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That can't be what I think it is.

- It's lava. - Underground, it's magma, kid.

Yeah, well, whatever you call it, we're not getting around it.

Well, we ain't going back the way we came.

Hey, uh, how wide do you think this gap is?

I don't know. At least

- 20 feet? - 22 feet.

Oh, hey! Don't you even

- think about it. - What?

I know that face. That's the look you get

when you're about to do something stupid.

It's not stupid if it works!

- Hey, kid! - Sparks!

Oh!

Aah!

Tonight, fire and brimstone in the City of Angels,

as the volcano that began erupting

earlier today remains in what scientists are calling

a fountaining stage, with no signs at all of letting up.

But as we saw with the now

incinerated enclave of Soto Vista,

the only thing you can do about lava

is get out of the way.

The lava field is expanding fast.

Uh, expanding where? We have to get ahead of this.

Right now what's ahead of it is our biggest problem.

- Structure fires. - Embers are blowing

in front of the lava. At this rate,

University Park will burn before it gets there.

Yeah. Well, we need to get there faster.

Yes, sir, we're aware of the fire at your son's dormitory,

but I don't know his whereabouts.

Do you see flames in your room now? - Not yet.

But it's outside my window.

Help is already on scene.

They'll get to you. In the meantime, the door to your room,

is it closed?

- Yeah. Should I run? - No.

Keep it shut. It'll slow the fire.

Martinez, hit it from the ladder pipe.

Ravi, need those attack lines going now.

Charging now.

Let's keep moving, keep moving, keep moving.

Let's go. Hit that corner there.

Keep moving. Buck,

update on search and rescue.

Alpha side is clear. Working on bravo.

Dispatch says there's one on the second floor.

Copy that, Cap.

Cap, lava field incoming.

Smoke's coming.

Are they on their way?

They're coming, I promise.

But we need to buy some time.

We're gonna seal your room, okay? - Okay.

- How? - Uh, find towels, sheets.

- Anything cloth. - Oh...

- T-shirts? - Grab three.

Now we have to get them wet. Does your room have a sink?

Uh, no, uh, the bathroom's down the hall.

How about a water bottle?

Uh, yeah. I got it.

- I drank it all. - Okay. You're in a dorm. I'm guessing

you have a mini fridge.

Yeah. Yeah, we have a mini fridge.

Good. Any liquid will do. Uh, soda, energy drinks.

- Beer? - Beer works.

Soak the shirts and wedge them under your door.

Okay. Okay.

Okay.

- Done. What now? - We sit tight.

Firefighters will be coming to you any minute.

Hey, Cap, lava, lava, lava!

Yeah, I'm aware.

Keep those streams going.

We need this building standing

until we get everyone out.

All right, you heard him! Hold your ground!

What the hell?

There's a lot of steam coming off

that lava.

Masks on! Everybody, SCBAs on now.

- Keep moving! - All the way down.

Head for the street.

Hey, buddy. I got you. I got you.

Whoa. What the hell?

That's not just steam.

It's vog.

Volcanic fog.

The lava's heat is vaporizing the water.

And volcanic gases are mixing with the steam.

What kind of gases?

Mostly sulfur dioxide.

Add water and you get sulfuric acid.

These people are inhaling acid rain.

118, kill the hoses.

Kill the hoses!

Cap, the fire's nowhere near contained!

Hoses off now. Listen up.

All companies. Attack lines, stay off. Main hoses,

stay off. No water hits that building, you hear me?

Eddie, got another one.

What do we got?

Smoke inhalation and chemical burn.

Can't breathe.

His airways must be closed.

If we don't stabilize the acid, he's gonna go

- into respiratory arrest. - Copy that.

We got you, kid.

All right, big sip, big sip.

There we go.

Oh, hold on.

Airway's closing. He needs something stronger than water.

Albuterol. Hang in there, kid.

- There we go. There we go. - Good, good, good.

- Deep breaths. There you go. - Satting at 81.

There we go, kid.

Up to 85.

It's hard to breathe.

How much albuterol do we have

- on the rig? - Not enough.

We need a hospital.

Buck, what's your status?

