk in the mud for days.
It's blocking in the other cars.
We'll evacuate everyone on foot
the same way we came in.
And lose everything all over again?
Even our cars? I
Some of us are living in them.
We-we need to use them
to get food and water.
Cap, please don't make us
do this to them.
BODE: Richards doesn't get to just
roll through here and make
these people leave everything
they they just saved.
Now is not the time to go rogue.
We all agreed that we would show
Richards we know the basics.
All right, we follow orders.
All right, evac the area.
Get all these people out of here.
But first, we take the time
to get that truck out
so they can drive instead of walk.
What, it's gonna be five minutes?
Five minutes that these people need
to get their stuff out
and get out of here.
(SIGHS)
It's what my dad would do.
All right, everybody, listen up.
We're gonna move that truck
so you all can roll out.
Take the next five minutes
to move whatever you can
into your cars, but as soon as I say,
drop everything and go.
(URGENT CHATTER)
Five minutes, Leone.
But if that path is not clear,
we evac everyone on foot.
- No arguments.
- No arguments.
Fire's not slowing down,
so neither are we.
Time's ticking. Move.
- (ENGINE REVVING)
- (URGENT CHATTER)
Chief said we needed to evacuate.
Yeah, that's what we're doing.
Hey, give it some more gas!
It seems like we're doing a whole lot
of other stuff before that.
It's the right thing to do.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
MAN: Hey, we don't have time for that!
(GRUNTING)
- (ENGINE REVVING)
- (ROPE CREAKING)
You guys smell something burning?
You mean that giant fire
we were just trying to put out?
- No, no, it's not that.
- MAN: Fire!
MAN 2: Fire!
- Put it out! Put it out!
- No, no.
(PANICKED SHOUTING)
So, you ready to admit defeat?
(SCOFFS)
- I'm never ready for that.
- It's really obvious
that Vince put together a strong crew.
Crews are like that tea.
Don't know their real flavor
until they're in hot water.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
(CELL PHONE CHIMING)
Heat from the fire's changing the wind.
That's not good.
Oh, but I got permission
to move the camp residents
to the Three Rock lot.
Okay, I'm heading in
to get an accurate head count
on people and cars.
RICHARDS: Copy.
Greencrest, this is I.C. 1508.
Gonna need more units at my position.
We need some water.
BODE: Right there,
right there, right there.
Dishwashing station.
- JAKE: Everyone, grab a tub.
- Hey, Manny.
JAKE: Good, good. Hit it again.
EVE: Found another jug of water.
JAKE: We almost got it.
Nice work, 42.
Eve, check this out.
- Is that legit?
- Hell no.
Someone's been siphoning
illegal power from the city.
I lived in plenty of situations
just like this.
People do what they got to do.
Well, we got to clean it up,
though, right?
- It's a fire hazard.
- Absolutely.
Incoming, incoming.
- Captain!
- MANNY: This could get ugly.
Someone needs to explain to me
why these civilians
are still here
when there was an evac order.
JAKE: That's on me, Chief.
We needed to clear a vehicle.
In the meantime, I had these
people clear their things out.
I just walked in here.
There is a safe route out.
On foot.
They'd have to leave everything behind.
Okay, there it is.
Chief Grinch is up in our station,
basically saying you all need
to go back to the academy,
and then I defend you,
and then your first call out,
- you prove him right?
- We're still following the order.
No, you're splitting hairs.
You know this. You all know this.
RICHARDS: Checking in
on your head count, Chief.
Mom. Just let us save what we can.
(SCOFFS)
Affirmative, Chief.
- Still counting.
- Copy, Chief.
Now I'm in on this.
Thank you.
No, don't thank me. Listen.
Get these people out of here.
- Fast. Right now.
- Bode, Audrey, with me.
Everybody, let's go!
Chief, we got an illegal
power hookup over here.
EVE: Yeah, this is like a lit fuse with
unpacked fuel around it.
I can, I can follow it
- and then clip it.
- No.
No, I will follow it.
You guys have to finish
what you started here.
Please, get these people to safety.
We got, we got it, Chief. We got it.
(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)
Oh, no.
Sir? Sir.
Hello?
Sherman Hills I.C. Division 1501.
I have a possible electrocution.
Requesting immediate backup.
- (ENGINE REVVING)
- (ROPE CREAKING)
(PANTING)
Stupid knot.
AUDREY: Let's get out of here, okay?
Thank you.
Hey, take a breath.
You've been going nonstop
since we got here.
I'm good. Good.
- Are you, though?
- Yeah.
'Cause I feel like
you left a few things out
when we talked while I was away.
I'm wondering if there's anything else.
No, I'm fine.
All right, everybody,
grab everything you need,
and let's move!
- (URGENT CHATTER)
- Come on. Come on. Let's go.
All right, let me
give you a hand with him.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
Okay, up, up.
- Up, up.
- Up, up.
There you go. Good boy.
- Thanks.
- All right, time to roll out.
I'll head out when I see the last
pair of taillights heading out.
AUDREY: Bode!
Time's up!
(FIRE CRACKLING)
Chief, fire's spread
into the encampment.
I need hoses at my position immediately.
Area clear of civilians?
Negative, Chief.
- We had a minor traffic jam in the camp.
- What?
Why is this the first
I'm hearing of this?
Sorry, Chief. We had to act fast.
Evacuation status?
Barely begun, sir.
So I was right.
You can rattle off some rules,
but when it comes to action,
you loaded a gun and decided
to play Russian roulette
with the lives of civilians?
I saw the conditions, I made a call.
We lose a hair on anyone's head
anyone and it is on you.
Listen up!
This is a mandatory evacuation!
Drop everything!
Drive these vehicles out now!
You wasted these people's time
violating a direct order.
It's Buena Vista all over again.
Respectfully, sir,
I violated no orders at Buena Vista.
I was I.C. I gave orders.
