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Previously on Fire Country.

The DOC have the pilot program for young inmates.

These guys have no experience.

Yeah, but that'd be your job. Get them into fighting shape.

Okay. Look, Eve, it's hard to let go of your old crew. So the arsonists are

still out there. You're gonna leave chasing that person to the pros, right?

wanna stay out of my brother's voicemails and his DMs. Your brother?

My brother? Hardly. Okay, look, I never meant for... I don't care what you meant

to do. What you did do is hurt my little brother. Tyler here. It's 17.

Let's call your mom and your dad. I don't have a dad. I don't need you guys

call anyone. They said this was my son Tyler's room. Tyler said he didn't have

dad. I'm landed.

I'm a stepdad. Not on paper. Me and his mom aren't actually married.

Kids had a real tough run.

Did something change recently?

His father died right before COVID and the Zabel Ridge fire took our house.

I'm really sorry to hear that. We don't know what to do with it. I might know

what to do.

Stabilize the seat!

Tyler's barely got a pulse.

Hey, I need spreaders over here.

Injuries are too severe.

Time of death, 10 -16.

We're going to get you out, Tyler.

That's it, buddy.

Well, there's like a brewery in here.

Gotta cut the roof.

Here we go. Peel that roof back. Come on.

Hey, I need a gurney over here.

Let's get him on that spine board, quickly.

Careful, careful. Watch his spine.

One, two, three. Stay with me, Tyler.

Let's go. Let's go.

Don't move, people. Come on. We're losing them. Let's go.

Damn.

What is itchy?

Lay down.

Lay back down.

Classmates are watching through the window.

Was it that beta -ass Sean?

Yeah, I'm not actually dead, but I will actually end you. Hey, playing possum is

kind of the whole point of this exercise.

This whole exercise is a joke.

Demonstration that raises awareness.

Maybe 15 minutes a kid dies of a drunk driver. Yeah, I know.

It's just cringe that they make us do this every year.

Trying to scare us straight.

Yeah, well, it only works if you actually commit to it. You know who

It was the kid that came and took me out of class dressed up like the Grim

Reaper.

Yeah, I remember that.

Did you paint?

I draw.

So do kindergartners.

Bro, my mom's out there.

She's gonna cry when she sees me dead.

Chloe McKenzie's your mom?

Yeah, teaches math here.

She used to teach me math.

Peer tutored in high school.

Possum, Tyler.

Possum.

Bus is almost here.

You excited?

I'm a little nervous, Manny.

Oh, come on.

Three rocks back, baby.

It's just ironic that me and Francine broke up because I didn't want kids. Now

I'm getting 16 teenagers.

No, you're getting 16 firefighters.

Yeah, with hormones and acne.

And their prefrontal cortexes aren't fully formed yet. All right, fine.

Fine, they're young.

Mm -hmm.

You know what that means? It means they're strong. So no bad backs on the

line. That's a dream.

Yeah. They're going to be great, Eve.

And so are you.

Fresh start.

Fresh start.

It's a fresh start.

Chloe, Mackenzie.

Oh, look at you all grown up. Hey, Chief.

Oh, no, still Sharon, just like when you were the high school student. I am

always amazed how seriously the kids take it. Yeah, I just wish they'd take

half as seriously.

I cannot believe Bodie got my kid to participate in this. Yeah, he must have

gotten to him with all the times he's been at the station.

Or he bribed him with snacks. We have really good snacks.

Hold on one second. What do you mean all the time?

Uh, I think your son's been at the station every day after school.

Yeah, my kid doesn't participate in anything five days a week.

Really, not even hygiene.

Give it time. Bodie didn't smell so great in high school either.

Right? Can I tell you something?

I used to have the biggest crush on Bodhi back in the day.

Well, if I can tell you something.

That wasn't really a secret.

Oh, goody.

Okay.

It's almost time. So the drill says that Bodhi's got to do CPR for 20 minutes,

but spoiler, this doesn't work out well.

So you might not want to watch. As a parent, this isn't always easy to see.

Fine, it's not real.

Okay.

Are you for real right now?

Um, look, I just wanted to drop this.

You're a firefighter, too?

Drake County.

