Fire Country (2022) s01e03 Episode Script
Where There's Smoke...
1
Previously on Fire Country
CORY: This is Three Rock Con Camp.
We fight fires all over
the state of California.
- BODE: Are you and Jake together?
- RILEY: We were, yeah.
But we're not anymore.
I didn't want to tell you
or anyone until it got
a little more serious,
but turns out Jake
wasn't serious at all.
Hey! Hey, are you crazy?
That's what you told
Riley, isn't it? Huh?
After you dumped her
the night that she died.
What? You were hooking up with Riley?
Does she know? About Riley?
Yeah, I'm in it with Gabriela.
I tell her everything.
I fought fire today. I loved it.
There's a Cal Fire recruitment event
next weekend.
I think you should check it out.
Hi, Mom.
VINCE: He's in prison.
He is unable to follow basic orders.
I followed one order
pretty well, didn't I, Dad?
VINCE: After Riley died,
I told him to leave and never come back.
Oh, my God.
MANNY: My guys did
great work, especially Bode.
He's a liability, Manny.
Sharon has a hard time
accepting that. I don't.
Have you made any decision about my son?
- I'm gonna transfer him.
- Manny, I'm sick.
I have chronic kidney disease.
I was an inmate at this camp, too.
- They let you do this job after that?
- Your mom did.
You're staying, Bode.
So it's up to you to decide
if you're gonna be the deadbeat
your dad thinks you are,
or if you're gonna be the man
your mom and I both know you can be.
♪
I should've warned you.
You've been around Jake long enough,
you know that he's a player.
This is what he does, Riley.
He cheated on you.
Can you stop texting him?
No, I need to go back and talk to him.
That's not happening.
I'm taking you home.
- Then I'm getting out.
- What are you doing? Stop. Riley, stop.
[GRUNTING]
Riley, get back in the car!
[HORN HONKING]
- Hey, hold on!
- Hit the brakes!
I can't! I can't stop!
- RILEY: Bode!
- [TIRES SCREECHING]
[RILEY SCREAMING]
BODE: Riley. Riley.
Riley!
[INMATES GRUMBLING, MUTTERING]
- Not another nightmare.
- I'm sorry, guys.
- Come on, man.
- Bode.
CHARLIE: Does the golden boy need
a bedtime story to have sweet dreams?
I gave up on sweet dreams a while back.
Sorry to disturb.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
"Riley."
Your sister's name.
That's what you keep
shouting in your sleep.
I appreciate you giving me
a second chance here, Cap.
But I signed up for
fire camp, not therapy.
They can be one and the same, Bode.
I used to have nightmares, too.
I'd come up here hoping the wind
would blow them out of my mind.
And now?
Now I sleep in peace.
You work this program,
you'll learn to put out fires,
and not just up there
in the mountains
but in here.
♪
You stole cars.
I crashed one with my sister in it.
You called it.
I have my dad's voice
in my head telling me that
it should've been me who died
that night instead of her.
I stuck a gun in an innocent man's face
so I could get high
to escape that voice.
Of course, it didn't stop anything.
You robbing that liquor store
is what finally got you locked up.
But you were incarcerated
long before you ever
went to prison, Bode.
You still are.
Look at me, Bode.
You're not the worst thing
you've ever done.
JAKE: The four elements of fire?
GABRIELA: Oxygen, fuel,
chemical reaction and heat.
What's the maximum flame length
you can attack with hand tools?
Mm Four feet.
And after that, we call
for heavier equipment.
[WHISPERING]: The fun stuff.
Oh, yeah, you know,
all the big guns. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Mm.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I'm proud of you, babe,
for clearing the air with Eve
about dating Riley.
Mm.
Yeah. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Um
I mean, that'll be
much harder to do
[EXHALES] with Vince and Sharon.
Hey.
- Hey, hey.
- Hmm.
You're family to them.
They love you, no matter what.
[BLENDER WHIRRING]
Kale
cranberries, pea protein, bee pollen.
That is a chronic kidney
disease cocktail right there.
According to some dude's blog.
[CHUCKLING]
Ew smells like front lawn. Thank you.
So, Eve's training
recruits this morning.
That means I got to be
on the engine with Jake.
You're not coming with me to see Bode?
You saw the red flag warning.
Saw it? I issued it.
Right. High winds, low humidity.
Fire is not gonna take
the day off, neither can I.
Vince, you told him to leave.
I need you to tell him
that you're happy he's here,
that we both know he can succeed.
Oh, my God, it smells like front lawn,
and then it comes back like compost.
Define "succeed,"
'cause he's behind bars.
- There's no bars at fire camp.
- Okay, so
just like when he was a teenager,
I tried to tell you
that he needs discipline
and consequence, and you just swoop in
and start coddling him.
And then you start
barking orders at everyone
like we're all under your command?
This is not a battalion.
We're a family.
[SCOFFS]
We were a family.
[SCOFFS]
♪
I don't know how I'd ever forgive you
- when you say things like that.
- Just being honest.
He was toxic back then,
and now he's an inmate,
and he's got his mother
pulling strings for him with Manny.
He didn't ask me to do that.
I know.
He he brings it out in you.
You helping him hurts you.
It could hurt your career, I mean
you told you told
Manny you were sick?
I am sick.
I don't want you getting any sicker.
My family, our family, is
the best medicine that I have.
If you want me well,
go tell him that you're pissed
or that you're hurt.
Whatever you are, just go
talk to our son so we can heal.
♪
DISPATCHER: Battalion 1508.
Vegetation fire.
Old Saw Valley Road and Maynor Mountain.
♪
Great.
[EXHALES] Mayhem Mountain. Hippies.
Hippies are the least of your worries.
There's the hermits and the growers.
It gets dicey up there really fast.
- Just be careful.
- Hey.
[SNIFFS] Mmm. Compost.
Have a good time with your son.
Our son.
DISPATCHER:
Engine 1591, vegetation fire,
now approximately three acres.
What is your status?
VINCE: Engine 1591. We're hauling.
[SIREN WAILING]
[CLEARS THROAT]
Hey, look, Chief, are you all good?
Yeah.
I'm fine. Just
You know. [SIGHS]
Bode being back kicked up some stuff.
Yeah.
You know, um [CLEARS THROAT]
I, uh I've been meaning
to talk to you about it.
Uh
You were right. About my shiner.
- Bode did punch me.
- I know.
I don't understand.
Him throwing a punch at you? I mean
- You two were like brothers.
- We were.
And it's complicated.
On both sides.
Actually, I I do know why he hit you.
Look, Chief, I never meant to
He's jealous.
You're who he wants to be.
He left
and you became more of
a son to me than he was.
♪
- [HORN HONKING]
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[SIREN WAILING]
VINCE: Mayhem
Mountain, hashtag "van life."
GABRIELA: I passed by Smokey's
and told Aydan the coffee was for you,
and she remembered your regular order.
She's just being polite.
Training time.
Line up! Recruit.
