Fire Country (2022) s01e08 Episode Script

1
- Previously on Fire Country
- I got my dad a credit card
a while back. Now there's a huge
unpaid balance on that card.
We'll need the first payment today.
Sitting on a transplant list
could take up to ten years
I'll talk to your specialist,
and if she says to come down for
treatments, I'll fly down and do them.
- Vince is out today.
- Yeah, I'm stepping up on his behalf,
so it's me that you'll be
coordinating with.
Tell him, tell Vince
what you did to make the board
put me on a leave of absence.
"Pride comes before the fall."
Feel like I've been falling
for a long time.
Happy birthday, dear Riley ♪
(BOTH SHOUTING)
VINCE: There you go.
That's good. Good job, Bode.
First Saw. It's a big deal.
Thanks, Dad.
("INTO THE SUN"
BY THE WHITE BUFFALO PLAYING)
The city street, the desert heat ♪
Yes, that's it, baby.
Give me an ace. I feel blackjack coming.
3:00 in the afternoon ♪
Wasted ♪
Hit me.
Come on, man. You're gonna
take the dealer's bust card
I'm taking a calculated risk, homie.
Stay out of it.
Hit me.
Clowns are crying ♪
- 27. Bust.
- Told you.
Shell-shocked and landlocked ♪
Don't know if I can leave,
but I feel like trying ♪
21. House wins.
That ten should have been hers.
That was my rent money, man.
- That's not my problem.
- Yeah, I'm gonna make it your problem.
No fighting or you're both out of here.
- Sit down.
- Hey!
MAN: Knock it off, guys.
You're not worth it.
Words and tears have ♪
Long dried up ♪
I'm s I'm sorry.
The seats are for players.
Are you in or are you out?
It's 4:30 in the morning, man.
Yeah, uh, I'm just gonna hit
the ATM real quick.
I'll be right back.
("THIS IS HOME"
BY CAROLINA STORY PLAYING)
♪
This is home ♪
It is about time. Come here.
- I missed you.
- Oh, me too.
(GROANS SOFTLY)
And Edgewater.
You know that everyone in L.A.
is an "influencer"? (CHUCKLES)
Like, literally everyone.
And I don't know what Lilly pumped
me up with, but I feel so good.
And she sends her love. (SIGHS)
Now you're gonna tell me
how much you missed me.
Desperately, you know that. Mm.
I did resort to hanging out
with Father Pascal.
I'm gone two days,
and now you're a convert?
(CHUCKLES) Um, yeah. No.
But you know, we just got to talking
and he made me realize that
(EXHALES SOFTLY)
There's something I need to tell you.
Something I did to protect you, okay?
Mm
Okay, you lit a candle in his church
or you said three rosaries
or an Our Father?
Oh, you're making me nervous.
It was me who got you put
on medical leave, not Luke.
No, no!
Why? Why would you do that?!
Shar, I was scared, okay?
Doctor said slow down, y-you speed up.
You're unstoppable, so I
(GROANS) You went
over my head to the board?
I stopped you. (SIGHS)
No! That's not the way we do things.
No, and you let your brother
take the blame for you?
Actually, he covered for me.
(STAMMERS)
I thanked him.
So, you two handled me?
No. This is not Don't blame Luke.
It's not his fault. For once.
He rolled with my choices.
You are always telling me
how you can't bear to lose Bode,
you can't bear to lose another member
of this family. And neither can I!
So I
♪
I'm not going anywhere.
I hate the way you did this.
I know, I know.
I do, too.
I'm sorry.
(SIGHS) What's a little time off
if it buys me the rest of my life.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
FREDDY: Whoo! First one up!
(LAUGHING)
You enjoy watching
my back the whole time?
Better view than your front. Ha ha!
Come on, guys.
Let's get some water here, okay?
Take a break for a minute.
Then we'll hike back down to camp.
FREDDY: Oh.
I'd love to bring Cookie here.
No! We should have our wedding here.
You're getting married?
Rebecca, from the women's camp?
She knows about more than plea deals.
She says if we get hitched,
we get conjugal visits.
Next time Cookie comes, I'm proposing.
That sounds nice, Freddy.
A weekend alone with my girl.
Mm!
I can't wait to meet her.
Speaking of Rebecca,
I clocked you "seeking counsel"
with her again last night.
