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Mom, Dad, Megan's crying.

I think she's hungry.

Mom?

Fine.

I'll just feed her.

I can sit with him. I'm a neighbor.

You don't recognize me, do you?

I just moved in next door to y 'all with my granddaughter.

She's the one that called 911.

How you holding up?

The doctors told me they all died.

Even my baby sister.

I'm so sorry.

Where do I go now?

I got nobody.

Well, the social worker's on the way.

We'll stay with you till they get here.

Here.

It's hot chocolate.

Thank you. You're welcome.

Well, ain't you going to introduce yourself?

I'm Dick.

I'm Dawn.

Hey.

Did you sleep at all?

He sent another letter.

You finally going to read this one?

No.

Parole hearings next week.

I know, honey.

Andre's just begging for leniency. Hoping to breathe a little free air

croaks. How's that make you feel?

Angry.

Ashamed. Ashamed?

Why? Because if I hadn't choked at his original sentencing hearing, he would

never have been up for parole in the first place.

You didn't choke. You had a panic attack. That's not your fault.

I let my family down.

And no one ever got to hear their story. No one ever got to hear how much they

meant to me.

So is that what you're planning on doing now?

Yeah. If I can keep myself from passing out.

I had another one at the firehouse.

A panic attack?

When? It was last night.

It was fine. Rox was there for me, and thank God no one else saw it. Oh, Don, I

wish that you would not think of it like it's this dark secret. It is.

I ask these people every day to follow me into fire. What are they supposed to

think if they hear that I couldn't even... They would think that you were

I mean, it might even be good for them to see it, for you to be seen. No one

needs to see this.

It just bothers me this whole thing's coming up again, you know? The pain and

the rage.

I just want to make sure that this time the world hears the story.

I understand, but...

I don't think that the rage and pain is coming back. I think it's just coming

back to the surface.

So what are you saying?

I'm saying that I think it's always been there.

And maybe this could be a good opportunity to free yourself.

By freeing him?

He started a fire under my parents' bedroom over an unpaid debt. He killed

family over two grand.

He wouldn't be doing it for him.

It would be for you.

Whatever you decide to do, you know that you have my full support.

I know.

That said, do you know what Pastor Rick says about grudges?

It's like drinking poison and hoping to kill someone else.

Yeah, well, if it means he dies behind bars, I'm actually okay with that.

You know what? Why don't y 'all spend your time catching real criminals?

Oh,

so he's a funny pig, too.

Call me that again and see what happens to you.

Don't.

What?

Call him pig again.

Or you'll be fishing your teeth out like a moat over there.

What you went for, handsome?

Bar fight.

Mathemidia put who let the dogs out on the jukebox.

Sounds like you did the public a service.

So I take it you're a frequent flyer around here.

I don't mean to brag, but, uh, they want to give me a punch card.

I'm Don.

Dixie. Dixie?

Hey, you didn't used to live out on Oak Road, did you? Next to a house that

burned down? I sure did.

Oh, my God.

You're Don Hart.

And you're Dixie Bennings.

How about that?

Wow.

What are you doing tomorrow, Dickie?

Depends. On what?

What time they let us out.

They're a sadder place than a honky -tonk at 8 a .m. I like it.

Don't end up here unless you got a story to go with it.

I mean, look at her.

I guess you got a good one, right?

What are you scribbling?

Inspiration for later.

Are you a writer or something?

Songwriter. So do you seem to.

Yeah.

Just never in public.

I get anxiety.

Well, you know, stage fright never killed nobody.

Oh, I can think of something that has.

You smoke or don't?

No. Then why would you monogram your initials on a lighter?

They're my dad's.

Donald Hart Sr.

was the only thing that survived the fire.

Kind of ironic, ain't it?

Have you ever kissed some bitch who done it? Nope.

You want to know the worst part?

They got a box full of evidence gathering dust in some warehouse.

That's usually what happens when you come from where we do.

Hey!

Watch where you're going.

You bumped into the lady here.

Got a problem?

Yeah, I guess that depends if you apologize.

The lady can speak for herself.

So, I'll be on the long tough guy.

A lot of temper on you, huh, Don?

Never think about taking a swing at what you're really mad at.

And what's that?

Fire.

You're a fireman.

Put all that rage into something that won't get you locked up or your brain

fastened. You know, I've actually thought about that ever since that

But what's the point when we both know it always falls apart in the end?

True.

