All language subtitles for 9-1-1 3x11 - Seize the Day XLF en

I can't believe I let
you talk me into this.

I'm your mother.

I don't talk you into things.

I tell you what to do.

And because I was in labor
for 18 hours, you do it.

I don't see how that obligates
me to fall 30,000 feet

out of a plane with you.

Oh, please. It's 15,000 tops.

We made a pact to spend more
mother-daughter time together.

Bucket listing out of a plane

is not a mother-daughter activity.

It's a bet you make with gravity.

Lizzy, this is important to me.

Life is short.

Gotta grab the bull by the horns.

I swear, Dad dying made you weird.

It's not like I have
grandkids to keep me busy.

Wonder if our instructor is single.

- Stefan...
- Mom!

Is that our plane?

We're approaching altitude. We ready?

Ready! Time to seize the day!

Okay, ladies.

I'll count it down.

Oh, my God! No!

Baby, no!

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It looks like his parachute

is snagged on something.

He's caught underneath the airplane.

He hasn't said anything on the radio.

Might not be conscious.

Let's hope not, for his sake.

That's a memory he's
not gonna wanna savor.

We got us a concussion,
possible spinal injury.

And he's getting buffeted by
turbulence under the plane.

We're gonna need to
treat him for exposure.

Yeah, we haven't talked about
how we're getting him down.

How's the leg?

Uh, screws are out. Feeling great.

All right.

Dispatch, this is Captain 118.

Can you get me in that pilot's ear?

Poor Stefan. He was so young!

Mom, he's not dead. You heard the pilot.

He's still hanging from
underneath the plane.

Oh, baby, planes can't fly forever.

Wild One, this is Captain Nash, LAFD.

- Do you copy?
- Yes, sir, I do.

Hope you guys figured
out how to land this

without killing my friend.

What kind of headwind
reading you getting today?

Around 10 knots.

I need you to turn into that wind

and make an approach.

I'm sorry, you want me to land?

With Stefan still under the plane?

I just need you to get low enough

so that we can free you.

Wait, where are you guys gonna be?

Right below you.

All right, Cap, we got him.

Coming in hot behind us.

Okay, hang tight and
keep your hands ready.

Wild One, we're in position.

- I see you. - Too high, Cap!

Tell him to drop it!

Keep dropping.

Lower.

Damn it, Cap! We missed him!

Too high and too fast!

Can you drop your speed any lower?

Any slower and we're gonna stall.

What about your flap?

I do that, there's no going back.

I'm gonna have to put her down.

Got it. Last shot.

Buck, Eddie, we've got
one more shot at this.

Okay, Wild One, put her down.

All right, Cap, we see him!

Coming in hot behind us!

That's it, that's it! Another 150 feet!

Lower, lower, lower! Keep it steady.

That's it. We're almost there.

- Come on.
- All right, Cap.

Keep it steady.

Right there, okay. Come on.

Go, go, go!

We got him!

Is he gonna be all right?

He's a little beat up, but
I think he'll fly again.

Just not sure he's gonna want to.

Hope this'll be the end of your flying.

And your matchmaking.

Uh, are you boys single?

CREDIT

So what's going on?

Every time you guys sit
us down like this,

it seems to be bad news.

No, it's not.

We just wanted to give you guys
and update on what's happening

with your dad.

Right, um, I saw my doctor,

and the good news is the
tumor didn't grow, okay?

Now, but the bad news is,
it... it didn't shrink, either.

So what now?

So your dad is gonna have surgery.

Brain surgery?

Yeah.

But I thought that you
didn't wanna do surgery.

That's why you did the radiation.

Well...

Surgery can be complicated.

That's why they wanted to
try the treatments first,

and now they just wanna
try something else.

That's all.

So they just take it out and
then you're cured, right?

W-well, hopefully yes.

You know, they'll take
out as much as possible

and then maybe do more
radiation after that.

Wait, they're gonna cut open your brain

and they might not even get all of it?

Yeah, May, no.

This is the best option right now.

That's what they said
about the radiation.

Look, look.

Your dad has a great team of doctors

and we're gonna trust them,

and we are gonna stay positive.

Yes, yes. Your... your mother is right.

Okay, we're gonna carry
on business as usual.