Mm?
All right, guys. Let's go.
We're heading back to camp. Come on.
(LAUGHS)
Let's go.
(LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
♪
Mmm! Mm-hmm.
Good, right?
Act like I don't thrown
down in the kitchen.
You could have that every day.
I'm talking breakfast, lunch, dinner.
It sounds delicious on many levels.
Wait, wait, so, so
so is that a yes to moving in?
I'm still thinking about it.
It's a big decision.
Jake, couples move in too fast
- and then it just ruins everything.
- Hey, hey, Gabs.
Moving in is not gonna ruin anything.
I'm sure enough for the both of us.
Please, just say yes.
I'm just still worried about my dad.
He was out all night again.
Well, you know
Maybe the man is enjoying
his personal life.
Privately. Mm.
I wish that were it, but
I don't know.
The-the late hours,
the lack of transparency
Ooh, is that Jake's famous
breakfast burritos?
Okay. (LAUGHING)
Yeah, it is
It is a "welcome back" feast.
- Mm-hmm.
- Appreciate you, baby.
And I bet Aydan's TLC
helped you heal a lot faster.
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.
- Nope Aydan?
- What happened?
Well, you know, we had
a couple of really hot weeks.
Know what I'm saying,
know what I'm saying, know
what I'm saying? (LAUGHS)
(LAUGHING) Okay, okay. But then, what?
But, uh, you know, she's still
mourning her marriage
which you know, I get it.
GABRIELA: Mm-hmm.
You see?
Moving too fast can screw things up.
Did I miss something?
(BUZZING)
MANNY: All right, gentlemen, remember.
This part of Edgewater
is a hotbed for brushfires.
So be thorough, please.
(BUZZING STOPS)
FREDDY: Is this your sister's?
No, but could be somebody's sister.
These memorials are morbid to me.
Why would you want to
remember where somebody died?
Well, if you ask my dad,
it's a matter of respect,
- honoring the person.
- And to you?
I'm just trying to look
forward, like you, you know?
Past the accident, past Riley.
MAN: Heads up, guys!
Hey, Cap, look out!
MANNY: Slow down!
FREDDY: Whoa, too fast.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(LOUD CRASHING)
(CLAMORING)
MANNY: Let's go!
MAN: Get up there!
Freddy, assess that flipped car!
FREDDY: Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
BODE: Hey, hey, stop!
Stop! You're gonna hurt yourself worse.
Stop! We got you.
MANNY: A damn hit-and-run.
- Should we follow her?
- No, do a 360
and make sure no one is in that car.
Bode, you and me.
Hello. Hey, can you hear me?
My name is Manny.
I'm I'm Yara.
What what happened?
(GRUNTS)
Some idiot hit your car.
But we're gonna help you, okay?
Sam.
Sam, wake up. Sam, wake up.
Sam Sam, wake up.
Hey, Cap?
(WATER RUSHING)
♪
♪
So, you and Gabriela
aren't moving in together?
Because I could use a roommate,
if she needs a place
to stay 'cause of rent.
No, stop, stop. Because we are.
It's just that Gabs, she
she wants to be sure.
And I can respect that.
You seem a little bummed.
I mean, I'm sure about us, right?
Mm.
And do-do I wish she was too?
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. But
I mean, it's Gabs.
So I-I-I can be patient.
Can you?
(LAUGHING) He just
You're funny. You're funny.
Feels good to be back with
y'all, you know what I'm saying?
You know what? It's good
to have you back, too.
Oh, I was talking to
the burritos, but
Appreciate you. Wow. (CHUCKLES)
(ALARM RINGING) Oh!
Let's go, baby. Missed this. Whoo!
♪
This webbing's got to keep
this entire car from falling?
Just till the engine gets here.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
You're pulling too hard.
That's as far as we can take it.
Tie it off.
Hey, Cap, these kids
need out of this car.
I know that, Bode.
But we're under-equipped for
an extrication like this.
All right? Now we got backup coming.
So just go grab some cones,
and keep the traffic back.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Something's leaking. Is that fuel?
All right, guys, listen up.
Listen up. Come here.
We do not want to add fire
to this mangled nightmare
so grab your shovels,
grab some of that dirt,
throw it on this fuel
and get it into buckets
before the engine arrives
to pull this thing off the edge.
