Fire Country (2022) s01e16 Episode Script

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TV REPORTER: The Drake County fires
have reached residential communities.
Evacuations are underway
in one of the most
populated counties in all
of Northern California
Drake County is getting lit up.
TV REPORTER 2: continue to rage for
the sixth consecutive day,
threatening the community
and a notorious state prison.
TV REPORTER 3: 40-mile-an-hour winds
are carrying the fire
at blistering speeds,
and the apparent cause of
the fire: arson.
MAN: We have no water. Repeat, no water.
WOMAN: I can't get out.
Bode,
come check this out.
I'm busy.
REPORTER: approaches on
multiple residences and schools
in the northeast of the city.
Yo, Cap's done talking
with that investigator.
Hide the phone.
Shh.
FREDDY: Yeah, what's
the fire cop up here for?
Must be about Rebecca's death, huh?
MANNY: Gentlemen.
Bode,
how's Rebecca's eulogy coming?
It's not.
You know,
I don't think that I should
be the one writing this.
Well, you're the person
who knew her the best here.
An inmate's death can
weigh heavy on the crew,
and they're looking to you as a leader.
I'm technically not the leader.
You are.
When Eve went down out there,
Rebecca stepped up
because we were rudderless.
Look what happened.
That's-that's not just on me.
So, what, it's on me?
Our captain should have been there.
You want to place blame?
Blame the tree, Bode.
You're speaking at her memorial, man.
Not at a trial.
Her memorial.
She shouldn't be a memory.
She should still be alive.
[SIGHS]
Hey, Chief, can I have a word?
VINCE: Yeah.
Want a cup of my famous Leone mud?
No, I'm not planning on staying long.
Um
This is a notice of my leave of absence.
Losing Rebecca, that-that was tough.
[SIGHS]
But you passed the competence inquiry.
Yeah, the department's
standards are one thing,
but my own
She was one of us, and
she died on my watch.
And I would ask you
to give yourself the same understanding
I know you would give
anybody else on this crew.
Yeah, but I'm having a hard
time shaking the feeling
that I let her down.
Hey, Eve
We're gonna get you through this.
We will, all right?
Well, I-I just don't know
what to do, Chief.
That's why I'm
DISPATCH [OVER RADIO]:
Battalion 1508, requesting all units
to Drake County wildland fire.
Requesting additional units to oversee
the evacuation of Drake County Prison.
You make Rebecca's sacrifice count.
Be of service.
FREDDY: Listen to me, Bode.
I was there.
Cap's right. Sometimes
it's nobody's fault.
Rebecca stepped up when I should have.
Can't always be the hero, dude.
But you got a chance
to step up here, right?
Giving her eulogy
[PANTING]
I'm fourth generation Cal Fire.
I should've known better.
I should've been better.
You did your best then,
and you got to bring your best now.
Look
risking your life comes
easy to your crazy ass.
Putting words on paper,
saying them out loud,
that's another story.
[ALARM BLARES]
MANNY: Hey, Three Rock!
Everybody suit up.
That fire up in Drake County
jumped the Russell Valley.
We're gonna be cutting line
alongside the Shamrock Forest Hotshots.
- Hotshots?
- That's right, Goat.
Federal wildland firefighters,
Type 1. Best of the best.
They're sent to the worst fires
in the country.
That means we're in
for a bad one, fellas.
So everybody, look out
for each other. Do you copy?
- We copy.
- Let's go.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Team, I need everyone
on their A game today.
Drake County is no Edgewater.
The terrain, the winds
it's all extremely temperamental.
Kind of like the people.
Especially in a maximum security prison.
Drake County firefighters
are fighting the blaze,
which is leaving the local
services completely overwhelmed
with the evacuation,
so we're gonna help out.
The last thing on the list
is gonna be the prison.
You're gonna help get
those prisoners to safety,
and you're gonna watch
each other's backs.
Always, Chief.
It's good to have you back.
Everyone missed you last week.
Good to be back.
[FIREFIGHTERS WHOOPING]
Hey, that was brave,
offering up a kidney.
Well, wasn't able to give it,
so hardly worth a pat on the back.
Yeah, but-but I get it.
Your dad died a hero.
You know, the pressure to
follow in his footsteps
and to save the day, it's just crushing,
and when you can't, I totally
Okay, first of all, hold up.
How do you know about my dad?
