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You got them to pay to clean up three rock.
That's not all I got.
You're out?
I'm out, baby girl, I'm out.
The doc and the company admitted negligence?
Sharon made a deal.
Had to agree not to sue them and sign an nda.
I don't see how this money is any dirtier
than the money that you took today.
It's moving day over to buena vista.
I'll never forgive you for this. Ever.
Neighbor guy from the hoarder house? He's cute.
My future is bright and possibly with Finn.
I think that the universe
thinks we should have dinner together.
I'm captain, and the next step is
battalion chief.
I just want to know if I'm in line.
For my job?
Eventually.
I appreciate your ambition, but I'm not dead yet.
Copy, chief.
Chief. Hey. You leaving?
Yeah. I have an early shift tomorrow.
Okay. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.
I know that making a deal with oxalta was complicated.
And I know that a lot of people weren't happy about it,
but you-you gave me my dad back.
I know, and I know that part of the deal was right.
Okay.
I will see you at the station tomorrow.
Okay.
Enjoy.
Good night.
You still pissed at your mom?
Tonight's not about that.
Hey.
Last call.
Boy.
You know our friends own the place.
You'd think we'd actually get a last last call.
Cheers to that.
Salud. Salud.
So, mija, your new boy, is he gonna swing by?
¿Cómo se llama? Phil?
You're wrong.
Finn. And he's not my new boy.
We're still very casual.
Come on, gabs, don't be coy.
I mean, he basically met your dad already.
On the phone.
When's the next time you're gonna see him?
Tomorrow, actually.
Super casual.
No, he's gonna be lending
his photography skills for the recruitment push.
So he's gonna be
doing a ride-along and then taking
- some action shots. - Cool.
Wait, a ride-along with 42?
Yeah, Vince okayed it.
Yeah, at the station that I captain
without even giving me a heads-up.
All right, it's closing time.
Coming, papa?
Nah, nah.
I think I'm gonna hang back, help bode close things up.
You be safe, okay?
Love you.
Hey.
I'll see you. All right.
Welcome back.
You left the party early.
Yeah.
Rest of it go okay?
Yeah. Went off without a hitch.
Except bode barely even made eye contact with me.
I didn't realize the oxalta deal
was gonna cost me my son.
Bode's never been easy.
But he always finds his way back to us,
sooner or later.
Hopefully sooner rather than later.
We're both working ot tomorrow at 42.
Well, stand your ground.
You did what needed to be done, right?
Yeah.
Maybe having work as a buffer will be a good thing.
I wish I had a buffer tomorrow.
I got to go see dad.
For the first time.
What do you mean "for the first time"?
You went over there the other day
to take his blood pressure
'cause you didn't want to spend $12.
Well, it turns out the 12 bucks was worth it.
I never went inside.
Never got out of my truck, never left the parking lot.
Sorry I didn't tell you.
It's just...
You know, when dad was living with us,
that's the most I've seen him in years.
That was really hard for you.
And then he moved out.
And it got quiet.
Easy, again.
I just feel like walking into that place tomorrow, I'm...
Asking for a fight.
Look, you really don't have to help me do this.
Especially if you're gonna look miserable doing it.
Survivor's guilt?
I paid for my freedom with silence, bode.
And it's not that I'm not grateful to your mom.
I am, but...
She should've never put you in that position.
What oxalta did, it was wrong.
I mean, they put me in the hospital.
But me going free while the rest of my guys are still in there?
And while birch is dead?
Sorry, we're... We're actually closed.
Not looking for a drink.
Just Sharon Leone. Is she around?
No. No, she's not.
I'm-I'm her son, bode.
Renée Hoffman.
You used to date my dad.
I also used to drink wine out of a box.
Neither are true anymore.
I'm a lawyer, one who's very interested
in that deal that your mom just made.
Come on.
You're one of those oxalta lawyers?
When the hell are you guys just gonna stop?
Okay, working for oxalta would actually kill my soul.