- Let's go, let's go. Move, move, move.
- Sir.
Yo, does Cap seem
a little on edge today?
A little?
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
Thank you for coming, Luke.
- What's this?
- It's a puzzle to keep your nerd brain
off of dialysis while you heal.
Even after I
Dressed me down for
something I didn't do?
Yup. Aw, the memories.
Oh I'm so sorry for even thinking
Oh, yeah, yeah.
that you would snake my job.
I will never be able
to apologize enough.
I should be the one bringing you a gift.
Yeah, you should.
But your presence is my present.
Oh, yeah. I know.
This is a lot. (LAUGHS)
But seriously, you have taken
hits for this family before.
- It's-it's not fair.
- Well (EXHALES) We're family, Shar.
You can't shake me, try as Vince might.
I'm so glad you didn't
try and snake my job.
Or rat me out.
Listen, while I have you here
there is some more business
that we need to discuss.
And is not pleasant.
Okay.
Sharon, I know.
You know what?
That you pulled strings with Manny
to get Bode to stay at Three Rock.
♪
What's that all about?
(HORNS HONKING)
MANNY: Hey, Chief,
what's the ETA on that engine?
We are in some hell of
gridlock, but we're doing
- the best we can.
- That's not gonna cut it.
Heard you the first
time. We'll find a way.
Copy.
(HONKS HORN) EVE:
That's all you've got, Jake?
I can't just plow through traffic, Eve.
Hey, did my dad sound stressed to you?
I'm stressed.
What What if we?
Ju You got an idea?
Well, just because the engine's
stopped doesn't mean we are.
So we Yeah. No, no, no.
Olson can take over driving
and get the engine up there
as fast as he can.
Meanwhile, we can run up there
with the combi tool,
the ram, the chain, and the med bag.
It's not everything,
but it gives us a chance
to size up the scene.
- I like it.
- Yeah.
Well, I know how to move on a good idea.
VINCE: Manny, we're
gonna make our way up to you
on foot with the tools.
Engine will be behind when it can.
MANNY: Copy.
You're always teaching us probies
to get the courage to speak up.
That's right. And?
GABRIELA: You just let him
pitch your whole idea to Chief?
It's teamwork.
♪
YARA: Hey, Manny?
Yeah? (PHONE RINGING)
(GRUNTS) My legs feel like
they're being ripped off,
and my brother Sam is not waking up.
That's probably for the best, Yara.
If your brother wakes up
and he gets scared,
he could rock this car.
And we don't want that to happen.
Be-Because that would send us
over the edge?
(SOBBING): We're really high up!
Please.
Get us out of here.
We're just waiting for the right
equipment to show up, Yara.
But for now I need you
to be very, very still.
Can you do that for me?
(EXHALES) Yeah.
Good.
Please, please hurry.
(HORNS HONKING)
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
Come on, where the hell are you guys?
♪
What's going on up there? Car wreck.
They don't have time
to stop and chat, hon.
Let them work.
- Who're you calling?
- The kids.
(LINE RINGING) Again?
(PHONE RINGING)
(CRYING)
Finally. Hey, Chief,
we have two patients.
One conscious with a pelvic injury,
the other one unconscious,
but he's breathing.
- Let's get 'em out of there.
- It's not that simple, Chief.
Car's teetering over the edge.
We so much as tap it in the
wrong direction, it goes over,
it takes both those kids with it.
How many wrecks have
to happen on these roads
before they make 'em safer?
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
This is the craziest car wreck
I've ever seen.
It's not the craziest one
I've seen, sadly.
I'm sorry. I-I
- I shouldn't
- No, it's fine. It's fine. Seriously.
With a crash this serious,
I just want to make sure
my dad's up for it.
Does he seem off to you, too?
Yeah, he's been tired and stressed.
Yeah, he's preoccupied,
with a short fuse.
Something's up with him.
Whatever it is, I have his back.
- We all do. Don't worry, all right?
- Thank you.
Listen, Chief,
once we start this extrication,
we're gonna disrupt
the balance of the car
and risk sending it over the edge.
So we need to work
incredibly fast, Chief.
And if we can pull at least one
of those siblings out in time
before it goes over, it's a huge win.
Did you say "siblings"?
That's right Brother and sister.
The girl, Yara
She's in the passenger seat.
She's easier to access.
I say we go for it.