But I bet if you want to override.

Besides, I bet you would look... Damn sexy in that uniform.

Okay, dicks.

I'll do it.

On one condition.

What's that?

You take a ride with me.

If I make it through the academy, you start singing.

Stage fright be damned.

Deal?

Done, Don.

Us against the world.

What did you just call me?

I said Don Don. Why?

I thought you said Don Don.

And my mom used to call me Don Don.

Then it's meant to be.

Well, Don Don, you just made yourself a deal with the devil.

To the right.

What's up, LT?

You have a problem?

Yeah, I want you to look at this, and I want you to tell me what you don't see.

Tell you what I don't see? Mm -hmm.

I got nothing.

Taylor.

What?

What do you think?

No. That'll be it. You two are evil.

Y 'all are messing with me. No, no, no, no, no.

Take a nice close look. I promise you won't see it.

Can I have a hint?

What color? don't you think?

That's good. White, green, blue.

Ooh.

Blue. Blue?

Oh, blue!

Blue! I don't see myself in the reflection.

No, you do not.

Wash it again.

Uh, Rye, Taylor, since you're all so generous with your feedback, you can

him finish.

Okay. Yes, Cap. Rox, can I, uh, have a word with you?

Sure, Cap.

Step into my office.

So, what's about that thing the other night?

okay? Yeah, so far so good. I just, I don't want it to happen again.

The department had some great therapists on staff.

I don't have time for that. I have to make a victim impact statement at a

board hearing.

I'm sorry, but there's no magic pill.

Panic attacks are a trauma response.

Every time I picture myself going in that room, my jaw clenches. I feel rage

boiling and I just, I try and fight it. Your body shuts down.

Behavioral therapy can work wonders, even in a short amount of time.

It helped me a lot after a thing I went through when I was younger.

One thing I learned, the first and most important step to controlling trauma is

naming it.

What? The good news is you don't have to say anything to anybody.

You can write it down.

Are you talking about journaling?

Yeah, I thought it sounded silly too, but it was a lifesaver.

Where would I even start?

At the beginning.

Okay, there's no AC, the elevator's busted, and whatever you do, do not

the toilet and run the shower at the same time. Any questions?

You said it's $300 a month?

Cash only.

I'll leave you lovebirds to discuss.

I hate it.

Come on, it's right off Broadway, the Honky Tonk Highway.

If I don't, don't.

Hey, this is better than any place I've laid my head in the last ten years.

That ain't a high bar.

Hey,

this is all part of the ride, right?

Wherever we can be together, that's where we're going to be happy.

What about all those times we ate together?

Well, you're going to be working 24 -hour shifts at the firehouse. I'm going

be staying at night.

Then let's make a promise to each other right now.

To always show up for each other.

I'll be there for your shows in the evenings, and you see me off in the

mornings. No matter how busy or tired we get.

That's the deal.

You and me against the world.

You and me against the world.

I want you to welcome our new probie, Donald Hart.

Now, there's one unbreakable rule here.

Until you can fold the hose into a hotel pack, load it on my truck, in under a

minute, you cannot use the hose.

Understood, sir. So, are you ready? I'm not ready.

I feel like I'm going to die.

You get nervous, just look at me. I'm right here.

Here goes nothing.

Go!

proby not good either two minutes 14 seconds that's us one one three let's

come on proby showtime underneath

cathedral stars be with saints and themes swimming tainted hearts and every

breath we breathe

One lady singing.

Baker,

Frank, I need you to get out there. It's a three -quarter line. Start holding

this thing down.

Come on.

252?

You're going in the wrong direction, Proby.

We're on attack lines. Knock down these flames. Jeff, what about me?

Crowd control.

All right, folks, back off, all right? Give us a little bit of room, okay?

It's a public street.

Take some pictures for my wall. We're fighting a fire here. They're fighting a

fire. They're just being a goon. I said back off! Park!

Park! You've been shown a tire, hungover, tip on the hair trigger.

Listen, I know you've had a hard, shaken life.

you want to keep being angry at the world and making things worse.

Or do something about it and make it better.

It's better, sir.

Hey, Dexter.

It's all right with you. I like you tonight.

Court, get some rest on them.

48 seconds.

Hey,

Ditch. It finally happened. What happened?

Captain Foster, he used the hose.

There was just a little brush fire, but... Why is your suitcase out?

Because I'm packing.

Packing for what?

Rome, Paris.