Aw, I was just I was
looking you up online
and I found this
Looking me up?
What for?
Ah
I just thought we could bro up.
You want to bro up?
You keep my name out
of your Google search.
I thought you were taking a leave.
Changed my mind.
Did you change your mind or did
Chief Leone change your mind?
Rebecca died trying to help me.
I don't want to stay home
when I can help others.
JAKE: Hey, Gabs, Eve,
you two walking to Drake County?
Leone, be careful, given Drake County's
temperament towards you.
Can't say I blame 'em.
REPORTER: A mandatory evacuation order
has been issued for
all residents of Drake County.
[SIREN WAILING]
VINCE [OVER RADIO]:
Battalion 1508 for Captain Perez.
You keep an eye out for
my boy up in those mountains
with those Hotshots.
MANNY [OVER RADIO]:
Copy, Battalion 1508.
You keep an eye out
on my girl in that prison.
Especially in those cell blocks.
Excuse us, folks.
Way too many people in here still.
- All right, you're next.
- Mm-hmm.
Chief Leone? Warden Rosaline Henley.
Warden. We're ready to help out
with the evacuation any way we can.
The blaze is coming down that mountain.
Half my guards didn't even
show up for their shift this morning.
And I've got an inmate population
on the verge of a riot.
That's where you come in.
How many in your population?
Five cell blocks.
General population,
high-security; then there's supermax,
Secure Housing Unit.
1,100 inmates.
GIRL: I'm not going.
I want to see my dad.
I know.
What about those families?
- The visitors?
- They refuse to leave.
They're not gonna leave their loved ones
in the middle of a fire.
GIRL: I want to see Dad.
I know.
Hey.
What's your name?
Julia.
Hi, Julia.
You know, I used to visit my dad
in a prison just like this.
Really?
Mm-hmm, and we used to play
tic-tac-toe all the time.
My husband is locked up in there.
And there's a fire coming this way.
We'll evacuate when he does,
not before.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
What's this, some kind of war zone?
BODE: Kind of. These guys are like
Special Forces, elite firefighters.
Best of the best.
Superintendent Paul Knox?
This is Crew Six.
Fire's running four miles
northeast of the prison.
Calling in request for water drop.
MAN [OVER RADIO]: Solid copy,
Crew Six. Chopper 104 enroute.
Just Three Rock Fire Camp?
We're here to help you
contain this fire.
Well, that thing on
the other side of this ridge
isn't just a fire. It's an organism.
It feeds, breeds,
swallows you whole if you let it.
Look at all this smoke.
We've been out here
battling this behemoth for a week now
while you've been glamping
back in Edgewater.
Yeah, well, your Hotshots
and my inmate crew
are one team now.
But there's a difference between
the starters and the bench.
And I've got no room on my squad
for out-of-town choke artists.
We cut line with the best of them.
Well, we're not just
cutting line here, son.
[CHUCKLES] We are the line.
Last line of defense for my town.
That fire's racing toward us,
and we got a three-mile head start.
Three miles, that's it.
Understood?
Understood.
Good.
'Cause the last time I was out
in these woods with a Leone,
he cut and ran.
VINCE: Appreciate the lay of the land.
A safe evac plan is everybody's goal.
Not everyone.
The Shot Callers in the SHU
just called a gang war
with each other. And us,
and likely you, too.
Okay, I'm sorry, I didn't know
that they could do that.
Oh, well, maybe you should Google it.
GUARD [OVER P.A.]:
Code One in Block 7. Code One.
GABRIELA: What's a Code One?
Nothing good.
[ALARM BLARING]
I'm guessing this is a Code One.
It's Randy.
[GROANING]
This is no Fire Camp.
♪
HENLEY: It's a prison gang war.
The Shot Callers are responsible.
They've been ordered
to kill each other on sight.
- INMATE: Don't touch him.
- INMATE 2: Waste of space.
INMATE: Don't be wasting
your time on that guy.
- This one's still alive.
- JAKE: Yeah, barely.
Okay, O'Reilly. Hey, O'Reilly,
grab the abdominal pads.
Gabs, check his vitals. Eve, can you
Could've really used
just a fire right now.
- This is so crazy.
- Eve.
- I need you in the game.
- EVE: I'm just saying
His pulse is racing. He's tachycardic.
VINCE: Greencrest, we need an
ambulance to Drake County Prison.
40-year-old male with
a stab wound to the chest.