We do a peel-and-peek,
and we tent the back window.
No, Manny, that's
That's gonna add pressure. Okay?
I don't want to risk sending
her brother over the edge.
Chief, the way I see it, we got
one bird in hand and two in the bush.
Well, let's hope I see it differently.
HARRIET: Please! Oh, no!
No, please. Oh, my God!
Tell me that's not our car!
I need backup!
- Those kids' parents are here?
- JAKE: Hey, hey, guys. Guys, please.
Please. Sir, please, ma'am. (SCREAMING)
Ma'am, I need you guys to calm down.
No. I need you guys to please
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
Mom! Dad!
(SCREAMING)
Your kids need us right now.
Guys, ma'am, ma'am.
- Please, calm down.
- MANNY: Listen to me. Listen to me.
You can't touch the car,
or your kids. I'm sorry.
- Manny, I got it. Manny, I got it.
- Get out of my way.
(HARRIETT'S SOBBING ECHOING)
- Chief. Chief.
- Riley!
- Riley! Out of my way, Luke.
- Chief, hey, no. Vince, no!
- Stop! Stop! Vince! Vince, no!
- Riley!
Listen to me.
There's nothing you can do.
There's nothing you can do. She's gone.
No.
Riley's gone.
- No! No! No.
- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
(SOBBING): No! Oh, God.
- VINCE: Oh!
- BODE: I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Dad.
(ECHOING): Dad? Dad.
Dad.
You good?
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
Don't ever ask me that at work.
Manny, your plan's not good enough.
What do you mean,
it's not good enough, Chief?
It's the only way to guarantee
that we actually save a life today.
We crack the car open,
we pluck Yara out.
She could be standing here
hugging her parents in half an hour.
Then what? They're all standing
at her brother's funeral next week? No.
We are gonna continue to secure the car
till it's stable enough
to extricate them both.
What? Without an engine to secure to?
Anything, anything goes sideways,
those parents lose both
their kids on this bridge.
- I'm not gonna let that happen.
- It's not entirely in your con
That's an order, Manny!
VINCE: All right, listen up.
Still don't have the engine here,
so take the chains, anchor the
car to that guardrail post right there.
- Copy.
- Yeah, Chief seems amped.
- Cap seems pissed.
- (GROANS): Yeah.
And I'm staying out of it,
following orders.
I suggest you do the same thing.
VINCE: Hey.
We all know this car
could go at any time, okay?
- So speed is our friend. You hear me?
- Yes, Chief.
Chief, Chief, if anything
goes wrong here
Yeah, I know. Car goes over,
they die. Got it, Manny.
MANNY: Will you please
just reconsider my approach?
Sam is trapped, all right?
Accessing him is a nightmare.
Yara's extrication
It's a sure thing, all right?
It's obvious.
It's right there in front of us.
Going after both of them
instead of just Yara
It's too risky for her.
We do that without fully securing
the car, the boy's as good as dead.
We've got to wait for the engine.
You know that.
Now, your crew can either help
or get out of the way.
Hey, Yara.
I'm Vince.
Are you the one to finally
get us out of here?
I'm the one.
But, uh, we need to make sure
your car is nice and secure
before we go tearing into it, okay?
O-Okay. (CRIES)
Listen, if your brother wakes up
while you're still in there,
I need you to keep him calm
and still for me.
Can you do that?
I don't know. I don't know, Vince.
I don't feel very calm.
But you can be.
I know you can.
Deep breaths. (SIGHS)
We're gonna get through this
You, me and Sam.
(PANTING) Okay.
- Good.
- Yeah.
I-I heard my parents,
but I don't see them.
Were they hit, too?
No, not a scratch on 'em.
That's good. That's good. Okay.
Can I talk to them?
(CRYING): In-in case
this doesn't work out.
Yara,
I don't want to brag,
but I'm kind of awesome at this.
Is-is that a "no"?
No, it's a "yes."
But you got to promise me
that you are gonna stay calm
Calm and still. Yeah.
I promise.
There you go.
I'll be right back.
SAMUEL SR.: We want to see
- our children right now.
- I'm sorry, sir,
but I can't let you go over there.
That car's teetering on the edge.
If you were to touch it, or if Yara were
to move a little bit too much, it
Look, the situation's precarious,
and I'm only telling you this
because if I were in your shoes,
I'd want to know the truth.
