Fire Country (2022) s01e01 Episode Script
Pilot
1
♪
Thank you for considering
my request for parole.
First, I want to say
I take full responsibility
for my actions.
I understand that I committed
a serious crime.
I stand before you a different man
than the one that robbed an innocent,
hardworking man at gunpoint.
I'm so sorry.
You didn't deserve that.
(BANGING ON DOOR)
(BUZZER SOUNDS)
GUARD: You got ten minutes, ma'am.
ANA: I'm sorry, Bode.
I really thought that we
had a chance for parole.
But if you do that program
I told you about
Here's the application.
Cal Fire is hungry
for inmates just like you.
(BUZZER SOUNDS IN DISTANCE)
(SEABIRD SCREECHES)
(FIRE ALARM RINGING)
DISPATCH (OVER RADIO): Station 42,
vegetation fire, Bodega Highway.
Repeat, Station 42,
vegetation fire, Bodega Highway.
Whoo! Game time!
Battalion 1508
responding with Engine 1591.
All right, everybody, let's go!
Grab 'em both!
I'm not gonna make Gabriela's ceremony.
We are terrible people to date.
I don't know why she puts
up with me. (CHUCKLES)
You're a firefighter.
She's basically dating Superman.
Move, move!
Come on, go, go, go!
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
We're rolling, fellas!
Let's do it.
(SIREN WAILING)
(HORN HONKING)
♪
MAN: Go ahead, set up the hand line.
MAN 2: Get access on that side!
Battalion 1508 on scene.
We've got a 200-by-200 spot,
moderate rate of spread in the brush.
- Single structure threatened.
- DISPATCH: Copy that.
All right, guys, pull that line.
- Start knocking it down.
- EVE: All right, let's go.
Let's do it!
Ready water!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, SHOUTING)
Spot fire!
If we don't get this fire
knocked down soon,
that propane tank could be
a real problem.
Copter 105, we've got spot fires.
What is your ETA on a water drop?
Battalion 1508, this is Copter 105.
Look up.
("JOKER AND THE THIEF"
BY WOLFMOTHER PLAYING)
Water drop!
♪
(YELLING)
(WHOOPING, SHOUTING)
God, I love this job. Whoo!
I said the joker is a wanted man ♪
Makes his way all across the land ♪
Everybody all right?
I see him sifting through the sand ♪
So I'll tell you all a story ♪
About the joker and the thief
in the night. ♪
(BEEPING AND BLIPPING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Hey, Bode?
You drawing me?
BODE: Yeah. Yeah, Freddy, I am.
I'll send that to my girlfriend.
She's a chef.
When I get out,
we gonna get a food truck.
That's why I'm doing this.
That's cool, man.
At first I was like, "No thank you,
I don't want to leave Lancaster."
That's where I was. Where were you?
Dude, I told you, like,
three times already.
I have ADD, dude.
Lompoc. Two years
into a three-to-five year sentence.
Right. So, yeah,
I didn't want to leave L.A.
because Cookie That's my girl
Visits every weekend.
But then I heard you get five bucks
a day just for showing up.
And if you're actually on a fire,
it's an extra two bucks an hour.
So I can make three, 5K easy.
And me and Cookie can buy
a truck when I get out.
Hey, w-we're going to Edgewater?
That's the plan.
My lawyer said we'd be going
to a different camp.
FREDDY: Who cares where it is?
It's better than where
we've been, right?
(CROWD CHEERING, CLAMORING)
♪
WOMAN: Gabriela!
(CHEERING, WHOOPING)
(WHISTLING) WOMAN: Edgewater loves you!
That's my daughter!
Such a proud papa moment!
(LAUGHS)
Hey, would you mind
taking a little video?
(HORN HONKS)
(SHOUTING, CLAMORING)
Hey, what's all this?
That girl got 14th place
in the Olympics for diving.
Gabriela lives in Florida.
She's heading back
to start training again.
You get a key to the city
for 14th place in this town?
You don't even live here.
CORY: Her dad does.
That's him next to her.
He's also your fire captain.
GIRL: Way to go, Gabriela!
- FREDDY: That dude?
- Mm-hmm.
Hey, Cory, look, man, look.
My lawyer said I'd be going
to the camp in Eel River.
Well, you'll take that up with
her and she's not here, right?
Sit down. (STAMMERS) Yeah, but
- come on
- Now, Bode.
(AIR BRAKES HISS)
This is Three Rock Con Camp.
We fight fires all over
the state of California.
As you can see, there are no fences.
You want to run, I can't prevent you.
But I need you to know this.
You won't get far.
And when we catch you
Not if, when
You go back to that concrete jungle,
and time will be added to your sentence.
Ready to check out your new home?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Hey, can I, uh,
can I use the phone to call my lawyer?
Sure. You have
phone privileges in a week.
♪
Oh, relax.
Okay, with the PDA.
Hey.
How was the fire?
It was, um
hot.
These are duck and bacon tacos
with a pomegranate relish.
- Try that.
- Mmm.
I'm Aydan, by the way.
Eve.
What just happened?
I think the new chef just
flirted with you.
Now why am I giving her a thumbs up?
Quick, save me.
JAKE: Look, this is
what you're gonna do.
- Mm-hmm. Right.
- You gonna walk over there.
And you're gonna talk to her.
Okay.
I'm gonna go change the music.
Wait, what? No, no.
What?
Wow.
Well
I am sorry that I missed today.
I mean, how many times
are we gonna celebrate
the fact that I choked in Tokyo?
Mm-mm, no.
No, you did not choke in Tokyo.
I mean, you're the still
14th best diver in the world.
What are we doing?
W-What do you mean?
This.
I mean
I've been here for five months.
That's the longest break I've had
from diving since I was, like, ten.
Where I don't have to travel or train.
And I could just
have fun.
So I mean, is this
- are we just fun?
- Hey.
I'm going to come
and visit you in Florida.
I don't know if I want to go to Florida.
Okay, but, wait.
Your-your coach is in Florida, so
Why am I chasing this thing that
I'm not sure if I even want anymore?
What-what-what do you want?
More.
Every athlete gets to a point
where they have to consider what's next.
Okay. And are you at that point?
I don't know.
Maybe?
The one thing I do know
is that I love it here.
This town.
The people.
You.
You know, don't move out here for me.
(SIGHS)
Jake.
I just told you I love you.
Look, I-I-I just don't want you
to give up everything
and then end up regretting it.
I mean, Gabriela, you're-you're
you're incredible.
Come on, Gabs, can?
Please, don't-don't go.
- Can we just talk about this?
- No.
You've made yourself pretty clear.
FREDDY: This place is sweet.
Ah! They even got girls here.
Cookie's not gonna like that.
Welcome to camp.
My name's Manny.
I'm your captain. You can call me Cap.
You are?
Freddy.
Bode.
Who are they?
Female con camp
a couple miles down the road.
They train here sometimes.
What are they doing?
MANNY: Fire shelters. Last resort.
If you're using them, it means
you're trapped by the fire.
You got to be able to get into
those things in 15 to 20 seconds.
FIREFIGHTER: You guys
got to be quicker than that.
Got to be much quicker than that
Too slow.
They're toast by now.
We gonna burn into little Krispies?
Well, Freddy,
I'm gonna train you so you don't
burn into little Krispies.
Yes, sir.
BODE: Freddy?
Huh?
Do me a favor, huh?
That guy unloading the truck?
Why don't you put that ADD of yours
to use and go talk to him for me, huh?
About what?
Well, he's got access to town and I need
to get my hands on a phone.
So you go talk to him.
Hey, I need you to vouch for me.
What's your deal, dude?
This place is like a summer camp,
and you're already trying
to hustle your way out of it.
I don't get it.
I'm from here.
And I left for a reason.
