Rescue: HI-Surf (2024) s01e18 Episode Script
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[BRET BOLLINGER, "HIT ME UP"]
And I can hear my mama,
she's been calling me ♪
She's telling me to get
my ass up off the beach ♪
Off the beach ♪
Yeah, we're drinking,
smoking, hanging ♪
Having a good, old time ♪
And someone's
yelling liquor store ♪
I got to run ♪
So hit me up
before you know ♪
See that?
Use your hips to pump
through the corners,
and then do the invert,
just like you practiced.
Just hit me before you go ♪
Oh ♪
'Cause I don't want
to live forever, no, I ♪
Bro, are you Lance Ferguson?
- Hey.
- [LAUGHS]
You are the reason I got
into skateboarding, truly.
Appreciate that.
Are you skating?
I'd kill to have you on my Insta, bro.
Nah, I'm just here watching my daughter.
It was nice to meet you though.
Oh. Yeah, of course.
Respect.
'Cause I can hear those
waves are breaking ♪
Don't you know ♪
Just hit me up ♪
Before you go ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
Hey. You looked great out there.
Didn't want to do the invert?
Dad, it was my first run.
You said you were going to do it.
I wasn't feeling it.
Don't think. Just send it.
You got this.
You first.
Come on.
You always say it's 90% mental.
All right. Hey, man.
- Can I borrow your board?
- Dad, I was just joking.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Hit me up before you go ♪
'Cause I can hear those
waves are breaking ♪
Don't you know ♪
Just hit me up ♪
Before you go ♪
It's all good.
I just want to be
together with you ♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
Joey came crying to me earlier.
"Oh, it's not fair.
I should be getting a yurt, brah.
It's not fair."
What is not fair? He barely held
his breath for 60 seconds. He lost.
Well, he's been in Ocean
Safety for the last five years.
He's been sleeping on his uncle's couch
for the last three, his uncle's a tool.
Why do you care about this?
'Cause if you bunk up with Kainalu,
which we both know is what you want,
it opens up a bed for Joey.
I don't want to bunk with Kainalu.
Oh, look, look.
Hey, here comes the old complication.
Hi.
- What's up, beautiful people?
- Hey.
Kainalu and I were just saying
we barely see you anymore.
Just busy.
Well, we got to get a drink.
I need to get into that brain of yours.
Oh, yeah, I'd be careful with that.
- For sure. Let's do it.
- Shoots. I'll text you later.
OK.
Hey.
Is it just me, or is Kainalu's girl
even prettier from the
last time I saw her?
You can stop now.
[TRAUMAHELIKOPTER'S "DOWN IN THE CITY"]
♪
When will my
head stop burning ♪
When will my
feet stop hurting ♪
When will my nose
stop bleeding ♪
Why won't those
people leave ♪
I can never get enough ♪
I can never get enough ♪
I can never get enough ♪
OK, Dad. Let's go.
One more.
- You cool?
- Yeah.
When will my nose
stop bleeding ♪
Why won't those
people leave ♪
[CHEERING]
Down, down in the city ♪
Down ♪
Down in the city ♪
[GASPS]
[GROANS]
[WINCES]
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Why'd you keep going?
I felt good for the first
time in I don't know how long.
So you had to put on a show?
Mom's going to kill you.
I don't understand why you're so mad.
Maybe because no one wants to
see you in the hospital again.
- Rehab.
- OK.
- 20 more surgeries.
- OK.
[GROANS]
Dad?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Oh, my God. Dad, what's happening?
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Welcome to the North Shore.
District 7.
♪
Getting dangerous.
♪
Go, go, go!
♪
Can you help me?
My dad wiped out at the
skate park and he's hurt.
- What's your name?
- Sky.
Take us to him.
Get on. Get on.
Get on.
Hang on.
♪
- What happened?
- He slammed hard.
I thought he was OK, but
then the pain got really bad
and he threw up.
This is Tower 7-6, requesting
an ambo to Banzai Skatepark,
possible serious injury.
Dad?
- The lifeguards are here.
- My name is Hina.
I'm here to help. Are you in any pain?
[SIREN WAILING]
What's your name?
Lance. Lance Ferguson.
Lance, I'm going to take
your blood pressure now, OK?
- Dad?
- He's still breathing.
Pulse is erratic. Hey, brah, wake up.
Wake up, man.
Dad, wake up.
Hey, he passed out
about ten seconds ago.
He fell skating, but I'm not too clear
on what the possible injury is.
Flip him on 3.
1, 2, 3.
♪
1, 2, 3.
I'm going with him.
You can't go in the ambulance,
but I can drive you to the hospital.
Do you have anyone you can call?
My mom. She's at the hotel.
OK.
- Is he going to wake up?
- Sky, listen to me.
They're going to do everything they can.
He has to be OK. He has to.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Yeah, so here it is.
So, uh, we'll tie into the power line
by the north boundary.
And the kitchen will be there,
a couple big tables just to the left.
So, uh, communal area, fire pit,
some workout stuff,
and then we'll grow
bananas and papayas
1,000 square feet of fruit to sell,
which fulfills the ag
zoning requirements.
And then there, that's
where we'll put the yurts.
- Yurts?
- Yeah.
Five of them for ten lifeguards
the most underpaid first
responders on the North Shore.
Bathrooms, showers?
Ah, we'll do, like, a little
outdoor shower over there.
You got to visualize it, you know.
Mm. How long is this all going to take?
It should be ready by
the end of the month.
[LAUGHS]
You're kidding me.
That's never going to happen.
I have it all worked out.
OK, sure, if you say so.
You know, next time Mom asks
why I don't come home more often,
just tell her about this conversation.