[SCOFFS]
Welcome to Cal Fire Station 42.
They call us the Fire Factory, where
fire is a constant, not an exception.
Maybe you're here because
that sounds exciting to you.
Maybe you want to be a hero,
slay dragons, save the day.
Or maybe you're sick of your old job
and you want to try something new.
If you're here for any of those reasons,
you will flame out.
The only people who will
make it through training hell
and onto the front lines
in just two weeks
are those of us who consider
this job a calling.
To protect our community,
to protect each other.
It is an honor to train
the future of Cal Fire.
Now, let's see if any of you
are worthy of that title.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
VINCE: Hey.
You got everybody evac'ed up there?
Far as we can tell,
past that brush line there,
it's all strong winds
and flames from hell.
[DISPATCHER INDISTINCT CHATTER] Confirm.
[MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
What do you think started it?
More concerned with the who
than the what.
People actually live
in those trees up there.
This wind changes direction,
the whole mountain's gonna go up.
MAN: Help!
- Chief, is that a
- [MAN MOANING]
A burning man?
[GRUNTING]
Stay still, stay still.
[GROANING]
Hey, hey, listen to me. It's out. Okay?
But I need you to be still, okay?
- [PANTING]
- Now, breathe. Just like that.
Again. One more.
Greencrest. Battalion 1508.
Priority traffic.
Maynor Mountain. Single patient
with first and second degree burns.
Start an ambulance to this location.
Hey, kid, you start this fire?
We lit a joint. The wind kicked up.
[GROANING]
That's a lot of weed for one joint.
He said "we." Who's "we"?
Me and my dude Caleb.
I ran one way, he went another.
I ran past the fire, but I lost him.
So there's another kid in there.
And he's MIA,
in the middle of a wildfire.
♪
♪
SHARON: Oh. [CHUCKLES]
Oh, my Bode Boy.
[GRUNTS] Hi, Mom.
Oh. [EXHALES]
Your hair hasn't been this long
since that Hanson phase.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
How's the food?
It's got to be better
than the penitentiary.
It's still not your home cooking.
That's my boy. Yes. Okay!
And soon enough, you will be out of here
and you can come home, home
and I will make you anything you want.
And your dad's really upped
his game in the kitchen
since you've been gone.
You know, I'm not sure
I'm welcome at Dad's table.
Yeah, I know now that he,
he told you to leave.
What a terrible mistake he made.
I'm gonna ask you to try to find
a little room in your heart
to forgive him.
He called me a liability.
♪
He's afraid. [EXHALES]
He's afraid you're gonna
break his heart again
or you're gonna break mine.
And you're not?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
No, I'm not.
I'm just trying to make Riley's
death count for something.
Okay.
Mom.
I'm here to save as many
lives as possible, any way I can.
♪
You hear tones, that means
somebody needs our help.
We're called to
a wildfire, we wear Nomex.
If it's a structural fire,
we hustle to these turnouts.
We speed up by slowing down.
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
Five seconds. People say you can only
do things well or do things quickly.
[CHUCKLES] Those people
aren't firefighters.
Time!
Yep. Too slow.
- All of you, go again.
- MAN: Wait.
We just finished. It's day one.
Day one of two weeks before
you're face-to-face with a fire.
Training is your friend.
I need a break.
Fires don't break, and neither do I.
You need to build
your stamina, speed, grit.
Oh. Here we go! One down!
Look, we need probies,
but we're not desperate
for anybody.
We're desperate for firefighters.
I want to learn.
Any tricks for slipping on
this uniform faster?
This isn't a uniform.
It's armor.
You need to use it to understand it.
When you come out of this well-trained,
you will thank me.
[SIREN WAILING]
[JAKE GRUNTING, BREATHING HEAVILY]
JAKE: The visibility is awful.
VINCE: Every fire, somebody
thinks they're invincible.
MAN [IN DISTANCE]: Help!
You hear that?
MAN: Help!
[ALARM WAILING]
All right, let's go, gents.
I hate to cut
your visits short,
but we got work to do.
Let's load up. Come on.
DISPATCHER: Greencrest. Vegetation fire.
Spread 50 acres, and a missing teen
I'd better go oversee
that mess at the station.
There's a missing kid
up on Mayhem Mountain?
MANNY: Bode, let's go.
Things get sketch up there pretty quick.
Yeah, and I know you know that.
Bode, there is danger
around every corner at this job.
So if you really want to
prove your father wrong,
just don't go looking for it.
Plus, I cannot bear to lose
another family member.
MANNY: No one on my crew is gonna go
looking for danger or trouble.
Ain't that right, Bode? No, sir.
Chief, I got him.
I know you do.
♪
[SIREN WAILING]
MAN [IN DISTANCE]: Can anybody hear me?
Help! Hey!
This way.
♪
JAKE: Chief, uh
Where the hell are we?
All that weed on that other kid,
I'm guessing this is where it came from.
Where is this kid? Hey!
- Where you at?
- MAN: Down here!
♪
JAKE: Down where?
[PANTING]
Thank God. You found me.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
MANNY: Copy.
All right, gentlemen.
There's a lot going on right now.
Battalion 1508 is conducting
a search and rescue.
The engine crews are
knocking down this fire.
We're doing a six-foot cut
with a four-foot scrape.
And with this winds,
fire could move further east.
Let's make sure that does not happen.
- You copy?
- BODE: Hey, Cap.
You said that my dad's crew's on
search and rescue up there?
Yeah. You not listening?
Can I have a word?
Make it quick.
This area's run by a guy named Mojave.
I-I know him from back in the day.
If he thinks his business
is under attack from thieves
or cops or even firefighters,
it'll be bad, Cap.
What kind of business
are you talking about?
The weed game.
Mojave's an outlaw grower.
I was running. I tripped.
This thing swallowed me.
What the hell is this place?
JAKE: Just take it easy, okay?
We're gonna get you out of there.
- He's losing consciousness.
- Hey.
Don't go to sleep.
Stay awake, all right?
[PANTING]
Hey, Chief, what the hell is
this medieval nonsense?
Greencrest. Battalion
1508. [ENGINES RUMBLING]
Y'all lost? Fire's that way.
Yeah, well, he's down here.
- We're here to help.
- Oh, no.
Yeah, don't move.
Don't move. Don't move.
Stay off the radio.
- Stay off the radio.
- Mayday.
Off the radio, man.
♪
Battalion 1508, confirm your status.
Battalion 1508?
Was that a mayday and a gunshot?
Greencrest.
I need a status report on Engine 1591.
Contact air attack.
I need eyes on Maynor Mountain.
DISPATCHER: Patching you through
to air attack for a visual.
♪
[LINE RINGING]
Detective, it's Division Chief Leone.
We have a situation.
Firefighter distress call
during a search and rescue.
And Vince is MIA on Mayhem Mountain.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER CONTINUES]
DISPATCHER: Responders in distress.
We have responders in distress.
"Mayday"? You sent out
a distress signal?
