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Previously on Fire Country.

How do you two want to come with me? I'm with you.

And I want to know if there's room yet for me to grow.

Are you not growing?

Luke, hey, when did you know it was time to leave 42?

So should we just skip straight to the wedding?

Ben detected me five times.

So you got your photos, now you're done with me? My time's valuable. Thanks for

wasting it. Sharon, you made a deal. Got the company to pay for cleanup and got

the DOC to release me early. So the DOC and the company admitted negligence?

Signed an NDA.

Manny isn't free.

Silencing him is just another form of prison. Come on, you cannot be this

Renee Hoffman, I'm a lawyer. One who's very interested in that deal that your

mom just made. I'm looking to build a class action lawsuit to get justice.

This could bring Oxalto down.

And you're sure this is a good idea?

Renee said Xalta had eyes and ears everywhere.

We need to stand up to him, so yeah, I'm sure.

Sorry, let's go.

This is a numbers game.

Manny flipping on his NDA helps us out a lot.

And you're sure they can't send him back to prison for that? Yes, I'm sure. The

DOC released him, not Xalta.

But he's still breaking an NDA. Can't they sue him?

One broken NDA is not going to make Exalta blink.

We need everyone at Three Rock to flip.

Because together, me and Manny can get all of them. And if they join our class

action suit, that'll make Exalta scared, and they'll offer a big lump sum of

money. No court.

People will see it as an admission of guilt. So from here on out, the public

the government will watch Exalta like a hawk. So they'll have to dispose their

chemicals and their waste the right way.

And they won't get away with killing another birch.

Don't forget, my folks can't know anything about this.

Three Rock is expecting us in two hours, so I will see you there.

It's going to be okay now.

Oh, whoa, what are you doing? Oh, I'm just filling in a 42 for some loser who

got suspended for not following orders.

Wait, that was you.

No, I mean, what are you doing making a mess in my station?

You know what?

Remind me to never let you pack the trunk if we ever go on a road trip.

Okay, you know what?

It doesn't matter.

It's my last day here anyway.

Well, my days may also be numbered.

No way.

What, are you leaving?

Well, I got another job offer imbued.

It's for a captain's position, but the battalion chief is going to be retiring

within the year.

Yo, that's great!

Especially for me, I'll take over your apartment.

Okay, well, one, Bodie still lives there, and two, I haven't accepted it

Okay, so what's the holdup?

Because it's a guaranteed promotion.

Butte's just a county over, so you can always come visit.

Okay.

Got to be real with you.

Mm -hmm.

On paper, Butte totally makes sense.

But leaving 42, it's been a home to me.

And Vince is like a dad.

Talk to him.

Talk to him.

Look, I know he'll be sad to lose you, but he'll be happy for you.

Hi. Have good news. The department just approved an extra week vacation for us.

We're really going to get to hitch up that Airstream and hit the open roads.

then for one month, we've got, check it out, we've got fly fishing in the

Deschutes. We have a concert at the Columbia River Gorge. We've got a

town. We've got RV -friendly wineries. We've got spas. We've got massages. Hold

on. I thought you said you hated spas and massages.

I do.

but you like it when I give stuff another shot. Oh, my God. If you think

all of this is going to help you get lucky in an airstream, you're a very

man.

You know, I'm really glad that you guys are finally taking that trip that you

deserve. That way I won't have to see this or this all the time.

I'm sorry.

What are you doing here?

Who's he?

Meriwether, chief counsel for the Exalta Corporation.

And I'm here because of you.

Morning.

Has Ben still texting you?

No. I did what you said.

He didn't engage and stopped opening his text.

And he stopped?

I guess he got over it.

I already got embarrassed.

What do you think of Bodhi and my dad taking on Oksalta?

Oksalta's a Goliath. It's kind of scary, right?

It's risky.

But it's also brave.

I'm right.

What does Bodhi have to do with any of this?

Kids. Always keeping secrets from their parents.

Mom, you know I wouldn't do this if it wasn't important.

He's trying to organize all the three rock inmates to flip on their NDAs.

You know, to overturn the deal you made with Exalta.

You what?

Are you spying on me? His lawyer thinks if they can get the number of plaintiffs

up, we'll offer a better deal.

But you know what number I find interesting?

Three. The number of payments you're behind on this bar.

Or, hmm, what about 7 ,200?

The monthly bill for your granddad's comfy memory care home. All right, I

think I like where you're going, Fred.

It would be a shame if my company forced the bank to foreclose on this place.