The permitting alone
will make your head spin.
And I have all the permits.
Everything but the water meter.
Kainalu, I'm just suggesting
you stay flexible
with your expectations.
The last thing is never
really the last thing.
♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
♪
All right, I've got almost
everything for the umu.
I'm gonna ring Jimmy Ko, see
if he's got any banana stumps.
What?
Aww, look at these two.
Jarrah, still as beautiful as ever.
Vince, still a sweet talker.
Still got this one in
the palm of your hand?
Well, if that were true,
he'd know how to throw a party by now.
Ocean's graduation luau.
Jarrah is worried about the food.
You got it locked down?
Yep.
Got your kalua pig, squid luau, opihi?
You do got your opihi, right?
No time to pick it.
That's what he keeps saying to me.
Because it's true.
Braddah, I'll pick opihi with you.
Do it on a lunch hour.
Don't worry. We got this.
- An hour?
- Tops.
I know a great spot.
♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
The other night
are you cool with how we left things?
Uh, I don't know if
I fully understand it,
but, um, yeah.
I'm cool.
How long is it gonna be, bro?
Yeah, man, when do we get to move in?
I got it all figured out.
My guy is going to come
build the shower tomorrow.
If you help me put up the yurts,
we'll be living large in three weeks.
- Cool.
- Sounds good, bro.
How is it, guys?
'Sup?
Hey.
Sorry about that barbecue, braddah.
I know the party favors set you off.
All right, everybody, real quick.
Lance Ferguson collapsed
at the skate park yesterday.
Laka, Hina, update on how he's doing?
Yeah, turns out, it
wasn't a head injury.
Doctors found a brain tumor,
so they're going to
figure out next steps.
I'm going to check in
with his daughter later.
We exchanged numbers.
OK.
AccesSurf are looking for instructors
for their disabled
veteran outreach program.
If you're interested, come see me.
Great chance to give back.
Assignments are posted.
Let's get after it.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Excuse me. I'm
looking for Will Ready.
Yeah, that's me.
You've been served.
Have a nice day, everyone.
What was that about?
Paternity. Ooh.
Hey, Carter, not funny.
Hey, what's going on?
Julie's father is suing me.
[SIGHS] He wants me to
pay for the money he lost
when we canceled the wedding.
Man.
Guess you guys should
probably go 50/50 then, huh?
- Hey, Cap?
- Yeah.
If there's a spot for me on
that veteran outreach thing,
I'd like to take it.
Sure.
Hey, what's going on with Will?
Uh, something I don't
want to be a part of.
All right. I'll move
the assignments around.
What does he think he's
going to get from me?
He knows I have no money.
Hey, he's punishing you for
cheating on his daughter.
This is what I've warned you not to do.
It's more complicated than that.
Let me ask you, man.
How much is this guy
trying to sue you for?
120 grand.
$120,000?
Yo, how is it?
Is Vince here?
- No, mate.
- Oh.
Where is he at, then?
He's on patrol, brah. What you need?
He's usually here, though, right?
You want me to leave him a message?
What's up?
Kind of weird, huh?
A tweaker coming around
here looking for Vince.
We don't know he's a tweaker.
Hmm.
Do you not know what
a tweaker looks like?
I do, actually.
Because it sounds like
you're defending Vince.
Defending him against what, huh?
It's not that complicated, brah.
Just got to open up your eyes.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
One last time, deep inhale
as you reach overhead
[INHALES]
Then let it out. [EXHALES]
Mahalo, everybody.
Let's pair up and have a great day.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Hey, need a partner?
No, that's a bad idea.
- Oh?
- Rule number six in the MAGS.
Never put your life in
the hands of a supermodel.
[LAUGHS] Oh.
OK. What's the MAGS?
The Miguel Alvarez Guide to Survival.
- Are you Miguel?
- Max.
Max.
Well, Max, I'm not a supermodel,
so the rules don't apply to me.
Ah, it applies.
[LAUGHS]
Look, here's the thing.
I need a partner.
So what if I put my life in your hands?
That's a loophole.
You're crafty. You're crafty.
Yeah?
All right, what do you say?
Uh, maybe.
But there's not going to be any surfing.
No surfing?
Is that a rule too?
Just how it's got to be.
So your dad doesn't
think you can pull it off?
No. The last thing he said was,
"Prepare to manage your disappointment."
What'd you say?
I just gave him the old
Hina Alexander side-eye.
[LAUGHS]
He was like, "Damn, son, that's cold."
[LAUGHS]
Hey!
Hey, shorts on, bro.
It's not that kind of beach.
Dude's going to get burnt to hell.
Do you want to get some
food later, just you and me?
Uh, OK. Sure, yeah.
Why? Is something going on?
- I mean, kind of.
- Oh, hold on.
It's my guy from the water department.
Cliff, how are you?
Yeah, I guess the, uh,
the good news first.
Oh, awesome. Well, what's the bad news?
A backflow preventer. OK.
Well, when can that be put in?
Four months? No, no, no, I got
I got ten lifeguards
who need a place to live.
OK, um
Will it help us move up the wait list
if I tell you that my dad is the mayor?
Yeah.
Kainalu Emerson.
Thank you.
Everything good?
Yeah.
Remember the first
time you picked opihi?
Brah, Uncle Pete would drag
me out at the crack of dawn.
I would scrape my knees and
swallow a gallon of seawater.
[LAUGHS] Freezing cold, hands
all cut up, crying for mama.
[LAUGHTER]
All right.
Ah, yeah.
Told you, brother.
We're golden.
