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- Farrell. Got it.

Come on, Chelsea, we're up.

Saddle up.

Let's go!

- What is it? - Commercial. Slow burn.

- OK.

- Let's go.

- Here we go. - Come on.

- Move it! - Move it!

- Come on, everybody! - Get on! Let's go!

- Who knows? It may not even be real. - Only one way to find out.

- Let's go, ladies.

- We've got a flower shop: 2217 Sudbury, west of Manchester.

- All right! - Fifteen seconds to lift-off!

- Moving out here! - Let's move it! Chop, chop!

Let's roll, let's roll! - Roll!

That was so scary.

- What was that? - I don't know. Some kind of an explosion. Are you OK?

Here they are.

Wow, that was fast.

- Guys, let's go. - Here we are. - Move it.

- Oh, I hope the shop's OK.

- Aerial 16 on scene, A side, west side, heavy smoke showing.

- It's our shop. - Anybody else inside?

- No, it was just us. - This is Chelsea,

our paramedic. She's gonna take care of you. Get them back

away from the building, OK? - You got it.

- I just heard this pop in the cold storage unit.

Then there was suddenly all this smoke, but no flames.

- OK, no unusual redness. That's good.

- We got out of there fast. - Smart. You ladies crawl out?

No. - OK, well, if you're ever in that situation again,

hit the floor, get on your hands and knees.

Most casualties in a fire happen with smoke inhalation, but you don't see that coming.

- Heads up. - There's lots of smoke.

- Sounds good. You guys just sit tight, all right?

- All right, thank you.

- Oh, here they come. - You got lucky.

The fire was in the flower storage unit, but we contained it there.

- So there was no fire damage? - Well, the compressor's toast,

and that ethylene couldn't be good for your flowers, but...

there's no structural damage. - Great.

Just we need with Valentine's Day around the corner.

- At least you're safe.

- Right. Thank you.

- Are you... Dan Farrell?

- Yeah. - Wendy. Wendy Clark.

You were in my big brother's class at Chatham High. - Steven Clark! Ha! Ha!

How many years has it been? - Oh, uh, let's not do that math.

This is my business partner, Kate Burlingham. - Hi.

- I'm sorry about the circumstances. Pleasure to meet you.

- You too. Thank you.

- Hey,

say hi to Steve, all right? - Yeah, yeah.

- Saddle up, fellas! - All right, guys,

let's load up. - Get back to the shop.

- Shall we face the music? - I don't think we have a choice.

Dan Farrell.

He was such a great guy in high school.

I found out at a reunion that his wife died a few years ago.

- Oh. - Laura Halloway. She was in my brother's class too.

- That is so awful. - Yeah. Can't imagine.

- Hey, hey, Dad?

- Hey.

- Hey.

You're reading The Mercenary Fables?

- Well, what do you know?

- Do you play the game?

- Constantly. - 'Cause the books don't make any sense if you don't.

- On my phone, my notebook,

and my computer. - What about the cloud version?

- It's on the cloud now? - Yeah, since Friday.

- Shut up! - It's the best yet.

Majorly interactive. - I'm so gonna hook into that.

- Ah, good, you're here. Hey.

Muah. How was the bus, hon? - Long and boring.

- I know, why do they have to make so many stops?

- Right? I mean, seriously, every corner?

- Do you go to Central?

- Parkview.

- Ah, who do we have here? - Hey, uh,

this is my daughter Rebecca; Rebecca, Lieutenant Farrell.

- Nice to meet you, Rebecca. I see that you've met my son

Tyler. - That's your son? Wow.

Hey. Chelsea.

- Hi. - Hey.

- You guys on your way back from a fire?

- Small one. A compressor fire. - So you didn't get

to break out the hoses? - No need. Never got rolling. - That's too bad.

- Gotta watch out for those fires, though, because sometimes

the toxic gases are more dangerous than the flames.

- Oh. Cool.

- So, uh, who was that lady?

You know, with the daughter.

- She's, uh, one of our new EMTs.

- New?

She seems kind of old to me.

Well, she's new to us.

I knew her from when she worked Emergency over at the hospital.

- And her daughter? Is she going to be coming by

after school, like, every day?

- Why? Is she a pain?

- Oh, no, no, no. She's... she's OK.

You know, for a girl.

- Get in the house.

Come on.

- I can't believe we have to shut down

less than two weeks before the biggest day of the year!

- I know, but look on the bright side:

for once, you can actually enjoy Valentine's Day.

- I have a husband with a one-track mind.

Enjoying Valentine's Day has never been a problem.

- Are you complaining?

- No. Not even.

How about you? Big plans for the romantic day?

- Absolutely. I actually have two dates lined up.

- Really? - Brad Pitt and Colin Firth,

provided there isn't a video streaming meltdown.

- Well, I don't know. Single women, Valentine's Day--

it could be the perfect broadband storm.

Seriously, ask SOMEBODY out. Show yourself a good time.

- I plan on having an excellent time.

Did I not mention ice cream cake with gumdrop hearts? I'm good.

- Oh, we need to get you back into circulation.

No, no, no, it's selfish to keep all this wonderfulness

to yourself. - Oh, well, maybe I'll join you and Nick.

- Or plan B and we get you a date.

- I'm fine, Wendy! I'm fine.

- Bam! - Oh! Well,

you just played the wrong card, buddy.

Bam! You just got served the Queen of Spades.

- Ah, settle down, Magnum. Read 'em and weep.

- You didn't keep a heart?! - No, I was trying to protect my hand.

- How'd that work out for you? - Not so good.

- You know, I don't see why it's gotta be me, guys. - Seriously, we've done this

over and over again. - Because you're single.

- Dan is single. - You're the young

stud muffin, OK? They're gonna eat you up.

- That's what I don't like about it, Dan. I feel like a commodity.

- Poor baby. - No, seriously, "win a date with one of our bravest"?

- What's wrong with that? - It's demeaning.

- It's for a good cause. Think about the kids.

- Do it for the children. - What about if she wants to go

to, I don't know, the opera or something on our date. - She?

Keep it up.

- Look, it's a tradition, OK? And a big money maker.

Just enjoy the fact that you're still young and bankable.

- See? A commodity.

- Welcome to my world, girlfriend.

- Hey, guys. - Hey, dude! How was school?

- Great.

- By the way, I win.

- The battle, not the war. - Yeah. Let's go. We gotta

clean the rig. Can't put that off for another day. Chop, chop. - Hey.

- Yeah, OK. - Is... Rebecca here?

- Nah, she's at taekwondo.

- She does taekwondo? - Yeah, she's working on her red belt.

- That's... Wow.

- Hey, you taking a date to the ball this year?

- Me? - Yeah.

- Why does everybody keep asking about that?

- Well, because my sister just came through a messy divorce.

- Wait, Serena? - Yeah.

- Woo-ee! She is hot.

- Hard to believe they're from the same gene pool, huh? - Hey, you're telling me.

- Ha, ha, ha, ha. No, come on, I'm serious. Invite her to the ball,

turn on that Farrell charm, and make her feel sexy again. - Ha! Ha! What Farrell charm?