So you, me, and Malcolm, we're all firefighters.

I mean, that's what, like a family business?

I don't know you. I don't want to know you.

I messaged Malcolm to apologize for any trouble I may have caused, and he

blocked me.

So, if you could just get that to him, at least I can explain.

If Malcolm blocked you, he doesn't want to get to know you either.

Okay, look, we're all bracing for one hell of a fire season.

And I'm on the other side of one hell of a fire, one that cost us our own

battalion chief.

I'm sorry about that.

I mean, we're brothers and we don't even know each other.

You know, we could lose that chance any day on this job.

Like I said, Malcolm blocked you. His choice.

All right, I mishandled this.

I'm the bad guy.

Dude, to Malcolm, I'm the bad guy.

I'm his big sister who kept a secret from him his whole life.

Your name barely even comes up.

Don't forget your letter.

Okay, Tyler, this is it.

You gonna give up on me so easily?

I fought for your life to the best of my ability.

So did the other medics.

You know, we take losing a life personally.

When your friends and your family find out that you're dead, they'll be

devastated.

Good thing I'm not dead then.

This machine over here is telling a different story.

I'm so sorry.

We did everything in our power to save him, but Tyler didn't make it.

Time of death, 1032.

Oh, God. Oh, God. It's okay.

Genius tried to smuggle in three phones.

Dude chose the wrong camp to try and run a family plan.

He looked like the size of a McLeod.

Welcome to Three Rock.

Line up, y 'all. This is going to be like summer camp compared to St.

Everybody calls me Tex.

And everybody calls me Captain.

And it's fire camp.

Line up.

Just like you always did. Everyone's going to be thick to you by day three.

Yeah. Hey, Hartman.

How about I talk with that... Hey! Hey!

That's enough!

Hey, hey! Stop it! Break it up!

I should have taken you out years back. Don't mess with me, Holmes. Break it up!

I should have taken you out years back. Hey!

So much for a fresh start.

Those two, Ace and Hartman, apparently have some beef. But this was the first

time they've seen each other since they got separated at prison.

Beef must run pretty deep if it was from before they were locked up. And that's

you thinking about shipping them back to prison.

Can't let that happen. Even when I'm going to sit around for another two

I'll see who replaces them. Yeah, but I can't go into a fire with a crew that's

going to body slam each other. So then help them out.

Make them worth the program.

Yeah, Benny, it's not that simple.

Look, I know that this isn't the Three Rock you imagined you'd come back to,

this is Three Rock now.

And these are your players.

So make them a team, coach.

Sometimes I wish I could just pick my players.

Gentlemen, you are the first youth offender fire camp on these grounds.

The only ones in Northwest California.

You volunteered, you studied, and you were selected by the DOC to be here.

Let's make them know that this was the right choice.

On your feet.

Let's grab your pack.

Six -mile hike. Let's go.

I remember my first drunk driving

demo. Our crash was so realistic, three kids in the crowd threw up.

The last time you told that story, it was only two, Uncle Luke.

I'd say three. Yeah, you did.

Japan had enough of you?

Uh, almost, but no.

Duty called.

Hey, you're now looking at your new assistant unit chief.

In on this next week.

Love my mom.

Yeah. Oh, she's gonna love that.

Yeah, you know what you're gonna love?

Standing up a rapid extraction module support team.

Cal Fire's getting its own REMS team. Yeah, I figured if anyone's going on

mayday calls and rescuing injured firefighters, it ought to be our own.

It ought to be you.

I'm at 42.

Well, that's the beauty of it, right? You can stay at 42.

Look, you do your job around here, and then you wait for us to throw up the bat

signal for help.

I'm still a probie.

Buddy, if this was an interview, you'd be failing right now.

Is it one?

Okay, come on. You got what? One, maybe two things left on your probie

checklist? Secure a fire line by locating and abating materials and

Exactly.

So look, I'm picking up a shift before my big promotion.

But let's get you out of probie -dom.

Then into ramps.

Fire down slope in the brush.

Pass it on.

Fire down slope in the brush.

Fire down slope in the brush.

All right, keep your dime.

Keeping dimes landing me here.

Cops pulled me over for a busted taillight.

Found my stash.