Mom, Dad, I'm Chief Leone.
How are they?
I'm going to let you see for yourself
- in-in a minute.
- HARRIET: Oh.
Thank God. Thank you.
Chief, are you sure that's wise?
Little warning about
what you're gonna see.
Sam's unconscious. (HARRIET GASPS)
Yara's awake.
She needs her parents.
So
if there's anything
you want to say to her, or-or Sam,
now'd be a good time.
Come on.
(SIGHS) GABRIELA: Dad?
What's up?
Are you up for the rest of today's work?
I mean, you're tired,
you've been out all night.
What? Do I have a curfew?
Dad, you're dodging my questions.
I ran into some money issues.
And I-I told you that I'd pay you back
for all the money that
you've sunk into diving.
I lost the house, mija.
Did you get lost
on your way to the bathroom
in your own house,
or you just don't want
to tell me what went down with Manny?
My son's at Three Rock. So what?
Well, you got to admit,
it's a bit of a coincidence.
There aren't that many
fire camps in California.
No, I meant it's a coincidence
that he's at any fire camp at all
after he punched Jake.
People talk, Sharon.
The C.O. let it slip the first
time I went to go see Bode.
And Manny is not the kind of guy
that's gonna take that risk,
unless you pressured him.
I made a request.
I didn't go looking
for this information, Sharon.
I-I just found it, and I wasn't
sure what to do with it.
- Nothing. You do nothing.
- I know.
Of course, but, you know,
with me raising money for Red River,
the board's gonna want
to check out Three Rock,
and if they start looking into this
I just don't think they care
about a random inmate
with a different last name than me.
Sacramento has bigger issues
to worry about.
Okay. I hope you're right.
But I figured this thing out
pretty easily.
Now, I'm not trying to alarm you.
I just want us to be prepared in case
someone who's not in your corner
starts asking questions.
That's all.
Okay. Thanks.
Hey, any word on the hit-and-run driver?
No, not yet. She won't
get far on foot, though.
Hey, I'm relieved Chief
overruled my dad's plan.
I just don't trust
his judgment right now.
Yeah, well, I'm not sure that
I trust my dad's plan, either.
What do you mean?
My-my sister died
on a road just like this.
And he almost went up in flames
with her when he saw it.
You know, I-I've worked really hard
to separate Riley
from the people that we help,
but I'm not sure that
he's where I'm at on this one.
Maybe you should talk to him.
Yeah, I tried. (LAUGHS)
He and I are like oil and water.
He likes you, though, I can tell.
I'll keep an eye out.
This car came out of nowhere and hit us.
They were speeding s-so fast, Dad.
And then they ran away.
They're cowards, and we'll find 'em.
I'm so scared, Mom. No, no.
No, no. Shh. Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
Um, I don't think
I tell you enough how much
- I love you.
- Yeah, you do.
How proud I am of you and Sammy.
I'm so sorry we never got you that dog.
Oh. Then you had that pet rat.
(YARA LAUGHS)
Remember?
(LAUGHING): Cinderella.
HARRIET: That's right.
Oh, Mama.
You both took such good care of her.
She lived to five years?
Big, long, full life.
I'll be right back.
YARA: Dad?
(CRIES)
Was a lucky rat.
Hey, hey, where you going?
Look, my, uh
my wife wanted us all to drive together,
but I let the kids take a separate car.
(CRYING)
Um this is all my fault.
(CRIES, SNIFFLES)
Uh, this is
(ECHOING): all my fault.
All my fault. (CRYING)
She tried to call me.
I missed a call from her, and she was
she was really trying
trying to call to have me
come pick her up instead
instead of Bode. (SOBBING)
And I didn't answer the call. Oh.
(SNIFFLES, CRIES)
- SHARON: Bode.
- Mom.
(PANTING, GASPS)
What happened?
What happened? Hmm?
- You drinking? You using?
- Stop.
- You using again?
- Stop it!
No. No, Dad. Riley just
She tried to get out of the car,
and I reached over
to pull her back in.
Don't blame this on her! SHARON: No!
- This is you! This is you!
- Hey! Hey!
Listen to me. Your family
is hurting enough already.
You want to fight
somebody, you fight me.
- Fight me! Fight me!
- No!
Come here. It wasn't his fault.