- Hey, Joey, if he's not interested, I'm your guy.

- She doesn't date adolescents.

- Rinse, rinse, rinse. - I'm a grow man.

- Hey! - Rinse.

- That's it, you can't date my sister.

- Is it my imagination, or are these jackets getting smaller?

- Never too late to say no to carbs.

- Later, Chelsea. - Hey, Dan, whoa. Uh, do you have a sec?

That time clock. I'm still having trouble with it.

- That's still acting up? - Yes.

- OK, come on. - Hey, Tyler. - Hi.

May I please be excused?

- You're finished?

- Yeah, I got some homework.

- I thought you did it at the firehouse.

- Well, I couldn't do all of it. - Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, don't throw that out.

I thought you loved my carbonara.

- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, it was great.

It's just...

I'm not that hungry.

- You're not hungry?

Is that even possible?

- I guess so.

Hai-yah!

Hey, Alex.

you all right?

Um, what's up?

- You texted me earlier-- help with your math homework?

- Yeah, yeah, uh, just let me get my books.

- Here you go. - Thanks a lot. - You're welcome.

- Welcome to Danby's.

This week, our special is on baby back ribs:

only $5.99 per pound.

- See what happens when the best florist in town closes? People are forced

to buy their flowers at the grocery store.

- Kate.

- Yeah. Dan, right? - Yeah.

- They had to shut you down? - Just until the insurance comes through

so we can fumigate and restock and...

- Of course. - How are you?

- Oh, well, I'm great now because I'm with an expert

and I don't know the first thing about flowers.

- Well, at least you're trying.

I mean, I'm sure your girlfriend appreciates the effort.

- No, no, I don't... I don't ha...

The firehouse is doing its annual fundraiser,

and it's a Valentine's Day ball, and I'm sort of

the decorating committing. I'm here doing a little research.

- Uh, what are you raising money for?

- It's a scholarship fund

for the children of fallen firefighters.

- That's a amazing. You know what,

don't get your flowers here. Go to Carney's.

- What's Carney's?

- It's the best flower market in the state, and it's only 20 minutes from here

up Highway 27. - Let me write that down.

Twenty-seven?

- Yeah. - OK.

- Oh, except Carney's is a wholesaler,

and you need a florist's licence to shop there.

- Oh, bummer.

- I have a licence.

- I... I don't want to ask you to do that. - No, you're not asking.

I'm offering. It'll be my contribution

to the fundraiser. - You sure?

- Yeah. - Great, because I could use all the help I could get.

- Uh, what kind of arrangements did you have in mind?

Do I look like I know?

- Tell you what, why don't you show me the venue, and we can figure it out?

- You sure that's not asking too much?

- No, no, I mean, Dan, flowers are my business,

and I'm temporarily out of a job, so...

use me. - OK, I will.

- Here, um, I'll just...

give you my number so, uh, you can

call me whenever you want to go see the venue.

- Perfect. - Great.

Great to see you. - Yeah, you too.

- Bye.

- The mall near your school?

Yeah, I don't see why not.

Your dad and I, we're planning to go see a movie,

so we'll just see one there. That'll give you a couple hours, OK? All right,

sweetie, I love you.

Bye. Hey, Tyler. - Hi.

- Hey. - Um...

was... was that Rebecca? - Yeah.

You know, that girl would spend all weekend at the mall

with her friends. You know they don't even buy stuff? They just walk around and hang out.

- That's... kinda weird. - Yeah.

That's kinda "girl". I did the same thing when I was her age.

We're not like you, Tyler.

Yeah, I noticed.

I don't need to get anything.

- Why go to the mall if you're not going to buy something?

take us, and it'll be...

fun.

I still think it's kinda lame.

- Whatever.

- Well, when we had it here last year,

the DJ booth was here in the corner,

and the buffet was back here against the wall.

Um, the bar was over here in the back room,

and we had tables all around.

- Oh, OK. Do you want arrangements on every table?

- Sounds great. - Maybe a garland

around the bar. - Whatever you think.

Oh, by the way, we have to make sure we decorate the auction block.

- Auction block? - Yeah.

- This Valentine's Day ball just got a little more interesting. - We auction off

a date with one of our single firefighters. It is...

very popular with the ladies. - I bet it is.

Are you in the block this year? - Me? No. No, no.

Just for the younger guys. - Right, 'cause you're way too old.

- My son seems to think so.

- How old is your son?

- Tyler is 12. - Is he your only child?

- Mm-hmm.

- Wendy told me about your wife.

I'm very sorry.

- Thank you.

- It'll be great. - Yeah, this is it.

- Yeah, it's a beautiful space. - Yeah.

- And how do you know that he doesn't have a girlfriend?

- He kinda told me.

- Why would he "kinda" tell you?

- I... maybe fished a little.

- You like him.

- Come on, he's a firefighter, for crying out loud.

And not exactly hard on the eyes.

- No, ma'am, not hard on the eyes at all.

- So, what's not to like?

- Oh! Ladies and gentlemen, Kate Burlingham is back.

The blood is flowing, there's a definite uptake

in the heavy breathing department, and, oh, oh, oh!

I think we've even detected a pulse!

Thank you, Dan! - Stop it! I am helping him

with the flowers for his fundraiser. - Of course you are.

'Cause you're not a woman; you're a philanthropist.

OK, well, seeing as you're back from the dead,

give me your opinion on something.

Which...

of these two outfits...

do you think would look sexier on me?

- I don't think there's enough fabric to qualify as "outfits".

- I'm just trying to surprise Nick for Valentine's Day.

- I think he'll be plenty surprised with either one of them, and then some.

You really love Nick, don't you?

- Yeah.

Well, that's why I married him.

You were right to draw a line in the sand, Kate.

- You didn't have to draw a line in the sand with Nick.

- Not overtly;

subtly I did. I mean, I think that's what women do--

we just nudge guys in the right direction. I mean, let's face it--

it usually takes them longer to commit than us.

- So maybe I should have given Gavin more time.

- You gave him plenty of time.

And why are we even talking about Gavin? Let's talk about Dan,

and what you're gonna wear when you see him next.

- Something with plenty of fabric.

- Ah, right. It's only your second date.

- We are not dating!

Dessert? - Right, reveal yourself

slowly, in layers,

like an onion.

- Is this your idea of fun?

Walking around all day?

- It's good exercise, and we're not even walking that fast.

Come on, let's go!

- I get plenty of exercise.

- Well, you know, there's actually people who come to the mall TO exercise.

They, like, do laps around it. In groups.

- Yeah, and you know what they call those people?

Geezers.

- OK, fine, we'll go in a few minutes,

only if we don't--

- Don't what?

And weren't we supposed to meet your dad like 20 minutes ago?

What?

You brought me here because of girls?

- Where are you, buddy? It's, uh, it's 3:50.

Call me when you get this.

- Her name's Rebecca.

My dad works with her mom.

- Are you, like, into her?

- I don't know. I guess. - This is gross. What are you eating?

- What should I say to her? - How should I know?

Oh, man. This is creepy.

Stop.

