9-1-1 (2018) s09e09 Episode Script
Fighting Back
1
Dermatomyositis.
Is that as scary as it sounds?
[HEN] It's an autoimmune disease.
It causes this rash on my hands,
and it attacks muscles
so I'll get tired more easily.
Now, we want to be
upfront with you two.
This can get serious.
But we're not gonna let it.
No, we're not.
So, there's a cure?
[HEN] No,
but there's treatments,
and I've already started medications.
[KAREN] Now, that's the easy part.
For the rest,
we're gonna need some help.
Okay?
We're in.
Tell us what you need.
["LEAN ON ME" BY CLUB NOUVEAU PLAYING]
Well, first, there's diet.
[BUCK] No artificial colors,
no high-fructose corn syrup,
- no gluten.
- No fun.
Avocados are fun. Leafy greens
are fun. We got
cashew butter, SunButter,
and your Omega-3s are
gonna be off the chart.
Salmon, cod, herring.
Can't you just make me,
like, a pumpkin loaf?
Also, exercise is key.
With muscle tone,
you use it or you lose it.
We're gonna maintain your flexibility,
range of motion and balance.
So, you're turning Buck's
backyard into a yoga studio?
[CHRISTOPHER] Not yoga.
Samba.
Samba?
Some patients have
a hard time swallowing
and get vocal problems.
[TRILLING]
- What the hell is that?
- It's called
a trill. And I know
that it sounds weird,
but it helped me when I lost my voice.
Trilling fixed it?
It didn't hurt.
Dexterity is huge.
Flare-ups make my hands
weak, so I've got to stay nimble.
One, two, three, four
I declare thumb war.
- Gotcha.
- Aw, come on!
- [SHOUTS]
- [HEN LAUGHS]
We're gonna throw
the kitchen sink at this thing.
There's no such thing as a bad idea.
And you got this idea from TikTok?
Apparently, it works wonders
for lymphatic drainage.
You first.
This isn't just my fight.
It's the whole family's fight.
- This one right here.
- Okay.
Nobody said you couldn't have fun.
You know how this game ends, right?
Back, forward, back.
- Carry on, lean on me ♪
- Ha ha.
Dare I ask what's in it?
Mostly sardines.
Till I'm gonna need
somebody to lean on ♪
Oh, yeah. [LAUGHS] Oh, yeah.
- [HEN] Back
- One, two,
- three.
- Now you're counting?
[CHIMNEY] Slow
and steady.
Steady is the hard part.
[MAY] You got it, Hen.
[ROLLING SPUTTER]
Like a horse.
- [EXHALES IN A PUFF]
- Mm-mm.
One, two, three.
- Oh!
- Whoa! Oh!
Wait till you try this.
Lean on me ♪
Just call on me, brother ♪
Ready to fly?
Like Superman.
Super Hen! ♪
The bunny goes over the log,
through the hutch.
Come on, you damn rabbit.
- [BEEPS]
- [VIBRATING]
[SHOUTING]
We all need somebody ♪
To lean on ♪
Ooh! Hey! [LAUGHING]
Lean on me ♪
When you're not strong ♪
- Done.
- [RAVI] How are those lymphs?
[VOICE VIBRATING]
Uh, I think it's working.
[LAUGHS]
Carry on, lean on me ♪
- Oh!
- [APPLAUSE]
How do you like me now?
However long it takes,
we're gonna kick this thing's butt.
You got this, Mama.
We've got this.
If there is a load ♪
You have to bear ♪
That you can't car ♪
[BIRDS CALLING OUTSIDE]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- [SIGHS]
- You hungry, baby?
Not really.
You need any help?
No.
I got it.
I got it.
[SIGHS]
[GRUNTS]
[PANTING]
[HORNS HONKING]
- [PEOPLE SHOUTING]
- [MAN] Hey, what the hell's going on?
Come on.
- [HORN HONKS]
- [MAN] What's the deal? Let's go!
[KRISTI] What is this guy doing?
Ordering Cluck Cluck combos
for a small village?
- [HORNS CONTINUE HONKING]
- [MAN] Let's move it!
Yeah, I got it. I got it.
[MAN] Tell that jackass to move!
Is there a problem here?
Oh, that's why you
haven't ordered yet.
Texter!
We've got a texter!
No one's asked for my order yet.
Hello!
Hello?
Is nobody working today?
Where is everybody?
Hell
Hello?
Oh.
Oh
- [PERSON GRUNTING]
- My God.
[SIREN WAILING]
Dispatch, this is Captain 118.
We're gonna need
backup RA units.
[MADDIE] Copy, 118. En route.
I'm counting eight
no, 12 people.
[CHIMNEY] Buck,
get me readings on oxygen,
carbon monoxide, smoke, everything,
even spilt cleaning products.
And roll everyone on their side.
No fingers in mouths
unless you're looking to lose them.
Dispatch, what's our ETA
on those RA units?
We really could use
some extra hands here.
[MADDIE] I have two additional
units six minutes out.
[BUCK] No sign of any leaks.
Building's all clear.
So what the hell is this?
Captain 118?
[CHIMNEY] Go for 118.
It looks like there was an
earlier call from your location.
[MALE OPERATOR]
911, what's your emergency?
[MANAGER] Hi, I'm the manager
over at Cluck n Pluck five.
Someone just collapsed.
I think they're having a se
- se
- [BODY THUMPS TO GROUND]
Call dropped right after that.
[CHIMNEY] Copy that, dispatch.
So, one person had
a seizure, the others
were just witnesses at first.
You thinking what I'm thinking?
Uh, not really.
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures?
They're pseudo seizures
brought on by a traumatic event,
like seeing someone have a seizure.
One person goes down
- Rest follow.
- [BUCK] Okay,
so if only one of them
is experiencing it
for real, what about the rest?
They just think they are.
This has been going on for at least
six minutes, which means
we need to find the real
seizure victim before it's too late.
They all look the same to me.
But they all won't
look the same with the FLIR.
[CHIMNEY] Okay, this has been going on
for more than six minutes, which means
their muscle starts burning through
their energy before they break down.
The brain's thermoregulation
center goes completely haywire.
Whoever is having the real seizure,
with this much physical activity
clear
their body temperature should've risen
drastically compared
to the other people.
So they'll show up much
hotter than everyone else.
Exactly. All right,
this side is clear.
Where are you?
Clear.
She's clear.
Okay, got him. Buck, check his wallet
for medical history,
maybe a bracelet or a dog tag.
Rapid pulse.
- He's tachycardic.
- Yeah, and epileptic.
Mystery solved.
- [EDDIE] Starting an IV.
- [CHIMNEY] Let's assess
the rest of our friends.
Start with arm tests
to confirm it's psychogenic.
[EDDIE] Pushing four
milligrams of Lorazepam.
- [MACHINE BEEPING]
- Come on, buddy. There we go.
All right. BP stabilizing.
[CHIMNEY] Nice and easy.
Hey, hey.
Hey.
Welcome back, sir.
Buck, how's our test going?
Everyone is passing
with flying colors.
Or, I guess, failing.
All right, everybody,
let's try some box breathing
exercises with them,
see if that helps.
If not, maybe get them
out of each other's
lines of sight.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[EXHALES]
Well, you don't
see that every day, huh?
No, you do not.
Hey, you doing okay, Cap?
Hen would've loved this.
Yeah.
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
- Knees up, Grant.
Eyes up, Norris.
Nepo baby.
[CHUCKLES] Showboat.
Recruits,
you've made it to week twelve,
your Three-Phase Drill.