Vince, look at me. Look at me.
It was just an accident.
If anything happens to my kids,
what do I do then?
I'm not gonna let that happen.
I promise.
You get back to your family.
They need you.
Aren't we not supposed to be
promising outcomes to civilians?
- No, we're not.
- Bode said that this might
be reminding Chief of Riley's accident.
Someone needs to talk to Chief.
No. No. If he's on edge,
it'll only make it worse.
I mean, this rescue's
precarious as it is.
Eve, if you have a better idea, speak.
I think we should talk to Bode.
All right, Mom, Dad, let's back up.
(METALLIC CREAKING) (YARA CRYING)
Chief?
The undercarriage of this car
is way too compromised.
Never mind our anchor issues.
This car is falling apart
with two lives inside of it.
Well, the engine
will be here any minute.
We don't have a minute, Chief.
This is what I was
afraid of, this right here!
Hey, the-the undercarriage is crumbling.
Shore it up, then!
(GASPS)
(SCREAMING)
Oh, my God! Help me, please!
(SCREAMING) Please help me!
All right, Mom, Dad,
you got to get back. I'm sorry. Go back!
(OTHERS SHOUTING)
Everybody, resecure your lines.
Let's find another anchor point
on this car.
Perez, attach the chain
to the other shock tower.
Yara, listen to me.
I know you're scared.
We are gonna get you out of here, okay?
How's-how's Sam doing?
He he's still breathing.
VINCE: That's good. That's really good.
I will be right back, okay?
Okay.
Deputy, we need this road cleared now.
We got to get that engine up here.
This car ain't gonna hold much longer.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
- This accident
- It's Riley all over again. I know.
You okay?
No, I'm fine, okay?
I'm here in the present, but
It's screwing with my dad's
head, with his planning.
- Jake, we need to pivot.
- And the way this car is leaning
over the edge, I'd agree with you.
I say we move on to Cap's plan.
Wait, wait, wait. My dad's not thinking
- straight either.
- Are we saying
we have no clearheaded
leadership on this bridge?
Seems that way.
(EXHALES) Do we call dispatch?
And go over their heads? Can we do that?
No. No.
We give Chief a chance to hear us out.
EVE: Well, you should do it alone, Jake.
He'll listen to you.
Hey, hey, he commended you
for your decisiveness.
You know that Cap's plan
is the right one.
Go get it.
All right.
Hey, hey. Yo.
Thanks, Jake.
Yeah.
Hey, Chief
Are you ready to admit
that your plan failed?
Manny, we go with your plan,
we get Yara out.
Great. Then what? We let Sam die?
Of course not, Chief. We're gonna
do everything we can for Sam.
'Cause the second that engine's
Time's up on the engine, Chief!
The car's falling apart.
We need a plan B.
- Please, Chief.
- Chief, Cap's right.
It's not perfect, but it's
the best option right now.
Once Yara's out, we can reassess.
You truly believe that Manny's
Manny's plan is better here, huh?
Affirmative, Chief.
Like I said, I know when
to move on a good idea.
- Come on, Chief.
- All right
The minute that Yara's out
of there, we're going for,
we're going for Sam, right?
- Okay?
- Let's get to work.
All right, firefighters,
with me. Come on.
Come on, quick, quick,
quick, quick, quick.
EVE: All right, watch the chains.
MANNY: All right, here's
what's gonna happen.
We're gonna pop that hatch
with the combi tool,
we're gonna cut the hinges
with the recip saw,
and we're gonna tent until
we get a spine board in, copy?
(ALL AGREEING) Good.
Let's get to work. Let's go.
Let's go to work.
GABRIELA: Don't you
think that seems risky?
It's the only choice
we have right now, mija.
And you can thank your chief for that.
We've lost too much time now
for a peel-and-peek.
We have to go
straight to tenting the car.
Dad. Hey.
Are you sure you're up for this?
Not the time for a check-in, mija.
Get to work.
So, Lilly set me up with the
best nephrologist at UCLA.
And I have a new dialysis regimen,
I have a new treatment plan
for my kidneys.
Seriously, since the first time
I could admit how bad this was,
I feel like I'm finally
turning a corner.
Hmm.
Turning the corner is a good thing.
Show me the smile you love to flash.
Yeah.