All right? I'm looking to build a class action lawsuit
to get justice for the people who were poisoned.
I've been tracking oxalta
from louisville to edge water,
just trying to get their victims to speak out.
I see.
I think you mean trying to get us to break our ndas, right?
"Our ndas"?
How are you involved?
I drank some bad water.
Well, I don't harbor any illusions in flipping ndas.
But if I could get a meeting with Sharon,
then maybe I could get a list of inmates
who might be willing to talk off the record.
If you can get people to talk, then what?
Bode, don't even think... Manny, Manny.
This could bring oxalta down.
Right?
No promises.
But if I can get those names, we've got a chance.
I can get you the meeting.
Bode, come on.
I appreciate the assist.
Here you go.
And... If you change your mind?
I've only been a free man for a few days,
and I already got a woman's phone number.
Would you look at that?
Wow.
These are incredible.
You're an artist.
I can't wait to see you in action.
I-I should get back to work.
You know? So you could get to work, too.
Right. Work.
Sorry. It's all good.
Cap, I-I was a little distracted
by the man with the giant camera.
You could've told me it was picture day.
I would've worn my hair down or something.
I'm joking, cap.
Regulation hairstyles only. Yeah.
Well, it was news to me, too.
Well, at least you'll be doing cool stuff in Finn's photos.
I'm just ready for probie period to be done.
Want to start climbing the ladder, like you did.
James, you're ambitious.
That's great.
But here, 42 has a ceiling, a hard one.
Your best bet is
to learn the skills you need to launch and then move on
to a station that offers growth.
You are out of your damn mind!
You're not even gonna consider it?
There's nothing to consider! Excuse me.
But she has a point.
She really thinks we can make a difference.
It's not up to you, bode.
I am not meeting with Renée!
Not a chance! Discussion over!
All right, look, give them some privacy.
What's the harm in-in talking to her?
Bode, she is an ambulance chaser,
who is trying to blow the deal
I made with oxalta by using Manny!
You can say goodbye to all the money I got for him
and for birch's family.
Yeah. You got 'em money.
What about justice?
I didn't just get them money.
I got oxalta to clean up the camp.
I got the doc to give Manny back his freedom.
Hey, guys.
Manny isn't free. Silencing him is just another form of prison.
Come on, you cannot be this naive.
Really?
I think that maybe you forgot that I went to prison.
Bode. Enough.
Chief... This is between me and my son.
Okay, well, then you take that to your damn house.
There he's your son.
Here, at station 42, he is a probie and
I am your division chief!
Station 42, mci at mount shasta park slopes.
Let's go, 42.
You didn't want to ride with your boyfriend?
Why does everyone keep saying that he's my...
I-I don't know what you're talking about.
There is a smile permanently glued to your face.
Come on, spill.
Okay, fine.
Finn is cute and funny and talented and thoughtful.
And he's totally into you.
Admit it, you're hot for shutterbug.
Honestly?
I haven't looked forward to a first kiss like this since bode.
What?
Wasn't that long ago we couldn't even say the b-word
in front of each other.
Hey, firefighters.
30 minutes ago, the ski lift malfunctioned.
The motor started rotating the bull wheels so fast
that the cable snapped.
Anybody on board at the time?
Yes. The lucky ones had a rough ride
up to the lift station.
And the rest... Thrown onto the mountain.
Yeah.
And how many are there? Ski patrol's thinking
that we have ten, so we need to get going.
Perez, they're gonna let us use this space for triage.
Take who you need and set up.
Jake, split the rest. Let's get to search and rescue.
Thank you.
All right, you two,
I need lifepaks and all the med bags we can spare.
Okay, probies, let's go.
Excuse me.
Hey, guys?
Back there at the station, things got a little bit tense.
Out here in the field, we let that all go.
Work together as a team,
following the chain of command, of course.
Understood?
Copy, chief. Yes, ma'am.
Yo, what you doing up there, og?
Hey. You guys are back early.
What's up?
