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Shots fired. Shots fired.

Firefighter's been shot.

Shots fired. We need LAPD and air support.

Firefighter needs help.

Come on in.

Hand out.

I'm going to come find out. Hand out.

Shots fired.

Firefighter needs help. Hand out.

Firefighter needs help. I repeat.

Get him in the cabin. Get him in the cabin. Get

to the truck.

Hang on.

Stay with me, okay?

Are you hurt?

No, no, no. I'm good.

Just hang on.

Hey, come on!

Come on!

Hang on.

You're minutes away.

You're so close.

You're so close. I need you to hang on.

Where are you going?

To work. I'm late.

Absolutely not.

You don't get to announce our marriage isn't working and then just walk away,

Bobby. Hey, what's up? I'm on my way. Captain Betty, he's been shot.

They're transporting him now.

What hospital?

Come on! Come on! Come on!

Through and through!

Upper torso!

Large collar! It's got a transfusion ready. Did you say large caliber?

It was a snipe. Most is weak.

Trauma Bay 2, that's set up for a star academy.

You okay, Buckley?

Detective Denvers.

Sergeant Athena Grant.

Heard about the shooting. Thought I'd stop by, see if I could help.

And why would an off -duty sergeant be interested in my crime scene? My

husband's truck.

He's captain of the 118. Injured man was one of healing.

What do you know about the wounded firefighter? Someone said he was ex

-military. Eddie, you think he was the intended victim? He's the first one shot

by someone who's apparently a very well -trained sniper.

Feels like there could be a connection.

Detective Denvers.

Excuse me.

Okay.

Uh, Sergeant.

Looked like we're going to need that expertise of yours.

Fuck. Uh, no, no comments, Hannah.

That's not why I'm here, really.

I'm not working this one.

I just heard a firefighter was shot.

You didn't answer my calls.

I got worried. Sorry. I wasn't checking my phone.

Is that blood?

Oh, it's not mine. It's Eddie's.

Eddie's the one who got shot?

And he ran in front of me.

And then... I need to talk to Christopher.

I don't have my car.

I need to call a ride.

Why don't I drive you?

We can stop by your place.

You can't go see his son looking like this.

Are you sure you're okay?

He's pretty shaken up, but otherwise fine.

Thank God. When Buck didn't answer, I thought... I think he's just in shock.

Just another trauma to add to the pile.

How is Eddie doing?

He's going to be in surgery for the next few hours, so we won't know anything

for a while.

Buck's heading over to Eddie.

Hey, Jim, they're saying on the news that a firefighter was shot at the scene

a car accident.

What? It wasn't a car accident.

But they report that she is a six -year veteran of the department, and she's now

been transported... Jim, they're not talking about Eddie.

Come on! She's been shot! Let's go!

Another firefighter? We were ambushed. Shot came out of nowhere.

What the hell is going on?

They were responding to a fender bender when the shooting started.

You see it?

The police, the bystanders, the two drivers.

Shooter had plenty of potential targets if he was looking for someone random.

Yeah, but he didn't take the shot.

He waited until fire and rescue arrived.

He's targeting firefighters.

I don't understand.

Who'd want to shoot at firefighters?

Does this happen a lot?

It's definitely not an everyday occurrence, but there have been some

where a company responded to a scene and someone started shooting at them. I've

never heard of shots fired at multiple scenes on the same day.

I kind of wish I wasn't hearing about it right now.

Oh. Oh.

Looks like your hand -eye coordination is back to normal.

Fully healed.

Thanks to all of you.

And a lot of physical therapy.

So what happens now?

We just wait for news about Eddie?

Or until the hospital staff kicks us off the campus.

It's been known to happen both ways.

Where's Buck?

He's got a harder job tonight.

Hey, Buck.

Hey.

Where's Dad?

coming home tonight, Chris.

Why not?

Well, um... Well, he got hurt at work today.

In a fire?

Um... Uh... No.

No, not in a fire.

Purpose? Yeah, I think so.

A bad guy?

Mm -hmm.

Uh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, a bad guy.

Is she gonna be okay?

You know, your dad is, uh... He's tough as nails.

He's a fighter, right?

So, uh, he's with the doctor now?

Like the ones who fixed you?

Uh -huh. Yeah, like the ones who fixed me.

Then he's gonna be okay, right?

Be okay, Buck.

The Southland remains in the grip of an apparent sniper who appears to be

targeting firefighters and rescue personnel. And now it feels as if no

space is safe for the men and the women of the LAFD.