It's really awk-- - Excuse me!

What's the story? You were supposed to meet me at the mall entrance at 3:30.

I've been calling. - You have? - Yes!

- Sorry. I forgot to turn it on. - Forgot to turn it on.

You? You think I'm buying that?

What's with you these days?

- I'll tell you what's with him.

- Is that, uh, Chelsea's daughter?

- He came here to see her, and now he won't even talk to her.

- Let's just go.

- I mean, how lame is that?

So, you like Rebecca?

- I don't even know her.

- Well, get to know her. Ask her to be

a Facebook friend.

- That'd be like... stalking her.

- Kinda like today?

I'm kidding.

You know, I was right around your age when I met your mother.

- Can we not talk about this? - You know, you want some intel

on how to get to know Rebecca, take it from your old man.

I've been there, done that.

No?

Nothing? You got... nothing for me?

OK. - OK, so, the thing is,

when I first met Rebecca,

it was, like, super easy to talk to her

'cause she was... you know, just this person.

Now it's like I just keep hoping that she'll come to the station

after school every day, and at the same time

I'm scared because... well, what am I'm gonna say to her?

- Well, what did you talk about the first time? - Books,

the cloud, buses...

- OK, well, what else is she into?

- She's into taekwondo.

- Dude, that's perfect!

You have that in common. - I know.

How awesome is that? Ha! Ha! Ha! - That's pretty awesome.

That's what you talk about. You get her? That's what you talk about.

- OK. - Try to find something to do outside the firehouse.

- Do you mean like a...

...a... a date? - Yeah. Taekwon-date. Ooh!

Waaaah. - OK. Mm-hmm.

- Hi, Wendy.

- Hey, Kate.

You figured out what you're going to wear tomorrow?

- Something with plenty of fabric.

You got a shot at a great guy here.

You need to use every weapon in your arsenal.

- Oh, I recommend something in red.

"let me be your Valentine" message. - Good night, Wendy.

Good night!

- Hey.

Guess who's here?

Give it your best shot, kid.

- Hey, Tyler. - Hey, Rebecca.

How's it going? - Going great.

- Good. That's... that's good.

So, uh...

your... your mom told me that you were into taekwondo.

- Oh, yeah, big time.

- Well, there's this, uh, 3D movie playing--

the Korean national team.

- Right, doing demonstrations. I read

about that. - Yeah. Wednesday being...

being a half day and all, I was thinking of going to see it after school.

- Cool.

- Does Parkview do half days on Wednesdays?

- Yeah, I think that's district wide.

- Huh.

Well, if you're not doing anything after school on Wednesday,

I was thinking... maybe we could, um,

go... together.

- That'd be totally awesome.

- OK.

Did you always want to be a fireman?

- Sometimes I think the whole fireman thing was just...

part of the way it was supposed to be, you know?

I mean, I met Laura when I was just a kid,

and then everything fell into place--

you know, sweetheart, family, job.

We... had a full life together.

Over 20 years.

Better than most couples these days.

- That's a very sweet way of looking at it.

Isn't it dangerous, firefighting?

- It can be. I mean,

my station never lost anybody or had any serious injuries,

but some of the others around town, you know,

they haven't been so fortunate.

- Mm-hmm. - How about you?

How did you get started in the flower business?

- Well, believe it or not, I have an MBA.

- Impressive. - Top of my class, no less.

- Very impressive. - Yeah, I set my sights high.

I was going to be CEO of something

by the time I was 40.

Six months into my first corporate job, I came home

from yet another soul-destroying networking party,

and I looked myself in the mirror and said,

"Kate, what do you really want? Because it is not this".

- What was your answer?

- That I wanted to do something that made me happy. And...

flowers make me happy.

So I took everything I learned

about big business, applied it to small business,

and never looked back.

- Laura loved flowers. She used to have arrangements like this,

you know, all around the house. - And none of that

rubbed off on Mr. I-don't-know- anything-about-flowers?

- It was her thing.

I just, you know, loved that it made her so happy.

- So, I'll put together some samples and drop them by.

- I'm sure whatever you come up with will be great.

- I will do my best. - Thank you.

- No, it was... it was my pleasure.

- What's with all the softball swag?

- Well, now that I've got some time on my hands, I'm trying

to get my swing back. I'm actually heading to the field now to take a couple of hacks.

- You play? - All-state in high school,

but I don't like to brag. - You don't understand.

The firefighters have a co-ed softball league. We never have enough women. You've gotta play.

- Well, sign me up. - You... you don't... play first base, do you?

- All-state in high school, and maybe I do like to brag.

- Where have you been all my life?

- So, how often are you supposed to change those things?

- About once a year. Hey, I got a new slogan.

Check it out. You're gonna love this.

"Show her you love her on Valentine's Day:

change the battery in her smoke detector."

Pretty good, huh?

What? You don't like it?

- It seems kinda unromantic.

- Protecting the life of somebody you love? Please.

What's more romantic than that?

Speaking of romance, what time is this movie

you're going to tomorrow? - Three thirty.

- OK, perfect. I want you to take the bus

over to the mall, and I'll pick you up after work, OK? - OK.

So, aren't you supposed

to bring a girl something on a first date?

- I don't know. What'd you have in mind?

- I don't know, like... candy

or flowers.

- It sounds kind of "Archie and Betty" to me.

- Who? - Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait. I've got a great idea.

Make her a mix tape.

- What's that? - Come on! Are you kidding me?

It's when you put all your favourite songs

on one of those... what do you call... You know, the...

the MP3, uh, playlist!

- Of songs I like? - Yeah!

- What if she thinks they stink? - Well, then you ask her why

and you figure out what songs she does like, pal, because that's all part

of the process of getting to know each other.

Hey, when I first met your mom, I made her a mix tape, and I put "Walk Like an Egyptian" on it.

- What? - Never mind. The point is,

I was afraid she wasn't going to like it, and she LOVED it.

We used to sing it all the time--in fact, to the point where we kind of

drove our friends crazy. - Oh, a tape!

- Yeah! - You made her a video!

- No, no, not a video-- - That's a great idea! I'll make her a DVD

of YouTube videos of songs I like. Thank you so much, Dad!

- Uh...

OK. Well,

that's... what I'm here for.

- Well, I can't fault his taste in girls, but... my commanding officer's son--

I don't know. What if she breaks his heart?

- Then I'll make your life a living...

- Hm, right.

- Your costume's here, Michael. - What costume?

- For the auction. - No, no, no. Nobody said anything about a costume.

- It's a tradition. - The ladies love it.

- Oh, yeah, no, no, no, we sure do. It's super sexy.

What is this?

- It's called "the love god".

- Cupid meets Hercules.

- No, no, no, no. I'm not, I'm not, I'm not wearing this.

- Oh, but you must. - It's a commitment, Michael.

Come on, where are you going? Oh, come on!

- No, I'm starting to hate Valentine's Day.

- He can't take it! Yeah, baby!

- Oh, no.

I think we parked on this side.

I'll be right there.

- Remember that flying spinning hook kick? That was awesome!

- I didn't actually really catch that at all.

