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Previously on Fire Country...

Somebody got cleared to come back to work.

Dialysis is working.

And once she gets her new kidney, she'll be unstoppable.

I'm a match to donate my kidney.

That's a really risky surgery. I don't care.

No, I'm not taking it. What?! Shar.

I'm not letting my kid, who is finally

getting his life together, put himself in harm's way for me.

If you let me save your life, you'd be saving mine.

SHARON: Vince, you gonna

introduce me to your new probie?

My name's Collin O'Reilly.

Any relation to Kirk O'Reilly?

GABRIELA: Who's Kirk O'Reilly?

Cal Fire legend.

Which makes Collin a nugget.

What's a nugget? Anyone's parent who's a part

of Cal Fire is a nugget.

MANNY: I haven't been the dad

that you deserve.

I owe you some answers. Dad, are you gambling?

Yes. Call me when you're ready to get help.

And I lost my house and I need some help. We got you, Cap.

I'm trying to change, Gab, for you.

If you want to change, do it,

but do it for yourself.

Don't do it for me.

We're gonna work on ourselves.

By the end of your sentence,

we'll be good.

CROWD (chanting): Hey, Wallace, get off it!

This forest's not for profit!

Hey, Wallace, get off it!

This forest's not for profit.

Hey, Wallace, get off it!

This forest's not for profit!

Hey, Wallace, get off it!

This forest's not for profit!

Okay, blood sugar's back to normal.

Electrolytes are helping.

I feel so much better.

JAKE: Good job on your first medical call, probie.

As for you, next time you want to protest

to save the trees at the crack of dawn,

pack a granola bar.

CROWD: This forest's not for profit!

Hey, Wallace, get off it!

You got it. Take your time.

All right, so he called us out here

just to watch him down a sports drink?

Well, everybody has a different definition of "emergency."

Pack up, get back to the rig.

Thanks, bud.

Hey, I, uh, talked to Bode.

He's clearing a lot of the kidney donation hurdles.

Well, that's great, you know,

and if everything goes as planned,

he'll be able to donate his kidney to his mom,

just like he wanted.

But, Jake, Bode said that

if he makes it to transplant surgery,

he heads back to prison afterwards.

What? Why?

To recover. Fire camp doesn't have the medical setup.

And there's no guaranteeing that he'll make it back

to fire camp afterwards.

And Bode could go back to prison for the rest of his sentence?

(people screaming) JAKE: Everybody,

I need you to calmly back up!

We need extinguishers over here.

Excuse me. Behind you with 'em!

Great speed, Collin.

(sighs) Back up!

Looks like a Molotov cocktail.

I thought this protest was supposed to be peaceful.

EVE: Let's just hope this is the last of it.

(horn sounding)

All right, gentlemen, on the buggy! Let's go! Let's go!

(man shouts indistinctly)

All right, everybody, listen up.

Have an announcement to make.

Today's a big day.

It's a serious day,

'cause today is Bode's birthday, baby!

(whooping, applause)

Time for a fire camp tradition.

What tradition? (laughs)

What tradition? You're about to get roofed, son!

ALL (chanting):

Bode! Bode! Bode!

Too much fun, fellas.

Go on, get out of here.

(laughs)

30th birthday, Bode. It's a big one.

Well, I was dreading it, to be honest.

What's that? Getting older?

I was hitting this milestone while I'm still incarcerated.

Not really where I thought my life would be.

Yeah, I get that, man.

You may be incarcerated, but you're on a good track, bro.

I mean, you're working on donating a kidney to your mom.

It's huge.

Yeah. Yeah, my, uh...

my transplant coordinator called this morning.

I passed my donor psych evaluation.

What? Yes.

(laughing): Yes.

That's incredible, man. That's good.

I give my mom this kidney, and just

doing some good for my family for once.

I can't blow this chance, man. And you won't.

Nobody can take this from you. Nobody.

Hey, yo, you should, uh...

You should tell Gabriela

that you're getting back on your feet.

