Rescue: HI-Surf (2024) s01e03 Episode Script

1
[MELLOW MUSIC]
- What do you think?
- Hmm.
[SIGHS] Let's start
right out past that reef.
Dude, today's the day, man.
I got the ring and everything.
What? No way.
I'm gonna put it in the mouth
of the biggest fish we catch,
and then I'm gonna pop the question.
What? It's a meme, dude.
- It's gross, but you do you.
- [CHUCKLES]
[TAVANA'S "ALOHA SPIRIT"]
Aloha spirit, when you're
lost, it'll find you ♪
Hanging out with your keiki all day ♪
In the sand ♪
All right ♪
Seeing somebody struggling ♪
And lending a helping hand, oh, yeah ♪
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Aloha is the way ♪
Give our thanks and praise ♪
- Yeah!
- Whoa!
BOTH: Yeah.
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY] Oh.
The aloha spirit ♪
Whoa.
The current's moving fast.
Let's head back.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
The current's too strong!
♪
Let's make for that reef over there.
- In there?
- It's either there or Japan.
♪
All right.
Let's wait for a break between sets.
♪
Now, now, now!
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Welcome to the North Shore.
District 7.
♪
Getting dangerous.
♪
Go, go, go!
♪
Go!
[SURF ROCK MUSIC]
Come on, now ♪
Go get it ♪
Come on, now ♪
I'm getting ready ♪
Wake up ♪
Wake up and take a look around ♪
Wake up and take a look around ♪
Can you turn the clock back? ♪
Can you believe that
all these moments ♪
♪
Mikey, he's gone.
He went under.
No one's coming, are they?
Zion!
Zion!
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Oh.
This is Sonny.
Hi, Harlan Jennings?
Oh, uh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm calling from O'ahu Health Network.
We spoke last night about an
appointment for grief counseling?
We got cut off.
I tried you back but
couldn't get through.
Right.
I have an appointment
tomorrow midmorning 10:30.
Would that work for you?
- Hey, can I call you back?
- Sure.
- You have
- [PHONE BEEPS]
[SIGHS]
Breathe, breathe.
[INHALES DEEPLY] You got this.
So they were just gonna go fishing.
Mm-hmm. And what time is that?
Maybe, like, an hour ago.
Don't worry. We'll find them.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- Is that glitter?
No.
Maybe.
Probably, actually.
Strippers? Come on.
Thought you were
looking for a nice girl.
Listen, they're called
exotic dancers, OK?
And please don't shame them,
because they're trying
to pay for college.
OK, two fishermen on kayaks
launched around an hour ago.
Girlfriends didn't see
much, just that they're gone,
and they're pretty shook.
Any idea which way they went?
Cell phone last pinged them a little
less than a mile down the coast.
Cap said he's on his way.
Well, they could have
made it to shore, but
it's pretty rough down there.
Got a lot of waves, caves, rocks.
I'm gonna gear up.
He's been hitting it pretty hard lately.
Nah, he's fine.
It's you I'm worried about.
How you feeling after yesterday?
Little sore, but other
than that, no worries.
I actually got a
workout in this morning.
- Of course you did.
- Hey, Cap.
Hey. So no trucks past here.
And with that wind coming
up against the cliffs,
it's too risky for the
chopper, so it's all us.
OK. How do you want to do it?
Two skis.
Hug the coastline as close
as we can get, all right?
See what we find. Sound good?
All right. You two be ready to swim.
Right?
Yep.
[SCOFFS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey!
- Do you see anything?
- Yeah, yeah.
Right there on the rocks.
They're on the rocks.
All right, get in there and
see if they can swim, yeah?
- Yeah.
- All right.
♪
Guys, how we doing? How we doing?
I-I'm OK, but his head's cut pretty bad.
I think the kayak hit me.
Dizzy, nauseous, see any stars?
- No.
- OK.
- No signs of a concussion, Will.
- All right. Can you swim?
- I think so.
- Yeah?
All right, it's too dangerous
to bring the rescue skis
close to the rocks, all right?
So we're gonna jump
in. We're going to swim.
Laka and I will be
right here with you, OK?
Guys, listen, we got to
swim past the waves, OK?
There's no stopping.
There's no hesitating.
All right?
You want to rest for a second first?
No, just to get us the hell out of here.
Yeah. Here, you go with him.
♪
Going under. Hold your breath. Go!
♪
- I'm going in.
- All right.
[SKI ENGINE TURNING OVER]
♪
You're OK.