What's up, big man?
What's up? Welcome back.
Man, I could not get out of that cell fast enough.
I bet, man.
Since Eve's up in Sacramento
trying to organize the doc side of the cleanup,
I had to make sure my guys had the proper welcome back?
Yo, no lie, when they pulled us up out of here
and sent us back to prison, man,
I was scared I was gonna be spending
the rest of my time behind bars.
Yeah, well, you don't have to worry about that.
Because soon enough, that well's gonna be fixed,
and all y'all, you're all gonna be back on calls real soon.
Yeah, like nothing ever happened.
Long as we keep our mouth shut.
Boys!
Outside for processing.
All right, Manny.
It's good to see you, bro. You, too, man.
No offense, but be a stranger, all right?
You're out of here, man. Go enjoy it.
Hey, Manny.
A snowbank can hide the heat,
so look for anything that shouldn't be here.
I got nothing.
All right. Check beyond the tree line.
Skiers might've been thrown further than you think.
Pretty bad fight back there?
She's talking about teamwork. She won't even hear me out.
Thanks for calling her on it.
Yeah, well, now I'm calling you on it.
For what?
For being out of line just as much as she was.
Bode, she's right.
At 42, and on this mountain, Sharon is our division chief.
You're a probie.
So whatever family baggage you got, check that.
Yeah, it's kind of hard when 42 feels like it's my living room.
Ever think it might not be the station we idolized as kids?
I got heat!
Somebody's out here. Lead the way.
Here you are.
Excuse me.
Trying to get this to my dad, Walter Leone.
He just needed more of his stuff. Sure.
Let me grab a tag for it.
I can just leave it here.
I can get your dad for you.
Let you make that special delivery yourself.
I bet he'd appreciate that personal touch.
I bet you don't know my dad.
That's a bet you'd lose today.
I been working with Mr. Walter the last couple of weeks.
He's my favorite guy around here.
You just can't tell the others.
You telling me my dad made a friend?
Sure did. My name's Noah. Let me grab him for you.
I'll bring him to you. He's right down the hall.
Well... No. May... maybe next time, okay?
And if there's not a next time?
Too bleak, too bleak.
What about a quick hi?
How's his mood today?
There we go.
- This is Cal fire! - Can you hear us?!
Help! Help! Over here!
Please! Please!
Hey. Hold on. This is Cal fire.
We're coming to you.
Help! Over here!
Hey.
Hi. Hey.
I'm captain Crawford. Can you tell me your name?
It's Blair.
My leg.
It hurts.
Right leg. Possible broken femur.
Yeah. Yeah, there can be internal bleeding,
but we don't want her to know.
All right, Blair.
How about we get you out of this chair and into triage?
Wait, no.
What about my dad?
Your dad was out here with you?
Yeah.
Shasta I.C., engine 1568.
I need a rescue sled with a splint on the eastern Ridge.
Copy. Bode, we need a blanket.
Audrey, sawzall.
Look, we're gonna get you out of here, okay?
Just hang in there. You're doing great.
Cap.
Blair, was this... is this your dad's jacket?
Yeah, he took it off when he woke up.
I asked him to stay. I asked him not to.
I don't... he just walked off.
I don't know why. He seemed confused.
Okay. His name's Danny.
Hey, first we rescue you, next your dad.
Hey, Walter, look who it is.
It's good to see you, son.
- So good to see you. - Yeah.
Yeah, you, too.
Here, sit down.
Told you he'd be happy to see you.
I was just thinking about you.
I'm so sorry I haven't come by. I...
Don't worry about it. I'm just happy you're back.
So, come on, what's the good news?
Did you find yourself
a nice Japanese wife over there, Luke?
Dad, I'm Vince.
The other one.
Come on, stop messing around. Did you get married?
Luke's in Japan, dad. I'm Vince.
What do you want?
Everything good over here, boys? No, it's not good.
Yeah. No, who is this?
We're... we're good.
I got to go.
Who is that?