- Well, it was over the guy's head, then he did a roundhouse to the cheek.

- Well, I didn't see that. No. - Come on, you do this! There's your mom.

- Yep. - Whoa.

That's MY girl.

- Bye. - Yeah, OK.

See you later, guys. - See you tomorrow.

Well?

- She loved the movie, she loved the mix!

- What'd I tell you? - Ha! Ha! And she said

that we're gonna hang out at the softball game on Saturday.

- This sounds like a date. - I guess so.

Whew! Wow.

Hey, Dad? - Yeah?

- How come you don't date?

- Uh... I don't know.

- It's not because of me, is it? - No, son, please.

- You know, like, because I miss Mom,

and you don't have a girlfriend 'cause you think I wouldn't like it?

Like you were replacing Mom or something?

- I don't have a girlfriend because...

the circumstances aren't right. You know, you have

to meet the right person and-- - Dad.

Seriously.

- Look, your mother and I had a full life, right?

An amazing relationship for over 20 years, and that's more than I could say for--

- Most couples these days? Yeah, I know.

You always say that.

But... it couldn't have been that full.

She didn't get to see me go to high school,

learn to drive, start shaving--

a million things! - Nope.

- When you say you've already lived a full life,

I feel like... I don't know,

like I'm not there.

- That's not what I meant by that, son.

- I just wish you'd stop pretending to be so happy all the time.

- I am not pretending.

- Well, you have to be-- at least a little, because

we lost so much.

- That's true.

But we still have each other.

And you, son... are the best part

of your mother and me. You got that?

Even if she won't get to see you shave.

- All I'm saying is it's OK with me.

- What?

- You know, if you want to have a girlfriend.

- So, you're giving me permission?

- Yeah, yeah.

But first you have to get a girlfriend. Come on, old man.

Hurry it up. - Get over here.

- Observe.

Classic human mating ritual.

The smile, little touch of the arm.

- Oh, yeah? 'Cause, uh, Dan's doing the same thing.

- Ah, so...

the male reciprocates. - Yeah, why not? She's a babe.

- What are you ladies gossiping about?

- Uh... Dan's hitting on Kate. - Not hitting on;

he's circling, testing the waters, putting out signals.

- Why not? She's great. - Oh, yeah, she's a total babe.

- That too. - 'Cause Dan's never been into anyone, ever, except Laura.

- Wow, he's gotta get back out there, huh?

- I will see you soon. - She's coming.

- I just wanted to come and say goodbye. - Hey!

- You'll be seeing her Saturday. We've got a new ringer

on our softball team. - You play softball? - All-state in high school.

- Please tell me you're a first baseman.

- All-state. - Oh! Why didn't your compressor catch fire sooner?

Sorry.

- Sorry. - He's kidding. - Yeah. By the way,

you inspired me. - I did? - Yeah.

Tomorrow I'm heading over to batting practice. I'm gonna take a couple of hacks.

- Really? Why don't we go together? Three o'clock?

- Sounds great. - See you tomorrow. - Cool.

- And I will see you Saturday. - See you Saturday. - Saturday.

- Bye. - Bye.

- What did I tell you? Hmm? - Wow, you guys played that right.

- What are you talking about? - You're into her.

- She's... a friend. I just met her.

- Then why are you going on a date?

- I'm not... That's not a date. - Well, when a woman

and a man go out and, you know, do stuff, that's a date, Dan.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa. In no known universe is batting practice a date.

- It is in mine.

- Well, you're an ape.

Get back to work.

- All right, have fun on your date.

- Date, date, date! - YOU'RE an ape.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah! - I remember that.

Yeah, she's cool.

- Hey.

You gotta shut it down, buddy.

Way past your bedtime.

- OK.

Yeah, you heard that? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I gotta go.

Yeah, you too.

OK. OK, bye.

- How's Alex doing? - Oh, that wasn't Alex;

that was Rebecca. - Rebecca?

What were you two talking about for over an hour?

- I don't know... everything.

So, I was wondering...

You know this Valentine's Day ball?

- Mm-hmm. - Um... is it just for grownups?

- I-I don't know. I mean,

no kids have ever wanted to go before.

- Well, I do, and I want to bring Rebecca. - Well,

it's a hundred bucks a pop. You got 200 bucks stashed around here somewhere I don't know?

- Maybe you could advance my lawn-mowing money?

- That's... 20 mows. That's like a two-summer advance.

- Well, you could charge me interest, right? - Tell you what.

You just don't whine when I ask you to mow, you understand?

- OK. - Or make your bed. Or take out the trash.

- Anything. - Or walk the dog. - We don't have a dog.

- In case we ever get one.

All right, deal?

- Deal. - All right, lights out.

Come on. We've got a big day tomorrow.

- Wait, hey! What if she doesn't want to go?

- Well, you'd better work that out before you buy the tickets.

- Good thinking. - Yeah.

- Thanks, Dad. - OK. You know, I've been thinking about this conversation

we had the other day about dating.

I think I'm gonna give it a shot,

see how it goes. - Oh, you'll like it, Dad.

It's pretty awesome.

- That's what they tell me.

Goodnight. - Goodnight.

- Hey, Kate.

- Hi, Dan. It's Kate.

- Right. Um... how are you?

I'm good. You?

how was the rest of your day?

- Day was good. Yours?

- Great. It was really great.

- So, what's up?

- Tomorrow,

batting practice. Um,

the field's on the west side of town, or the east?

- You know what, you probably did.

I'm just, uh, double checking. Three o'clock, right?

- Three o'clock.

- Great. I will see you then.

- Great.

Everything's great.

- Here it comes. - All right.

- Show 'em where you live, kiddo.

Nice! Whoa!

Nice!

Are you kidding me?

Wait till Joey sees you.

Hey, my turn.

- All right.

- The boys are the firehouse are gonna love this.

- A little rusty. - Our new secret weapon.

- Let's see what you got.

Not so rusty.

Warning-track power.

Again.

Man, it felt good to swing again.

It's been way too long.

- Well, we're gonna kick their butts on Saturday,

assuming we let you have every at-bat.

- Come on, you're a great hitter.

- Thank you.

Hey, I was wondering, since you've been

such a big help with the ball and everything,

and it's such an awesome night, I thought maybe you'd want

to come with me, you know, as my date.

- I'd love to. - Great.

I wasn't sure... you know, if you had a boyfriend.

- Um...

full disclosure: I had a boyfriend.

A serious one, but, uh,

five months ago he transferred to LA and we broke up.

- I'm sorry. - It's OK.

Not really.

- I haven't thought about

dating anybody since he left. Until now.

- So... it's a date?

- It's a date. - Great.

- I'll take my bag.

- I'm sorry.

- I'm really glad you asked.

- See you Saturday.

- It was a lot of fun.

See you Saturday. - OK.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Joey.

No, no, no, no, no,

it was not a date, Joey, but it is now,

'cause I just asked her to the ball.

Yeah.

- OK, fine, we're dating.

Yeah, in fact, I have to cancel Brad and Colin,

'cause I have a Valentine's Day date.

