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- Isaiah is 14.

- You said his mom is in the hospital?

- The hope is that she'll continue to improve

until she can take Isaiah back home.

- His whole world's been turned upside-down.

The two of us, that's all he's got.

- The city's implementing rig reductions.

- Does this include the medics?

- EMS doesn't lose any rigs,

but I'm not gonna sugarcoat it for you.

You'll be working harder, sleeping less,

and carrying more.

This is our new reality.

[gunshots]

- I just wanted to say that what your dad did is on him.

- You don't know a goddamn thing

about what my dad did, okay?

- This is a call from the Metropolitan

Correctional Center.

- Hey, Dad.

- Next.

Step forward, please.

[door clangs]

Move forward.

[PA system beeps]

- Attention, all visitors.

This facility has been placed on lockdown.

Prisoner visitation has been suspended for the day.

Repeat, this facility is now on lockdown.

Please make your way-- - Okay, it's time to leave.

- Hey, uh, excuse me!

- Head to the exit. - Excuse me.

Excuse me, Officer. - Move towards the exit.

- Hey, how you doing?

Look, I need to get a message to an inmate, okay?

- Keep jabbering at me, you're gonna

find yourself in there with him,

won't need me for nothing. Let's go, folks.

Let's move it. Let's go.

[tense music]

* *

[somber music]

* *

[phone buzzing]

- Oh, you gotta be kidding me.

- You were up pretty late, huh?

- No, not too bad. 11:00, 11:30.

- You guys talk about anything interesting?

- No, we were pretty deep into that "NightCrawl" game.

Isaiah kicked my ass. Again.

[chuckles]

- Looked like fun.

I gotta admit, I'm jealous.

Like, I, uh-- I'm just struggling

a little, trying to connect.

Maybe when we go see his mom next week,

that'll be a bonding thing.

- Yeah. Yeah, I bet it will.

- Well.

He is gonna be late.

- Uh, come in.

- Hey. Time to go.

- Oh, I'm sorry. I was just--

um, I'm ready. - Uh-oh.

What happened?

Oh, did a pen explode?

- I'm sorry. It was, um--

I can wash it. - Hey, no, it's okay.

It's really not a big deal at all.

What were you doing, anyway? Drawing?

- I was just fixing my shoe.

The rubber part was falling off and I kept tripping on it,

so I taped it back on, but then--

- Right, I get it.

Color it in so that it wouldn't be so obvious.

- It was a bad idea. - No, not at all.

It's--I mean, it's pretty clever, actually.

I wouldn't have known if you hadn't shown me.

But...

I am gonna take you shoe shopping for new shoes

tomorrow after shift.

- No, that's okay. These are fine now, see?

- Hey, listen, I'm super impressed

with the "MacGyver" move.

But making sure that you have the basics,

that's--that's what Kelly and I are here for.

- Yes, ma'am.

- Great.

Okay, well, let's get out of here.

[gentle music]

* *

- Shortest day off in history.

- Yeah. Not sure we ever even left.

- It's like that movie, what's--what's it called?

- "Groundhog Day." - No, the other one.

- Pretty sure it's "Groundhog Day."

- "Exterminating Angel." What?

I watched it on Turner Classic.

- Why are you watching Turner Classic Movies?

Are you, like, 80?

- Morning, Lieutenant.

- Good morning, Vasquez.

- Good morning, 51. all: Good morning, Chief.

- First things first, I just got word from

Deputy District Chief Cranston that Engine 51 is gonna be

pulled from service this week. - What?

- I know.

Apparently, the brains down at HQ

bumped Mouch and his team from the schedule.

Less than two hours' notice.

Trust me, nobody's more fired up about this than I am,

but to be fair, they did warn us

that we'd be having brownouts.

So we're just gonna have to keep rolling with the punches,

as we always do. [alarm blares]

- Squad 3, Truck 81, Ambo 61.

Motor vehicle accident.

East Randolph at North Field Boulevard.

[sirens wailing]

[tense music]

* *

- Oh, my God.

- 99? Is that--

- That's my friend Murphy's rig.

Grab the jump bag. - Kidd, try the back door.

Squad, get the driver. Cruz, grab the sked.