We have a long -standing relationship.

So you understand the solution I'm proposing?

Norma Ray here drops the whole thing, or I make the walls cave in.

You're coming after my family? You're coming after my company.

Your company killed people, Odie. Stop. You want to hit me? Please, punch me.

That would make my day.

Sending you back to prison will be icing on the cake.

Come on.

That's what I thought.

You went behind my back?

You know how I felt.

Exalta needs to pay for what they did.

But now it looks like we're going to be the ones who pay because Exalta will

ruin us. I can fix this.

Okay, when something's broken, that's what I do.

Then you just have to drop this nonsense. That's it. Be happy with what

and then go mend fences with Meriwether. With the literal enemy? No.

Bodhi, come on. You gotta think about this. No, we don't give in to bullies.

don't empower them.

You taught me that.

Our son thinks he's invincible.

If he had punched that guy, if we hadn't been standing here, he'd be going back

to jail right now. Yeah, but we were here.

And we're going to keep being here. Really? Because we said we were not

over -parent.

Sarah, this is different.

It's our house and our bar.

My dad.

Okay, so then we clean this up for him. We save him again. And he never learns

this lesson because we never let him fail.

If he fails this time, we lose.

Right. Okay, so then we have to shore up our finances.

Maybe we have to sell the Airstream. I don't know. I don't know. We have to do

something because Bodhi has just left us so wide open.

I'll go make some calls.

My family's house, our business, my grandfather.

Bodie, hold up, man. You don't have to do this.

We can take it from here.

No, no. The guys won't listen to me because I'm one of them. I am too. Look,

understand if you want to back out, Bodie.

We can win.

But Exalta's slippery.

I mean, they spy, they harass.

They're going to make it hurt for you and your family.

That risk is real.

No. No.

No. This is how we win.

Me and Manny together, nothing changed. But what has changed is Xalta coming

after everything your parents have.

That's why I can't quit.

Threaten my family.

They threatened Gabrielle, you're just going to go belly up?

No.

No, I can't do that.

I would fight.

Calling the guys.

Okay.

No, that's not what I said. I'm not saying I can't pay, all right? I'm just

trying to... Well, I'm just saying, hypothetically, if I

did... Miss a payment. How long can my dad stay?

I mean, you're not going to put him out on that sidewalk with the garbage and

the recycling, right?

No. No, I don't want to call back.

Come on.

Hey, you got something for me? What's up?

You know, you seem kind of busy, so I can wait.

Jake, spit it out.

OK, yeah.

I got a job offer from Butte.

It's another captain's position, but the chief is going to be retiring soon.

I mean, it'd be a great place for me to climb up the ladder.

But Vince, I just, look, I need you to know how much I appreciate everything

that you've done for me here.

Right?

Right? This is what you wanted. This is what you've been working for.

I mean, it's a good thing.

Brett.

Well, Vince didn't try to convince you to stay?

No. He congratulated me.

Well, that's what you wanted, yeah?

Because now you can start the new gig guilt -free.

Yeah. Yeah, you're right.

Unless, deep down, maybe you wanted the job offers so that Vince could beg you

to stay.

Come on, Edie. I'm not that needy. I didn't say you were needy.

But, you know, you got needs to be seen, appreciated.

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, would it kill him?

To thank me for years of service or to tell me that he would miss riding with

or even just sleeping under the same roof at the station.

How did you get so lost?

You know, mostly my job at Three Rock is mentoring macho dudes who are afraid of

their feelings.

Yeah, your textbook, bro.

Roll that cap. Smells metallic to me. Smells like burnt egg. Kind of like

pennies crushing on a train track or something.

Pan on the stove.

You knew that from the smell? And you will too in time, Proby.

All right, Jake, you and the Proby grab extinguishers.

You're on attack team one.

Gabriella, Eve, run an inch and three quarter line to the front door. You're

backup. Copy that.

Go.

And then last week, when I left Three Rock, I had my freedom.

Xalta had my signature.

And it felt good, man.

At first.

So then I started to think about something that I learned here at Three

Something that we all learn about every day.

Accountability. And you know who doesn't have any accountability?

Xalta. They think all their money just lets them get away with anything.

And your silence is what lets them poison people left and right.

Like Birch.

Which is why I'm saying screw it to my NDA.

Because I want to do the right thing.

And I know you boys do too.

Yo, this company thinks they can buy us off just because we're locked up.

Screw those guys, man. How can we take them down? Huh?

Come on.

There's only one thing left.