We are not gonna let this
stop us from doing the things

that we know we need to do, okay?

Like studying for your math test.

We still got that deal, right?

Oh, man, come on.

A-minus or above, it's
you, me, and GameStop.

And your Gold Card.

What? I'm just kidding.

And my Gold Card.

Great, I'm gonna go study right now.

Bone has fused nicely
where the screws were,

and there's minimal scar tissue.

I... I feel good, Doc.

I mean, I was... I was standing
on top of a moving fire truck

the other day. Not even a twinge.

I'm gonna pretend that I
did not hear that part.

I'm not interested in
operating on your other leg.

So what about the clots?

Scans are clear.

No sign of clots since we took
you off of the blood thinners.

I think those screws were
the source of your problem.

Uh, so that's it?

They're gone and I... I don't
need to see you anymore?

As long as you don't get
crushed by another fire truck.

Whoa, come on. Too soon, Doc.

- Just...
- Sorry.

Mr. Buckley,

it is my pleasure to give
you a clean bill of health.

So go get dressed and get out of here.

Um, well, thank you.

For everything.

Um, no offense,

but I hope I never see you again.

Hey, you never know.

Really?

I don't understand why the water.

All the ingredients I get,

but who puts water in meatballs?

It helps the meatballs not
turn into tiny little rocks,

but they did not say how much water.

What are you doing? Birthday rules.

No help from the guest of honor.

But it feels weird just
watching and not contributing.

I'm not really a "woman,
make me food" kind of guy.

Okay, fine. If you wanna help,

figure out how long the meatballs need

to cook in the sauce,

because I would hate for
your birthday dinner

to kill us.

Meatball emergency. I'm on it.

Where'd I put my phone?

Bedroom, charger.

Copy that.

Oh, okay, let's see.

That can't be right.

Oh, my God.

My father left me a voicemail.

I can't believe it. He remembered.

He never remembers my birthday.

- That's sweet.
- It's a first.

Nope, I got it.

Listen to your message.

- Hello.
- Hello.

Is, uh, Howard home?

He is. And you are?

I'm Albert.

Okay, are you a friend of his?

No, he's my brother.

Guess they didn't feed you
much on the flight over here.

Nothing this good.

This is delicious. You're
an amazing cook, Maddie.

Thank you.

I can't believe you guys
have never met before.

I know.

20 years old, and I've
never met my brother.

Well, half-brother.

I'm sorry about your birthday.

If I had known,

I would have brought you something.

Besides myself.

It's okay.

I wouldn't expect you to know.

Clearly, Pop didn't.

All he could talk about was
you running away from home.

I did not run away.

Yes, I ran away, but from him.

You know how he is.

Not really.

He's suffocating.

It's not enough to
finish university early.

Now I must decide on a graduate school,

except when he says decide,

he means acquiesce.

So what do you want to do?

No idea.

Finally, I'm starting to
see a family resemblance.

That's why I came here. I
knew you'd understand.

Yeah, I'm not really sure
I'm the right role model

for you finding a career path.

Your brother is being modest.

He saves people all day long,
and he's really good at it.

It's time I stopped living
in Father's shadow.

I need to strike out on my own.

And land on my couch?

Only if it isn't any trouble.

Of course it isn't.

You're his brother.

Of course you can stay.

- For a visit.
- Thank you, Howard.

To seizing the day.

And seizing my birthday.

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Oh, look at that!

Ooh, baby!

Ooh, whoa, that rainbow
trout is so perfect.

Might as well have a pot
of gold at the end of it.

What a beaut, hon. Well done.

All right. Here you go, buddy.

Cheryl, you weren't even looking.

Come on, we said we were
doing this together.

No, I said I would come with you.

I didn't say, "Roger, please teach me

how to catch a fish that I'm
not even allowed to keep."

Come on, babe. Seize the day.

Come on.

- Okay.
- Come on.

Here it comes.

Go right through the, uh...
go right through the gill.

There you go. Look at that.

Here, you hold the pole.

Oh, let me help you.

We're gonna do this together.

You're not gonna push me in, are you?

So you gotta put your finger here.

Look at this. Put your finger here.

- Right.
- So now you bring it back,

and then let go of your finger. Ah, hey!

- There we go.
- Let go!

There you go.

Whoo!

See how easy this is?