She misses you. No.

I'm still couch surfing. It's not enough yet.

Anyway, tool maintenance time.

Get to it.

Hey.

Happy birthday.

French toast on a weekday, huh?

(chuckles) In honor of Bode's 30th.

Remember? We used to do breakfast

for kids' birthdays all the time.

I do remember, and I would also bring you flowers

to make sure you were reminded that it was also about you.

Feels good to have one kid in our lives to celebrate.

So, it might not be all tradition.

It might also be, like, a little bit of a bribe.

I might need you to do a teensy favor for me.

Is it for you or for the morally bankrupt developer

who wants to rip down all the forests and put in his condos?

All right, the developer has a name.

It's Neil Wallace, and Neil is ready

to cut a big, fat donation check to Station 42, and all he wants

is a smiling photo with you looking

this handsome in those dress blues.

We all know this is a dirty kickback, right?

Just to get Cal Fire's seal of approval.

Okay, but you do recall that I was the one

that fought the city council not to do the deal

for the development unless Neil was willing

to give something back to the department, which he is.

Hundreds of thousands of something.

Okay, well, when my crews are putting out his tinderboxes

instead of enjoying their own kids' birthdays,

I'll be sure to tell 'em who to thank.

Oh, look at you.

I'm making lemonade out of lemons here.

We're looking at a year-round fire season,

and our firefighters have their own personal crises.

I mean, Manny's sleeping on our couch.

This kind of money could really help our people.

You just can't forget the smile part, okay?

'Cause you're so handsome when you do.

JAKE: I mean,

idiots are trying to protect the trees.

Then they go and start a fire.

Mm. At least you saw some action before breakfast.

Chief had me finishing incident reports. (phone chimes)

What? You still text-flirting Cara?

I'm not flirting.

He is.

Okay, she is a nurse,

and I'm asking medical questions. Thank you.

Jake, we broke up.

If you like her, I'm happy for you.

EVE: You know what?

I thought I was gonna have to choose sides

when y'all broke up, but, uh,

y'all been very mature, very honest.

It was very adult-like.

(laughs) You like Cara.

Ask her out on a date.

Okay, Cupid.

Then what about you?

Mm-mm. Great question.

What about you?

Right. I mean, you haven't dated since Aydan?

You don't know my life. GABRIELA: I do.

I've been crashing in your guest room for weeks.

Boom. She got you. EVE: Okay.

Um... yeah, I'm seeing somebody.

GABRIELA: Oh. What?

Her name is career goals.

(laughs) Ha!

You ain't... you ain't right.

Waste my time. Boo!

I can't hate on that. I'm focused on work, too.

Yes! Too focused to flirt. You feel me?

(humming upbeat tune)

♪ ♪

CROWD (chanting): Wallace, get off it!

(camera shutters clicking) This forest's not for profit!

Wallace, get off it! This forest's not for profit!

Wallace, get off it!

This forest's not for profit!

Wallace, get off it!

Which one of these suits is Wallace?

Asshat in the middle.

Hey, keep fighting the good fight, everybody.

This forest's not for profit!

Hey, Wallace, get off it!

Ah, Chief Leone.

I cannot thank you enough for your team's

fast-acting heroism this morning.

I-I know these kids want to save the world.

That's what being young is for.

But, but throwing a Molotov cocktail at my office?

That is over the line.

I agree with you there, Mr. Wallace.

Right. We both want Edgewater to be all it can be.

More housing is a boost to the community.

Yeah, except for the trees

and the environment and the climate crisis.

No, I'm thinking of the housing crisis.

I-I'm trying to build homes for working-class families.

In an area where they're at high risk for burning.

(sighs)

Smile.

(camera shutter clicking) CROWD: Two, four, six, eight...

Okay, we done here?

(whooshing) WOMAN: Fire!

Help!

(crowd clamoring)

That's my car.

Well, how long's it been running on dry leaves?

I don't know. An hour?

Another targeted fire. I'm not the bad guy here.