I can't get past the first floor.

All right, get out of there.

Whoa! Careful, careful.

What was that? Was that the building? - Peyton.

Let's stay calm.

They know you're in there.

Mayday, mayday. All

firefighters evacuate.

Dispatch, we got a possible building collapse.

Captain, we still have one victim on the second floor.

I'm aware. All right, load the rigs.

Get everyone in the vehicles and get 'em ready to move.

Quick as you can. Quick as you can.

Into the trucks. Let's go.

Let's go. Come on, come on. Hey, Cap.

I can go in. I'll find a way to the second floor.

Absolutely not. No one else is going in there.

Hey, Cap, I can go.

That's an order, Buckley. Get everyone ready

- for transport. Let's go. - Hey, come on, move it, move it,

move it.

Nobody's coming, are they?

You promised they'd come.

I know. I did.

Now I'm all alone.

No. You're not alone.

I'm here with you.

Tell my mom I was brave, okay?

She was so worried that I couldn't do this

when I left home, but I did.

I... I even

made some friends.

I'm sure you did.

I'm gonna hang up now.

No, Peyton...

Dispatch,

we got her.

- You have room for one more? - I'll take her.

Thank you.

Hey.

Thought you weren't gonna send anyone else in.

I didn't.

What are we gonna do now, Cap?

We retreat. LAFD, let's pack it up.

Let's go.

Hey, nurse. We came from St. Ray's. - Yeah.

All right, line up over there.

I have a trainee doing admits. Grant.

- Yeah. - St. Ray's is covered in ash.

They're evacuating half their patients here.

- Where we gonna put 'em? - We'll clear some room.

All right, I got a bunch of discharges over there.

- All right. - Print charts, get folks out the door.

- You good? All right. - Yeah, I'm good.

Okay, we've got second degree burns,

started morphine approximately an hour ago.

- Is he a John Doe? - No, he had ID on him.

- Okay. - Garen Harpootlian is his name.

- Harpootlian. - Found him looting a jewelry store.

Okay, um, let's move him over to that wall.

- He's level two? - Uh, yes, sir.

Okay. Uh, make sure his, uh, O2 sat doesn't drop below 95.

Can I borrow you for a crush injury?

So, what, we just wait here?

I promise we will not forget about you.

Sparks!

Sparks?

Is he dead?

I think he's gonna be cooked

if he don't climb up from out of there.

Oh...

Sparks!

Sparks. Sparks!

Oh, thank God. Oh, no!

- No, no! No, no. - Uh, hey, hey, hey.

- Aah! Aah! - Hey, hey. Stay there. Kid...

- Oh. Oh. Oh, my God! Aah! No! - Back up, kid.

- Can you climb up? - Yeah.

Then do it.

I'm good.

I'm fine.

Stay right there.

He wants us to, uh, stay here.

- Yeah, I heard. - Hmm.

Do you know where "here" is, Harvey?

Are you still with us?

Yeah. I-I know where we are.

And I kind of wish I didn't.

Clear.

Yo, this is a madhouse.

I'll try to find a charge nurse.

They should send some of these people over to St. Rays.

No, most are from there. They had to evacuate.

They got trainees working this?

They told us we didn't have to.

- So you decided to stay? - Course she did.

18-year-old, smoke inhalation,

started CO2 on scene.

- Okay, is she stable? - Mm-hmm.

- Okay. What's next? - Several patients with chemical burns

on the airway. Administered albuterol on the scene.

Okay, uh, keep 'em moving, uh, find any open space on the wall.

Yes, ma'am.

What?

You're good at this.

This is our lava field.

You see it's mostly south of the cone

and east and west.

Lava follows the path of least resistance.

If we look at the topography of downtown...

- It's rolling downhill. - Yes. Low viscosity.

The slightest change in elevation can dictate its path.

So if we follow the street grades,

we can predict where it's going. - Exactly.

Within the hour, these three tributaries will converge

- here on, Third Street. - Wait, there was

a construction site there, right?

It doesn't matter. It's never gonna get there.

When the lava flow hits this 12% grade on Alameda,

it'll swerve south.