1568, sending patient down with ski patrol.
All right, if Danny wasn't making sense
after losing consciousness,
we could be looking at a concussion.
Which means we have to find him, and he could be anywhere.
Those have to be Danny's tracks right there.
Is that blood?
Pick up the pace, probies.
Danny, this is Cal fire! Can you hear us?!
Hey. Thank you for meeting with me.
How can I help?
I'm not gonna break my nda.
Looks like oxalta is holding up their end of the bargain,
so think I'm gonna do the same.
Okay.
"Okay"?
What, you're not even gonna try to hard sell me?
You took a sizable payout
on a deal that your friend brokered.
So I'm not gonna waste my time trying to talk you out of it.
We're good, then.
I'm good. I'm not sure about you.
I'm great.
I got my freedom and my daughter.
Hell, I even survived
being bug-sprayed to almost death by oxalta.
And yet you wanted to meet with me.
When a simple "no" via text would've done the job.
You could've even ghosted me.
Maybe it was just an excuse to see you again.
Yeah, well, as much as I'd like to believe
that the pilates and skin care routine are working,
that ain't it.
You want to enlighten me?
Well, you're a firefighter.
A hero.
That's where you're comfortable.
Taking a payout from a soulless corporation
in exchange for your silence?
After they targeted inmates and killed your buddy?
That's not too comfy.
But you made a decision and you were gonna stick with it.
Until I came along with a choice.
How's that?
You enlightened?
I thought you didn't harbor illusions about flipping ndas?
And I thought you were turning me down.
Danny?
Danny!
Danny.
- Hey, can you hear me? - Check his vitals.
Why'd he take his clothes off?
It's paradoxical undressing.
Symptom of hypothermia.
His body's temperature regulation is shot.
His head injury might've escalated the symptoms.
So the cold registers as heat,
and then the patient just starts shedding layers?
Yeah.
All right.
Can't get a radial pulse.
No carotid either. All right, b, start cpr.
Shasta I.C., engine 1568.
Patient with hypothermia-induced cardiac arrest.
We need backup fast.
Copy, 1568.
Think you left that behind, brother.
Thank you.
Of course, man.
You know, they forget, but we never do.
What happened with you and your dad in there,
I've seen that play out a time or two.
No pressure, but I'm on lunch if you want to talk about it.
Just say yes, man. It's freezing out here.
Yeah.
Come on in.
Come on. Still no pulse.
We'll get one.
But how are we gonna get him off the mountain?
We're a long ways from the bottom.
Come on.
Just hang in there.
We got you.
That's how.
He was in cardiac arrest when we arrived.
Attempted cpr for 10 minutes.
Unknown how long he was down before.
Hey, bode, switch out. Switching.
Body temp was 86 degrees.
Bode, get in my bag.
We need heated saline to warm his insides.
Saline bag's already cooling off.
What about the snowmobile?
We could use the engine to warm the saline.
Not a dumb pitch. Do it now. Okay.
His body temperature's too low.
His veins are constricted.
- We need to dilate. - Heat packs.
Here it is.
Still no pulse.
Okay.
Come on, Danny.
Your daughter's waiting for you.
All right, come on.
I got a pulse.
That was the warmest greeting I ever got from my dad.
'Cause he thought I was my brother.
I did not want to come here today.
'Cause I thought he was gonna pick a fight.
But this is worse.
I get it.
I really do. I.
I lost, I lost my own mother to dementia.
Sorry.
I'm still ashamed to admit it,
but I was kind of grateful she forgot who I was.
The last time I got to see my mama
was from behind prison glass.
When she didn't recognize me, I figured
at least she didn't have to deal with the heartbreak
of seeing her boy locked up.
But I made a vow right then I was gonna be
that good boy that she raised and remembered.
Well, we got something else in common.
I know that... That view.
Through prison glass.
Really? You did some time?
Nah. Not me, my son.
He's out now.
He's, making a positive impact on people, just like you.