Now, I don't claim to be perfect,
but I sure did my damn best.
Show me. Save the call, Cap.
Show me your damn best.
Arthur, hoses on those tents.
You keep that fire out of my tree line.
Too late.
Flames are in the trees, Cap.
What you gonna do?
It'll be easier to knock the fires down
with the trees on the ground.
We fell the trees
away from the exit path
so the cars can keep rolling through.
Good.
Chief, what happened here?
Well, this is probably the guy
that set it up in the first place.
Yeah, he probably
got worried we'd find it
after the fire started,
tried to disconnect it himself.
And got a mild shock
and ended up on the ground.
BP is low.
- I'm gonna start an I.V.
- Here you go.
You guys, you got to do a better job
listening to Richards
better than my son,
better than Jake.
Last thing I want is
for that guy to be right,
and yet here we are.
(CHAIN SAW BUZZING)
Cut's looking level and equal.
Keep going.
We're too late! It's collapsing!
- (URGENT SHOUTING)
- Everybody, back up, now!
- (SHOUTING CONTINUES)
- Watch out, watch out!
Whoa! Stop! Stop! Stop!
Hey, we need those hoses over there!
All right, path is blocked.
We need to take everyone on foot
the way we came in.
Which is what you should've done
in the first place
instead of risking their lives.
AUDREY: Uh, Chief.
We can't get them out that way now.
(FLAMES ROARING)
BODE: If those hoses get torched,
we're gonna lose our water supply.
AUDREY: The whole forest could go up.
I need another attack line to
knock down the fire behind us,
and get to my position ASAP.
SHARON: Hey, take Ridgeview.
Greencrest says that
the fire's already taken Elm.
Greencrest. Patient's en route.
Where am I?
EVE: You are in an ambulance.
You hit your head after a shock,
but you're gonna be okay.
I'm Eve. This is Manny.
I'm Joss.
Hey, Joss, we're gonna
take you to the E.R.
They're gonna run some tests
and take care of you. Okay?
No. Hospital? No, I I, uh, I can't.
- Oh, wait. Joss.
- I can't. No.
Hey, Joss, Joss.
If this is about stealing electricity,
you don't have to worry
about that, all right?
No, it's not that.
Who can afford to go to the hospital?
I can't even afford this ambulance trip.
Well, you can't put a price
on your health, Joss.
The hospital will.
When I lost everything,
I lost my health insurance with it.
So now I'm gonna get a massive bill
that I can't even afford.
In case you didn't notice,
I don't even have a roof over my head.
So, if you'll excuse me
Hey, hey, hey. Hang on. Okay?
Let the I.V. finish
it's free of charge
so that you can feel better.
Okay? Come on.
Come on. You're good.
Yeah. Nice.
(URGENT CHATTER IN DISTANCE)
No, no, no. The hoses burned through.
Out of water.
Still a lot of fire to knock down.
Where are my backup hoses?
Bode, get in there and clear that road.
Now.
- Come on, come on, come on.
- (CHAIN SAW STARTS)
(URGENT SHOUTING IN DISTANCE)
Nice stalling tactic,
but it won't last long.
I'm so sick of this red tape and money
getting in the way
of helping actual people.
I have an idea.
You're gonna hate it.
- (SCOFFS)
- I hate it.
Okay, try me.
Technically, we can
override Joss's consent
and take him to the hospital anyway
if we claim that he's intoxicated
and he can't make a decision on his own.
So, those are the two choices?
Either let a hurt person go without care
or administer care against their will?
Yep.
(SCOFFS)
(GRUNTING)
Leone, James, good work.
All right, pathway's clear!
All vehicles, move out!
(SHOUTING IN DISTANCE)
Let's go, let's go!
Joss, if you walk away from treatment,
it'll open up a whole world of problems.
- Okay?
- Even with a mild shock,
you could have a potential arrhythmia.
So, what can I say to you
to get you to see a doctor?
It's my choice, right?
Yeah.
Then I'll take my chances.
I will take the I.V. out,
and, Manny, can you, um,
get him to sign the waiver?
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
You're free to go.
It's been a minute since anyone's cared.
Thank you.
I mean it.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
AUDREY: Ma'am, get out of the car!
Come on.
Get out. Get out. Here. Hold on to me.
I Tiberius!
- Wait. Hey, hey. Hey!
- No. No! Please.
- You have to go get him.
- (DOG BARKING)
I-I don't even care about the car. I
I know he's a dog, but you can't
just leave him in there, right?
Please!
Tiberius!
(BARKING)
If you don't go back
for Tiberius, I will.
Wait. We're gonna figure this out.
Where are my damn hoses?
What are you doing?
Are you watching this call
- or are you running it?
- I'm letting your crew show you
who they really are.
Consider me a mirror.
Okay.
Fine.
They'll make the right decision.
Let me go. Let me go
in there, Cap. I can do it.
JAKE: No.
Look, that-that dog
means everything to her.
Don't hold me back again.
Go.
No! Damn it!
(BARKING, WHIMPERING)
- Hey. Look, it's okay.
- Hey, come with me.
(DOG WHIMPERING)
(GRUNTING)
(BARKS, WHIMPERS)
SHARON: Jake! Jake!
Get him out of there right now!
I need my second attack line!
(EXHALES): Oh, my God.
- (DOG BARKING)
- JANICE (CRYING): Please.
- (GASPS)
- (BARKING)
Okay, hey.
♪
Come on, man. Come on.
(GRUNTS)
(PANTING)
(LAUGHS SOFTLY)
You good?
♪
Hey. What are you
You're still here?
Uh, yeah, I was
I was gonna go home,
if that's what you call a maze
of half-packed boxes in an apartment
that I'm renewing the lease on
month to month.
You're mad.
No. I
I am a decisive person.
But now, I can't find my retainer,
and my teeth and I need certainty, Jake.
And while I was looking for my retainer,
I realized that we've made a mistake.
Whoa. Okay, hey.