Grab my arm.
Go under. I got you.
♪
Come on.
Grab on.
We got to move.
OK, we're clear.
♪
OK, grab right here. Hold on.
[HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING]
[MUFFLED] Cap. Cap!
- Clear, Cap!
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
Cap!
- [CLEARLY] Cap!
- Oh!
Cap!
- Clear, Cap?
- Hold on.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
So I'm just gonna have
you hold that down, OK?
- Good, great.
- Thank you.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
We got to stop running
into each other like this.
What, you mean at work?
Yeah, exactly.
You see, we got to start
seeing each other after work.
Me picking you up, grabbing drinks.
- You know what I mean?
- Mm, mm-hmm.
Yeah.
See you around.
Any luck?
Brick by brick, I'm building
- a house here, brother.
- Oh, my
Do you ever turn it off?
Well, you'd hate me if I did.
[HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING]
Cap, you all right?
Hey.
Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Hey.
- Cap, what's the matter?
- Can I get some water?
- Water.
Yeah, yeah. Got you. Got you.
Hey, Cap, maybe you should lay down.
Here, help me get his legs up. Cap!
Grab the O2. Come on, Cap. Come on.
Bring the O2 now! Hurry!
Cap.
Cap. Cap.
He's back.
- Let's get him.
- [GROANS]
Come on, there you go.
- What the hell happened?
- Afraid you passed out.
- How long for?
- A minute or so.
How you feeling?
Your pulse hit 196.
It's dropping now.
Blood pressure is stable
124 over 77.
- Uh
- Can you give us a sec?
Yeah.
I'm fine.
Wouldn't have been fine
if it happened out there.
When's the last time you had a physical?
Last week.
What?
Come on. We should get you home.
You need rest.
And a couple of days off wouldn't hurt.
Hey.
Leave this out of the report.
Yeah.
I got you.
[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC]
♪
It shouldn't be too crazy.
Team's healthy.
Nothing too big on
the charts, wave-wise.
Are you trying to convince me or you?
Airfares are cheap this week, yeah?
So it's gonna get crowded.
A lot of people renting paddleboards,
doing surf lessons without permits.
DLNR are understaffed,
so do not rely on them.
Cap
I got this.
[SIGHS]
Did you hear anything new
about the family that's suing us?
No, I haven't heard a thing.
I'd say they probably took
a free payday from the city.
That's what they usually do.
Listen
whatever it is that you
need to take care of,
do it.
I got you covered.
You've been dying to get
your chance at being the boss.
Don't screw it up.
- Worst pep talk ever.
- I'm serious.
This job is about
managing personalities,
yours included.
Not making it better.
[CHUCKLES]
All right.
Have fun.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
OK.
OK, everybody, listen up.
Uncle Sonny is out the next couple days.
He's left me acting
captain while he's gone.
Other than that, nothing's changed.
We know our job.
Let's make sure things run smooth, OK?
Assignments.
Will's in the truck today.
Mobile patrol and rescue one.
Emerson, Alexander, you're in 7-2.
It's gonna be busy.
Where's Laka?
He just texted me. On his way.
Of course he is.
Everybody else works
their normal assignment.
Let's get to it.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Hey, um, is there any chance
I could get assigned
to a different tower?
- Why?
- Emerson doesn't know what he's doing.
[SCOFFS] Last I checked, you and Emerson
had the exact same number
of days on the job, correct?
Correct.
OK, then.
OK.
- Hey
- [DOOR OPENS]
Are you just gonna let
the rookies work alone?
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- What's up, party people?
Nope.
What'd I miss?
[CHUCKLES]
Well, roll call, for starters.
[GRUNTS] My bad.
So where do you want me?
Uh, you're in 7-2 with
Emerson and Alexander.
Hold up.
See, I did my day with
the rookies already, so
Hey, where you at?
- Patrol.
- Perfect.
- I'm with braddah Thor.
- Nope.
You're in 7-2.
Is this 'cause I'm late?
I had to drop my grandma
off at the doctor's.
Is she serious?
Looks that way. [CHUCKLES]
Hello.
Hey.
- Name?
- Uh, Harlan Jennings.
Uh, I've got an appointment,
but I'm late, so
You're fine.
New-patient questionnaire.
Just hit submit when you're finished,
- and we'll bring you back.
- Yeah, sure.
- How long is this gonna take?
- It depends on you.
Take your time.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
[SIGHS]
Hey, what's going on there?
I got it.