So it's gonna keep rolling down Alameda.

With nothing to stop it.

Oh, there's something there to stop it.

Presbyterian Hospital.

Where we just sent all of our casualties.

Charge nurse.

Uh, you're joking.

How soon?

No. No, I don't think that's possible.

- Yeah, yeah, okay. - What is it?

That was someone from the Office of Emergency Management.

They're saying we should prepare for a full evacuation.

- Lava? - Lava.

Okay, but evacuate to where?

She says she's working on it.

Okay, Mont Grove.

No, it's too far from Presbyterian.

- St. Ray's. - No. Half the patients

at St. Rays are already at Presbyterian.

Same with County,

- Regional. - That's it for the hospitals.

Moving on to stadiums.

Dodger Stadium is open air-- too much ash.

Southern is too small.

What is WSH?

A high school in Westlake

with a 2,000-seat auditorium.

That burned to the ground a half hour ago.

Every minute the lava advances, it cuts off

our fire exit routes. We may be out of options.

No. There is always another option.

Okay!

I'm gonna keep it steady from my end.

Okay.

Harvey, why don't you go first?

Are you out of your mind? That thing won't gonna hold me.

Okay. Oh.

I'm gonna show you how easy it is, okay?

Hey, Sergeant Grant, use the gloves.

It's gonna get hot. You got 'em?

Yeah. I got it.

Try not to breathe.

I wouldn't think of it.

Good job.

You got this.

Steady.

You're doing great. You're halfway there.

Few more feet.

Give me your hand.

- Oh. - There you go.

I got you.

I got you, I got you. Come on.

Come on. Wow.

- Well done. - Yeah, I'd say so.

A little too well done. Okay, Harvey.

You're next.

Yeah, yeah, okay. I'm-I'm okay, yeah.

I'm okay. I'll try.

Yeah, everything's good. Everything's fine.

You think that thing's gonna hold him?

Well, if it doesn't, I'm definitely getting fired.

There you go, boss.

I got this. I got it. Okay, I can do this. Yeah.

One inch at a time. One inch at a time.

I'll be fine. You know what?

I got this. Piece of cake, kid.

There you go.

You're almost halfway there.

It's actually not as tough as

I thought it was...

Who's that woman you're with?

He doesn't know where he is.

Hey, don't worry about that right now, okay?

Just keep coming and do not look down.

Don't look down at...

Oh, my God! Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. What's happening?

He's freezing up.

Now, listen to me, Harvey.

You suffered a head injury.

It's affected your short-term memory.

But I need you to trust me...

Trust you? I don't know who the hell you are.

That-that doesn't matter, okay?

You just... You need to keep going.

I-I could go out there and try to help him back.

Oh, you'd both end up fondue.

He mentioned that he had to make his way home to his wife.

- What... - What's her name?

- His dead wife? - He doesn't know that.

At least he didn't.

It's Genevieve.

Harvey.

Come on. Need you to keep moving.

Genevieve is waiting for you.

You spoke to Genevieve?

She needs you to make your way home to her.

Genevieve's my wife. She's been sick.

You've been taking care of her, haven't you?

Best as I can, yeah.

She needs you.

You got to make your way home to her. Come on.

Come on, keep moving. We're not gonna panic.

Just do it. Do it for Genevieve.

Genevieve, I'm coming home to you, baby.

I'm coming home to you, baby.

- That's right. Come on. - There you go.

Yeah, you're doing great, Harvey.

Come on, boss. You're doing good.

- You're doing great, Harvey. - Yes.

You got it, boss.

- Come on. - There you go.

All right, here we go. Come on.

Up you go.

- Come on. - Up you go. Up you go.

- You okay? - A hell of a shvitz.

Let's get the hell out of here.

Maddie, I'm at Presbyterian.

Yeah? What's it like down there?

Like a backup at LAX.

Listen, we're ready to evacuate.

Please tell me you've got someplace for everyone to go.

Maddie?

Maddie, are you all right?

No. Everybody's looking at me,

and I don't know what I'm supposed to tell them.

We have lava converging on Third Street

and then it's gonna head south, down Alameda.

And head right for us. Right. Third.