Shouldn't have done that.
You don't want to talk about
what people shouldn't be doing.
You have a kid in a pit.
That's my security system,
for thieves and cops.
The kid was stealing crops from me.
That's the only reason
they come up here.
He's taking food out of
the mouth of my family.
- That ain't right.
- Where is your family?
I sent them down the mountain already.
Okay, and why didn't you
go down with them?
'Cause I'm not gonna give up on my crop
or my freedom.
[CALEB GROANING]
How bad is it? Hmm? His leg.
Well, I won't know until I assess him.
- But you have to untie me.
- No, I don't have to do anything.
You don't really want
a dead kid on your hands.
Yeah, no, of course I don't, man.
Look, I get I'm not like you, okay?
Kids don't dress up as me for Halloween,
but this is how I put food on the table.
He was trespassing.
- And so are you.
- JAKE: Okay, hey, how about this?
You let us get him
out of here, and we're gone.
Leave you be, go back to
fighting the fire
that might even destroy all your crop,
never mind the little bit
that this kid was stealing.
Fire's not coming up here.
Wind's taking it down the mountain.
We cut our own line.
We don't need outsiders coming up here
acting like you're gonna save the day.
We're not trying to save the day.
Just this kid.
[SIREN WAILING NEARBY]
Oh, is that your sheriff buddies, huh?
From the Mayday that you called in?
See? See? As soon as
you walk out of here,
they're gonna storm in here,
they're gonna rip out all my crops.
They're gonna throw my ass in jail!
JAKE: Hey, here's the bottom line.
You have an MIA kid
and two MIA firefighters.
They're coming up here
whether you like it or not.
It'll be a whole lot worse
if you don't let us help him.
Don't push me, fireman.
♪
Okay. Okay. Okay.
What I'm gonna do
Show me how to use this.
♪
What are you gonna say?
I'm gonna tell them
I'm not up here with three MIAs.
I'm up here with three hostages.
See? I'm not going to prison.
I want a deal.
Let's go, gentlemen. Pick up the pace.
[SIRENS WAILING]
Hey. Hey, what's going on up there?
That wind's not helping.
No, no, I'm not talking about the wind.
I mean these cops.
We're staying on task, Bode.
We're letting the cops stay on theirs.
Get back to work.
MOJAVE [OVER COMMS]: Listen up.
I have your firefighters
and a missing kid up here.
That's Mojave.
MOJAVE: Hello?
Is this thing working?
[PHONE RINGING]
MOJAVE: Somebody better answer me!
Are you hearing this, Chief?
Pull your crew.
Bring them back to the camp. Right now.
Manny, keep Bode out of this one.
Copy.
All right, pack it up.
We're going back to camp.
That's a mistake.
We're gonna let the sheriff
handle this one.
- Come on.
- Cap,
fire is one thing,
but Mojave's always armed.
Okay? My dad and Jake
aren't, not to mention this kid
Bode!
Our chief gave me a command,
and I'm giving you one. Go.
"You're not the worst thing
you've ever done."
What you said last night.
What about it?
The worst thing
that we could do right now
is leave my dad and Jake
up there unsupported.
Look, th-they have no idea how
to navigate a guy like Mojave.
We're not the cops, Bode.
Yeah, exactly.
We're supposed to protect life, right?
These cops go up there, this
becomes a fire and a firefight.
Mojave will only listen to guys like us.
You and me.
You're still a pain in my ass,
you know that?
Come on.
No. No. No.
Greencrest, confirming
that you copied my traffic.
I released Three Rock Crew Four.
[LINE RINGING]
Come on, Manny, pick up.
Pick up.
30 seconds. Coat next.
Jacket.
Fasten before helmet.
I remember.
EVE: Chief?
Uh, training's over. You're with me.
- What?
- Chief, where are we going?
Maynor Mountain.
The search and rescue?
It's more than that now.
Vince and Jake are
in a hostage situation.
They're the hostages?
Your dad and Bode are
on their way up there, too.
Eve, now.
The rigs are all out.
Yeah, that's why we're taking a copter.
♪
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
♪
Picked this spot for a reason.
Copters can't see through these trees.
Yeah, you might be able to
hide from the deputies,
but you're not gonna be able
to hide from this fire.
Wind's pushing it up the mountain now.
I told you. Dug our own line.
It'll go around us and my plants.
You're the grower. I'm the firefighter.
I'm telling you,
your line's not gonna hold.
He's in danger of bleeding out.
He needs a tourniquet, my friend.
- I'm not your friend!
- VINCE: Think about your own family.
This kid
he's somebody's son.
[RUSTLING]
What's that? That the cops?
Hey, whoever's coming up here,
you're about to get blasted.
BODE: Hold up. We're not cops.
Look, we-we don't want any trouble.
Please, don't shoot. That's my son.
That's your son?
In name only.
You're making a bad
situation worse, Bode.
Wait.
Bode?
I came to reason with an old friend.
BODE: Look, man,
this fire's getting closer.
I want to help you try
and figure this thing out,
- without cops.
- Of course, you two know each other.
Bro, I thought you were dead.
[SCOFFS] Kind of was.
I'm finding something to live for.
Being locked up is hardly living.
MANNY: Bode's not just an inmate.
He's a firefighter.
Oh, who are you? His life coach?
He's my captain.
Used to be a guy like us.
Hear him out?
Swap the two of us out
for the three of them.
That way, the kid can get
medical attention.
There's no way. Bode's an inmate.
They don't care what happens to him.
Then at least let these guys
try and stop this kid's bleeding.
That's what we've been asking
him since we've been here.
And now I'm asking.
Come on, bro.
[SCOFFING]: We were
We were young and dumb like him once.
Hell, we-we did even crazier things.
Trust me.
You don't want someone
dying on your conscience.
You'll never forgive yourself.
♪
Untie them.
Oh. Chief's here.
I'll let them know.
Chief's on the ground.
Gregory? Anything?
The good news is we know
who we're dealing with.
Mojave Sutton.
He's got priors for growing.
He's anti-cop.
Moves camp every so often
to avoid location.
The bad news?
A guy like this and his crew
are going to be heavily armed.
Unlikely to surrender.
And we still don't know
where they are up there.
[EXHALES] That's a lot of bad news.
Well, Captain Perez and my son
might be able to help.
They're up there now
trying to defuse the situation.
Sharon.
Hate to state the obvious.
Bode's an inmate.
This isn't a prison break.
This is a forest fire.
BODE [OVER COMMS]: Division 1501?
Oh, that's Bode. Thank God.
This is Division 1501.
Where is Battalion 1508?
Here with me.
Fire's your jurisdiction, Sharon.
Hostage situation That's mine.
Yeah, but this call came over
a Cal Fire radio, so
I'll be handling it.
How is our civilian?
BODE: They're checking vitals now.
Please tell me he's alive.
We got a pulse.
[SIGHS]: Oh, God. Thank God.
Hey, you did the right thing, bro.