It's very relaxing.

Whoa!

- Uh-oh.
- Fish on, fish on!

Reel up. There you go.

My queen of the sea.

Oh, don't ever call me that again.

You got a monster on there.

All right, look at that!

Whoo, first fish!

Oh, man, I think the bait
was bigger than that.

Hey, don't throw it back.

I gotta get a picture of you two, first.

You know, document the first catch.

All right.

No, no, no, not like that.
Okay, no, wait.

Let me show you how it's done.
Let me see.

Okay, see, what you do
is you extend the fish

out and away from the body
towards the camera, see?

Makes it look bigger, right?

Very nifty trick.

All right, now, you
really wanna get crazy?

You give him one of these.

Sashimi, anyone?

Ew, Roger.

Roger!

Roger, oh!

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Ma'am, let us get in there.

Oh.

The fish just jumped down his throat.

Does the fish have a hook in its mouth?

No, no, no, I got that out.

Okay, he's not breathing.

It appears his airways are blocked.

Let's try the breathing bag.

I've got negative pressure.

Must be looking at total
tracheal occlusion.

His pulse is dropping, Cap.

This thing's gotta come out now.

He's gonna code.

He almost died from a heart attack

a few months ago. That's
why we came up here.

We were supposed to be relaxing.

Okay, what do you need, Hen?

We need to get his mouth
open with a laryngoscope.

Okay, coming in.

What kind of fish was it?

It was a little sucker, not very big.

A... maybe a catfish.

Strong and there are lots of spikes.

Barbed shards on each fin.

Throat tissue appears to be discolored.

It looks like the gills
or maybe both are caught

on his trachea.

I'm gonna try to get it loose.

This thing goes any deeper,

it's not coming back out.

Gills are done. Onto the fins.

Clear.

Gross!

Ooh, oh!

Voila.

Oh, Roger! Oh, thank God!

Okay, let's get him to the ER.

Make sure that fish didn't
do any serious damage.

Better than watching
paint dry, though, huh?

Oh, God.

Just stop almost dying on me, okay?

I mean, I love you too much, you fool.

- Hey.
- Oh!

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What did you want me to do?
Kick the kid out?

Let him sleep on the street?

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Look, maybe you should ease up here.

Give him some space, Pop.

A few weeks of freedom,

he'll probably come home on his own.

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He's 20,

and I was making my own decisions

long before that age.

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Was it, though?

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You never even tried.

And by the way, I haven't failed.

I have a good life. I have a good job.

You know, saving lives.

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Your son, singular.

Glad we cleared that up.

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Hey, Chim, you mind if I take
home some of this birthday cake

for Harry and May?

- Sure, knock yourself out.
- Thank you.

How are they doing?

How's Michael?

Uh, he's upbeat. He's fighting.

Radiation was supposed
to be his best shot

Now we're all grappling
with pinning our hopes

on his second best shot, surgery.

How are the kids handling it?

Well, I think Harry's okay.
I'm worried about May.

She's got a better understanding

of what's going on.

That's 'cause older siblings
don't have the luxury

of blissful ignorance.

They understand the truth
even if they don't want to.

Guessing it's not going
too well with Albert.

- Maddie told you?
- Ooh, sorry.

Was she not supposed to?

Who's Albert?

He's my younger half-brother from Korea.

He showed up on my doorstep.

Not quite the birthday
surprise I was expecting.

That's awesome.

I didn't even know you
had a kid brother.

Yeah, when do we get to meet him?

Well, that doesn't
really seem necessary.

He's gonna be leaving soon anyways.

My dad insisted on it.

Come on, you finally have a chance

to get to know your brother.

No, I don't know. It
just feels weird to me.

Sure, we share some of the same DNA,

but he's still practically
a stranger to me.

I keep telling you.

Family comes to us in
different ways, Chim.

Lean in.

And don't think you're
gonna send him home

without meeting all of us.

I know you.

Uh, what is this?

"Talking points regarding
Henrietta and Karen"?

Social services is vetting Karen and me

to become foster parents.

We listed each and every
one of you as references

so when they call,

I need you all to sing our praises.

You mean these specific 26 praises?

Karen made the list.

She's very thorough.

Hen, we know you.

We don't need some piece
of paper to remind us

of your many wonderful qualities.