PHASE ONE: Forced Entry.
Gonna go for the class record?
- Wouldn't hate that.
- I would.
Save some for the rest of us.
Leaving the station ♪
PHASE TWO: Advance
an inch-and-a-half hose line
into the structure.
Coast to coast ♪
You will notice there's
no vertical ventilation,
which brings us to Phase Three.
Never been seen before ♪
You will climb the aerial and
breach the fifth-floor window.
Wherever we go ♪
Wherever we go ♪
You got it, Grant!
Wherever we go ♪
There you go.
The long, long road ♪
Yeah, take that window!
Gonna start the show ♪
Wherever we go. ♪
[KAI] Grant!
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[ATHENA] Oh. Oh
Excuse me.
Uh, Harry Grant. Do you know
- which room he's in?
- Mom.
- Mm? Mm.
- Mom, why is he here?
[SIMPSON] Uh
He's okay. Harry's okay.
He was drilling on the tower,
took a spill off the aerial.
- The aerial ladder?
- Luckily, a mezzanine
caught him before the ground did.
Could have been a lot worse.
Oh, my God. Oh.
Oh, my God.
- Harry.
- Mom.
Mom, I'm fine.
The wheelchair
is protocol. They're discharging me.
He has a mild concussion.
Doctors ruled out anything serious.
I just got my bell rung. That's it.
[MAY] That's the TBI talking.
Thank you for coming down.
- Of course.
- [HARRY] I'm sorry, Chief.
I-I was rushing.
It was a stupid mistake.
Well, shake it off, son.
Accidents happen.
Hazards come with training,
same as on the job.
You know that better than any recruit.
[ATHENA] So he's
- still a recruit?
- We'll place him off-duty
IOD for 48 hours. He can rest at home.
Then, if he has no symptoms,
he'll be cleared to return.
I'm ready now. Let's go.
Don't worry, you won't lose your spot.
[EXHALES] Good news.
Um
okay, let's get you home.
Ah-ah.
Protocol, remember?
Okay.
[MAY] Thank you.
[ATHENA] Okay.
- Thank you.
- Of course.
[TYPING ON CELL PHONE]
[ATHENA] No screens.
Doctor's orders.
Mom, I-I feel fine.
Well, let's keep it that way.
Oh, and no salami either.
The last thing your brain
needs is inflammation
from cured meats.
So what am I supposed to do?
What your chief said.
Rest.
Mom, it's a concussion, not the flu.
[SCOFFS]
[HARRY SIGHS]
She's treating me like a child.
You are her child.
Yeah, but why is she
so chipper about it?
I swear, she's happy I'm injured.
Happy? She's terrified.
It was a bump on the head.
This time.
You didn't see her
walking into the hospital.
She was barely holding it together.
Yeah, I know.
She thinks me joining
the department is dangerous.
Harry, you just proved it's dangerous.
Ten more inches to the left
and she could've been
at another funeral.
[SIGHS]
[CHIMNEY] Buck,
do not make me write you up
for reheating fish in the microwave.
I know, I know,
it's bad workplace etiquette,
but sardine loaf
is better when it's warm.
It's even better
when you leave it at home.
[BUCK] Listen, it's good for brain
and heart health, and I have
tons left over 'cause
Hen wouldn't see me
when I tried to stop by the other day.
Eh, I'd blame it on the sardine loaf,
but she wouldn't see me, either.
Every time I try and visit,
Karen tells me
that she's either sleeping
or in the shower.
I usually get "doctor's appointment."
Maybe she just needs
some time to herself.
No, isolation doesn't help
the healing process.
She needs people to support her.
Maybe we're a reminder
that she's not here,
doing what she loves to do.
Might be hard for her
to see us right now.
Okay, so what do we do?
Keep showing up.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Athena.
What are you doing here? How's Harry?
Desperate for me to be anywhere
other than hovering over him.
I wasn't sure what was on Hen's diet,
but I was thinking
at least you and the kids
could have something easy
to reheat and eat.
[KAREN] Excuse the mess.
Things have been a little hectic
around here lately.
[SIGHS]
So, how is she?
Because she hasn't been
returning any of my calls.
Oh. She has good days and bad days.
Which is today?
- [KNOCKING]
- [DOOR OPENS]
Hen?
You up for a visitor?
Athena's here.
She
just wants to check on you.
It might be good for you
to see a friendly face.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
[SIGHS] I'm sorry you
came all this way for nothing.
I think
all this has just
really taken it out of her.
Is she really sleeping,
or did she tell you
to get rid of me? [CHUCKLES]
She's not telling me much
of anything these days.
You know, when we got the diagnosis,
I had hope.
I thought
we were gonna fight it together.
But nothing's worked,
and she's getting worse.
Every day, it's like I can feel her
slipping farther away from us.
I-I try to keep her active
and make sure
she's taking care of herself, but
the more I push,
- the more she
- Pushes back?
No.
That's the scary part.
She doesn't push back. She just
disengages.
We just need
to get her back in the game.
How?
Do I just keep pushing her
until she's mad enough at me
to push back?
No. You're her wife.
You do not want to become the face
of the thing she's fighting.
So [WEAK CHUCKLE]
Well, what am I supposed to do?
Give her another face to hate.
["24 HOURS OF THE DAY"
BY THE GILETTES PLAYING]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
Baby, I don't know why I love you ♪
I don't know why I feel this way ♪
Why I love you ♪
Work on your drills.
- Play it again on Tuesday.
- Yeah.
- All right.
- Catch you later, brother.
I don't know why I feel this way ♪
Why I love you, why I love you ♪
- [ENGINE STARTS]
- [LAUGHS]
24 hours of the day ♪
Why I love you ♪
Baby, my days
and nights are lonely ♪
- Why I love you ♪
- I need your lovin' every day ♪
- Why I love you ♪
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- [TIRES SQUEAK] - Whoa!
- [GROANS SOFTLY]
You hit me with your car.
[SIREN WAILS]
Car versus pedestrian?
That's the question.
Driver says he fell down on his own.
Yeah, don't they always?
He talking?
More groaning than anything.
We didn't want
to move him without you.
Why?
- Why did he run me over?
- [DUSTIN] Dude,
- I didn't hit you!
- Someone did. He's in rough shape.
Sir, I'm Eddie.
Can you tell me your name?
- Colt.
- Can you move your fingers and your toes?
- Yeah.
- All right, we're gonna
roll you over so we can take
- a better look at you.
- Uh-huh.
- One, two, three.
- [COLT GROANS]
[GROANING]
Whoa. You got hit hard.
- Not by me.
- [COLT] Did he break my arm?
Arm, nose, probably ribs.
We're gonna get you
to the hospital, okay?
- [COLT] Uh. Mm-hmm.
- Hey, look at that.
His shoes are still on.
[ATHENA] Yeah.
And not a crack
in this windshield, either.
[CHIMNEY] I don't know if this car
- did all that.
- [DUSTIN] It didn't do any of it.
I did not hit him.
All right, you said he
came from that way?
He ran from over there,
and then fell in front of my car.
[COLT GROANING]
[GROANING CONTINUES]
[SIGHS]
- Hey.
- Thank you so much for coming.
Oh, come on. It's my pleasure.
Are you, uh, cool with me
putting stuff here?
- [KAREN] Yeah, absolutely.
- Um
[ADAM] All right.
Hello?
Hey.
Babe, who's this?
Uh, you must be Hen.
Hi. I'm, uh
I'm Adam, a physical therapist
and your new
chief motivational officer.
[LAUGHS]
- Hi, Adam.
- Hi.