♪
Good morning, gentlemen.
Your life here at Three
Rock is pretty simple.
You work hard, you do
what I tell you when I tell you,
you'll reduce your sentence and go home
to your friends and your family sooner.
Today I'm gonna teach you guys
how to cut line.
You're gonna use your tools
to remove the vegetation
from the forest floor,
so the fire has no fuel to burn.
These right here
Which Cory's gonna hand out to you
Are your 10s and 18s.
Ten standard firefighter orders
and 18 fire watch-out
situations memorize them.
They can save your life or save the life
of the guy standing right next to you.
All right?
- ALL: Yes, sir!
- Good.
Grab your packs and your tools.
We're gonna take a little walk.
To where?
Up there.
- You're kidding, right?
- No.
Enjoy.
Hey, are the lady convicts coming, too?
(JAKE SIGHS)
Well, Gabriela isn't texting back.
And I know she's awake because she just
"liked" her cousin's engagement picture.
Everybody's getting engaged and we're
We are just fine.
No, you're blowing it
with Gabriela and I
can't even flirt back
with duck taco girl.
We're afraid to get close to anyone
because what if we do and they die.
(SIGHS) Come on, Eve.
Not everything's about Riley dying.
EVE: No, I know, but this is.
At least it is for me.
She was my best friend.
And every time I try to
talk to you about her,
you act like I'm crazy!
(EXHALES)
You're not crazy.
And I miss her, too.
FREDDY: Hey! Hey, Cap!
Cap, I got to take a leak!
All right.
Everybody, cubby up.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Go one at a time.
And don't get any ideas
about wandering off.
(CLEARS THROAT)
How long you been in?
18 years.
What'd you do?
Doesn't matter.
Got to look forward, not back.
See beyond your mistakes.
FREDDY: (SHOUTS, EXCLAIMS) Run!
Run! Hey!
(SCREAMS) Hey! Stop, stop, stop, stop!
Let me go! Let me go!
Where the hell do
you think you're going?
I was peeing and I heard a bear!
What y'all doing?!
I'm telling you, dude,
there's a bear right there!
I heard it!
(GOAT BLEATING)
Freddy, that's a goat.
(LAUGHTER, CLAMORING) Goat?
Cal Fire uses them
to manage vegetation, bro.
(LAUGHTER)
BODE: Aw, Freddy, come on, man.
Nah, hell no, that
I think you just got yourself
a new nickname, Freddy.
(BLEATING)
With a Caterpillar D6N
I can clear vegetation
at a rate of about six miles an hour.
Asking me to get by with a hand crew
instead of a dozer is like asking me
to cut down a tree with a butter knife.
No one's asking you to make do.
You have a dozer.
Glen Ellen has a dozer.
That you share.
Glen Ellen's 45 minutes away.
By the time it gets to me,
the fire's out of control.
Chief Leone
Look, you guys got to quit being stupid.
Vince, I'll remind you
that of the four of us
on this board, we have
over 80 years in the field.
And several post-graduate degrees.
I would watch who you call stupid.
You're right. Sorry.
I get passionate.
Most of you know
I'm third generation Cal Fire.
And y'all don't remember
the Hanley fire, but I do.
56,000 acres.
Over 84 homes destroyed, 19 fatalities,
including two firefighters.
That area has not burned since then.
This will happen again.
The question is,
what are we gonna do about it?
♪
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING IN TRUCK)
That's when she came my way ♪
Hey, hey.
I wanted to see you tonight
before I go to work.
I'm on for the next 24.
I'm doing a shift at Smokey's for Maya.
One of her waitresses quit.
Well, you know, have Maya
give you a ride home
since your car's been acting up.
I can take care of myself, Jake.
I mean, obviously, you can't
because you keep driving that thing.
Why are we talking about my car?
Okay, look, last night, I-I I was
I was drunk. I didn't mean it.
Or if I did,
I take it back because that's not how
I want to remember the first
"I love you" I've ever said.
Now, I
This isn't just fun.
Okay, I know maybe
it started off that way, but
I mean, last night, I
(SIGHS)
What I should have said is
that I love you, too.
Now I can't drive away in a huff.
("STARTING OVER"
BY CHRIS STAPLETON PLAYS)
I love you.
Well, the road rolls out
like a welcome mat ♪
(DOOR CLOSES)
To a better place
than the one we're at ♪
And I ain't got no kind of plan ♪
Something smells good.
But I've had all of this town
I can stand ♪
I'm not getting it, am I?
No.
(SIGHS)
Come on, Sharon. I need a dozer.
You know that.
I do, but the committee doesn't think
you did your due diligence
looking for a used one.
Right, 'cause I've got
all the time in the world
to go to auctions and stuff.
Listen, I'm with you, but
we do have 473 Cal Fire stations
to manage, and it is taxpayer money.
So just go online
and-and look for a used one
and then resubmit that request.
How long is that gonna take?
We won't even know what kind of shape
it's in till it gets here, and
I know. I know.
You want the shiny new thing.
But you're just gonna have to settle
for the perfectly fine old thing.
Like me.
I get it.
(CLEARS THROAT)
I stopped by the cemetery today.
Talked to Riley for a little bit.
I also overheard
Eve and Jake this morning
talking about Riley.
How they need to move on.
And they should because they're young.
But?
No moving on for us, is there?
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(DOOR OPENS)
(BIRD CALLING)
MVP said he'd be by at 11:00.
His name is MVP?
Yeah, and that's what he'll be
once we get that phone.
Come on. Got to get to the road.
(OWL HOOTING)
So, what's the reason?
Why'd you have to leave this place?
It's a long story.
'Cause of Riley?
You got the name "Riley"
tattooed on your arm.
Dude needs to leave town,
it's usually over a girl.
(VEHICLE APPROACHING)
(ENGINE STALLS)
(HISSING) Damn it.
Hey, that's not MVP.
Oh. That's Cap's daughter.
The one that got that giant key.
We got to get out of here.
We can't just leave her stranded, man.
What if some bad dude comes along?
We are the bad dudes, bro.
Could be the ignition wire!
I'm out of here.
I'm sorry. Look, I
I didn't mean to scare you. I
- I know a lot about cars.
- Yeah.
It's okay. So does my boyfriend.
Hey, it's me.
I'm on the road behind the con camp.
There's no way
you have cell service out here.
- Whoa, hey. Easy, easy.
- Get back.
- Hey, hey, hey, look. Come on.
- I just
I'm fine, okay?
- You shouldn't be here.
- Look,
I-I'm not gonna hurt you, okay?
Just let me just
talk you through
reconnecting the ignition wire.
Or better yet, you know what?
You can keep that thing
trained on me when
and I'll do it for you.
You even step onto the road,
and you're off property.
They consider that an escape.
You got a better idea?
I guess I just escaped.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
I'm sorry about this. I was scared,
and I carry it around
with me in case
my car breaks down, and I
Next to a prison, and you run
into an escaped felon?
Are you, uh you from here?
I grew up in San Diego.
My parents got divorced
a couple years ago,
- and my dad moved here.
- We, uh
we drove past your ceremony yesterday.
It's pretty cool
you were in the Olympics.
Yeah, it was.
- So what now?
- I don't know.
Four years is a long time to wait
for your real life to begin.
- Yeah. Yeah, I can relate.
- I'm sorry.
No, don't be.
Four years is a long time
to wait for your real life.
Try and start it.
(SNIFFLES)
(KEYS JINGLE)
(ENGINE STARTS)
Yeah. You're good to go.
Thank you.
Let me give you some money
for helping me.
You don't Seriously,
you don't need to do that.
Oh, you, uh you dropped something.
Your boyfriend?
Yeah.
I mean, he wasn't
really on the phone, but he exists.
Thank you.
Really.
Good luck.
Yeah. You, too.