I mean, Vince told me
that you were sick,
but I didn't know how bad it was,
or how long it's been.
I could have helped, Sharon.
I didn't want anybody
in the department to know.
Not even my brother-in-law.
I get that.
You worked your ass off
to be division chief.
Yeah. And then, I have
this little bit of time off,
and I remember that the most
important thing is family.
- Yeah.
- My son.
It's like I got my kid
back from the dead, Luke.
Losing Riley
You know, I'm just,
I'm never gonna be whole again,
but this, this feels pretty close.
So yeah.
I-I used my position to bend some rules.
So there you go.
If the board comes sniffing around,
you just say that.
Because no one is gonna
argue with a Mama Bear.
(CHUCKLES)
- Okay.
- So, see?
- Now you're prepared.
- Okay. Thank you.
(CHUCKLES) So
Manny bent the rules because
you told him you were sick.
Yeah, see, I thought
- What?
- (CHUCKLES) No, it's silly.
See, part of me honestly thought
that maybe you and Manny
- Me and Manny were
- (LAUGHS) Right?
'Cause we both know if you're
shopping for an affair,
I'm the first call you'd make, so
(LAUGHING)
My brother's a very lucky man.
Luke, I love you like a brother.
And when I thought
you sold me out, I was hurt
and angry and sad,
and got used to the idea
of never having you in my life again.
And I don't want to go back there.
You don't have to, Sharon.
- You need to leave.
- Shar
And we will never discuss this again.
With anyone. Especially Vince.
He would never get over this.
♪
Yeah.
Just get out. Get out of my house.
Sorry.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(WHIRRING) MANNY: Easy, Jake.
Good. Good.
(GRUNTS) Nice. Go.
Coming through.
All right.
MANNY: Tent that roof even more.
JAKE: All right, have
that backboard at the ready.
All right, Yara.
Here I come, okay? (METALLIC CREAKING)
- I'm coming to get you.
- Hi. Okay.
- Easy, Jake.
- Okay, Yara.
This is what I need you to do, okay?
Can you reach to the lever
on the side of the chair
- and help me let it down?
- Okay.
(GROANS) There you
go. You got her? All right.
MANNY: Where's my spine board?
I'm really happy to see you.
That's mutual, Yara.
All right.
We're gonna lift you onto
the spine board, all right?
- Sam's next, right? (GROANING)
- Yeah, we're working on him.
Ready? Go.
(GRUNTING) Ready?
And go. (GRUNTING) (GROANING)
There we go.
One and two.
(CREAKING)
(SCREAMING)
MANNY: Hold on, hold on!
What's happening? Why'd you stop?!
Hold still.
(METALLIC CREAKING)
MANNY: All right. Go!
(GRUNTING)
One, two three. (YELLS)
(FIRETRUCK HORN BLARES)
(SIREN WAILS)
(HORN HONKING)
Yara's almost out.
It's a good thing, dude.
Yeah, it is.
Good job. Gentle, guys, gentle.
Well done.
(HARRIET SOBBING)
Yara! Sweetie!
Chief!
Oh, my God.
SAMUEL SR.: We're right here.
JAKE: Listen, guys.
The ambulance is close enough
for us to push her to it, okay?
MANNY: Look, we're just gonna get Yara
to the hospital. All right? Let's go.
And what about Sam?!
We're gonna try everything we can,
and unlike my chief, I'm not
gonna make you any promises.
So, please, once you're out
of here, stay in the safe zone.
- JAKE: Watch your back.
- HARRIET: Okay.
What?
I know I shouldn't have
made that promise,
but why do you got to
talk to the parents like that?
I'm just telling them like it is, Chief.
You should've stuck to my plan.
Your plan?
Your plan is what wasted
the time we did have
to do a peel-and-peek, Chief.
Your plan is what made this
already unlikely save
a complete Hail Mary.
It's probably what's gonna
leave that family broken.
You don't like the way
I talked to those parents?
You go talk to them.
Make another promise
you may not be able to keep.
You're right.
It should be me.
Good.
Your pop's listening to reason.
Then why is he going the wrong way?
Hey, hey, the parents,
the parents are that way, Dad.
They're that way.
So is your crew and
your captain. Fall back, Bode.
Don't make this situation
any worse than it has to be.
Worse? Worse would be you
trying to get in that car
to get access to Sam.
- Only way to save her.
