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[Bodie] Winnipeg Centre, this is SkyMed 911 medevac

requesting priority.

- I didn't know it was this bad. - Wheezer's lucky

he only broke his back. - Wheezer?

- That's Chief Pilot Wheezer Sir, to you.

- I love you, Milosz.

- Kocham cietoo, Tristan.

Hey, Nurse Tristan. I didn't get to see you

after everything that happened.

You were so cool under pressure.

It was, uh, pretty hot, actually.

[Lexi] When any of us puts on our gold bars,

it doesn't just mean we know how to fly a plane,

it means we will put the safety of everyone in the plane first.

- This is the north. We make do with what we have

or people die.

When I told you I got into Med school,

I was kind of hoping you'd tell me not to go.

[Jeremy] I can't be the reason you don't go after this.

- I love you. - Yeah, I know, Flip.

I'm gonna go on the lam for a while. I think I need it.

- Damn it, Chopper, go fast but easy!

- This shit ain't paved, Crys!

[Chopper] My ex didn't want me to be a pilot.

- Do you know what you do want? - Same thing I've wanted

since I was ten, to be an astronaut.

I'd be thrilled to attend Selection Camp

with Space Program Canada. - You came back!

- Sorry? - You're Jolene's son.

- My dad was Jamaican. My mom was Deep Lake.

That's all I know about my birth parents.

[Madison] I believe that you want this baby.

I don't believe that you want me.

- You're Hayley Roberts, right? The new nurse?

[Hayley] When I first came up here, I was running.

I was trying to pretend like everything was okay.

But it's not. My mom died of cancer.

I have the BRCA-1 gene.

They found precancerous shadows on my MRI.

My oncologist suggested

a preventative double mastectomy.

You'll be here when I wake up?

- We take care of our own.

[machines beeping]

[Bodie] Winnipeg Centre, SkyMed 911 requesting

deviations for weather.

[machine beeping] - I can't.

- Just do it!

- You know how dangerous this is?

Even in a hospital, with proper equipment--

- This is family, Crys!

[beeping continues]

[upbeat music]

[Lexi] You know I love me a new plane. The question is,

is this gonna mean more hours, or layoffs?

[Nowak] It's never a good thing when small airlines over-expand.

And if they go belly up, we're all out of a job.

- Your Polish is showing, Nowak. Doesn't SkyMed expanding

mean it's doing well?

- Not for long. Not in aviation.

Just focus on the job, Lexi.

Keep your head down, and your nose up.

- You know, people always say that pilots are all cool

and cocky, but all the ones I know are skinny and anxious.

- Aren't you worried, Tristan?

Ontario medevacs fly with paramedics.

Won't that mean less calls for you, too?

- Eh, Manitoba, Ontario. People always get sick.

And they're always coming up with new ways

to hurt themselves. Especially around here.

[plane roaring]

[upbeat music]

[shivering]

- You fix it yet?

- Guy was practically givin' her away.

Hundred bucks, can you believe this?

- Yeah, that thing's scrap, dude.

- Hey, 50 bucks of parts, she's better than new.

[distant engine revving]

- Shouldn't we move off the trail?

- Just a couple more minutes.

[chuckling] Hey, heated vest.

Neighbor said it was busted,

but a couple of tweaks, it's better than new.

[engine revving]

- That's close Brett.

- Just a couple more minutes.

[engine revving]

[shouting]

- Okay, Brett, let's have a look.

[grunting]

- He's always doing this, finding random junk.

[groaning] - Chest hurts.

- Yeah bud, you got hit by a snowmobile.

- Uh, why don't you come over here and help me

with some of this gear, huh, Mal?

- I'm gonna listen to your chest, okay, Brett?

Check for internal injuries.

[zapping] Ahh!

[zapping] Ahh! Ahh!

[zapping]

[shouting]

[zapping]

- Whoa.

[panting]

You okay, Trist? - Uh, I'm okay.

[zapping]

- Dude. You souped up a heated vest with two 12-volts?

- Worked... better than new...

- See?

My job is bulletproof.

[upbeat music]

[Crystal] Double mastectomy, reconstruction...

There's a lot of trauma to the body.

- I know.

Six months of physio, Crys, and I still don't have

all my strength back.

- How's the pain?

- Not enough to keep me out of a plane.

- It's a physical job, Hayley.

You can't help anyone if you do too much too soon

and hurt yourself. - Okay.