I forget after that, but, um...

I'm going on tour.

You're kidding. Dicks, that's amazing.

But how? You haven't even cut your first record yet. Oh, the label has me back

in feet.

You're going to be a backup singer?

Don't say it like it's some dirty word.

Is this what you really want?

Travel the world, get paid to do what I love? Hell yeah!

Okay. How long are you going to be gone?

Nine months.

In a year?

I'm sorry, when were you going to tell me?

Telling you now.

Okay, so what does that mean for us?

We always knew this ride wasn't going to last forever.

So that's it?

What happened to us against the world? We made a promise to each other, Dixie.

We've been breaking promises for a while now.

To always be there for each other no matter how busy or tired we got. You

that promise, right?

Yeah, you're right.

While it lasted.

Yeah.

You know, maybe one day the universe is going to bring us back together.

What are you doing here?

My vocal surgeon's across the street. Just had my last pre -op.

Well, of all the cafes.

I mean, you know the universe.

Always brings us back together.

So, what are you grinding so hard on? Oh, it's, uh, it's stupid.

I mean, don't tell me you're songwriting now.

No, it is a, uh, a trauma journal.

Oh, alright.

Definitely sitting down for this one.

Andrew Clark has his first parole hearing coming up this week. You're

I can't believe that murdering son of a bitch could actually go walking free.

I'm trying to make sure that doesn't happen, but in order to do that, I have

make a victim's impact statement.

We got Kaylin over again.

A friend of mine told me the best way to deal with trauma is just to write it

down so it doesn't overwhelm you in the moment.

How's that going for you?

It's not.

Every time I start to put down a memory, I...

I feel the rage come back, and it all just goes.

It's just all fuzzy, I don't know.

And you always did have a temper on your dumb mom.

But I think the problem now is that it's just too painful.

Maybe.

You need to face this before you get into that courtroom and it comes out and

knocks you flat on your ass.

Well, how am I supposed to face something I can't even remember?

You want this piece of crap to pay for what he's done to you.

I mean, you want him to suffer like you've suffered to his dying breath.

than anything.

Then let me remember for you.

I remember waking up to get a glass of water when I heard a scream.

Mom! Dad! Dad! Stop the fire!

Because I had no other scream I've heard before since. Dix, please. It's the

only way, Dondon.

And I remember hearing the babies cry.

Okay, can you please stop?

Most of all, I remember that look on that little boy's face in the hospital

he just realized he had no family to go home to.

No, right.

9 -1 -1, what's your emergency?

The stables are on fire.

Y 'all gotta come help me.

Hey, Baker, I wanted two inch and three quarter lines up five minutes ago. All

right, let's go. Let's knock these flames down. With me, Proby. You got it.

Come on, come on.

I got all the oranges out of the barn, but the fire just got so big.

Okay, we'll take care of it, okay? Anybody else from the ground? No,

away on business, and he gave everybody else left for the night.

Any idea how it started?

It's probably a faulty wire. We're supposed to get the whole thing rewired.

Okay, okay, okay.

Stand back here. We'll handle it from here, okay?

All right?

Come in. Do you copy?

Respond if you can hear me.

I'm good.

I'm coming around the barn now, Cap.

Sorry about your truck, ma 'am.

I don't care about the truck.

Hey, what's your name, hero?

I'm Don.

Don.

I'm blind.

Hey, probie.

You got a visitor.

Me? Who?

You'll see.

What you got for me?

That is lovely.

Don! You remember Blythe?

Well, hi again.

Her family's been very good to the department.

Hi.

I'll give you two a minute.

What, um, this is for you.

Nobody's ever made me a pilot before. Well, at least I can do it for you,

helping to save the horses.

I just moved a truck. You saved them.

Well, I'll never forget it.

Hey, would you like to go out sometime?

I don't know.

I've seen your house black.

Folks like you ain't meant to mix with folks like me.

Says who?

The whole damn world.

Hey, I'm not asking for your hate in a marriage, okay? I'm just asking if

up for a little bit of fun.

Come on, Don. When is the last time that you had some fun?

All right. Now, to get up, you're going to put your foot in the stirrup and then

swing your other leg over the floor. All right.

Oh, easy on me, boy. I've never done this before.

Come on.

Quit moving, damn it.

Yeah, how about we use a mountain block?