The only street in Los Angeles that's not

under construction.

Hey, that's right.

You-you had a construction site

on-on your Second Street lava river rescue.

Yeah, thank God. Those K-rails were the only thing

keeping everything from spreading everywhere.

Why? What are you thinking?

I'm thinking if we can't move the people,

we're gonna move the lava.

Damn it.

It's useless. It's locked.

And neither one of you got a key?

- No. - No.

Phone. You said there was

- an emergency landline? - Yeah, yeah.

There should be. There should be.

Okay, where?

- Where... - Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

- Right here. - Where?

Aha.

Yeah.

It's dead.

Well, then so are we.

Hey. Hey!

We crossed over lava.

We are not giving up now.

There's got to be some other way out of here.

We got to think.

The answer's gonna be right in front of us.

Okay.

Hey, what's on the other side of that grating?

Union Metro Station. They're doing refurbishments.

Okay, well, it's a construction site.

Okay? There's got to be tools around here,

something that we can use to pop open those grates.

Yeah, but we lost the ladder.

Come on, let's look. Come on.

I can try to climb up. You know,

maybe bring back some... help.

- Help. Help. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, what's

- going on, kid? Come here. - Sparks? - Help.

- Come on, come on. - Come on, come on, come on, come on.

Come on. Right here. Right here. -

Why are you shivering, Sparks? It's 150 degrees down here.

What happened to you? What's happened? What happened?

Where does it hurt?

I think I, uh, busted a rib on that jump.

- Oh, man. Good God. - You were right.

Stupid idea.

It's warm and distended.

He's bleeding internally.

I think I can fix that phone.

I worked for Ma Bell in the '80s. - Okay.

- Then do it. - Okay, yeah.

Before you forget why you're doing it.

Oh, yeah. Okay.

Sergeant Grant, hey. Hey.

You got to get out of here. Please.

It's detective.

And nobody's going anywhere right now.

Union Street Station, one

of the first Metro stops built in the '90s and currently

closed for construction.

Yeah, they're connecting it to the E Line.

That's right. The Metro station

is giant, it is deep underground,

and it is completely empty.

And we are gonna send that lava back where it came from:

underground.

Is there, like, a volcano in L.A.?

Sure looks like.

That's crazy, right?

As things go,

it's up there.

It's cold. I'm so c...

- Feel so cold. - Sparks?

- Mm? - Your body is going into shock,

but we can fight that.

Why?

We both know I'm not making it out of here.

We don't know that.

In fact, in my experience with you,

you don't know much about anything.

I'm sure my partner's looking for us right now.

Hey, wait, hey...

You got a new partner?

I'm jealous.

I thought you were allergic to partners.

I'm allergic to dumbass partners.

Was I the worst?

By far.

I mean, unless you consider the other guy.

At least he didn't shoot a civilian.

He shot me.

- Oh, you're kidding. - I am not.

He wasn't really my partner, though.

Just wanted me to think he was.

Where is he now?

Penitentiary.

Ah, well...

Well, I wasn't the worst.

It's a low bar.

Should have listened to you.

I should have learned from you instead of

trying to impress you.

You know, maybe I wouldn't have thrown my whole life away.

I mean, that mistake cost me everything.

You know? You know, it almost cost a woman her life.

It didn't. She's alive.

'Cause of you.

If you hadn't been there,

I mean, she wouldn't had a chance.

And if it wasn't for you,

we wouldn't have stood a chance.

That counts, too.

Athena?

I need you to do something for me, okay?

Martha Bailey.

Will you tell her I'm sorry?

That I didn't stop thinking about her?

I will not.

Cause you're gonna do that yourself.

Okay.

Okay.

Six minutes ago,

an LAFD reconnaissance drone confirmed

lava converging on Third.

And then the drone melted.

And so will Presbyterian Hospital

if we get this wrong.

Here is Presbyterian.

And three quarters of a mile away, the lava field.

At its current rate of flow, it will

reach the hospital in less than an hour.

Down steady.

Our plan is to divert it at Crocker

with K-rails, sending the lava towards Sixth street.

You're good.