Are you with me?

One. Two, I can't.

I talked to my wife this morning.

And some merry -weather guy from Exalta showed up at my house last night.

He said I need to keep quiet or else.

Look, they're just trying to scare you. Well, it's working.

Bowie.

He knew my kids' names.

Nicole, I'm sorry.

It's just different for you, man. You're out.

If it came for your people, you could actually do something about it. But us

here, we just... Bro, we are powerless.

That's why we all got to do this together.

Stop. Bro, I am so close to getting out for my kids.

I can't do it.

Life Exalted is going to be a threat to my family. I'm sorry, buddy.

My mom's been through enough.

And now they're gonna harass her?

Because of me?

Yeah, I'm gonna need my phone privileges. I, uh... I gotta call my

So what now?

The pans aren't working. We need water in ASAP.

These extinguishers just don't have enough power to knock down the rapidly

growing fire.

The fire is blocking access to the rest of the house. We need to knock it down

so we can go and search for anybody else inside.

Coming through!

All right. It worked. It worked.

Hey. Edward's with me for search. Perez, you guys knock those spot fires out and

check for any extension.

All right! Is there anybody here?

Call out!

Here.

Body, body, body.

Pen.

Station 42 is here?

Yeah, we're here. We're going to get you out of here. All right, bud. Where does

it hurt?

My back. It just locked up.

I had a pot on the stove, but it hurt too much to crawl back. They even shut

off. Ow!

Okay. Got to protect his spine.

Perez, I need you to come in here with the clamshell to the bedroom, Charlie's

side, ASAP.

Wait, Gabriella. No, please.

Can you guys just help me out? I don't want her to see me like this. Okay.

Well, whatever's going on with you personally.

She's a paramedic. This is her job. I got the clamp job.

Finn.

Hi.

Hi.

Coming after inmates and their kids, I can't blame the guys for backing off.

Yeah, I get it too, man.

Look, Xelta threatened Gabriela.

I'm free.

I can fight to protect her.

If I was still locked up, it'd be a different story.

We can still turn this around.

Not with Xelta coming after these guys' families.

So we tell them what this amount of money can do for their families.

I mean, I've seen this before.

Yeah, but not with guys like this.

They won't budge.

I'm not ready to give up.

Good.

But we can't ask these guys to keep going if we can't guarantee safety for

families.

So where does it leave us?

Nowhere.

It leaves us nowhere.

Hey, Perez.

You got it from here?

Yeah. All right, the fire's almost out, and I'm going to get a tick for overall.

All right.

you an apology for accusing me of using you to get photography services for free

yeah people don't take into account the time that goes into my art the heart the

dedication i'm not those people so let's focus on getting you well i am

sorry it's no excuse but i was trying to make sense of you breaking things off

especially after one very good kiss

That was one very good kiss.

Ben, you don't owe me an explanation, but I'm stumped.

I owe you an apology, too.

I should have explained.

I'd just gotten out of this long -term thing that wasn't right for me.

You have that in common.

Which is one of the many reasons why I was so excited about the possibility of

us.

Maybe too excited?

I was ready for casual.

Slow.

Then you said the word wedding.

Yeah, I hear it now.

Perez, how's the patient?

Wait a minute, is that... Is that Pam?

I know.

42 and I have to stop meeting like this, Chief.

Appears to be acute back pain and spasms. Patient's stable and ready to

transport. All right, good. Get going.

You don't have to do that.

Ride with me?

It's kind of my job.

And you kind of miss my face already?

Ready to go, Wagner.

Got it. Here we go.

So even with the new upholstery that's your best offer?

I've just sent so much money into this Airstream lately.

No, it's fine.

Yeah, I'll give you a call if we decide to sell it anyway.

Okay, thank you.

So it turns out your father and I own...

Almost nothing of value except the things that Exalt is threatening to take

away.

Mom, I'm sorry that it's gone this far.

I thought that our plan would work.

Exalt's heard about our case, and somehow they're putting the squeeze on

guys.

Nobody's flipping on their NDAs now.

So Renee's case is DOA?

But Xelta's threats aren't.

That's all me.

You know that I want to fix this. That's all I want to do.

I'm trying, but I'm running out of ideas.

What do I do?

You have to just let this be a lesson now. You just have to learn from this.

It's the only thing that I can tell you to do.

I was sure that I was doing the right thing.

So was I.

Weird, right?

We're in Finn's house. What are the chances?

In Edgewater?

Hi. Small town.