This is something we haven't faced before. It's scary.

The idea that someone is targeting us. Couldn't have much time to set up.

Probably listening to a scanner and rushing to calls.

Last time he got lucky.

Found a building he could access.

The way we'd be lucky here.

How good a shot do we think he is?

We still have a job to do. We're just going to have to do it a little

differently now.

LAPD is putting additional officers out there every shift.

But we still have limited resources.

So we're going to have to think strategically.

And we're going to have to work together. That's great, Captain. I'm

sitting ducks.

Not entirely.

You've got to pick up every ditch.

You've got to pick up every ditch.

Must be the season of the witch.

Must be the season of the witch, yeah.

Must be the season of the witch. What about our families? Are they in danger,

too? We have no reason to think that. Yeah, I had no reason to think Eddie

get shot helping a kid, either.

Look, if we had the resources to put an officer at every door, I would do that,

but we don't. Is there anything new?

Bottles are good.

Until they catch this guy, this is going to be a stressful time.

Hey. Can I go to my daddy?

Not just for us, but for the people who love us.

Not yet. Maybe later.

As scared as we are, it's going to be worse for them.

Sorry, I gotta go.

They're the ones who have to watch us go to work and worry we might not come

home.

We'll lean on them.

Believe in each other, and that's how we make it through.

You got something?

Almost got it.

You ready to move?

Ready to roll. Wait, no.

Is it fake?

I mean the news said you guys... I'm sorry, I just... Don't be scared.

We'll get you to the hospital safe and sound.

How do we know this guy's still out?

And with all these new precautions, what if he just gave up?

If we don't give up, the SWAT team will protect us.

So I hear nobody got shot today.

That's good news.

That's the first good news we've had all day.

I know you're tired.

But I just wanted to say... I'm sorry.

I overreacted. I should have let you know what was going on instead of trying

prove some point.

I'm sorry, too.

I mean, the whole thing seems so silly now. I never should have told you like a

suspect.

You know, after I was attacked, we never really talked

about it.

I always got the sense you didn't want to.

No, I mean...

We never talked about what it was like for you.

There's that thing people say, I don't know what I'd do without you.

Because losing someone you love is such an alien concept, you don't want to

imagine what it's like.

Well, those people are not like us.

And I was sitting in that engine thinking I was listening to you dying.

And I didn't need to imagine anything. I knew what my life would feel like

without you in it, and it scared me.

I'm sorry I put you through that.

I know you were doing your job, and I'm proud of you for that, but there is a

small selfish part of me that wishes you didn't want to anymore.

I didn't.

No, after the attack and everything else going on in the world, the last thing I

wanted to do was ever put that uniform on again.

And then Elaine brought up retirement, and I really...

I did struggle with that decision.

Why didn't you tell me about that so I could help you through it? Because I

what you would do.

You would support me.

Give me permission to quit.

And I couldn't.

Couldn't let the bad guys win.

That's who you are.

You're a survivor.

We're survivors.

Good morning.

Oh, are we still in our pajamas?

School's off in 20 minutes.

Sorry, that's my fault.

Left you the alarm.

Oh, no, that's good. That means you're getting a summer sleep.

Buck snores loud.

Oh, that's also good to know.

Katie, I think it's time someone got ready for school.

I'll go, but I'm going to need a nap later.

Because of all the snoring.

Yeah.

He seems to be doing okay.

He didn't understand what was going on.

The boy's already lost his mother. I think he understands more than we'd like

him to.

Now, what about you?

I mean, how is it being back out there?

Team feels off without Eddie.

Not what I was asking about.

I'm really worried about you being out there.

I'm fine.

I'm not the one who got shot.

911, what's your emergency?

I'm calling from construction site downtown.

One of my guys got pinned by a cable. He's way up there on the crane.

Williams, here with that.

And that's for cops. Our buddies hurt.

Gentlemen, the police are here just as a precaution.

Sniper. You got a man pinned by a cable up there?

Don't know how the hell the cable came unseated, but it's got that on the end

it. There's at least a couple thousand pounds of pressure on his arm. You can

see it on the feet.

All right, take us there.

Poor Cliff, huh?

Yeah. That beam goes, it's taking his arm with it.

An arterial bleed cap.

With travel time, he's got eight minutes.

And it's pretty high up his arm. He can bleed out quick.

I talked to SWAT. They're still coming us out.

Airship? Navy left, but not by much.

He'd be completely exposed up there, Captain. We can't protect you.