LAFD has been deployed along the route

to ensure the path is clear of civilians.

And in our final move, the LAPD and 118

are gonna help the lava turn left at Sixth.

The lava's gonna turn left?

Oh, it better make a left.

But Sixth Street doesn't go downhill.

It will. We're lowering the grade.

Where do you want this acetylene?

Place each one right next to an O2 cannister.

This much accelerant should get a pretty big boom.

Oh, well, we appreciate the help.

Hell, you kidding me?

We're the bomb squad.

We never get to actually blow crap up.

Okay, listen up.

We are no longer prepping for an evacuation.

Does that mean the lava's not headed this way anymore? - No, it is.

But they've got a plan to stop it before it gets here.

But just in case, we need to clear the E.R.

Okay? Get all these people to the upper floors.

How is going upstairs going to save us?

If lava reaches the hospital,

higher ground is where we want to be.

And it won't come to that.

They'll stop it. You'll see.

Here we go.

It's approaching the first checkpoint.

Ravi, you're up.

All right, here it comes!

Everybody back!

K-rails are holding.

Lava's headed down Crocker.

Okay. Hen, we're coming to you next.

Lava on track, heading to Sixth.

Hey, coming to you, Cap.

Okay. Chim?

Charges are all set.

We see it.

All right, get behind the rig.

Go, go, go!

You're gonna want to cover your ears.

What the hell? It didn't wor...

Dispatch, we've got lava running down Sixth Street,

en route to Union Street

Metro Station.

Oh, my God, we did it. We did it!

Technically, we blew it.

What's that? Say that again.

That's incredible. Thank you, thank you.

- What? - They did it.

They actually did it.

We're in the clear.

Oh, my God. Oh. Oh, my God. Yes!

Did you hear that?

Just hang in there. And your boss--

he's trying to fix that phone.

Yeah. I'm sure that's going great.

- What? - You were trying to fix the phone.

I'm aware of that.

Who do you want to call?

Are you kidding?

Way to go, boss.

- I have to make the call! - You need to relax.

- You're making a big mistake. - Hey, hey.

- What's the problem? - Oh, miss, please.

I have to make a phone call. I promised the lady.

Like I said, you'll make your phone call

- once you're booked into jail. - For what? I didn't do anything!

It was my store! Miss, he won't listen to me.

I promised the lady.

He's not gonna see a doctor for a while.

Why not just let him make his call?

Fine.

Okay, we can use my phone. What's the number?

It's on the card. It's on the card.

Do you have the card?

All his stuff's in this bag.

Thank you.

You have to call the number on the back.

Where'd you get this?

That's the lady. I promised

I would let them know she was down there.

Down where?

- Hey, May, you okay? - Look,

I know you're super busy, but there's a patient in the E.R.

that had my mom's business card. - Okay.

And he said that she climbed

into some hole that went underground.

And I tried calling her phone but she's not picking up,

and the detective she's working with hasn't heard from her.

For how long?

Since before the first eruption.

Okay. We're not gonna panic.

Um, where's the hole that she climbed into?

Under some jewelry store.

Like, five blocks from the eruption.

- Five blocks from the volcano. - Hey, Maddie?

- Can it wait? - Athena Grant's on the line.

May, I've got your mom on the other line.

- She called 911? - I'll call you back.

- Athena? - Maddie.

Maddie, can you hear me?

I'm not sure how long this connection will hold.

- Athena, where are you? - In a subway tunnel.

I'm with two Metro workers, both injured,

one a possible TBI,

the other bleeding internally, but we got bigger problems.

- Lava? - Yeah.

There's some kind of bubbling from a fissure underground.

Yeah. Above ground, too.

Athena, where are you, exactly?

Uh...

Union Street Expansion.

A lava flow is headed straight for you.

How do you know?

Because I sent it there.

Chim, you can't beat the lava flow to Union.

We can beat it there.

Okay, but by the time you eventuate

an extraction, it will have caught up to you.

No one will be able to get out.

Okay, so get me another way in.

There is no another way in, not yet.

Wait. What do you mean, "not yet"?

- We have to make one. - There are more than 20 miles

of noncontiguous tunnels under downtown.

