Fire Country (2022) s04e05 Episode Script
Happy First Day, Manny
1
Previously on Fire Country
The ATF's investigation
into the Zabel Ridge Fire
show that someone started it.
And I'm sure your son,
he's gonna have feelings.
I would watch out how he gets the news.
JAKE: I didn't realize you
were back to being the Bode
who didn't give a damn
about anything but himself.
You don't feel like
getting along with me?
Feeling's mutual.
RICHARDS: Let me tell you
what I saw today.
You're exactly what 42 needs.
He just named 42's battalion chief.
It's me, Jake.
EVE: I'm gonna find a way to
get the state to reopen Three Rock.
I will not hear a no.
Yeah, we're family.
Which is why we wanted
to show you something.
EVE: It was in your dad's guitar case.
JAKE: Now, look, this person, R
Which could be Renée.
JAKE: Well, whoever it is,
she's coming after your mom.
♪
JAKE: B, what are we looking for?
BODE: Anything that
would explain the letter.
- (MOTORCYCLE PASSES BY OUTSIDE)
- (GRUNTS)
Was that Sharon's motorcycle?
BODE: My mom's at the station.
Where we need to be getting back to.
(SIGHS) You almost done?
Look, the ice cream from the
grocery store run is melting.
Manny hates that, and it's his big day.
Yo, you trying to rip the drawers out?
It's the last place I need to look.
And here I was,
trying to be inconspicuous.
You didn't have to come with me.
I know you'd rather not tell
Sharon about the letter,
but pretty sure she's gonna
wonder why things look out of place.
BODE: Tell her what?
We don't even know what it means,
except my dad pissed someone off.
Yeah, "someone."
You still think that "R" is Renée?
JAKE: Eve made a really good point.
His ex is a logical conclusion.
A lawyer who's won
million-dollar settlements
doesn't need cash
from an Edgewater fire chief.
My dad's strongbox.
Here, let me give you an assist.
Never heard my dad mention a P.O. Box.
Could be more letters.
No. No. No, no, no, no, no.
We are not making another stop.
Tonight, after shift.
Come on.
B, the drawer.
Like we were never here.
EVE: Hey, yo, Chief.
Can I call you Chief yet?
'Cause it just feels weird.
Which I probably shouldn't have said.
Probably not.
Uh, but I'm on an adrenaline rush
because I have finally
gotten an audience
for the city council
to talk about Three Rock,
and, uh, I refused
to take no for an answer.
- And?
- They didn't say no.
So I got Three Rock's land
off the market,
and-and I got the Fraleys to commit
to donating lumber for the rebuild.
Wow, that's-that's great, Eve.
- That's huge. Great job.
- Thanks, bud.
So what's next?
Oh, you know, not too much.
I just got to
come up with a way to reduce the bill
and maybe even make a profit
and, uh, yeah,
reinvent the whole camp.
You know, small stuff.
(CHUCKLES)
Yeah, well, self-sustaining prison camp,
- that's a pretty tall order.
- Yeah. Right.
And in theory,
the city council loves it,
but now, I got to deliver.
And my adrenaline's gone.
Hey, hey, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- You don't deflate, okay?
- Okay. Okay.
(CHICKEN CLUCKING)
What the hell was that?
- What was what?
- (LAUGHS)
I thought I heard a chicken.
A chicken? (LAUGHS)
- I know. It's weird, right?
- That that would be wild.
You little escape artist. Come here.
How did you get out of the cage again?
Uh, you want to tell me what's
with Foghorn Leghorn there?
Well, Foghorn Leghorn is a rooster.
This chicken is Bridget.
And what's Bridget doing
here at the station?
Mm My dad took in
some displaced animals
after the Zabel Ridge fire, and
I'm helping him relocate them.
And Bridget and her friends
need a place to stay for a couple days.
And, uh, she heard about my handsome,
wonderful, new battalion chief.
How many friends we talking?
MANNY: So that chicken
laid this egg?
That is what chickens do.
Nature is a miracle.
Hey, lil' lady.
- Did you lay this egg?
- Did you?
You did, didn't you? You laid this egg.
Sir, are you talking to my chicken?
(OTHERS LAUGHING)
MANNY: Uh, yeah.
- It would appear that I am.
- (EVE LAUGHS)
So does that mean that's a yes?
- (MANNY SIGHS)
- (CHICKENS SQUAWKING)
Well, I guess my first order
as battalion chief is, yes,
Bridget and her friends can stay.
- (BRIDGET CLUCKS)
- (GASPS)
- Oh, you're welcome.
- Aw.
You're so welcome, Bridget.
(SQUAWKING LOUDLY)
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
Oh, hey.
There you are.
Uh, Manny's been worrying
about the ice cream melting.
Nah, we got it in the freezer.
What's up?
Big day. New battalion chief.
Taking over your dad's
position permanently.
(SIGHS)
If it's gonna be anybody,
I think Battalion Chief Perez
has a nice ring to it.
(LAUGHS) It does.
It's the good news I don't think
42 realized it needed right now.
- Mm.
- Really.
Was that it?
You kind of seem
Oh, when's the last time
you've been by the house?
Why?
'Cause you're my son, that's why.
BODE: Um, too long. Manny's
been there hogging the couch.
Yes, he has.
You want to have dinner tonight?
I mean, it's just gonna be takeout,
but I can put it on fancy plates.
- Copy, Chief.
- Okay.
MANNY: You didn't tell him?
Where is the coffee?
Sharon, you didn't tell Bode
that the ATF thinks that
Edgewater was set on fire
by a "who" and not a "what"?
It's a giant, red tub.
It's usually right there.
- Chief
- And Jake and Bode just went shopping.
They could not have forgotten Leone Mud.
'Cause I took it off the list.
What?
Some of the guys said they
want to try a different brew.
I thought,
hey, why not Guatemalan beans?
It's your station.
And I can see now that that offends you.
I'm-I'm-I'm sorry, Sharon,
but you, you're the one
who told me to
make the station my own,
so I thought coffee
- was a great jumping-off point.
- It's not just coffee.
Leone Mud is
a multi-generational tradition.
I-It has always been here.
Do-do you just want to run
a station with no tradition?
Wow.
You know what?
I'll put it back on the list.
Okay?
Today is about good news.
It's-it's about your good news.
Yeah, but it's also
a big transition day for you.
- And for Bode
- Bode is solid,
and I feel more hopeful
for 42 than I have
in a lot of hopeless months.
So please don't ask me to spoil it
by upsetting my son
about an ATF investigation.
And I will try not to ruin it
- over coffee beans. Okay?
- (BOTH LAUGH)
Okay.
Can I say one thing?
Uh an arsonist set Edgewater on fire,
and they're still out there.
And it's only a matter of time
before Bode finds out.
Wouldn't it be better coming from you?
MANNY: Mm.
(EVE WHISTLES, HUMS)
Okay.
- (JAKE CLEARS THROAT)
- What's up?
I found another one.
Man, did these chickens
just learn how to pick locks?
Come here, Bridget.
Uh, speaking of picking locks
Oh, right. How'd the heist go,
Danny Ocean?
Did y'all actually find something?
Uh, yeah, a key.
And get this, it's linked
to a covert mailbox of Vince's.
Well, that's sus. Hey, hey, hey.
I just made that.
Look, and-and B,
he's looking for any answer
other than the obvious,
but the man was hiding
an extortion letter
and had a covert mailbox.
I mean, kind of paints a picture.
Yeah, well, did you tell him?
We just got back on speaking terms.
Okay. Well
(CLEARS THROAT) You want to be
tight with him again, yeah?
Well, then, you got to learn
how to be honest.
I don't see you telling him anything.
Mm-hmm. No, you're right about that.
Oh, you, um, you have a little
something on your chest.
Yup. No, it's right here.
Oh!
- (LAUGHS)
- Okay. Okay.
SHARON: It's my honor to bestow upon you
the rank of battalion chief.