Actually, I think we got a third thing in common.
Fresh ingredients, baby.
I love a fine-grated parmesan.
See? You get it. You get it.
I tried to tell my dad that. He does not care.
No kidding? He was just talking last week
about your family's famous Sunday sauce.
He won't stop complaining.
He's been itching for a home-cooked meal.
My family's famous Sunday sauce.
That's funny.
That was my mom's recipe. It's now mine.
My dad never lifted a spoon in the kitchen.
Hey, come on.
A nostalgic activity with his son?
Great for memory stimulation.
One thing I've learned in here
is that memories are complicated.
But your boy and I got a second chance.
Why not your dad?
New patient, over here underneath the space heaters,
and we need more blankets!
Hey, Sharon?
Hey, photographer.
There-there's fire, I think.
What? I was shooting the mountain,
and I saw smoke. Look.
Jake, we're seeing smoke at the top of the Ridge.
Can you confirm?
Confirmed.
Smoke on mountain's northeast side.
Get out of there.
I will call green crest and get a water drop.
Chief, there's no time for that.
It's fire and ice up here.
If the snow melts, it could cause an avalanche
that takes anyone still on the mountain.
This place must have snow cannons.
We could use them to spray the fire.
I'm not looking for opinions. Chief, that's the right plan.
No, the right plan was given to you by your DC.
Follow my orders.
Discussion over.
Gabs.
Prep for a solo evac.
We're going with bode's plan up here.
Chief was pretty clear.
Hey, Jake, don't do this for me.
No, no, I'm not.
I'm trying to avoid an avalanche
that could cause more destruction.
Chief didn't ask for opinions,
so we're not gonna ask for permission.
Let's move.
Gabs, get him out of here.
These companies only think in terms of dollars.
All right, so, option one,
they could do everything up to code
and dispose of their waste properly.
Except it costs a pretty penny.
Okay, what's option two?
Risk dumping it in some river and hope for the best.
If someone gets sick,
just pay them off and shut them up.
It's cheaper.
We're just a math equation to them.
Where profit wins over morals every time.
And now that they've been caught,
they have to dispose of the rest of the poison.
And more people will get sick.
What I do know is they won't stop.
I've tracked them across three states.
And you think that you can put edge water in the spotlight?
Do you remember the Gulf trench oil spill?
Or the garnett voter fraud?
Of course I do, but those were massive cases.
Yeah, massive because of the publicized lawsuits.
I mean, that amount of settlement money?
That's an admission of guilt.
And I made them happen.
I've got that patient
with hypothermia which caused cardiac arrest.
He's currently stable.
Excellent. Park him over here.
We're gonna get him on the next rig
to edge water memorial.
Great work, Perez.
Where the hell is the rest of your crew?
When the cable snapped,
the pulley must've yanked it like a whip.
Tore open the backup generator
and ignited the fuel. Yeah.
There. Snow cannons.
Good.
Aim the cannons at the base of the fire. Yeah.
Cap?
There's no water.
James, the valve.
It's stuck. It's frozen over.
Let me back you up.
What's the matter, soldier? Is this frozen for you, too?
Still won't budge.
Here. Needs more leverage.
Let there be water. Nice one, cap.
All right, James, take the lift.
Bode, you work that Cannon. I got the one on the other side.
Yeah.
One is "truffle."
T... R, u... You got this, brother.
What do you want?
Well, I heard you got some gripes with the menu here.
Grub in this joint stinks.
Too bland. Not enough salt.
I came to fix that.
What do you got there?
You got the makings for a Sunday sauce.
Thought maybe we could make it together.
This is no good.
This is sweet sausage. You need spicy sausage.
It's all right. We can salvage it.
Come on.
You know, my wife
made the best Sunday sauce in the world.
This brings back memories.
Sunday dinners at the house.
Yep.
The way she wore her hair up in a bun
so it wouldn't dangle in the sauce.
Yeah, and we'd all be standing around trying to help,
but she'd say,
"you're more help staying out of my way."