[THE MOVEMENT'S "SOUNDS OF SUMMER"]
♪
Chillin' in the winter
sitting by myself ♪
'Cause I've been waiting
for the longest time ♪
Just to hear
you speak to me ♪
♪
That's why you got
to come and listen ♪
All that cooling breeze ♪
The birds singing
in the swaying trees ♪
Dem a'splashing in
the crashing sea ♪
It's the sounds of summer ♪
Girls laughing in
the evening sun ♪
Party hopping when
the day is done, yeah ♪
Listen all, come everyone ♪
It's the sounds of summer ♪
[UPLIFTING MUSIC]
♪
Where you from?
San Diego, originally.
Not much of a talker, are you?
Not when it's about me.
Hmm.
I don't know if this partnership
of ours is going to work out.
Oh, come on, Max.
You're breaking my heart.
You got a boyfriend?
No.
No? Come on.
Girlfriend?
My personal life is not
interesting. Trust me.
You spend your free time drinking
and playing video games?
No.
Then your personal life is interesting.
All right.
If you're not here to
surf, why are you here?
I made a promise to someone.
Who?
- What's your type, anyway?
- Max, come on.
You ever been into skinny and boyish?
- Not since the seventh grade.
- Oh!
Oh, that cuts deep.
All right, listen.
I'll tell you something personal
if you promise to try and ride a wave.
- How personal?
- Personal.
- Deeply personal.
- OK, deeply personal. Do we have a deal?
Rule number 3 in the
MAGS. Trust is earned.
You go first.
Well, the reason I love
surfing and being in the ocean
is because it's the only place on Earth
my problems can't follow me.
It's the best version of life.
That was pretty good.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Dude, there's a massive
omilu hiding in the reef.
Just got to wait him out.
♪
Six months to retirement, brah.
You got a plan?
I do.
Really?
[LAUGHS] 20 years sitting on a tower,
you start thinking
about becoming a boss.
I want to start a landscaping business.
Nice.
- Well, get the nephews working.
- Yep.
Taking my ass fishing.
You built something
special here, braddah.
Always knew you would.
♪
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Tell you what, this is the
best lunch I've had in a while.
Word.
Hey!
We need help. Call someone.
Get whatever you can find on the truck.
- Go.
- Please, help!
♪
Help!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Help! I need help!
♪
He blacked out. I couldn't pull him up.
- How long has he been out?
- Uh, two minutes, maybe three.
OK. Give me your mask and gun, now.
♪
Come on. Help me pull him up.
♪
[GRUNTS]
Breathe. Come on.
[EXHALING]
- Come on.
- A little air?
Yeah.
[BLOWING]
Come on, Asher. Come on.
Breathe for me, man.
Oh, here we go.
- Bingo.
- That's it.
Keep breathing.
You're going to be OK.
Let's get him back.
[UPLIFTING MUSIC]
♪
Is that guy icing his head?
Got hit by a football.
He's OK.
[SNIFFS]
You smell that?
Yeah, that van.
Aw, dude.
Brah, that's toxic.
Hello?
Hey.
Oh, there's someone here.
Open the back.
Call it in. I'll grab the kit.
Mobile 7-1, requesting
EMS support at King's Beach
for a possible drug overdose.
Hey, hey. Hey, buddy.
Hello!
Come on, mate.
Is this the tweaker that
was looking for Vince?
Yeah. His pulse is barely there.
- Come on.
- Wake up!
Let's go. Wake up, buddy.
Come on, buddy. Come on.
- Wake up.
- Come on.
- Hey.
- Stay with us, man.
Help is coming.
[CHEERING]
The Army has swim tests, right?
I know how to swim.
Then what?
Rule number 4 in the
MAGS. Honor all agreements.
Let's go.
[GOTH BABE'S "TAKING OVER THE SUN"]
♪
OK.
It's three steps, remember?
I push, you paddle.
You push yourself up and enjoy the ride.
OK?
Max, you OK?
Max?
Just push the board.
OK.
I was thinking that
I need a surprise ♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
OK, here we go.
♪
[CHEERING]
[UNEASY MUSIC]
♪
Hey, Max.
Hey, come back here!
Max, that was awesome.
Let's get back out there.
Max, hold on. Don't give up yet.
- I'm done.
- Max, come on.
I said, I'm done!
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Something you want to tell me?
[SIGHS]
That party I went to a couple
of nights ago at his place,
there were a bunch of
people there to score.
- From Vince directly?
- I'm not sure.
And you didn't say anything.
I wanted to be sure, you know?
- The guy's been a mate.
- Huh.
Never got that. Still don't.
If your boy Vince gets
caught dealing from the tower,
all of us go down, brah.
[REGGAE ROCK MUSIC]
♪
Dad?
- Let's take a drive.
- What's going on?
Come on. I want to
show you something.
[LAUGHTER]
- OK.
- Yeah?
If I gave you ten shots with
the spear at that kid's fin
- I'd hit it every single time.
- [LAUGHS] All right.
- Every time.
- All right. All right.
This time, it's an omilu,
and Jarrah told you to
bring it home for dinner.
Uh, oh for ten, every time.
[LAUGHTER]
But he's always been
good when it matters.
- Amen.
- Yeah.
Hey, to old friends.
Aww.
To old friends.
♪
Are you OK?
I'm still here.
You were good out there.
Agreements will be honored.
What are you looking at?
Is that Miguel?
Crazy world, right?
Me and a Mexican kid
from Hawaii, best friends.
[SOFT MUSIC]
You ever known anyone who gets
you better than anybody else?
♪
Yeah, I got somebody like that.
A dude?
[LAUGHS] A dude, yeah.
Why aren't you with him?
Because it's complicated.
♪
You know what he used to
say to me about surfing?