EVE: Jake told Gabriela he loves her.
- Okay. No.
- Oh!
No, no, no, we are
not doing this, not No.
She's kind of a big deal, dude.
Try not to blow it, all right?
Okay, when have I ever
blown it with anyone?
Larissa. Sandy.
(LAUGHS)
Gemma with a G, and Jemma with a J.
VINCE: Right. Jemma,
who you brought to game night,
and Sharon still talks about,
what happened to her?
She needed saving,
and he likes being the hero,
but then he gets bored, so
Oh, okay, so you got me figured out.
No, I'm just saying "yay."
You told her you love her,
but now, love her.
It's time for us to grow up, you know?
(SCOFFS) Okay.
You're right.
You're right, both of you. I need to
grow up.
Jake! See, this is
This is what you do.
- What's wrong?
- You take a nice moment
DISPATCH: Station 42. Vehicular accident
- on Buckeye Road.
- That's us. Let's go.
(SIRENS WAILING)
VINCE: There's the vehicle. Stop here.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
MAN: Okay, let's flank out.
WOMAN (SCREAMING): Help!
Chief, we got downed
power lines around the car.
- Check the occupants. How many?
- Checking now.
Battalion 1508 on scene with
engine 1591. (BABY CRYING)
Single vehicle off the road. (EXPLOSION)
- Don't go in there yet.
- I got two.
Looks like a mother
and a baby trapped inside.
(WHIMPERS) Help!
(EXPLOSION) (BABY CRYING)
Fire in the timber, moving uphill.
Rapid rate of spread.
There's no time to secure the car
before the flames come on us.
All right, we need to get them out now.
The door won't open
and my seatbelt's jammed.
Hey, window punch.
What? Oh, God!
Listen, we're gonna break
the window in the back,
and we're gonna get you
and your baby out,
- okay?
- Okay.
All right.
(EXPLOSION) (WOMAN CRIES OUT)
Hey. Hey, do you smell gas?
(BABY CRYING)
VINCE: We got a slow
build, coming uphill.
Yeah. All right, let's go.
Come on, quick.
Come on, guys, move.
EVE: Ma'am, cover the baby.
We're gonna break the glass.
(WHIMPERS) (BABY CRIES)
(SHOUTING IN DISTANCE)
JAKE: Okay, ma'am, I'm going
to start with your baby
so you and I have room
to exit the vehicle.
Hold tight, okay?
There we go.
All right, I'm gonna
get you out of here.
(SEATBELT CLICKS)
Here we go, sweetie.
Okay, little guy, here you go.
I got him.
Fire's moving quick, guys.
Hurry.
- Oh, my God, the fire's coming!
- JAKE: Ma'am,
we need to get out of here now.
Let's go. Follow me.
All right, come on.
There you go. You're doing great.
Take my hand.
I'm gonna help you out, okay?
One, two, three.
I got you. (GRUNTS)
It's right up on you, Jake.
Let's go, let's go,
- let's go, let's go!
- Come on, come on!
- EVE: Up, up, up.
- VINCE: Clear! Clear! Clear!
(EXPLOSION) (WOMAN SCREAMS)
VINCE: Buckeye IC,
this has potential to become
a major incident.
(DISTANT SHOUTING, CHATTER)
MVP dropped the phone off
after breakfast.
I already called Cookie.
Where is it?
- It's hidden.
- Where?
I need it.
- Shh!
- MANNY: Bode, Freddy!
A word.
CORY: Now!
Have a seat, gentlemen.
Do you recognize this?
My daughter says that a couple guys
fitting your description were out taking
a little walk last night.
And that road? That road is
a common drop-off place for contraband.
So we decided to check
your lockers this morning.
Didn't find anything, but
then we searched the kitchen.
And for some reason,
people like to store things
in the dry rice and the beans.
- It's not mine.
- You sure?
'Cause I saw you talking to MVP,
who does their deliveries.
I was conversing. I talk a lot.
You can't have a phone.
That's an extra 90 days
to your sentence.
Oh
It's mine.
Goat has nothing to do with it, okay?
The reason I have it
is personal, though,
so if I could just
If we could talk alone for a minute
MANNY: Okay, talk.
Look, I'm here because
I robbed a man at gunpoint.
The owner of a liquor store.
He got up at my parole hearing
and he read a letter
saying that he forgave me
and he hoped I could
turn my life around.
It's the most generous thing
anyone's ever done for me.
I don't deserve that.
But I have to believe that
he knows something that I don't.
And that if I work this program,
that I can succeed.
Okay, a-and I want to succeed, but I
I can't do it here.
And why is that?
'Cause this is my hometown.
Why didn't you tell me
that from day one?
DISPATCH: Three Rock, vegetation fire.
Rapid spread.
Requesting all available crews.
Three Rock responding.
- Copy that.
- Let's go.
Hey you just gave me
a whole speech on
how you want to succeed.
So let's go.
MANNY: Let's go, fellas,
pick it up! This is not a drill.
♪
MANNY: All right, guys.
This is a real baptism by fire.
I don't even know all y'all's names yet,
but by the end of the night,
I'm not only gonna know your name,
I'm gonna know what kind
of a man you are.
Now, your first fire got started
because of a car crash
on Buckeye Road.
And every fire is named after
where it was ignited.
So, gentlemen welcome to the Buckeye.
♪
I ordered three tankers,
five water tenders.
VINCE: I'd have said five
tankers and three tenders,
- but you're in charge.
- SHARON: I am.
We got dozers?
They're coming from Butte county.
I'm worried about Harrison Ridge.
The wind changes on a dime up there.
I already sent Eve and Jake
up there to get eyes on it.
If this thing gets into Miller Canyon,
it's gonna rip right into town.
We need those dozers.
I said they're coming. They'll be here
in a couple of hours.
I'm not trying to say I told you so,
I just don't know we can wait.
Let's order evacuations, then.
Hidden Lake subdivision,
the whole west side of town.
You know people around here
don't like to leave their homes.
That's why I'm gonna
put you in charge of it,
because you're so persuasive.
♪
MANNY: All right, boys, watch your dime!
Ten feet apart.
We're creating a barrier between
the town and the fire.
Hey, Freddy, clear this root.
Cap, it's underground.
Yeah, and if it catches fire over here,
it travels underground,
starts a fire over there.
(CHAIN SAWS WHIRRING)
(GRUNTING)
This is crazy.
Eve, Jake,
- you guys on a scout?
- JAKE: Yeah.
We're gonna head to the ridge.
Chief Leone needs eyes on Miller Canyon.
All right, keep me posted.
Let's go, boys!
That fire's not moving slower.
Why are you? Pick it up!
(DISTANT SIRENS WAILING)
- Gabriela.
- Hey.
Hey. So we're evacuating
the west side of town.
And you know how people around here
feel about leaving.
They're either gonna stay
and protect their homes,
or they're gonna come here
and get drunk,
so can you tell Maya to close the bar?
We need people getting out
of town, not coming here.
Is there anything else
we can do to help?
Best thing you can do is
just stay out of harm's way.
(FLAMES CRACKLING)
EVE: This is getting bad.
Division Charlie, this is 1591 F1
on Harrison Ridge.
The fire has gotten into
Miller Canyon, rapid spread,
moving east towards town.
SHARON: Copy that. Return to base.
Copy that.
JAKE: There's a bunch of spot fires.
We gotta get the hell out of here.
(FLAMES WHOOSHING)
This way.
(CRIES OUT) Stump hole!
I got you. I got you.
Come here, come here.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(JAKE CRYING OUT)
My back's on fire.
EVE: If there are stump holes,
this whole area's unstable.
My boot. My boot's melted.
Can you move? Can you move?!
Uh, yeah.
(GROANS)
(BOTH CRY OUT)
(GROANING) (COUGHING)
Jake, come on. We gotta
get out of here. Come on.