Watch and learn, junior.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
[SHOUTS, GRUNTING]
Hey, you're good. Just stand up.
Braddah, just stand up.
That's all you got to do, man.
♪
That current is strong.
Yeah, yeah, that's what the signs say.
In the middle of the
biggest ocean on Earth,
and they think it's a
frickin' swimming pool.
Plus, they can't even read.
You're in a cheery mood.
15 minutes late, and Em assigns
me with the rookies again.
Told her I was taking
care of my grandma,
and she didn't even blink.
Yeah, were you?
What are you, a cop?
Tell you what consider today a test,
- 'cause I ain't doing this again.
- Fine by me.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Come right in.
♪
- Finished?
- Yeah.
Mr. Jennings
[DISTANT CHATTER]
I see about ten red flags over here.
What are you gonna do?
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Hey. Hey.
You guys headed out there for a swim?
- Yes.
- Where you guys visiting from?
Luhans'k. You know it?
Yeah, sure.
Look, this isn't a
safe spot to swim today,
but there's another beach down the road
where it's safe to swim and snorkel,
whatever you guys want to do, OK?
They are swimming.
Oh, no, they're surfing,
and they're very experienced.
No, no, no. No, no, it's OK.
I am excellent swimmer.
[SPEAKS UKRAINIAN]
♪
What?
Said he's an excellent swimmer.
Huh, I'm sure he is.
Nothing like a brand-new day ♪
Good morning, my son ♪
You know, the day goes a lot faster
when your partner actually talks.
I was just thinking about how much
- I'm enjoying the silence.
- Come on.
All right, how we doing?
- Everything quiet?
- Oh, yeah. Real quiet.
Good.
I'm going on my fitness break.
I got my radio.
- Hey.
- What's up?
- Who's working today?
- It's your cousin.
- Go give her a hard time.
- Where are you going?
Beach run. Got to tune
this machine, baby.
- Oy.
- Hey.
What's up?
Quick little surf.
You look right at home up there.
Who's this?
Kainalu, this is Ha'a, Mahi.
Oh, you're the mayor's kid?
Tell him to fix the roads.
Come on.
So what, you won't talk to me,
but you'll talk about me?
Try not to screw anything up, OK?
You know, you should probably
start charging me rent
for all that space I
take up in your head.
I'll miss you.
[ENGINE TURNING OVER, REVVING]
♪
Hey, gorgeous.
Oh, hey. Hello.
This is a nice surprise.
You forgot this.
Figured you'd want to
study on your breaks.
[SIGHS] Just don't get your hopes up.
Oh, come on, you're gonna kill it.
When have you not overperformed?
Hey, Em.
- I didn't know you were here.
- Yep. How's it going?
Awesome. Thank you for asking.
I should go.
OK.
- Yeah.
- Bye.
Wow.
It sounds like she has some plans.
Yeah. I left that home on purpose.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, um
you were kind of tough
on Laka this morning.
He showed up late. He
got a bad assignment.
Cap assigned him to the
rookies the other day.
He was fine with it.
Yeah, but today it
seemed like punishment.
That's all.
Well, he needs to get it together.
Will, I couldn't get away
with half the stuff Laka pulls.
Oh, I don't know about that.
Are you really taking a side on this?
No, there's no sides.
Look, I'm just saying just
just pick your battles with him, OK?
Laka is a great guard.
Well
you won't have to worry
about any of this much longer.
Right
Mr. Fireman?
[BRIGHT MUSIC]
♪
Tommy.
Oh, what's up, boss?
Good to see you.
Sit down.
About time you came to see me.
How's everything?
How's the job?
You know, more tourists, more surfers,
more influencers, same paycheck.
What's an influencer?
A pain in my ass is what they are, Tom.
- [LAUGHS]
- A pain in my ass.
So what, off today?
Well
not supposed to be.
I took some time.
Don't sound like you.
I was kind of forced into it.
Things haven't, uh, been
going all that well since
we lost Zion.
Yeah.
We all been thinking about you.
So Jarrah thought I
should talk to somebody.
OK.
Talk.
I, uh
I keep having this dream.
I'm at the harbor on the ski,
ready to go.
And Zion and those kids are out there
on the channel treading water,
waiting for someone to come.
I see Zion go under.
I can hear them.
And I keep going down, and I
I can't get this damn thing to start.
I wake up every morning,
and it's like I've lost him again.
Hey
we do everything we can,
but the ocean makes the rules, not you.
- Don't forget it.
- Yeah.
Enough talking.
You're good, brah.