I appreciate that, Cap,

but I'd rather you didn't improvise.

The stakes are very high.

I didn't know you played
a musical instrument.

Mm-hmm.

Bassoon. First chair.

And I was damn good.

Memorize, people.

What's a bassoon?

Mr. Blakely?

Mr. Blakely.

You just can't keep avoiding me.

Sure I can.

Now get off my property
before I call the cops.

It's not your property. It's the bank's.

You've defaulted on the loan.

You've been defaulted.

You've ignored three notices we sent,

just like the one you
ignored about the upcoming

foreclosure sale.

Yeah, do you realize what I
could sell this place for?

You can't sell it if you don't own it.

We're seizing your property. Geez.

This is a cash-for-keys offer.

We're gonna pay your moving expenses,

you sign over the deed,

and then I don't have
to call the authorities

and declare you a trespasser.

You ever hear of the
stand-your-ground law?

It's not your ground.

Fine, let the authorities sort it out.

911. What's your emergency?

Yes, I'm calling from
636 Saddle Peak Drive.

I'd like to report a trespasser

on private property.

Are you calling from your home, sir?

Not exactly. It's nobody's home.

It belongs to the bank now!

The hell it does!

Sir?

Sir, can you hear me?

I think I've done a terrible thing.

You have to send somebody.

I don't... I don't... I don't
know what came over me.

I... look, he said he was
gonna take my house

a-and I just lost it.

Sir, can you hear me?

- Yeah.
- Can you tell me your name?

Harrison.

Pulse is strong. It's rapid.

Starting a line. Running it wide open.

Collar and the O2.

This is Captain Nash.

I need an LAPD unit sent
to Saddle Peak Drive.

Copy that, 118. Officer en route.

Chim, can you see if he's
impaled under there?

Can't tell yet, Cap.

Okay, we need to get
this thing off of him.

I've got this, Cap.

That's close, Cap,

but we still need to get
it higher to pull him out.

A little higher. He's almost free.

Okay, let's get ready to pry it up.

All right, on three. One, two, three.

Okay, pull him out.

All right, he's clear.

Cap, I'm feeling something here.

- We gotta turn him.
- How's his spine?

Lower extremities appear to be moving.

Upper extremities, too.

Collar's in place. Pupils are good.

Let's flip him. One, two, three.

I'm pretty sure all of
this is supposed to be

on the inside of his body.

He's been eviscerated.

Seen these before. We need
to clean and irrigate.

And morphine. Lots of morphine.

All right, let's double dose.
Three mils.

Opening can't be any bigger
than the size of a fist.

We gotta keep him on his side.

Bring the backboard in.

Dispatch, this is Captain 118.

We have a male, 30s,
partially eviscerated.

His internal organs have
been pushed through

a fist-sized hole in the lower
right posterior quadrant

of his torso.

Activate massive hemorrhage protocol

and have a surgeon standing by.

Copy that, dispatch.

Arriving at the scene now.

- Hey.
- That's your man right there.

I can't believe I did this.

I can't believe he did that.

Am I a terrible person?

I throw people out of their homes.

Eh, you were just doing
your job, Harrison.

I hate my job.

I need to change my life.

Carpe diem or whatever the hell.

I think that's the morphine talking.

Hey, as long as he's
talking, he's fighting.

BP's falling, but he's
still in the safe zone.

Gotta keep him talking.

Hey, Harrison, buddy, you still with us?

- Yeah.
- So, uh, tell me.

If you weren't a bank guy,

what do you think you'd be doing?

I wanted, uh, to be a
firefighter as a kid.

But now I don't think I have the guts.

Okay, guys.

Grossest cases to talk
about while we eat.

We go first.

- Albert.
- Hey, bro.

Chim, your... your kid
brother is a pistol.

Half-brother. What are you doing here?

I wanted to see you. See where you work.

Your captain said you're on the
way back from the hospital.

I, uh, heard you saved a man's life.

Yeah, we don't really talk
about that stuff here.

You can't really show
up without calling.

Ah, come on. He's no trouble.

He even had time to give Cap a tutorial

on how to make Korean dumplings.

Um, Mandela?

- Mandu.
- Mandu.

I grew up watching my mother
make them every other day.