- Violet!

Kelly.

- Murphy? Murphy, it's Violet.

Hang in there, okay? Help is coming.

- Violet! Get down. We got this.

Prep for the patients.

* *

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- Strike. Strike. Strike. Strike.

- Sorry.

[tense music]

* *

- Hey, you all right? - Yeah.

- Capp, Tony, pop the windshield.

We'll take her through the front.

- Here it comes, Herrmann!

Nice. - Got it.

- What's your name? - Pierce.

- All right, secure! - Copy that.

All right, Herrmann, we gotta get the stretcher.

- Yeah. [grunts]

- There we go.

- All right. Got it? - Got it?

- All right. - Grab it.

All right. - All right.

[grunting]

- Hey, what have we got?

- 64 years old. Uh, fell off a ladder.

Fractured his ribs, but his vitals were stable

right up until the crash.

- I only have a pulse on one side.

- Try the pulse-ox on the other side.

- Nothing.

- All right, he could have an aortic dissection.

Let's load him and go. We gotta hustle.

- Support her legs. - Yep.

* *

- [exhales]

[sirens wailing]

[somber music]

* *

- Hey, are you sure you know what you're doing in there?

- You can do better, be my guest.

- No.

Hey, Kidd. - Hey.

- Uh, how's Isaiah settling in there?

- I wish I knew.

He is-- he's a tough nut to crack.

- Oh, so he's a teenager.

- Yeah, I'm sure that's part of it.

- Probably a bigger part than you think.

- Huh. - Yeah. Check this out.

Now, Max, he quit the soccer team two weeks ago.

Never said a word about it until Cindy,

she bumped into the coach at the bank.

And when she confronted Max about it,

this was his reply.

- "Oh, yeah, LOL."

Cow emoji, salt shaker emoji.

- They do that to confuse us.

- Well, at least he replies to your texts.

I had to join Javi's "Fortnite" server

just to find out his girlfriend's name.

- Thanks, guys. Good talk.

- Yeah. - Yep.

[knocking]

- You wanted to see me, Chief? - Yeah, your MVA this morning.

I heard there was an ambulance with a patient?

- Ambo 99. A quarter-turn rollover.

No other vehicle on scene,

so not really sure what caused it.

- Oh. And how are the medics?

- PIC suffered some head trauma and was taken to Med.

Partner was able to walk away. - And the patient?

- Patient was touch-and-go on scene.

Haven't heard any updates.

- Yeah, uh, okay.

- Where are you off to?

- Well, I've been trying to get our fearless

deputy district chief on the horn all day.

He's been dodging my calls.

- All due respect, Chief, with everything going on right now

in the CFD, you think it's the right time

to go in there guns a-blazing?

- Well, I'm not just gonna sit around

and watch my people be treated like cogs in a machine.

They have families and bills.

They'd have picked up side work if they had any warning

that they're gonna be out of work all week.

Budget cuts are one thing, but I'll be damned

if I'm gonna let this become the new normal.

[soft dramatic music]

- Yeah, we were pretty tight back then.

- Well, nothing cements a friendship more than

trauma-bonding at the Academy. - Mm-hmm.

I was there the night she met her husband.

They have a daughter now. Lyra.

God, they must be freaking out right now.

- How old is Lyra?

- [sighs] She must be four or five?

Six, maybe?

I should know that. - Hey. It's okay.

Life gets busy. - Mm-hmm.

- It's not anyone's fault.

Here, go check on her.

I'm gonna hit the supply closet,

and I'll meet you at the ambo.

- Okay. - Okay.

- Is Murphy okay?

- Uh, I don't know.

She hasn't come to yet.

They took her upstairs for a CT scan,

just trying to figure out if she suffered

any permanent brain damage.

Have you heard anything about the patient

you took over for us? - Yes.

Uh, he had a tear in his aorta.

Caused some pretty severe internal hemorrhaging.

He's on a ventilator in a medically-induced coma.

- Is he gonna make it? - I don't know.

[somber music]

- Crash was my fault.

- What do you mean? - [sniffles]

Sorry, I don't know what the hell I'm talking about.

Just forget--sorry, I gotta go.

[tense music]

.