Hey, everybody, back up, all right? Back up. Go away.

Greencrest. Battalion 1508.

Edgewater Forest.

We got a vehicle fire spreading into the brush.

About a 50-by-50 spot. I'll be assuming IC.

DISPATCHER: Copy, Chief.

You can contain this, right? We will do our best

to protect the forest around where you want to build.

I meant my building materials in there.

It's lumber and pipe. It's all brand-new.

You left your running car on dry grass.

Not really worried about your materials.

I'm not worried about you at all.

I got a forest

to try to save.

So, what, they keep lighting fires,

we keep running to save 'em?

We don't know

that the protesters did this.

It's two fires in the same place on the same day.

Our time should be spent trying to help

the people who didn't try to kill us this morning.

JAKE: Hey, probie,

it's frustrating, I get it, but we go where the call is.

We don't hesitate.

We go.

(alarm sounding)

MAN (over radio): Fire's spread to an acre.

(siren wailing) Requesting additional water tenders.

(indistinct radio transmission)

Excellent response time, 42.

All right, as you can see,

we got a vehicle, brush and trees

all on fire and spreading pretty fast.

How did this one start? Wallace left his car running.

Dry grass under the catalytic converter.

Eve, you're on the pump.

Gabriela, Collin, you're with me.

I really thought the protesters were behind this, too.

I guess I was wrong. That's why we focus on the work.

I sent a bunch of protesters away from here.

We got to evacuate anybody who's still in there.

Let's go.

(indistinct radio transmission)

DISPATCHER: Three Rock Crew Four. Greencrest.

Vegetation fire, Edgewater Forest.

Greencrest. Division 1501. Assuming Edgewater IC.

DC Leone, where do you need us?

Okay, I'm sending you into Division Delta.

You find Vince. He's gonna give you an assignment.

Copy that. All right, Three Rock, with me!

Okay, be safe.

Let's roll! Let's roll!

Hey.

Hey.

Hey, you were right. About?

Focusing on the work. You see? That's the fun part.

Winning.

We're killing this fire!

Looks like you've got this pretty much handled?

Damn good probies.

They were trained by the best. True, true.

Oh, wait. You mean me?

I do. I have seen you with them.

And Chief Snow says you're a real standout at IC training.

You want to see what it's really like

at Incident Command today and shadow me?

Hell yeah! Well, mm, sorry.

Yes, Chief.

Okay, find me when you're done.

(indistinct radio transmission)

Everybody, we have an active fire threat, so just

stay calm, follow the trail out.

All this is gonna be gone.

Ripped out for a bunch of condos.

CROWD (chanting): Hey, Wallace, get off it! Wait.

This forest's not for profit! More protesters out here?

Hey, Wallace, get off it!

This forest's not for profit!

Hey, Wallace, get off it!

This forest's not for profit!

Hey, Wallace, get off it!

This forest's not for profit! Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Everybody, I'm sorry.

You got to evacuate right now.

We're not going anywhere.

You will, or else you're gonna get eaten up by fire.

Did Wallace pay you to tell us that? Get us out of his way?

It's not an excuse.

Okay, so stop playing with your Molotov cocktails and

look up.

TATUM: Okay, that looks real.

A car started a grass fire.

It's spreading fast, so, you can get out now, you'll be fine.

What about Tatum? She's locked into that thing.

Not my first sleeping dragon. We will get her out.

I promise. Okay, just go.

Go! Everybody, go!

(crowd murmuring)

Sleeping dragon?

Yeah, tricky little device

designed for protesters who don't want to be easily removed.

Built her myself.

Was hoping a really disgruntled cop

would have to take her apart.

Or Wallace himself.

Finally get an audience with His Highness, the Weenie Weasel.

All right, where's the key to this lock?

(sighs) It's in my jacket pocket over here.

Took me hours to build this thing--

duct tape, tar, mud.

Oh, is that what I'm smelling?

Oh, yeah. Again, for Wallace.

Hmm. What's that look?

Wallace a friend of yours?