We are not a mistake.
- We're just
- The-the mistake
was waiting on you to speak first, so
now I will speak.
I like Edgewater.
And you may get your dream job
somewhere else
and leave, but
I want you
but I am unpacking my boxes.
I've spent the day
with these people who lost
their homes in the fire, so
My point is, they're so desperate
to be a part of this community that
they're literally living in tents.
They're not running.
Look, I'm
not a huge fan
of the new battalion chief
Dirty, dirty job stealer.
- Right? Exactly.
- Mm-hmm.
But Edgewater is my home.
♪
And more importantly
it's where you are.
So
we are staying?
We're staying.
♪
(SOFT KNOCK)
Hey.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Hey.
It's, uh, first night back.
Want to go somewhere?
(SIGHS)
You know, I've been
watching you today, and, um
You're doing your best
to act like everything is fine,
but no one's this fine
after losing their dad.
It's not an act.
(SCOFFS)
(SCOFFS)
We had a deal, you and me.
Remember that?
I go, you stay. We start to heal.
I did that.
And you told me
you had an army of people here
that were gonna have your back.
But you're fighting with Jake,
you're living at the station.
You're isolating.
And I know you.
I know when something's up.
Something you're not telling me.
There is something.
It wasn't an army. It was Gabriela.
We got close again.
(STAMMERS) We didn't
Nothing happened.
(SCOFFS SOFTLY)
Are you pissed?
If sweet Gabriela wanted
to pet my hair and keep me fed,
I'd let her.
So, you leaned on her.
I'm relieved.
- But now I'm worried because you're
- I'm fine.
Okay.
Well, you just hurled your ex
at me to keep me away.
Which is straight out of
the Bode Leone playbook
for when something is wrong.
Yeah, me and Gabs? We compared notes.
Audrey.
When you're ready to talk
about what's really going on,
call me.
You like working with me, huh?
Of course I do. (CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS) You know what I had
this morning at Smokey's?
Uh, waffles?
Hope.
(MANNY SIGHS)
I heard about Three Rock.
♪
Three Rock's done.
(MANNY SIGHS)
Hey, what about
what about the land after
the encampment folks leave?
What about that?
Why rebuild something old
when somebody has the money
to build something new?
It's on Zillow.
So, unless you have $1.2 million
just laying around
(CHUCKLES)
I just
I wanted to do right
by Joss and Three Rock,
and I feel like I just keep losing.
What's the point of even trying anymore?
Look, kid, you just
you had a bad day.
That's all.
So, sleep on it.
And then we get up tomorrow
and we do it again.
And I don't know if
it's fundraisers or petitions,
but we don't quit.
You got that?
Sorry, was that a little too paternal?
(LAUGHS) No.
I mean, now that Gabriela's gone,
I got nobody to flex
these dad skills on.
Feels like something Vince would say.
Mm-hmm.
RICHARDS: Everybody in here, now!
Really? Mr. Ketchup on his Damn Eggs?
RICHARDS: Let's go, now! Move it!
Let's go.
Oh, not this again.
(SIGHS)
This morning,
I gave you a chance to speak.
And out there,
I gave you a chance to do.
To act.
To show me who you really are.
So, now I'm gonna speak. I'm gonna
I'm gonna tell you what I saw today.
Number seven.
Maintain proper communication
with your supervisor.
Didn't happen.
Number three.
Base all action
on expected fire behavior.
That didn't happen.
- Number
- BODE: People dying.
- What?
- Didn't happen.
Bode
No, you let him go,
Perez. This is on him.
Well, you're gonna come in here
with this after action report,
but really we should be
looking at the scoreboard.
Fire, zero. Us, one.
There were no fatalities.
We helped those people by saving
everything they have left.
- How is that wrong?
- That's not why you're mad.
It's because I implied
and now I'm saying out loud
that this station's
very loose relationship
with the 10s and 18s
with the basics, with the rules
is what killed your dad.
- Chief
- Nobody wants to hear that.
I don't take pleasure saying it.
You're grieving.
I'm sensitive to that. I have been that.
But right now,
I'm looking at a station's worth
of dead firefighters!
I-I'm trying to keep you
out of your coffins,
but they're right there!
Maybe I didn't
make myself clear this morning,
but I'm here to keep you alive,
because I don't trust you to do it.
♪
Richards has to go.
You got to call Sacramento
and get him out of here.
He'd have let a dog die
a preventable death.
H-He'd have let
all those people's things burn.
He says that Dad dying is on us.
- You got to
- No.
Wh-What?
My answer's no.
You you agree with that guy?
I don't like him, but after today,
I think he's gonna make good
on his promise.
Keep you alive.
You sound just like him.
Good.
("ALL MY GHOSTS" BY AVI KAPLAN PLAYING)
Demons at my door ♪
Coming to collect ♪
Give in to the flame ♪
Let my heart be hardened ♪
If this be the day ♪
I fall into the darkness ♪
All my ghosts, all my ghosts ♪
All my ghosts ♪
Coming after me ♪
Coming after me ♪
Coming after me ♪
Yeah ♪
All my ghosts ♪
Coming ♪
(PANTING)
♪
RICHARDS: I'm not here to rebuild 42.
I'm here to reinvent it.
I'm 42's new battalion chief.
First win with my son by my side,
feels better than any in my career.
DREW: Pop one every
now and then for the pain.
Consider it a thank-you.
AUDREY: I'm worried about
those pills that you're holding.
'Cause people like you and me,
we can't go through all this
without being tempted.
That's why I flushed them.
VINCE: First win with
my son by my side
- RICHARDS: I'm 42's new battalion chief.
- DREW: I pop one
every now and then for the pain.
JAKE: Vince was like a father to me.
AUDREY: I'm worried about
those pills that you're holding.
(OVERLAPPING VOICES CLAMORING)
- RICHARDS: Hell of a view.