If we can find something that abuts with any part of that

- construction site... - We can break through.

Uh, how far are you from the Garment District?

- Close. - Um, good. I need you to go to 1175 Channel Avenue.

- It's a car dealership. - Yes,

but it-it also used to be a speakeasy.

Prohibition tunnels.

Rum runners used to

dig 'em in the '20s.

Do you think they still exist?

They have tours.

Don't think this one was on the tour.

How far?

Your target is about a mile from you.

You're gonna want to head south

to what looks like a dead end.

All right, let's move.

Double-time it, 118. Let's go.

♪ Do you want me on your mind♪

♪ Or do you want me...♪

Hey, dead end. There it is!

All right, let's give it everything you got.

Let's go. Let's go to work.

♪ I might be yours♪

♪ As sure as I can say♪

♪ Be gone, be faraway...♪

Help is on the way.

I'm hearing some shaking here.

I think your friends are on their way.

How did they find us?

They always do. They always do.

How we looking?

Okay, almost there.

Hey, Mom?! Mom, are you in there?!

We're here! - Okay, come on. Come on!

We're here!

Crew, get her out, let's go!

♪ Be gone♪

♪ Be faraway♪

♪ Like fuel to fire...♪

Let's go. Let's push!

Let's push!

♪ Upon your shore, as sure as I can say...♪

I can see 'em, Cap!

I can see 'em, all three of 'em!

Pull 'em out now!

♪ Away♪

♪ Oh, what a day♪

♪ To choose♪

♪ Torn♪

♪ By the hours♪

♪ All that I say♪

♪ To you♪

♪ Is like fuel♪

♪ To the fire...♪

♪ Into the town we go...♪

Oh, my God.

Leave the tools. Everyone, let's go.

Let's move!

♪ Hideaway♪

♪ Where the towers♪

♪ Grow♪

♪ Gone to be♪

♪ Faraway♪

♪ Never do♪

♪ We know...♪

Harry?

May, May. Hey, May.

We got her! We got her.

Mom's safe. We got her out.

You hear that, dispatch?

Yeah.

Loud and clear, 118.

Yes.

You did it.

I-Is she's okay? How is she?

Here, you can ask her yourself.

Mom?

Hey, baby.

Well, downtown L.A. has a new tourist attraction.

After a hellish 24 hours,

the volcanic eruption

has ended as abruptly as it began.

Air traffic resumes,

though trains are a different story,

as lava hardening in Metro tunnels reveals a city

humbled once again by Mother Nature.

For now, a coastal breeze has cleared most of that ashfall,

leaving Angelenos with blue skies.

What are you doing here?

Before we both drop from exhaustion,

I thought I'd take you to breakfast.

- No. - No?

You just saved my mom's life.

I'm taking you to breakfast.

- Maddie... - I know that there's a timesheet backlog,

and I know that there's ash in the HVAC,

but can we take a minute to appreciate the fact

that we beat a damn volcano?

I mean, we are basically unstoppable.

Uh, the boss wants to see you.

The who?

Sue.

I didn't know that you were coming back.

Oh, it was kind of last minute.

I... Happy to see you.

Have a seat.

Okay.

First, I just want to say

that you have done an extraordinary job here.

They sent you here to fire me, right?

I told them what they should do is

- throw you a parade. - Yeah.

Too bad there's no streets left.

Yeah, the mayor's feeling the heat.

So to speak.

The press wants to know

how he allowed a working-class neighborhood

to burn to the ground

while diverting resources to a rich enclave.

To protect the rest of the city.

I can read a map.

Apparently, no one in the mayor's office can.

The fact that they couldn't come down here

and fire me themselves, and they're making you do it?

- Well, they're afraid of you. - Me?

- Why? - Because you are competent.

Which is why I told them that if they wanted me back,

we come as a team.

You said that?

I insisted on it.

I am ready to come back, Maddie.

But with a partner.

You know, someone who can share the burden.

And I can't think of anyone more qualified

than you.

I can.

I think that Josh would make an outstanding co-manager.

He taught me, and he...

...showed me how to do this thing that I really love.