Coming from the person who thinks she's gonna do

her Clinical full time and work as a flight nurse?

- Just try and take it easy, alright?

And don't be afraid to take your pain meds if you need them.

It can't all be kidney function and cranial nerves.

It's mostly cranial nerves,

but sometimes I just need ten minutes

with words that aren't Latin.

- It's sweet, how much you miss him.

It's been six months.

You still haven't heard anything?

- Jer's in the bush, he can't exactly call.

He needed some time to clear his head,

and that takes as long as it takes.

You know, I only ever wear flight suits or scrubs.

Does this say "Med Student" or "Court Date"?

- The white coat sells it.

- I just, I really want to get this right, you know?

I'm the first person from North House

to go to medical school. - Hey.

You're gonna crush it, Dr. Highway.

[soft music]

- Oh, I gotta go.

I'm glad to have you back.

Don't hurt your patients, and don't hurt yourself.

- Yes, ma'am.

[door opens]

[sighs]

[door closes]

[soft music]

[upbeat music]

[Tristan] Welcome back, baby!

Not to throw you into the deep end,

but Bodie's doing a line indoc with a new FO

and I could use some backup. - Another one?

- It's hard to fill Chopper's shoes.

- Well, he is Chopper. And an astronaut.

- Almost astronaut.

The pilots are calling this new guy "Skippy"

so I am not optimistic.

- Hey, Nurse Tristan!

- Skippy, right? I'm Hayley.

- It's Reese, actually.

- Wait, I thought your last name was Hassan?

- Well, you know pilots. I got Reese's Pieces

in flight school, then it became Peanut Butter...

and then my jackass flight partner

went to Skippy and it stuck.

[Hayley chuckling]

Anyway, uh, I got the gear loaded,

I grabbed us all some coffee.

Uh, I got the heads-up. Bodie can be bought.

- Nice.

[rhythmic music]

[plane roars]

[baby cooing]

- Turboprops make more of a hum, bud.

We'll work on it. Alright?

[brakes squeal]

- Hi! Sorry I'm late, Bodie. Did you have a good night?

- Eh, I got four hours of sleep, he got a little more.

- Well, I had to hit the store while Joel's cereal's on sale.

It's so expensive,

and he's going through it like water.

Hi! Ready to go? [cooing happily]

Oh, I have to send some when he starts daycare next week.

You brought them the check, right?

If we lose this spot, it'll be months

before another one opens up.

- Yeah, Madison.

Dropped it off yesterday.

We're good for when your classes start.

- Okay. Oh, I have mail for you.

I had to update your contact info.

Donor Screening called on the home phone.

I gave them your cell. - Oh, um...

- Right, I got screened when Joel was in the NICU

in case he needed anything. Uh... I'll give them a call,

tell them to take me off their list.

- Okay. - Alright.

Wheels up in ten. Be good for Mom, okay, buddy?

Bye. [baby cooing]

[sirens wailing]

- Yeah, the other students warned me.

I heard she's a total hardass.

The word is, "perfect" isn't good enough for Yana.

I go with an under-serviced backwater

for the brownie points, and get stuck

with a self-important bitch.

- Or. Dr. Noah's one of the most respected

emergency medicine doctors in the province,

and she expects everyone to come up to her level?

You don't last in an "under-serviced backwater"

if you don't know your shit and everyone else's.

- 63-year-old male with history of COPD,

complains of three days of shortness of breath.

Mr. Rodman. First steps?

- Chest exam. - If you will.

[breathing heavily]

Note the extended anterior-posterior diameter,

or "barrel chest" in a classic COPD presentation.

[coughing] - Whoa!

Watch his airway.

Light taps,

fingers in the intercostal spaces, like this.

Or however Dr. Noah prefers.

- You must be Ms. Highway. Our infamous flight nurse.

I've heard about your exploits with duct tape.

- Gotta make do with what we have, right?

- Right.

[paramedic] Incoming, 50-year-old male,

cardiac arrest.

- Jeremy?

- Crys, hey.

Uh, this isn't what it looks like. I'm...

Actually, it is.

- You've been back all this time and you didn't tell me?

You just disappeared, and then, what, you show up

at my job, dressed as a paramedic?

- I'm not dressed as anything, Crys.

I'm training as a PCP.

- What the hell, Jer?

- I got back a couple months ago,

and I signed up at the academy.