My wife must have forgot
to mention you were coming.
Slipped my mind.
Adam comes very highly recommended.
Karen
- Hmm?
- Can we talk about this?
Later. I have to go out
- and run a few errands.
- Are you serious?
Mmm.
- You two have fun.
- [ADAM CHUCKLES]
- [ADAM] Bye. - [KAREN] Bye.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
[ADAM] What do you say we, uh,
wake up those sleepy joints, huh?
[ATHENA] So, how you feeling?
Mm.
Like I got hit by a truck.
Well, we both know that didn't happen.
So you want to tell me
what really happened?
It's all fuzzy.
I think I
I got jumped.
You got jumped?
Yeah. From behind.
It was a big dude.
"Big dude."
Might even have been two of 'em.
Vicious.
Did your assailant look like this?
[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]
[RAPID PANTING]
[MAGGIE GROANING]
- [COLT GRUNTS]
- [MAGGIE WHIMPERS]
[ATHENA] How long you
been snatching purses?
Shame on you.
- Wait for it.
- [MAGGIE] I've had enough!
[MAGGIE GRUNTING]
[COLT GROANS]
- [MAGGIE] Come here.
- She's still going.
- Yeah, she is.
- [BLOWS LANDING]
You're gonna get your ass beat.
- You picked the wrong one.
- [GROANING]
Do you want to amend your
statement about two big dudes?
I'd like to call my lawyer.
[MAGGIE SIGHS]
They'll keep him here for observation.
Then straight to Men's Central.
You got a mean left hook.
- Am I in trouble?
- Self-defense.
But, uh, most folk would have
let go of the purse.
What got into you?
I had had a day.
It's dollars and cents.
Cuts, cuts, layoffs, cuts.
And frankly,
the granola bars are doing more
around here than you are.
[SETH] You're a great gal.
But I've been doing a lot
of work on me.
We're done.
Thanks for the coffee.
[WOMEN LAUGHING]
For the love of
- [COLT GRUNTS]
- [MAGGIE GROANS]
[MAGGIE] Sometimes,
you just need to fight back.
Fair enough.
All right, and then push out.
One Breathe, breathe.
Very good, Hen.
Clockwise, counterclockwise.
How's that feeling?
Not good, Adam.
[ADAM] There you go.
Look at you, rock star! There you go.
Breathe, breathe. Want you to breathe.
- Two.
- Yeah.
Very good.
- [GROANS]
- Okay, one more.
- [GROANS]
- Very good.
Ah, that was awful.
What are you talking about?
That was awesome.
Right? Come on.
- Give me one more set.
- You said that was the last set.
Oh, I'm sorry, Hen. I lied.
- Screw you, Adam.
- Hen,
it's okay if you want to punch me.
I do not want to punch you, Adam.
You sure? I mean, look at
my face. Not even a little bit?
Maybe a little bit.
Morning.
You going back to training today?
Yeah.
It's been two days.
Feeling pretty good.
- No signs of a concussion.
- I thought you were training
to be a firefighter, not a doctor.
I'm okay. No headaches, no nausea,
no sensitivity to light or noise.
You know it's okay to take
another day if you need it.
I mean, just to be on the safe side.
Uh, you want me to call your doctor
and ask him to write a note?
[SCOFFS]
A doctor's note from my mommy?
No thanks. I'll pass.
- Love you.
- I love you, too.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[SIGHS] Miss me?
I did. You're my favorite person
to beat.
[LAUGHS] Look who got
cocky while I was gone.
Okay. Three-Phase Drill. Let's go.
Let's start with the aerial ladder.
Grant, you're up.
Grant, you doing okay?
Uh no, sir.
I'm-I'm feeling a bit dizzy, I guess.
Okay, well, don't push it.
Go home and get some rest.
All right? We'll try again tomorrow.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hi, honey. You hungry?
I think Karen ordered enough
food to feed us for a week.
[CHUCKLES] I think you've forgotten
what it's like to feed a teenager.
Ooh, pickles.
Ah.
Here, honey.
Let me help you with that.
I should be able to open a jar.
You did. You loosened it for me.
Ma, don't patronize me.
I'm not.
I think working with Adam is helping,
even if you won't admit it.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Can I hide out here?
If it's your mom, absolutely not.
No, I'm hiding from my shame.
What happened?
I thought you were back in training.
I was, but I froze up.
When it was time to climb
the ladder again, I-I panicked.
That's the whole point in training.
You panic there so it doesn't happen
in the field. Here.
So how do you not panic everywhere?
- I don't know. You just don't.
- [SCOFFS]
That is completely
underwhelming advice.
I'm sorry. I didn't know
you were coming over.
You get lukewarm pep talks
when I'm unprepared.
Look, it's normal to be scared.
What makes it brave is
that you show up anyway.
Is it brave,
or is it selfish?
Selfish how?
If something bad happens to me,
what happens to them?
You mean your family.
Your mom.
I-I don't want to be the reason why
she has to plan another funeral.
You can't think like that.
So what do I do if that is all
I can think about?
Ah. [LAUGHS]
- [LAUGHING] Oh.
- Come on in.
Look at you, getting to the door
like a champ, huh?
- Must be those wrist rolls you gave me.
- [LAUGHS]
I, uh I can't believe
I'm saying this,
but thanks to you,
I'm finally making progress.
That's great, Hen.
But remember, progress is
not always in a straight line.
I know. I know.
[HEN SIGHS]
So where you want to start today?
Some sit-to-stands?
Uh, yeah, uh, doesn't matter.
- [GROANS] Oh.
- All right. Well, I'll just follow your lead.
I don't think you should do that, Hen.
[BREATHING HEAVILY] Oh.
- Adam, are you all right?
- No. No.
I'm supposed to be. No.
- [GROANS]
- Whoa!
Adam!
[HEN GROANS]
[GROANING]
There. [PANTING]
[STRAINED GROANING]
Here. [GROANS, PANTS]
[PANTING]
- LAFD!
- [HEN] Julie.
- Hen.
- Oh. Oh. [PANTING]
This is Adam.
He's our personal trainer.
He's been down five minutes.
- No pulse, no resps.
- [JULIE] Okay.
Get him on the Lifepak,
take his blood sugar,
prepare to intubate.
- What was he doing?
- He came in.
He went down.
Makes me think cardiac.
Let's shock him.
- [WHIRRING]
- Clear.
[PANTING]
- [RHYTHMIC BEEPING]
- There it is.
- Brugada syndrome.
- Something tells me
he's getting an ICD today.
- [EXHALES]
- [JULIE] Let's pack him up.
[HEN GROANS]
Need a hand?
Yeah. Thanks.
One, two, three.
[HEN GROANS]
It's good to see you, Hen.
We're all pulling for you.
Buck?
What are you doing here?
Is everything okay?
It's about Harry.
He came to see me
after his first day back.
Actually, he didn't even make it
through the whole day.
I knew it. It was too soon
for him to go back.
Look, I don't think there's anything
- physically wrong with him.
- But you're worried enough
to show up here.
Okay, so, you know that voice
you get in your head?
Uh, the one that says, "You suck.
You-you can't do anything."
I-I mean, you probably
don't have that voice.
Everyone has that voice, Buck.
Even me.
Okay? So, what?
You think Harry's
gotten into his own head?
No, I-I think you have.
♪
Not that you did it on purpose.
I think the accident
and your response to it
scared him, but not for himself.
Scared him for you.
I don't want to see him give up
and regret it later.
[HEN] His office called.
Looks like he's gonna be okay.
Well, that's great news.