This pin symbolizes your leadership
here at our beloved 42.
- Yeah.
- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Well, it's not too late
to change your mind.
Mm. No, no.
- EVE: There we go.
- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Wow.
Whew. Man
It has been a wild ride
for me and firefighting.
But, uh, through all the ups and downs,
42 has always been a home.
It's been our home.
And loyalty
is what we're all about here.
You know, we committed
our lives to fire service,
but also to each other.
And, uh
I wouldn't be here without
each and every one of you.
And I'm humbled
and grateful.
But most of all,
I'm ready to get to work
'cause this is the greatest job
in the world, am I right?
(CHEERING, WHOOPING)
All right, y'all, let's take a photo.
I know Gabs is gonna want to see this.
All right, get in tight.
Act like you love each other.
Here we go.
- All right, now flip that.
- I don't know how to flip it.
- Hold on. Here we go.
- Come on. Stop it. Let's go.
Selfie time.
- Hey.
- Battalion chief.
Cute, y'all. Amazing. Oh.
- MANNY: Thank you.
- Parmesan. Parmesan.
Par-Parmesan, come here. No, Parmesan,
come here. No, wait. No.
Parmesan, come here.
BODE: Eve, Eve, I got her.
EVE: Come here. Oh, what are you?
- BODE: Parmesan, come on.
- EVE: No, Parmesan.
Parmesan. Parmesan, come.
I got her.
- Pull him out. Get him out.
- Come on.
Okay, that's good.
Seriously?
Chickens now?
- What? I just run the place.
- (SHARON LAUGHS)
(TONES BLARING)
DISPATCH: Station 42, structure fire.
Time to get this helmet dirty.
Yeah. I'll tell you what my boss
said to me on my first day:
Don't screw it up.
♪
(SIREN WAILING)
Greencrest, Engine 1591.
We are six minutes out
from Al's Drive-In Theater.
Ooh.
- You know what'd be nice?
- Hmm?
If Al still serves
those, uh, dollar dogs.
- (INHALES)
- Mmm.
You didn't fill up on my tacos at lunch?
So, we need to have
a conversation about seasoning.
Um, you're having dinner
at Sharon's tonight.
May I suggest paprika?
I'm grabbing pizza from Skip's.
Skipolini's? By the post office?
I told Eve about the key.
Look, the sooner
that I can prove that letter
isn't what it looks like,
the sooner it goes away.
Tell him.
- (EVE AND JAKE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)
- What?
- What?
- Um
Okay. Hey, yo, B.
Look, your dad was a good man,
- a-a great man.
- Mm. Great.
- But, you know, nobody's perfect.
- Mm-hmm.
- And-and
- Um, you remember, um, Principal Ressler?
He put the "pal" in principal.
And he always signed up for the, uh,
the dunk tank for the town fair.
JAKE: Yeah, nobody didn't love Ressler.
Okay. All right. I got it.
I-I know where you're headed.
All right? But this is different.
There was that time that
we saw him getting it on with
Coach Hayes, and that man was
not married to Coach Hayes.
Yeah, Ressler was a cheater.
- And a great man.
- Yeah, and both can be true, man.
BODE: Can we not compare
my dad to Ressler?
I'm not, I'm not saying
that the letter is nothing.
But you both saw the way
my dad worshipped my mom.
JAKE: Look, I just think that
blackmail only works
if you have something to hide.
Okay, great, got it.
You think my dad's a cheat.
Well, you're gonna feel like an
ass when I prove that he wasn't.
I'm a little surprised that
you wanted in on this one.
Just think of me as a resource.
Years of experience at your fingertips.
(LAUGHS) Uh, there's Jefferson.
Yeah, I'm gonna take Mountain.
But Jefferson gets us there quicker.
Al's is on the corner.
West on Mountain, then left on Apple.
That is the fastest way.
Chief Perez is just full of opinions.
(SHARON CHUCKLES)
- (FIRE ENGINE HORN HONKING)
- (SIREN WAILING)
(CAR HORNS HONKING)
JAKE: All right, we'll have
to go another way.
Go ahead, push 'em back, Eve.
(FIRE ENGINE HORN HONKS)
Eve, let's do a 360.
Bode, take Hayes and Dawson
and start clearing folks out of here.
ANNOUNCER (OVER P.A.):
At our concession stand
(CAR HORNS HONKING)
soda and your favorite candy.
BODE: All right, let's go. Got to move.
HAYES: Got to get everybody
out of here right now.
BODE: Got to clear everybody out.
- This way, ma'am.
- Thank you.
Goes out of here safely.
- WES: Hey there, Bode.
- Wes?
WES: Yeah.
Guess I got to count on a fire
just to see you.
You don't come around since you
don't need side jobs anymore.
Hell, I got my hands full
with my day job, so, you know.
Firefighting's a
it's a full-time deal.
Yeah. Yeah, I can see that.
It's about to ruin Al's
western movie night. High Noon.
Best film ever.
You wanted to come out here
and enjoy it alone?
You know, Mickey and Skye
do not have an appreciation
for the fine work of Gary Cooper, so
Well, not everybody's
got your good taste.
- Amen to that.
- JAKE (OVER RADIO): Firefighter Leone,
I.C. pulling up. Report face-to-face.
Yeah, copy. Duty calls.
Go earn your paycheck.
I don't want to miss my movie.
We'll do our best. Hey, stay out
of trouble for me, all right?
Ah, can't make any promises.
Got to go barter for some popcorn.
(SIREN WAILING)
All right, two-story structure fire.
First floor concession stand
with threat to the second floor
projection room, Chief.
- Okay, then, 42, we're gonna
- All right, 42, we got a, uh
As I was saying,
we got a fire on the
southwest side of the premises.
We make sure that fire doesn't
go beyond this structure. Copy?
Assignments, they're as follows.
Jake, you're gonna
Jake, take point on
the primary interior search,
and make sure you do an extra sweep
in case there's any stragglers in there.
- Copy that. Uh, Bode, with me.
- Yeah, on it, Cap.
Manny and Eve, you start
the exterior attack.
Grab a line and stop the spread
from the second floor.
Copy, Chief. Eve, you heard her.
- Start running that hose line.
- Copy you.
- Hey, Chief.
- Yeah?
Are you running I.C. or am I?
Oh, just force of habit.
- Mom.
- Yeah?
Hey, uh, Wes is here.
Aunt Mickey's Wes?
I told him to stay out of trouble.
(LAUGHS) Expect him to do that?
That would be cute.
That feel a little awkward to you?
Yeah, well, upside of Manny
getting B.C. over me?
Don't got to deal with that.
ANNOUNCER: Feeling snacky?
Visit our concession stand
(AUDIO DISTORTING):
..for hot and fresh popcorn.
(PEOPLE SCREAM)
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
Oh, that's not good.
Did you call for a vent crew?
No.
MANNY: Hey, Chief.
Yeah? Stay to the right.
Why is there a vent crew at my scene?
Uh, because venting the roof
is our next inevitable move.
Come on.
Yeah, I want to approach
this one differently.
We don't damage the roof
unless we have to.
- Mm. How's that?
- Transitional attack.
Try to keep
the interior temperature cool.
Venting will get you there quicker.
Right, just like you thought that, uh,
Jefferson would get us here
quicker, right?
Wow. First day, Perez.
Maybe we don't need to make
everything a power struggle.
B.C. still reports to D.C.
EVE: Should we give the vent
crew a go-ahead, Chief, or what?
Eh, Sharon's making
a lot of assumptions,
but I see a way forward.
We're going transitional.
- (WHISTLES) Hey.
- Copy you.
JAKE: Got it.
Is that the projector?
Delta side clear.
BODE: Looks like an electrical
- point of origin in the ceiling.
- JAKE: Yeah.
Al must not have changed the
electrical wiring in decades.
MAC: Hey, is someone here?
- Help.