The firefighters' ball.

You are? OK, great. I'll see you there.

Yes, Wendy, of course I have you to thank.

I, uh, I doubled down.

I doubled way down.

OK, bye.

- Kate?

- Gavin?

- Kate Burlingham,

will you be my Valentine...

forever?

- What are you doing here? - I'm here for you.

- Why didn't you tell me you were coming?

- I wanted to surprise you. - Oh, I'm surprised all right.

- All right, well, so... what do you say?

- About what?

- I just proposed to you.

- I say I need to sit down.

You... just sit there, please.

- Did... did you get a good look at the ring?

- Gavin, what is this about?

- It's about me loving you.

I've always loved you.

- Yeah, I loved you too.

And we broke up, remember? - What I remember is

a woman who wasn't willing to move to LA with me

unless we were married, and a me who was too stubborn

and set in his ways to ask her.

But I am not that me anymore.

- Well, maybe I'm not that woman anymore.

- Is there somebody new?

Is there?

- I-I'm seeing someone, sort of.

- Define "sort of".

- He just asked me out on our first official date.

- OK, well, so there's still hope. - Gavin.

- Letting you go was the biggest mistake I ever made.

I screwed up. I know that now.

And I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get you back.

I want us back again.

- I wasn't ready for this.

- No, I know.

- I think I just need to sort this out.

- OK, well, I mean,

let me take you for dinner and we can talk this through--

- No, not tonight.

You broke my heart when you left.

You know that, don't you?

- I know.

And I'm so sorry.

- I think you should go.

- OK.

- How long are you here for?

- Well, until you say yes.

- Did somebody say, "Deep dish everything"?

- Sweet.

- What are you working on there? Valentines? - Yeah,

yeah, I want to make one for Rebecca for when I ask her out to the ball.

I'm just looking for ideas. - Sweet.

Let me get some plates.

- All right.

I can't believe he did that to you.

- He says he changed his mind.

Realizes that he made a big mistake.

- A little late in the game for that, don't you think?

- Wendy, I keep telling you that this is not a game.

- So you're thinking about taking him back?

Kate, he had his chance and he blew it.

- So I shouldn't give him a second one?

- Do you want to? - I don't know.

I really love the guy.

I invested years into this relationship.

Marrying him was part of the big plan.

- Plans change. - I know,

except I don't know if the way I feel about him has.

- OK, OK, hey, I get it.

When you love somebody, you love him.

I mean, me and Nick went through a... thing.

- You did? - Back in the day.

We sorted it out, and I guess, I don't know,

I'm sure it's just something that couples go through.

- I am not sure about anything, believe me.

I mean, I think I still love him, but...

I don't know if I can trust him not to let me down again.

And then there's Dan.

- You're in love with him too?

- No! I mean, we are just getting to know each other, but...

he's pretty special,

and being with him feels really nice.

- Wow. A week and a half ago,

your Valentine's Day date was Netflix,

and now you have two real live guys to choose from.

- I know. What am I gonna do?

- I don't know. Well, for starters, some more of this.

- That I can do.

- ♪ Be my Valentine ♪

♪ Now won't you be my anytime? ♪

♪ I got a little foolish heart and I ♪

♪ Don't know where to start and ♪

♪ All of my love is true ♪

♪ All that I need from you is ♪

♪ That you be my Valentine ♪

♪ Just give me a sign that you will be my Valentine ♪

- Oh, fly ball, here we go! All right, second base!

Second base! Over to one. Yeah. OK, good job, good job.

One out!

Play it, touch the bag!

Yeah! Ha! Ha! Ha! Are you kidding?

- That was awesome.

- Did you see that? Woo-hoo-hoo!

- You treat that woman with kid gloves, buster.

We don't want her getting injured.

- You rock, girl. You rock!

- Damn right.

- ♪ All of my love is true ♪

♪ All that I need from you is ♪

- I'd love to be your Valentine. - ♪ That you will be my Valentine ♪

♪ That you will be my Valentine ♪

- So, um, would you like to go to the firefighters' ball with me?

- Firefighters' ball? - ♪ That you will be my Valentine ♪

- How cool would that be?

- Strike three, you're out.

- Don't worry about it, Charlie boy, that's good, that's good.

- You'll get 'em next time. - Well, look who it is.

- Let's go, Kate. - Show 'em where you live, Kate.

Show 'em where you live. - Let's go, girlfriend! - Let's go, Kate.

- Tattoo one, kiddo.

Tyler. You good?

- As a matter of fact, don't touch her at all. Don't even hold her hand.

- Come on, Kate! - Take one look at her. I can't promise anything.

- Let's go, Kate! - Lethal weapon!

- Wait for your pitch. Wait for your pitch, Kate.

- Drive it!

- Oh! - No way!

Go! Go! Go!

- Nice one! Nice one! - Are you kidding me?

- Yeah! - Touch them all!

Touch them all! Oh, yes!

Get over here!

Whoa! Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Oh, my!

New secret weapon! What?!

- Bob Ogden. - Nice.

- Um... Harry Potter.

- No. - Too easy. - OK. Irma Pince.

- Q, Q, Q... um... Quirinus Quirrell.

- OK, Rebecca, sweetie, it's time to go. - 'K.

- Wow, you know your Harry Potter.

- There's a lot of downtime in a flower shop, and I love to read.

- What's your favourite?

- You know what? I don't have one. I pretty much love 'em all.

- Yeah, me too.

So, um, you into The Mercenary Fables?

- No, I never read 'em. Should I check 'em out?

Definitely. They're awesome.

- OK. I will. - Thanks for the tip.

- So, we on for tomorrow?

- Um... Hey, Dad?

- What's up?

- Can I hang out with Rebecca at the mall tomorrow afternoon?

- I don't see why not.

We've got to go for the flowers tomorrow, right?

- Right. - Yeah, sure, no problem.

- Cool. I'll walk you to your car.

- "I'll walk you to your car"?

- Tyler seems like a great kid.

- You sure made a great first impression.

- Come on, a Harry Potter game?

It's like fastballs-- right in my wheelhouse.

- Well, maybe we could all go for a double date sometime.

- Maybe.

I should get going.

- You played great today. - Thanks.

You too.

I'll, uh, I'll see you tomorrow.

- See you.

- Dad? - Yo.

- Hey, we gotta go.

- OK.

- Sweet.

- Do you like it? - Yeah.

- You inspired me.

Wendy.

- Gavin.

Kate told me you were in town.

- What happened? - A fire.

We'll be open again soon.

I just need to get some documents from the safe.

- Wendy, you don't have to say it. I know what you're thinking.

I had no right to come back here like this and make a play

for Kate. - Something like that. - I guess the thing is...

I love Kate.

I love her,

and I'll do whatever it takes to win her back.

- You have always been determined, Gavin.

At least you recognize that it's a game.

- So, do you know anything about her new boyfriend? - Yeah.

Yeah, he's a friend of mine.

- Well, tell me about him.

OK.

Yeah.

- Hey, Kate.

- Hi. - Hey, uh, Dan?

Gavin Malone. - Pleasure.