No, and, look, I get that you're upset

and angry, but, listen, that Molotov cocktail

that you guys threw this morning could have killed somebody.

I didn't do that. I'm nonviolent.

I have to get creative, like this.

Yeah, handcuffs.

That was my go-to back in the day.

You're a protester, too?

I preferred the term "demonstrator."

Okay.

All right, Tatum, chains are off.

Time to go.

I can't.

(groans) This is not up for debate.

No, I-I can't move.

I'm zip-tied and chained

to a carabiner that's supposed to unclip

from a bolt inside and free me, but...

Maybe I used too much glue in here.

It's not moving.

Okay, okay, so we find another way then, right?

You don't understand.

It's impossible to dismantle quickly.

That is the point.

There's, like, a dozen features

keeping me in this thing.

VINCE: We got a civilian trapped in a sleeping dragon.

We need extrication tools ASAP.

Eve, as my shadow, what would you do?

Gabriela, Collin,

take the med bag, blankets,

extinguisher, and the grinder to Vince's crew.

Martin? Yeah.

Make sure the vehicle is fully extinguished,

and we'll wait for the tow truck.

They're on their way to you, Vince.

Clear communication. That was good.

You know, I-I can manage a car fire,

but manning a whole incident?

Just keep assessing the whole situation.

What's going on with the fire?

What's going on with the people?

We got an angry developer

and protesters.

They could complicate this in a minute.

What's going on with the car?

Reignition? How?

Okay, first thing about leadership is

delegation. Come here!

JAKE: Can't we just cut this in half?

VINCE: Through all these layers of materials?

Our saw can't handle that.

Chicken wire. That's a nice touch.

Yeah, I thought so, too... at the time.

MAN (over radio): Fiery ignition, rapid spread,

headed in your direction.

(sighs)

So, Eve told me that, uh, Bode has to go back to prison

to recover from the kidney transplant?

Yup. I don't like it either.

Well, what if he loses his spot at Three Rock?

Or fire camp entirely?

Uh, what if he backslides while he's gone?

Jake, if there was... if there was any other option.

I mean, I wish I was a match, I wish

anybody else was a match, but I...

I'm a match.

I found out after Sharon's kidney-raiser.

Look, I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm... I'm sorry.

Seriously, I-I'm sorry that I didn't tell you sooner.

Chief, I was scared.

It's a scary decision to make.

No reason to apologize.

Chief, I don't want to steal Bode's thunder.

But I know Sharon needs a...

she needs a kidney, and...

well, I-I-I think it would kill her more

if she lost Bode again, and...

What are you trying to say?

I know I have to go through all the official channels still,

but... pick me.

Chief, let me be Sharon's kidney donor.

Dude, are you serious right now?

You're trying to make moves around me

like I'm some kind of child?

Bode, I'm sorry you found out like this.

I'm doing this, Jake. Back off.

Bode, hear me out.

Firefighters, now's not the time.

Chief's right. Tell us where to go.

Have your crew start cutting line

around all this lumber and machinery.

The fire gets here, it's gonna be the first to go.

Yes, sir. All right, half of you boys with me,

the other half with Bode over there. Let's go.

(indistinct radio transmission)

What's going on?

VINCE: Probies,

go join Three Rock. Start cutting line.

All hands on deck.

Let's go. Jake.

Grab equipment. Let's get to work.

This is a hybrid, which I must have missed

because the insignia is charred, but... (scoffs)

I should've done a better job with the assessment. No, no, no.

There's no need to wallow when there's other work to be done.

Just walk me through it.

Okay. Once the batteries heat up, the heat travels

from one cell to another,

reigniting the battery over and over again.

It's kind of like a trick candle.

You never know when it's gonna stop.

Okay, so we're gonna need more water.

I can ping dispatch for another water tender.

Or maybe I have a better idea.

We need the jaws. No... ho-ho-ho-ho...

Right. Delegate.

You two, we need the jaws, ASAP.

All right.

That was good, Eve.