The same thing that you did.
♪
Look, I will never
really know what you've been through.
But a lot of them do.
Miguel would want you out there.
[LAUGHS] Yeah.
He'd be a pain in my ass about it, too.
♪
Rule number 1 in the MAGS.
No fear?
Figured that one out for yourself, huh?
♪
Hey, Dad, what are we doing out here
in the middle of nowhere?
This isn't the middle of nowhere.
This is the future
50 units of desperately
needed affordable housing
for 50 North Shore working families.
Wow, that's that's great.
Yeah, it is.
Listen.
I know you want me to be happy for you
with that project you're trying to do,
but I don't think you
realize how complicated
getting anything done really is.
Oh, I do. That's the whole point.
Your guy Cliff from the
water department called,
asked me if I was OK with moving you
to the top of the list
for that backflow preventer
you need for your yurts.
What'd you say?
Do you have any idea who's
ahead of you on that list?
Huh?
All these families.
And by the way, this project
I've been working on it for 16 years.
Yeah.
That's why I ran for city
council in the first place.
16 years?
Yeah.
Hey, I appreciate you wheeling
and dealing for your friends.
A lot of times, it's the
only way to get anything done.
And I am proud of you.
I am.
But there's no way I'm saying it's OK
to move you to the top of that list.
I'm sorry.
I told them they could count on me.
Now you know why I drink two scotches
when I get home from work
and run six miles every day.
This is hard, son.
♪
Hey.
- How's your dad doing?
- He's stable.
We're going to fly home for
the surgery in a couple of days,
maybe sooner.
That's great news.
How are you?
Still sort of terrified.
Thanks for driving me here yesterday.
Of course.
It totally makes sense to be scared.
- I would be.
- Yeah.
I mean, he is my dad,
and he drives me crazy.
But I don't know what I'd
do without him in my life.
Hina.
It's OK. I should get back.
OK. You have my number,
so just let me know if
you need anything, OK?
The universe is conspiring, girl.
I actually I have to go.
Oh, give me two minutes.
I want to ask you something.
OK.
Do you think that it
would freak Kainalu out
if I asked him to move in with me?
Whoa.
I I didn't realize you
guys were that serious.
We're almost never serious.
We just have so much fun.
I'm thinking we go for it.
You know how much I love you, Cronulla?
I want to take you for a workout
with a bellyful of Jarrah's cooking.
That's not why I texted.
No? What's up?
You been dealing drugs out of the tower?
What?
[SIGHS]
We found this kid OD'd in
a van at King's Beach today.
Two hours before that,
he comes by the tower,
and he was looking for you.
Yeah.
Tell Sonny what's going on, or I will.
[SCOFFS]
Your word against mine.
Sonny and I go way back.
If I tell him anything,
it'll be about you,
the haole wannabe
fireman with anger issues.
He know about that kid
you beat up on the beach?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Didn't think so.
Do your worst, "mate."
You're just some Aussie
looking to get a good tan.
♪
[ENGINE STARTS]
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Hey.
How was the veterans thing?
Incredible.
You know, I met a kid who
had been shot four times
and lost his best friend.
And I got him in the water.
- That's amazing.
- Yeah.
I've got to go.
♪
Probably Ocean and Noah.
You want me to make them a plate?
No, I'll do it.
[KNOCKING]
- Hi, Will.
- Hey.
- Hey, Will.
- Jarrah, Cap.
Hey, did you eat? We got plenty.
Uh, I'm fine. Thanks.
Um, hey, Cap, do you have a sec?
Sure.
- Thanks, babe.
- Thanks.
What's up?
Um [CLEARS THROAT]
Vince and I were in the tower.
We broke up a fight on the beach.
I got into it with this drunk
guy, and I took it too far.
What? You hurt him?
Separated his shoulder.
Will.
Look, there's
there's stuff I got to work on, Cap.
I just
I wanted to tell you before
you hear it from Vince.
Why would Vince come to me about it?
Because I called him out.
About what?
Dealing drugs out of the tower.
[SOFT MUSIC]
OK.
You know this for sure?
Yeah.
♪
[SIGHS]
Probably going to have to
suspend you for 30 days.
Cap
You assaulted somebody on duty.
You could be fired for that, Will.
♪
And, um, what about Vince?
I'll handle that.
Go home.
I'll call you in a few days.
OK.
♪
Well, what am I going
to say to everybody?
You can move into the yurts,
but we can't have water for four months?
Sure you'll have some takers.
Pretty sure Carter
and Jaden never shower.
What about you?
I do shower.
I mean, where are you going to go?
The yurts aren't ready.
You going to move back home?
Yeah, I guess. But it's fine.
It's only temporary, right?
Till the next problem comes along.
What about you?
Are you going to move back home?
I'm done leaning on my dad.
I'm going to figure something else out.
I know Rosie wants you
to move in with her.
- Did she tell you that?
- Today.
She hasn't said anything to me.
Please don't.
What?
Just don't move in with her.
I guess I just
I like us living together, and
and I don't want that to change.
Yeah, but there's going to be
nine other people living there.
No, I know.
Does it really matter
if I'm not one of them?
Oh, my God. Let's
just just forget it.
No, no, no. What's your deal?
You.
I have feelings for you.
I don't know what that means.
Feelings.
There. You happy?
No.
No, I'm not.
I was crazy about you
the moment that we met.
And except for that one night,
it was always, you're too rich,
or you don't get me,
or we're just friends.
And I kept telling myself that
there was going to be a way in,
but there just never was.
So I moved on.
And I got a great girl
who's totally down.
And now you tell me that
you want to be together.
- Kainalu
- No, not cool.