You want to keep doing
the right thing, let my captain
get on the radio and let
the ground know what's what.
Yeah.
MANNY: Patient's lost a lot of blood.
He needs medical attention
beyond our scope.
Hey, Chief, what do you think?
Should we shoot a signal
over to the hospital?
Let them know he's gonna need
surgery and a heat pack?
Copy you on the heat pack, Cap.
Signaling the hospital and a heat pack?
That-that doesn't make any sense.
Yeah, I think it's a code.
Because they've got
a fusee flare up there.
I think they're trying to
tell us where they are.
Okay, we're ready to medevac.
We just need to know where you are.
What does Mojave get in return?
He still wants immunity.
All right, Caleb,
you're gonna feel this.
[WEAKLY]: Please don't cut off my leg.
Don't move, and I won't.
Once we cut this spear down,
we can lift you
the hell out of here.
[CALEB GROANING, SCREAMING]
- Set?
- Set.
[GRUNTING]
All right, you got him? I got his leg.
MANNY: Got his leg? Go.
[GRUNTING, MUTTERING]
Coming after you, Chief.
Good job, good job.
Gonna stay with me, right?
Mojave, fire's already jumped the line.
You tell them no cops near my goods.
And no charges.
No cops, no charges,
and everybody walks out alive.
What the hell is that?
Fire.
SHARON: Look, look, look!
Right there. Okay, come on, let's go.
Let's go get our patient.
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
SHERIFF [OVER SPEAKER]:
This is the
Sheriff's Department.
Come out with your hands up.
You burned me, Bode? Huh?
You tipped them off where we are?
What the hell, man?
BODE: No, hey, no.
I would've burned you if I let you
and everybody else up here die.
JAKE: Once again,
interfering with all your outlaw crap.
Nothing's changed.
At least I own what I am.
Can you say the same?
Okay, everybody, huddle together!
- You're my cover now!
- VINCE: No, no.
We can't stop the pressure, all right?
- He's gonna bleed out.
- MOJAVE: Damn it. Screw this!
Mojave!
You can't run forever.
Put down the gun, and we go peacefully,
and you got a shot at being where we are
later down the road.
JAKE: Chief, his-his rate is dropping.
- He's fading fast.
- We're gonna lose this kid!
[FIRE CRACKLING]
MANNY: Come on, we're trapped.
JAKE: All right, come on, buddy.
Come on, Caleb, come on.
[COUGHING]
Chief, what do you think?
Deploy fire shelters?
We don't have enough of them.
I don't want to die, Bode,
but I don't want to go to prison!
My family, my son.
- You should see my son.
- Mojave!
My sister died because
of my bad choices.
Somebody told me I'm not
the worst thing I've ever done.
And you aren't, either.
MANNY: Mojave!
You want to go to prison?
Or you want to burn alive
and take all of us with you?
Those are your choices, bro.
VINCE: Trust me.
You want to see your kids again.
MOJAVE: Okay, okay.
How do we get out of here?
Well, we can't on foot.
Does that thing run?
BODE [OVER COMMS]: Division
1501. Battalion 1508. Do you copy?
Good to hear your voice,
Battalion Chief 1508.
Better to see your face.
Where are you at?
Doing a little off-roading.
Chief. [ENGINE RUMBLING]
This definitely ain't
no wildland engine, Chief.
Hashtag "van life."
Hey, hold on, Caleb. All right?
We're almost there.
[CALEB PANTING]
Thank you. Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- JAKE: All right, everybody!
Find something and hang on!
[YELLS]
SHARON: Let's get
this kid to the copter.
We're gonna need a spine board.
[INDISTINCT CLAMORING]
MANNY: Let's go, let's go!
♪
And up.
MANNY: Mojave?
You do your time,
maybe we can get you in
at Three Rock Con Camp.
Yeah, sure.
I told you. Manny's one of us.
♪
GABRIELA: So, a fire became
a search and rescue,
became a hostage situation,
and then more fire?
That's insane.
That was "slow is smooth."
"And smooth is fast."
I'm glad you stuck around.
We need more women in the department.
Yeah, but I would've never
been able to handle
what you all did today.
You won't know everything in two weeks.
You're always learning on the job.
I never trained for a hostage situation.
Or a burning van filled with
your boyfriend,
my chief and
Bode.
Bode.
I know who he is to Jake.
Who is he to you?
I know who he was to me.
I'm still trying to figure out
who he is to me now.
I think we all are.
You're off-shift.
Hug your dude.
[CHUCKLING]
[SIGHS]
♪
Long day?
Not compared to yours.
MANNY: Bode.
You got a visitor.
Why does this guy get all
the special privileges?
Lights aren't out
for another hour, Charlie.
It's not privilege.
You're just unpopular.
[INMATES LAUGHING]
[INMATES CHATTERING]
Who's here so late?
You'll see.
Unorthodox methods
with the fusee today, Cap.
It was a smart move.
But let's not make a habit
of defying orders.
Going off book was all me, Chief.
Bode was just following my lead.
But he did convince me of it.
Manny, I would like my son
to be more like you.
Do not let Bode inspire you
to be more like him.
I got to admit,
he is a little bit inspiring. [CHUCKLES]
Our kids, man, huh?
I don't know if I spend
more time loving him
or worrying about him.[CHUCKLES]
I saw Gabriela today,
at the training for Cal Fire.
She showed up, huh?
I thought the recruitment event
would have turned her off
the department.
[SHUSHING] Look at this view.
["OLD HABITS" BY RAG'N'BONE MAN PLAYING]
Didn't expect you here.
Didn't think I'd ever
see you here, either.
I'm a disappointment.
I get it. I'm the problem, like always.
I shouldn't have told you to go.
[SCOFFS]
We should meet somewhere
in the middle ♪
Get some solid ground
beneath our feet ♪
I'll regret that for the rest
of my life, but
should've been you.
Who died that night instead of Riley.
I know. I know.
- No, believe me, I know.
- No, no! No, Bode.
You're fourth-generation
Cal Fire legacy.
It should be you
with me at Station 42.
You should be my right-hand guy.
I saw you out there today.
[CHUCKLING]: You were born for this.
But you, you never wanted
anything to do with it.
And Jake did.
[SCOFFS SOFTLY]
Guilt's a funny thing.
What does that mean?
- Ask Jake.
- No, I'm asking you.
I'm asking my son.
You heard me.
You're my son.
Up on the mountain, you told Jake
that at least you owned up
to what you did.
What-what-what did he do?
He broke Riley's heart.
The night of the accident, the last
thing she felt before she died was pain.
♪
You
You're telling me that-that
Jake and Riley were?
Oh, he-he didn't tell you that, either.
He didn't.
With the best of intentions ♪
I-I'm not perfect, okay? I know that.
And I know that Mom wants
her family back, but
[SCOFFS] from where I'm standing,
you all made a family without me
while making me be the bad guy.
You can tell Mom I'm sorry,
but I don't want back in on that.