MAN: You got it? MAN 2: Yeah.

All right, Tatum, you're gonna guide us.

You know your dragon best.

The bolt's over here on my left side.

Under the chicken wire are layers of tubing,

more chicken wire, and then mesh under that.

And a skin irritant, tar.

And... I know this must all sound crazy to you.

No.

I got arrested 35 years ago in this same forest.

Pipeline protest.

I wouldn't leave either.

You and Bode-- so set on something, you can't

see another way to do it. Jake.

It seems like you all care a lot about each other.

People fight when they care.

I fought with my parents

when they sold their construction company to Wallace.

He's ruthless for a bottom line,

no matter how many trees he kills.

My family loves these trees.

Here I am,

trying to save what they couldn't.

Yeah, well, isn't saving trees antithetical

to construction?

My parents practiced sustainable forestry.

They balanced what was best for the trees

and the people and the wildlife.

People need housing. I'm not denying that.

There's just a better way to do it, huh?

A less destructive way.

What happened earlier?

Nothing.

You and Jake were just shooting each other daggers over nothing?

Are you really just gonna shut me out after...

what happened after the last fire we worked together?

After we kissed?

Bode, you want to better yourself?

You want to make the rest of your sentence count

so that, by the time you get out of here, you are solid?

And we can be together?

Talk to me.

I thought Jake and I were in a better place.

But it's like... it's like

he can't stop taking things from me.

This was the one thing that I could do for my mom.

Jake's a kidney match, too.

And that's bad?

Well, if the transplant board is deciding between me and Jake,

who do you think they're gonna pick?

Well, all things equal,

your mom has the final say.

Yeah.

But all things aren't equal, are they?

Hey, Ja-Jake's in perfect health.

He's never done drugs, he's not incarcerated.

He's the one to pick.

I disagree.

EVE: The battery's burning underneath.

We got to attack this from below.

SHARON: Walk them through it, and be specific.

Add more chase cribbing!

Faster, Olsen. I've seen you race to the front

of the lunch line. Good work, guys. Open the jaws.

Slide the cribbing. Nice.

Bring it down. Okay.

(indistinct shouting)

(indistinct radio transmission)

Put the water up under the truck!

Attack the battery dead-on.

Hit those sparks.

Nice, y'all. Good.

You got a straight shot to the battery.

Now, the water can cool it even faster.

This is really thinking outside the box.

This is leadership. Come on.

I'm gonna update Chief Snow on your progress.

Really good work.

(indistinct radio transmission)

Do you ever, um, miss being in the thick of it?

WALLACE: Chief Leone?

SHARON: Okay, here we go.

This is gonna be the next lesson in leadership.

This is on diplomacy.

Just watch and learn.

Hey, look who it is-- my friend Neil.

Friends was when you were helping me

with my groundbreaking, not letting it burn.

I'm not letting it burn.

You need to do something to protect my building materials.

I am losing houses for people, and if I lose that,

you might lose my donation to Cal Fire.

What? They're recording me?

Yeah, 'cause they think you're gonna lose it

and maybe start spewing obscenities at a firefighter.

And that would not be a good look if you're looking

for the department's seal of approval

for this development, now, is it?

I almost lost it on that guy.

Diplomacy's a skill, like everything else.

You practice, and you get better at it.

Neil's a bit of a trick candle, too.

You need to keep an eye out for reignition.

Um...

What are you gonna do that makes me need these?

Well, we're gonna cut into the, uh, tube

so that I can unjam your carabiner,

but it'll throw off sparks.

Tell us if you feel heat.

You know, it sounds flammable, near this beautiful tree

and also my face.

Hey, how did your family make that housing development work?

Sustainably?

(saw buzzing) Um, tree preservation, for one.

We could save more trees.

VINCE: Building houses in the middle of a forest--

that's a wildland-urban interface disaster.

TATUM: Uh, we would build with plenty of defensible space

around the condos. Ah! Something's hot!

VINCE: Hey, hey, stop the saw.