- Nice to meet you. I'm an old friend of Kate's.

Wendy told me about the fundraiser and obviously all the great work you guys do,

and I just thought I'd come by and see if I could help.

- We could always use another hand.

- Great. I already grabbed us a cart. - Let's do it.

- OK, let's do it.

He looked like a football player or something.

Yeah, a total jock.

- Dude, you can't compete with that.

What am I gonna do?

- Dump her! - But I really like her.

- She's a two-timer, dude. Two-timers are bad news.

- What does she say?

- "Where are you? Are you coming? Are you OK?"

I didn't.

- Good. Make her sweat. Serves her right.

- I guess.

- You know, I still can't figure out what a hedge fund is.

- Ah, it's pretty simple, actually. You know,

we provide an alternative investment strategy

that works to mitigate loss and preserve capital.

Now I'm really lost.

You do that from home? The office? What?

- Well, I work out of my office down in LA.

- I thought you lived here.

- Not anymore.

- You're the ex.

- You're the new guy.

- Hey.

Carney said that we could keep the flowers in cold storage

till the afternoon of the ball, and he offered a 15% discount

as a donation to the scholarship fund.

- That's great. - Fantastic.

Nice job.

- I'm gonna go get another cart.

- This is so not cool.

- What? I was just sizing up my competition.

- Did you follow me here?

- All's fair in love... - Look, if this is your strategy

for winning me back, you'd better think again.

- Hey.

You're right.

I'm sorry.

Take care of yourself.

- Wait.

Gavin.

That sounded like goodbye.

- Look, I shouldn't have come back here.

It was selfish of me to think that we could just pick up where we left off--

that you'd even want to. - I don't know what I want.

- I see the way he looks at you.

It's pretty hard to miss.

I mean, it's the way you used to look at me.

- Don't... don't go, OK? Not yet.

I just... I need a little time to figure this out.

- All right, well, um...

will you have dinner with me tomorrow night?

- You're here! I was so worried.

Are you OK?

What is it?

What's wrong?

I, um...

- What? - I...

- You're freaking me out.

- I saw you at the mall with that boy.

- Boy? - You were talking to him.

You took his number. You were-- - Wait. Wait.

You came to the mall?

And you just left? - Well,

yeah. I-I mean, I saw you g-- - Did you get my texts?

- Yeah.

- And you just ignored them?

Wow,

Tyler. Wow.

- Wait! No!

Rebecca! Rebecca. Hey!

Please don't go. I'm sorry!

OK? I'm really, really sorry. - You stood me up, Tyler.

That is so not right! - I know.

I'm an idiot!

It's just, I don't know what I'm doing here.

I've never done this before. - Done what before?

- Had a girlfriend.

A Valentine.

- Well, neither have I, but I'm absolutely positive this is

NOT how you treat her! - I saw you flirting with that guy.

- I wasn't flirting! - He was flirting with you,

then, and you didn't seem to mind.

Look, I shouldn't have ditched you like that.

And I shouldn't have ignored your texts.

I had no excuse except

I was jealous.

- Maybe I was flirting with him.

He goes to my school, and all the girls crush on him,

and he's never paid any attention to me,

and I thought it was cool that he was.

- Well, of course he was.

You're amazing.

- I guess when you're somebody's Valentine,

you probably shouldn't flirt with other guys. - I mean,

I don't want you not to talk to other guys, or... you know, like them.

I just... don't want you to like them as much as you like me.

- I don't.

I couldn't.

- Definitely trouble in paradise. - I think you're right.

- Yeah, I guess if things don't work out, she'll quit the team. - Don't think like that.

- I totally understand. Don't sorry.

It's not a problem.

- I-I thought I was over him.

I was over him.

And now I'm not so sure.

- I was in love with somebody for a long time too.

I get it.

- I'm just... I'm really confused.

- Well, that's why I should take myself out of the situation.

- But I don't want you to. - Listen, listen.

Our time together has been really nice.

But you should probably focus on what's happening

with you and Gavin. Having me in the middle is

just... it's just going to complicate everything.

- What about our Valentine date?

- Don't worry about that.

You're off the hook.

So, you got jealous.

- I guess.

- You guess? You saw her at the mall with another boy,

you jumped to the wrong conclusion, and you did a number on yourself.

- Myself?

What do you mean myself? I was angry at her.

- Well, she didn't know that until you told her. You were

the one that was getting all bent out of shape, right? - Yeah, you're right.

And it stinks, by the way.

- Jealousy does stink.

And it can be very destructive.

- Were you ever jealous with Mom?

- Of course, especially in the beginning.

But, you know, if you really care about somebody and you grow to trust them,

then you learn to let that kind of thing go.

- Good, 'cause I don't ever want

to feel like that again. - To be honest with you,

I was jealous just today. A little bit.

With Kate. - Really? Why?

- 'Cause her old boyfriend's back in town, and he decided

to drop in on us when we were shopping for flowers,

and it really bugged me.

- She's two-timing you?

- Where'd you pick up a phrase like that, huh?

- Alex. - Ah,

the relationship expert.

No, she was with him for a long time.

I just happened to meet her on the rebound.

- So... I guess she's not your girlfriend anymore?

- She never really was my girlfriend.

- Hm.

What about this?

- I guess I won't be needing that, right?

- That's too bad.

She's cool.

- Yeah, she is pretty cool.

Hey, Sal.

- Hey, Dan.

- Chels. - Dan.

How's it going? - Good, how you doing?

- Good.

- Hey, I got a question for ya. - Mm-hmm?

- You're a woman.

- You noticed.

- Look, I don't have a lot of experience

with these kinds of things. Laura and I met when we were just kids.

- Kate broke up with you.

- Yeah. - Why?

- Her old boyfriend's back in town.

- Ah, OK, so she said she didn't want to see you anymore.

- Actually, she said she was confused.

- Ooh, what did you say?

- I told her I should just get out of the way.

- So you broke up with her.

- Yeah, technically... yeah. - I don't know, Dan. If I said

to someone I was confused, I'd be saying, "I want to talk

to you about this, I want you to help me not be confused".

- So you actually might want to still see them?

- If I didn't want to see someone anymore, I would

just say it. If I said I was confused, that doesn't mean

I don't want to see you anymore. Got it?

- Yeah.

So, you ready?

- I don't think I can do this.

- Come on, I can't do it alone. - Why not?

- It's a two-person thing.

- So get Rebecca to do it!

- Dude, it's a surprise.

That's the point.

- Buy her a box of chocolates or something.

That'll surprise her.

- Come on, it's... I'm going to a ball with her.

I'll look lame if I can't dance.

- Things were way cooler before you had a girlfriend.

- Come on. Get up here, man.

I'll owe you one.

- You won't tell anybody about this? - Of course not.

- All right. But I will not waltz, OK?

- Why not? - I just don't like the sound of it.

- Fine, whatever, all right? No waltzing.

- What do we got? - Hotel downtown.

♪- One, two, three,

one, two, three.

Oh, my.

I'd better get this girl for this.

- You got that? Fourth and Cameron, south side of the building. Fourth and Cameron.