Paramedics will have a hell of a time
getting to us, given the fire.
JAKE: Okay, listen, we need
to control the bleed
- and stabilize the weapon.
- Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
- COLLIN: Lie down.
- Hey, hey, buddy. Need you to be still.
- Hey, hey. I need you to stay still.
- Hey, hey.
- Whoa, whoa!
- Guards, restrain him.
No, his wound is too delicate right now.
JAKE: Hey, buddy, need you to
be still. Buddy, I need
[SHOUTING]
HENLEY: Knife! Knife!
Toothbrush, technically.
JAKE: All right, keep him
pressured. He's out.
Drake County's been through
so much over the years,
and now this? Because
of some sick arsonist?
Serial arsonist, I'm afraid.
Do you remember the Neil Wallace
Home and Development Fire?
Yeah. I thought that was an accident.
Well, we all did, until evidence
linked it to the Hill Fire.
That's terrible.
Do you have any leads?
We are looking into things.
And what makes you think
it's one perpetrator?
I can't divulge that information.
Divulge? Is this a briefing or
an internal investigation?
I need your help narrowing
down our suspect pool.
We just cleared Captain Perez.
You spoke to Manny
without consulting me?
- That's not protocol.
- I had to.
What we helped bury
in my last investigation,
the fire he started?
If it had been him
That would've been
the end of your career.
Also mine.
If you just cleared Manny,
why are we having this discussion?
Because we believe the arsonist
is a firefighter.
At Station 42.
What? On what evidence?
I'm unable to divulge
Oh, "divulge", my ass. Come on.
You talk a really big game
about being one of us,
but as someone who's here every day
with my feet on the ground,
I watch them all run into
those flames to minimize the havoc.
And you know we just lost
a firefighter to that cause,
so to stand here and look me in the face
and accuse one of them,
on the inside, of being an arsonist?
Yeah, you got a job to do,
but that's really insulting.
MANNY: All right, fellas.
Keep going. You're doing great.
We cut twice the line
in half your time, Three Rock.
FREDDY: Man, this guy.
Just a different leadership style.
Don't let him get your goat, Goat.
He's not trying to put us down, okay?
He's trying to get us to step up.
This Leone can cut,
but what happens when things get hot?
MANNY: Hey, Superintendent,
how 'bout you address me
instead of my crew?
We're fresh off of losing
one of our own.
Hey, no, I can speak for myself.
Seems like you got
some kind of beef with me.
"Beef". [CHUCKLES]
Yeah, that's the right word for it.
30 cattle ranches,
12,000 acres, 3,000 homes,
and six people.
21 years back, a wildfire like this one
destroyed this town.
What's that got to do with me?
Well, it has a lot
to do with Vince Leone.
Is that your dad?
Him and a couple of ICs
hesitated. They choked.
Last order I heard was, "Retreat".
I don't believe you.
I wouldn't want to, either.
Now I'm wondering
if it runs in the family.
[COUGHS]
Hey, Three Rock,
let's go, let's cut
this line double time.
Okay? For those of us
who aren't here anymore,
and to show this guy that
Three Rock doesn't choke.
Let's go!
EVE: He's gonna die if
we don't do something.
The air is sinking
into his pleural space.
JAKE: Yeah, his lung's
about to collapse.
Hey, where's your infirmary?
You're on your own. My medical
staff went AWOL hours ago.
All right, Jake, probies, transport him.
Keep pressure on it.
And hey, watch your backs.
- JAKE: Got it.
- COLLIN: Copy.
GUARD [OVER P.A.]: Code Two in Dorm 5.
If a Code One is a stabbing, then
GUARD [OVER P.A.]:
Repeat, Code Two, Dorm 5.
INMATE: Open this up!
[ALARM BLARING]
- Code Two is a fire.
- [INMATES SHOUTING]
KNOX: This is Crew Six.
Where the hell is my water drop?
You told me you were gonna
make it rain 45 minutes ago.
MAN [ON RADIO]: Copy, Crew Six.
Helo can't fly in this visibility,
with these winds.
MANNY: All right, Three Rock.
Take ten. Water up.
That organism's not taking ten.
Come on, boys. Hey, let's go.
You think I care what
Mr. Organism thinks?
He's right. It is one.
So am I.
And this organism can't breathe.
You know who won't be able to breathe?
It's all those fellas
who are down there,
locked up in that prison,
if we don't keep putting in the work.