And way too late.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
[BRET BOLLINGER, "HIT ME UP"]
And I can hear my mama,
she's been calling me ♪
She's telling me to get
my ass up off the beach ♪
Off the beach ♪
Yeah, we're drinking,
smoking, hanging ♪
Having a good, old time ♪
And someone's
yelling liquor store ♪
I got to run ♪
So hit me up
before you know ♪
See that?
Use your hips to pump
through the corners,
and then do the invert,
just like you practiced.
Just hit me before you go ♪
Oh ♪
'Cause I don't want
to live forever, no, I ♪
Bro, are you Lance Ferguson?
- Hey.
- [LAUGHS]
You are the reason I got
into skateboarding, truly.
Appreciate that.
Are you skating?
I'd kill to have you on my Insta, bro.
Nah, I'm just here watching my daughter.
It was nice to meet you though.
Oh. Yeah, of course.
Respect.
'Cause I can hear those
waves are breaking ♪
Don't you know ♪
Just hit me up ♪
Before you go ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
Hey. You looked great out there.
Didn't want to do the invert?
Dad, it was my first run.
You said you were going to do it.
I wasn't feeling it.
Don't think. Just send it.
You got this.
You first.
Come on.
You always say it's 90% mental.
All right. Hey, man.
- Can I borrow your board?
- Dad, I was just joking.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Hit me up before you go ♪
'Cause I can hear those
waves are breaking ♪
Don't you know ♪
Just hit me up ♪
Before you go ♪
It's all good.
I just want to be
together with you ♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
Joey came crying to me earlier.
"Oh, it's not fair.
I should be getting a yurt, brah.
It's not fair."
What is not fair? He barely held
his breath for 60 seconds. He lost.
Well, he's been in Ocean
Safety for the last five years.
He's been sleeping on his uncle's couch
for the last three, his uncle's a tool.
Why do you care about this?
'Cause if you bunk up with Kainalu,
which we both know is what you want,
it opens up a bed for Joey.
I don't want to bunk with Kainalu.
Oh, look, look.
Hey, here comes the old complication.
Hi.
- What's up, beautiful people?
- Hey.
Kainalu and I were just saying
we barely see you anymore.
Just busy.
Well, we got to get a drink.
I need to get into that brain of yours.
Oh, yeah, I'd be careful with that.
- For sure. Let's do it.
- Shoots. I'll text you later.
OK.
Hey.
Is it just me, or is Kainalu's girl
even prettier from the
last time I saw her?
You can stop now.
[TRAUMAHELIKOPTER'S "DOWN IN THE CITY"]
♪
When will my
head stop burning ♪
When will my
feet stop hurting ♪
When will my nose
stop bleeding ♪
Why won't those
people leave ♪
I can never get enough ♪
I can never get enough ♪
I can never get enough ♪
OK, Dad. Let's go.
One more.
- You cool?
- Yeah.
When will my nose
stop bleeding ♪
Why won't those
people leave ♪
[CHEERING]
Down, down in the city ♪
Down ♪
Down in the city ♪
[GASPS]
[GROANS]
[WINCES]
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Why'd you keep going?
I felt good for the first
time in I don't know how long.
So you had to put on a show?
Mom's going to kill you.
I don't understand why you're so mad.
Maybe because no one wants to
see you in the hospital again.
- Rehab.
- OK.
- 20 more surgeries.
- OK.
[GROANS]
Dad?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Oh, my God. Dad, what's happening?
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Welcome to the North Shore.
District 7.
♪
Getting dangerous.
♪
Go, go, go!
♪
Can you help me?
My dad wiped out at the
skate park and he's hurt.
- What's your name?
- Sky.
Take us to him.
Get on. Get on.
Get on.
Hang on.
♪
- What happened?
- He slammed hard.
I thought he was OK, but
then the pain got really bad
and he threw up.
This is Tower 7-6, requesting
an ambo to Banzai Skatepark,
possible serious injury.
Dad?
- The lifeguards are here.
- My name is Hina.
I'm here to help. Are you in any pain?
[SIREN WAILING]
What's your name?
Lance. Lance Ferguson.
Lance, I'm going to take
your blood pressure now, OK?
- Dad?
- He's still breathing.
Pulse is erratic. Hey, brah, wake up.
Wake up, man.
Dad, wake up.
Hey, he passed out
about ten seconds ago.
He fell skating, but I'm not too clear
on what the possible injury is.
Flip him on 3.
1, 2, 3.
♪
1, 2, 3.
I'm going with him.
You can't go in the ambulance,
but I can drive you to the hospital.
Do you have anyone you can call?
My mom. She's at the hotel.
OK.
- Is he going to wake up?
- Sky, listen to me.
They're going to do everything they can.
He has to be OK. He has to.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Yeah, so here it is.
So, uh, we'll tie into the power line
by the north boundary.
And the kitchen will be there,
a couple big tables just to the left.
So, uh, communal area, fire pit,
some workout stuff,
and then we'll grow
bananas and papayas
1,000 square feet of fruit to sell,
which fulfills the ag
zoning requirements.
And then there, that's
where we'll put the yurts.
- Yurts?
- Yeah.
Five of them for ten lifeguards
the most underpaid first
responders on the North Shore.
Bathrooms, showers?
Ah, we'll do, like, a little
outdoor shower over there.
You got to visualize it, you know.
Mm. How long is this all going to take?
It should be ready by
the end of the month.
[LAUGHS]
You're kidding me.
That's never going to happen.
I have it all worked out.
OK, sure, if you say so.
You know, next time Mom asks
why I don't come home more often,
just tell her about this conversation.