I-I can't. I'm trapped.
Okay. (GRUNTING)
Okay, come on. One, two, three.
(JAKE GROANING)
(COUGHING)
VINCE: Evacuations are underway.
Division Charlie is getting hit hard
chasing spot fires in Miller Canyon.
It's heading towards town.
Then I think a backburn's
our best bet, right?
Let's do it.
Okay. Right here.
Old Creek Road.
That's where we'll make our stand.
Hey, guys, hold the work!
Incident Command is moving all crews.
They want us to cut
a line in town. Let's go.
FREDDY: Wait, wait, wait.
You serious? We gotta
do all this over again?
Yes, sir.
No, we need a break.
I'm done.
- Hey, pick up your tool, Freddy.
- Freddy, get up.
I said pick up your tool!
You want me to call Cory
back at base camp?
Have him come get you,
take you back to prison?
'Cause that's exactly
what's about to happen!
All right. Base camp
Wait. Wait. Hey.
Freddy, people are in danger, man.
I'm hungry and hot and tired.
And it's literally raining ash!
That's because this fire's
getting closer, man.
That's not my problem.
Here, here, take my
energy bar, all right?
Come on, man.
- Think of the food truck.
- MAN: Freddy.
MAN 2: Come on, Goat.
MAN 3: Honestly, Freddy?
MAN 4: Here you go.
Here you go, Goat.
MAN 5: Catch.
All right, yeah, now you guys is
throwing food at me for fun.
MANNY: Okay, okay!
- That's it, Goat.
- Let's go!
EVE: Buckeye IC, this is Engine 1591 F1
- on Harrison Ridge.
- Hold up!
A firefighter was burned,
trapped under a tree.
Requesting Copter 105 for extraction.
SHARON: Engine 1591, this is
Hey, those are those guys
that just passed us.
They're sending a rescue team, let's go.
No, hey, Cap, we're close
to Harrison Ridge. We gotta go.
We could be there faster than anyone.
I'm not leaving you guys alone.
You got that?
Let's go!
Hey, give me that saw. Give me the saw.
You go, and I send your ass
right back to prison.
I'm not kidding.
There'll be no forgiveness,
and no chance for parole.
Sir, rule number six
from the 10s and 18s says
"keep calm, think clearly,
act decisively."
I'm going up there.
FREDDY: Hey.
Bode, come on, man.
Let's go!
♪
VINCE: Gabriela.
What the hell is going on here?
We're helping.
No, you're not.
We're not gonna leave.
So we can stand around and
be in your way, or we can help.
You don't know what you're doing.
After my parents got divorced,
on weekends with my dad,
he made me get my ass out of bed
and clear debris and help him cut line.
I know how to stay safe.
I'll follow your orders,
except for leaving.
- I won't follow that one.
- Okay, listen.
- Gabriela, you
- Jake and Eve
are stuck on Harrison Ridge.
I'm terrified.
I need to do something, please.
VINCE: I'm worried about 'em, too.
But we'll get 'em back safe.
All right, guys,
we got a lot of line to cut
and not much time to do it, let's go.
(GRUNTING, COUGHING)
The fire's gonna be on us any minute.
I'm working as fast as I can.
Hey, hey! Get back, stand back.
- Thank God.
- Stand back. Get back, get back.
(CHAIN SAW STARTS)
Help me move it off him. (GRUNTING)
(CRYING OUT)
(CRIES OUT)
EVE: We gotta move. Come on. Come on!
(PANTING): Come on. (JAKE GROANING)
Hold!
There's no way out. We're surrounded.
We have to deploy our fire shelters.
I took off my pack.
I don't have my fire shelter.
(COUGHING)
Jake! Eve!
Can you come over here?
(COUGHING)
Jake, can you get in here?
I can't. There's too much fire.
(GROANING)
MANNY: Come on! Faster!
Man, oh, man, that's a fire.
(ALL GRUNTING, STRAINING)
Setting the backburn
with the drip torch.
We're starting a smaller fire
so when the approaching fire hits it,
there'll be no fuel to burn.
Flares! Hold the work.
Hold up! Hold the work!
Ready.
Fire. Fire.
What now?
Now we wait.
(COUGHING)
Jake!
(GROANS) You guys okay?
(GRUNTS)
Damn! That was freaking insane.
Ah, you, uh
(GROANS)
Man, you-you really saved my ass.
I owe you one.
I'm Jake.
I know.
- Bode?
- Bode?
Hey! Hey, stop! Hey, stop! Stop it!
You're crazy!
That's what you told Riley,
isn't it, huh?
- After you dumped her.
- What?
- Oh, he hasn't told you?
- Leave it alone, Bode.
No. You were hooking up with Riley?
Why are we even talking about this, huh?
You know why. I went to his place
to pick her up, and she was crying.
Wait. The night of the crash?
She tried to get out of the car
to go back and talk to him,
and I reached over
to pull her back in, and I lost control.
It's my fault that she died,
but it's on you
that she died with a broken heart.
You know, I met your
girlfriend, by the way.
She know what kind of a guy you are?
EVE: Hey! I said hey, stop!
Stop!
Man, what are you even doing here?
I came to save your life.
I wasn't about to let you die a hero.
(HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I'll keep the cons on patrol tonight.
But the winds are dying,
and the fire's 60% contained.
Hopefully tomorrow we just mop up.
You hear from Jake yet?
No, but they got him.
You know what I want?
A dozer? Could it be a dozer?
I think, after today,
I can pull some strings.
That would be great. Thank you.
But right now, I just want to
take a little drive around town,
look at everything we saved.
A victory lap.
More like a reminder of
everything that matters.
(SHARON CHUCKLES)
I get why you do this.
You shouldn't be here.
- I'm waiting to hear from Jake.
- A crew's got him.
Go home. I'll call you if
I hear anything, all right?
I'm gonna stay.
Gabriela, let the professionals
do their
No, I mean I'm gonna stay here in town.
- I'm not going to Florida.
- What?
Today I was a part of something,
and it felt amazing.
You cut line for one day,
and all of a sudden you want to
throw your whole career away?
Is this about Jake?
No, this is about me.
Mija, you don't belong here.
I put you in diving
when you were a little girl
because I liked the idea of you
being surrounded by water.
Water, mija.
Fire burns everything up,
but water saves it.
It's your ticket out.
I don't need saving, Dad.
And I don't want out. (PHONE RINGING)
(GASPS) Jake!
Hey, baby. Are you okay?
♪
(CROWD CHEERING)
WOMAN: Hey! Thank you.
They, uh, they thanking
the firefighters?
They're thanking you.
You're a firefighter now.
(CHEERING CONTINUES)
Ugh.
How are you?
Uh, I'm fine.
I heard one of the guys
from the con crew helped you out,
so I wanted to thank him. Do you know
Where's Vince? Is he here with you?
He's on his way. Why?
("RIDE THE LIGHTNING"
BY WARREN ZEIDERS PLAYING)
(SIGHS)
Sharon, he's back.
There's a bus outside waiting
to take you back to Lompoc.
- Let's go.
- Manny, give us the room.
MANNY: I'm sorry,
ma'am, I can't do that.
This is my inmate. I technically
- can't leave him
- Give us the room.
Is everything okay?
I'll take full responsibility for him,
just please?
Yes, ma'am.
I'm gonna ride the lightning ♪
Hi, Mom.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
Standing at a crossroads ♪
I'm gonna ride the lightning,
feel the thunder ♪
Till the darkness pulls ♪
Me under ♪
Gonna fly on wings of fire ♪
Pray the good Lord ♪
Bode?
Higher, singing, "Oh ♪"
When they call me home" ♪
Singing ♪
What the hell are you doing?