(groans) Friction's heating up the tube.

Yeah. We got to cool her down

with some water.

Yeah. Hey, no offense, but, uh,

did you ever think about writing any of this in a letter?

Letters, voice mails, emails, all unanswered.

He won't hear me out.

Guess this guy really is a weenie weasel.

Hmm.

Fire's getting closer.

We got to hustle.

All right, you're good. All right.

(grunting)

Hey, go grab some water, take a break. No, no.

I'm good. I can keep up.

We have a lot to prove as probies, I get it.

But right now, if you go down, we've got two people to save,

so...

Aah! You okay?

You all right? Something burned me.

Yo, we got fire over here.

Hey, Chief!

Fire's not on its way.

It's here.

Let's go, Three Rock!

VINCE: Spot fires are popping off.

This lumber's going up. We need a hose line.

We're not gonna wait for that. Let's go, Three Rock!

Let's go! Let's get these spot fires out!

We can do this!

Use your Pulaskis! Bring down those 2x4s.

Come on, let's move that into the black, all right?

Hit 'em with dirt!

It's gonna take more dirt than that.

Come on, guys, let's move, move.

Hey! Hey, we could use some extra hands over here!

Oh, wait! Gab! Gab!

Gab, I-I've never fought fires with only hand tools before.

Just follow Bode's lead. He's a nugget, too, remember?

We look out for each other!

I promise I'm not as fast as her. Okay.

All right, we're pulling these on the count of three, come on.

One. Two.

Three.

Come on, over there.

All right.

Little more, more, little more.

Keep going, keep going.

(indistinct radio transmission)

Any more reignitions? Nothing for a while.

Think the battery's cooled off finally.

Okay, Vince is asking for a hose.

The fire has reached them. Who do you want to send in?

Martin.

Grab a hose pack!

And, uh...

I'm going, too.

Incident Command doesn't go in.

We stay out here and we oversee.

Then maybe Incident Command isn't for me.

I've barely touched a hose all day,

and I'm crawling out of my skin.

Thank you, Chief, for the opportunity, but I'm going, too.

Let's go!

Be safe, girl.

There's the nozzle.

Hose here!

I need the clamp.

Yep.

Let's add another stick of hose. Here you go.

Stitch it in. Coupling.

Fancy.

Clamp. Hose clamped.

Okay.

(flames whooshing)

(sighs) Crap. That's not good.

Chief, fire's hungry and moving your way.

VINCE: How soon till the hose gets here?

We're moving as fast as we can.

Almost there.

We're connected. Ready for water.

Water's coming.

Line's charged.

Advancing the line.

Send Engine 1557 to join the task force on Division Alpha.

Greencrest, this is Edgewater IC.

Requesting a water drop to Division Delta.

We've got a surface fire encroaching on our crews

and a trapped civilian.

DISPATCHER: Nearest copter is 263.

They're 30 minutes out.

Copy. 30 minutes out.

Okay, I just need you to stay calm.

Is there any news on Tatum?

Looks like the fire's getting worse.

We're not sure yet. Chief, my lumber is in there.

You should have thought about that

before you left your car running on dry grass.

Wait. You caused this?! Whoa!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! That's not gonna help anything.

Tatum's in there.

She's stuck around a tree, trapped by a fire you started.

Tatum? Tatum Morgan?

I bought this company off of her parents.

She-She's emailed me every day since.

If you had just heard her out,

she wouldn't be in there right now.

You can get her out, right?

You need to back up.

You need to let us do our work here.

(indistinct chatter)

MANNY: Hey, Three Rock!

Let's move these tanks out of the way, all right?

Get it away from this skid steer.

It's full of fuel.

If it gets close to it, it's a possible explosion.

Let's move.

Chief, I'm here!

Drown the hot spots.

Window's open. I just got to get through this mesh

once I get the bolt off.

That's a good thing, right? Means you're almost out of here.

Eve, how far away is our ground fire?

Assuming the winds don't change, ten minutes.

All right, Jake, we need her out of here in five.