The permitting alone
will make your head spin.
And I have all the permits.
Everything but the water meter.
Kainalu, I'm just suggesting
you stay flexible
with your expectations.
The last thing is never
really the last thing.
♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
♪
All right, I've got almost
everything for the umu.
I'm gonna ring Jimmy Ko, see
if he's got any banana stumps.
What?
Aww, look at these two.
Jarrah, still as beautiful as ever.
Vince, still a sweet talker.
Still got this one in
the palm of your hand?
Well, if that were true,
he'd know how to throw a party by now.
Ocean's graduation luau.
Jarrah is worried about the food.
You got it locked down?
Yep.
Got your kalua pig, squid luau, opihi?
You do got your opihi, right?
No time to pick it.
That's what he keeps saying to me.
Because it's true.
Braddah, I'll pick opihi with you.
Do it on a lunch hour.
Don't worry. We got this.
- An hour?
- Tops.
I know a great spot.
♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
The other night
are you cool with how we left things?
Uh, I don't know if
I fully understand it,
but, um, yeah.
I'm cool.
How long is it gonna be, bro?
Yeah, man, when do we get to move in?
I got it all figured out.
My guy is going to come
build the shower tomorrow.
If you help me put up the yurts,
we'll be living large in three weeks.
- Cool.
- Sounds good, bro.
How is it, guys?
'Sup?
Hey.
Sorry about that barbecue, braddah.
I know the party favors set you off.
All right, everybody, real quick.
Lance Ferguson collapsed
at the skate park yesterday.
Laka, Hina, update on how he's doing?
Yeah, turns out, it
wasn't a head injury.
Doctors found a brain tumor,
so they're going to
figure out next steps.
I'm going to check in
with his daughter later.
We exchanged numbers.
OK.
AccesSurf are looking for instructors
for their disabled
veteran outreach program.
If you're interested, come see me.
Great chance to give back.
Assignments are posted.
Let's get after it.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Excuse me. I'm
looking for Will Ready.
Yeah, that's me.
You've been served.
Have a nice day, everyone.
What was that about?
Paternity. Ooh.
Hey, Carter, not funny.
Hey, what's going on?
Julie's father is suing me.
[SIGHS] He wants me to
pay for the money he lost
when we canceled the wedding.
Man.
Guess you guys should
probably go 50/50 then, huh?
- Hey, Cap?
- Yeah.
If there's a spot for me on
that veteran outreach thing,
I'd like to take it.
Sure.
Hey, what's going on with Will?
Uh, something I don't
want to be a part of.
All right. I'll move
the assignments around.
What does he think he's
going to get from me?
He knows I have no money.
Hey, he's punishing you for
cheating on his daughter.
This is what I've warned you not to do.
It's more complicated than that.
Let me ask you, man.
How much is this guy
trying to sue you for?
120 grand.
$120,000?
Yo, how is it?
Is Vince here?
- No, mate.
- Oh.
Where is he at, then?
He's on patrol, brah. What you need?
He's usually here, though, right?
You want me to leave him a message?
What's up?
Kind of weird, huh?
A tweaker coming around
here looking for Vince.
We don't know he's a tweaker.
Hmm.
Do you not know what
a tweaker looks like?
I do, actually.
Because it sounds like
you're defending Vince.
Defending him against what, huh?
It's not that complicated, brah.
Just got to open up your eyes.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
One last time, deep inhale
as you reach overhead
[INHALES]
Then let it out. [EXHALES]
Mahalo, everybody.
Let's pair up and have a great day.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Hey, need a partner?
No, that's a bad idea.
- Oh?
- Rule number six in the MAGS.
Never put your life in
the hands of a supermodel.
[LAUGHS] Oh.
OK. What's the MAGS?
The Miguel Alvarez Guide to Survival.
- Are you Miguel?
- Max.
Max.
Well, Max, I'm not a supermodel,
so the rules don't apply to me.
Ah, it applies.
[LAUGHS]
Look, here's the thing.
I need a partner.
So what if I put my life in your hands?
That's a loophole.
You're crafty. You're crafty.
Yeah?
All right, what do you say?
Uh, maybe.
But there's not going to be any surfing.
No surfing?
Is that a rule too?
Just how it's got to be.
So your dad doesn't
think you can pull it off?
No. The last thing he said was,
"Prepare to manage your disappointment."
What'd you say?
I just gave him the old
Hina Alexander side-eye.
[LAUGHS]
He was like, "Damn, son, that's cold."
[LAUGHS]
Hey!
Hey, shorts on, bro.
It's not that kind of beach.
Dude's going to get burnt to hell.
Do you want to get some
food later, just you and me?
Uh, OK. Sure, yeah.
Why? Is something going on?
- I mean, kind of.
- Oh, hold on.
It's my guy from the water department.
Cliff, how are you?
Yeah, I guess the, uh,
the good news first.
Oh, awesome. Well, what's the bad news?
A backflow preventer. OK.
Well, when can that be put in?
Four months? No, no, no, I got
I got ten lifeguards
who need a place to live.
OK, um
Will it help us move up the wait list
if I tell you that my dad is the mayor?
Yeah.
Kainalu Emerson.
Thank you.
Everything good?
Yeah.
Remember the first
time you picked opihi?
Brah, Uncle Pete would drag
me out at the crack of dawn.
I would scrape my knees and
swallow a gallon of seawater.
[LAUGHS] Freezing cold, hands
all cut up, crying for mama.
[LAUGHTER]
All right.
Ah, yeah.
Told you, brother.
We're golden.