I've been a paramedic
for 15 years, Ma,
and I couldn't provide that man
with basic life support.
My body just wouldn't let me.
If the actual paramedics
hadn't gotten here in time
But they did.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY]
I started out thinking that
I just wanted to get well enough
so I could go back to work.
Just get my life back.
What if that part of my life is over?
You have always been
the most impatient child.
Ma, you don't understand.
I want to read you something.
Ma, please.
I'm not in the mood
for some woo-woo nonsense
you got from some self-help book
you found in the garage.
[CHUCKLES] It's not woo-woo.
It's a first-person account
from someone who's been
on a similar journey.
Let's see.
"It's been three months,
and I'm still not okay.
"How is that possible?
"Everyone says 'Be patient.
"Don't lose hope.' Eventually,
I'll feel like myself again.
But I'm starting to think
everyone's been lying to me."
[EXHALES] Preach.
"Ma says I'm too impatient.
But she just doesn't understand."
Well
that certainly hasn't changed.
Are you reading from my diary?
Where'd you even find that?
You know those boxes I've been storing
in your garage for the past ten years?
Decided to start going through
them while you were napping.
You've been napping a lot.
[HEN] "Ms. Dawson told
me I didn't have to run,
"but I was tired
of sitting on the sidelines,
"so I did it anyway.
"Didn't even make it a minute
"before I doubled over
trying to catch my breath.
"Jamie Tyler said it was because
I had a hole in my heart
"from when I got shot.
"Because that's who I am now:
girl who got shot."
Jamie Tyler.
I never liked that child.
But the girl who wrote that diary?
She was a pretty cool kid.
A tough one, too.
[LAUGHS] Thanks.
But I think I had a little
bit more resilience at 16
than I have now.
[LAUGHS] You did not.
Your recovery was painful and hard
and longer than expected.
Some days, you couldn't
even get out of bed.
But with enough time, eventually,
you got better.
But it was not an easy road.
[SNIFFLES]
I guess I forgot that part.
Most people do.
We focus on the big moments.
The victories.
Not the blood, sweat and tears
that got us there.
But I remember.
And I know
you're still the same fighter.
And if you don't believe me
believe yourself.
[SIGHS]
Don't make me take the covers.
[HARRY SIGHS]
What is happening right now?
You're getting dressed
and we're going out.
You got 15 minutes.
Don't make me come back in here.
[SIGHS]
[HARRY] When you said we were
going out, I was thinking breakfast.
[ATHENA] I got you a smoothie.
I figured you'd want something light
before climbing that ladder.
Look, Mom, I appreciate
the pep talk, I really do
Uh, no, no, no, no.
This ain't a pep talk.
You want to run toward danger
for a living?
I'm not looking to pep you
- into anything.
- Okay. Then what are we doing here?
I want you to quit.
- Excuse me?
- I want you to turn around
and stop growing older.
[SIGHS]
Go back to being that kid
who would run over to hug me
after every shift.
That same kid
who used to beg me
not to go to work every morning.
Who'd say, "Mommy"
"I want you to quit."
And I would kiss your head
and leave, feeling terrible.
And when I got to work,
you know what I would do
with that feeling?
What?
I would set it aside.
Family fills us,
it drives us,
but fear makes you hesitate,
and hesitation gets you killed.
We don't put on that uniform
so that we make it home.
We put it on so that others will.
And if we do that well enough,
without fear
or self-doubt
then maybe we get
to make it home, too.
I guess I didn't think about
how hard this would all be.
For me,
but mostly for you. I
I'm following in the footsteps
of a man whose job
this job took him away from you.
That was his path.
Just, I don't want you to worry.
You let me worry about
what I worry about.
And if and when
you put on that uniform,
you learn to set it aside
the same as I did.
Because you can't carry
nobody out of a fire
if I'm already on your back.
[SIGHS]
♪
Let winter break ♪
Let it burn ♪
Till I see you again ♪
I will be here with you ♪
Just like I told you ♪
[HEN] "Dear me
"I know I haven't written in months.
"Haven't wanted to.
"When I write, I'm reminded
of all the pain and misery
"I went through in the last year,
"and who wants to think about that?
"I was about to give up
and never think about it again.
"But then I thought,
"if I aka you find it again,
"years from now,
are those dark days really
the part I'd want to remember?"
Only you and I ♪
"A terrible thing happened
to you, Henrietta Wilson.
"And that could have been
the end of your story.
But it wasn't."
I know it's all for you ♪
"It was the start of a new one."
And I guess ♪
"The world knocked you down
"and tried to keep you there,
but you refused to stay put."
You ♪
"Even on the days
you really wanted to.
Only thing I've ever ♪
Truly known ♪
- So I hesitate ♪
- [EXHALES]
If I can act the same ♪
For you ♪
♪
And my darling ♪
I'll be rooting for you. ♪
- You gave it your all.
- [ALL] Yes, sir!
Came here as recruits.
- Yes, sir!
- And you're leaving
- as firefighters.
- Yes, sir!
And I'm proud
of each and every one of you.
Who are you?
- Firefighters!
- Who are you?
Firefighters!
Who are you?
- [ALL] House 118!
- Yeah!
- Congratulations.
- Yeah!
[HEN] "So, yes
[WHOOPING]
you'll always be
the girl who got shot."
I'll be rooting ♪
"But you'll always be
the girl who lived,
and can do anything
she sets her mind to."
Rooting for you. ♪
[OFFICIAL] Please take your seats.
The ceremony will begin shortly.
Keep moving. We need two more.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
There she is.
Just couldn't resist
upstaging the kids, huh?
[CHUCKLES] Hey,
at least we didn't show up
in the middle of the ceremony.
[HEN] Well, I wanted to make sure
that everyone saw
that I was getting better.
We're just glad you're here.
[SIMPSON] In this job,
I give a lot of speeches.
But of all the many speeches I give,
this is by far my favorite.
It doesn't look back
with sorrow or wistful cheer
but rather, aspires forward
♪
with boundless hope
and abundant pride.
Because it knows what I know:
that you will save lives.
That men and women
will walk this Earth
who otherwise wouldn't without you.
That children will be born
and deathbeds far delayed
for all your acts of bravery.
And yes, for some
your sacrifice.
You'll reunite families
and return home to your own.
And with each shift,
you will clock in to another family,
one forged in fire,
with bonds far stronger
than any you've ever known.
The lives you save,
the worlds you make better
will not just be
the people we serve
but also each other's.
Congratulations to you all,
and welcome
to the family of
the Los Angeles Fire Department.
- [CHEERING]
- [APPLAUSE]
Yeah!
[MAY] Hey, this is, like,
the welcome party
to the rest of your life.
Can you maybe get off your phone?
Sorry, I was checking
the station assignments.
They said that they'd post them
after the ceremony.
Well, we may have gotten
an advance look at that list.
♪
[BUCK LAUGHS SOFTLY]
- Are you serious?
- [HEN] All that work we put into
help raise you?
You didn't think
we were gonna let that go
- to some other firehouse, did you?
- [LAUGHS]
You're stuck with us now, kid.
Welcome to the 118, probie.
[CHUCKLES] Come on.
Congratulations.
[HARRY] Thank you.
- Come on in.
- [BUCK] Come on
- All right, come on in, guys.
- [LAUGHTER]
- May, you, too. Come on.
- Yeah.
- [MAY] Aww. Thanks, guys.
- Bring it in. Bring it in.
- [CHIMNEY] Congratulations, Harry.
- Thank you.
[CHIMNEY] All right. "118" on three.
- One, two, three.