- Yeah, it's Cal Fire. Where are you?
MAC: The projector
fell on me. I'm over here.
Bode, you're up. Check him out.
(GASPS)
JAKE: Hey. Hey, can
you tell me your name?
Mac. Can you can you get
this off me, like, now?
BODE: Hey, his foot's pinned.
- Okay, I'm gonna lift it up.
- BODE: All right, come on, here we go.
- Ready.
- BOTH: One.
Two. Three.
(GRUNTS)
Hey, we use a Halligan to try
and pry it a couple inches,
we can pull him out.
It's not your call, probie,
but I happen to agree.
All right,
let's clear debris for access.
Make it fast.
The fire upstairs is growing.
What happens when Sharon finds out
you ordered a transitional attack?
It's the B.C.'s job to execute a vision.
Exactly what I'm doing.
I'll bring the popcorn to the hot wash.
(MAN COUGHS)
- AL: Up here. Help.
- What the
Up here.
- Help!
- Is that Al?
I can't breathe. You got to get me out.
Hey, Al, you just stay calm,
all right? We're coming to you.
No, man, that window's too small.
We can't do a ladder rescue.
Well, then, we go in.
Our resources are spread thin,
and a man's life is at stake.
We? Wait, you want to be
an inside man
on your first day in command?
D.C. Leone's not gonna go for that.
Well, then, she can take it up
with the battalion chief.
All right, Eve.
With that ceiling, we're
not gonna get any smoke lift.
And once it gets oxygen
We get a big, fat fire burger.
Exactly, but I'm gonna be
right behind you to kill it,
- all right? Get some.
- Copy.
Be safe.
- Ready?
- Ready.
EVE: Now, that was a chief move.
Let's go, baby.
MANNY: You see him?
EVE: Not yet.
MANNY: I got this. You move forward.
EVE: Al. Al!
- Al!
- (AL COUGHS)
EVE: Keep your face covered.
There you go.
AL: 32 years of owning this place,
and today's the day I lose it?
MANNY: We're not gonna
let that happen. Let's go.
SHARON (OVER RADIO):
Chief Perez, what is your location?
Edwards and I are in the
projection room with a patient.
Your assigned position
was structure Bravo side.
Yeah, we had a surprise rescue.
In your new role very new
you are not supposed to be
hands-on in any circumstance.
As you might say, Chief,
"force of habit."
JAKE: Hey, find anything
to use for support?
BODE: Yeah, I'm looking.
Hey, we're gonna get you
out of here, bud.
Soon, though? My parents figure out
I left my little brother
in the car, they're gonna flip.
BODE: Here we go.
Parents make plenty of mistakes.
Yours will just be happy
that you're okay.
Yeah, parents make mistakes.
All the time.
You ready?
(GRUNTS)
Come on. Come on.
JAKE: All right, Bode, on my count.
- One. Two.
- BODE: Two.
BOTH: Three.
MAC: Thank you.
Thank you.
BODE: We got you.
- BODE: We got you.
- JAKE: Hey! Right over here.
BODE: There you go.
- JAKE: There you go, man.
- (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
You gonna make comments all day?
It's not my fault you keep
reading into everything I say.
WES: Things a little
hot under the collar?
Stress of the job.
(CHUCKLES)
Don't try and outfox me.
What's eating you?
(SIGHS) Just got a little mess
on my hands,
but I'm handling it.
Oh, stoic.
You know, you-you're like one of
these old silver screen cowboys.
(WESTERN ACCENT): Whatever you're
going after, you're going after alone.
(WES LAUGHS)
Well, sometimes,
alone's the only option.
Yeah, well
You don't forget Wes Fox
has got your back.
MANNY: The structure fire is contained.
You defied my orders.
I called an audible, Sharon.
And as a leader,
I have to trust my instincts.
You've been trying
to get around me all day long.
I have not.
Come on, Sharon, you
supported me getting this job,
why the hell won't you
just let me do it?
Because your instinct is to reverse
everything 42 has always done.
One decision.
I made one decision, Sharon.
No, there was the coffee
this morning, too.
You're still on the coffee?
And you're driving his truck
around like it's yours.
His truck?
Yeah, and that helmet,
like he never even existed, Manny.
This is like death by 1,000 paper cuts.
Yes, I am terrified.
The ATF and telling my son
about something that's gonna
unleash an anger in him
that I have no control over.
I'm scared, too,
but you have to tell Bode.
- I
- BODE: Tell me what?
You two are at each other's
throats over what?
Whatever it is, I can handle it.
It's your mom's call.
I spoke out of turn.
SHARON: We got a
rapid spread on the roof.
Embers are flying.
42, hoses.
Okay, if the fire
spreads to the trees
- We're screwed. I agree.
- What's the call?
Your orders, Chief.
All right. You two,
control the structure fire.
You two on hoses. Attack the spot fires.
- Let's go. Go, go, go, go.
- Copy that. On it.
Hey, you guys make sure
that fire doesn't get to the trees.
All right, spot fires keep popping up.
What we really need is a hand crew
to attack it before
it hits this vegetation.
Yeah, but with what manpower?
Who we really need is
- Three Rock.
- Three Rock.
FIREFIGHTER (OVER RADIO):
Chief, evac's clogged with vehicles.
You still behind me? 'Cause
I got a kind of wild idea.
How wild?
All right, Al. Your lungs sound great.
Just don't go running a marathon
in the next few days.
How about a movie marathon?
(BOTH LAUGH)
I'm, um, I'm sorry
about your projector, too.
Um, I know it'll be a while
before you show some movies.
Well, you know, if, uh,
tickets and concession
- were my only source of income
- Mm-hmm?
I'd have been
out of business years back.
- Yeah?
- Yeah. I mean,
drive-in's night work.
You got to think bigger.
I mean, I've rented
this place out for flea markets
and church things.
- I mean, we even had a wedding here once.
- Mm.
Multiple revenue streams, okay?
- Think bigger.
- Mm.
SHARON (OVER RADIO):
Edwards, do you still have Al
in the ambulance?
Affirmative, Chief.
Al, the radio frequency that you use
to play the movie audio in the cars,
do you have an emergency transmitter?
Yeah, sure we do. It's-it's
in the, in the ticket booth.
(INHALES)
(STAMMERS) The picture's down,
but the-the, uh, transmitter
should still be up.
Okay, what's the frequency?
106.7 FM.
- Okay, thank you.
- EVE: Um
Okay.
Good evening, movie-goers.
This is Cal Fire Division Chief
Sharon Leone,
and I know this isn't
the movie night you had in mind,
but if there are any volunteers
who would like to help save
Edgewater's favorite drive-in,
would you meet us by the woods
on the west side?
Thank you.
Always thought you had
a voice for radio.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
Good, good, good.
Hey, I got another one right here.
On it. Bode, behind you.
Good, Leone. Stay on it.
Do you know what's up
with my mom and Manny?
Well, she wanted vertical ventilation,
- he went transitional.
- No, no, something different.
Manny said that my mom's
hiding something from me.
(CHUCKLES) I-I-I-I can't
with the irony of that.
Bode, you are hiding
the letter from her.
- You got opinions on that now?
- Well, to be honest,
- he's always had opinions on it.
- JAKE: No, no. You know what?
You can hate me all over again for it,
but I'm tired of keeping
my opinions to myself.
Tell your mom about the letter.
- But
- JAKE: No. Tell her.
As a matter of fact, tell her now.
God, it felt good saying that out loud.
I'm with him.
- I hope we get some takers.
- (CARS HONKING)
MANNY: Oh, we do, we do.
SHARON: Oh, yes.
Thank you so much.
Please grab a tool from Chief Perez.
Wes Fox, is that you
angling to hold a Pulaski?
Boss me around, Firecracker.
All right, I need everybody to
get a handle on starts and spots.
I-I don't follow, Share.
Fire starts and spot fires.
Anything that's smoking,
- throw some dirt on it, stamp it out.