Look, we could fit her trying to do the math cap, but we've got to get up there.

I think he'd beat you to it.

Of course he didn't.

Buck, nobody cleared you to go up there.

You are completely exposed, and we don't have any way to protect you. Buckley.

Buckley, respond.

I got this, Cap.

I brought a tourniquet in, and Sim can walk me through anything else I need to

do.

Is that Blame and Cap?

Yeah.

And a cable that's got a pin, there's no way to move it.

You've got to cut it to drop the beam and release the pressure. But the

tourniquet goes on first. We'll walk you through it.

Oh, man, he's not looking too good.

My name is Buck, and I'm going to need to get you down.

Get this off of me!

Neil, first, get this tourniquet on you, okay?

Ken, Jim, I'm prepping the tourniquet. You want to place it well above the

wound.

Don't forget to warn him.

Cliff, this is going to hurt.

Cutting the cable. Make sure the area is clear down there.

Copy that. All clear.

Okay, Cliff, I'm going to get you down.

All right, almost done.

There you go.

There we go. Hang in there, buddy. You're going to be okay.

Sure about that?

What about my arm? It might do some nerve damage, but I think he'll keep his

arm. Thank you.

Don't thank us.

Thank the crazy guy.

Are you ever going to say anything?

I don't know, Buck. What would you like me to say?

I mean, usually it's, what were you thinking? That was reckless. My personal

favorite, you could have been killed.

No, it doesn't seem like I need to have the conversation. You know it by heart

already.

And still, you went full Buck.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

You'll never be the guy who thinks before he acts.

And I've learned to come to terms with that.

In part because I've realized I don't have a choice. You're never going to

change.

But also because I know whatever actions you take, no matter how dangerous or

impulsive they may be, they come from your heart because you care.

Wow. Thank you. Today was not that.

You didn't get caught up in some moment and rush in where angels fear to tread.

You made a deliberate choice to make yourself a target. Yeah.

I made myself a target because I wasn't going to let any of you guys take that

risk because I cannot handle anyone else getting hurt right now.

Buck, what happened to Eddie was not your fault. No.

No, I was just the guy standing there when it happened who couldn't do

to protect him.

Well, today I could do something to protect the rest of you.

So I did.

We are a team and we're supposed to protect each other.

Don't do it again.

That was it?

Yeah, it felt like some kind of weird reverse psychology thing. I think I

what he just yelled at me.

I could yell at you if you think that would help.

Come on, you can't be mad.

You weren't even there. There's at least half a dozen videos on the internet of

your climb up that crane.

All taken from nearby windows. Any one of those people could have had a gun and

shot at your big stupid head. I was wearing a helmet.

Not made of Kevlar, dumbass. Hold on a second.

It almost sounds like you were worried about me. I'm annoyed with you.

You're not invincible.

You could have gotten hurt.

Or were.

I did.

Not sure where that came from.

Could be the wine.

Maybe we should talk about it.

I should go.

Anna, is

everything okay?

Hey, Buck.

Hey.

I miss you.

I miss you, too.

I'm going to see you real soon.

I'll be home before you know it. Let yourself heal first, please.

You don't have anything to worry about. Buck and I have it under control.

Thanks.

Love you, Dad.

I love you.

Appreciate you staying with him.

Carla offered to bring him to her house, but I figured this was overwhelming

enough without having to sleep in a strange bed.

He doing okay?

Better than me.

I kind of lost it when I told him you got shot.

I'm sorry. I should have held it together.

You were there for him when I couldn't be.

That's what matters.

Bill, I think it might have been better for him if I was the one who got shot.

I heard the ballistics report from our shell casings came in.

They didn't send a report.

They sent him.

Chief Pate?

Sergeant.

Close the door.

The casing you found was from a .308 caliber round.

It's what a sniper would use.

And matches the slugs from both scenes.

But none of that brings a deputy chief to deliver the news.

The ammunition was match grade.

More accurate, more expensive, and much more traceable.

Down to the lock number.

Ballistics reached out to the manufacturer to identify the purchaser.

Then they called me.

So, our sniper didn't get his ammo from a gun shop.

He got it from us.

That bullet belongs to the LAPD.

Jennifer Lohman. Eight years as a SWAT long rifleman. So we got fired six

ago after he accidentally shot a hostage.

You got a plan to get him talking?

Uh -huh.

You.

You're the one wearing stripes on your arm, Sergeant.

And he strikes me as the type who'll respond to that.