Hey.
That could be us.
Was us.
That's my kind of leader.
[WIND WHISTLING]
We're cutting the wrong line.
She's gonna turn.
Nah, there's too much
moisture in the air.
Air pressure's shifting.
She's turning now. We need to move.
MANNY: Well, let's confirm with dispatch
or weather or someone before
- we actually make that
- You been fighting this for all of an hour.
We've been with her for six days.
I'm telling you, she's gonna
run right around this line.
We're not gonna dance
with your sixth sense, Knox.
The wind's not changing.
We're not moving.
My guys aren't moving.
In fact, the only moving
we're gonna be doing
is right back to our buggy.
Retreat?
How am I not surprised?
BODE: Cap, hey.
Don't give this guy the satisfaction.
We don't retreat.
I'm not concerned about this guy.
What about all the lives at risk?
We can't lose anybody else,
not if we can help it.
KNOX: Hey, Perez.
[WIND GUSTING]
How's that for sixth sense?
[SHOUTS]
MANNY: Let's go! Let's go!
MANNY: Let's go! Let's go!
Come on. [GRUNTING]
I got you.
[GASPING]
Are you good? Hey.
Hell, yeah, he's good.
We're all good. Let's roll out.
Hey, Superintendent,
your guy almost got strangled to death.
But he didn't. And you know why?
'Cause this Leone stepped up.
You just saved a man's life.
Now let's see if you can save a town.
What, you want us to just
roam into this smoke?
We need eyes in the sky, man.
Drones up.
In the meantime
Here's the prison. Here's the fire.
She's gonna run through the valley,
around all that line we cut.
Yo, Cap, where are we?
KNOX: There.
Now the fire's moving,
and so are we. Due southeast.
So, what, you want us to move
closer to the fire?
Can your crew handle a two-mile hike?
In an out of control wildfire?
No way, man. We're here to cut line.
We are the line.
The fire's moving, so who
here is moving with it?
I am, sir.
Whatever it takes to save lives.
KNOX: Amen.
I'm your boss.
He's theirs.
I give the orders.
Then give me one.
Are we gonna save Drake County,
or are we gonna retreat
and let it burn down again?
Bode, what happened
to Rebecca was an accident,
but what he's doing
is deliberately putting his crew
and our crew in harm's way.
Sacrificing to save others.
Something I wish I could
have done for Rebecca,
and now I have a chance.
Man, there's a difference
between sacrifice
and suicide, Bode.
And I gave your dad my word
that I'd look out for you on my crew.
We got to look out for my dad,
by stopping this fire
from hitting that prison.
Gabriela's down there, too.
Come on, Cap,
let's show these Hotshots
what Three Rock's made of.
All right.
All right, Three Rock.
On the move, with caution,
one step at a time.
- You copy?
- FIREFIGHTERS: Copy.
Let's go.
[ALARM BLARING]
These aren't civilians ready
to evacuate calmly, single file.
These prisoners have agendas
deeper than safety alone.
Gang agendas.
Not all of them, obviously, but
a few chaos agents can ruin
things for the whole bunch.
[SHOUTING]
That's right!
Chief, what do we do?
We answer the call.
Warden, you got to open the door.
We can't evacuate
without proper manpower.
We'll be outnumbered.
If the mattress fire grows,
it'll burn this prison down
before the wildfire even gets here.
You think they're gonna stand by
and politely let you put it out?
When their choices are step aside
or burn to death,
I'm hoping I get my way.
Come on.
Open Cell Block 5.
[LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS]
So, I need access to your
people's personnel files.
If they're clean, you have
nothing to worry about.
Yeah, I don't really buy that.
And I can throw up a lot of red tape
and slow that down,
between the legal disclosures
and the privacy breaches.
You're gonna have to give to get.
I'd eventually get in, Sharon.
Eventually.
Fine.
Our investigators missed something
at the Neil Wallace
Home and Development fire.
An accelerant under the car
matched the one at the Hill fire.
Whoever's committing these burns
knows what we would be looking for,
knows how to hide their tracks.
Somebody smart.
The burn patterns there also suggest
they used the same torches we do.
Every station uses drip torches.
42 was first on scene
at every one of these incidents.
No, they weren't. Not at Drake County.
That's two hours away.
Everyone on my team was here.
How do you know unless you
personally tuck them in at night?