And I could never give you up ♪
Previously on Fire Country
CORY: This is Three Rock Con Camp.
We fight fires all over
the state of California.
- BODE: Are you and Jake together?
- RILEY: We were, yeah.
But we're not anymore.
I didn't want to tell you
or anyone until it got
a little more serious,
but turns out Jake
wasn't serious at all.
Hey! Hey, are you crazy?
That's what you told
Riley, isn't it? Huh?
After you dumped her
the night that she died.
What? You were hooking up with Riley?
Does she know? About Riley?
Yeah, I'm in it with Gabriela.
I tell her everything.
I fought fire today. I loved it.
There's a Cal Fire recruitment event
next weekend.
I think you should check it out.
Hi, Mom.
VINCE: He's in prison.
He is unable to follow basic orders.
I followed one order
pretty well, didn't I, Dad?
VINCE: After Riley died,
I told him to leave and never come back.
Oh, my God.
MANNY: My guys did
great work, especially Bode.
He's a liability, Manny.
Sharon has a hard time
accepting that. I don't.
Have you made any decision about my son?
- I'm gonna transfer him.
- Manny, I'm sick.
I have chronic kidney disease.
I was an inmate at this camp, too.
- They let you do this job after that?
- Your mom did.
You're staying, Bode.
So it's up to you to decide
if you're gonna be the deadbeat
your dad thinks you are,
or if you're gonna be the man
your mom and I both know you can be.
♪
I should've warned you.
You've been around Jake long enough,
you know that he's a player.
This is what he does, Riley.
He cheated on you.
Can you stop texting him?
No, I need to go back and talk to him.
That's not happening.
I'm taking you home.
- Then I'm getting out.
- What are you doing? Stop. Riley, stop.
[GRUNTING]
Riley, get back in the car!
[HORN HONKING]
- Hey, hold on!
- Hit the brakes!
I can't! I can't stop!
- RILEY: Bode!
- [TIRES SCREECHING]
[RILEY SCREAMING]
BODE: Riley. Riley.
Riley!
[INMATES GRUMBLING, MUTTERING]
- Not another nightmare.
- I'm sorry, guys.
- Come on, man.
- Bode.
CHARLIE: Does the golden boy need
a bedtime story to have sweet dreams?
I gave up on sweet dreams a while back.
Sorry to disturb.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
"Riley."
Your sister's name.
That's what you keep
shouting in your sleep.
I appreciate you giving me
a second chance here, Cap.
But I signed up for
fire camp, not therapy.
They can be one and the same, Bode.
I used to have nightmares, too.
I'd come up here hoping the wind
would blow them out of my mind.
And now?
Now I sleep in peace.
You work this program,
you'll learn to put out fires,
and not just up there
in the mountains
but in here.
♪
You stole cars.
I crashed one with my sister in it.
You called it.
I have my dad's voice
in my head telling me that
it should've been me who died
that night instead of her.
I stuck a gun in an innocent man's face
so I could get high
to escape that voice.
Of course, it didn't stop anything.
You robbing that liquor store
is what finally got you locked up.
But you were incarcerated
long before you ever
went to prison, Bode.
You still are.
Look at me, Bode.
You're not the worst thing
you've ever done.
JAKE: The four elements of fire?
GABRIELA: Oxygen, fuel,
chemical reaction and heat.
What's the maximum flame length
you can attack with hand tools?
Mm Four feet.
And after that, we call
for heavier equipment.
[WHISPERING]: The fun stuff.
Oh, yeah, you know,
all the big guns. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Mm.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I'm proud of you, babe,
for clearing the air with Eve
about dating Riley.
Mm.
Yeah. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Um
I mean, that'll be
much harder to do
[EXHALES] with Vince and Sharon.
Hey.
- Hey, hey.
- Hmm.
You're family to them.
They love you, no matter what.
[BLENDER WHIRRING]
Kale
cranberries, pea protein, bee pollen.
That is a chronic kidney
disease cocktail right there.
According to some dude's blog.
[CHUCKLING]
Ew smells like front lawn. Thank you.
So, Eve's training
recruits this morning.
That means I got to be
on the engine with Jake.
You're not coming with me to see Bode?
You saw the red flag warning.
Saw it? I issued it.
Right. High winds, low humidity.
Fire is not gonna take
the day off, neither can I.
Vince, you told him to leave.
I need you to tell him
that you're happy he's here,
that we both know he can succeed.
Oh, my God, it smells like front lawn,
and then it comes back like compost.
Define "succeed,"
'cause he's behind bars.
- There's no bars at fire camp.
- Okay, so
just like when he was a teenager,
I tried to tell you
that he needs discipline
and consequence, and you just swoop in
and start coddling him.
And then you start
barking orders at everyone
like we're all under your command?
This is not a battalion.
We're a family.
[SCOFFS]
We were a family.
[SCOFFS]
♪
I don't know how I'd ever forgive you
- when you say things like that.
- Just being honest.
He was toxic back then,
and now he's an inmate,
and he's got his mother
pulling strings for him with Manny.
He didn't ask me to do that.
I know.
He he brings it out in you.
You helping him hurts you.
It could hurt your career, I mean
you told you told
Manny you were sick?
I am sick.
I don't want you getting any sicker.
My family, our family, is
the best medicine that I have.
If you want me well,
go tell him that you're pissed
or that you're hurt.
Whatever you are, just go
talk to our son so we can heal.
♪
DISPATCHER: Battalion 1508.
Vegetation fire.
Old Saw Valley Road and Maynor Mountain.
♪
Great.
[EXHALES] Mayhem Mountain. Hippies.
Hippies are the least of your worries.
There's the hermits and the growers.
It gets dicey up there really fast.
- Just be careful.
- Hey.
[SNIFFS] Mmm. Compost.
Have a good time with your son.
Our son.
DISPATCHER:
Engine 1591, vegetation fire,
now approximately three acres.
What is your status?
VINCE: Engine 1591. We're hauling.
[SIREN WAILING]
[CLEARS THROAT]
Hey, look, Chief, are you all good?
Yeah.
I'm fine. Just
You know. [SIGHS]
Bode being back kicked up some stuff.
Yeah.
You know, um [CLEARS THROAT]
I, uh I've been meaning
to talk to you about it.
Uh
You were right. About my shiner.
- Bode did punch me.
- I know.
I don't understand.
Him throwing a punch at you? I mean
- You two were like brothers.
- We were.
And it's complicated.
On both sides.
Actually, I I do know why he hit you.
Look, Chief, I never meant to
He's jealous.
You're who he wants to be.
He left
and you became more of
a son to me than he was.
♪
- [HORN HONKING]
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[SIREN WAILING]
VINCE: Mayhem
Mountain, hashtag "van life."
GABRIELA: I passed by Smokey's
and told Aydan the coffee was for you,
and she remembered your regular order.
She's just being polite.
Training time.
Line up! Recruit.
[SCOFFS]
Welcome to Cal Fire Station 42.