- And he just came out and said it?

Just like that? - Yeah.

I don't get it.

How could the guy in the back cause an accident like that?

- Maybe something didn't get strapped down and went flying?

Happened to me once with an O2 tank when I was brand new.

- Well, whatever caused it,

a patient is in the ICU because of it

and a medic got seriously injured.

If that Pierce guy did cause it,

I just don't see how he keeps his job.

- Yeah.

- Because otherwise, it doesn't make any sense.

Do it. Make sure. - Mm-hmm.

- Ms. Davis. - Chief Pascal.

- It's good to see you again. - I won't hold you up.

You look like you're a man on a mission.

- Well, yes, I am actually on a mission,

trying to figure out why one of my rigs

was taken out of service without any warning.

I'm concerned that whoever's making these decisions

up there isn't taking into consideration

our response capabilities or firefighter morale.

But maybe I should be taking this up with you.

You are the mastermind of all this cost-cutting, right?

- Come by my office this week.

We'll have a chat. My assistant will set it up.

- I know what--

yeah, I know what lockdown means, okay?

I'm just asking for a ballpark estimate as to when he--

no, he-- [sighs]

Yeah, great, great. Thanks for nothing.

[phone clatters]

- Is, uh, everything okay over there?

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Um, one of those annoying billing issues

with the power company.

- Yeah, I've been there. They're all crooks.

- [chuckles] Yeah, you know, because they--

they know you can't take your business elsewhere.

- I don't know.

The way you were trying to stitch yourself up

the other day, seem like a guy who could live off the grid.

[soft dramatic music]

* *

- Hey, Novak.

Violet needs you in the briefing room.

- The official diagnosis

is moderate traumatic brain injury.

She's still aphasic and disoriented,

but Dr. Archer promised to keep us in the loop.

- Is there any idea what caused the accident?

- No.

We still haven't been able

to get a statement from Murphy yet.

It's possible she won't remember

any of the details anyway.

And unfortunately, we haven't had any eyewitnesses

come forward either. - What about Pierce?

- He has no idea what happened.

He said he was monitoring the patient

when all of a sudden, he was thrown across the ambo

like a ragdoll.

- He didn't even--

did he have, like, maybe a theory

on what might have happened?

- He didn't volunteer one, no, but my hope is we'll get more--

[phone buzzing] Oh, excuse me.

I have to take this.

I'll be in touch if I have any more questions.

- Thank you. - Robinson.

[soft tense music]

- Did Pierce blatantly lie to Robinson, do you think?

- I don't know.

But if he thinks he can railroad Murphy

to save his own ass, there is no way in hell

I'm gonna let that happen.

- Well, the easiest way to remember

is that the engine brings the water,

truck brings the tools.

And truckies are way cooler, of course.

Hey, maybe you could stop by the firehouse

after school sometime this week.

I mean, I don't mean to brag, but we got

some pretty cool stuff I could show you.

- Okay.

- You see anything you like?

What about-- oh, what about these?

They're Bulls colors. I know you're a big fan, right?

- They're nice. - Okay.

All right, I feel you.

What about-- what about these, hmm?

These are kind of more like a skater vibe.

You like these? - Sure.

- Maybe the young man would like another pair

like the ones he's wearing. We have some right here.

What do you think? - Yes, ma'am.

- Awesome. Size seven.

- There's a bench there. - Thank you.

- [whispers] Thank you.

- I got three boys myself.

Once they find something they like,

that's all I can get for them.

God help me if I try to take them shopping.

You'd think I was torturing them.

[chuckles]

Does your son always have such nice manners?

[soft music]

* *

- Do you have any socks? - Tons.

The wall right over there, we have them buy one,

get one free. - Okay, great, thank you.

* *

[apprehensive music]

* *

- What's going on?

- You said it was your fault. Those were your exact words.

You said, "That accident was my fault."

But in your statement to Robinson,

suddenly you have no idea what happened?

So which is it? - It's not what you think.

- I hope not, because from where I'm standing,

it sure as hell looks like you're trying to throw

all the blame onto Murphy. - Look, you're wrong.

I wasn't trying to blame her, I just--

I shouldn't have let her drive. I knew how exhausted she was.