- [ALL] 118!
sync & corrections awaqeded
Dermatomyositis.
Is that as scary as it sounds?
[HEN] It's an autoimmune disease.
It causes this rash on my hands,
and it attacks muscles
so I'll get tired more easily.
Now, we want to be
upfront with you two.
This can get serious.
But we're not gonna let it.
No, we're not.
So, there's a cure?
[HEN] No,
but there's treatments,
and I've already started medications.
[KAREN] Now, that's the easy part.
For the rest,
we're gonna need some help.
Okay?
We're in.
Tell us what you need.
["LEAN ON ME" BY CLUB NOUVEAU PLAYING]
Well, first, there's diet.
[BUCK] No artificial colors,
no high-fructose corn syrup,
- no gluten.
- No fun.
Avocados are fun. Leafy greens
are fun. We got
cashew butter, SunButter,
and your Omega-3s are
gonna be off the chart.
Salmon, cod, herring.
Can't you just make me,
like, a pumpkin loaf?
Also, exercise is key.
With muscle tone,
you use it or you lose it.
We're gonna maintain your flexibility,
range of motion and balance.
So, you're turning Buck's
backyard into a yoga studio?
[CHRISTOPHER] Not yoga.
Samba.
Samba?
Some patients have
a hard time swallowing
and get vocal problems.
[TRILLING]
- What the hell is that?
- It's called
a trill. And I know
that it sounds weird,
but it helped me when I lost my voice.
Trilling fixed it?
It didn't hurt.
Dexterity is huge.
Flare-ups make my hands
weak, so I've got to stay nimble.
One, two, three, four
I declare thumb war.
- Gotcha.
- Aw, come on!
- [SHOUTS]
- [HEN LAUGHS]
We're gonna throw
the kitchen sink at this thing.
There's no such thing as a bad idea.
And you got this idea from TikTok?
Apparently, it works wonders
for lymphatic drainage.
You first.
This isn't just my fight.
It's the whole family's fight.
- This one right here.
- Okay.
Nobody said you couldn't have fun.
You know how this game ends, right?
Back, forward, back.
- Carry on, lean on me ♪
- Ha ha.
Dare I ask what's in it?
Mostly sardines.
Till I'm gonna need
somebody to lean on ♪
Oh, yeah. [LAUGHS] Oh, yeah.
- [HEN] Back
- One, two,
- three.
- Now you're counting?
[CHIMNEY] Slow
and steady.
Steady is the hard part.
[MAY] You got it, Hen.
[ROLLING SPUTTER]
Like a horse.
- [EXHALES IN A PUFF]
- Mm-mm.
One, two, three.
- Oh!
- Whoa! Oh!
Wait till you try this.
Lean on me ♪
Just call on me, brother ♪
Ready to fly?
Like Superman.
Super Hen! ♪
The bunny goes over the log,
through the hutch.
Come on, you damn rabbit.
- [BEEPS]
- [VIBRATING]
[SHOUTING]
We all need somebody ♪
To lean on ♪
Ooh! Hey! [LAUGHING]
Lean on me ♪
When you're not strong ♪
- Done.
- [RAVI] How are those lymphs?
[VOICE VIBRATING]
Uh, I think it's working.
[LAUGHS]
Carry on, lean on me ♪
- Oh!
- [APPLAUSE]
How do you like me now?
However long it takes,
we're gonna kick this thing's butt.
You got this, Mama.
We've got this.
If there is a load ♪
You have to bear ♪
That you can't car ♪
[BIRDS CALLING OUTSIDE]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- [SIGHS]
- You hungry, baby?
Not really.
You need any help?
No.
I got it.
I got it.
[SIGHS]
[GRUNTS]
[PANTING]
[HORNS HONKING]
- [PEOPLE SHOUTING]
- [MAN] Hey, what the hell's going on?
Come on.
- [HORN HONKS]
- [MAN] What's the deal? Let's go!
[KRISTI] What is this guy doing?
Ordering Cluck Cluck combos
for a small village?
- [HORNS CONTINUE HONKING]
- [MAN] Let's move it!
Yeah, I got it. I got it.
[MAN] Tell that jackass to move!
Is there a problem here?
Oh, that's why you
haven't ordered yet.
Texter!
We've got a texter!
No one's asked for my order yet.
Hello!
Hello?
Is nobody working today?
Where is everybody?
Hell
Hello?
Oh.
Oh
- [PERSON GRUNTING]
- My God.
[SIREN WAILING]
Dispatch, this is Captain 118.
We're gonna need
backup RA units.
[MADDIE] Copy, 118. En route.
I'm counting eight
no, 12 people.
[CHIMNEY] Buck,
get me readings on oxygen,
carbon monoxide, smoke, everything,
even spilt cleaning products.
And roll everyone on their side.
No fingers in mouths
unless you're looking to lose them.
Dispatch, what's our ETA
on those RA units?
We really could use
some extra hands here.
[MADDIE] I have two additional
units six minutes out.
[BUCK] No sign of any leaks.
Building's all clear.
So what the hell is this?
Captain 118?
[CHIMNEY] Go for 118.
It looks like there was an
earlier call from your location.
[MALE OPERATOR]
911, what's your emergency?
[MANAGER] Hi, I'm the manager
over at Cluck n Pluck five.
Someone just collapsed.
I think they're having a se
- se
- [BODY THUMPS TO GROUND]
Call dropped right after that.
[CHIMNEY] Copy that, dispatch.
So, one person had
a seizure, the others
were just witnesses at first.
You thinking what I'm thinking?
Uh, not really.
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures?
They're pseudo seizures
brought on by a traumatic event,
like seeing someone have a seizure.
One person goes down
- Rest follow.
- [BUCK] Okay,
so if only one of them
is experiencing it
for real, what about the rest?
They just think they are.
This has been going on for at least
six minutes, which means
we need to find the real
seizure victim before it's too late.
They all look the same to me.
But they all won't
look the same with the FLIR.
[CHIMNEY] Okay, this has been going on
for more than six minutes, which means
their muscle starts burning through
their energy before they break down.
The brain's thermoregulation
center goes completely haywire.
Whoever is having the real seizure,
with this much physical activity
clear
their body temperature should've risen
drastically compared
to the other people.
So they'll show up much
hotter than everyone else.
Exactly. All right,
this side is clear.
Where are you?
Clear.
She's clear.
Okay, got him. Buck, check his wallet
for medical history,
maybe a bracelet or a dog tag.
Rapid pulse.
- He's tachycardic.
- Yeah, and epileptic.
Mystery solved.
- [EDDIE] Starting an IV.
- [CHIMNEY] Let's assess
the rest of our friends.
Start with arm tests
to confirm it's psychogenic.
[EDDIE] Pushing four
milligrams of Lorazepam.
- [MACHINE BEEPING]
- Come on, buddy. There we go.
All right. BP stabilizing.
[CHIMNEY] Nice and easy.
Hey, hey.
Hey.
Welcome back, sir.
Buck, how's our test going?
Everyone is passing
with flying colors.
Or, I guess, failing.
All right, everybody,
let's try some box breathing
exercises with them,
see if that helps.
If not, maybe get them
out of each other's
lines of sight.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[EXHALES]
Well, you don't
see that every day, huh?
No, you do not.
Hey, you doing okay, Cap?
Hen would've loved this.
Yeah.
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
- Knees up, Grant.
Eyes up, Norris.
Nepo baby.
[CHUCKLES] Showboat.
Recruits,
you've made it to week twelve,
your Three-Phase Drill.
PHASE ONE: Forced Entry.