- A paramedic?

Don't you think that's a little...

serious, for you?

If you think you need to do this to impress me,

then-- - What?

You know, not everything is about you, Crys.

- Yeah. You made that clear.

I said I love you.

And you know what? It's taken me six months to realize...

You never said it back.

You know what, it doesn't matter. Just...

[scoffs]

[door closes]

[sighs]

[tense instrumental music]

- We just worry about you.

The overtime's good, but you've been at it 36 hours

now without a break. - People count on me

to clear access roads, hon.

Four more hours, I'll be home,

get some sleep before that Alberta Clipper sets in.

- Okay. Well, text when you're heading home.

Lily will want to see you before bed.

[Chuck groans] Chuck?

Are you okay? Chuck?

Chuck! Are you there?

Chuck!

[plane roaring]

[tense music]

- Chuck?

We're from SkyMed, we're here to help.

- Wh-What's happening?

- You had an accident. Do you know where you are?

- I hit a tree?

[scoffs] I was talking on my phone...

I must've run off the road, knocked myself out.

- Mmm, I don't think...

this would knock you out.

Have you lost consciousness before?

[birds chirping]

It's okay. I'm just here to help.

But I can do that a lot better if I have all the information.

- Last week. I suddenly felt really weak,

when I was shoveling the drive.

I thought I was just overdoing it.

I've been putting in long hours. But uh...

then a couple of my fingers went numb.

My arm wouldn't work. It was just hanging.

- Okay. Give my hands a squeeze my hands.

And this numbness, it's just on the one side?

And you haven't seen a doctor?

- It always goes away.

I really need this job.

I got laid off from the plant a couple months ago.

I've got a little girl.

- Chuck, I think you're having what's called T.I.A.s,

Transient Ischemic Attacks,

like a warning sign for a stroke.

Definitely something you need to see a doctor for.

- Give me a hand with the backboard.

- When I got on medevacs,

I was worried I'd freeze up on calls like this.

But now I'm just freezing.

[birds chirping]

[soft music]

Listen, Tristan...

That day in the locker room...

Hey, we don't have to talk about what happened.

I know you're with someone, now.

As long as Nowak's cool-- - Nowak doesn't know.

And I want to keep it that way.

- Okay, Chuck. Come on down. Just be careful, here.

One big step.

[grunting]

Tristan, shoulder!

- Okay.

I got you, Chuck.

[Chuck] I feel weak.

[Tristan] We'll get you on the board.

[Reese] Whoa. Where'd all this come from?

Oh, my God.

[Hayley] The plow hit someone.

- I got it, I got it.

- What have I done? - I got a pulse.

We gotta get him out, now!

[Hayley] Tristan, his leg!

[rock music]

- Nope. That's two trips.

- Is that the new girl? - They're all new.

We can't keep the place staffed.

- Guess who made it to the Final 16?

- Hell yeah, he did! Way to go, Chops.

[cheering] - Coming with style, baby.

[all cheering]

[laughing]

- Well, that's one less room to worry about...

- What's up, Wheez? Chopper says hi.

- Yeah, he does, I'm his favorite!

Hey, don't feel bad, you're a distant second.

Top ten, for sure.

- Eh... Is this the new Crew House?

- I gotta figure out a way to squeeze in

all the Manitoba crews and the new Ontario crew.

You kids, you all like bed-hopping,

until it's actually time to sleep,

then you all want your own rooms.

- Tristan and I can share a room.

- What?!

- I mean, we sleep together most nights anyway.

- Yeah, but we never talked about it, Nowak.

Moving in together is kinda something you talk about first.

- Okay, so let's talk about it.

You want to move in together?

- Uh...

- Uh... Yep, right. I'm short on the bar, so...

- Nowak...

- Hey, buddy. What do you drink?

- I thought things were good with you guys?

- They were. They are.

It's just, I like knowing that I have my own room

if I need it, just in case.

You know, like an escape hatch, or something.

- Nowak does not trust easily.

So when he commits, there's no "escape hatch".

And if you're not ready for that...

- Want a beer?

[rhythmic music]

- Aperol Spritz, easy soda.

- Toronto or Vancouver?

- Toronto. How'd you know?

- Closest we get to Aperol around here is vodka.

But I can put a lime in it, for you.

- Nah, hold the lime.

And the soda.

Boss.

[indistinct chatter]

- You know, Lex...