- You grab the defib.

- We've got a live one, Joey.

- Copy that.

- Lieutenant Farrell. I got Pump 26, Aerial 16,

staging on the south side, C side. I got smoke visible.

- ...under two minutes. - Good?

- I'm good.

- All right, you guys run along. We're gonna go check it out. You two come with me.

- Got it. - I'm set, let's go. - Right, guys, let's do this.

- Chop, chop, fellas. Let's move. - Let's go.

- All right, you take two, we're gonna take three, OK?

- Got it.

- Watch the lift.

I got flames.

Some pretty dark smoke up here.

Man down!

- Man down! - It's Dan!

- You know that thing that we did near the end,

the thing in three? - Yeah, that was super fun.

- Waltz.

- No way. - Way.

- Hai-yah! - Hold on.

- Hai-yah!

Hello?

- Hi, Joey.

- What happened? - He's gonna be fine.

We just gotta get him to the hospital to make sure.

He'll be at home as soon as they release him.

OK. OK, Tyler.

What's wrong?

- It's my dad.

- Hey, what happened in there?

- It was a mask malfunction.

- Well, thank God for the man-down system.

- It's weird.

You're up there gasping for breath,

you think about some pretty scary things.

- Like your life flashing before you?

- I wasn't thinking about me.

I was thinking about Tyler.

- All right, let's get you out of here.

Good?

- Dad!

- I'm OK.

I'm OK, son.

- Hey, Wendy.

OK, tell me everything.

Gavin couldn't have been more charming.

- No. No, we just talked.

It was nice.

- Are you still mad at me for telling him about Dan?

- Furious.

- Kate, he got to me.

and that little hiccup we had in our relationship back in the day?

- It was me.

so... I kind of identify with what Gavin's going through.

- Wow.

Well, I mean, Gavin is being awfully sweet.

- So then maybe you guys will

So, you have plans for Valentine's Day?

- Yes, he managed to get us a reservation at Chez Georges.

He is being really sweet.

- You didn't eat very much.

- Yeah. I'm not very hungry.

- You usually inhale carbonara.

- I know, but I think I might still be feeling the effects from the smoke.

- So, um, after this, do you want to play some Wii?

- I don't think so, buddy. I'm pretty beat.

- So, do you want to watch some of our shows?

We're way behind. - Not tonight.

I'm... I'm gonna pass.

- Dad!

Snap out of it!

- Snap out of what?

- OK...

I know you really like Kate.

I mean, duh, everybody knows that.

- We've talked about it already. This is not gonna happen with--

- You're moping, Dad! - Moping?

- You seem like a...

like... like one of those walking dead!

- Hey, Kate. It'd Dan. I'm, uh, sorry I missed you.

Um... listen,

there's something I... um...

OK, when I said to you the other day

that I really enjoy spending time with you,

it was... an understatement.

I just really wanted you to know that I...

you know, that I... really love spending time with you,

and, uh, I'm a firefighter, you know.

I, uh, I fight, and, um...

I just wanted you to know that, uh,

I want to fight for you.

OK.

Dad?

- Hey. Uh...

what are you doing out of bed?

- I heard you talking. It woke me up.

Was that Kate? - Yeah,

her voicemail.

- I'm glad you called her, Dad.

- I, uh, deleted the message. - Why?

You like her.

She should know that. - Well, it's...

it's not that simple.

- Well, sure it is. - When you get older, things get

a little bit more complicated. You're just a little too-- - Don't say it, Dad.

Don't say I'm too young to understand.

I like a girl too, you know?

I know what you're going through.

- I appreciate that. - Look, I'm not trying to give you a hard time.

Just, you've really helped me out with Rebecca.

I want to return the favour.

- Get over here.

You want to do me a favour?

You make sure that you get a good night's sleep tonight,

OK? Because you're going to need to be on your A game

if you want to sweep this girl off her feet tomorrow. You got it?

- All right.

But you shouldn't have deleted that message.

And you should let Kate know how you feel.

- Got it.

- Which way are you leaning shirt-wise? Dark or light?

- Let's see. Here.

I don't know. I can't really decide.

- You know what Rebecca's wearing?

- A dress, I guess. - Yeah,

what colour dress? - I don't know.

- 'Cause you don't want to clash.

- Wow, you're really into this.

- Yeah, I want you to look good for your girlfriend.

- I thought you thought girlfriends were lame.

- Maybe not so much as I used to.

I mean, if Rebecca wanted

to, you know, introduce me to one of her friends

or something, that'd be cool.

- Hm. I guess I'll see what I can do. - Hey, Chief,

I'm gonna head out and make sure everything's all set up for tonight, OK?

I should be back around five. - OK.

But, Dad, did I tie this right?

And do you like the colour?

- Well, the knot's a real hatchet job, but, yeah,

the colour's great.

- Are ties always supposed to choke you? - You notice your old man never

wears one? Try the open collar with a sport coat. It's a great look.

- Cool. All right. - And I'm back at five.

Don't be late. - All right, later.

- You should try to come tonight.

It's a fun event.

- Well, thanks, but, uh, we like to stay in

on Valentine's Day-- you know, have a nice romantic dinner at home.

- That sounds nice.

- Well, this'll be our 43rd. - That's a good run.

- We're not anywhere near done yet--not if I can help it.

What about, uh, you and Kate?

- Oh, no, we're-- - Aren't you, uh... - No, we're just friends.

- Oh. Well,

have fun tonight. - You too.

- OK. See you.

- Seriously, she tried on like a dozen dresses before she found the one she liked.

- You're kidding me. What a riot.

When I left this morning, Tyler was trying on suits.

- Aww! - That's unheard of.

- Aww. Well, they may not be destined for each other,

my friend, but I cannot imagine a better first boyfriend

for my why-must-you-grow-up- so-fast daughter.

- That's very sweet of you to say.

You never know. - No, never know.

These arrangements, look at them, they're knockouts.

Kate really has an eye, huh?

- Yeah, she sure does.

- Hey, sorry things didn't work out with you guys.

- It's OK.

I'm cool.

- OK.

- Listen, I'm gonna go home and get, uh, all gussied up.

See you tonight! - See you tonight. - See ya.

Great guy like that should not be alone on Valentine's Day.

- He won't be; he'll be with us.

- Which makes it worse. - Infinitely.

- Well, we saved his life once before.

There's no reason we can't do it again.

- No, ma'am, no reason at all.

♪ It's been so long ♪

♪ Since I've seen your face ♪

- Hi, Gavin. - ♪ It's been so long ♪

- Yeah, 7:30 sounds great. I will be ready.

- ♪ Since I've heard your voice ♪

- Me too. - ♪ But I'm not complaining ♪

♪ Only explaining what makes us stronger ♪

♪ It makes us better ♪

♪ Yeah, we do what we do ♪

- Look at this motley crew. - ♪ Know what, we'll make it through ♪

- And a dress even. Looking good.

- ♪ Hey, in stormy weather ♪

♪ We'll still be together ♪

- Happy Valentine's Day.