- (VOICES STOP)
(PANTING)
Pride of Madeira flowers.
Originated in Portugal.
Traveled all this way
to become a California staple.
Yeah, tourists tend to like them.
(CHUCKLES): I'm hardly a tourist.
Moved here
30-plus years ago from Boston.
But, yeah, the hillsides
and the wicked ocean views still get me.
"Wicked."
(LAUGHING)
So, what do you say?
Hike back to 42 together?
(SIGHS)
You think, uh
you think buddying up with me
is gonna help you
reinvent my dad's station?
It's just a hike.
I run alone.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
EVE: (SIGHS) Okay, I'll admit
it's gonna take a lot of work
to reopen Three Rock.
Our water issues remain unsolved,
and our structures have suffered
significant damage,
and our soil's contaminated.
- Do you mind if I?
- Oh, yeah.
Pictures for the, uh,
the council meeting?
But I think we should snap
some photos on the east ridge,
'cause we have some clean water there
and, like, some plants are growing.
The pictures aren't only
for the city council meeting.
They're for potential buyers.
Corporations have the deep
pockets the state doesn't.
Wait, are you saying that Sacramento
is just planning on
selling off the land?
My guys are gonna just rot in prison
while Megamart moves in, or?
MANNY: I mean, I know
it doesn't look like much.
This place is a home.
You know, just like
any of the others in Edgewater
that were affected by the fires.
I mean, it was my home once.
You were an inmate here?
For two tours, actually.
Bad boy.
- Huh.
- (MANNY CHUCKLES)
Let's just say I missed the food.
Uh, so, getting back
to camp being shut down.
- I think I, um
- Right. You're not
you're not gonna let them
do that to us, right?
I'll see what I can do.
Thank you, Councilwoman.
Call me Priya.
Priya.
(PRIYA CHUCKLES)
BODE: She was flirting with Manny?
Priya, the councilwoman?
Blatantly, shamelessly.
Beautifully, too,
- because I didn't notice it
- Come on, she wasn't flirting
with me, she was just
trying to let us down gently
'cause of Three Rock.
Don't say that.
Come on.
The state's selling
the land to a corporation.
A corporation's gonna buy Three Rock?
- And Brett Richards owns us.
- Yeah.
Gentlemen, this is a man
who puts ketchup on his eggs.
- (SCOFFS)
- It's just the truth.
42 is a "salsa on eggs" house.
Okay? Let me show you what he does
with the, with the ketchup.
Fridge, ketchup.
Like you're supposed to do.
- Disgusting.
- How's that disgusting?
EVE: You were raised wrong.
We've had this talk before.
- Uhp.
- How are you in a firefighter's camp
Come here.
- (SQUEALS)
- (GRUNTS)
(SIGHS)
I came straight from the airport.
(CHUCKLES)
Everything's different around here,
but you look the same.
I'm not the same.
I'm lighter, because before Finn
got carted off to the mental hospital,
he actually confessed.
Which means the D.A. ruled
my case self-defense.
I told you the truth would win out.
You lied to me.
You're not sleeping.
(CHUCKLES)
Yeah, I needed
I just needed some company. You know?
It's hard, you know?
(LAUGHS)
You see that right there?
That's love, Manny.
And Priya could be that for you.
(LAUGHS) You, just stop.
- All right? Stop.
- Stop what? I need hope,
- and you need love.
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
MANNY: I have hope.
I have hope that this fire
is not gonna be a big one.
BODE: Guys, it's the
station. We got to go.
Can't handle that. Let's go.
We're coming, ketchup!
(GENTLE CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
I thought you were here
fixing the station,
not your midlife crisis-mobile.
(CHUCKLES)
I'm a multitasker.
(MUSIC STOPS)
Pass me that socket wrench?
Do you remember when
you called me a "nosy ass"
at the academy 'cause
I was one of the first people
to figure out that
you and Vince were dating?
Fun memory.
Mm, like it was yesterday.
That's why I'm 42's new battalion chief.
I have a knack for diagnosing things.
People
fires, stations.
Mm.
There's the issue. Sticky valve.
So, you diagnose our station,
and then what?
- Oh.
- (FINGERS SNAP)
Ashwagandha tea.
Best sleep of your life. Trust me.
Yeah, that's your third cup of coffee.
You're counting my coffee?
Sharon, respectfully,
you're back at work
just weeks after your husband passed.
You got to tolerate
some schmuck you don't even like
inheriting his title.
I'd be sleepless, too.
Like I said, I diagnose, I prescribe.
- Just drink the tea.
- (URGENT CHATTER)
(SIGHS)
- Showtime.
- (STOPWATCH BEEPS)
You can watch if you want.
Oh, I'll be watching.
Six minutes.
Wait.
Wait, the trucks aren't even running.
We all got the 911 text.
Took you six minutes to respond.
Do you know how many acres
can burn in six minutes?
But you're saying right now
zero acres are burning?
- Oh, James, you're back.
- Hey, Chief, good to see you.
I'd hug you, but I
Are we hugging? Or are we drilling?
I'm, uh, I'm back
and I'm behind and I'm confused.
Like an under-trained
firefighter in a bind,
a situation I'm personally
going to see to it
that 42 is never in again.
BODE: Again? What does that mean?
Toes on the line! Now!
Now!
10s and 18s.
The basics. Rapid fire.
You're up first, Cap. Order two.
Know what the fire is doing
at all times.
This is "basics," basics. Probie basics.
Well, then let's try a probie.
Watch out nine.
Building fire line downhill
with fire below.
Watch out 14.
Weather becoming hotter and drier.
It's the bread and butter
of what I taught at Three Rock.
Yeah, that's three for three.
Word perfect. You done, Richards?
Speaking of Three Rock,
Captain Edwards, order five?
Post lookouts
when there is possible danger.
- We're a seasoned crew.
- I agree.
I know what you must be thinking.
Who is this guy standing
in Vince Leone's station,
lecturing his crew?