Best thing is she can
freeze 'em in bulk,

pop 'em in a pan, and boom, lunch.

I'm gonna keep that in mind.

Even better, I snack
on them at ball games.

Wait, you like baseball?

Very much.

We should go to a game together.

He's probably not gonna
be here that long.

Hi. My name's Hen.

I'm your brother's long-time bestie.

It is a pleasure to meet you.

I'm sure you probably
have a lot of questions

about your brother.

Yes, I do.

Do you know why they call him Chimney?

You don't understand that
these are crazy people.

Werewolves turn with the moon
and account reps go bananas

at 12:30, so I just wanna double check.

Kale salad for Brian with
three different proteins.

A BLT for David.

Swap out the B, the L, and the T.

Sweet potato fries for
Angela or she riots.

Oh, my God.

There he is. There he is.

He's in there right now.

Hey. It should be up at any second.

We almost just spoke.
Like, literal words.

That was insane.

Okay there, Romeo. I'm hanging up now.

Look, Brian knows that putting chicken,

steak, and pork chops in a salad

kinda defeats the point, right?

Do you think he even knows my name?

Order for Justin.

To go, for Justin.

There. Now there can be no doubt.

He definitely knows your name.

That was shameful and embarrassing.

Also if you can mix the Thousand Island

and the ranch together, that'd be great.

My God, man. Just talk to him.

That would involve me
saying words to his face.

You have been looking at
him like you were starving

and he was lunch for a year now.

You adjusted your schedule to match his.

You are one order of boiled bunny

away from being a stalker.

- Find the words.
- Oh, I've got the words.

Just not the spine.

You wrote a love note. On a menu.

It's right there, under sandwiches.

"No man is an island,

but two men together
can share the world."

That's a bit lyrical, sure,

but it really opens up
in the later pages.

Why, what would you say?

"Hi, I'm Justin. Wanna hook up?"

Shakespearian.

Look, I don't wanna break
the heartbreak to you,

but whatever you gotta say, say it fast.

He got a job across town.

After tomorrow he's taking
his Panini elsewhere.

Order for Miles. To-go for Miles.

Now or never, kid.

Seize the day.

Whoa!

Oh, my God.

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LAFD coming through.

Sir, can you tell us what happened?

Can you speak?

These two construction guys,
they... they cut him off.

He ran right into a metal pole

and caught him in the neck, I think.

Or the throat.

Possible impact with the windpipe.

There could be tracheal,
maybe esophageal damage.

Wind pipe's constricted,
but otherwise clear.

We'll put him on the O2.

Pupillary response is normal.
Nothing neurological.

Let's put him in a brace
in case he hit his head

on his way down. Do you know his name?

Yeah, his name's Justin.

J-Justin McAvoy, I think.

Uh, he works over at MetroTech.

I don't know if this matters,
but he may have a nut allergy.

He orders the same thing
every day except no almonds.

I think he wants to talk.

What's he trying to say?

"No man is an island,

"but two men together
can share the world.

Uh, hi, I'm Justin."

God, this is so stupid.

Uh, "I don't know if you noticed me

"these last few months.

"I work in an office getting lunches

"and making copies so I
never do feel very seen,

"but I have seen you.

How kind you are to people..."

I think we're caught in the middle

of some weird Cyrano thing.

"I don't always have
the courage to speak,

"but some days I'm more afraid not to.

"So I've written it
down to say it clearly

and for myself."

Well, for himself,

because I would never, ever do this,

but... but he would,

and he's way nicer than I am.
Very single.

Totally datable.

That's not in the... in the note.

I'm just improvising.

Uh, "So if the image of a nervous intern

"reading poetry on the
back of a lunch menu

"doesn't turn you off,

I only have one question."

- Kill...
- You trying to say?

What'd he say?

Would you like to ride in the
back of the ambulance with him?

Yes.

23 messages?

I've heard more from my
father in the past week

than the entirety of my life,

and not one of these
messages is about me.

Okay, but tonight is about you,

so put your phone away and let's focus

on the birthday boy.

Okay, I'm sorry.

I'm just so tired of talking
about Albert, Albert, Albert.

Albert.

� You take the weight off of me �

Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.

� Ooh nobody knows it �

Hit it, Albert!

All right.

I get it, you know?