They got the sniper.

He's in custody.

That's a relief.

Yeah. Now things can get back to normal.

Actually, that's what I wanted to talk to you about.

This isn't going to be a happy talk, is it?

I'm quitting, Sue.

Is everything okay at home?

I know you've been worried about G.

I'm failing her.

I'm just so tired all the time, and I can't focus, and I feel like I'm in this

fog that I can't get free of, and I need to do better. I need to...

I need to be better.

And I can't do that and be here.

You know, if you feel like you need to spend more time at home, I understand.

But I want you to talk to these, don't say the counselors.

I want you to talk to Chimney.

What?

What you're describing and what I see when you're here, it feels like

more than just having too much on your plate.

Talk to him, Maddie.

The LAPD armorer keeps a detailed log of all match -grade ammo.

The rounds used were issued to you while you were at SWAT.

That's crap.

I haven't touched a weapon in months.

Not him. The factory?

Right.

You shot the wrong man.

I'm guessing that whole business felt unfair.

The news turning you into public enemy number one. You losing your job.

I quit my job.

When the department wanted to do a review, I told them not to bother.

I'd make it easy for everyone, and I'd leave.

I didn't care about being cleared.

I cared that I made a mistake.

I'm still trying to figure out how to live with it.

I'm telling you, you got the wrong person.

You're looking for a guy who hates firefighters.

Hell, I wake up every morning grateful for them.

They saved the one person I couldn't.

911, what's your emergency?

I'm trapped in a fire.

Can you tell me your location, sir?

544 Hazleton.

What's your name, sir?

Ethan.

Ethan, are you there?

This bad sender is a single victim inside. Name is Ethan.

Buck, Robbie, hook us up to some hydrant and start hitting him from out here.

Ken, Jim, you're with me.

Copy that.

I'm glad we don't need the bulletproof vest anymore.

Yep.

I'm going to miss them.

They found Malone's gun right where he said it'd be, buried in the yard.

Hasn't been fired in months.

Could be. He used a different one.

I don't really feel like that, though, does he?

I don't think he's our guy.

But this ammo was his.

That's not a mistake.

So someone else had access to it, but who?

Riflemen don't work alone.

They were compared.

Ethan! Ethan!

Ethan!

Ethan! Ethan!

Ethan! Ethan!

No sign of him, Clark.

This man said he might be unconscious.

I'm heading up to three.

Copy that, Captain.

LASD, anybody up here?

LASD! 118, we have an order to evacuate the building.

Evacuate? On whose authority?

LAPD.

Ethan?

Ethan!

LASD, can you hear me?

Ethan!

Train! Bobby's still inside?

They ordered everybody out the building, but he didn't follow.

He said he had eyes on our victim, Ethan.

Ethan Copeland?

He's not a victim.

He's a sniper.

Come in, Captain Nash.

Call him back in here.

Do it. And if I don't, what, burn? Call him in.

Tell him you broke your leg or something. Do it. Nah.

You've shot enough firefighters already.

Mine was LAPD.

Ex -LAPD.

After his partner quit, we realized Copeland was a problem, and we removed

from duty. Now he's making everybody pay for it. Anybody have any idea where

inside this building Bobby is? They called it out when he found the guy.

Third floor Bravo site, somewhere around that window.

All right. So what's right behind it?

We're taking over this scene. You're taking over the fire?

Who are you?

Howard Hahn, 118.

And I guess since my captain's trapped inside that fire, I'm in charge of this

scene.

Cap, come in.

Can you get me in there?

I don't think Bobby... Bobby's gonna die in there, Bobby.

You need to help me. Help you do what?

Go get my husband.

You're insane.

We're both gonna die in here. For what?

I'm done either way.

Might as well take as many of you out with me as I can.

Nobody's coming in. It'll be you.

Cut in on the Delta, Bobby. Most of the fire's been contained.

She drops in, she makes her way across the Bravo.

Except she'll be in a fire. Put the gear on me. I'll be protected.

Trust me, I'm not going to be in there that long.

Listen, we've got one of our own in there.

He's unprotected, possibly injured. I need to know what your plan is before

make a move.

Just let me give my guys a position.

Stand on brief.

We need to knock this fire down so we can go in there and get Kat. Yeah.

About that.

Kat, come on, come on.

Where the hell are they?

And you didn't make it easy. The building is engulfed.

But it's not too late. You can still save yourself.

And I can help you get out of here.

You ever think it's just a waste of time, Captain?

That some lives just don't deserve saving.