No.

cowboy oh yeah that'll do today i'm just gonna give him a little kick okay oh

and this is supposed to be fun yeah what fun there is i know something

better let the line down a little and then reach back to your two o 'clock and

then let it go okay you do that

Turns out I stuck with John. You giving riding lessons now, Blythe?

Uh, John, this is my brother Mark's friend Patrick.

Are we not friends anymore?

Not anymore.

Okay, then.

Well, you two have fun.

Oh, we will.

Don't you worry.

It's your ex, huh?

Yeah.

You know, you can take a deep breath and unclench your fists then.

Feel better?

A little, actually.

Hey, I could use a drink.

How about you?

Yeah, I could always use a drink.

Okay.

Well, it's official. You are never seen in my apartment.

Best feeling in the world, right?

I know a better one.

My mom, my dad, and my little sister.

And the worst part is, I never even tried looking for the guy who did it.

The cops didn't even run DNA tests on any of the evidence.

Well, that's outrageous.

But like me, you're used to not matter.

Hey.

Hey, that is not true.

You've got a beautiful spirit, Donald Hart.

So do you.

What?

What are you laughing about?

I thought this was just about fun.

Yeah, I'm starting to think that's more than that.

Well, then why do you look tense?

That means it's time for you to meet my father.

You clean up nice.

Patrick?

What are you doing here?

Just hanging with Mark.

Had to get out of their hair before family lunch.

Yeah, that's why I'm here.

Oh, I know.

Meeting the king of the castle.

Smooth move.

Flowers for her, whiskey for him.

He did make one critical error, though.

Is that right?

The old man's going to expect a full Windsor.

Yeah, well, I don't know how to tie one.

Relax, all right? I got you.

I can tell that you're nervous, but you couldn't possibly blow it.

He already hates you.

What are you talking about?

He was just telling Mark and me all about it.

I don't want to blow it. It's a charity project.

You're out of line, dude.

Just save yourself the humiliation, all right? Get back in that piece of crap

car and drive away. You don't belong here.

You know what?

I'll let life decide that.

You can play dress up all you want. You give a stray a bad, he's still a stray.

You bring home trash, you get dirty. Hey, watch your mouth.

Hey, you need to go. You're a mess. You cannot meet my father like this.

Well, from what I hear, it's probably best not to tell him at all.

911, what's your emergency?

I just had a lady on her bike.

Oh, God, it's all my fault.

What are we looking at?

A car plowed through a stop sign.

Hit a cyclist at full speed.

The driver admitted he was filming a TikTok challenge, but didn't even see

Unbelievable. I'm so sorry. I can't believe this is real.

Do you have any injuries?

Not a scratch.

Of course. What about the cyclist?

Bad.

All right, Rock, Taylor, let's start giving treatment.

Rock, see if we can figure out a way to free her out of here.

Hi, ma 'am. I'm Rock. This is Taylor.

I'm going to help you.

I'm Stacy.

I don't know how he didn't see me. I thought he saw me. So you got the light

bulb?

Get her started on fluids, front and wide open. How's her pain, Stacey?

I can't feel my legs.

Keep your eyes open for me, okay?

Uh, Doc?

You can get her eyes down here.

It looks

like it's severing her abdominal aorta.

If we move this truck...

That's 10 milligrams of morphine?

Yeah.

Ma 'am, you got a wedding ring there. Is there someone you'd like me to call?

Not that bad.

Yeah.

I have a husband and two little girls.

I left them at home watching Bluey.

I should have...

Why don't you give me your husband's number, all right?

Oh, no.

No, no, I can't have this be the last memory of me, no.

There is someone I'd like to speak to.

Who's that?

Him.

Officer, bring him over. She wants to speak with him.

I can't do that. I can't do that. I'm not sure that's a good idea, Captain. I

don't care. This is my thing. She gets to speak her piece.

Come on.

Let's go.

What's your name?

You look at her.

You owe her that much.

Freddie.

Because of you, both our lives are over.

I'll never tuck in my little girls again, but I want you to know I forgive

What? Why?

Because I can see your suffering and your road will be long enough.

Because I want you to tell my family that their mom...

Hey. What's

going

on? I had something to tell you, but you haven't returned my calls all week.

Why did you go AWOL on me?

Look, I'm sorry, but we always knew that this was never going to work out.

Hey, I never thought that.

Do you love me, Dom?

That doesn't matter.

Well, how can you say that?

Because good things always fall apart for people like me. What do you mean,

people like you?