Sometimes you gotta put a little mileage

between yourself and home

so you figure out what you
want and who you are.

Hell, if I had enlisted,

I'd still be working with my pops.

Eddie, don't encourage
him to go off to war.

There is as much virtue
to the noble warrior

as there is to the most
enlightened of scholars.

That. What he said.

Listen, everyone has their path.

You just do you, Albert.

I will.

I will do me.

Yeah, might wanna watch how
you phrase that one, buddy.

I just need a little of
my brother's courage.

You know, he did not let
father dictate his life.

He took a stand, got out.

Came to America to follow his dreams.

There was no stand.

I didn't get out. I was left behind.

Chim.

See, most of my life,

all I wanted was for him to see me,

to be proud of me,

be proud to call me his son,

but no matter what I did,

I was always invisible.

Because you are the only
son that he cares about.

You have all his attention,

all his love,

and you just walked away from it all,

which I guess is easy for you
because you've never had

to work for it.

No, everybody...

everybody loves Albert.

This entire table is proof of that.

You do not know what my
life was like at home.

I know you have always had a family,

and I have always been trying
to piece one together.

Well, these people are all that I have.

You don't get to take them, too.

I do not wish to take
anything from you, Howard.

I'm your brother.

You are not my brother.

I had a brother. His name was Kevin.

And he died.

Do you see, Albert?

You didn't come to me because
you wanted to be my brother.

You came to me because you
needed something from me.

- Come on.
- Hey... hey, Albert!

I know. I suck.

Yeah, thanks, Buck. I'll tell him.

Is Albert okay?

Yeah, Buck's gonna let him
stay with him for the night.

I'm more worried about you right now.

What was all that?

Me working out my childhood trauma

on some kid who doesn't deserve it?

Oh, no, that part I got.

But the part about everyone
liking Albert more than you?

- That is just crazy.
- My father does.

We were never close.

Even when we lived in the same house,

he was always at a distance,

and I spent years trying
to bridge that gap,

and finally I gave up.

I told myself he just wasn't
interested in being a father.

Turns out he just wasn't interested

in being a father to me.

I don't know what his
relationship is with Albert.

Neither do you.

I know that there is one.

It can't be a good one.

Otherwise he wouldn't have
shown up on your doorstep

the way that he did.

Trust me. I know.

That's different, Maddie.

You were running from your husband.

Yeah, but I ran to my brother.

He was the one person I could count on.

Look, my mom and dad aren't bad people.

They're just bad parents.

And the mistakes that they made with me,

they made them with Buck, too.

Hey, this is a surprise.

What are you doing here?

I didn't think I needed a reason.

- _ -Yeah, but you usually have one.

I knew it.

I knew you were lying.

May, this... it's just...
this isn't, uh...

You're updating your will.

People do that when they're dying.

And they also do it when
they have two children

and are about to undergo
major surgery so...

A risky surgery.

I looked it up.

Okay.

Uh...

You're right. Okay, sit down.

It is risky.

And I don't know what's gonna happen

and... and there are no guarantees here.

But without it...

I can be dead in a year.

So then why didn't you tell us?

Why did you lie to me and Harry?

I didn't wanna scare you.

Are you scared?

Yeah.

I'm scared of dying.

I'm scared of living and being worse off

than I am now.

And most of all,

I am terrified...

Of not seeing you and Harry...

That's what... that... that's
why I'm doing this,

is to make sure that you
two are taken care of...

Stop. Stop doing that.

Planning for your death,
you can't think like that.

You still have options,

and as long as you have
options and have us...

There's still hope.

When did you grow up on me?

Hmm?

I love you.

I love you, too, Dad.

Oh, May, I love you with
all my heart, baby.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Um, thanks for letting
Albert sleep here.

I appreciate it.

Of course.

He's your brother.

Okay, um, I'm gonna go take a shower.

Coffee on the counter.

I'm sorry about last
night, the things I said.

You were right.

We don't know each other.

It was presumptuous of me to
show up on your doorstep.

I apologize. I'll pack my stuff.

- You headed to Seoul?
- No.

There's nothing for me there.

What about your parents?

My mother says she can't wait
to visit me here in California.

And Pop?

He will not speak to me until
I am back where I belong.

Did he ever tell you why I
don't live with you guys?

It's a funny story, if you wanna...