[THE MOVEMENT'S "SOUNDS OF SUMMER"]
♪
Chillin' in the winter
sitting by myself ♪
'Cause I've been waiting
for the longest time ♪
Just to hear
you speak to me ♪
♪
That's why you got
to come and listen ♪
All that cooling breeze ♪
The birds singing
in the swaying trees ♪
Dem a'splashing in
the crashing sea ♪
It's the sounds of summer ♪
Girls laughing in
the evening sun ♪
Party hopping when
the day is done, yeah ♪
Listen all, come everyone ♪
It's the sounds of summer ♪
[UPLIFTING MUSIC]
♪
Where you from?
San Diego, originally.
Not much of a talker, are you?
Not when it's about me.
Hmm.
I don't know if this partnership
of ours is going to work out.
Oh, come on, Max.
You're breaking my heart.
You got a boyfriend?
No.
No? Come on.
Girlfriend?
My personal life is not
interesting. Trust me.
You spend your free time drinking
and playing video games?
No.
Then your personal life is interesting.
All right.
If you're not here to
surf, why are you here?
I made a promise to someone.
Who?
- What's your type, anyway?
- Max, come on.
You ever been into skinny and boyish?
- Not since the seventh grade.
- Oh!
Oh, that cuts deep.
All right, listen.
I'll tell you something personal
if you promise to try and ride a wave.
- How personal?
- Personal.
- Deeply personal.
- OK, deeply personal. Do we have a deal?
Rule number 3 in the
MAGS. Trust is earned.
You go first.
Well, the reason I love
surfing and being in the ocean
is because it's the only place on Earth
my problems can't follow me.
It's the best version of life.
That was pretty good.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Dude, there's a massive
omilu hiding in the reef.
Just got to wait him out.
♪
Six months to retirement, brah.
You got a plan?
I do.
Really?
[LAUGHS] 20 years sitting on a tower,
you start thinking
about becoming a boss.
I want to start a landscaping business.
Nice.
- Well, get the nephews working.
- Yep.
Taking my ass fishing.
You built something
special here, braddah.
Always knew you would.
♪
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Tell you what, this is the
best lunch I've had in a while.
Word.
Hey!
We need help. Call someone.
Get whatever you can find on the truck.
- Go.
- Please, help!
♪
Help!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Help! I need help!
♪
He blacked out. I couldn't pull him up.
- How long has he been out?
- Uh, two minutes, maybe three.
OK. Give me your mask and gun, now.
♪
Come on. Help me pull him up.
♪
[GRUNTS]
Breathe. Come on.
[EXHALING]
- Come on.
- A little air?
Yeah.
[BLOWING]
Come on, Asher. Come on.
Breathe for me, man.
Oh, here we go.
- Bingo.
- That's it.
Keep breathing.
You're going to be OK.
Let's get him back.
[UPLIFTING MUSIC]
♪
Is that guy icing his head?
Got hit by a football.
He's OK.
[SNIFFS]
You smell that?
Yeah, that van.
Aw, dude.
Brah, that's toxic.
Hello?
Hey.
Oh, there's someone here.
Open the back.
Call it in. I'll grab the kit.
Mobile 7-1, requesting
EMS support at King's Beach
for a possible drug overdose.
Hey, hey. Hey, buddy.
Hello!
Come on, mate.
Is this the tweaker that
was looking for Vince?
Yeah. His pulse is barely there.
- Come on.
- Wake up!
Let's go. Wake up, buddy.
Come on, buddy. Come on.
- Wake up.
- Come on.
- Hey.
- Stay with us, man.
Help is coming.
[CHEERING]
The Army has swim tests, right?
I know how to swim.
Then what?
Rule number 4 in the
MAGS. Honor all agreements.
Let's go.
[GOTH BABE'S "TAKING OVER THE SUN"]
♪
OK.
It's three steps, remember?
I push, you paddle.
You push yourself up and enjoy the ride.
OK?
Max, you OK?
Max?
Just push the board.
OK.
I was thinking that
I need a surprise ♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
OK, here we go.
♪
[CHEERING]
[UNEASY MUSIC]
♪
Hey, Max.
Hey, come back here!
Max, that was awesome.
Let's get back out there.
Max, hold on. Don't give up yet.
- I'm done.
- Max, come on.
I said, I'm done!
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Something you want to tell me?
[SIGHS]
That party I went to a couple
of nights ago at his place,
there were a bunch of
people there to score.
- From Vince directly?
- I'm not sure.
And you didn't say anything.
I wanted to be sure, you know?
- The guy's been a mate.
- Huh.
Never got that. Still don't.
If your boy Vince gets
caught dealing from the tower,
all of us go down, brah.
[REGGAE ROCK MUSIC]
♪
Dad?
- Let's take a drive.
- What's going on?
Come on. I want to
show you something.
[LAUGHTER]
- OK.
- Yeah?
If I gave you ten shots with
the spear at that kid's fin
- I'd hit it every single time.
- [LAUGHS] All right.
- Every time.
- All right. All right.
This time, it's an omilu,
and Jarrah told you to
bring it home for dinner.
Uh, oh for ten, every time.
[LAUGHTER]
But he's always been
good when it matters.
- Amen.
- Yeah.
Hey, to old friends.
Aww.
To old friends.
♪
Are you OK?
I'm still here.
You were good out there.
Agreements will be honored.
What are you looking at?
Is that Miguel?
Crazy world, right?
Me and a Mexican kid
from Hawaii, best friends.
[SOFT MUSIC]
You ever known anyone who gets
you better than anybody else?
♪
Yeah, I got somebody like that.
A dude?
[LAUGHS] A dude, yeah.
Why aren't you with him?
Because it's complicated.
♪
You know what he used to
say to me about surfing?
The same thing that you did.