Murphy fell asleep at the wheel.

* *

.

- We'd been going nonstop, literally, from one call

to the next our entire shift,

and Murphy was on less than 24 hours of rest.

That's just not enough, not with how busy we are now.

- How can you be sure she fell asleep if you were in the back?

- I felt the ambo drifting,

and when I looked up, we were in the oncoming traffic lane.

I yelled her name at the top of my lungs, and it woke her up.

She immediately jerked the wheel

but she overcorrected, and next thing I know, I'm airborne.

Just so you know, I'm not planning

on telling anyone else.

No way I'm letting Murphy take the hit for this.

She was only doing what she was told.

- I agree. This isn't on Murphy.

The whole system is broken.

But we can't pretend we don't know why,

or it'll just keep happening,

and that'll be on us.

[soft tense music]

- So what are we supposed to do?

- [sighs]

- [chuckles]

It is a miracle you've gotten as far

as you did and never got bounced.

- Me? Wow.

Wow, okay, you're really gonna make me bring up

your EVOC training, huh? You're gonna make me do this?

You failed that, what, two, three times?

- Twice. - [scoffs]

- I don't know about that.

- You don't know about that? - Mm-mm.

- Nah, I'm being real with you, though.

- Hmm?

- I'm not sure I ever would have made it through Academy

without you, Sal. - Get out of here, bro.

You're a born cop.

You just needed a little confidence boost, that's all.

- Still, not sure I ever said thank you.

[indistinct chatter]

* *

- You know, actually, there is a--

there is a way that you could repay the favor.

- Okay. - You know, even things out.

- Mm, should've known this wasn't just a casual bro-down.

Well, let's hear it.

- I need to get a look at the Bianchi case file.

Can you get it for me?

- You know how much heat I can catch if my sergeant found out?

- I do. I do.

And I wouldn't ask if it wasn't a life-or-death thing.

- Oh. - I know.

- Listen, Sal, whatever happened

with your old man's investigation,

it doesn't matter anymore.

That scumbag Bianchi, the jury acquitted him, bro.

He walked, and there's nothing that can change that now.

- Mm-hmm.

- It's over.

- Not for my dad, it's not.

- I completely froze.

I--I had no idea what to say.

Like, what even are we to him?

We're not his parents. We're not family.

- We're his guardians. - But only for a little bit.

- Well, that's what fostering is, isn't it?

- I don't know.

- I think you're putting way too much pressure on yourself

to make all this feel normal to him.

There's nothing about this that is normal.

[pensive music]

- Maybe this is just my life right now.

It's hard when you can't figure out

how to reach someone. - Well, it's only been a week.

We're basically strangers.

And we have to get to know him, he has to get to know us.

Give yourself a break. - Hmm.

- You heard back from Dr. Archer, didn't you?

- Yep, just now. Let's go for a ride.

- Both needles look good. 124 and 129.

- All right, check the code three package.

[switches clicking]

- Rear lights are hot. - All right, copy.

Hey!

I'm so glad you decided to come.

- I wanna go see my mom. - Okay.

I--I thought we were.

- I know, but I don't wanna wait a whole another week.

It's too long. - That's fine.

I--I just thought that Terry had set it up

for next week because your mom will be in the rehab unit

by then. - Yeah, but she's doing better.

So can you take me? - Absolutely, yes. Yeah.

I--I will call Terry and ask him to set it up

for tomorrow after shift. Does that work?

- Hey! So this must be Isaiah.

- Isaiah, this is my friend Christopher Herrmann.

And then that guy at the driver's seat,

that's Sal Vasquez. - What's up, buddy?

- Hi.

- So listen, bud, um,

one thing I've learned in all my years

is that firehouse tours can be a total snoozefest.

So why don't we just skip all the nonsense

and cut to the good stuff?

- What's the good stuff?

- You ever seen the jaws of life?

Come on.

[soft music]

All right, so somebody gets pinned in a car, right?

What are we gonna do?

We gotta get 'em out really fast.

We throw this in. They can't get out, and we go--

[jaws whirring] - Oh, whoa!

- Open anything.

- Hey. - Hey.

- How are you feeling, Murph?