- Like gardening.
In hell.
(LAUGHS)
Guys
Bode, drag a hose over there now.
Embers are flying.
If that whole screen goes up,
so does the forest.
It's not enough, y'all.
All right.
What if we pull it to the ground?
Forward, away from those trees.
Yeah, I like it, but
our rescue chains won't reach.
We got something that will.
Hey, whoa.
Hey. Don't you stop hitting that.
JAKE: Hey, I'll hop in the cab.
(TRUCK ENGINE STARTS)
All right, let's go.
SHARON: Thank you.
You're doing a great job.
WES: I got to say, it's really something
watching you run things, Firecracker.
Yeah, but I don't run the show.
Not this one, anyway.
Well Well, from the cheap seats,
somebody wants to do
those big jobs, you let 'em.
Hey, Wes Fox.
That's a spot fire.
What do you do to it?
Aye, aye.
Ooh, look at him. He's a natural.
I know my way around a disaster.
JAKE (INTO RADIO): Chiefs,
the screen's about to go,
so we're rolling with it,
pulling it away from
the forest line.
Copy, Crawford. We'll support.
Come on.
(TRUCK BEEPING)
Yup. Keep going.
Come on, Jake, open it up.
Back up, folks.
Folks, back up, please. Come on.
Please step back. That's it. That's it.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
They did it.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
I know what you're gonna say.
Trouble just seems to find me.
I don't go looking for it.
What about the kind of trouble
that includes threatening letters?
You mean blackmail?
(BODE SIGHS)
My dad, um
got himself into some hot water.
Someone threatened to blow up his life.
(LAUGHS)
Oh, these kids these days.
Can't they come up
with a more original threat?
You want to know what your next move is?
My buddy thinks I should tell my mom.
Your buddy's right.
You're nuts if you think you can
keep a secret from that woman.
Ah. What's the holdup?
I mean, she's
she's been through enough.
I don't want to pile on more.
(GRUNTS) What, you think
Sharon Leone can't handle
a piece of paper? After
everything she's been through?
Try her.
What about the threats?
You don't wait.
Somebody's coming for you?
Open the front door.
You play offense, not defense.
But play with your whole team,
which includes Sharon.
Probably right.
I'm always right.
Could you please remind
my daughter of that?
Oh. Uh, that whole team
also includes that buddy.
Good ones tell you
what you don't want to hear.
(WES EXHALES)
- MANNY: Hey, Chief.
- (SHARON CLEARS THROAT)
I bulldozed your first day
as battalion chief.
It was unprofessional, and I'm sorry.
Eh. Don't worry about it.
You're division chief.
- You're supposed to do that.
- (BOTH LAUGH)
Yeah.
I'm sorry, too.
But, damn, did we pull one out
in the end, or what?
- Yes, we did. We did.
- Yeah, we did that.
You're a terrific leader, Manny,
but you're also
the face of change, and
Change is a bitch.
You said it, not me.
That doesn't smell like Leone Mud to me.
No. I figured I should try
the new stuff, you know,
which is my way of saying I heard you.
Yeah?
So does that mean you're telling Bode?
I am.
Good.
And what about the coffee?
Do you hate it?
- I do.
- (LAUGHING)
You cannot be right about everything.
Happy first day, Manny.
We're lucky to have you.
I'm lucky to have the Leones.
- (CLICKS TONGUE)
- (LAUGHS)
Moon's high, so am I ♪
Going 105 down 99 ♪
Left lane right back to you ♪
(JAKE SIGHS)
Okay, so
you're breaking into houses
left and right today, huh?
Got tired of arguing
with half a dozen people
over what to watch on TV, so
thought I'd move back in,
if it's cool with you?
Pride is poison ♪
Leaves you all alone ♪
As long as you're good with
SportsCenter being on by default, yeah.
Leaves you ♪
Begging at her front door ♪
Leaves you ♪
Hanging out to dry ♪
Yo.
Leaves you ♪
Wishing you could hit rewind ♪
Did you find anything in the P.O. Box?
I didn't go.
Doesn't matter what's inside.
You were right.
You know, my dad wasn't perfect.
He was no stranger to secrets,
that's been true.
JAKE: Hmm.
And this letter was just the latest one.
B, I loved the man, but (SIGHS)
boy, did he leave behind
some kind of mess.
Yeah.
(SIGHS)
With him gone, we can't
let that mess destroy us.
No.
I mean, I-I didn't let the pills do it.
Hey, I sure as hell didn't let
losing battalion chief do it.
This letter won't do it.
But it's no good going at it alone.
I want you on my team.
Even if that means
I'm telling you something
you don't want to hear?
I'm-a try and do the same.
Starting with my mom.
Good.
Well, wish me luck.
- You gonna need it.
- Yeah, hey.
Unpack the rest of this box
while I'm gone,
if you don't mind.
Back lost time ♪
Yeah. I do mind.
♪
So, I noticed that you moved
Bridget and her girls.
That sucks
'cause I was just starting
to like their squawking.
It's funny you should say that.
They're-they're not going too far.
I think I found a new home
for them at Three Rock.
- Oh, for real?
- Yeah, I was, like, running the numbers,
and if Three Rock has
their own chicken eggs,
budget gets cut by, like, 20K.
Wha
Wow. Those must be golden eggs.
You could taste for yourself.
- (CHUCKLES)
- All right.
(MANNY CLEARS THROAT)
Wow, it looks amazing.
Let's see
Mmm.
Holy mama. That's what
farm fresh eggs taste like?
Mm-hmm. Okay, so this
is what I'm thinking,
if Three Rock raises its own chickens,
harvests its own eggs,
and grows its own crops
Then the boys can feed
themselves. That's smart.
- I like it.
- Yeah, no, but think bigger.
The boys could turn a profit,
and then, I don't know,
pour it back into the camp.
Damn, look at us. Day one on the job,
we already solved Three Rock.
(LAUGHS)
Well, you know, we'll see
what the city council says
and DOC, and also, um
We?
Well, I didn't get a chance
to tell you, but
I've applied for a few
wildfire prevention grants.
And if we get one,
then that's just more bread
for our boys.
Well, well, well, well.
Mr. New Battalion Chief has
had a big day today.
- Just getting started.
- (BOTH LAUGH)
(CROWING)
(CROWING)
They gave us the pizza on the house.
Apparently, everyone loves
Al's Drive-In.
That's so sweet.
Hawaiian.
(LAUGHS)
BODE: Three plates, Mom?
- I got it. I got it. I got it.
- No, no.
No, no. I'm sorry.
(SHARON SIGHS)
I just miss him so much.
Me, too.
- Mom, there's something
- Yeah,
there is, about today. I know.
I've been It's something
I'm afraid to tell you
'cause it's really hard for me to
say, so it's gonna be hard
for you to hear.
Well, whatever it is
I won't break.
(SIGHS) The ATF believes that someone
set the Zabel Ridge fire.
(AUDIO MUFFLED): Everything
about it points to arson.
They have an origination point.
They have some evidence
that they're not willing to share yet,
but that they would tell me
anything if they were 100% sure
that the person who caused the fire
♪
(NORMAL VOLUME):
Bode, can you say something?
Someone deliberately lit this town up.
They're still out there.
We got to do something.
You cannot go vigilante on this.
No, I mean
I want to help with 42 if we can.
Okay, I-I can talk
to investigators, but
could we just sit in the-the feelings
it brings up for a second?
BODE: I've been sitting
with something else.
I tried finding an explanation,
but I couldn't.
It was in Dad's guitar case.
It's in a woman's handwriting.
It's threats.
I don't want to jump
to conclusions, but
"I will blow up your life"?
Mom, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, Mom.
Uh
- Uh, I cannot believe this.
- Well, I couldn't either.
Oh, Bode, honey, it's not an affair.
(MUMBLES)
The fact that she would
extort your father for money,
and that he would get
into this position with her.