As a bartender, "Hi, my name's Lexi"

works just fine.

Trust me. - I...

- Lex, come on. You got two types, okay?

You got lumberjacks, and girls like that.

- I'm not dating right now.

I gotta focus on the gig,

with SkyMed expanding and everything.

- Hmm.

[glass shattering]

[gasping, guest chattering]

Whoa.

- I'm a nurse, you need to sit.

- I got you.

I got you, hang on. Can I borrow that?

[rhythmic music]

[woman gasping] Alright. Keep breathing.

You're alright. Keep breathing.

In and out. In and out. There you go.

Arm up. Alright.

Help me out, call an ambulance?

Slowly. There you go.

Alright, you're okay.

- That was... fast.

- I don't think she was disappointed.

- Oh yeah. Everyone,

this is Stef. The new Ontario paramedic.

- Yeah, she's definitely your type.

[indistinct chatter]

[distant phones ringing]

[sighs]

- Did you know Jeremy's training to be a paramedic?

- What?

- He showed up this afternoon

with an MI and a uniform.

- Whoa.

I thought he was out hunting?

- So did I.

[sighs] - Crys.

I have to go check on a patient I just brought in,

but after that, I am off. We can go get drinks.

- The plow driver? He's going home.

- Why aren't they sending him

to the Stroke Centre in Winnipeg?

His symptoms indicate T.I.A.s.

- Dr. Yana ordered a CT and a transfer,

but he refused both.

He's denying any history of symptoms,

they're discharging him AMA.

[sighs]

- You don't get it.

It was bad enough when I just thought I was gonna

lose my license, but I actually hurt someone.

If there's a chance that I knew I was sick,

that I knew I shouldn't be driving,

I could go to jail.

- The skier should make a full recovery.

- He lost his leg.

And that's my fault.

I was sick, but I didn't pay any attention to the signs

because I couldn't lose my job and let my family down.

But if I go to jail...

if I'm not there to take care of them...

[sighs]

I need this out so I can go home. Please.

[soft music]

- Look...

I know how it feels to not be there

when someone needed you.

Especially someone you love.

But if you don't take care of yourself now, Chuck...

they could lose you.

- No.

I want to ger--

[medical machines beeping] - Facial droop.

He's having a stroke. - He needs TPA.

- Stay with us, Chuck, stay with us.

[medical machines beeping]

Come on, Crystal. Hurry.

- Hang on, just hang on.

[tense music]

- Ms. Highway. Stand down.

Send this man for an emergency CT.

- The patient presented with classic stroke indicators,

no history of trauma or recent surgery.

Administering TPA now could make all the difference.

- Or it could've killed him.

The patient refused a CT.

We don't know if he has a bleed.

And that is why it's hospital protocol

not to administer TPA without a CT.

- I've administered TPA many times

in the field for stemis.

- Not in a hospital, where you are still a student.

TPA is given for stemis in the field

because the criteria is easier to evaluate.

Yes, Ms. Highway,

you have a lot of experience in the field

where your only responsibility is to keep patients alive

until you can get them to a doctor.

But doctors' responsibilities

are to keep patients alive, period.

And if we can't,

we have to look that man's family in the eye

and explain to them what went wrong.

You have to tell them why you chose

not to follow the rules

when their father's life was in your hands.

You're on the ground now, Ms. Highway.

And if you want to stay there,

I suggest you follow the rules.

Let's go. Get him to imaging.

Honestly, it's cool.

We don't have to share a room. It was just to help Wheezer.

- It's not that I don't want

to move in with you, it's just...

I've just never lived with anyone before.

I don't want to mess this up.

- It's all good, man.

I'm still down the hall.

[indistinct chatter]

- Wait.

Let's just do it, let's move in together.

You're the only person I want to share space with, Nowak.

Cold ham and cheese.

- Kocham cie,too.

- Hey, Nowak.

- Skippy!

Welcome to the big leagues.

- Almost, just gotta get through my line check.

- Wait... You two know each other?

- We were partners in flight school.

- So you're the one who nicknamed him Skippy?

- Yeah, this is the jerk who convinced me

to move to Thompson too, in winter.

- Yeah, and now you're an FO.

C'mon, let's get you moved in.

Come on, I've scoped out your room.

You're at the top of the stairs.

- Sweet!

[indistinct chatter]

[rhythmic music]

- Setting the bar pretty high, huh?