- Like I got flattened by a steamroller.

- Well, you look good.

- Liar.

- [chuckles]

- What's up with you jumping on top of my ambo like that?

You training for Squad now, or--

seriously, what the hell were you thinking?

- I wasn't. - Clearly.

- [chuckles] - I'm glad you did though.

And I'm so glad it was you that took care of our patient.

- I wasn't sure if you'd had any memory of it.

That's a good sign.

- That's what Dr. Archer said too.

- How about before we got there?

Do you have any memory of how the crash happened?

- [breathes deeply]

- Hey.

- This is, uh, my partner, Lizzie Novak.

- I didn't realize this was an official visit.

- It's not.

- The lawyer from the union said

not to talk to anyone about the accident, not even friends,

so if you don't mind-- - That's fine.

You don't have to talk. I just--

[apprehensive music]

Will you please listen to what I have to say?

- [breathes deeply]

- We know what happened, and it's not your fault, Murph.

The city, the CFD, they have pushed you.

They have pushed all of us.

And we need to make them understand

that these are the consequences,

and it's only gonna get worse if we don't speak up.

- If I don't speak up, you mean.

- I know it's not our jobs on the line.

But next time, I mean-- - It doesn't matter.

The city's broke, and there's nothing we can do about that.

So why would I risk my career

when it won't make any difference?

- Main to Ambo 61.

Boat incident on the river at the 18th Street Bridge.

Possible cardiac event.

- [clears throat] Copy that, Main.

Ambo 61 en route.

* *

[sirens wailing]

[tense music]

* *

- That's gotta be it.

- Squad 3 to Main.

I need a fast boat and a Coast Guard backup.

We have a runaway boat.

- Copy that, Squad 3.

Moving in the Coast Guard now.

- Is that guy passed out?

* *

.

- CFD Rescue Boat to Squad 3. We're on-scene.

- All right, Cruz with me.

Kidd, get ready to hop the Coast Guard cutter

if this all goes to hell.

- Copy. - Copy that.

[tense music]

* *

- Hey, be careful.

- What's the plan, Lieutenant?

- Fall in the starboard side of that ski boat.

[engine revs]

- You sure?

It'd be safer from the outside, don't you think?

- Another two or three more circles,

that ski boat's running into the river wall.

You wanna be on the outside for that?

- No, sir.

- All right, Cruz, I need you to spot me.

Until I give you the call, make sure

you got solid footing. - Good to go!

* *

- All right, we need to get way closer.

Nice and steady, no sudden moves.

All right, a little closer.

* *

[engines roaring]

On my count.

One...

Two, three!

* *

- Heart rate and BP are normal.

It's not cardiac.

- No, he's hypoglycemic. Blood sugar's at 38.

- Okay, let's load him up. Give him IV dextrose en route.

Thank you. - Tell you what.

The amount of paperwork you're gonna have

to get through, I don't miss it at all.

- Lucky bastard.

- What the hell?

[soft dramatic music]

Hey.

- Squad 3 to Main.

We're gonna need a second ambo at the 18th Street Bridge.

- How are we doing there, kiddo, huh?

Are you hurt? Can you get up?

- [groans] - No?

All right.

I'll bet you hurt that elbow when the boat

was bouncing around, huh? Okay.

Can I come in there a little closer, sweetheart?

- [groans]

- Oh, that must really, really hurt.

Well, the good thing is, I have a quick fix,

and I can make the hurting go away...

[snaps] Just like that, all right?

Atta girl. Here you go.

- [groans] - There.

It's done!

It doesn't hurt anymore, right? - Mm-hmm.

- Come on, let's go visit your dad.

There you go.

[grunts]

- Hey. - Hey.

- So, did you get your

billing issue sorted out?

- I did, yeah. Yeah, I'm, uh--

I'm staying on the grid.

- All right. Good.

Okay.

Can you just tell me one thing?

What the hell is this?

- [exhales] That, uh--

that is lechon asado.

- Lechon asado. And what's that, like, pork?

- It's a Puerto Rican delicacy.

- Hey, there he is.

Paging Dr. Herrmann.

- Give it a rest, will you?

- What are you talking about, Capp?