- ♪ With a love like ours ♪

♪ You know that we'll never lose ♪

- Oh, Tyler!

These are so cool. - Your mom told me

your size. I figured that they'd look good with your red belt

when you get it. - Thank you.

- ♪ When will you call, will you call? ♪

- I got you something too.

- ♪ Who are you're missing right now? ♪

♪ What makes us stronger ♪ - I know it's not until Memorial Day.

- The premier of The Mercenary Fables movie?!

- ♪ Yeah, we do what we do ♪

♪ We're gonna make it through ♪

- Sorry for making you wait.

Here you go.

If you would just sign next to your name. You're number 20.

- Where's Kate? - She and my dad broke up.

- Oh, no! Why? - Something about an old boyfriend.

But it stinks 'cause my dad really likes her.

I heard him leave a long message telling her that.

- At least she knows how he feels.

- Yeah, but she doesn't. - Why not?

- Dad deleted the message.

If there had been an "undelete" option,

I think he would have taken it.

- An "undelete" option.

That'd be pretty cool.

- Hey, Joey. - How's it going? - All right. Hello, dear.

- Uh, Dan, you remember my sister Serena?

- Hi. - Serena.

Uh, wow.

- Good to see you. - You too.

- Well, are you gonna paddle me? - Uh...

Oh, right. You're number 19.

- You know what?

This could be fun. - ♪ It makes us better ♪

- Thank you for coming.

- ♪ Oh, we do what we do ♪

♪ We're gonna make it through ♪ - So, your sister is gonna bid on me?

- Yeah.

- This is gonna be REALLY fun.

- What are you doing?

- Wendy. Thank you for coming. - Good to see you. Sign me up.

- I thought you were... - Married?

Yep. I'm just trying to keep things interesting.

Just kidding. - OK.

- I was here a couple of years ago,

and it got down to one serious bidder who walked away with a dream date for a song.

I'll make sure that doesn't happen again.

- Perfect. I love that. You're number 60. - You know,

Kate isn't just my business partner; she's my best friend.

She tells me pretty much everything.

In high school, I thought you were a great guy.

Lo and behold, you still are.

- Thank you.

- ♪ Oh, love like ours ♪

♪ You know that we'll never lose ♪

♪ You know in stormy weather ♪

♪ We will still be together ♪

Hello?

This is Tyler Farrell.

- We need to talk.

- ♪ No, no ♪

- ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

- Hey, you're good!

- You're pretty good too!

- ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

- Conga! Come on!

Follow me. Come on, guys.

Hey, Dad. Woo!

Happy Valentine's Day, beautiful.

- Happy Valentine's Day.

My favourite.

You remembered.

- How could I forget?

Open it.

- We should wait till after dinner.

- No. Open it.

Here we go again.

Kate Burlingham...

will you marry me?

- OK, let's do this. - Bring it in.

Listen to me. I'm going to be on the mic working the room, OK?

Now, sometimes these bids are shout-outs, but a lot of times

the ladies just raise their paddles, so I need you to be my spotters.

If there's a bid that I don't see, you gotta let me know. - Cool.

- All right, I'm counting on you. Pound it. - Pound it.

- Hey. - Hey, what are you doing?

- There's a been a change of plan.

- What change of plan? - Dan is not going to be dateless on Valentine's Day.

- Ladies and gentlemen,

can I have your attention please?

Normally you would say "ladies and gentlemen",

but for this next part, the fellas have nothing to do with it.

That's right, that's right.

The moment you've all been waiting for.

We're about to auction off date night with one of Manchester's bravest.

The hot, the sexy, the one and only,

Mr. Hollywood himself, firefighter Michael Carrier.

- I need to see you in the bathroom.

- Just give us a minute, please. Thank you.

- We want men! We want men! - Was it something that he ate?

- Oh, I don't know, but it came on fast.

- Michael's sick? - As a dog.

- See?

- Michael, are you OK?

No!

- He can't go on the auction block like that. - He has to.

- No, you want him to hurl on bidders? - We need a replacement.

Like who?

No way. What about you?

- Whoa, with that 'stache?

Sorry.

- I'm not doing it. No, no, no. - No, no, no, no.

- It's for the scholarship fund, Dan.

- It's why we're here.

We want men!

We want men! - Yep.

- We want men! We want men! - Thank you for your pat--

- We want men! - Thank you for your patience,

everybody. Uh, due to...

unforeseen technical difficulties, Michael Carrier

will not be able to serve as our auction prize tonight.

I know, I know, I'm sorry. Not to worry.

We have a substitute.

And this being "win a date with one of our bravest",

I can tell you from personal experience that there are

none other braver than our very own

Lieutenant Dan Farrell!

Come on, big guy! Get out here!

Make him hear it! Come on! Come on!

- Woo!

- Look at that guy!

Woo!

♪- ♪ You are my baby ♪

- Hey.

- All right, I'll ease you into the bidding.

Fifty dollars. Do I hear 50 dollars?

- Fifty dollars! - I've got 50.

Who's gonna make it 100? - A hundred right here! - I got 100!

Can we make it 200? - Two hundred!

- We've got 200. Do I hear 300? - Three hundred!

- Excellent! We've got 300! Do I hear--

Two thousand!

Come on, people! Let's get serious here!

Look at this fine specimen

of man we have on offer!

- She's right, she's right! She speaks the truth!

Two thousand dollars!

Do I hear 21? - Twenty-one!

- Do I hear 22?

Twenty-one going once... - Twenty-two! - Twenty-two!

I've got 22! - Twenty-three! - Twenty-three! I've got--

- Thirty-five hundred.

- Did you do that? - Yep. - Wow.

- Wow, you are full of surprises.

- She can't bid. She doesn't have a paddle.

- She does now. - Thank you.

- OK, well, just so you know, I got a huge settlement in my divorce. Huge.

- Good for you, but just so you know,

I bought 1,000 shares of Apple back in '97 and held on to them.

- Hello? All right.

We've got $3,500. Do I hear 36?

- Thirty-six. - Thirty-seven.

- Thirty-eight. - Thirty-nine. - Four thousand!

Oh, wow.

- Five thousand dollars.

- Wow.

Well, you really want this. - Oh, yeah.

When I make up my mind,

I make up my mind.

- She's a lucky woman.

He's all yours.

- Thank you.

- Five thousand going once,

5,000 going twice...

Sold for $5,000!

That is a ball record!

Way to go, buddy.

- I know I paid for this, so it's... kind of a sure thing,

but... Dan Farrell, will you be my Valentine?

- ♪ When did I meet you? ♪

♪ Why didn't I know? ♪

- ♪ Where was I standing when the earth was just below? ♪

- ♪ Well, it's been a lifetime and it's way, way overdue ♪

- ♪ 'Cause I found the stars when I found you ♪

- ♪ I was ledgered at sea, I was biting at love that... ♪

- ♪ How did I miss it? ♪

- ♪ Where were the signs? ♪

- ♪ I thought I saw the moon and its big old grand designs ♪

- ♪ It's been a whirlwind and these storms I've set unto ♪

- ♪ 'Cause I find the stars when I found you ♪