Suck it up.
Do the job.
That's all we got.
[STEADY MUSIC]
♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
[SHOUTS ENCOURAGINGLY]
♪
[CHUCKLES]
♪
Let's go, Mahi, whoo!
♪
Yeah!
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[COUGHS]
Nikola.
♪
[BOTH GASPING]
♪
Mobile 7-2 to 7-2 tower.
I got action in front of
Turtles request backup.
♪
Mobile 7-2 to 7-2 tower.
I repeat I got action
in front of Turtles.
Request backup.
Tower 7-2, come in.
Emerson, 10-7 to rescue.
♪
- Just right up here.
- Ow, it hurts.
OK, sit down.
Clean it and get a dressing on that.
♪
Can you take her to the hospital?
She's going to need
stitches and an X-ray.
- God, it hurts.
- OK.
Put some pressure on that.
OK.
Hina! Hina!
♪
Go, I'm OK.
♪
Hey!
Grab it. Put it under your arms.
♪
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [GRUNTING]
- Hey, get her! I got him!
♪
Hang on. Grab my hand.
Get on the board.
♪
- You good?
- I'm good.
♪
- Ready?
- [BREATHING RAPIDLY]
Come on, come on.
His breathing is irregular.
He might have swallowed some water.
- Get him to his side.
- Get him to his side.
Good.
- There you go.
- Ugh!
- Whoa, hey!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- He tried to kill me.
- Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, ma'am, we're trying
to help your husband!
- Come on.
- [SPEAKING UKRAINIAN]
[COUGHS]
Just breathe, just breathe.
[SPEAKING UKRAINIAN]
- Any idea what she just said?
- I don't know.
"Best vacation ever"?
Just breathe nice and
slow. Nice and slow.
Good job, buddy.
Hey, Hina, tell EMS he needs to get
treated for secondary drowning, OK?
Somebody's got to monitor
him for 24 hours
probably not his wife.
And use his radio.
Good job, Punahou.
Just breathe.
You're good. You're good, brother.
Just breathe. Just breathe.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hanohano, 10-8.
Six minutes early, just in
case anyone was wondering.
Alexander, Emerson, you got a second?
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
Laka.
Sure, boss.
What happened yesterday?
Um, I was rendering first aid on
the beach in front of the tower.
I forgot my radio and
missed Emerson's call.
And where were you?
Oh, I was on my fitness break.
We still get those, right?
Hina backed me up.
I wouldn't have been able to
get both victims to the beach
without her help.
So it could have been a double drowning?
Dismissed.
[DOOR OPENS]
You don't show up late when
Uncle Sonny's in charge.
Don't show up late when I'm in charge.
You left two rookies in the tower.
I left two lifeguards in the tower.
They were on their own the
other day they did fine.
She forgot her radio.
Trust me, she's not gonna do it again.
I'm benching you. You're on dispatch.
Dispatch. Yeah. No, thanks.
OK, everybody, listen up.
We're going to try
something different today.
Follow me.
Now, I know how competitive you all are,
and I know you love tradition.
So we're gonna do something
Captain Darren Oliveira used
to do in the west side district.
We're gonna compete for assignments.
I had forgotten the value
of doing this exercise
until Laka reminded me.
You guys can thank him later.
50 clean burpees.
Finish, come tell me your assignment.
Honor system, go!
[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC]
♪
Say what you want ♪
Just don't pull me down ♪
It's not like that
when you numb the real ♪
When you numb the real ♪
If it's not ♪
Why does it feel so good in my head? ♪
I came to reap the fruit,
so don't stand in my way ♪
If it's not ♪
- Tower?
- 7-2.
- How about you?
- Same.
OK. Go get after it.
My time, my time ♪
Yeah ♪
Uh-huh ♪
Gimme, gimme, gimme ♪
What the hell's going on?
Cap, you're back, thank God.
- What was I supposed to do?
- [DOOR CLOSES]
I don't know. Talk to him.
- I did.
- You let it escalate to this.
- You don't get it.
- Get what?
I have to be a hard-ass
to get their respect.
Yeah, but respect works two ways, Em.
Doesn't feel like it.
We need Laka at the top of his game.
We need everyone at
the top of their game
including you.
This is how you get good guards,
people we depend on,
putting in for transfers.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
When it feels like all
you had was yesterday ♪
Don't you worry ♪
Don't you worry about a thing ♪
Might not believe me ♪
But trust me when I say ♪
Today's a new day ♪
A new day, a new day ♪
♪
Somebody's gonna have fun tonight.