Keeping dimes? Yeah.

You know, everybody knows that you got busted for coding or some nerdy crap,

Geek Squad.

It's vain.

It's hacking, bro.

Fire down slope in the brush.

Last man got it.

Let's circle up.

Let's go, gentlemen.

It's fire upslope in the brush, right?

No, you moron.

You don't got it.

Downslope. Right.

So the message at the end of the line didn't match the order at the front.

That's one broken telephone, y 'all.

What's this got to do with kicking fire's ass, Cap?

Communication is key when you're working a fire. It protects you and your fellow

firefighters. Run it again.

Come on.

Oh, look. It's the firefighter that killed my kid.

Hey, Chloe.

It's been a minute. It's good to see you.

Every weekday.

You got Tyler here every weekday?

Yeah, yeah.

That's when we agreed on him and me, so... I guess I thought he would have

talked to you about it.

That presumes that he talks to me.

About anything, which he does not.

Honestly, it's no problem. I grew up here doing all the same stuff. Rolling

hoses and cleaning floors, running drills.

Wow, I can't get my kid to unload the dishwasher.

Yeah, or it's not yours, Mom.

Yeah, well, not much I can do to change that.

Hey, do you, uh... Do you remember me in high school?

One theorem away from failing geometry?

Skipping school, getting in a fight, smoking weed, a lot of yelling, slamming

doors.

You're describing a live feed of Tyler's existence right now.

Landon told me that you guys lost your house in Zabel Ridge.

Yeah, that didn't help.

But honestly, this started before that, and he's just been acting. and I

can't figure out why, and I'm... My own kid's an enigma.

Not to me.

When I look at Tyler, it's like I can... I can see me

before things started to get really bad.

Hmm.

And I can see... I can see the train that's coming for him.

But I can stop it.

Well, you don't have to.

Really?

Tyler could do a lot worse than ending up like Bodiglione.

Soap first and then rubbing alcohol or the clay bar and once all that paints

gone you hit her again with soap crap This is a consequence Getting out of

class. It's supposed to be the upside of having to play the dead kid. It's like

glass to you now It looks like a prison actually well you keep going this way,

and you might find out Trying to keep you from making mistakes like holding up

liquor store You don't want to screw up your life. You don't know anything about

my life. I don't need to know exactly who you are Or where you're headed.

I'm trying to keep you from ending up like me. Good.

Because my stepdad told me that he'd kill me if I do.

Hold it.

Are you babysitting or trying to qualify for rentals? Let's go. Let's move. I'm

17. This better be clean by the time I get back.

It's not going to be an easy one, Chief.

The fire's deep in there.

Underbrush for miles and fire's creeping uphill by a lake. What does road access

look like?

All right, well, this road gets us the closest, but there's still 3 ,000 feet

brush between us and the seat of the fire. We don't have enough time or

to cut through that.

Yeah, agreed.

We need more bodies. You want me to call for 96?

No, we spent a lot of time and a lot of money to get through your route back.

And it wasn't just to run drills.

It's time to reap the benefits.

Let's put them to work. Boy, Manny, I don't know.

I mean, Eve said they're green as hell. Have a little faith. I mean, we're all

green as hell once, right?

Greencrest, Isley Valley Fire IC requesting Three Rock for debris

Three Rock crew one, requested to the Isley Valley Fire.

Hey.

Hey, hold up.

Hey,

Eve, what's up? You good?

Well, Greencrest just called for Three Rock. Great.

Wait, that wasn't a mistake?

Are you questioning a battalion chief's order?

No, Manny, with respect, they're not ready. Like, not at all. Eve, this isn't

suggestion. Butt's on the bus, now.

What?

What, you got something to say, too? No.

No. No, we, uh, coming up on our closest access point.

Watch out!

What the hell?

Oh, hey.

Sir? I need to take a look at you.

I'm okay.

That's not something people who charge in front of a moving vehicle usually

How'd you get so cut up? I was running through the brush.

Branson tripped me up.

All right.

Feels like a sprained possible break.

What's your name?

Benji. But it's my friend. His name is Thompson.

I think he had a heart attack. Where is he now?

We were hunting in a duck blind.