- Her?
- Her? Dad
- Get off me, Luke!
Hey! Hey! Dad!
- Dad
- VINCE: Bode.
Let me go. It's an order.
It's not Riley in that car, Dad.
It's not Riley.
(CRYING): It's not Riley.
Look, this is hard for me, too,
but y-you have to separate them.
I know.
Yeah.
You're right.
Riley's dead.
Sam's not.
Not if I can help it.
Hey, I just saw that. Are you okay?
My dad's the one we need to worry about.
GABRIELA: Okay, Jake and Eve
are getting Yara into the ambulance.
I can radio them.
No, no, this isn't Cal Fire.
This is family.
It's between me and him.
All right, it's gonna take more than
a shove to keep me away, Dad. Hey.
- Hey, just let me
- Let me do this!
You'd rather fall off a bridge
than tell those parents
that we lost their kid.
I get it. But I also get
that today we're firefighters
and not family members.
And if this doesn't work out,
that family over there
is gonna need a bad guy.
And that's us.
You did You did, after Riley.
♪
I hate him.
(CRYING): I hate him.
Get it out.
Better you say it to me
than anybody else.
I hate my own kid. What?
What does that make me?
I
I hate myself
for letting it get this far.
And I hate you.
You're his worst influence.
You're right. I'm the fun uncle.
It was my job to give him
his first beer.
You're not his parent! (CRYING)
I did the same thing for Riley.
He is not Riley.
She's really gone, huh?
She's really gone, isn't she?
(SOBBING): She's gone.
Oh, God, my little girl.
(PANTING)
BODE: Hey. Dad.
Hey, stop.
Hey, stop. Stop. Stop. Back off!
I can't. I got to get in there.
I got to save that kid.
I-I promised his parents.
Look, if you try to get in this car,
you're gonna upset the balance.
You know, you might be able
to free Sam and push him out,
but you're gonna push this car
over the edge with you in it.
- Well, I got to try. I got to
- No, no.
M-Mom can't lose you.
She needs you.
Okay, Mom-Mom needs you.
And that family is gonna need you.
Because only you understand
what they might be about to go through.
♪
(SNIFFLES)
We work like hell
to save Sam till it's over.
One way or the other. All right?
I'll stay with the family
as long as I need to.
SAM: Hello?
Where am I? Where am I?
Sam. Sam?
Look, Sam, you've been in an accident.
You know my name?
W-Where's Yara?
(SOBBING): Did I kill my sister?
No. You d you didn't.
She's safe, Sam. She's okay.
(PANTING) Get me out of here!
Sam, Sam, Sam, you got to stay still.
- You got to stay still.
- I'm about to fall off a bridge!
- I'm getting out of here!
- No, no, no. Sam, Sam.
Sam, you moving is making
this worse. You may Stop!
I don't want to die!
Sam, stop!
Bode, no, don't!
Bode!
Help me! Get me out of here!
Did he just get in the car?
No, no, no, no!
- SAM: Are we gonna fall?
- Sam. No. You won't.
I'm not gonna let you, okay?
Got your belt coming
VINCE: Bode!
Hey, hey, what're you doing?
What I should have
done before. Spoken up.
Greencrest. Switching to Command 18.
SAM: I'm stuck.
No, you're okay, you're okay.
Give me your arm. (GASPING)
MANNY: Damn it. Hey,
where is my second gurney?!
We are on Ledgewood
and our leadership is exercising
questionable judgment.
I have an inmate firefighter
hanging off the side of a damn bridge.
- BODE: Come on.
- VINCE: Bode!
Please, help me, help me!
Why would you do this?
Help me, please.
Help me get him out, Dad!
I had to stop him. Dad, just
Get him out now or we're both gonna die
and this was all for nothing.
I got you, I got you.
(METALLIC CREAKING)
SAM: Thank you, thank you!
- Come on.
- JAKE: I'm here, Chief.
(CRYING): Thank you, thank you.
Here you go, Chief.
- I got him.
- You got him?
JAKE: Get Bode, get Bode, get Bode.
Move, move! You're okay, buddy.
VINCE: Bode!
Come here.
This thing's about to go.
Come on. Take my hand.
Dad! Come on!
Grab my hand, Bode! Just reach for it!
Dad, I Come on!
No, no, no, Bode!
Bode!