I can't tell you how many times I fought a fire at a house. Someone I knew, had

beef with, crashed on.

That smoke, however, that's weird.

Possible extension.

James, check for fire movement in the walls.

Here. Smoke here means there's fire below.

I hope not.

It's possible the fire traveled from the kitchen to the basement in an A -frame

house. We need to figure out what's going on.

Might have looked good.

You said you were ready to go slow?

Yes.

You were or still are? Because I can do slow.

For you, I can go slow all day long.

You're going downstairs?

Hey, relax.

42's got this.

That's it.

A whoop pad locks a basement door.

And down we go.

There's fire.

Yeah, fire spread downstairs.

Lots of chemicals down here.

Still the fuel. Just keep moving. Knock it down.

James, get on it.

I said let's move.

Cap, look.

Fire's not the only scary thing down here.

Finn's been following Gabriela.

Hey, cover me.

Hey, Chief.

What's the backup channel?

Go ahead.

Chief, we found evidence that indicates Finn is a danger to Gabriella's safety.

Where is she? She left in the ambulance with him about five minutes ago. Well,

you need to get her out of that ambulance and away from him.

We'll be catching up to him here in a second.

Jake, how dangerous are we talking?

Yes, Chief.

He's got a lot of photos of him. I mean, I'm talking dozens. It's like he's been

tracking him.

Stalking is more accurate.

Yeah, and based off the fire's pattern, it looks like he started it himself.

Hurry!

You looking for your partner in crime? He left already.

So I guess you're pretty upset with me too, huh?

Look, Chief, I could never properly thank you for everything that you've

for me.

You and my son have a really funny way of saying thank you.

That Exalta deal changed my life. It just wasn't enough.

Oh, it was what I got, Manny. It was what I got for you. And I'm grateful for

that. I'm really proud of it, you know? And so my idealistic son comes in there

and decides he's going to do better. Yeah, well, we owe better to the guys at

Three Rock. Oh, come on. Well, we had to try so we could sleep at night. I

already tried. I know you tried. I know you did. But now I realize, okay? I

realize that we've got to throw in the damn towel.

Look, I'm not arguing with you.

But we can never apologize to Meriwether.

Even if we wanted to. They won't meet with Bodhi. Not after what happened this

morning. Of course he won't. And why would he?

You know, Gabriella was in a bad way.

Nothing felt better than when I finally actually got to help her.

What do you think?

Meriwether won't meet with us, but he will meet with you.

Oh, no.

Sharon, you can help us. No, no.

I am trying to teach him a lesson. Come on, about consequences.

You did that.

Now put an end to this, Chief.

For your own good.

Your heart rate's a bit elevated.

Is it the pain?

A little bit.

How much longer until we're at the hospital?

Just a few more minutes. Do you want some more pain meds? No.

No. I wouldn't want to overdo it.

Okay. All right, then.

Let's just try and take some deep, calming breaths, yeah?

Ready?

Good. Wagner, pull the ambulance over. No, no, no. We need to get to the

hospital. Chief, everything okay?

I'm behind you. Why are you following us?

Pull over. Now.

I can see your light.

Stop the ambulance.

Whatever he's about to tell you, it's a lie. I can explain everything.

We have to go now.

Did... Did you set that fire to bring me to you?

It wasn't supposed to spread past the kitchen. I needed you to understand what

happened. To see you again.

Isn't that romantic?

Vince, I need you in here now!

dangerous i know he took a scalpel with him as a weapon you're safe now

sheriff's on her way and now he's on the loose

i'm ready to clean up my son's mess

i'm listening neither bodie nor i like

what exalta has been doing threatening innocent people and coming after

families. We need to come to an agreement where all of that would stop.

Oh, now you're quiet.

But you're on board with your mom's proposal?

Oh, our family is completely committed to protecting lives, particularly those

who cannot take care of themselves.

So if Bodhi stops his little crusade to expose Exalta, you and I can go back to

our original deal. It all ends.

Yeah. No more threatening us. No more scaring Three Rock.

All of it has to stop.

As long as he does too.

Looks like we have a deal.

Looks can be deceiving.

but you need to make it quick.

I don't know how much longer I can keep these planes away from the

photochemicals.

It might be too late.

It is.

Retreat! Let's go!

James!

James! You okay?

Yeah, I think so.

Dean of the Flames, let's go!

Fine. You guys okay?

I'm better, Cap.

I'm gonna get her out of here, then I'll be back for overall.

Okay. Copy.

Alright.

Hey, Jake!