You get me the date and the time
the Drake County fire started,
and I will get you an alibi
for every one of mine.
You get alibis, great.
If you don't,
I get my access to your files.
You got to give to get.
Warden Henley was not exaggerating.
The entire medical staff bailed.
Okay, million dollar question.
Why don't we?
I mean, I-I signed up
to be a firefighter,
not a prison guard peacemaker.
Look, you want to bro up with me?
Man up first.
GABRIELA: I'd say woman up,
but you get the point, O'Reilly.
[GASPING] Help.
Hey, hey, we are helping. I promise.
What's the plan?
All right, we need to make
a three-sided dressing, all right?
Cover the hole, allow the air to escape.
But we don't want that same air
getting stuck back inside of him.
- You hear?
- Ah, crap. They're all locked.
I can make a square out of this.
Yeah, perfect. That'll work.
JAKE: All right, listen,
we're gonna go ahead
and tape down each of the three sides,
allowing the air to escape
out of the fourth.
- Okay?
- Okay.
- Got you.
- Good.
"Julia". Is that your daughter?
I was just talking to her.
J-Julia's here?
Yes.
And your wife.
Tell her to get Julia out of here.
If she's anything like me,
she's not leaving her dad.
[WIND GUSTING]
MANNY: All right, that's it. That's it.
That's two miles.
KNOX: We're here.
You wanted eyes in the sky?
J.T., bring that drone
footage over here.
Hideous beast, ain't she?
MANNY: It's too close for comfort.
Just over a mile ahead.
This is where we lay our trap.
Thousand feet of line.
FREDDY: Dude did not
just say 1,000 feet.
Let's hear him out.
No, I'm done doing that.
That fire's a mile out.
You want us to cut 1,000 feet of line?
Even with your Hotshot crew,
that's not possible.
You fight fire with fire.
Controlled burn.
Faster, more efficient.
With winds past 40 miles an hour?
It's a death trap.
That'll kill the brush and us.
Better to die a hero than run a coward.
Listen to yourself.
That tattoo on your neck,
it means "professional".
And right now, you're
the furthest from it.
KNOX: This tattoo?
Stands for "Prometheus".
The god of fire?
Three Rock, let's pack it up.
You run,
that prison and all the people in it
go up in flames.
That's on you.
And when you
and your entire Hotshot
crew burn to death?
That's on you, homie.
Three Rock, let's roll.
Hey, Knox. As division leader,
you can fold me into your crew.
Come on. Don't pull this.
No.
Bode's got something
he needs to work out,
and that's his choice.
If Knox'll have him.
Request granted, Leone.
[PRISONERS SHOUTING]
EVE: Get back! Get back!
We're here to help!
VINCE: Let us put out
the fire, all right?
EVE: Hey! Hey!
Stop! [GRUNTS] Get that
[SHOUTS]
- Hey!
- Get back!
Hey, hey, hey! Hey!
Y'all want to fight each other
or you want to live?
Take it easy. Let us help you.
Let us go!
We're gonna die up here!
Hey, stand back.
Stand back!
What'd you guys start this fire with?
Pruno. Burns real good.
Then these are useless.
- Jackets?
- Yup.
[MAN GROANING]
Burn victim.
We need to get him to an infirmary.
That's not gonna be easy.
Respect, Leone.
When you parole, you've more
than earned a shot with us.
You need to be alive to parole, Bode.
Better to die a hero than
run away as a coward.
Man, you can talk like
him all you want, Bode,
but you're nothing like him.
You have so much more to lose, man.
You have friends, you have family.
Gabriela.
You forgetting about Rebecca already?
You have misplaced
survivor's guilt, Bode.
And we can debate that all day,
but right now, we don't have time.
Thought you were gone, Three Rock.
If I had to write your eulogy,
I'd say the same thing
you said about Rebecca this morning.
You shouldn't be a memory.
You guys gonna let us through?
Let us get him out.
Come back, we'll evacuate all of you.
Okay?
- [LOCK BUZZES]
- GUARD: Open up 5!
Hey, get back.
[PRISONERS SHOUTING]
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
[SHOUTS]
EVE: Chief!
Eve, come on, let's go, let's go!
Okay, okay.
VINCE: Eve, come on! Move!
[GRUNTING]
[GRUNTING]
HENLEY: Now do you get
what we're up against?
Let's not do that again.
You know, you could've left him behind.
- Nobody would've blamed you.