Getting to fly my first medevac on a new plane

with SkyMed's famous girl pilot.

Got any tips?

- I don't know about famous, but I'm your girl.

Pilot. Your girl pilot.

Uh, don't forget the patients,

don't forget the medics, don't forget to pee?

[chuckling]

- I heard the north's intense.

But my first call's just a fever.

I hope it's not always so quiet?

- I'm sure you'll get some action.

- Promise, First Officer Lexi?

- Woo-wee!

I think I'm in love.

This baby's so new, I wanna burp it and spank it.

- I thought Chief Pilots didn't have to fly medevacs?

- Yeah, but I'm a pilot first, boss second.

Plus someone's gotta keep an eye on you kids...

famous girl pilot.

[Wheezer laughing]

I hear everything.

[whispering] Focus, cadet.

[plane roaring]

[rhythmic music]

[Stef] Dale? [knocking]

Dale? It's SkyMed, we're here to help.

[soft tense music]

[wind howling]

[Lexi] What kind of call did you say this was again?

- Fever. Patient got bit by his dog or something.

[glass crunching]

Oh...

- Yeah, this is for sure a murder house.

Ladies, go first.

- Dale? I'm Stef, I'm a paramedic.

We got a call that you're sick?

- These are aquariums?

Huh. Here, fishy, fishy, fishy.

[sinister music]

- [hissing] - Oh my--

Oh God, are these all snakes?

- Some of them are empty, now. - Dale?

- This is the dog bite? A snake?

- Jenny's a coral snake.

Um, u-usually, she's so docile and cuddly.

But when I went to take her out of her tank yesterday,

she... I mean, she's never struck before.

So, I was surprised, and I dropped her,

and then I broke a bunch of the other girls' tanks...

- You got a bunch of venomous snakes

running around this place?

- [hissing] - Oh! Okay, okay, I...

definitely felt something slither

over my foot right there. - No, no, I turned the heat off,

which makes 'em all sluggish, you know,

so I... so I could catch them all.

I mean, except for the ones

that didn't survive the crash... or the cold.

My Jenny... - Ooh...

- She'd froze, by the time I found her.

- I'm sorry. Okay, let me see.

Okay, how long ago were you bitten, Dale?

I don't carry antivenom in my kit.

- Well, I took some yesterday.

But then I started getting the chills.

- Yeah, this looks infected. You need antibiotics,

and this should be debrided.

Why didn't you go to the hospital, Dale?

- Well, they... They'd find out about

my collection.

I mean, m-most of these girls are...

They're not legal.

So they're just gonna go ahead and put 'em down.

You know, so... I mean, it's hard enough

for me losing my poor Jenny. - Okay.

- You know, I can't... - I get it.

I get it.

Um...

Okay, can we try to find the heat, Wheezer?

We don't want the patient freezing. Let's find the...

- Yeah, I'm on it. Yep.

- Why would anyone buy a pet that can kill them?

- I don't know, isn't it a little bit exciting

being so close to danger?

You're a pilot, isn't your job dangerous?

- Not if you're doing it right. - [chuckles]

- Pilots like things safe.

- Or maybe you just haven't been taking the right risks?

You might find you like dancing with danger, First Officer Lexi.

[rhythmic music]

[exhales]

- Nothing makes a real pilot like bush flying.

Tibsy McFee lost his leg to a propellor,

but he kept a medical to fly cargo

with this manky old prosthetic, and every time

a greenhorn came up to ramp,

he'd pop off his leg,

he'd wipe out the smooge, pour vodka in,

and make a newb do a shot.

- Yeah... When you say "smooge".

- Mm-hmm! - Ugh...

- My throat... My throat's tight.

Feels like... Feels like someone's choking me.

- Alright.

[hissing]

Jenny!

- Uh... snake!

We got a snake on the plane!

- [both] What?! - She wasn't dead!

She must've warmed up when you turned the heat on,

and she got in my sleeping bag.

- Okay, but where is she?

- I-I don't know. I don't know.

- She's probably just scared, right?

She'll probably just look for somewhere safe

to curl up and hide?

- I don't have antivenom. We're 40 minutes

from the nearest hospital. If it bites anyone...

[tense music]

I think it went under the stretcher.

- [hissing] - Oh!

- [Lexi] What's happening? - Okay...

- What's going on back there, Stef?

- You have control. - I have control.