Over at Savant Lake.

You got your first pintail over there, yeah?

The smoke came in from a fire on the hill.

Tried to pack out, but Thompson started coughing. Next thing I know, bam, he's

down. Okay, hey, we're gonna get to him. But first I gotta check you out.

All right, we anchor to this road. Start cutting line to the fire and back out

of the progressive hose line. You got it? You got it.

You too.

You know the lake he's talking about? Yeah, it's about a half mile north of

here. We need to hurry, though.

Time's muscle.

Odie's right. Human body can only last so long after a heart attack.

All right, we'll grab a med bag and an AED and get in there. Whoa, no, no, no.

We're on fire attack today. I'm pretty sure that I just assigned my probe to a

medical rescue.

Time's muscle.

Let's go.

Yeah.

Chief. How's it looking?

All right.

Two ranks, file in.

Hey. Guys, look at the road.

Don't even think about making a run for it.

Hey, quit looking at the road.

It's a nice view, though.

Oh, they're not looking at the road, Cap.

That's some nice form.

Wait, wait, you dropped my phone number.

Fellas. I was on me three rock.

Listen to me, fellas.

Deep in the woods behind you, there's a wildfire soaring up the hillside.

Hell yeah, kid.

Let's go.

There's a couple thousand feet of deep forest between us and that fire.

And we can't put it out if we can't put our hoses in there.

Which means?

We need to clear a path for the hoses.

We're going to cut the ground, make it flat.

That fuel is thick.

So we're going to make and utilize keyholes and remove any obstacles to get

hoses through.

Wait, we have to dig for half a mile?

Yeah, that's what you signed up for, Zane.

Remember?

So if you are tossing debris, you need to tell the man behind you.

If you throw a rock, you yell, rock.

So grab your gear and let's get going.

All right. Come on now, boys.

With energy, y 'all. Come on.

Let's move, gentlemen.

Maureen's stopping for you.

Communicate, y 'all. Come on, move it.

More feet.

Come on.

Yeah. I hope your crew eats carbs.

Hey, Landon. Plain salt and gluten -free and, like, seven different cream

cheeses. Wow.

The kitchen's right in there, but you really didn't have to do that.

For the firefighters that got Tyler out of his room.

I should buy you a whole damn bakery.

Wish you didn't see that.

Oh, it's fine.

It's your kid.

Yeah.

It's my alive kid.

I just bawled at his fake death.

Wow, in front of my students, who will never let me live it down.

And in front of you, and you went through the real thing, and I'm... It's

It's overwhelming.

And now I have to give this eulogy, and I haven't even started, and I... Maybe I

could listen, or...

No, no, no. Okay.

You know, when it comes to your son, just take all the help you can get.

You know, maybe if I had accepted more help for Bodhi, he would have gotten

this good place sooner.

and you can cover more ground.

Hey, Zane, don't forget to alert the guy behind you when you're swinging your

McCloud.

Swinging.

Hey, Cap, we should be at least halfway there by now.

My guys are ready to lay hoes. What's the holdup? Well, this is a first call

with a brand spanking new crew that just crawled out the damn moon.

It's not about new, Eve. It's about keeping them motivated. Let them know

gotta work hard to prove that they belong here again. Yeah, Manny, I know

but I... Or making sure that they know it's about bars, making money.

Knock them off a little bit of time. Give them a little bit of pride.

Yeah, well, I threw them into the deep end. They're not going to hear that.

Eve, I know it's tough.

But those guys have to perform. And I need you to figure it out.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

You okay?

You okay?

I can't breathe.

Respiratory distress. We need oxygen over here.

Take your jacket off.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Did you do snow angels and poison oak? The area around the lake was covered in

it. The area that's on fire?

Where the smoke that hit your dog blind came from?

Yeah.

I'm going to take care of him.

Manny? Huh?

Okay,

look. Poison oak contains urushiol.

If that burns and they breathe in that smoke... It causes your airway to swell

and blister. You'll be alive by then.

Exactly.

There it is.

Yep. Hey, Leone, be advised. Fire you're walking towards is eating poison oak. I

repeat, that smoke is filled with poison.

Orders, Chief. I need you to make your own written assessment.