- GUARD: All clear! Close 5!
[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
I was answering the call.
He could've died back there.
You could've died, too.
I need a firefighter, not a fallen hero.
Eve is cleared.
This is a waste of my time.
Took an extra day's leave?
What are you doing in Drake County?
No.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Jake and Collin, give us a hand.
I-I got it, I got it.
Whoa, whoa, hey. What happened?
VINCE: Wildfire wasn't enough.
They had to start their own.
I can't be in the same
room as this dude.
- GABRIELA: What do you mean?
- His people stabbed me.
- JAKE: Hey, hey!
- What do you mean?
- His people stabbed me.
- Drop the scissors.
- [SHOUTS]
- COLLIN: Jake, watch out!
O'Reilly.
Hey, are you okay?
It's like you said.
Man up to bro up, right?
It only scratched my jacket.
Yeah, well, you just did both, probie.
You know, you guys don't
have to kill each other.
There's a fire on the way.
It'll do it for you.
We got no choice.
The Shot Callers run this place.
Yeah, I've heard.
Getting pretty sick of it.
Warden, I want to talk
to the Shot Callers.
HENLEY: Chief,
we're talking the worst of the worst.
Hey, if they can call for a war,
they can call for a truce.
This contained fire doesn't
look very contained.
Can't control it with these winds.
Calculated gamble.
By the time the fire gets here,
there'll be nothing left to burn.
If any part of this plan
goes wrong, we're boxed in.
Like we're setting a trap for ourselves.
You're starting to sound a whole lot
like your father's son.
Maybe I am.
Are we hunting together or not, Leone?
You sure you want to do this?
No.
But I have to.
[LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS]
[LATCH CLICKS]
Gentlemen, I'm Cal Fire
Chief Vince Leone.
Edgewater. Battalion 1508.
I was hoping maybe we could have a word,
leader to leaders.
[LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS]
♪
KNOX: Dispatch, where
the hell is my water drop?
MAN [ON RADIO]:
Wind's at 60 miles an hour.
They can't fly in.
[WIND WHISTLING]
Two heads, right?
Right now, they're closing
in on us from either side.
This organism is about to consume us.
You want to cut and run like your daddy?
Go ahead.
You know, I'm starting think
that maybe my dad didn't back down.
Maybe he didn't cut and run.
Maybe he used caution to save your life.
And maybe he shouldn't have.
I'm not buying that.
You've got plenty to lose.
This crew,
they'll follow you
into the flames of hell
because they trust that
you'll never take them there.
Give the order, sir.
It's an honorable one.
Same one my dad gave you.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Command
be advised
Shamrock Hotshots pulling out.
MAN: Copy that, Crew Six.
Retreat!
What? What'd he say?
Any of you guys fathers?
I'm a dad.
My son, he's actually
out there right now
trying to keep this wildfire
from getting to this prison.
He's an inmate firefighter.
He's one of you.
And this fire doesn't give
a damn about your gang war.
It just wants to kill you.
Guess what I'm asking you to do
is ask yourselves one question.
Do you want to be remembered as leaders
who saved your people?
Or ones who let 'em get burned alive?
Well, I'm hoping that nod
is for the first option.
GUARD: Let's move them out.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Let's go. Let's go.
Move.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]
How'd you do it?
I didn't.
The Shot Callers did.
Given the choice,
most people would rather
be a hero than a villain.
VINCE: All right, is that everybody?
EVE: Yeah, Chief.
Did you see him?
They told us they're
getting everyone out.
Everyone's getting loaded
onto buses to evacuate.
Your dad, too.
[SIGHS] Thank you so much.
Is he safe? You promised me he would be.
He's safe.
He got a little hurt,
but we treated him,
and he's gonna be okay.
He-he got hurt? How?
Julia, I know that you worry
about your dad a lot.
But there's someone else you got to love
and care for just as much, if not more.
You understand?
I-I think so.
You know, you can't help people
until you help yourself.
REPORTER: Capricious
winds have again changed
the direction of the fire.
REPORTER 2: The winds
turned the fire back
to a line cut by Hotshot firefighters.
REPORTER 3: The fire died out on
an abandoned patch of cut line.
REPORTER 4: Shamrock City
Hotshots and a crew
of incarcerated firefighters
have saved Drake County.
Authorities have confirmed
that a serial arsonist
was responsible.
Leadership is about trust.
And we trust those who lead us.