Wait, you know her?
So do you.
She's my mother.
Previously on Fire Country
The ATF's investigation
into the Zabel Ridge Fire
show that someone started it.
And I'm sure your son,
he's gonna have feelings.
I would watch out how he gets the news.
JAKE: I didn't realize you
were back to being the Bode
who didn't give a damn
about anything but himself.
You don't feel like
getting along with me?
Feeling's mutual.
RICHARDS: Let me tell you
what I saw today.
You're exactly what 42 needs.
He just named 42's battalion chief.
It's me, Jake.
EVE: I'm gonna find a way to
get the state to reopen Three Rock.
I will not hear a no.
Yeah, we're family.
Which is why we wanted
to show you something.
EVE: It was in your dad's guitar case.
JAKE: Now, look, this person, R
Which could be Renée.
JAKE: Well, whoever it is,
she's coming after your mom.
♪
JAKE: B, what are we looking for?
BODE: Anything that
would explain the letter.
- (MOTORCYCLE PASSES BY OUTSIDE)
- (GRUNTS)
Was that Sharon's motorcycle?
BODE: My mom's at the station.
Where we need to be getting back to.
(SIGHS) You almost done?
Look, the ice cream from the
grocery store run is melting.
Manny hates that, and it's his big day.
Yo, you trying to rip the drawers out?
It's the last place I need to look.
And here I was,
trying to be inconspicuous.
You didn't have to come with me.
I know you'd rather not tell
Sharon about the letter,
but pretty sure she's gonna
wonder why things look out of place.
BODE: Tell her what?
We don't even know what it means,
except my dad pissed someone off.
Yeah, "someone."
You still think that "R" is Renée?
JAKE: Eve made a really good point.
His ex is a logical conclusion.
A lawyer who's won
million-dollar settlements
doesn't need cash
from an Edgewater fire chief.
My dad's strongbox.
Here, let me give you an assist.
Never heard my dad mention a P.O. Box.
Could be more letters.
No. No. No, no, no, no, no.
We are not making another stop.
Tonight, after shift.
Come on.
B, the drawer.
Like we were never here.
EVE: Hey, yo, Chief.
Can I call you Chief yet?
'Cause it just feels weird.
Which I probably shouldn't have said.
Probably not.
Uh, but I'm on an adrenaline rush
because I have finally
gotten an audience
for the city council
to talk about Three Rock,
and, uh, I refused
to take no for an answer.
- And?
- They didn't say no.
So I got Three Rock's land
off the market,
and-and I got the Fraleys to commit
to donating lumber for the rebuild.
Wow, that's-that's great, Eve.
- That's huge. Great job.
- Thanks, bud.
So what's next?
Oh, you know, not too much.
I just got to
come up with a way to reduce the bill
and maybe even make a profit
and, uh, yeah,
reinvent the whole camp.
You know, small stuff.
(CHUCKLES)
Yeah, well, self-sustaining prison camp,
- that's a pretty tall order.
- Yeah. Right.
And in theory,
the city council loves it,
but now, I got to deliver.
And my adrenaline's gone.
Hey, hey, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- You don't deflate, okay?
- Okay. Okay.
(CHICKEN CLUCKING)
What the hell was that?
- What was what?
- (LAUGHS)
I thought I heard a chicken.
A chicken? (LAUGHS)
- I know. It's weird, right?
- That that would be wild.
You little escape artist. Come here.
How did you get out of the cage again?
Uh, you want to tell me what's
with Foghorn Leghorn there?
Well, Foghorn Leghorn is a rooster.
This chicken is Bridget.
And what's Bridget doing
here at the station?
Mm My dad took in
some displaced animals
after the Zabel Ridge fire, and
I'm helping him relocate them.
And Bridget and her friends
need a place to stay for a couple days.
And, uh, she heard about my handsome,
wonderful, new battalion chief.
How many friends we talking?
MANNY: So that chicken
laid this egg?
That is what chickens do.
Nature is a miracle.
Hey, lil' lady.
- Did you lay this egg?
- Did you?
You did, didn't you? You laid this egg.
Sir, are you talking to my chicken?
(OTHERS LAUGHING)
MANNY: Uh, yeah.
- It would appear that I am.
- (EVE LAUGHS)
So does that mean that's a yes?
- (MANNY SIGHS)
- (CHICKENS SQUAWKING)
Well, I guess my first order
as battalion chief is, yes,
Bridget and her friends can stay.
- (BRIDGET CLUCKS)
- (GASPS)
- Oh, you're welcome.
- Aw.
You're so welcome, Bridget.
(SQUAWKING LOUDLY)
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
Oh, hey.
There you are.
Uh, Manny's been worrying
about the ice cream melting.
Nah, we got it in the freezer.
What's up?
Big day. New battalion chief.
Taking over your dad's
position permanently.
(SIGHS)
If it's gonna be anybody,
I think Battalion Chief Perez
has a nice ring to it.
(LAUGHS) It does.
It's the good news I don't think
42 realized it needed right now.
- Mm.
- Really.
Was that it?
You kind of seem
Oh, when's the last time
you've been by the house?
Why?
'Cause you're my son, that's why.
BODE: Um, too long. Manny's
been there hogging the couch.
Yes, he has.
You want to have dinner tonight?
I mean, it's just gonna be takeout,
but I can put it on fancy plates.
- Copy, Chief.
- Okay.
MANNY: You didn't tell him?
Where is the coffee?
Sharon, you didn't tell Bode
that the ATF thinks that
Edgewater was set on fire
by a "who" and not a "what"?
It's a giant, red tub.
It's usually right there.
- Chief
- And Jake and Bode just went shopping.
They could not have forgotten Leone Mud.
'Cause I took it off the list.
What?
Some of the guys said they
want to try a different brew.
I thought,
hey, why not Guatemalan beans?
It's your station.
And I can see now that that offends you.
I'm-I'm-I'm sorry, Sharon,
but you, you're the one
who told me to
make the station my own,
so I thought coffee
- was a great jumping-off point.
- It's not just coffee.
Leone Mud is
a multi-generational tradition.
I-It has always been here.
Do-do you just want to run
a station with no tradition?
Wow.
You know what?
I'll put it back on the list.
Okay?
Today is about good news.
It's-it's about your good news.
Yeah, but it's also
a big transition day for you.
- And for Bode
- Bode is solid,
and I feel more hopeful
for 42 than I have
in a lot of hopeless months.
So please don't ask me to spoil it
by upsetting my son
about an ATF investigation.
And I will try not to ruin it
- over coffee beans. Okay?
- (BOTH LAUGH)
Okay.
Can I say one thing?
Uh an arsonist set Edgewater on fire,
and they're still out there.
And it's only a matter of time
before Bode finds out.
Wouldn't it be better coming from you?
MANNY: Mm.
(EVE WHISTLES, HUMS)
Okay.
- (JAKE CLEARS THROAT)
- What's up?
I found another one.
Man, did these chickens
just learn how to pick locks?
Come here, Bridget.
Uh, speaking of picking locks
Oh, right. How'd the heist go,
Danny Ocean?
Did y'all actually find something?
Uh, yeah, a key.
And get this, it's linked
to a covert mailbox of Vince's.
Well, that's sus. Hey, hey, hey.
I just made that.
Look, and-and B,
he's looking for any answer
other than the obvious,
but the man was hiding
an extortion letter
and had a covert mailbox.
I mean, kind of paints a picture.
Yeah, well, did you tell him?
We just got back on speaking terms.
Okay. Well
(CLEARS THROAT) You want to be
tight with him again, yeah?
Well, then, you got to learn
how to be honest.
I don't see you telling him anything.
Mm-hmm. No, you're right about that.
Oh, you, um, you have a little
something on your chest.
Yup. No, it's right here.
Oh!
- (LAUGHS)
- Okay. Okay.
SHARON: It's my honor to bestow upon you
the rank of battalion chief.