Call me home ♪
Gonna ride the lightning. ♪
♪
Thank you for considering
my request for parole.
First, I want to say
I take full responsibility
for my actions.
I understand that I committed
a serious crime.
I stand before you a different man
than the one that robbed an innocent,
hardworking man at gunpoint.
I'm so sorry.
You didn't deserve that.
(BANGING ON DOOR)
(BUZZER SOUNDS)
GUARD: You got ten minutes, ma'am.
ANA: I'm sorry, Bode.
I really thought that we
had a chance for parole.
But if you do that program
I told you about
Here's the application.
Cal Fire is hungry
for inmates just like you.
(BUZZER SOUNDS IN DISTANCE)
(SEABIRD SCREECHES)
(FIRE ALARM RINGING)
DISPATCH (OVER RADIO): Station 42,
vegetation fire, Bodega Highway.
Repeat, Station 42,
vegetation fire, Bodega Highway.
Whoo! Game time!
Battalion 1508
responding with Engine 1591.
All right, everybody, let's go!
Grab 'em both!
I'm not gonna make Gabriela's ceremony.
We are terrible people to date.
I don't know why she puts
up with me. (CHUCKLES)
You're a firefighter.
She's basically dating Superman.
Move, move!
Come on, go, go, go!
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
We're rolling, fellas!
Let's do it.
(SIREN WAILING)
(HORN HONKING)
♪
MAN: Go ahead, set up the hand line.
MAN 2: Get access on that side!
Battalion 1508 on scene.
We've got a 200-by-200 spot,
moderate rate of spread in the brush.
- Single structure threatened.
- DISPATCH: Copy that.
All right, guys, pull that line.
- Start knocking it down.
- EVE: All right, let's go.
Let's do it!
Ready water!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, SHOUTING)
Spot fire!
If we don't get this fire
knocked down soon,
that propane tank could be
a real problem.
Copter 105, we've got spot fires.
What is your ETA on a water drop?
Battalion 1508, this is Copter 105.
Look up.
("JOKER AND THE THIEF"
BY WOLFMOTHER PLAYING)
Water drop!
♪
(YELLING)
(WHOOPING, SHOUTING)
God, I love this job. Whoo!
I said the joker is a wanted man ♪
Makes his way all across the land ♪
Everybody all right?
I see him sifting through the sand ♪
So I'll tell you all a story ♪
About the joker and the thief
in the night. ♪
(BEEPING AND BLIPPING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Hey, Bode?
You drawing me?
BODE: Yeah. Yeah, Freddy, I am.
I'll send that to my girlfriend.
She's a chef.
When I get out,
we gonna get a food truck.
That's why I'm doing this.
That's cool, man.
At first I was like, "No thank you,
I don't want to leave Lancaster."
That's where I was. Where were you?
Dude, I told you, like,
three times already.
I have ADD, dude.
Lompoc. Two years
into a three-to-five year sentence.
Right. So, yeah,
I didn't want to leave L.A.
because Cookie That's my girl
Visits every weekend.
But then I heard you get five bucks
a day just for showing up.
And if you're actually on a fire,
it's an extra two bucks an hour.
So I can make three, 5K easy.
And me and Cookie can buy
a truck when I get out.
Hey, w-we're going to Edgewater?
That's the plan.
My lawyer said we'd be going
to a different camp.
FREDDY: Who cares where it is?
It's better than where
we've been, right?
(CROWD CHEERING, CLAMORING)
♪
WOMAN: Gabriela!
(CHEERING, WHOOPING)
(WHISTLING) WOMAN: Edgewater loves you!
That's my daughter!
Such a proud papa moment!
(LAUGHS)
Hey, would you mind
taking a little video?
(HORN HONKS)
(SHOUTING, CLAMORING)
Hey, what's all this?
That girl got 14th place
in the Olympics for diving.
Gabriela lives in Florida.
She's heading back
to start training again.
You get a key to the city
for 14th place in this town?
You don't even live here.
CORY: Her dad does.
That's him next to her.
He's also your fire captain.
GIRL: Way to go, Gabriela!
- FREDDY: That dude?
- Mm-hmm.
Hey, Cory, look, man, look.
My lawyer said I'd be going
to the camp in Eel River.
Well, you'll take that up with
her and she's not here, right?
Sit down. (STAMMERS) Yeah, but
- come on
- Now, Bode.
(AIR BRAKES HISS)
This is Three Rock Con Camp.
We fight fires all over
the state of California.
As you can see, there are no fences.
You want to run, I can't prevent you.
But I need you to know this.
You won't get far.
And when we catch you
Not if, when
You go back to that concrete jungle,
and time will be added to your sentence.
Ready to check out your new home?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Hey, can I, uh,
can I use the phone to call my lawyer?
Sure. You have
phone privileges in a week.
♪
Oh, relax.
Okay, with the PDA.
Hey.
How was the fire?
It was, um
hot.
These are duck and bacon tacos
with a pomegranate relish.
- Try that.
- Mmm.
I'm Aydan, by the way.
Eve.
What just happened?
I think the new chef just
flirted with you.
Now why am I giving her a thumbs up?
Quick, save me.
JAKE: Look, this is
what you're gonna do.
- Mm-hmm. Right.
- You gonna walk over there.
And you're gonna talk to her.
Okay.
I'm gonna go change the music.
Wait, what? No, no.
What?
Wow.
Well
I am sorry that I missed today.
I mean, how many times
are we gonna celebrate
the fact that I choked in Tokyo?
Mm-mm, no.
No, you did not choke in Tokyo.
I mean, you're the still
14th best diver in the world.
What are we doing?
W-What do you mean?
This.
I mean
I've been here for five months.
That's the longest break I've had
from diving since I was, like, ten.
Where I don't have to travel or train.
And I could just
have fun.
So I mean, is this
- are we just fun?
- Hey.
I'm going to come
and visit you in Florida.
I don't know if I want to go to Florida.
Okay, but, wait.
Your-your coach is in Florida, so
Why am I chasing this thing that
I'm not sure if I even want anymore?
What-what-what do you want?
More.
Every athlete gets to a point
where they have to consider what's next.
Okay. And are you at that point?
I don't know.
Maybe?
The one thing I do know
is that I love it here.
This town.
The people.
You.
You know, don't move out here for me.
(SIGHS)
Jake.
I just told you I love you.
Look, I-I-I just don't want you
to give up everything
and then end up regretting it.
I mean, Gabriela, you're-you're
you're incredible.
Come on, Gabs, can?
Please, don't-don't go.
- Can we just talk about this?
- No.
You've made yourself pretty clear.
FREDDY: This place is sweet.
Ah! They even got girls here.
Cookie's not gonna like that.
Welcome to camp.
My name's Manny.
I'm your captain. You can call me Cap.
You are?
Freddy.
Bode.
Who are they?
Female con camp
a couple miles down the road.
They train here sometimes.
What are they doing?
MANNY: Fire shelters. Last resort.
If you're using them, it means
you're trapped by the fire.
You got to be able to get into
those things in 15 to 20 seconds.
FIREFIGHTER: You guys
got to be quicker than that.
Got to be much quicker than that
Too slow.
They're toast by now.
We gonna burn into little Krispies?
Well, Freddy,
I'm gonna train you so you don't
burn into little Krispies.
Yes, sir.
BODE: Freddy?
Huh?
Do me a favor, huh?
That guy unloading the truck?
Why don't you put that ADD of yours
to use and go talk to him for me, huh?
About what?
Well, he's got access to town and I need
to get my hands on a phone.
So you go talk to him.
Hey, I need you to vouch for me.
What's your deal, dude?
This place is like a summer camp,
and you're already trying
to hustle your way out of it.
I don't get it.
I'm from here.
And I left for a reason.
♪
Good morning, gentlemen.