They call us the Fire Factory, where
fire is a constant, not an exception.
Maybe you're here because
that sounds exciting to you.
Maybe you want to be a hero,
slay dragons, save the day.
Or maybe you're sick of your old job
and you want to try something new.
If you're here for any of those reasons,
you will flame out.
The only people who will
make it through training hell
and onto the front lines
in just two weeks
are those of us who consider
this job a calling.
To protect our community,
to protect each other.
It is an honor to train
the future of Cal Fire.
Now, let's see if any of you
are worthy of that title.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
VINCE: Hey.
You got everybody evac'ed up there?
Far as we can tell,
past that brush line there,
it's all strong winds
and flames from hell.
[DISPATCHER INDISTINCT CHATTER] Confirm.
[MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
What do you think started it?
More concerned with the who
than the what.
People actually live
in those trees up there.
This wind changes direction,
the whole mountain's gonna go up.
MAN: Help!
- Chief, is that a
- [MAN MOANING]
A burning man?
[GRUNTING]
Stay still, stay still.
[GROANING]
Hey, hey, listen to me. It's out. Okay?
But I need you to be still, okay?
- [PANTING]
- Now, breathe. Just like that.
Again. One more.
Greencrest. Battalion 1508.
Priority traffic.
Maynor Mountain. Single patient
with first and second degree burns.
Start an ambulance to this location.
Hey, kid, you start this fire?
We lit a joint. The wind kicked up.
[GROANING]
That's a lot of weed for one joint.
He said "we." Who's "we"?
Me and my dude Caleb.
I ran one way, he went another.
I ran past the fire, but I lost him.
So there's another kid in there.
And he's MIA,
in the middle of a wildfire.
♪
♪
SHARON: Oh. [CHUCKLES]
Oh, my Bode Boy.
[GRUNTS] Hi, Mom.
Oh. [EXHALES]
Your hair hasn't been this long
since that Hanson phase.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
How's the food?
It's got to be better
than the penitentiary.
It's still not your home cooking.
That's my boy. Yes. Okay!
And soon enough, you will be out of here
and you can come home, home
and I will make you anything you want.
And your dad's really upped
his game in the kitchen
since you've been gone.
You know, I'm not sure
I'm welcome at Dad's table.
Yeah, I know now that he,
he told you to leave.
What a terrible mistake he made.
I'm gonna ask you to try to find
a little room in your heart
to forgive him.
He called me a liability.
♪
He's afraid. [EXHALES]
He's afraid you're gonna
break his heart again
or you're gonna break mine.
And you're not?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
No, I'm not.
I'm just trying to make Riley's
death count for something.
Okay.
Mom.
I'm here to save as many
lives as possible, any way I can.
♪
You hear tones, that means
somebody needs our help.
We're called to
a wildfire, we wear Nomex.
If it's a structural fire,
we hustle to these turnouts.
We speed up by slowing down.
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
Five seconds. People say you can only
do things well or do things quickly.
[CHUCKLES] Those people
aren't firefighters.
Time!
Yep. Too slow.
- All of you, go again.
- MAN: Wait.
We just finished. It's day one.
Day one of two weeks before
you're face-to-face with a fire.
Training is your friend.
I need a break.
Fires don't break, and neither do I.
You need to build
your stamina, speed, grit.
Oh. Here we go! One down!
Look, we need probies,
but we're not desperate
for anybody.
We're desperate for firefighters.
I want to learn.
Any tricks for slipping on
this uniform faster?
This isn't a uniform.
It's armor.
You need to use it to understand it.
When you come out of this well-trained,
you will thank me.
[SIREN WAILING]
[JAKE GRUNTING, BREATHING HEAVILY]
JAKE: The visibility is awful.
VINCE: Every fire, somebody
thinks they're invincible.
MAN [IN DISTANCE]: Help!
You hear that?
MAN: Help!
[ALARM WAILING]
All right, let's go, gents.
I hate to cut
your visits short,
but we got work to do.
Let's load up. Come on.
DISPATCHER: Greencrest. Vegetation fire.
Spread 50 acres, and a missing teen
I'd better go oversee
that mess at the station.
There's a missing kid
up on Mayhem Mountain?
MANNY: Bode, let's go.
Things get sketch up there pretty quick.
Yeah, and I know you know that.
Bode, there is danger
around every corner at this job.
So if you really want to
prove your father wrong,
just don't go looking for it.
Plus, I cannot bear to lose
another family member.
MANNY: No one on my crew is gonna go
looking for danger or trouble.
Ain't that right, Bode? No, sir.
Chief, I got him.
I know you do.
♪
[SIREN WAILING]
MAN [IN DISTANCE]: Can anybody hear me?
Help! Hey!
This way.
♪
JAKE: Chief, uh
Where the hell are we?
All that weed on that other kid,
I'm guessing this is where it came from.
Where is this kid? Hey!
- Where you at?
- MAN: Down here!
♪
JAKE: Down where?
[PANTING]
Thank God. You found me.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
MANNY: Copy.
All right, gentlemen.
There's a lot going on right now.
Battalion 1508 is conducting
a search and rescue.
The engine crews are
knocking down this fire.
We're doing a six-foot cut
with a four-foot scrape.
And with this winds,
fire could move further east.
Let's make sure that does not happen.
- You copy?
- BODE: Hey, Cap.
You said that my dad's crew's on
search and rescue up there?
Yeah. You not listening?
Can I have a word?
Make it quick.
This area's run by a guy named Mojave.
I-I know him from back in the day.
If he thinks his business
is under attack from thieves
or cops or even firefighters,
it'll be bad, Cap.
What kind of business
are you talking about?
The weed game.
Mojave's an outlaw grower.
I was running. I tripped.
This thing swallowed me.
What the hell is this place?
JAKE: Just take it easy, okay?
We're gonna get you out of there.
- He's losing consciousness.
- Hey.
Don't go to sleep.
Stay awake, all right?
[PANTING]
Hey, Chief, what the hell is
this medieval nonsense?
Greencrest. Battalion
1508. [ENGINES RUMBLING]
Y'all lost? Fire's that way.
Yeah, well, he's down here.
- We're here to help.
- Oh, no.
Yeah, don't move.
Don't move. Don't move.
Stay off the radio.
- Stay off the radio.
- Mayday.
Off the radio, man.
♪
Battalion 1508, confirm your status.
Battalion 1508?
Was that a mayday and a gunshot?
Greencrest.
I need a status report on Engine 1591.
Contact air attack.
I need eyes on Maynor Mountain.
DISPATCHER: Patching you through
to air attack for a visual.
♪
[LINE RINGING]
Detective, it's Division Chief Leone.
We have a situation.
Firefighter distress call
during a search and rescue.
And Vince is MIA on Mayhem Mountain.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER CONTINUES]
DISPATCHER: Responders in distress.
We have responders in distress.
"Mayday"? You sent out
a distress signal?
Shouldn't have done that.