And, uh, a good leader
gives you that trust right back,
believing that you'll do the right thing
no matter what.
Even when you fight their authority.
And the right thing
for me to do today was
was to come up and-and stand
here in front of you all
while we remember Rebecca.
[EXHALES]
You know, I'm I'm lucky that
someone reminded me of that.
Thanks to Rebecca's sacrifice,
one of Cal Fire's best
lives to fight more fires.
I'm surprised to see you here.
Shouldn't be.
Chances are, the person
we're looking for is here.
BODE: We all have to
be here for each other.
You're wrong.
I would love to see proof of that.
Truly, Chief.
I'm working on it.
BODE: than the person
she was when she left.
We fight fires with hand tools.
All we have is each other, and
the line that we hold together.
And Rebecca held that
line on and off the field.
You raised a good kid there, Leone.
You know, she
she was always looking
for a way to help.
[SIGHS]
Words aren't really my thing. [CHUCKLES]
Uh, Rebecca knew that.
She hooked me up with an art class.
She will always be remembered.
[QUIET CHATTER]
♪
A guitar won't change the world ♪
Probie.
COLLIN: Oh.
Whoa, what's this?
Is this a, um, a "Thank you
for not letting me get shivved" beer?
[SIGHS] Close.
It's premium "Sorry I was a jerk".
They have it on tap.
I'm I'm sorry
if I came on a little
strong.
You know, I tend to do that.
You know what?
Don't even worry about it.
Look, my my father
isn't my favorite topic of conversation.
Okay. Trust me.
I get it.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah. Yeah, it seems like
everybody else knew him
better than I ever did.
And
well, it hurts.
If I had a nickel
for every time someone
asked if I'm related
to the great Kirk O'Reilly
Well, he is the great Kirk O'Reilly.
- That's a lot of nickels.
- [CHUCKLES]
Always goin' around ♪
So
still want to tender
that leave of absence?
You know, it felt good
to answer the call today.
Beats sitting at home with my feelings.
You know, you should
look into some counseling.
Cal Fire has those resources, you know.
Yeah, but
do you use them?
[LAUGHS] Um
It was different back in my day.
How so?
Well, it used to be like
a bell you couldn't un-ring.
There was a fear
of being labeled, and
Or, worse than that,
getting put behind a desk.
[SIGHS]
So how did you cope?
Beer.
[LAUGHS]
Family. Fire. Repeat.
Lucky for you, times have changed.
You got different options.
[QUIETLY]: Look into them.
I woke up on the wrong side ♪
Of the truck bed this morning ♪
With a bone-dry bottle
of Jack I was pouring ♪
Damn, she got some nerve ♪
When she kicked me to the curb ♪
Guess you can say
I got what I deserve ♪
'Cause I woke up
on the wrong side ♪
Yeah, I mean, it's like we could all be
one mistake away from
ending up in that prison
we were in today.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- You know?
Well like two or three mistakes.
Or, like, one, like, really big one.
[LAUGHS]
Oh, probie.
What? Hey, come on, what was, uh
What was your big one?
Huh.
Okay.
When I was in fifth grade,
I set my bedroom on fire.
Wow, I was not expecting that.
Um accidentally?
Wow.
Yeah. You know,
I, um,
I remember standing there,
just watching the curtains
go up in flames.
I
I didn't call for help right away.
I don't know why, but I thought
that if the flames got big enough,
then maybe he'd come back home.
Your dad?
And what happened?
Well
Vince came instead.
Wow.
[WHISTLES]
Lucky you.
Yeah, lucky me.
Hey.
I need to talk to someone,
and it can't be Vince.
[CHUCKLES]
Okay.
I'm flattered to be runner-up.
What's up?
It's the arson investigation.
Mmm.
Snow brought me up to speed.
She thinks it's someone at the 42.
[LAUGHS]
No way.
She's right.
I wanted to get alibis for all of them,
so I pulled their Bell Pass logs.
He was at the Drake County fire
when the blaze started.
Who was?
Jake.
Come on, Sharon.
All of the evidence points to him.
Eve, Gabriela, Collin,
every one of them was here,
every one of them
is accounted for at every fire
except for him.
He doesn't just fit the profile,
Manny, he is the profile.
The hero complex,
being at the scene of the crime.
I don't believe it.
Except Vince and I are
the only ones who know
that this wouldn't be the first fire
that Jake has started.