You need STBAs?

Who knows how long we have.

We're going in.

River High School, after our simulated crash this morning, we lost two kids.

I hope we never have to feel the loss of someone you love for real.

So some parents and some students are going to say some words of farewell now.

And first up is Chloe McKenzie, Tyler's mom.

My trailer.

There are so many stories I want to tell.

Most you would consider embarrassing.

I remember the first time I took you into the city.

Grandma wanted to come with us, but I said no.

So we went to Pier 39.

We had the weirdest times.

Vince, you have Riley, right?

You have her.

And then I found you at this little souvenir shop.

You were trying to buy me a bracelet to give me as a present.

You were always so independent.

But sometimes my heart aches that you won't take my help.

Maybe it's because you never saw me accept help either.

I mean, you would still be here today.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I can't.

We love you, buddy.

This is so fake.

Tyler. What?

What? It is. You're up there acting all sad. Like, you know we lost real people,

right? And real houses in the fire?

Tyler, your parents just said some really nice... No, that's not my dad!

I'm out. Tyler, please... No, it's okay. Let him go. He just needs some space.

There he is. Thompson!

Okay, let's roll him onto his back and let's assess.

I'm not getting any pulse.

Thompson. Thompson, can you hear me?

He's completely unresponsive.

Damn it.

Beta blockers for hypertension.

Wonderful. Let's get AED hooked up. Let's see what's going on.

Cutting.

Okay.

Hit the analyze button.

Analyzing now.

Start CPR.

Starting CPR.

I'll call it in.

Icy Valley Fire, I see we have made contact with the patient. Confirm code

Patient is in cardiac arrest.

We found high blood pressure medication on scene.

Patient likely has a history of hypertension and is prone to heart

never told me that. Patient is currently unresponsive. CPR is in progress. Over.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Right here, right here, right here.

Hey, look, they're working on him.

I wish I dragged him on a half -mile hike if I'd known.

He'd still be alive if he didn't keep that from me.

He's not gone yet.

There he is, in the rig.

Get him to the hospital.

Where we at?

Hey!

Watch it! Bro, that rock almost hit me. Oh, I'm so sorry.

Rock. That can't be good.

Ace, if you want to go, I'm right here. Yeah, and I wouldn't be here if you

didn't make me break into that house.

Well, we wouldn't have gotten caught if your dumbass wouldn't have tripped and

knocked over a TV.

Hey! Hey! Rock!

Hey! Hey!

That's it!

Guys. Lane, are you okay?

Captain Howard?

What?

The hose is cut. Yeah, man.

Hey!

I need another hose layer over here! Hey, Cap.

This hose layer should be twice as far by now. What the hell's going on? I'm

working on it, Chief.

You know what? Never mind, Cap.

I'm seeing a call on Station 96 saying Clem has met your guy's man. Hey, these

aren't my guys!

Station 96 requested to the Isley Valley Fire.

Okay, keep at it. Good work.

All right, Bodie, hands off. Let's reanalyze.

Analyzing now.

Shock advised.

Clear. Let's do it. Deliver shock now.

Shock delivered.

He's got a pulse. He's starting to breathe again. Okay, good.

Ow! Damn it.

Fire's at the door.

Without water, we're going to burn.

I see Valley Fire. I see what's the ETA on the hose like. Starting to get some

spotting down here.

Securing this ammo.

Copy that.

Hoses aren't coming.

We're at least 1 ,000 feet away.

What the hell is going on? What, are they lounging around drinking Mai Tais

there? Come on.

That's all the ammo.

It's off. It looks like it's starting to go. I see it.

Hey, okay, grab that tarp. Let's roll them onto it. We've got to get them out

here right now.

All right, let's get a cup on him. I'm gonna get a line started.

Come on, where are those hoses?

How we looking?

Stabilizing.

BP's 120 over 80. Okay, good deal.

If that fire keeps growing, it's gonna be a problem.

All we can do is wait for the hoses, try to keep this guy stabilized.

Hey, hey, Bodie!

Where are you going? Hey!

I don't think this is the best time to be bagging more pintails.

No, we're bagging a duck's lot.

Figure they support?

Knock out the legs, push in the leg, let it burn out.