This pin symbolizes your leadership
here at our beloved 42.
- Yeah.
- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Well, it's not too late
to change your mind.
Mm. No, no.
- EVE: There we go.
- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Wow.
Whew. Man
It has been a wild ride
for me and firefighting.
But, uh, through all the ups and downs,
42 has always been a home.
It's been our home.
And loyalty
is what we're all about here.
You know, we committed
our lives to fire service,
but also to each other.
And, uh
I wouldn't be here without
each and every one of you.
And I'm humbled
and grateful.
But most of all,
I'm ready to get to work
'cause this is the greatest job
in the world, am I right?
(CHEERING, WHOOPING)
All right, y'all, let's take a photo.
I know Gabs is gonna want to see this.
All right, get in tight.
Act like you love each other.
Here we go.
- All right, now flip that.
- I don't know how to flip it.
- Hold on. Here we go.
- Come on. Stop it. Let's go.
Selfie time.
- Hey.
- Battalion chief.
Cute, y'all. Amazing. Oh.
- MANNY: Thank you.
- Parmesan. Parmesan.
Par-Parmesan, come here. No, Parmesan,
come here. No, wait. No.
Parmesan, come here.
BODE: Eve, Eve, I got her.
EVE: Come here. Oh, what are you?
- BODE: Parmesan, come on.
- EVE: No, Parmesan.
Parmesan. Parmesan, come.
I got her.
- Pull him out. Get him out.
- Come on.
Okay, that's good.
Seriously?
Chickens now?
- What? I just run the place.
- (SHARON LAUGHS)
(TONES BLARING)
DISPATCH: Station 42, structure fire.
Time to get this helmet dirty.
Yeah. I'll tell you what my boss
said to me on my first day:
Don't screw it up.
♪
(SIREN WAILING)
Greencrest, Engine 1591.
We are six minutes out
from Al's Drive-In Theater.
Ooh.
- You know what'd be nice?
- Hmm?
If Al still serves
those, uh, dollar dogs.
- (INHALES)
- Mmm.
You didn't fill up on my tacos at lunch?
So, we need to have
a conversation about seasoning.
Um, you're having dinner
at Sharon's tonight.
May I suggest paprika?
I'm grabbing pizza from Skip's.
Skipolini's? By the post office?
I told Eve about the key.
Look, the sooner
that I can prove that letter
isn't what it looks like,
the sooner it goes away.
Tell him.
- (EVE AND JAKE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)
- What?
- What?
- Um
Okay. Hey, yo, B.
Look, your dad was a good man,
- a-a great man.
- Mm. Great.
- But, you know, nobody's perfect.
- Mm-hmm.
- And-and
- Um, you remember, um, Principal Ressler?
He put the "pal" in principal.
And he always signed up for the, uh,
the dunk tank for the town fair.
JAKE: Yeah, nobody didn't love Ressler.
Okay. All right. I got it.
I-I know where you're headed.
All right? But this is different.
There was that time that
we saw him getting it on with
Coach Hayes, and that man was
not married to Coach Hayes.
Yeah, Ressler was a cheater.
- And a great man.
- Yeah, and both can be true, man.
BODE: Can we not compare
my dad to Ressler?
I'm not, I'm not saying
that the letter is nothing.
But you both saw the way
my dad worshipped my mom.
JAKE: Look, I just think that
blackmail only works
if you have something to hide.
Okay, great, got it.
You think my dad's a cheat.
Well, you're gonna feel like an
ass when I prove that he wasn't.
I'm a little surprised that
you wanted in on this one.
Just think of me as a resource.
Years of experience at your fingertips.
(LAUGHS) Uh, there's Jefferson.
Yeah, I'm gonna take Mountain.
But Jefferson gets us there quicker.
Al's is on the corner.
West on Mountain, then left on Apple.
That is the fastest way.
Chief Perez is just full of opinions.
(SHARON CHUCKLES)
- (FIRE ENGINE HORN HONKING)
- (SIREN WAILING)
(CAR HORNS HONKING)
JAKE: All right, we'll have
to go another way.
Go ahead, push 'em back, Eve.
(FIRE ENGINE HORN HONKS)
Eve, let's do a 360.
Bode, take Hayes and Dawson
and start clearing folks out of here.
ANNOUNCER (OVER P.A.):
At our concession stand
(CAR HORNS HONKING)
soda and your favorite candy.
BODE: All right, let's go. Got to move.
HAYES: Got to get everybody
out of here right now.
BODE: Got to clear everybody out.
- This way, ma'am.
- Thank you.
Goes out of here safely.
- WES: Hey there, Bode.
- Wes?
WES: Yeah.
Guess I got to count on a fire
just to see you.
You don't come around since you
don't need side jobs anymore.
Hell, I got my hands full
with my day job, so, you know.
Firefighting's a
it's a full-time deal.
Yeah. Yeah, I can see that.
It's about to ruin Al's
western movie night. High Noon.
Best film ever.
You wanted to come out here
and enjoy it alone?
You know, Mickey and Skye
do not have an appreciation
for the fine work of Gary Cooper, so
Well, not everybody's
got your good taste.
- Amen to that.
- JAKE (OVER RADIO): Firefighter Leone,
I.C. pulling up. Report face-to-face.
Yeah, copy. Duty calls.
Go earn your paycheck.
I don't want to miss my movie.
We'll do our best. Hey, stay out
of trouble for me, all right?
Ah, can't make any promises.
Got to go barter for some popcorn.
(SIREN WAILING)
All right, two-story structure fire.
First floor concession stand
with threat to the second floor
projection room, Chief.
- Okay, then, 42, we're gonna
- All right, 42, we got a, uh
As I was saying,
we got a fire on the
southwest side of the premises.
We make sure that fire doesn't
go beyond this structure. Copy?
Assignments, they're as follows.
Jake, you're gonna
Jake, take point on
the primary interior search,
and make sure you do an extra sweep
in case there's any stragglers in there.
- Copy that. Uh, Bode, with me.
- Yeah, on it, Cap.
Manny and Eve, you start
the exterior attack.
Grab a line and stop the spread
from the second floor.
Copy, Chief. Eve, you heard her.
- Start running that hose line.
- Copy you.
- Hey, Chief.
- Yeah?
Are you running I.C. or am I?
Oh, just force of habit.
- Mom.
- Yeah?
Hey, uh, Wes is here.
Aunt Mickey's Wes?
I told him to stay out of trouble.
(LAUGHS) Expect him to do that?
That would be cute.
That feel a little awkward to you?
Yeah, well, upside of Manny
getting B.C. over me?
Don't got to deal with that.
ANNOUNCER: Feeling snacky?
Visit our concession stand
(AUDIO DISTORTING):
..for hot and fresh popcorn.
(PEOPLE SCREAM)
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
Oh, that's not good.
Did you call for a vent crew?
No.
MANNY: Hey, Chief.
Yeah? Stay to the right.
Why is there a vent crew at my scene?
Uh, because venting the roof
is our next inevitable move.
Come on.
Yeah, I want to approach
this one differently.
We don't damage the roof
unless we have to.
- Mm. How's that?
- Transitional attack.
Try to keep
the interior temperature cool.
Venting will get you there quicker.
Right, just like you thought that, uh,
Jefferson would get us here
quicker, right?
Wow. First day, Perez.
Maybe we don't need to make
everything a power struggle.
B.C. still reports to D.C.
EVE: Should we give the vent
crew a go-ahead, Chief, or what?
Eh, Sharon's making
a lot of assumptions,
but I see a way forward.
We're going transitional.
- (WHISTLES) Hey.
- Copy you.
JAKE: Got it.
Is that the projector?
Delta side clear.
BODE: Looks like an electrical
- point of origin in the ceiling.
- JAKE: Yeah.
Al must not have changed the
electrical wiring in decades.
MAC: Hey, is someone here?
- Help.
- Yeah, it's Cal Fire. Where are you?