A great crew, by the way.
About those basics, though.
(SIGHS) Not good.
So I'm gonna tell you my stats.
30 years in the fire service.
Two degrees: one in fire science,
one in psychology.
Ten stations Cal Fire's sent me to
to leave them better than I found them.
That's what I did.
Diagnosed their problems,
their dysfunction.
And in the case of 42,
it comes down to the basics.
Like you said, Leone. Order ten.
- Fight fire aggressively.
- Damn good at that part.
But the second part?
Having provided for safety first.
That part is why I'm standing here
and Vincent Leone is not.
Mm-hmm.
It is also why I lost my own mentor
to a fire seven years ago,
but that is a very sad story
for another day.
10s and 18s are lessons
written in blood.
And under me,
you will rededicate yourself
to every aspect of those 10s and 18s.
You will meet or exceed my expectations.
And if you don't, you will be gone.
♪
Richards is cutting Vince
out of 42's culture?
I just got back in this uniform.
You remember that fire
we worked with 77?
Now, that was a good crew.
Not the worst place to go.
So, we're jumping ship now?
Weren't you just trying
to get back to Three Rock?
One speech and you're ready to bail?
EVE: Hey, come in. Shut the door.
Guess I shouldn't be surprised, though.
You were ready to drop us
for Butte a few months ago.
Yeah, well, I'm just
looking out at all options.
Hey, boys, put your hoses away, okay?
We're at work.
So, what's your plan
to weather this storm?
Well, my mom, who hates
the guy, is the division chief.
So, let him piss her off
to the point that she shuffles
his ass to some other station.
Or we prove to Richards
that this crew understands the basics,
that there's enough room at 42
for all of us.
So we keep him?
Just let him ruin my dad's
station? That's your plan?
MANNY: Guys, we do both plans,
all right?
We show Richards who the hell we are,
and then we help Sharon
show him the door.
- Double our efforts.
- I can roll with that.
- Sounds like a plan to me.
- AUDREY: I have a question.
New Guy's really that bad?
- Who's New Guy?
- JAKE: Violet?
AUDREY: Brett Richards,
aka Freddy Four-Wheeler.
Our new battalion chief.
New battalion chief?
I was bringing you your study materials.
Do you not need those anymore?
No, no, no, babe, I
Let's, uh, let's go outside.
VIOLET: What's going on?
Okay, so I'm not the only one
out of the loop.
Jake, why am I finding this out
by accident?
Baby, I'm-I'm sorry.
It all kind of happened fast.
- So, who is this new chief?
- (SIGHS) He's just some guy
with a lot of degrees
and a bug up his ass
about the 10s and 18s.
- The what?
- The rules.
Violet, look, I don't know
what he's gonna do here,
or if I'm gonna stay here,
- or if I'm gonna go
- That's a lot of "I" s.
Are you thinking of any "we" s in there?
I am. I-I swear.
Staying or leaving,
that's something
that we need to discuss.
(ALARM BLARING)
Listen, I love you, but I got to go.
(SIGHS)
(URGENT CHATTER)
(SIREN WAILING)
All right, talk to me. What do you see?
We got some heavy timber,
a ton of brush,
one fire break, no structures.
No, Greencrest said that the fire
is threatening lives and properties.
Are you sure you're looking
at the right location, probie?
I'm sure, Captain.
(SIREN WAILING)
(INDISTINCT EMERGENCY RADIO CHATTER)
(URGENT CHATTER)
♪
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
Yeah, open it up!
All right, we're clear! Let's do it!
(WATER HISSING)
Bode and Jake are still this bad, huh?
Yeah, it's even worse now that
Bode's staying at the station.
- Wait, he moved out?
- He didn't tell you?
(SCOFFS) He said he was better.
He said he was letting people
take care of him.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Any of that true?
Have you ever tried
to take care of Bode?
Mr. "I'm Fine."
Mr. "How Are You Doing?
How Can I Help You?"
Not even Sharon?
Wouldn't even let her
make him a bowl of soup.
Gabriela said he was sleeping,
he was eating,
he was crossing off
his probie checklist,
which made me hella competitive.
EVE: Yeah, well, Gabriela's gone now.
Well, I'm back.
Like I said, no structures.
Mind if I take I.C. on this one?
Sometimes the best view of a crew
is from the top down on a call.
I don't mind
getting my hands dirty today.
While I'm watching you.
Leone, James, right flank.
Perez and Edwards, take a crew,
start cutting line.
I'm missing Three Rock right about now.
Yeah, tell me about it.
I missed this.
You mean kicking fire's ass?
I mean kicking fire's ass together.
Yeah, me, too.
That's not the only thing
I missed while I was away.
(DOG BARKING)
BODE: Hey, uh, take over here. Bump up.
- (DOG BARKING)
- Hey.
Come here, buddy. Come here.
Hey, you okay, buddy? Hey. Hi.
Hi. Where'd you come from?
Tiberius?
He's got a collar and a leash on.
Definitely not a stray.
Yeah.
(BARKING)
Hey, Chief, this dog's owner's
got to be nearby.
Might be in danger.
Crawford, Leone, James.
Scope out the scene.
(BARKING CONTINUES)
(BARKING CONTINUES)
(SIGHS)
JAKE: Someone's living out here.
AUDREY: Looks like a lot of someones.
BODE: I'm guessing
that's why these structures
didn't show up on the map.
- Because they're new.
- JANICE: Tiberius.
(LAUGHS) Oh, you crazy pup.
I was looking everywhere for you.
Janice?
You know her?
She works at the coffee shop in town.
What are you doing out here?
Here is home.
The Zabel Ridge Fire burned down
our apartments over on Trinity.
- Herald Arms Complex?
- Yeah.
I was the building supe,
and once the building was gone,
I was helping everyone find
new rentals until
our insurance payments stopped.
Come on.
I mean, after losing your home
in a fire, they can do that?