Your life here at Three
Rock is pretty simple.
You work hard, you do
what I tell you when I tell you,
you'll reduce your sentence and go home
to your friends and your family sooner.
Today I'm gonna teach you guys
how to cut line.
You're gonna use your tools
to remove the vegetation
from the forest floor,
so the fire has no fuel to burn.
These right here
Which Cory's gonna hand out to you
Are your 10s and 18s.
Ten standard firefighter orders
and 18 fire watch-out
situations memorize them.
They can save your life or save the life
of the guy standing right next to you.
All right?
- ALL: Yes, sir!
- Good.
Grab your packs and your tools.
We're gonna take a little walk.
To where?
Up there.
- You're kidding, right?
- No.
Enjoy.
Hey, are the lady convicts coming, too?
(JAKE SIGHS)
Well, Gabriela isn't texting back.
And I know she's awake because she just
"liked" her cousin's engagement picture.
Everybody's getting engaged and we're
We are just fine.
No, you're blowing it
with Gabriela and I
can't even flirt back
with duck taco girl.
We're afraid to get close to anyone
because what if we do and they die.
(SIGHS) Come on, Eve.
Not everything's about Riley dying.
EVE: No, I know, but this is.
At least it is for me.
She was my best friend.
And every time I try to
talk to you about her,
you act like I'm crazy!
(EXHALES)
You're not crazy.
And I miss her, too.
FREDDY: Hey! Hey, Cap!
Cap, I got to take a leak!
All right.
Everybody, cubby up.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Go one at a time.
And don't get any ideas
about wandering off.
(CLEARS THROAT)
How long you been in?
18 years.
What'd you do?
Doesn't matter.
Got to look forward, not back.
See beyond your mistakes.
FREDDY: (SHOUTS, EXCLAIMS) Run!
Run! Hey!
(SCREAMS) Hey! Stop, stop, stop, stop!
Let me go! Let me go!
Where the hell do
you think you're going?
I was peeing and I heard a bear!
What y'all doing?!
I'm telling you, dude,
there's a bear right there!
I heard it!
(GOAT BLEATING)
Freddy, that's a goat.
(LAUGHTER, CLAMORING) Goat?
Cal Fire uses them
to manage vegetation, bro.
(LAUGHTER)
BODE: Aw, Freddy, come on, man.
Nah, hell no, that
I think you just got yourself
a new nickname, Freddy.
(BLEATING)
With a Caterpillar D6N
I can clear vegetation
at a rate of about six miles an hour.
Asking me to get by with a hand crew
instead of a dozer is like asking me
to cut down a tree with a butter knife.
No one's asking you to make do.
You have a dozer.
Glen Ellen has a dozer.
That you share.
Glen Ellen's 45 minutes away.
By the time it gets to me,
the fire's out of control.
Chief Leone
Look, you guys got to quit being stupid.
Vince, I'll remind you
that of the four of us
on this board, we have
over 80 years in the field.
And several post-graduate degrees.
I would watch who you call stupid.
You're right. Sorry.
I get passionate.
Most of you know
I'm third generation Cal Fire.
And y'all don't remember
the Hanley fire, but I do.
56,000 acres.
Over 84 homes destroyed, 19 fatalities,
including two firefighters.
That area has not burned since then.
This will happen again.
The question is,
what are we gonna do about it?
♪
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING IN TRUCK)
That's when she came my way ♪
Hey, hey.
I wanted to see you tonight
before I go to work.
I'm on for the next 24.
I'm doing a shift at Smokey's for Maya.
One of her waitresses quit.
Well, you know, have Maya
give you a ride home
since your car's been acting up.
I can take care of myself, Jake.
I mean, obviously, you can't
because you keep driving that thing.
Why are we talking about my car?
Okay, look, last night, I-I I was
I was drunk. I didn't mean it.
Or if I did,
I take it back because that's not how
I want to remember the first
"I love you" I've ever said.
Now, I
This isn't just fun.
Okay, I know maybe
it started off that way, but
I mean, last night, I
(SIGHS)
What I should have said is
that I love you, too.
Now I can't drive away in a huff.
("STARTING OVER"
BY CHRIS STAPLETON PLAYS)
I love you.
Well, the road rolls out
like a welcome mat ♪
(DOOR CLOSES)
To a better place
than the one we're at ♪
And I ain't got no kind of plan ♪
Something smells good.
But I've had all of this town
I can stand ♪
I'm not getting it, am I?
No.
(SIGHS)
Come on, Sharon. I need a dozer.
You know that.
I do, but the committee doesn't think
you did your due diligence
looking for a used one.
Right, 'cause I've got
all the time in the world
to go to auctions and stuff.
Listen, I'm with you, but
we do have 473 Cal Fire stations
to manage, and it is taxpayer money.
So just go online
and-and look for a used one
and then resubmit that request.
How long is that gonna take?
We won't even know what kind of shape
it's in till it gets here, and
I know. I know.
You want the shiny new thing.
But you're just gonna have to settle
for the perfectly fine old thing.
Like me.
I get it.
(CLEARS THROAT)
I stopped by the cemetery today.
Talked to Riley for a little bit.
I also overheard
Eve and Jake this morning
talking about Riley.
How they need to move on.
And they should because they're young.
But?
No moving on for us, is there?
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(DOOR OPENS)
(BIRD CALLING)
MVP said he'd be by at 11:00.
His name is MVP?
Yeah, and that's what he'll be
once we get that phone.
Come on. Got to get to the road.
(OWL HOOTING)
So, what's the reason?
Why'd you have to leave this place?
It's a long story.
'Cause of Riley?
You got the name "Riley"
tattooed on your arm.
Dude needs to leave town,
it's usually over a girl.
(VEHICLE APPROACHING)
(ENGINE STALLS)
(HISSING) Damn it.
Hey, that's not MVP.
Oh. That's Cap's daughter.
The one that got that giant key.
We got to get out of here.
We can't just leave her stranded, man.
What if some bad dude comes along?
We are the bad dudes, bro.
Could be the ignition wire!
I'm out of here.
I'm sorry. Look, I
I didn't mean to scare you. I
- I know a lot about cars.
- Yeah.
It's okay. So does my boyfriend.
Hey, it's me.
I'm on the road behind the con camp.
There's no way
you have cell service out here.
- Whoa, hey. Easy, easy.
- Get back.
- Hey, hey, hey, look. Come on.
- I just
I'm fine, okay?
- You shouldn't be here.
- Look,
I-I'm not gonna hurt you, okay?
Just let me just
talk you through
reconnecting the ignition wire.
Or better yet, you know what?
You can keep that thing
trained on me when
and I'll do it for you.
You even step onto the road,
and you're off property.
They consider that an escape.
You got a better idea?
I guess I just escaped.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
I'm sorry about this. I was scared,
and I carry it around
with me in case
my car breaks down, and I
Next to a prison, and you run
into an escaped felon?
Are you, uh you from here?
I grew up in San Diego.
My parents got divorced
a couple years ago,
- and my dad moved here.
- We, uh
we drove past your ceremony yesterday.
It's pretty cool
you were in the Olympics.
Yeah, it was.
- So what now?
- I don't know.
Four years is a long time to wait
for your real life to begin.
- Yeah. Yeah, I can relate.
- I'm sorry.
No, don't be.
Four years is a long time
to wait for your real life.
Try and start it.
(SNIFFLES)
(KEYS JINGLE)
(ENGINE STARTS)
Yeah. You're good to go.
Thank you.
Let me give you some money
for helping me.
You don't Seriously,
you don't need to do that.
Oh, you, uh you dropped something.
Your boyfriend?
Yeah.
I mean, he wasn't
really on the phone, but he exists.
Thank you.
Really.
Good luck.
Yeah. You, too.
EVE: Jake told Gabriela he loves her.