MAC: The projector
fell on me. I'm over here.
Bode, you're up. Check him out.
(GASPS)
JAKE: Hey. Hey, can
you tell me your name?
Mac. Can you can you get
this off me, like, now?
BODE: Hey, his foot's pinned.
- Okay, I'm gonna lift it up.
- BODE: All right, come on, here we go.
- Ready.
- BOTH: One.
Two. Three.
(GRUNTS)
Hey, we use a Halligan to try
and pry it a couple inches,
we can pull him out.
It's not your call, probie,
but I happen to agree.
All right,
let's clear debris for access.
Make it fast.
The fire upstairs is growing.
What happens when Sharon finds out
you ordered a transitional attack?
It's the B.C.'s job to execute a vision.
Exactly what I'm doing.
I'll bring the popcorn to the hot wash.
(MAN COUGHS)
- AL: Up here. Help.
- What the
Up here.
- Help!
- Is that Al?
I can't breathe. You got to get me out.
Hey, Al, you just stay calm,
all right? We're coming to you.
No, man, that window's too small.
We can't do a ladder rescue.
Well, then, we go in.
Our resources are spread thin,
and a man's life is at stake.
We? Wait, you want to be
an inside man
on your first day in command?
D.C. Leone's not gonna go for that.
Well, then, she can take it up
with the battalion chief.
All right, Eve.
With that ceiling, we're
not gonna get any smoke lift.
And once it gets oxygen
We get a big, fat fire burger.
Exactly, but I'm gonna be
right behind you to kill it,
- all right? Get some.
- Copy.
Be safe.
- Ready?
- Ready.
EVE: Now, that was a chief move.
Let's go, baby.
MANNY: You see him?
EVE: Not yet.
MANNY: I got this. You move forward.
EVE: Al. Al!
- Al!
- (AL COUGHS)
EVE: Keep your face covered.
There you go.
AL: 32 years of owning this place,
and today's the day I lose it?
MANNY: We're not gonna
let that happen. Let's go.
SHARON (OVER RADIO):
Chief Perez, what is your location?
Edwards and I are in the
projection room with a patient.
Your assigned position
was structure Bravo side.
Yeah, we had a surprise rescue.
In your new role very new
you are not supposed to be
hands-on in any circumstance.
As you might say, Chief,
"force of habit."
JAKE: Hey, find anything
to use for support?
BODE: Yeah, I'm looking.
Hey, we're gonna get you
out of here, bud.
Soon, though? My parents figure out
I left my little brother
in the car, they're gonna flip.
BODE: Here we go.
Parents make plenty of mistakes.
Yours will just be happy
that you're okay.
Yeah, parents make mistakes.
All the time.
You ready?
(GRUNTS)
Come on. Come on.
JAKE: All right, Bode, on my count.
- One. Two.
- BODE: Two.
BOTH: Three.
MAC: Thank you.
Thank you.
BODE: We got you.
- BODE: We got you.
- JAKE: Hey! Right over here.
BODE: There you go.
- JAKE: There you go, man.
- (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
You gonna make comments all day?
It's not my fault you keep
reading into everything I say.
WES: Things a little
hot under the collar?
Stress of the job.
(CHUCKLES)
Don't try and outfox me.
What's eating you?
(SIGHS) Just got a little mess
on my hands,
but I'm handling it.
Oh, stoic.
You know, you-you're like one of
these old silver screen cowboys.
(WESTERN ACCENT): Whatever you're
going after, you're going after alone.
(WES LAUGHS)
Well, sometimes,
alone's the only option.
Yeah, well
You don't forget Wes Fox
has got your back.
MANNY: The structure fire is contained.
You defied my orders.
I called an audible, Sharon.
And as a leader,
I have to trust my instincts.
You've been trying
to get around me all day long.
I have not.
Come on, Sharon, you
supported me getting this job,
why the hell won't you
just let me do it?
Because your instinct is to reverse
everything 42 has always done.
One decision.
I made one decision, Sharon.
No, there was the coffee
this morning, too.
You're still on the coffee?
And you're driving his truck
around like it's yours.
His truck?
Yeah, and that helmet,
like he never even existed, Manny.
This is like death by 1,000 paper cuts.
Yes, I am terrified.
The ATF and telling my son
about something that's gonna
unleash an anger in him
that I have no control over.
I'm scared, too,
but you have to tell Bode.
- I
- BODE: Tell me what?
You two are at each other's
throats over what?
Whatever it is, I can handle it.
It's your mom's call.
I spoke out of turn.
SHARON: We got a
rapid spread on the roof.
Embers are flying.
42, hoses.
Okay, if the fire
spreads to the trees
- We're screwed. I agree.
- What's the call?
Your orders, Chief.
All right. You two,
control the structure fire.
You two on hoses. Attack the spot fires.
- Let's go. Go, go, go, go.
- Copy that. On it.
Hey, you guys make sure
that fire doesn't get to the trees.
All right, spot fires keep popping up.
What we really need is a hand crew
to attack it before
it hits this vegetation.
Yeah, but with what manpower?
Who we really need is
- Three Rock.
- Three Rock.
FIREFIGHTER (OVER RADIO):
Chief, evac's clogged with vehicles.
You still behind me? 'Cause
I got a kind of wild idea.
How wild?
All right, Al. Your lungs sound great.
Just don't go running a marathon
in the next few days.
How about a movie marathon?
(BOTH LAUGH)
I'm, um, I'm sorry
about your projector, too.
Um, I know it'll be a while
before you show some movies.
Well, you know, if, uh,
tickets and concession
- were my only source of income
- Mm-hmm?
I'd have been
out of business years back.
- Yeah?
- Yeah. I mean,
drive-in's night work.
You got to think bigger.
I mean, I've rented
this place out for flea markets
and church things.
- I mean, we even had a wedding here once.
- Mm.
Multiple revenue streams, okay?
- Think bigger.
- Mm.
SHARON (OVER RADIO):
Edwards, do you still have Al
in the ambulance?
Affirmative, Chief.
Al, the radio frequency that you use
to play the movie audio in the cars,
do you have an emergency transmitter?
Yeah, sure we do. It's-it's
in the, in the ticket booth.
(INHALES)
(STAMMERS) The picture's down,
but the-the, uh, transmitter
should still be up.
Okay, what's the frequency?
106.7 FM.
- Okay, thank you.
- EVE: Um
Okay.
Good evening, movie-goers.
This is Cal Fire Division Chief
Sharon Leone,
and I know this isn't
the movie night you had in mind,
but if there are any volunteers
who would like to help save
Edgewater's favorite drive-in,
would you meet us by the woods
on the west side?
Thank you.
Always thought you had
a voice for radio.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
Good, good, good.
Hey, I got another one right here.
On it. Bode, behind you.
Good, Leone. Stay on it.
Do you know what's up
with my mom and Manny?
Well, she wanted vertical ventilation,
- he went transitional.
- No, no, something different.
Manny said that my mom's
hiding something from me.
(CHUCKLES) I-I-I-I can't
with the irony of that.
Bode, you are hiding
the letter from her.
- You got opinions on that now?
- Well, to be honest,
- he's always had opinions on it.
- JAKE: No, no. You know what?
You can hate me all over again for it,
but I'm tired of keeping
my opinions to myself.
Tell your mom about the letter.
- But
- JAKE: No. Tell her.
As a matter of fact, tell her now.
God, it felt good saying that out loud.
I'm with him.
- I hope we get some takers.
- (CARS HONKING)
MANNY: Oh, we do, we do.
SHARON: Oh, yes.
Thank you so much.
Please grab a tool from Chief Perez.
Wes Fox, is that you
angling to hold a Pulaski?
Boss me around, Firecracker.
All right, I need everybody to
get a handle on starts and spots.
I-I don't follow, Share.
Fire starts and spot fires.
Anything that's smoking,
- throw some dirt on it, stamp it out.
- Like gardening.
In hell.