- Hang on, I'm coming back.

Hang on.

[tense music]

- Seriously?

There, down there.

- Okay...

[Stef] Oh God, Lexi, be careful.

[snake hissing]

- Got it! Okay.

I just need something with a lid.

- Uh...

The commissary bucket?

- You're gonna trap a venomous snake in lunch bag?

Jesus, don't bring it up here!

- Dump the cabin, Wheez! - What?

- Dump the cabin! - Alright, everybody hold on

to your sinuses!

[air whooshing]

[hissing]

- Jenny!

[hissing]

- Now that was some real bush pilot shit.

Not bad, kid.

[laughing]

- Not bad at all.

[exhales]

- Your check bounced.

The daycare deposit didn't go through.

- What? No, I had m...

The car payment.

I forgot that it came out this week.

Look, if they can wait until my next pay period--

- No, if they don't get it today,

Joel will lose his place.

Can you pick up a shift or something?

Get an advance from Wheezer?

- The expansion, new hires... There's a freeze on OT...

- What about the credit card? - It's maxed.

Groceries, diapers, it all costs a lot more up here.

Bodie, I really need this daycare

so that I can start my course, so that I can get a better job.

So things like this don't happen.

- I know, Mads. And I want that for you.

- Maybe... you can ask your parents?

I know things are tough with them.

But you have a son now.

Maybe they can help.

- Look, I'll figure something out.

Okay? I promise.

[tense music]

[air hissing through mask]

[beeping]

[air hissing through mask]

[tense music]

[beeping]

[beeping rapidly]

[gasping deeply]

- I hope you still like hazelnut,

because the lady at Tim's had a heavy pour.

- I thought you didn't drink coffee?

- I didn't. But... med school.

- Are we expecting a lot of thyroid patients today?

- Endocrinology exam.

If I'm lucky, and we don't get any calls

so I can study, I might actually pass it.

Especially after I blew my first day of Clinical.

- I called the hospital. Chuck's CT scan came back clear.

You were right to give him TPA. he didn't have a bleed.

- What if he had?

- Crystal. You're a good nurse.

The only thing that's gonna change when you're a doctor

is that you're finally gonna get credit for everything

you already know how to do.

- What if I don't?

What if I only think I know?

[pagers beeping]

[sighs]

There goes endocrinology.

[soft music]

- An ice fisher saw the smoke from a lake.

He isn't one of ours.

- What happened?

- Looks like his propane stove blew.

- He was thrown pretty far when the tower blew.

We could be looking at internal injuries.

- HR's high.

Why was he wearing this?

Looks like some sort of oxygen mask.

- A lot of shrapnel, left side.

Is there something familiar about this guy to you?

[tense music]

- Chopper? - Oh, my God.

This doesn't make any sense.

He's supposed to be at Selection Camp in Montreal.

He was one of the Final 16.

What was he doing at a fire tower in Northern Manitoba?

- The percussive force alone

from the explosion could've killed him.

- You guys are tight, right?

Did you know he was back?

- That Alberta Clipper came in hard.

Alright, better strap in. PIREPS say it's a bumpy ride

all the way to Thompson.

[gasps]

- Chopper?

[Bodie] He's awake?

[Crystal] Hi, buddy.

Do you know where you are?

[Bodie] What's going on? What's happening?

- Muffled heart sounds...

- Pulsus paradoxus,

BP's dropping, HR too.

[Bodie] Is he okay?

[Crystal] JVD...

God, it's cardiac tamponade.

[Bodie] What is it, what's going on?

- Fluid's filling the sac around his heart.

It can happen after chest trauma,

he needs pericardiocentesis.

- What's that? - It's a needle

inserted into the sac to drain

the fluid before he arrests. - So do it!

- This is something doctors do in the hospital,

with proper equipment. - We were trained...

- On the ground, if there's no other option.

Not in the back of a plane with turbulence.

- Get on the radio, ask Centre if there's a better ride.

- We're still 45 minutes from Thompson.

- Chopper doesn't have 45 minutes.

It needs to be you, you have more experience.

- We don't have an ultrasound.

I won't be able to see what I'm doing.

I could put the needle too far,

I could kill the patient. - The patient is Chopper!

- Winnipeg Centre, this is SkyMed 911

requesting deviations for weather.

[indistinct radio chatter]

- Just do it! - Do you know how dangerous

this is? Even in a hospital, with proper equipment!