Foster kids.

Screw -ups.

Rejects. Hey, hey, come here.

Come here.

Dom.

Those things may be a part of your story, but they do not define you.

Don't you deserve to be happy?

Yeah, that's not what your father's going to say.

Okay, well, I don't give a damn what he has to say, not if you love me.

The question is, do you?

Dixie, what the hell are you doing here?

I live here, don't I? I thought you were on tour for another six months.

Turns out Faith can't handle having a backup singer more talented than she is.

Who's this blood?

Excuse me?

Blythe, this is my ex, Dixie.

Blythe?

You're cheating on me with a bitch name, Blythe.

Watch it. And I did not cheat on you, Dix. You left me, remember?

How could you do this to me? You wouldn't be a fireman if it weren't for

Tell me.

What's she ever done for you?

She told me I was worth a damn.

Baby, she is just telling you what you want to hear.

Uh, no, actually, I did not get to tell him what he wanted to hear, thank you.

Now, I didn't say anything, but we made some calls to lean on Nashville PD to

test all that evidence, and... Well, they got a hit.

Wait, they know who killed them?

Yeah. Yeah, they just issued a warrant.

I wanted to take you down to the station. The chief can tell you all

Oh, my God. Yeah.

Thank you.

Okay.

What are we waiting for? Let's go. Yeah, I'll drive you. Okay.

Bye, Dex.

Bye, Dawn Dawn.

I'm glad for you.

Okay, come on.

Before we conclude the hearing, we will open the floor to any impacted parties

who wish to share their testimony.

as to whether or not inmate Andrew Clark should be granted parole.

Anyone?

Anyone?

Please state your name for the record.

Name is Donald Hart.

Just breathe.

Andrew Clark murdered my family.

20 years ago, I failed to tell this court how much pain and sorrow you

me.

If I had, I certainly wouldn't be here today because you wouldn't be up for

parole. All these years, I've been ashamed of myself.

The rage that I felt losing my family only doubled when I couldn't face you.

I have spent my life stuffing it down.

Keeping it inside like it's some dirty secret. Well, that day is over.

I'm done hiding.

I'm keeping it in the shadows.

It's important that I say this in front of those I love because...

What you did affected so many of them, too.

But I've realized that it wasn't you that I was afraid to face.

It was the family that I lost.

I have not been able to say my baby sister's name since the night she died.

Megan.

Her name was Megan.

The idea that you could walk out of here free, that your suffering would be

over, that is unacceptable to me. Period.

Thank you, Mr. Hart.

I'm not finished.

I got a call recently.

A cyclist was hit and killed by a man who was driving his car and using his

phone, and he wouldn't believe it, but he was suffering more than she was.

Mr. Clark sent me letters for 20 years, and I never opened one until I got home

from work last night.

In his letters, he says that he was just trying to scare my dad, get him to pay

back some money he owed, and that he didn't know anyone was in the house when

set the fire.

He said it was the worst decision he ever made.

And he's still tortured by it.

And reading his words, I think that he is remorseful.

Mr.

Clark, you and I share a horrible bond.

And we're going to take that to our graves.

The wise woman told me recently that holding a grudge is like...

It's like drinking a poison and hoping that it kills someone else. Well, uh...

Well, I'm putting that poison down today.

I forgive you, Mr. Clark.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you all for coming.

There is nowhere else we'd rather be than supporting our cat.

Yeah, you did great out there.

I could not have done that without you.

Hey, proud of you. Thanks, bud.

You think he'll get out?

I don't know.

The whole board still has to deliberate, but I didn't do it for him.

Well, I, for one, would like to get to know my grandparents a little better.

Am I all, Megan?

Yeah, me too.

Well, if you two buy me a cold beer, I'll tell you everything I remember.

Oh, there we go. I can do that.

I heard that you ran into Don at that cafe.

Don told me what you did.

So, thank you.

I didn't do it for you.

Well, all the same, if it weren't for you, I don't

think that he could have gotten up in there.

Well, wouldn't be the first time I build him up and you take him home, would it?

Take care, Dixie.

Enjoy them while you can.

The universe always brings us back together.

Another one of these, please.

Well, you already had half the bottle.

Well, then you're only halfway there.

My wife and I separated.

I hoped we'd get back together, but Big Daddy made sure that didn't happen.

I'm sorry, Bill.

Sterling K Brown on a new Jimmy Kimmel Live later tonight.