You don't want to talk about
what people shouldn't be doing.
You have a kid in a pit.
That's my security system,
for thieves and cops.
The kid was stealing crops from me.
That's the only reason
they come up here.
He's taking food out of
the mouth of my family.
- That ain't right.
- Where is your family?
I sent them down the mountain already.
Okay, and why didn't you
go down with them?
'Cause I'm not gonna give up on my crop
or my freedom.
[CALEB GROANING]
How bad is it? Hmm? His leg.
Well, I won't know until I assess him.
- But you have to untie me.
- No, I don't have to do anything.
You don't really want
a dead kid on your hands.
Yeah, no, of course I don't, man.
Look, I get I'm not like you, okay?
Kids don't dress up as me for Halloween,
but this is how I put food on the table.
He was trespassing.
- And so are you.
- JAKE: Okay, hey, how about this?
You let us get him
out of here, and we're gone.
Leave you be, go back to
fighting the fire
that might even destroy all your crop,
never mind the little bit
that this kid was stealing.
Fire's not coming up here.
Wind's taking it down the mountain.
We cut our own line.
We don't need outsiders coming up here
acting like you're gonna save the day.
We're not trying to save the day.
Just this kid.
[SIREN WAILING NEARBY]
Oh, is that your sheriff buddies, huh?
From the Mayday that you called in?
See? See? As soon as
you walk out of here,
they're gonna storm in here,
they're gonna rip out all my crops.
They're gonna throw my ass in jail!
JAKE: Hey, here's the bottom line.
You have an MIA kid
and two MIA firefighters.
They're coming up here
whether you like it or not.
It'll be a whole lot worse
if you don't let us help him.
Don't push me, fireman.
♪
Okay. Okay. Okay.
What I'm gonna do
Show me how to use this.
♪
What are you gonna say?
I'm gonna tell them
I'm not up here with three MIAs.
I'm up here with three hostages.
See? I'm not going to prison.
I want a deal.
Let's go, gentlemen. Pick up the pace.
[SIRENS WAILING]
Hey. Hey, what's going on up there?
That wind's not helping.
No, no, I'm not talking about the wind.
I mean these cops.
We're staying on task, Bode.
We're letting the cops stay on theirs.
Get back to work.
MOJAVE [OVER COMMS]: Listen up.
I have your firefighters
and a missing kid up here.
That's Mojave.
MOJAVE: Hello?
Is this thing working?
[PHONE RINGING]
MOJAVE: Somebody better answer me!
Are you hearing this, Chief?
Pull your crew.
Bring them back to the camp. Right now.
Manny, keep Bode out of this one.
Copy.
All right, pack it up.
We're going back to camp.
That's a mistake.
We're gonna let the sheriff
handle this one.
- Come on.
- Cap,
fire is one thing,
but Mojave's always armed.
Okay? My dad and Jake
aren't, not to mention this kid
Bode!
Our chief gave me a command,
and I'm giving you one. Go.
"You're not the worst thing
you've ever done."
What you said last night.
What about it?
The worst thing
that we could do right now
is leave my dad and Jake
up there unsupported.
Look, th-they have no idea how
to navigate a guy like Mojave.
We're not the cops, Bode.
Yeah, exactly.
We're supposed to protect life, right?
These cops go up there, this
becomes a fire and a firefight.
Mojave will only listen to guys like us.
You and me.
You're still a pain in my ass,
you know that?
Come on.
No. No. No.
Greencrest, confirming
that you copied my traffic.
I released Three Rock Crew Four.
[LINE RINGING]
Come on, Manny, pick up.
Pick up.
30 seconds. Coat next.
Jacket.
Fasten before helmet.
I remember.
EVE: Chief?
Uh, training's over. You're with me.
- What?
- Chief, where are we going?
Maynor Mountain.
The search and rescue?
It's more than that now.
Vince and Jake are
in a hostage situation.
They're the hostages?
Your dad and Bode are
on their way up there, too.
Eve, now.
The rigs are all out.
Yeah, that's why we're taking a copter.
♪
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
♪
Picked this spot for a reason.
Copters can't see through these trees.
Yeah, you might be able to
hide from the deputies,
but you're not gonna be able
to hide from this fire.
Wind's pushing it up the mountain now.
I told you. Dug our own line.
It'll go around us and my plants.
You're the grower. I'm the firefighter.
I'm telling you,
your line's not gonna hold.
He's in danger of bleeding out.
He needs a tourniquet, my friend.
- I'm not your friend!
- VINCE: Think about your own family.
This kid
he's somebody's son.
[RUSTLING]
What's that? That the cops?
Hey, whoever's coming up here,
you're about to get blasted.
BODE: Hold up. We're not cops.
Look, we-we don't want any trouble.
Please, don't shoot. That's my son.
That's your son?
In name only.
You're making a bad
situation worse, Bode.
Wait.
Bode?
I came to reason with an old friend.
BODE: Look, man,
this fire's getting closer.
I want to help you try
and figure this thing out,
- without cops.
- Of course, you two know each other.
Bro, I thought you were dead.
[SCOFFS] Kind of was.
I'm finding something to live for.
Being locked up is hardly living.
MANNY: Bode's not just an inmate.
He's a firefighter.
Oh, who are you? His life coach?
He's my captain.
Used to be a guy like us.
Hear him out?
Swap the two of us out
for the three of them.
That way, the kid can get
medical attention.
There's no way. Bode's an inmate.
They don't care what happens to him.
Then at least let these guys
try and stop this kid's bleeding.
That's what we've been asking
him since we've been here.
And now I'm asking.
Come on, bro.
[SCOFFING]: We were
We were young and dumb like him once.
Hell, we-we did even crazier things.
Trust me.
You don't want someone
dying on your conscience.
You'll never forgive yourself.
♪
Untie them.
Oh. Chief's here.
I'll let them know.
Chief's on the ground.
Gregory? Anything?
The good news is we know
who we're dealing with.
Mojave Sutton.
He's got priors for growing.
He's anti-cop.
Moves camp every so often
to avoid location.
The bad news?
A guy like this and his crew
are going to be heavily armed.
Unlikely to surrender.
And we still don't know
where they are up there.
[EXHALES] That's a lot of bad news.
Well, Captain Perez and my son
might be able to help.
They're up there now
trying to defuse the situation.
Sharon.
Hate to state the obvious.
Bode's an inmate.
This isn't a prison break.
This is a forest fire.
BODE [OVER COMMS]: Division 1501?
Oh, that's Bode. Thank God.
This is Division 1501.
Where is Battalion 1508?
Here with me.
Fire's your jurisdiction, Sharon.
Hostage situation That's mine.
Yeah, but this call came over
a Cal Fire radio, so
I'll be handling it.
How is our civilian?
BODE: They're checking vitals now.
Please tell me he's alive.
We got a pulse.
[SIGHS]: Oh, God. Thank God.
Hey, you did the right thing, bro.