I understand.

You do?

Maddie...

...you're fired.

911. What's your emergency?

All right, ma'am.

Can you tell me the address you're calling from?

Help is on the way.

No. I won't hang up until they get there.

I'm not going anywhere.

- Hey. - Hey.

- How you feeling? - Better, thanks.

I heard it was a close call.

Yeah, apparently, if they, uh...

if they got there ten minutes later,

I wouldn't be talking to you right now. - Yeah, well,

they like to cut it close sometimes.

How's your boss?

Uh, he was discharged yesterday.

And his memory?

Seemed fine.

You know, the doctors cleared him.

But, uh, he was not in a rush to get home once he realized...

...you know, there was no one to go home to.

I know that feeling.

Look, uh, Sergeant... Or...

Detective Grant.

I just have to say...

thank you.

Okay? You saved my life.

You know, since you can't seem to get it right,

why don't you just call me Athena?

- Okay. - And I didn't save your life,

but I do know the folks who did,

if you want to say thank you.

I do, actually, but they wouldn't have had the chance

if you hadn't kept me here.

And you kept me focused and fighting.

Yeah.

She's good at that.

Martha.

Bailey.

Yeah, I know.

There are some things I know you can get right.

Just like we talked about.

I'm gonna leave you two alone.

Is that okay?

I can't promise how it'll go.

But I'm open to find out.

Hi.

Uh, yeah.

Come on in. It's open.

You're just in time. Ah. What do you got?

Just in time... for what?

Oh...

- Hey, Theo. - Hey, Eddie.

Hey.

Hey. You're making a volcano?

Yeah.

You don't feel like that's too soon?

Uh, well, Theo seemed kind of freaked out

by the whole volcano thing

so I figured make it less scary for him.

You mind if, uh, we-we talk in private just for a minute?

Uh, yeah, yeah, sure.

Theo, why don't you keep working on the cone

while I talk to Eddie, okay?

- Okay. - Okay.

Come on.

It's good stuff.

Aw, geez.

Ah. So, hey, what's going on?

Look, uh...

Sorry if I'm overstepping, but, uh, I just, um...

Lava bomb! Lava bomb!

Yeah. Lava bomb in just a minute. Wait for me.

Uh... you know what I learned the last two days?

That a volcano is incredibly scary.

Phew. Yeah. Yeah, I know. I was out there with you.

Then why are we making it a party trick?

Uh, I told you. He was... he was scared. - Yeah.

Yeah, you said he was scared,

which is a perfectly reasonable response

to what this city just went through.

But what does not seem reasonable is...

that.

Instead of talking to Theo

and letting him tell you what scares him and reassuring him

those feelings are normal, you're...

you're making a joke about it.

Well, after everything he's been through

in the past few months, you don't think

the kid could use a joke?

Sure. Problem is, in all these months,

everything has been made to be a joke.

You know, he breaks windows

and noses, he unplugs your refrigerator...

...and you just let it slide.

Uh, that's not good for a kid.

Uh, so you know what's best for Theo?

- I'm not saying that. - You are saying that I don't.

Look, I know that being a parent isn't easy.

I've made my share of mistakes.

Yeah, I know. I know that

'cause I've been with you through most of them.

Did I ever, one time, look down on you for those mistakes?

- No. - No.

No, I didn't, 'cause I'm your friend.

I'm doing this because I am your friend, Buck.

And I'm worried about you and Theo.

I... I know you think

you're making it easier on him, man, but...

Okay, so, so, come on.

Uh, tell me.

Give me your advice. What should I...

Should I put a traumatized little boy in timeout?

"Hey, Theo, Listen.

The world is a scary place. No more fun for you."

That kid already lost

both of his parents.

Maybe what he needs right now is a...

a friend.

The kid needs a father. And some boundaries.

That actually makes them feel safe.

Okay, you know what, you were right

at the start of this conversation.

You are overstepping.

You don't like the way I'm handling things?

Eddie, you know where the door is.

Lava bomb, lava bomb!

Uh, all right, I got to...

Buddy, I-I told you to wait.

Uh, it's okay. It's okay.

Uh...