Declaring bankruptcy
instead of paying out our claims
is totally legal, apparently.
Gross.
You know, 42 has
donation centers, resources.
Yeah, I mean, we-we could've helped you.
We wanted to help ourselves,
as stubborn as that sounds.
The building's its own ecosystem.
You're a family. I I get it.
Hey, Chief, uh,
we have an encampment of people
deeper into the forest.
Please advise.
Now, what is number four
of standard orders?
Really? Now's the time for a pop quiz?
Identify escape routes and safety zones
and make them known.
And have you done so?
Yes, Chief.
There is a safe exit path
away from the fire.
No, we just settled here.
We have nowhere to go. Please don't.
Janice, I'm sorry,
but I'm gonna need you guys
to pick up and leave now.
But that truck has been
sunk in the mud for days.
It's blocking in the other cars.
We'll evacuate everyone on foot
the same way we came in.
And lose everything all over again?
Even our cars? I
Some of us are living in them.
We-we need to use them
to get food and water.
Cap, please don't make us
do this to them.
BODE: Richards doesn't get to just
roll through here and make
these people leave everything
they they just saved.
Now is not the time to go rogue.
We all agreed that we would show
Richards we know the basics.
All right, we follow orders.
All right, evac the area.
Get all these people out of here.
But first, we take the time
to get that truck out
so they can drive instead of walk.
What, it's gonna be five minutes?
Five minutes that these people need
to get their stuff out
and get out of here.
(SIGHS)
It's what my dad would do.
All right, everybody, listen up.
We're gonna move that truck
so you all can roll out.
Take the next five minutes
to move whatever you can
into your cars, but as soon as I say,
drop everything and go.
(URGENT CHATTER)
Five minutes, Leone.
But if that path is not clear,
we evac everyone on foot.
- No arguments.
- No arguments.
Fire's not slowing down,
so neither are we.
Time's ticking. Move.
- (ENGINE REVVING)
- (URGENT CHATTER)
Chief said we needed to evacuate.
Yeah, that's what we're doing.
Hey, give it some more gas!
It seems like we're doing a whole lot
of other stuff before that.
It's the right thing to do.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
MAN: Hey, we don't have time for that!
(GRUNTING)
- (ENGINE REVVING)
- (ROPE CREAKING)
You guys smell something burning?
You mean that giant fire
we were just trying to put out?
- No, no, it's not that.
- MAN: Fire!
MAN 2: Fire!
- Put it out! Put it out!
- No, no.
(PANICKED SHOUTING)
So, you ready to admit defeat?
(SCOFFS)
- I'm never ready for that.
- It's really obvious
that Vince put together a strong crew.
Crews are like that tea.
Don't know their real flavor
until they're in hot water.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
(CELL PHONE CHIMING)
Heat from the fire's changing the wind.
That's not good.
Oh, but I got permission
to move the camp residents
to the Three Rock lot.
Okay, I'm heading in
to get an accurate head count
on people and cars.
RICHARDS: Copy.
Greencrest, this is I.C. 1508.
Gonna need more units at my position.
We need some water.
BODE: Right there,
right there, right there.
Dishwashing station.
- JAKE: Everyone, grab a tub.
- Hey, Manny.
JAKE: Good, good. Hit it again.
EVE: Found another jug of water.
JAKE: We almost got it.
Nice work, 42.
Eve, check this out.
- Is that legit?
- Hell no.
Someone's been siphoning
illegal power from the city.
I lived in plenty of situations
just like this.
People do what they got to do.
Well, we got to clean it up,
though, right?
- It's a fire hazard.
- Absolutely.
Incoming, incoming.
- Captain!
- MANNY: This could get ugly.
Someone needs to explain to me
why these civilians
are still here
when there was an evac order.
JAKE: That's on me, Chief.
We needed to clear a vehicle.
In the meantime, I had these
people clear their things out.
I just walked in here.
There is a safe route out.
On foot.
They'd have to leave everything behind.
Okay, there it is.
Chief Grinch is up in our station,
basically saying you all need
to go back to the academy,
and then I defend you,
and then your first call out,
- you prove him right?
- We're still following the order.
No, you're splitting hairs.
You know this. You all know this.
RICHARDS: Checking in
on your head count, Chief.
Mom. Just let us save what we can.
(SCOFFS)
Affirmative, Chief.
- Still counting.
- Copy, Chief.
Now I'm in on this.
Thank you.
No, don't thank me. Listen.
Get these people out of here.
- Fast. Right now.
- Bode, Audrey, with me.
Everybody, let's go!
Chief, we got an illegal
power hookup over here.
EVE: Yeah, this is like a lit fuse with
unpacked fuel around it.
I can, I can follow it
- and then clip it.
- No.
No, I will follow it.
You guys have to finish
what you started here.
Please, get these people to safety.
We got, we got it, Chief. We got it.
(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)
Oh, no.
Sir? Sir.
Hello?
Sherman Hills I.C. Division 1501.
I have a possible electrocution.
Requesting immediate backup.
- (ENGINE REVVING)
- (ROPE CREAKING)
(PANTING)
Stupid knot.
AUDREY: Let's get out of here, okay?
Thank you.
Hey, take a breath.
You've been going nonstop
since we got here.
I'm good. Good.
- Are you, though?
- Yeah.
'Cause I feel like
you left a few things out
when we talked while I was away.
I'm wondering if there's anything else.
No, I'm fine.
All right, everybody,
grab everything you need,
and let's move!
- (URGENT CHATTER)
- Come on. Come on. Let's go.
All right, let me
give you a hand with him.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
Okay, up, up.
- Up, up.
- Up, up.
There you go. Good boy.
- Thanks.
- All right, time to roll out.
I'll head out when I see the last
pair of taillights heading out.
AUDREY: Bode!
Time's up!
(FIRE CRACKLING)
Chief, fire's spread
into the encampment.