Uh, my team's been working real hard.
Got to show them some love.
Good boss.
Hey.
- You remember me?
- Hey.
Good to see you on the mend.
Hey, w-we're gonna pay for all this.
- That's all right. All good.
- No. Please, Uncle.
That could have been
the worst day of my life.
It ended up being the best
thanks to you.
- Congratulations.
- Thanks.
Hey, um, thank you.
Y-you sure you don't need anything else?
- No, I'm all good.
- OK.
Don't you worry ♪
Don't you worry about
a thing, about a thing ♪
Might not believe me ♪
But trust me when I say ♪
Thanks.
There's a new day ♪
She seems like a real keeper.
Why don't you grab some food
and come and sit with us?
Nah.
I'll pass, for both of our sakes.
[SIGHS]
Cap seems OK, huh?
- You think?
- Yeah. Look at him.
He's
Seems fine.
If you say so.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[BRIGHT MUSIC]
Mama always wished that
I had never been born ♪
Born all silky smooth
and started growing tall ♪
Always running wild,
running at my own pace ♪
♪
Having fun?
Yeah, you?
Hell, yeah.
Look at us.
North Shore lifeguards.
Thank you, by the way.
For what?
For sticking up for me.
I really appreciate it.
♪
So does this mean you'll
let me take you out to dinner
so we can celebrate us being out here?
- [LAUGHS] No.
- [CHUCKLES]
♪
Come on, look back.
Look back.
♪
Hmm.
I'm all alone with no one to call ♪
Won't you please let me come home? ♪
All I ever wanted was ♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
You OK?
- Why are you rewarding them?
- Because they work hard.
And winter is here,
which means we're gonna
be working a lot harder.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Thanks for covering for me.
I really appreciate it.
Look, Cap
whatever's going on with you
just tell me you took care of it, OK?
♪
I took care of it.
♪
OK.
There's still plenty of food out there.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
I'm gonna go home.
♪
Em?
[INHALES DEEPLY] Suck it up. Do the job.
Tomorrow's another day.
♪
[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC]
♪
It's just a little,
it's just a little fun ♪
Whoo-ooh, whoo-ooh ♪
Hey.
♪
I barely made it this morning.
[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]
So, uh, Laka
what's his deal?
Why?
Just curious.
He seems interested.
- Yeah, he's interested.
- [CHUCKLES]
Come on.
Be honest.
♪
I'll tell you what you
give me a ride to work,
I'll tell you everything
you need to know.
Is the drive gonna be long enough?
- Barely.
- Deal.
I'll be the one if you need ♪
Every time I ♪
♪
How do you do this every day?
- I can't drink like that.
- I'm done. I'm taking a break.
Sober October.
Yeah, I'll believe that when I see it.
- No, seriously.
- Mm-hmm.
Tell you what
100 bucks says I can
quit drinking for a month.
Quit means nothing.
- Not a beer, not a Jell-O shot.
- Nothing.
- Nothing.
- Nothing.
Easiest money I've ever made.
Good morning.
Gentlemen.
You want to just give
me the 100 bucks now?
Thanks for the ride.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Hey, how we feeling?
[ENGINE TURNING OVER]
Daniel Shiffman moved his family
to the North Shore of
O'ahu three years ago
for the surf, the
weather, and the lifestyle.
But when his son Josh was injured
by a wave at Keiki
Beach, his family's dream
turned into a nightmare.
He got tumbled and landed on his head,
cracking three vertebrae,
and we just want to know
why the response wasn't faster.
How would you respond to accusations
that you're unfairly
targeting our first responders?
I have nothing against lifeguards.
I support them, but
people should be held
accountable for their mistakes.
My son has a difficult
road in front of him.
Live in Anahulu, this is
Lisa Schendler, KHJD News.
[TV CLICKS OFF]
[SIGHING]
[DOOR OPENS]
Well, so much for the
family taking a payday.
I-I don't understand.
Are you really not worried about this?
I can't control it,
so I'm not gonna worry
about it, all right?
- Well, that must be nice.
- [POUNDS DESK, PEN CLATTERS]
What do you want me to do about it?
[DRAMATIC ROCK MUSIC]
♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
[JAMES SUPERCAVE'S "GIMMICK"]
Fashionably late, busy on the sun ♪
Tonight's a flash gets ♪
Tomorrow it comes ♪
Suck off our face ♪
Kissing everyone ♪
Lonely out in space ♪
I'd love for you to come ♪
♪