Copy. Everybody else, start packing up.

Soon as Tatum is extricated,

we're out of here before we get trapped.

Copy that, Chief.

All right, Three Rock, let's move!

Single file, right behind me. Go, go, go!

Wait. You're-you're just gonna leave and let the trees burn?!

Tatum, it's not safe anymore.

These trees matter to me, to this town.

We have to protect them!

I didn't put myself in danger just to give up!

We can't give up!

Hi. Hey, what about these fire blankets?

What if we tied 'em around the trunks?

Well, how would that work?

This fire's creeping around real low.

It might rip through here on the ground.

But if the trees are wrapped in fire blankets,

they-they have a shot at staying intact.

I get it, but the trees are not the priority right now.

Hey, you wanted him to hear you out.

Hear his plan out now, please.

Okay, but you heard the chief.

She's out of here in five minutes.

Jake, it's feeling warm again.

I'm not even using the saw anymore.

It's not the dragon.

What do we do first? Do we put out the fire or save Tatum?

Both. Always both.

Permission to move on this fire blanket plan, Cap?

You do what you can with the remaining time,

but once she's free, we move.

Yeah.

Hey. Couldn't let you have all the fun.

Thanks.

How much longer?

Yeah, I'm cutting as fast as I can.

All right, Three Rock, let's help Bode wrap these trees.

So, you're a tree hugger, huh?

You saw how much she cares about saving these trees.

She'd be devastated if she loses all of 'em.

MANNY: Grab webbing and ratchet straps.

Work together, guys.

(indistinct shouting)

You guys good?

Watch each other's backs.

Secure the blankets at the top and the bottom.

This tree's about to go!

Please hurry.

VINCE: We got to get in there.

Chief, cutting the wire is taking too long.

Uh, you have pliers?

Okay. Pry this open right here.

I'm gonna reach in and try to unclip the carabiner. Got it.

Yup, yup, that's good, okay.

(Jake groans)

Damn it, the clip's stuck.

Grab the bolt cutters.

We'll just cut the chain.

Okay. Give me that.

Yeah, I got it.

There she is. All right, she's free.

Let's go! Let's go!

All right, Three Rock, let's go!

Let's go! Move! Double time! Double time!

We're losing our escape route, and we don't have

enough resources to hold off a fire that size.

Bode. You, too. Yup.

Yeah, I know. I'm done. Let's go! Let's go!

Thank you for saving my trees.

I'm sorry that you couldn't be the one to do it.

I don't care who got the save. It's about them, not me.

Doug!

Tatum!

You're okay! I'm good.

(indistinct radio transmission)

What's our next assignment?

The strike team just arrived to tag you out.

They'll take it from here.

Be honest, how much did you geek out over that sleeping dragon?

Not as much as I would have

if the tree she was hugging wasn't on fire.

(laughing) How about you?

You've been fangirling over your buddy Neil?

Okay, lemonade out of lemons, Vince.

You know, part of my job is to make difficult compromises.

Well, you feel like making one more?

Because Tatum wants to talk to him.

I think I can make that happen.

What are you doing?

You know, their demands are a little bit

like a hybrid car fire.

They're not going to stop until you think outside the box.

Like what?

TATUM: Now you're ready to listen, Weasel?

Why don't you get your cameras ready?

Uh...

Neil Wallace here.

The Weasel.

I am sorry for ignoring the demands

of this passionate group of individuals.

And I'm sorry for how my actions led to today's events.

TATUM: Sustainable forestry

is the only way.

I'm here now to listen.

We can build houses and save trees.

Hey, Bode.

Hey, I know it's complicated between you guys,

but I think he's just looking out for you and for Sharon.

And if you wanted him to back off, I know he would.

Oh, I, uh... I didn't get a chance to say it earlier,

but, um, happy birthday.

Thanks.

Hey.

It-It's your birthday?

Yeah.

Why didn't you say anything?

Guess I've been focused on other things today.

MANNY: Leone?

Load up.