Everyone deserves to be saved.

I'm going with you. No, Buck.

I can't protect you in there.

He's trying to kill firefighters.

Yeah, and you're dressed as one.

I'm going in.

Now tell me what to do.

You know, there was a guy who took this

plane top a few months back.

Heard a bunch of people.

Me and my partner, we tried to stop him. But we made a mistake.

And my partner shot the wrong person. An innocent man got hurt.

We all make mistakes.

The thing is, that gunman shouldn't have been alive.

He'd OD'd multiple times.

But you firefighters, you so -called heroes, you kept saving him.

That's the job.

You saved his life so he could go ruin someone else.

We don't choose to live or die.

We save everyone we can. You don't have to make the tough choice.

But people love you for it. And hate guys like me.

Chief, be advised to have eyes on the suspect.

Do you have a clean shot? Negative. Target red.

Do you think saving lives is a hard job?

Try having a picture.

Mrs. Athena Grant, suspect is down. Need medical assistance.

Captain Asher's been shot.

I'm here.

I'm here.

I got you.

He didn't make it.

Once we arrested Malone, Ethan knew it was just a matter of time before we

figured out he was the real sniper.

You went into a burning building.

I didn't imagine that part, right? You actually walked through fire.

Well, you were inside.

I was the one who let a little fire stop me.

I needed to get my partner back.

Thanks for coming to get me.

You are not dead.

And you came back.

I wasn't sure that was going to happen.

Yeah.

I kind of ran away.

Yeah, I noticed.

You didn't chase after me.

Listen, I spent a long time feeling like I wasn't enough.

And I don't want to do that anymore.

Because you don't want me.

I do.

You're napping without me?

I quit my job.

What?

Did something happen?

Are you okay?

No, I'm not okay.

in here.

I feel like I'm losing my mind.

Okay.

I'll get you help, whatever it is.

I'll get you help.

I think I forgot the juice boxes.

Denny might have a meltdown. My sweet baby.

You would never.

Oh, you are such a grandmother. You have no idea.

No. Oh,

Mia. Mia. What?

Mia. It's Mommy Hen and Mommy Kelly.

Hi. Mia, we should go.

Mommy. Hi, precious. Look at you. You are getting so big.

Your mommy must be feeding you well.

Hey, Nia.

Don't worry. I got her.

Um, I'm Hannah, and this is my wife, Karen.

Nia's foster parents.

This is awkward.

I don't know what the rules are.

I don't think there are any.

I've thought so much about you, about the things I wish I could say to you.

But now I don't... How about we start with lunch?

We were just about to sit down to a little picnic.

Yeah, there's plenty.

Grammy doesn't know about portion control.

That'd be nice.

Thank you.

That's the thing I wanted to say.

Thank you.

Okay, nurse is getting your meds and discharge papers ready. Then we can get

of here.

Great. Hey, since we got a minute.

Is everything all right? Yeah, just been meaning to talk to you about something.

Okay.

So, you might have noticed I almost died.

Again.

Yeah, I've had a lot of close calls.

This one wasn't even my closest.

Eddie. Just let me finish.

After the last time when the well collapsed on top of me. Which you

After that, it got me thinking.

What would happen to Christopher if I hadn't?

So I went to my attorney and changed my will.

So someday, if I didn't make it,

Christopher would be taken care of.

By you.

What? It's in my will if I die, you become Christopher's legal guardian.

I mean, how does that even work? Don't you

need my consent?

My attorney said you could refuse.

You know I wouldn't. I know you wouldn't.

I mean, he has grandparents.

Other than Sam.

Yeah.

After Shannon left, they all tried to get me into giving Christopher to them.

It's not what I wanted then. It's not what I want now.

If it came to that, wouldn't they fight more?

I don't know.

Maybe.

Probably.

But no one will ever fight for my son as hard as you.

That is what I want for him.

You said you did this last year. Why are you just telling me now?

Because, Evan, you came in here the other day and you said you thought it

have been better if it had been you who was shot.

You act like you're expendable.

But you're wrong.

Carl Sagan said, extinction is the rule.

Survival is the exception.

When your life, when the world, feels like a never -ending emergency.

Sometimes just making it through the day can be a struggle.

We collect scars, physical and psychological reminders of what

we've been through, of who and what we've lost.

But maybe those scars can do more than memorialize our past traumas. Maybe

they're also a testament to the fact that we're still here.

We are exceptional.

We are survivors.

We made it! Congratulations!