I need hoses at my position immediately.
Area clear of civilians?
Negative, Chief.
- We had a minor traffic jam in the camp.
- What?
Why is this the first
I'm hearing of this?
Sorry, Chief. We had to act fast.
Evacuation status?
Barely begun, sir.
So I was right.
You can rattle off some rules,
but when it comes to action,
you loaded a gun and decided
to play Russian roulette
with the lives of civilians?
I saw the conditions, I made a call.
We lose a hair on anyone's head
anyone and it is on you.
Listen up!
This is a mandatory evacuation!
Drop everything!
Drive these vehicles out now!
You wasted these people's time
violating a direct order.
It's Buena Vista all over again.
Respectfully, sir,
I violated no orders at Buena Vista.
I was I.C. I gave orders.
Now, I don't claim to be perfect,
but I sure did my damn best.
Show me. Save the call, Cap.
Show me your damn best.
Arthur, hoses on those tents.
You keep that fire out of my tree line.
Too late.
Flames are in the trees, Cap.
What you gonna do?
It'll be easier to knock the fires down
with the trees on the ground.
We fell the trees
away from the exit path
so the cars can keep rolling through.
Good.
Chief, what happened here?
Well, this is probably the guy
that set it up in the first place.
Yeah, he probably
got worried we'd find it
after the fire started,
tried to disconnect it himself.
And got a mild shock
and ended up on the ground.
BP is low.
- I'm gonna start an I.V.
- Here you go.
You guys, you got to do a better job
listening to Richards
better than my son,
better than Jake.
Last thing I want is
for that guy to be right,
and yet here we are.
(CHAIN SAW BUZZING)
Cut's looking level and equal.
Keep going.
We're too late! It's collapsing!
- (URGENT SHOUTING)
- Everybody, back up, now!
- (SHOUTING CONTINUES)
- Watch out, watch out!
Whoa! Stop! Stop! Stop!
Hey, we need those hoses over there!
All right, path is blocked.
We need to take everyone on foot
the way we came in.
Which is what you should've done
in the first place
instead of risking their lives.
AUDREY: Uh, Chief.
We can't get them out that way now.
(FLAMES ROARING)
BODE: If those hoses get torched,
we're gonna lose our water supply.
AUDREY: The whole forest could go up.
I need another attack line to
knock down the fire behind us,
and get to my position ASAP.
SHARON: Hey, take Ridgeview.
Greencrest says that
the fire's already taken Elm.
Greencrest. Patient's en route.
Where am I?
EVE: You are in an ambulance.
You hit your head after a shock,
but you're gonna be okay.
I'm Eve. This is Manny.
I'm Joss.
Hey, Joss, we're gonna
take you to the E.R.
They're gonna run some tests
and take care of you. Okay?
No. Hospital? No, I I, uh, I can't.
- Oh, wait. Joss.
- I can't. No.
Hey, Joss, Joss.
If this is about stealing electricity,
you don't have to worry
about that, all right?
No, it's not that.
Who can afford to go to the hospital?
I can't even afford this ambulance trip.
Well, you can't put a price
on your health, Joss.
The hospital will.
When I lost everything,
I lost my health insurance with it.
So now I'm gonna get a massive bill
that I can't even afford.
In case you didn't notice,
I don't even have a roof over my head.
So, if you'll excuse me
Hey, hey, hey. Hang on. Okay?
Let the I.V. finish
it's free of charge
so that you can feel better.
Okay? Come on.
Come on. You're good.
Yeah. Nice.
(URGENT CHATTER IN DISTANCE)
No, no, no. The hoses burned through.
Out of water.
Still a lot of fire to knock down.
Where are my backup hoses?
Bode, get in there and clear that road.
Now.
- Come on, come on, come on.
- (CHAIN SAW STARTS)
(URGENT SHOUTING IN DISTANCE)
Nice stalling tactic,
but it won't last long.
I'm so sick of this red tape and money
getting in the way
of helping actual people.
I have an idea.
You're gonna hate it.
- (SCOFFS)
- I hate it.
Okay, try me.
Technically, we can
override Joss's consent
and take him to the hospital anyway
if we claim that he's intoxicated
and he can't make a decision on his own.
So, those are the two choices?
Either let a hurt person go without care
or administer care against their will?
Yep.
(SCOFFS)
(GRUNTING)
Leone, James, good work.
All right, pathway's clear!
All vehicles, move out!
(SHOUTING IN DISTANCE)
Let's go, let's go!
Joss, if you walk away from treatment,
it'll open up a whole world of problems.
- Okay?
- Even with a mild shock,
you could have a potential arrhythmia.
So, what can I say to you
to get you to see a doctor?
It's my choice, right?
Yeah.
Then I'll take my chances.
I will take the I.V. out,
and, Manny, can you, um,
get him to sign the waiver?
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
You're free to go.
It's been a minute since anyone's cared.
Thank you.
I mean it.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
AUDREY: Ma'am, get out of the car!
Come on.
Get out. Get out. Here. Hold on to me.
I Tiberius!
- Wait. Hey, hey. Hey!
- No. No! Please.
- You have to go get him.
- (DOG BARKING)
I-I don't even care about the car. I
I know he's a dog, but you can't
just leave him in there, right?
Please!
Tiberius!
(BARKING)
If you don't go back
for Tiberius, I will.
Wait. We're gonna figure this out.
Where are my damn hoses?
What are you doing?
Are you watching this call
- or are you running it?
- I'm letting your crew show you
who they really are.
Consider me a mirror.
Okay.
Fine.
They'll make the right decision.
Let me go. Let me go
in there, Cap. I can do it.
JAKE: No.
Look, that-that dog
means everything to her.
Don't hold me back again.
Go.
No! Damn it!
(BARKING, WHIMPERING)
- Hey. Look, it's okay.
- Hey, come with me.
(DOG WHIMPERING)
(GRUNTING)
(BARKS, WHIMPERS)
SHARON: Jake! Jake!