(hums)

Expired since last Christmas.

Mm. Nope.

COLLIN: Oh, nice shot.

Hey, want to grab a few more at Smokey's?

Like maybe, like, a-a basket of onion rings?

Uh, can we rain check? I'm kind of busy.

Yeah, of course.

Great. Uh, also,

uh, I just...

I wanted to thank you for the tip.

You know, to focus on the work.

Uh, some people are distracting, aren't they?

What do you mean?

Uh, you and Bode?

I mean, if anything happens between you and him...

It hasn't.

I know. I'm just saying, both of you could get in big trouble.

Especially you, so just be careful.

We nuggets-- we got to stick together, right?

See you later.

Thanks, you, too.

Hey, what you doing?

Hey. I'm trying

to find something that resembles a birthday cake for Bode.

And I think... I just found it.

Hey! Birthday chicken!

(laughing) Mmm.

Well, I...

It's either this or... or nothing. Right.

You know, you're a very good,

very weird friend. (laughs)

You know, I think I blew my shot trying to impress DC Leone.

What happened?

Well, she invited me to tag along, and I sort of hated it.

So I kind of just left.

Oh, y-you might have blown it.

Say goodbye to career goals, I guess. Yeah.

Or hello, new career goals.

Mm.

I mean, Incident Command might not be your cup of firefighting.

Maybe your heart is trying to tell you

that you want something else.

Hmm. Come on.

Come to Three Rock with me.

(laughs)

For your personal reference,

I prefer ice cream cake to rotisserie chicken.

(laughs)

Looks a little dry.

But I think he'll like it. (laughing) (laughing)

♪ And after working all day... ♪

You okay?

Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

(laughter)

Is that a chicken?

(laughter)

He's having fun with his friends on his birthday.

♪ And the years that go by... ♪

We got to go home. We got

to eat this store-bought cake ourselves.

D-Dude, seriously? Seriously?

(laughing)

Well, happy 30th, old friend.

Thank you, old friend. Oh, no, no.

I'm not old. 29.

That means you're the old friend now.

(both laugh) Okay.

I appreciate you being here.

Well, ain't no party without Eve.

And some-some chicken, apparently. Come on.

Mm. Serves you right

for not telling me it was your birthday today.

That's fair. JAKE: Hey.

♪ Don't wield this fire ♪

♪ The craziest kind's the best story to tell... ♪

Thanks for coming.

Yeah.

GABRIELA: Oh, the birthday boy invited you.

We'll, uh... we'll be back.

♪ And we laughed through the ages ♪

Well, that was tense.

♪ And I'll be by your side... ♪

Dad.

I'll leave you guys.

Bye, Cap.

Hey.

How are you?

I'm still a mess, mija.

I'm... trying to get things together, you know?

Staying at the Leones' house on their couch.

Trying to save up enough money to get myself out of this hole.

And then what?

I don't know.

(clears throat)

Look...

I know you're waiting for me to...

you know, get things together.

I think right now I just need...

I just need to feel stable, you know?

And if that's not good enough for you...

I just needed to know that you were getting help.

That I wasn't the only one holding you together.

And stability is the right first step.

♪ Oh, I ♪

♪ I'll be by your side... ♪

(sighs)

Yeah, you should've come to me first.

Instead of going behind my back to my dad.

I wasn't trying to pull anything, Bode. I just...

I'm trying to keep you from going back to prison, B.

Your mom needs you here.

So does your dad.

Plus, it's been good having you back.

It's been good for me, too.

My life's hard enough.

I shouldn't do anything

that's gonna jeopardize all the progress that I've made.

So, if... if you're game...

...and my mom's still okay with it,

you should be her donor.

I made this about me.

You know, thinking I-I needed this

to make up for my past mistakes.

But my mom is what I care about.

I just want her to live.

Doesn't matter who saves her.

♪ I'll be by your side... ♪

So, what? Turning 30 has got you level-headed now?

Shut up, man.

Thank you, Jake.

Always, brother.

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