Like we think.

Help Thompson out of the back. Get hoses. Keep going to sector alpha.

Hit the main seat of the fire. Let's go.

All right, let's get them out of here. On three.

One, two, three.

You pushed a whole damn duck line into that lake?

Created. That was all boating.

Good work.

Follow your patient. 96 has this.

Get out of here.

How is it that we were together the whole time, and I'm the only one that

hit with poison oak?

You know, we got to talk about something.

Your probing task book?

I don't think helping that hunter counts as abating materials or fuels.

Well, shotgun shells qualify as fuel, so I'd say you check that last box when

you stash that ammo.

Let's have it.

Look, Bodie, I wasn't always there for you the way I should have been.

I mean, I always got to be the fun uncle, you know, and why your parents

so damn hard to do right by you.

I know that I cannot fill the hole that my brother left in this family.

But I do know that it was your dad's.

It was your dad's dream.

To sign your completed task book.

You know what he is?

Congratulations.

Firefighter Leone.

You're coming one way, kid.

Save congrats for when I'm runs qualified.

Damn straight.

Anyhow, I'm gonna go drown this poison oak in Smokey's Top Shelf Brine.

I'll see you around, yeah?

You take a wrong turn, you're not heading back to Three Rock.

I mean, you saw my guys' faces.

They're not my guys. Like, what the hell am I thinking?

Don't do that to yourself, Eve.

It's my fault.

I wanted those boys to be ready so bad.

I should have just had patience.

Yeah, but it's my responsibility to make sure they communicate.

Yeah, how can you expect them to do that when we can't even communicate well

ourselves?

We've got to lead by example.

You still think we could turn these guys into a real crew?

No doubt.

But you better get back out there.

Cody? I asked Tyler to clean it.

I didn't expect him to give it a full polish.

A couple hours later, he's storming out of his own funeral.

One step forward, two steps back.

Um, your mom told me to ask for help.

So I waited here because you're the only one he said two words to.

Um, I'm asking.

Will you help?

Happy to.

Okay,

look, before you slam the door, wait, it's not your fault.

You're not the bad guy.

But I was wrong this morning.

I'm not the bad guy either.

Look, you were a kid. We both were when our moms decided to keep this secret.

So you're saying our moms are to blame?

No, they were just doing what they thought was best.

Look, it was a difficult situation with no easy answers.

So let yourself off the hook.

Now, I'm still sorry for how I broke the news, but I'm not sorry for doing it.

I'm going to stop pushing.

But if Malcolm ever gets curious my door is always open

Wait

Still got that letter

I can't be Landon.

What's going on in there?

Where's my key?

I'll give you my 12 -pack and my key! Hey! Hey!

Tyler, are you okay?

Chloe, I just lost my camera. Did it touch you? No, he didn't. Hey, don't

at her.

Look at me.

You don't ever talk to Tyler like that, you hear me?

Watch yourself.

Buddy, can you get Tyler out of here, please?

Without you?

Yeah, I'll be right behind you.

Go.

Come on.

One reason why I shouldn't run you down with my car in the driveway.

How long has that been going on? He just does that when my mom's not around.

She knows now.

He said that I hurt her. No, no, no, no, no. Tyler, you're a good kid.

Okay, don't listen to anything that guy's ever said to you.

I hate him. You know, he hurt everyone.

He hurts everyone. He hurt me, our house, all of Edgewater, the fires,

everything is his fault. Wait, wait, wait. Hold up. What do you mean?

Tyler. What?

No, nothing.

No, I didn't mean anything.

Are you saying that Landon started the Zabel Ridge fire?

I just... No, wait.

You just forget it. I can't just forget it. You have to.

You promised me.

Hey, buddy boy.

Hey, you at home right now?

Came to the station looking for you.

Why? What's wrong?

Chloe and I just walked in on Landon screaming at Tyler.

He's a bad dude.

I don't know if it's just verbal or if it's worse.

We got to get them out of there.

Bring them both by the house.

I'm not sure she's going to agree to that.

If it's going to help Tyler, she will. Do you still have a direct line to Agent

Ruffin at the ATF? Why?

I think I know who set the Zabel Ridge fire.