Gonna go for the class record?
- Wouldn't hate that.
- I would.
Save some for the rest of us.
Leaving the station ♪
PHASE TWO: Advance
an inch-and-a-half hose line
into the structure.
Coast to coast ♪
You will notice there's
no vertical ventilation,
which brings us to Phase Three.
Never been seen before ♪
You will climb the aerial and
breach the fifth-floor window.
Wherever we go ♪
Wherever we go ♪
You got it, Grant!
Wherever we go ♪
There you go.
The long, long road ♪
Yeah, take that window!
Gonna start the show ♪
Wherever we go. ♪
[KAI] Grant!
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[ATHENA] Oh. Oh
Excuse me.
Uh, Harry Grant. Do you know
- which room he's in?
- Mom.
- Mm? Mm.
- Mom, why is he here?
[SIMPSON] Uh
He's okay. Harry's okay.
He was drilling on the tower,
took a spill off the aerial.
- The aerial ladder?
- Luckily, a mezzanine
caught him before the ground did.
Could have been a lot worse.
Oh, my God. Oh.
Oh, my God.
- Harry.
- Mom.
Mom, I'm fine.
The wheelchair
is protocol. They're discharging me.
He has a mild concussion.
Doctors ruled out anything serious.
I just got my bell rung. That's it.
[MAY] That's the TBI talking.
Thank you for coming down.
- Of course.
- [HARRY] I'm sorry, Chief.
I-I was rushing.
It was a stupid mistake.
Well, shake it off, son.
Accidents happen.
Hazards come with training,
same as on the job.
You know that better than any recruit.
[ATHENA] So he's
- still a recruit?
- We'll place him off-duty
IOD for 48 hours. He can rest at home.
Then, if he has no symptoms,
he'll be cleared to return.
I'm ready now. Let's go.
Don't worry, you won't lose your spot.
[EXHALES] Good news.
Um
okay, let's get you home.
Ah-ah.
Protocol, remember?
Okay.
[MAY] Thank you.
[ATHENA] Okay.
- Thank you.
- Of course.
[TYPING ON CELL PHONE]
[ATHENA] No screens.
Doctor's orders.
Mom, I-I feel fine.
Well, let's keep it that way.
Oh, and no salami either.
The last thing your brain
needs is inflammation
from cured meats.
So what am I supposed to do?
What your chief said.
Rest.
Mom, it's a concussion, not the flu.
[SCOFFS]
[HARRY SIGHS]
She's treating me like a child.
You are her child.
Yeah, but why is she
so chipper about it?
I swear, she's happy I'm injured.
Happy? She's terrified.
It was a bump on the head.
This time.
You didn't see her
walking into the hospital.
She was barely holding it together.
Yeah, I know.
She thinks me joining
the department is dangerous.
Harry, you just proved it's dangerous.
Ten more inches to the left
and she could've been
at another funeral.
[SIGHS]
[CHIMNEY] Buck,
do not make me write you up
for reheating fish in the microwave.
I know, I know,
it's bad workplace etiquette,
but sardine loaf
is better when it's warm.
It's even better
when you leave it at home.
[BUCK] Listen, it's good for brain
and heart health, and I have
tons left over 'cause
Hen wouldn't see me
when I tried to stop by the other day.
Eh, I'd blame it on the sardine loaf,
but she wouldn't see me, either.
Every time I try and visit,
Karen tells me
that she's either sleeping
or in the shower.
I usually get "doctor's appointment."
Maybe she just needs
some time to herself.
No, isolation doesn't help
the healing process.
She needs people to support her.
Maybe we're a reminder
that she's not here,
doing what she loves to do.
Might be hard for her
to see us right now.
Okay, so what do we do?
Keep showing up.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Athena.
What are you doing here? How's Harry?
Desperate for me to be anywhere
other than hovering over him.
I wasn't sure what was on Hen's diet,
but I was thinking
at least you and the kids
could have something easy
to reheat and eat.
[KAREN] Excuse the mess.
Things have been a little hectic
around here lately.
[SIGHS]
So, how is she?
Because she hasn't been
returning any of my calls.
Oh. She has good days and bad days.
Which is today?
- [KNOCKING]
- [DOOR OPENS]
Hen?
You up for a visitor?
Athena's here.
She
just wants to check on you.
It might be good for you
to see a friendly face.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
[SIGHS] I'm sorry you
came all this way for nothing.
I think
all this has just
really taken it out of her.
Is she really sleeping,
or did she tell you
to get rid of me? [CHUCKLES]
She's not telling me much
of anything these days.
You know, when we got the diagnosis,
I had hope.
I thought
we were gonna fight it together.
But nothing's worked,
and she's getting worse.
Every day, it's like I can feel her
slipping farther away from us.
I-I try to keep her active
and make sure
she's taking care of herself, but
the more I push,
- the more she
- Pushes back?
No.
That's the scary part.
She doesn't push back. She just
disengages.
We just need
to get her back in the game.
How?
Do I just keep pushing her
until she's mad enough at me
to push back?
No. You're her wife.
You do not want to become the face
of the thing she's fighting.
So [WEAK CHUCKLE]
Well, what am I supposed to do?
Give her another face to hate.
["24 HOURS OF THE DAY"
BY THE GILETTES PLAYING]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
Baby, I don't know why I love you ♪
I don't know why I feel this way ♪
Why I love you ♪
Work on your drills.
- Play it again on Tuesday.
- Yeah.
- All right.
- Catch you later, brother.
I don't know why I feel this way ♪
Why I love you, why I love you ♪
- [ENGINE STARTS]
- [LAUGHS]
24 hours of the day ♪
Why I love you ♪
Baby, my days
and nights are lonely ♪
- Why I love you ♪
- I need your lovin' every day ♪
- Why I love you ♪
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- [TIRES SQUEAK] - Whoa!
- [GROANS SOFTLY]
You hit me with your car.
[SIREN WAILS]
Car versus pedestrian?
That's the question.
Driver says he fell down on his own.
Yeah, don't they always?
He talking?
More groaning than anything.
We didn't want
to move him without you.
Why?
- Why did he run me over?
- [DUSTIN] Dude,
- I didn't hit you!
- Someone did. He's in rough shape.
Sir, I'm Eddie.
Can you tell me your name?
- Colt.
- Can you move your fingers and your toes?
- Yeah.
- All right, we're gonna
roll you over so we can take
- a better look at you.
- Uh-huh.
- One, two, three.
- [COLT GROANS]
[GROANING]
Whoa. You got hit hard.
- Not by me.
- [COLT] Did he break my arm?
Arm, nose, probably ribs.
We're gonna get you
to the hospital, okay?
- [COLT] Uh. Mm-hmm.
- Hey, look at that.
His shoes are still on.
[ATHENA] Yeah.
And not a crack
in this windshield, either.
[CHIMNEY] I don't know if this car
- did all that.
- [DUSTIN] It didn't do any of it.
I did not hit him.
All right, you said he
came from that way?
He ran from over there,
and then fell in front of my car.
[COLT GROANING]
[GROANING CONTINUES]
[SIGHS]
- Hey.
- Thank you so much for coming.
Oh, come on. It's my pleasure.
Are you, uh, cool with me
putting stuff here?
- [KAREN] Yeah, absolutely.
- Um
[ADAM] All right.
Hello?
Hey.
Babe, who's this?
Uh, you must be Hen.
Hi. I'm, uh
I'm Adam, a physical therapist
and your new
chief motivational officer.
[LAUGHS]
- Hi, Adam.
- Hi.