(LAUGHS)
Guys
Bode, drag a hose over there now.
Embers are flying.
If that whole screen goes up,
so does the forest.
It's not enough, y'all.
All right.
What if we pull it to the ground?
Forward, away from those trees.
Yeah, I like it, but
our rescue chains won't reach.
We got something that will.
Hey, whoa.
Hey. Don't you stop hitting that.
JAKE: Hey, I'll hop in the cab.
(TRUCK ENGINE STARTS)
All right, let's go.
SHARON: Thank you.
You're doing a great job.
WES: I got to say, it's really something
watching you run things, Firecracker.
Yeah, but I don't run the show.
Not this one, anyway.
Well Well, from the cheap seats,
somebody wants to do
those big jobs, you let 'em.
Hey, Wes Fox.
That's a spot fire.
What do you do to it?
Aye, aye.
Ooh, look at him. He's a natural.
I know my way around a disaster.
JAKE (INTO RADIO): Chiefs,
the screen's about to go,
so we're rolling with it,
pulling it away from
the forest line.
Copy, Crawford. We'll support.
Come on.
(TRUCK BEEPING)
Yup. Keep going.
Come on, Jake, open it up.
Back up, folks.
Folks, back up, please. Come on.
Please step back. That's it. That's it.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
They did it.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
I know what you're gonna say.
Trouble just seems to find me.
I don't go looking for it.
What about the kind of trouble
that includes threatening letters?
You mean blackmail?
(BODE SIGHS)
My dad, um
got himself into some hot water.
Someone threatened to blow up his life.
(LAUGHS)
Oh, these kids these days.
Can't they come up
with a more original threat?
You want to know what your next move is?
My buddy thinks I should tell my mom.
Your buddy's right.
You're nuts if you think you can
keep a secret from that woman.
Ah. What's the holdup?
I mean, she's
she's been through enough.
I don't want to pile on more.
(GRUNTS) What, you think
Sharon Leone can't handle
a piece of paper? After
everything she's been through?
Try her.
What about the threats?
You don't wait.
Somebody's coming for you?
Open the front door.
You play offense, not defense.
But play with your whole team,
which includes Sharon.
Probably right.
I'm always right.
Could you please remind
my daughter of that?
Oh. Uh, that whole team
also includes that buddy.
Good ones tell you
what you don't want to hear.
(WES EXHALES)
- MANNY: Hey, Chief.
- (SHARON CLEARS THROAT)
I bulldozed your first day
as battalion chief.
It was unprofessional, and I'm sorry.
Eh. Don't worry about it.
You're division chief.
- You're supposed to do that.
- (BOTH LAUGH)
Yeah.
I'm sorry, too.
But, damn, did we pull one out
in the end, or what?
- Yes, we did. We did.
- Yeah, we did that.
You're a terrific leader, Manny,
but you're also
the face of change, and
Change is a bitch.
You said it, not me.
That doesn't smell like Leone Mud to me.
No. I figured I should try
the new stuff, you know,
which is my way of saying I heard you.
Yeah?
So does that mean you're telling Bode?
I am.
Good.
And what about the coffee?
Do you hate it?
- I do.
- (LAUGHING)
You cannot be right about everything.
Happy first day, Manny.
We're lucky to have you.
I'm lucky to have the Leones.
- (CLICKS TONGUE)
- (LAUGHS)
Moon's high, so am I ♪
Going 105 down 99 ♪
Left lane right back to you ♪
(JAKE SIGHS)
Okay, so
you're breaking into houses
left and right today, huh?
Got tired of arguing
with half a dozen people
over what to watch on TV, so
thought I'd move back in,
if it's cool with you?
Pride is poison ♪
Leaves you all alone ♪
As long as you're good with
SportsCenter being on by default, yeah.
Leaves you ♪
Begging at her front door ♪
Leaves you ♪
Hanging out to dry ♪
Yo.
Leaves you ♪
Wishing you could hit rewind ♪
Did you find anything in the P.O. Box?
I didn't go.
Doesn't matter what's inside.
You were right.
You know, my dad wasn't perfect.
He was no stranger to secrets,
that's been true.
JAKE: Hmm.
And this letter was just the latest one.
B, I loved the man, but (SIGHS)
boy, did he leave behind
some kind of mess.
Yeah.
(SIGHS)
With him gone, we can't
let that mess destroy us.
No.
I mean, I-I didn't let the pills do it.
Hey, I sure as hell didn't let
losing battalion chief do it.
This letter won't do it.
But it's no good going at it alone.
I want you on my team.
Even if that means
I'm telling you something
you don't want to hear?
I'm-a try and do the same.
Starting with my mom.
Good.
Well, wish me luck.
- You gonna need it.
- Yeah, hey.
Unpack the rest of this box
while I'm gone,
if you don't mind.
Back lost time ♪
Yeah. I do mind.
♪
So, I noticed that you moved
Bridget and her girls.
That sucks
'cause I was just starting
to like their squawking.
It's funny you should say that.
They're-they're not going too far.
I think I found a new home
for them at Three Rock.
- Oh, for real?
- Yeah, I was, like, running the numbers,
and if Three Rock has
their own chicken eggs,
budget gets cut by, like, 20K.
Wha
Wow. Those must be golden eggs.
You could taste for yourself.
- (CHUCKLES)
- All right.
(MANNY CLEARS THROAT)
Wow, it looks amazing.
Let's see
Mmm.
Holy mama. That's what
farm fresh eggs taste like?
Mm-hmm. Okay, so this
is what I'm thinking,
if Three Rock raises its own chickens,
harvests its own eggs,
and grows its own crops
Then the boys can feed
themselves. That's smart.
- I like it.
- Yeah, no, but think bigger.
The boys could turn a profit,
and then, I don't know,
pour it back into the camp.
Damn, look at us. Day one on the job,
we already solved Three Rock.
(LAUGHS)
Well, you know, we'll see
what the city council says
and DOC, and also, um
We?
Well, I didn't get a chance
to tell you, but
I've applied for a few
wildfire prevention grants.
And if we get one,
then that's just more bread
for our boys.
Well, well, well, well.
Mr. New Battalion Chief has
had a big day today.
- Just getting started.
- (BOTH LAUGH)
(CROWING)
(CROWING)
They gave us the pizza on the house.
Apparently, everyone loves
Al's Drive-In.
That's so sweet.
Hawaiian.
(LAUGHS)
BODE: Three plates, Mom?
- I got it. I got it. I got it.
- No, no.
No, no. I'm sorry.
(SHARON SIGHS)
I just miss him so much.
Me, too.
- Mom, there's something
- Yeah,
there is, about today. I know.
I've been It's something
I'm afraid to tell you
'cause it's really hard for me to
say, so it's gonna be hard
for you to hear.
Well, whatever it is
I won't break.
(SIGHS) The ATF believes that someone
set the Zabel Ridge fire.
(AUDIO MUFFLED): Everything
about it points to arson.
They have an origination point.
They have some evidence
that they're not willing to share yet,
but that they would tell me
anything if they were 100% sure
that the person who caused the fire
♪
(NORMAL VOLUME):
Bode, can you say something?
Someone deliberately lit this town up.
They're still out there.
We got to do something.
You cannot go vigilante on this.
No, I mean
I want to help with 42 if we can.
Okay, I-I can talk
to investigators, but
could we just sit in the-the feelings
it brings up for a second?
BODE: I've been sitting
with something else.
I tried finding an explanation,
but I couldn't.
It was in Dad's guitar case.
It's in a woman's handwriting.
It's threats.
I don't want to jump
to conclusions, but
"I will blow up your life"?
Mom, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, Mom.
Uh
- Uh, I cannot believe this.
- Well, I couldn't either.
Oh, Bode, honey, it's not an affair.
(MUMBLES)
The fact that she would
extort your father for money,
and that he would get
into this position with her.
Wait, you know her?
So do you.
She's my mother.