♪
Look, I will never
really know what you've been through.
But a lot of them do.
Miguel would want you out there.
[LAUGHS] Yeah.
He'd be a pain in my ass about it, too.
♪
Rule number 1 in the MAGS.
No fear?
Figured that one out for yourself, huh?
♪
Hey, Dad, what are we doing out here
in the middle of nowhere?
This isn't the middle of nowhere.
This is the future
50 units of desperately
needed affordable housing
for 50 North Shore working families.
Wow, that's that's great.
Yeah, it is.
Listen.
I know you want me to be happy for you
with that project you're trying to do,
but I don't think you
realize how complicated
getting anything done really is.
Oh, I do. That's the whole point.
Your guy Cliff from the
water department called,
asked me if I was OK with moving you
to the top of the list
for that backflow preventer
you need for your yurts.
What'd you say?
Do you have any idea who's
ahead of you on that list?
Huh?
All these families.
And by the way, this project
I've been working on it for 16 years.
Yeah.
That's why I ran for city
council in the first place.
16 years?
Yeah.
Hey, I appreciate you wheeling
and dealing for your friends.
A lot of times, it's the
only way to get anything done.
And I am proud of you.
I am.
But there's no way I'm saying it's OK
to move you to the top of that list.
I'm sorry.
I told them they could count on me.
Now you know why I drink two scotches
when I get home from work
and run six miles every day.
This is hard, son.
♪
Hey.
- How's your dad doing?
- He's stable.
We're going to fly home for
the surgery in a couple of days,
maybe sooner.
That's great news.
How are you?
Still sort of terrified.
Thanks for driving me here yesterday.
Of course.
It totally makes sense to be scared.
- I would be.
- Yeah.
I mean, he is my dad,
and he drives me crazy.
But I don't know what I'd
do without him in my life.
Hina.
It's OK. I should get back.
OK. You have my number,
so just let me know if
you need anything, OK?
The universe is conspiring, girl.
I actually I have to go.
Oh, give me two minutes.
I want to ask you something.
OK.
Do you think that it
would freak Kainalu out
if I asked him to move in with me?
Whoa.
I I didn't realize you
guys were that serious.
We're almost never serious.
We just have so much fun.
I'm thinking we go for it.
You know how much I love you, Cronulla?
I want to take you for a workout
with a bellyful of Jarrah's cooking.
That's not why I texted.
No? What's up?
You been dealing drugs out of the tower?
What?
[SIGHS]
We found this kid OD'd in
a van at King's Beach today.
Two hours before that,
he comes by the tower,
and he was looking for you.
Yeah.
Tell Sonny what's going on, or I will.
[SCOFFS]
Your word against mine.
Sonny and I go way back.
If I tell him anything,
it'll be about you,
the haole wannabe
fireman with anger issues.
He know about that kid
you beat up on the beach?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Didn't think so.
Do your worst, "mate."
You're just some Aussie
looking to get a good tan.
♪
[ENGINE STARTS]
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Hey.
How was the veterans thing?
Incredible.
You know, I met a kid who
had been shot four times
and lost his best friend.
And I got him in the water.
- That's amazing.
- Yeah.
I've got to go.
♪
Probably Ocean and Noah.
You want me to make them a plate?
No, I'll do it.
[KNOCKING]
- Hi, Will.
- Hey.
- Hey, Will.
- Jarrah, Cap.
Hey, did you eat? We got plenty.
Uh, I'm fine. Thanks.
Um, hey, Cap, do you have a sec?
Sure.
- Thanks, babe.
- Thanks.
What's up?
Um [CLEARS THROAT]
Vince and I were in the tower.
We broke up a fight on the beach.
I got into it with this drunk
guy, and I took it too far.
What? You hurt him?
Separated his shoulder.
Will.
Look, there's
there's stuff I got to work on, Cap.
I just
I wanted to tell you before
you hear it from Vince.
Why would Vince come to me about it?
Because I called him out.
About what?
Dealing drugs out of the tower.
[SOFT MUSIC]
OK.
You know this for sure?
Yeah.
♪
[SIGHS]
Probably going to have to
suspend you for 30 days.
Cap
You assaulted somebody on duty.
You could be fired for that, Will.
♪
And, um, what about Vince?
I'll handle that.
Go home.
I'll call you in a few days.
OK.
♪
Well, what am I going
to say to everybody?
You can move into the yurts,
but we can't have water for four months?
Sure you'll have some takers.
Pretty sure Carter
and Jaden never shower.
What about you?
I do shower.
I mean, where are you going to go?
The yurts aren't ready.
You going to move back home?
Yeah, I guess. But it's fine.
It's only temporary, right?
Till the next problem comes along.
What about you?
Are you going to move back home?
I'm done leaning on my dad.
I'm going to figure something else out.
I know Rosie wants you
to move in with her.
- Did she tell you that?
- Today.
She hasn't said anything to me.
Please don't.
What?
Just don't move in with her.
I guess I just
I like us living together, and
and I don't want that to change.
Yeah, but there's going to be
nine other people living there.
No, I know.
Does it really matter
if I'm not one of them?
Oh, my God. Let's
just just forget it.
No, no, no. What's your deal?
You.
I have feelings for you.
I don't know what that means.
Feelings.
There. You happy?
No.
No, I'm not.
I was crazy about you
the moment that we met.
And except for that one night,
it was always, you're too rich,
or you don't get me,
or we're just friends.
And I kept telling myself that
there was going to be a way in,
but there just never was.
So I moved on.
And I got a great girl
who's totally down.
And now you tell me that
you want to be together.
- Kainalu
- No, not cool.
And way too late.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