My wife must have forgot
to mention you were coming.
Slipped my mind.
Adam comes very highly recommended.
Karen
- Hmm?
- Can we talk about this?
Later. I have to go out
- and run a few errands.
- Are you serious?
Mmm.
- You two have fun.
- [ADAM CHUCKLES]
- [ADAM] Bye. - [KAREN] Bye.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
[ADAM] What do you say we, uh,
wake up those sleepy joints, huh?
[ATHENA] So, how you feeling?
Mm.
Like I got hit by a truck.
Well, we both know that didn't happen.
So you want to tell me
what really happened?
It's all fuzzy.
I think I
I got jumped.
You got jumped?
Yeah. From behind.
It was a big dude.
"Big dude."
Might even have been two of 'em.
Vicious.
Did your assailant look like this?
[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]
[RAPID PANTING]
[MAGGIE GROANING]
- [COLT GRUNTS]
- [MAGGIE WHIMPERS]
[ATHENA] How long you
been snatching purses?
Shame on you.
- Wait for it.
- [MAGGIE] I've had enough!
[MAGGIE GRUNTING]
[COLT GROANS]
- [MAGGIE] Come here.
- She's still going.
- Yeah, she is.
- [BLOWS LANDING]
You're gonna get your ass beat.
- You picked the wrong one.
- [GROANING]
Do you want to amend your
statement about two big dudes?
I'd like to call my lawyer.
[MAGGIE SIGHS]
They'll keep him here for observation.
Then straight to Men's Central.
You got a mean left hook.
- Am I in trouble?
- Self-defense.
But, uh, most folk would have
let go of the purse.
What got into you?
I had had a day.
It's dollars and cents.
Cuts, cuts, layoffs, cuts.
And frankly,
the granola bars are doing more
around here than you are.
[SETH] You're a great gal.
But I've been doing a lot
of work on me.
We're done.
Thanks for the coffee.
[WOMEN LAUGHING]
For the love of
- [COLT GRUNTS]
- [MAGGIE GROANS]
[MAGGIE] Sometimes,
you just need to fight back.
Fair enough.
All right, and then push out.
One Breathe, breathe.
Very good, Hen.
Clockwise, counterclockwise.
How's that feeling?
Not good, Adam.
[ADAM] There you go.
Look at you, rock star! There you go.
Breathe, breathe. Want you to breathe.
- Two.
- Yeah.
Very good.
- [GROANS]
- Okay, one more.
- [GROANS]
- Very good.
Ah, that was awful.
What are you talking about?
That was awesome.
Right? Come on.
- Give me one more set.
- You said that was the last set.
Oh, I'm sorry, Hen. I lied.
- Screw you, Adam.
- Hen,
it's okay if you want to punch me.
I do not want to punch you, Adam.
You sure? I mean, look at
my face. Not even a little bit?
Maybe a little bit.
Morning.
You going back to training today?
Yeah.
It's been two days.
Feeling pretty good.
- No signs of a concussion.
- I thought you were training
to be a firefighter, not a doctor.
I'm okay. No headaches, no nausea,
no sensitivity to light or noise.
You know it's okay to take
another day if you need it.
I mean, just to be on the safe side.
Uh, you want me to call your doctor
and ask him to write a note?
[SCOFFS]
A doctor's note from my mommy?
No thanks. I'll pass.
- Love you.
- I love you, too.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[SIGHS] Miss me?
I did. You're my favorite person
to beat.
[LAUGHS] Look who got
cocky while I was gone.
Okay. Three-Phase Drill. Let's go.
Let's start with the aerial ladder.
Grant, you're up.
Grant, you doing okay?
Uh no, sir.
I'm-I'm feeling a bit dizzy, I guess.
Okay, well, don't push it.
Go home and get some rest.
All right? We'll try again tomorrow.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hi, honey. You hungry?
I think Karen ordered enough
food to feed us for a week.
[CHUCKLES] I think you've forgotten
what it's like to feed a teenager.
Ooh, pickles.
Ah.
Here, honey.
Let me help you with that.
I should be able to open a jar.
You did. You loosened it for me.
Ma, don't patronize me.
I'm not.
I think working with Adam is helping,
even if you won't admit it.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Can I hide out here?
If it's your mom, absolutely not.
No, I'm hiding from my shame.
What happened?
I thought you were back in training.
I was, but I froze up.
When it was time to climb
the ladder again, I-I panicked.
That's the whole point in training.
You panic there so it doesn't happen
in the field. Here.
So how do you not panic everywhere?
- I don't know. You just don't.
- [SCOFFS]
That is completely
underwhelming advice.
I'm sorry. I didn't know
you were coming over.
You get lukewarm pep talks
when I'm unprepared.
Look, it's normal to be scared.
What makes it brave is
that you show up anyway.
Is it brave,
or is it selfish?
Selfish how?
If something bad happens to me,
what happens to them?
You mean your family.
Your mom.
I-I don't want to be the reason why
she has to plan another funeral.
You can't think like that.
So what do I do if that is all
I can think about?
Ah. [LAUGHS]
- [LAUGHING] Oh.
- Come on in.
Look at you, getting to the door
like a champ, huh?
- Must be those wrist rolls you gave me.
- [LAUGHS]
I, uh I can't believe
I'm saying this,
but thanks to you,
I'm finally making progress.
That's great, Hen.
But remember, progress is
not always in a straight line.
I know. I know.
[HEN SIGHS]
So where you want to start today?
Some sit-to-stands?
Uh, yeah, uh, doesn't matter.
- [GROANS] Oh.
- All right. Well, I'll just follow your lead.
I don't think you should do that, Hen.
[BREATHING HEAVILY] Oh.
- Adam, are you all right?
- No. No.
I'm supposed to be. No.
- [GROANS]
- Whoa!
Adam!
[HEN GROANS]
[GROANING]
There. [PANTING]
[STRAINED GROANING]
Here. [GROANS, PANTS]
[PANTING]
- LAFD!
- [HEN] Julie.
- Hen.
- Oh. Oh. [PANTING]
This is Adam.
He's our personal trainer.
He's been down five minutes.
- No pulse, no resps.
- [JULIE] Okay.
Get him on the Lifepak,
take his blood sugar,
prepare to intubate.
- What was he doing?
- He came in.
He went down.
Makes me think cardiac.
Let's shock him.
- [WHIRRING]
- Clear.
[PANTING]
- [RHYTHMIC BEEPING]
- There it is.
- Brugada syndrome.
- Something tells me
he's getting an ICD today.
- [EXHALES]
- [JULIE] Let's pack him up.
[HEN GROANS]
Need a hand?
Yeah. Thanks.
One, two, three.
[HEN GROANS]
It's good to see you, Hen.
We're all pulling for you.
Buck?
What are you doing here?
Is everything okay?
It's about Harry.
He came to see me
after his first day back.
Actually, he didn't even make it
through the whole day.
I knew it. It was too soon
for him to go back.
Look, I don't think there's anything
- physically wrong with him.
- But you're worried enough
to show up here.
Okay, so, you know that voice
you get in your head?
Uh, the one that says, "You suck.
You-you can't do anything."
I-I mean, you probably
don't have that voice.
Everyone has that voice, Buck.
Even me.
Okay? So, what?
You think Harry's
gotten into his own head?
No, I-I think you have.
♪
Not that you did it on purpose.
I think the accident
and your response to it
scared him, but not for himself.
Scared him for you.
I don't want to see him give up
and regret it later.
[HEN] His office called.
Looks like he's gonna be okay.
Well, that's great news.