Get him out of there right now!
I need my second attack line!
(EXHALES): Oh, my God.
- (DOG BARKING)
- JANICE (CRYING): Please.
- (GASPS)
- (BARKING)
Okay, hey.
♪
Come on, man. Come on.
(GRUNTS)
(PANTING)
(LAUGHS SOFTLY)
You good?
♪
Hey. What are you
You're still here?
Uh, yeah, I was
I was gonna go home,
if that's what you call a maze
of half-packed boxes in an apartment
that I'm renewing the lease on
month to month.
You're mad.
No. I
I am a decisive person.
But now, I can't find my retainer,
and my teeth and I need certainty, Jake.
And while I was looking for my retainer,
I realized that we've made a mistake.
Whoa. Okay, hey.
We are not a mistake.
- We're just
- The-the mistake
was waiting on you to speak first, so
now I will speak.
I like Edgewater.
And you may get your dream job
somewhere else
and leave, but
I want you
but I am unpacking my boxes.
I've spent the day
with these people who lost
their homes in the fire, so
My point is, they're so desperate
to be a part of this community that
they're literally living in tents.
They're not running.
Look, I'm
not a huge fan
of the new battalion chief
Dirty, dirty job stealer.
- Right? Exactly.
- Mm-hmm.
But Edgewater is my home.
♪
And more importantly
it's where you are.
So
we are staying?
We're staying.
♪
(SOFT KNOCK)
Hey.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Hey.
It's, uh, first night back.
Want to go somewhere?
(SIGHS)
You know, I've been
watching you today, and, um
You're doing your best
to act like everything is fine,
but no one's this fine
after losing their dad.
It's not an act.
(SCOFFS)
(SCOFFS)
We had a deal, you and me.
Remember that?
I go, you stay. We start to heal.
I did that.
And you told me
you had an army of people here
that were gonna have your back.
But you're fighting with Jake,
you're living at the station.
You're isolating.
And I know you.
I know when something's up.
Something you're not telling me.
There is something.
It wasn't an army. It was Gabriela.
We got close again.
(STAMMERS) We didn't
Nothing happened.
(SCOFFS SOFTLY)
Are you pissed?
If sweet Gabriela wanted
to pet my hair and keep me fed,
I'd let her.
So, you leaned on her.
I'm relieved.
- But now I'm worried because you're
- I'm fine.
Okay.
Well, you just hurled your ex
at me to keep me away.
Which is straight out of
the Bode Leone playbook
for when something is wrong.
Yeah, me and Gabs? We compared notes.
Audrey.
When you're ready to talk
about what's really going on,
call me.
You like working with me, huh?
Of course I do. (CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS) You know what I had
this morning at Smokey's?
Uh, waffles?
Hope.
(MANNY SIGHS)
I heard about Three Rock.
♪
Three Rock's done.
(MANNY SIGHS)
Hey, what about
what about the land after
the encampment folks leave?
What about that?
Why rebuild something old
when somebody has the money
to build something new?
It's on Zillow.
So, unless you have $1.2 million
just laying around
(CHUCKLES)
I just
I wanted to do right
by Joss and Three Rock,
and I feel like I just keep losing.
What's the point of even trying anymore?
Look, kid, you just
you had a bad day.
That's all.
So, sleep on it.
And then we get up tomorrow
and we do it again.
And I don't know if
it's fundraisers or petitions,
but we don't quit.
You got that?
Sorry, was that a little too paternal?
(LAUGHS) No.
I mean, now that Gabriela's gone,
I got nobody to flex
these dad skills on.
Feels like something Vince would say.
Mm-hmm.
RICHARDS: Everybody in here, now!
Really? Mr. Ketchup on his Damn Eggs?
RICHARDS: Let's go, now! Move it!
Let's go.
Oh, not this again.
(SIGHS)
This morning,
I gave you a chance to speak.
And out there,
I gave you a chance to do.
To act.
To show me who you really are.
So, now I'm gonna speak. I'm gonna
I'm gonna tell you what I saw today.
Number seven.
Maintain proper communication
with your supervisor.
Didn't happen.
Number three.
Base all action
on expected fire behavior.
That didn't happen.
- Number
- BODE: People dying.
- What?
- Didn't happen.
Bode
No, you let him go,
Perez. This is on him.
Well, you're gonna come in here
with this after action report,
but really we should be
looking at the scoreboard.
Fire, zero. Us, one.
There were no fatalities.
We helped those people by saving
everything they have left.
- How is that wrong?
- That's not why you're mad.
It's because I implied
and now I'm saying out loud
that this station's
very loose relationship
with the 10s and 18s
with the basics, with the rules
is what killed your dad.
- Chief
- Nobody wants to hear that.
I don't take pleasure saying it.
You're grieving.
I'm sensitive to that. I have been that.
But right now,
I'm looking at a station's worth
of dead firefighters!
I-I'm trying to keep you
out of your coffins,
but they're right there!
Maybe I didn't
make myself clear this morning,
but I'm here to keep you alive,
because I don't trust you to do it.
♪
Richards has to go.
You got to call Sacramento
and get him out of here.
He'd have let a dog die
a preventable death.
H-He'd have let
all those people's things burn.
He says that Dad dying is on us.
- You got to
- No.
Wh-What?
My answer's no.
You you agree with that guy?
I don't like him, but after today,
I think he's gonna make good
on his promise.
Keep you alive.
You sound just like him.
Good.
("ALL MY GHOSTS" BY AVI KAPLAN PLAYING)
Demons at my door ♪
Coming to collect ♪
Give in to the flame ♪
Let my heart be hardened ♪
If this be the day ♪
I fall into the darkness ♪
All my ghosts, all my ghosts ♪
All my ghosts ♪
Coming after me ♪
Coming after me ♪
Coming after me ♪
Yeah ♪
All my ghosts ♪
Coming ♪