Yeah. Yep.
But she didn't say that you. Not you.
Not her vinny boy.
Not you. She loved you.
She'd be proud of you, son.
Boys. Good job.
Crawford.
With me. Now.
Sharon, you couldn't see it, but we were boots on the ground.
I gave an order.
Period.
You disobeyed, period.
The fire's out because of bode's plan.
It was a guess.
And it's a guess that could've cost lives.
But it didn't. I'm aware.
I'm also aware now that I have coddled you to the point
where you believe that a boundary is a suggestion.
And I apologize for that.
I offer you this lesson for it.
For breaking protocol and dragging two probies with you
you are suspended for one week, effective immediately.
About bode's plan.
Watch yourself, Crawford.
Did you say no because it was a bad plan
or because bode suggested it?
Not every day you get to stop an avalanche with a snow Cannon.
Well, you know, hopefully Finn got a good pic.
Listen, about what I said this morning.
I shouldn't have.
I was frustrated.
But I don't want to be the kind of leader
who throws cold water on his probies' dreams.
Cap, you took me up a mountain
to rescue a guy and to stop an avalanche.
My dreams are nice and warm.
I-I've got to take this. Yeah. Sure.
All right.
Luke, hey.
Thanks for calling me back.
Yeah, I-I need some advice.
Hey, when did you know it was time to leave 42?
Wow.
These are incredible.
Yeah, just wait till you see the ones I shot on film.
These are great.
That one's not so bad, either.
When are you gonna finally kiss me?
I was thinking now.
That was...
So should we just skip straight to the wedding or...?
Ooh.
All right, now, don't keep a girl waiting.
How was it?
The kiss.
No.
With his sweet little eyes and his perfect little lips?
No, th-the kiss itself was-was great.
It's just, he...
Said this thing about, "when's the wedding?"
And my stomach dropped, Audrey.
No.
That's a ick. That's a real big ick.
Yeah, and I meant it when I said that I wanted something casual.
And he's not on the same page.
Yeah, maybe ask you to dinner first
before asking for your hand in marriage.
This is such a bummer.
The kiss was so good.
Can we get two more shots, please?
Thank you.
Wow... Finn just texted me five times.
Six now.
And seven.
Hey, maybe your gut was telling you
that Finn was keeping a tight lid on his obsessive.
But here it is.
Eight.
Wow.
"So you got your photos, now you're done with me?"
"My time's valuable.
Thanks for wasting it."
Wow. He's got a healthy ego about his artistry.
So-so, what? D-Does he think that I used him?
For free photos? That's not... i'm
Finn has revealed himself
as a guy who can't handle not getting what he wants.
Clearly, what he wants is you.
My advice?
Ignore, ignore, ignore.
Thank you.
You're gonna need that.
Should not have blown up at you like that at work.
It's fine.
No, it's really not fine.
I... there is no place
for family business at the station.
I mean, I understand
why you want a bigger victory with oxalta.
And I understand why you did what you did.
You do?
We're cut from the same cloth, mom.
You did what you thought was right.
Even though you knew other people would disagree.
So, you know, just forget about Renée.
Really?
Got to get this rig spotless.
Probie duties.
Bode, you're going against
your commanding officer and your mom.
I'm banking on forgiveness, not permission.
Come on in. Hey.
Hey.
Still no Sharon?
Couldn't change my mom's mind.
But you got me, and you got Manny.
We're the keys to three rock.
Yeah, we can talk to the guys.
We can get them to talk to you.
Get them to flip.
Well, let's get to work, then.
But, before we do, I've got to warn you both.
Shutting down oxalta, it's not gonna be easy.
I mean, they're a publicly-traded company,
but when they feel backed into a corner,
they start acting like a mob family.
So, nothing is off-limits.
Intimidation, coercion... We keep a tight circle.
And what we're doing, fighting oxalta,
stays inside that circle.
It's our secret.
Okay.
Well, we need to get started...
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