So...

Pop got relocated here
when I was maybe five.

Gig was supposed to last two years.

We stayed six.

When it came time to go back to Korea...

My ma didn't wanna go.

She loved it here,

and she wanted to stay, and
I wanted to stay with her.

Sure you can imagine how that went over.

Like a metal balloon.

Lead balloon, but yes.

So he went back to Korea without us.

Guess he figured she'd
come to her senses.

- But she didn't?
- No.

Instead she got sick.

Cancer.

She fought like hell
for a few years and...

Eventually she couldn't fight anymore.

She died a couple weeks
before my 15th birthday.

I'm sorry, Howie.

You know I was always so jealous of you.

Your mom would e-mail me
these pictures sometimes

and I would just think, "Man,
that kid is so lucky."

To have a family, you know?

I think I like your family better.

Maddie, Buck,

the other firefighters, and...

It was nice getting to know them.

Good.

Because fair warning...
they're around a lot.

Hope you can handle that.

Does that mean I can stay?

Of course.

You're my brother.

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on, son.

These are adult iced teas
for me and your mother.

Are you sure you should be drinking

when you're going into surgery tomorrow?

Well, actually, I'm not.

Oh, did they postpone it?

No, I cancelled it.

What do you mean, you cancelled it?

Did, uh, something change?

Yes.

My perspective.

Dad, that wasn't what I meant.

No, I know. I know.

But you made me think about things

in a way that I haven't
in a very long time.

You know, I was so focused on my death,

but now I wanna be focused
on my life and what I have.

You know, which is all of you.

Did your doctor say this was okay?

My doctor doesn't get to decide
how I live my life... I do.

So what happens if you
don't get the surgery?

- He'll die.
- Hey.

Now, we don't know that.

Okay, you guys, listen.

I'm not giving up, okay?

I'm gonna keep fighting. I just...

I don't know what's
gonna happen tomorrow.

But what I do know is all that we have

is today.

I d... I don't know where
this is coming from.

My heart, Athena.

It is coming from my heart.

Come here.

You ever think it's weird
we spend 50-something hours

a week together and still hang out?

No. What's that saying?

You got the family you're born into

and the one you choose?

Well, that's what the 118 is.
The family we chose.

No.

Uh, not gonna put out
the cookies I brought?

It's not time for dessert,

and why are you acting like
you made them yourself?

I drove myself to go buy them.

Look, I... I don't really get why

I had to bring something anyway.

You practically shamed me into it.

Because it's what you do.

When someone invites you to their house,

you don't show up empty-handed.

Uh, this is Eddie's house.
I'm not really a guest.

Okay, I was trying to
save you from yourself,

like always.

Well, thanks.

You are a good sister.

I'm lucky to have you.

We're lucky to have each other.

All right, now help me carry this.

Yes, ma'am.

He really is so sweet.

It's amazing he turned
out the way he did,

especially after all the things
you told me about your father.

Well, who I am now has nothing
to do with my father.

I'm sorry he wasn't there for you.

- You deserved better.
- You know what?

I had better.

Not sure I realized it until now,

but my mom, Kevin's family,

the Lees,

and now all of you.

I'm a pretty lucky guy.

Are we ready for this?

You're asking this now?

After three months of paperwork

and home inspections
and background checks,

it's a little late for cold feet, Karen.

Oh, my feet aren't the problem.

The pounding in my chest might be.

Were we ready with Denny?

Hell no.

Exactly.

Sometimes you just gotta
take a leap of faith.

Together.

This is Nia.

She's your new foster.

- Hi, am I late?
- Right on time.

Wow, the table looks so nice.

Um, where did you hide
all of Albert's stuff?

Let's just say you should avoid
opening any closet doors

while they are here.

Chim, do I look okay?

I changed, like, four times.

Honestly, I just couldn't decide.

No, you look better than okay.

You look beautiful.

I don't know why you're so nervous.

I'm the one who should be nervous.

Because I'm meeting your parents,

more or less.

I mean, what if they don't like me?

They're gonna love you.

Howard.

Mr. Lee.

It's good to see you, Howard.

It's good to see you, too.

- You must be Maddie.
- Yes.

Maddie, I want you to meet Mr.
and Mrs. Lee.

The people who helped raise me.

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