- Okay. No.
- Oh!
No, no, no, we are
not doing this, not No.
She's kind of a big deal, dude.
Try not to blow it, all right?
Okay, when have I ever
blown it with anyone?
Larissa. Sandy.
(LAUGHS)
Gemma with a G, and Jemma with a J.
VINCE: Right. Jemma,
who you brought to game night,
and Sharon still talks about,
what happened to her?
She needed saving,
and he likes being the hero,
but then he gets bored, so
Oh, okay, so you got me figured out.
No, I'm just saying "yay."
You told her you love her,
but now, love her.
It's time for us to grow up, you know?
(SCOFFS) Okay.
You're right.
You're right, both of you. I need to
grow up.
Jake! See, this is
This is what you do.
- What's wrong?
- You take a nice moment
DISPATCH: Station 42. Vehicular accident
- on Buckeye Road.
- That's us. Let's go.
(SIRENS WAILING)
VINCE: There's the vehicle. Stop here.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
MAN: Okay, let's flank out.
WOMAN (SCREAMING): Help!
Chief, we got downed
power lines around the car.
- Check the occupants. How many?
- Checking now.
Battalion 1508 on scene with
engine 1591. (BABY CRYING)
Single vehicle off the road. (EXPLOSION)
- Don't go in there yet.
- I got two.
Looks like a mother
and a baby trapped inside.
(WHIMPERS) Help!
(EXPLOSION) (BABY CRYING)
Fire in the timber, moving uphill.
Rapid rate of spread.
There's no time to secure the car
before the flames come on us.
All right, we need to get them out now.
The door won't open
and my seatbelt's jammed.
Hey, window punch.
What? Oh, God!
Listen, we're gonna break
the window in the back,
and we're gonna get you
and your baby out,
- okay?
- Okay.
All right.
(EXPLOSION) (WOMAN CRIES OUT)
Hey. Hey, do you smell gas?
(BABY CRYING)
VINCE: We got a slow
build, coming uphill.
Yeah. All right, let's go.
Come on, quick.
Come on, guys, move.
EVE: Ma'am, cover the baby.
We're gonna break the glass.
(WHIMPERS) (BABY CRIES)
(SHOUTING IN DISTANCE)
JAKE: Okay, ma'am, I'm going
to start with your baby
so you and I have room
to exit the vehicle.
Hold tight, okay?
There we go.
All right, I'm gonna
get you out of here.
(SEATBELT CLICKS)
Here we go, sweetie.
Okay, little guy, here you go.
I got him.
Fire's moving quick, guys.
Hurry.
- Oh, my God, the fire's coming!
- JAKE: Ma'am,
we need to get out of here now.
Let's go. Follow me.
All right, come on.
There you go. You're doing great.
Take my hand.
I'm gonna help you out, okay?
One, two, three.
I got you. (GRUNTS)
It's right up on you, Jake.
Let's go, let's go,
- let's go, let's go!
- Come on, come on!
- EVE: Up, up, up.
- VINCE: Clear! Clear! Clear!
(EXPLOSION) (WOMAN SCREAMS)
VINCE: Buckeye IC,
this has potential to become
a major incident.
(DISTANT SHOUTING, CHATTER)
MVP dropped the phone off
after breakfast.
I already called Cookie.
Where is it?
- It's hidden.
- Where?
I need it.
- Shh!
- MANNY: Bode, Freddy!
A word.
CORY: Now!
Have a seat, gentlemen.
Do you recognize this?
My daughter says that a couple guys
fitting your description were out taking
a little walk last night.
And that road? That road is
a common drop-off place for contraband.
So we decided to check
your lockers this morning.
Didn't find anything, but
then we searched the kitchen.
And for some reason,
people like to store things
in the dry rice and the beans.
- It's not mine.
- You sure?
'Cause I saw you talking to MVP,
who does their deliveries.
I was conversing. I talk a lot.
You can't have a phone.
That's an extra 90 days
to your sentence.
Oh
It's mine.
Goat has nothing to do with it, okay?
The reason I have it
is personal, though,
so if I could just
If we could talk alone for a minute
MANNY: Okay, talk.
Look, I'm here because
I robbed a man at gunpoint.
The owner of a liquor store.
He got up at my parole hearing
and he read a letter
saying that he forgave me
and he hoped I could
turn my life around.
It's the most generous thing
anyone's ever done for me.
I don't deserve that.
But I have to believe that
he knows something that I don't.
And that if I work this program,
that I can succeed.
Okay, a-and I want to succeed, but I
I can't do it here.
And why is that?
'Cause this is my hometown.
Why didn't you tell me
that from day one?
DISPATCH: Three Rock, vegetation fire.
Rapid spread.
Requesting all available crews.
Three Rock responding.
- Copy that.
- Let's go.
Hey you just gave me
a whole speech on
how you want to succeed.
So let's go.
MANNY: Let's go, fellas,
pick it up! This is not a drill.
♪
MANNY: All right, guys.
This is a real baptism by fire.
I don't even know all y'all's names yet,
but by the end of the night,
I'm not only gonna know your name,
I'm gonna know what kind
of a man you are.
Now, your first fire got started
because of a car crash
on Buckeye Road.
And every fire is named after
where it was ignited.
So, gentlemen welcome to the Buckeye.
♪
I ordered three tankers,
five water tenders.
VINCE: I'd have said five
tankers and three tenders,
- but you're in charge.
- SHARON: I am.
We got dozers?
They're coming from Butte county.
I'm worried about Harrison Ridge.
The wind changes on a dime up there.
I already sent Eve and Jake
up there to get eyes on it.
If this thing gets into Miller Canyon,
it's gonna rip right into town.
We need those dozers.
I said they're coming. They'll be here
in a couple of hours.
I'm not trying to say I told you so,
I just don't know we can wait.
Let's order evacuations, then.
Hidden Lake subdivision,
the whole west side of town.
You know people around here
don't like to leave their homes.
That's why I'm gonna
put you in charge of it,
because you're so persuasive.
♪
MANNY: All right, boys, watch your dime!
Ten feet apart.
We're creating a barrier between
the town and the fire.
Hey, Freddy, clear this root.
Cap, it's underground.
Yeah, and if it catches fire over here,
it travels underground,
starts a fire over there.
(CHAIN SAWS WHIRRING)
(GRUNTING)
This is crazy.
Eve, Jake,
- you guys on a scout?
- JAKE: Yeah.
We're gonna head to the ridge.
Chief Leone needs eyes on Miller Canyon.
All right, keep me posted.
Let's go, boys!
That fire's not moving slower.
Why are you? Pick it up!
(DISTANT SIRENS WAILING)
- Gabriela.
- Hey.
Hey. So we're evacuating
the west side of town.
And you know how people around here
feel about leaving.
They're either gonna stay
and protect their homes,
or they're gonna come here
and get drunk,
so can you tell Maya to close the bar?
We need people getting out
of town, not coming here.
Is there anything else
we can do to help?
Best thing you can do is
just stay out of harm's way.
(FLAMES CRACKLING)
EVE: This is getting bad.
Division Charlie, this is 1591 F1
on Harrison Ridge.
The fire has gotten into
Miller Canyon, rapid spread,
moving east towards town.
SHARON: Copy that. Return to base.
Copy that.
JAKE: There's a bunch of spot fires.
We gotta get the hell out of here.
(FLAMES WHOOSHING)
This way.
(CRIES OUT) Stump hole!
I got you. I got you.
Come here, come here.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(JAKE CRYING OUT)
My back's on fire.
EVE: If there are stump holes,
this whole area's unstable.
My boot. My boot's melted.
Can you move? Can you move?!
Uh, yeah.
(GROANS)
(BOTH CRY OUT)
(GROANING) (COUGHING)
Jake, come on. We gotta
get out of here. Come on.