- This is family, Crys.

[beeping]

- He's arresting.

[Hayley] Easy, easy...

- Stop, you've gone too deep!

- Shit! I can't!

- Yes, you can. You can. - I can't!

It's not safe! - You can do it!

Crystal, look at me. If I was in this medevac,

if it was my life in someone else's hands,

you are the only person I'd trust to do this.

Okay? Chopper would too.

You got this.

[beeping]

[plane roaring]

Are we clear?

[Bodie] Just a break in the weather.

[Reese] I can't see any way around,

we'll have to punch through.

- We only have a couple minutes,

whatever you're gonna do, you need to do it now.

- We take care of our own.

[beeping]

Come on, Chopper.

[plane roaring]

- I'm in.

- Only a few more seconds.

- That's all we need.

[beeping steadily]

[Hayley] He's got a pulse. He's got a pulse!

You're doing it, Crystal, you're saving his life.

[Crystal] Now we gotta keep him alive.

[tense music]

25-year-old male, blunt trauma to the chest,

developed cardiac tamponade mid-flight.

Pericardiocentesis drained 50 cc fluid.

[soft music]

- Oh, Crystal,

that was incredible.

- I just got him here, that's only the start.

[Dr. Yana] Pericardiocentesis.

Impressive.

- Look, I know you think I shouldn't have done it.

But...

I am a good flight nurse,

and Chopper is my family,

so if I'm gonna answer to anyone, I--

- I didn't say I didn't think you could do it.

I said you need to follow the rules.

- R-Respectfully, Dr. Noah.

I've never been one to stay in my lane.

And I will always do whatever it takes

to help my patients.

- Then that's why you owe it to them and yourself

to stay here.

I was the only Black woman in my class in med school.

And for the longest time,

I was the only person who looked like me

wearing a white coat at the hospitals I worked at.

This path is going to be hard.

People are going to be watching for you

to make a mistake, to do anything wrong.

They're always looking for reasons to kick us out.

So don't give them any.

[soft music]

- If you're gonna sit out in the cold,

you might need some real heat.

[chuckles]

Here you go.

- You know, I was there when Chopper found out

he made it into Selection Camp.

You have to be in top shape just to pass a pilot's medical.

I can't imagine the rules for astronauts.

- Hey, it's still early, okay?

We have to wait for the swelling to go down

after surgery before they can even evaluate

the extent of the injuries.

- He was in the Final 16.

You know, he was so close.

His... big dream since he was a little kid,

and...

he actually had the guts to go for it.

- Don't you go after your dreams?

[sighs]

- When it comes to flying, yeah.

When it comes to everything else?

[soft music]

- You know, I love being a first responder.

First on the scene, first to help,

first to find a solution.

Uh, but a cop told me once, the first person

through the door's usually the first to get shot, too.

Hey.

You gotta be brave to be first.

Like the first girl pilot at an airline?

[chuckling]

I'm onto you, Lexi Martine.

I think you might secretly like danger.

[laughing]

[sighs]

[soft music]

- That... that's the thing about girl pilots.

I worked way too hard.

Too hard to just get distracted now.

Even if I really want to.

- Okay.

- But if you think that tough cadet vibe's

gonna turn me off, you're wrong.

[♪♪]

- Is that baklava?

Caught red-handed

trying to keep it all to yourself.

- Thought you said dessert was for the weak?

- Hmm...

Not if it's baklava.

Oh, yeah. That's good.

[exhales]

[vehicles passing]

[phone ringing, buzzing]

- Hello? - [nurse] Austen Bodie?

Hi, I'm a donation coordinator with Donor Screening Canada.

- Yeah. Yeah, sorry, I meant to call you.

I got screened a while ago when my son was in the NICU,

but um, he's fine now, so...

- Well, you're a match for a patient in Toronto

on a wait list for a kidney.

- I-I should've updated my file.

Um, I'm a commercial pilot, and I would love to help,

but I have to prioritize my medical.

Since I have a family to support.

- I understand.

We were hoping you might consider,

under the circumstances.

- What circumstances?

- I thought my colleague explained.

The recipient is a close genetic relative.

[tense music]

[sighs]

- Anything yet?

- Not until the swelling comes down.

But the surgeon said it went well.

- I'm looking for Jay Chopra?

- Do you know Chopper?

- Uh...

I'm his wife.

[tense music]

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