I've been a paramedic
for 15 years, Ma,
and I couldn't provide that man
with basic life support.
My body just wouldn't let me.
If the actual paramedics
hadn't gotten here in time
But they did.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY]
I started out thinking that
I just wanted to get well enough
so I could go back to work.
Just get my life back.
What if that part of my life is over?
You have always been
the most impatient child.
Ma, you don't understand.
I want to read you something.
Ma, please.
I'm not in the mood
for some woo-woo nonsense
you got from some self-help book
you found in the garage.
[CHUCKLES] It's not woo-woo.
It's a first-person account
from someone who's been
on a similar journey.
Let's see.
"It's been three months,
and I'm still not okay.
"How is that possible?
"Everyone says 'Be patient.
"Don't lose hope.' Eventually,
I'll feel like myself again.
But I'm starting to think
everyone's been lying to me."
[EXHALES] Preach.
"Ma says I'm too impatient.
But she just doesn't understand."
Well
that certainly hasn't changed.
Are you reading from my diary?
Where'd you even find that?
You know those boxes I've been storing
in your garage for the past ten years?
Decided to start going through
them while you were napping.
You've been napping a lot.
[HEN] "Ms. Dawson told
me I didn't have to run,
"but I was tired
of sitting on the sidelines,
"so I did it anyway.
"Didn't even make it a minute
"before I doubled over
trying to catch my breath.
"Jamie Tyler said it was because
I had a hole in my heart
"from when I got shot.
"Because that's who I am now:
girl who got shot."
Jamie Tyler.
I never liked that child.
But the girl who wrote that diary?
She was a pretty cool kid.
A tough one, too.
[LAUGHS] Thanks.
But I think I had a little
bit more resilience at 16
than I have now.
[LAUGHS] You did not.
Your recovery was painful and hard
and longer than expected.
Some days, you couldn't
even get out of bed.
But with enough time, eventually,
you got better.
But it was not an easy road.
[SNIFFLES]
I guess I forgot that part.
Most people do.
We focus on the big moments.
The victories.
Not the blood, sweat and tears
that got us there.
But I remember.
And I know
you're still the same fighter.
And if you don't believe me
believe yourself.
[SIGHS]
Don't make me take the covers.
[HARRY SIGHS]
What is happening right now?
You're getting dressed
and we're going out.
You got 15 minutes.
Don't make me come back in here.
[SIGHS]
[HARRY] When you said we were
going out, I was thinking breakfast.
[ATHENA] I got you a smoothie.
I figured you'd want something light
before climbing that ladder.
Look, Mom, I appreciate
the pep talk, I really do
Uh, no, no, no, no.
This ain't a pep talk.
You want to run toward danger
for a living?
I'm not looking to pep you
- into anything.
- Okay. Then what are we doing here?
I want you to quit.
- Excuse me?
- I want you to turn around
and stop growing older.
[SIGHS]
Go back to being that kid
who would run over to hug me
after every shift.
That same kid
who used to beg me
not to go to work every morning.
Who'd say, "Mommy"
"I want you to quit."
And I would kiss your head
and leave, feeling terrible.
And when I got to work,
you know what I would do
with that feeling?
What?
I would set it aside.
Family fills us,
it drives us,
but fear makes you hesitate,
and hesitation gets you killed.
We don't put on that uniform
so that we make it home.
We put it on so that others will.
And if we do that well enough,
without fear
or self-doubt
then maybe we get
to make it home, too.
I guess I didn't think about
how hard this would all be.
For me,
but mostly for you. I
I'm following in the footsteps
of a man whose job
this job took him away from you.
That was his path.
Just, I don't want you to worry.
You let me worry about
what I worry about.
And if and when
you put on that uniform,
you learn to set it aside
the same as I did.
Because you can't carry
nobody out of a fire
if I'm already on your back.
[SIGHS]
♪
Let winter break ♪
Let it burn ♪
Till I see you again ♪
I will be here with you ♪
Just like I told you ♪
[HEN] "Dear me
"I know I haven't written in months.
"Haven't wanted to.
"When I write, I'm reminded
of all the pain and misery
"I went through in the last year,
"and who wants to think about that?
"I was about to give up
and never think about it again.
"But then I thought,
"if I aka you find it again,
"years from now,
are those dark days really
the part I'd want to remember?"
Only you and I ♪
"A terrible thing happened
to you, Henrietta Wilson.
"And that could have been
the end of your story.
But it wasn't."
I know it's all for you ♪
"It was the start of a new one."
And I guess ♪
"The world knocked you down
"and tried to keep you there,
but you refused to stay put."
You ♪
"Even on the days
you really wanted to.
Only thing I've ever ♪
Truly known ♪
- So I hesitate ♪
- [EXHALES]
If I can act the same ♪
For you ♪
♪
And my darling ♪
I'll be rooting for you. ♪
- You gave it your all.
- [ALL] Yes, sir!
Came here as recruits.
- Yes, sir!
- And you're leaving
- as firefighters.
- Yes, sir!
And I'm proud
of each and every one of you.
Who are you?
- Firefighters!
- Who are you?
Firefighters!
Who are you?
- [ALL] House 118!
- Yeah!
- Congratulations.
- Yeah!
[HEN] "So, yes
[WHOOPING]
you'll always be
the girl who got shot."
I'll be rooting ♪
"But you'll always be
the girl who lived,
and can do anything
she sets her mind to."
Rooting for you. ♪
[OFFICIAL] Please take your seats.
The ceremony will begin shortly.
Keep moving. We need two more.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
There she is.
Just couldn't resist
upstaging the kids, huh?
[CHUCKLES] Hey,
at least we didn't show up
in the middle of the ceremony.
[HEN] Well, I wanted to make sure
that everyone saw
that I was getting better.
We're just glad you're here.
[SIMPSON] In this job,
I give a lot of speeches.
But of all the many speeches I give,
this is by far my favorite.
It doesn't look back
with sorrow or wistful cheer
but rather, aspires forward
♪
with boundless hope
and abundant pride.
Because it knows what I know:
that you will save lives.
That men and women
will walk this Earth
who otherwise wouldn't without you.
That children will be born
and deathbeds far delayed
for all your acts of bravery.
And yes, for some
your sacrifice.
You'll reunite families
and return home to your own.
And with each shift,
you will clock in to another family,
one forged in fire,
with bonds far stronger
than any you've ever known.
The lives you save,
the worlds you make better
will not just be
the people we serve
but also each other's.
Congratulations to you all,
and welcome
to the family of
the Los Angeles Fire Department.
- [CHEERING]
- [APPLAUSE]
Yeah!
[MAY] Hey, this is, like,
the welcome party
to the rest of your life.
Can you maybe get off your phone?
Sorry, I was checking
the station assignments.
They said that they'd post them
after the ceremony.
Well, we may have gotten
an advance look at that list.
♪
[BUCK LAUGHS SOFTLY]
- Are you serious?
- [HEN] All that work we put into
help raise you?
You didn't think
we were gonna let that go
- to some other firehouse, did you?
- [LAUGHS]
You're stuck with us now, kid.
Welcome to the 118, probie.
[CHUCKLES] Come on.
Congratulations.
[HARRY] Thank you.
- Come on in.
- [BUCK] Come on
- All right, come on in, guys.
- [LAUGHTER]
- May, you, too. Come on.
- Yeah.
- [MAY] Aww. Thanks, guys.
- Bring it in. Bring it in.
- [CHIMNEY] Congratulations, Harry.
- Thank you.
[CHIMNEY] All right. "118" on three.
- One, two, three.
- [ALL] 118!
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