I-I can't. I'm trapped.
Okay. (GRUNTING)
Okay, come on. One, two, three.
(JAKE GROANING)
(COUGHING)
VINCE: Evacuations are underway.
Division Charlie is getting hit hard
chasing spot fires in Miller Canyon.
It's heading towards town.
Then I think a backburn's
our best bet, right?
Let's do it.
Okay. Right here.
Old Creek Road.
That's where we'll make our stand.
Hey, guys, hold the work!
Incident Command is moving all crews.
They want us to cut
a line in town. Let's go.
FREDDY: Wait, wait, wait.
You serious? We gotta
do all this over again?
Yes, sir.
No, we need a break.
I'm done.
- Hey, pick up your tool, Freddy.
- Freddy, get up.
I said pick up your tool!
You want me to call Cory
back at base camp?
Have him come get you,
take you back to prison?
'Cause that's exactly
what's about to happen!
All right. Base camp
Wait. Wait. Hey.
Freddy, people are in danger, man.
I'm hungry and hot and tired.
And it's literally raining ash!
That's because this fire's
getting closer, man.
That's not my problem.
Here, here, take my
energy bar, all right?
Come on, man.
- Think of the food truck.
- MAN: Freddy.
MAN 2: Come on, Goat.
MAN 3: Honestly, Freddy?
MAN 4: Here you go.
Here you go, Goat.
MAN 5: Catch.
All right, yeah, now you guys is
throwing food at me for fun.
MANNY: Okay, okay!
- That's it, Goat.
- Let's go!
EVE: Buckeye IC, this is Engine 1591 F1
- on Harrison Ridge.
- Hold up!
A firefighter was burned,
trapped under a tree.
Requesting Copter 105 for extraction.
SHARON: Engine 1591, this is
Hey, those are those guys
that just passed us.
They're sending a rescue team, let's go.
No, hey, Cap, we're close
to Harrison Ridge. We gotta go.
We could be there faster than anyone.
I'm not leaving you guys alone.
You got that?
Let's go!
Hey, give me that saw. Give me the saw.
You go, and I send your ass
right back to prison.
I'm not kidding.
There'll be no forgiveness,
and no chance for parole.
Sir, rule number six
from the 10s and 18s says
"keep calm, think clearly,
act decisively."
I'm going up there.
FREDDY: Hey.
Bode, come on, man.
Let's go!
♪
VINCE: Gabriela.
What the hell is going on here?
We're helping.
No, you're not.
We're not gonna leave.
So we can stand around and
be in your way, or we can help.
You don't know what you're doing.
After my parents got divorced,
on weekends with my dad,
he made me get my ass out of bed
and clear debris and help him cut line.
I know how to stay safe.
I'll follow your orders,
except for leaving.
- I won't follow that one.
- Okay, listen.
- Gabriela, you
- Jake and Eve
are stuck on Harrison Ridge.
I'm terrified.
I need to do something, please.
VINCE: I'm worried about 'em, too.
But we'll get 'em back safe.
All right, guys,
we got a lot of line to cut
and not much time to do it, let's go.
(GRUNTING, COUGHING)
The fire's gonna be on us any minute.
I'm working as fast as I can.
Hey, hey! Get back, stand back.
- Thank God.
- Stand back. Get back, get back.
(CHAIN SAW STARTS)
Help me move it off him. (GRUNTING)
(CRYING OUT)
(CRIES OUT)
EVE: We gotta move. Come on. Come on!
(PANTING): Come on. (JAKE GROANING)
Hold!
There's no way out. We're surrounded.
We have to deploy our fire shelters.
I took off my pack.
I don't have my fire shelter.
(COUGHING)
Jake! Eve!
Can you come over here?
(COUGHING)
Jake, can you get in here?
I can't. There's too much fire.
(GROANING)
MANNY: Come on! Faster!
Man, oh, man, that's a fire.
(ALL GRUNTING, STRAINING)
Setting the backburn
with the drip torch.
We're starting a smaller fire
so when the approaching fire hits it,
there'll be no fuel to burn.
Flares! Hold the work.
Hold up! Hold the work!
Ready.
Fire. Fire.
What now?
Now we wait.
(COUGHING)
Jake!
(GROANS) You guys okay?
(GRUNTS)
Damn! That was freaking insane.
Ah, you, uh
(GROANS)
Man, you-you really saved my ass.
I owe you one.
I'm Jake.
I know.
- Bode?
- Bode?
Hey! Hey, stop! Hey, stop! Stop it!
You're crazy!
That's what you told Riley,
isn't it, huh?
- After you dumped her.
- What?
- Oh, he hasn't told you?
- Leave it alone, Bode.
No. You were hooking up with Riley?
Why are we even talking about this, huh?
You know why. I went to his place
to pick her up, and she was crying.
Wait. The night of the crash?
She tried to get out of the car
to go back and talk to him,
and I reached over
to pull her back in, and I lost control.
It's my fault that she died,
but it's on you
that she died with a broken heart.
You know, I met your
girlfriend, by the way.
She know what kind of a guy you are?
EVE: Hey! I said hey, stop!
Stop!
Man, what are you even doing here?
I came to save your life.
I wasn't about to let you die a hero.
(HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I'll keep the cons on patrol tonight.
But the winds are dying,
and the fire's 60% contained.
Hopefully tomorrow we just mop up.
You hear from Jake yet?
No, but they got him.
You know what I want?
A dozer? Could it be a dozer?
I think, after today,
I can pull some strings.
That would be great. Thank you.
But right now, I just want to
take a little drive around town,
look at everything we saved.
A victory lap.
More like a reminder of
everything that matters.
(SHARON CHUCKLES)
I get why you do this.
You shouldn't be here.
- I'm waiting to hear from Jake.
- A crew's got him.
Go home. I'll call you if
I hear anything, all right?
I'm gonna stay.
Gabriela, let the professionals
do their
No, I mean I'm gonna stay here in town.
- I'm not going to Florida.
- What?
Today I was a part of something,
and it felt amazing.
You cut line for one day,
and all of a sudden you want to
throw your whole career away?
Is this about Jake?
No, this is about me.
Mija, you don't belong here.
I put you in diving
when you were a little girl
because I liked the idea of you
being surrounded by water.
Water, mija.
Fire burns everything up,
but water saves it.
It's your ticket out.
I don't need saving, Dad.
And I don't want out. (PHONE RINGING)
(GASPS) Jake!
Hey, baby. Are you okay?
♪
(CROWD CHEERING)
WOMAN: Hey! Thank you.
They, uh, they thanking
the firefighters?
They're thanking you.
You're a firefighter now.
(CHEERING CONTINUES)
Ugh.
How are you?
Uh, I'm fine.
I heard one of the guys
from the con crew helped you out,
so I wanted to thank him. Do you know
Where's Vince? Is he here with you?
He's on his way. Why?
("RIDE THE LIGHTNING"
BY WARREN ZEIDERS PLAYING)
(SIGHS)
Sharon, he's back.
There's a bus outside waiting
to take you back to Lompoc.
- Let's go.
- Manny, give us the room.
MANNY: I'm sorry,
ma'am, I can't do that.
This is my inmate. I technically
- can't leave him
- Give us the room.
Is everything okay?
I'll take full responsibility for him,
just please?
Yes, ma'am.
I'm gonna ride the lightning ♪
Hi, Mom.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
Standing at a crossroads ♪
I'm gonna ride the lightning,
feel the thunder ♪
Till the darkness pulls ♪
Me under ♪
Gonna fly on wings of fire ♪
Pray the good Lord ♪
Bode?
Higher, singing, "Oh ♪"
When they call me home" ♪
Singing ♪
What the hell are you doing?
Call me home ♪
Gonna ride the lightning. ♪