You want to keep doing
the right thing, let my captain
get on the radio and let
the ground know what's what.
Yeah.
MANNY: Patient's lost a lot of blood.
He needs medical attention
beyond our scope.
Hey, Chief, what do you think?
Should we shoot a signal
over to the hospital?
Let them know he's gonna need
surgery and a heat pack?
Copy you on the heat pack, Cap.
Signaling the hospital and a heat pack?
That-that doesn't make any sense.
Yeah, I think it's a code.
Because they've got
a fusee flare up there.
I think they're trying to
tell us where they are.
Okay, we're ready to medevac.
We just need to know where you are.
What does Mojave get in return?
He still wants immunity.
All right, Caleb,
you're gonna feel this.
[WEAKLY]: Please don't cut off my leg.
Don't move, and I won't.
Once we cut this spear down,
we can lift you
the hell out of here.
[CALEB GROANING, SCREAMING]
- Set?
- Set.
[GRUNTING]
All right, you got him? I got his leg.
MANNY: Got his leg? Go.
[GRUNTING, MUTTERING]
Coming after you, Chief.
Good job, good job.
Gonna stay with me, right?
Mojave, fire's already jumped the line.
You tell them no cops near my goods.
And no charges.
No cops, no charges,
and everybody walks out alive.
What the hell is that?
Fire.
SHARON: Look, look, look!
Right there. Okay, come on, let's go.
Let's go get our patient.
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
SHERIFF [OVER SPEAKER]:
This is the
Sheriff's Department.
Come out with your hands up.
You burned me, Bode? Huh?
You tipped them off where we are?
What the hell, man?
BODE: No, hey, no.
I would've burned you if I let you
and everybody else up here die.
JAKE: Once again,
interfering with all your outlaw crap.
Nothing's changed.
At least I own what I am.
Can you say the same?
Okay, everybody, huddle together!
- You're my cover now!
- VINCE: No, no.
We can't stop the pressure, all right?
- He's gonna bleed out.
- MOJAVE: Damn it. Screw this!
Mojave!
You can't run forever.
Put down the gun, and we go peacefully,
and you got a shot at being where we are
later down the road.
JAKE: Chief, his-his rate is dropping.
- He's fading fast.
- We're gonna lose this kid!
[FIRE CRACKLING]
MANNY: Come on, we're trapped.
JAKE: All right, come on, buddy.
Come on, Caleb, come on.
[COUGHING]
Chief, what do you think?
Deploy fire shelters?
We don't have enough of them.
I don't want to die, Bode,
but I don't want to go to prison!
My family, my son.
- You should see my son.
- Mojave!
My sister died because
of my bad choices.
Somebody told me I'm not
the worst thing I've ever done.
And you aren't, either.
MANNY: Mojave!
You want to go to prison?
Or you want to burn alive
and take all of us with you?
Those are your choices, bro.
VINCE: Trust me.
You want to see your kids again.
MOJAVE: Okay, okay.
How do we get out of here?
Well, we can't on foot.
Does that thing run?
BODE [OVER COMMS]: Division
1501. Battalion 1508. Do you copy?
Good to hear your voice,
Battalion Chief 1508.
Better to see your face.
Where are you at?
Doing a little off-roading.
Chief. [ENGINE RUMBLING]
This definitely ain't
no wildland engine, Chief.
Hashtag "van life."
Hey, hold on, Caleb. All right?
We're almost there.
[CALEB PANTING]
Thank you. Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- JAKE: All right, everybody!
Find something and hang on!
[YELLS]
SHARON: Let's get
this kid to the copter.
We're gonna need a spine board.
[INDISTINCT CLAMORING]
MANNY: Let's go, let's go!
♪
And up.
MANNY: Mojave?
You do your time,
maybe we can get you in
at Three Rock Con Camp.
Yeah, sure.
I told you. Manny's one of us.
♪
GABRIELA: So, a fire became
a search and rescue,
became a hostage situation,
and then more fire?
That's insane.
That was "slow is smooth."
"And smooth is fast."
I'm glad you stuck around.
We need more women in the department.
Yeah, but I would've never
been able to handle
what you all did today.
You won't know everything in two weeks.
You're always learning on the job.
I never trained for a hostage situation.
Or a burning van filled with
your boyfriend,
my chief and
Bode.
Bode.
I know who he is to Jake.
Who is he to you?
I know who he was to me.
I'm still trying to figure out
who he is to me now.
I think we all are.
You're off-shift.
Hug your dude.
[CHUCKLING]
[SIGHS]
♪
Long day?
Not compared to yours.
MANNY: Bode.
You got a visitor.
Why does this guy get all
the special privileges?
Lights aren't out
for another hour, Charlie.
It's not privilege.
You're just unpopular.
[INMATES LAUGHING]
[INMATES CHATTERING]
Who's here so late?
You'll see.
Unorthodox methods
with the fusee today, Cap.
It was a smart move.
But let's not make a habit
of defying orders.
Going off book was all me, Chief.
Bode was just following my lead.
But he did convince me of it.
Manny, I would like my son
to be more like you.
Do not let Bode inspire you
to be more like him.
I got to admit,
he is a little bit inspiring. [CHUCKLES]
Our kids, man, huh?
I don't know if I spend
more time loving him
or worrying about him.[CHUCKLES]
I saw Gabriela today,
at the training for Cal Fire.
She showed up, huh?
I thought the recruitment event
would have turned her off
the department.
[SHUSHING] Look at this view.
["OLD HABITS" BY RAG'N'BONE MAN PLAYING]
Didn't expect you here.
Didn't think I'd ever
see you here, either.
I'm a disappointment.
I get it. I'm the problem, like always.
I shouldn't have told you to go.
[SCOFFS]
We should meet somewhere
in the middle ♪
Get some solid ground
beneath our feet ♪
I'll regret that for the rest
of my life, but
should've been you.
Who died that night instead of Riley.
I know. I know.
- No, believe me, I know.
- No, no! No, Bode.
You're fourth-generation
Cal Fire legacy.
It should be you
with me at Station 42.
You should be my right-hand guy.
I saw you out there today.
[CHUCKLING]: You were born for this.
But you, you never wanted
anything to do with it.
And Jake did.
[SCOFFS SOFTLY]
Guilt's a funny thing.
What does that mean?
- Ask Jake.
- No, I'm asking you.
I'm asking my son.
You heard me.
You're my son.
Up on the mountain, you told Jake
that at least you owned up
to what you did.
What-what-what did he do?
He broke Riley's heart.
The night of the accident, the last
thing she felt before she died was pain.
♪
You
You're telling me that-that
Jake and Riley were?
Oh, he-he didn't tell you that, either.
He didn't.
With the best of intentions ♪
I-I'm not perfect, okay? I know that.
And I know that Mom wants
her family back, but
[SCOFFS] from where I'm standing,
you all made a family without me
while making me be the bad guy.
You can tell Mom I'm sorry,
but I don't want back in on that.
And I could never give you up ♪