Yeah.

Yeah, I know. Sid's been stalking her.

Stalking? Who invited you?

We did.

We?

Yeah, everything that you just said about exalted illegal activities I have

on my phone, which just went to the cloud and now should be in Renee's

Ah, look.

There it is.

Threats, coercion, intimidation.

What kind of Bush League move is this?

It's not admissible in court.

Court of public opinion will do its thing.

Meaning take you down.

Yeah, and we're going to share this with the local news.

Oh, let's go national.

And we could probably put it on YouTube and you can put it on socials then.

Yeah, I gotta keep the kids engaged.

You want to punch me, Merriweather?

Go ahead.

Let's be icing on the cake.

Hey. You may not want to see whatever's in there.

Respectfully, Chief.

My crew's on overhaul, and I'm here to work.

Hey, Gaps.

You don't have to be here.

That's me this morning.

We thought Excelta was watching us.

It was Ben.

Next time we go on a road trip, I will let you pack the trunk. Oh, I'm honored.

Well, you want to talk about coming in clutch?

You, sir, deserve a game ball.

Well... Thank you, but players don't award the game ball.

Coach does.

Look, bud, I'm going to need you to stop lighting fires just to get the chief's

attention.

Okay? It's like some Kid Jake stuff.

No.

You're grown.

We're grown.

And you say you want to make moves, right?

Then make moves.

You want the job at Butte? Take the job at Butte. Or maybe you do just want to

stay here.

Look.

Whatever you want to do, I'm proud of you.

Look at you being all soft.

I was just trying to be nice.

And I'm going to stop being nice if you don't make your move.

I want to stress that Bruce Merriweather, who is now dismissed, was

operating under Exalta's orders.

Still lying.

That's what corporations do. And Merriweather deserves to be thrown under

bus.

And Exalta still has to clean everything up. Oh, damn.

It's already all over social media. Look at that.

Exalta won't be able to drop a gum wrapper without being reported.

Love to hear it.

Next up, we've got to figure out how to get you back into the Cal Fire uniform.

Yeah, that's going to be tough.

On top of recertifying, my track record's going to raise a few flags.

Taking down Exalta was impossible.

I think Manny Perez can handle tough.

I have faith.

You got that phone number she gave you?

You know why I need to call?

Three Rock.

Let them know the good news.

We did it.

We did. I couldn't have done it without you.

Yeah, this morning you two were about to go to Fist Cups.

Oh, yeah. We were right till five minutes ago.

Then he apologized.

And so did she.

Yeah, and then we just, you know, we bounced some ideas around and came up

a game plan.

Decided to dabble in a legal gray area.

Well, I said it was risky.

But, Mom, you know, she just, she thinks she's invincible.

What happened to not getting involved?

Not over -parenting.

Well, our kids are still going to have problems, right? They still have needs,

and I probably just should have helped him work it out from the beginning, you

know? Adult to adult.

Hey, que onda, amigos?

That means my kids are okay, right?

Ah, hell yeah, man. Exalted's finished.

Painted out their original settlement.

They're cleaning up the water.

Which means we're officially back in business! Yeah, baby!

That's right, baby.

Luke and I were coming up, and my dad used to...

Celebrate our victories with his best whiskey.

So, top shelf.

I didn't accept the job.

Okay.

Why not?

You want to talk about it, but now you don't?

Look, I was afraid to bring it up.

I mean, with everything that's gone down between us, I wasn't sure

where I stood with you.

And I mean, that matters to me, Vince.

Brought this with me.

You know what that is.

The picture I keep in my helmet.

People I come home for. That's my family.

Of course I watch it 42 forever.

I watched you grow up there.

From a kid into a damn good firefighter.

Captain.

But, Jake, there's no promotion. You're 42 right now. I'm not sure when there's

going to be.

But there is.

Other than Chief, I guess this is my

two -week notice.

The whole way.

Love you, son.

He set his own house on fire to get to me.

He knows where I live, he knows where I work, and now he's out there somewhere?

At least he's got good taste.

Audrey, I thought I had good instincts.

I almost dated him. I kissed him.

You can't blame yourself.

The really dangerous ones, they're good.

Take it in there.

I'm coming.

Hey, Dad.

Ben's told me about Finn.

While he was stalking my daughter?

Hell no.

Absolutely not.

You know, at first I was grateful to be out.

But now I'm relieved.

Because I will never let anyone hurt you.

Dad, I'm not a kid anymore.

Well, then we need to be smart.

Where is it?