- Oh, they found a little kid on the boat

after you guys left, and, uh, Herrmann figured out

she had nursemaid's elbow,

and he pulled this Mr. Miyagi trick

and fixed it right on the spot.

- Not exactly brain surgery, Capp.

[soft dramatic music]

* *

- That's it. That's our solution.

- I put a quick-release by my side,

unhook it as soon as you get on the other boat.

- Let's rig it up and test it out.

- Copy that.

- I gotta say, that was one hell of a save

today, Lieutenant.

We're lucky you were out there for us.

- Solid teamwork all around.

- Well, well, well, look at you.

I've never seen the chief walk more than ten feet

to compliment somebody before.

[laughs]

- Kelly.

- Uh, hey, did you talk to Terry?

- Yes, and he said no problem.

He's gonna call the hospital, tell them to give

Isaiah's mom a heads-up.

- Well, what time are we heading out?

- I actually thought I could take him on my own.

You know...

after the thing at the shoe store, I just--

I need to figure out a way to connect with him,

and I thought that this could maybe help.

- Yeah, no, I get it. Do your thing.

- Okay. Thank you.

- Yeah.

* *

- [clears throat] I know.

I know, and I'm sorry to barge in again.

Look, we know the whole department is a mess right now,

so I totally understand why you wouldn't wanna come forward.

But, Murph, what if there was a way that we could

change things for the better?

- I understand you spent some time

down in Miami for a few years. What brought you back?

- With all due respect, Ms. Davis,

I'm sure you're a busy woman.

Why don't we just cut to the chase?

- What am I looking at?

- You may not be aware of this,

but most firefighters work second jobs

when they're not on shift,

so if they unexpectedly lose two or three shifts

and can't slot in other work,

that can mean the difference between making the mortgage

and not making the mortgage,

and that shouldn't be taken lightly.

- We don't take that lightly, Chief.

But with all the problems we're up against,

it can't surprise you that we've hit a few snags.

And we still have a tough road ahead of us.

We're gonna need strong leaders in the CFD

who can handle all the extra pressure.

- What are you saying?

- This won't be publicly announced

for another week or two, but City Hall

and the Fire Department have finalized a plan

to consolidate and reduce the number of battalions

in the CFD.

- When this plan goes into effect...

- Six battalion chiefs will have to go.

[soft tense music]

Your passion for this job, your commitment

to your firefighters underneath your command,

that's exactly why you aren't on this list.

- [exhales]

Thank you for your time.

- One other thing.

Uh, I was just wondering if...

maybe sometime you and I go grab a drink.

It's just that, in my experience,

it's a rare thing to meet a man who isn't intimidated

by a woman in my position.

But no pressure, obviously.

- No, it's just, um--

I'm--um, I'm married.

I was.

So I'm not in a place to, uh--

Thank you again.

* *

.

- I don't have to explain to you

what things are like right now--

one medic calls off, and that means another one

of us has to work a double

or on half the rest we normally get,

and then we're on, and it's nonstop calls.

And with this city-wide hiring freeze,

it's only gonna get worse.

Someone will die at some point. It's inevitable.

- I don't disagree with anything you're saying, but--

- I know. So what's our solution?

- Firefighters.

- What if we redeploy firefighters

to take some of the pressure off of our paramedics?

Firefighters are already on the city payroll

so the hiring freeze doesn't apply,

and every firefighter is already

a trained and certified EMT.

- Plus, with their shifts getting cut back,

every firefighter we know will be lining up

for the extra hours. Everybody wins.

- Well, I wouldn't say everybody.

[soft dramatic music]

* *

What Violet said about how sometimes

it takes a tragedy to wake people up,

make them see that something's gotta change--

she's absolutely right.

And if you're willing to come forward

about what really happened, I'd--

I'd say we have a good chance of selling

this plan to the brass, but--

- I'll get fired.

- It's very possible.

I'll fight it, but I can't guarantee I'll win.

Are you prepared to take that risk?

- I am, Chief.

* *

- Damn. Six battalion chiefs?

[distant sirens wailing]

So they decided to go with the chainsaw, not the scalpel?

- Yes, they have.

- I'm just glad you weren't on the chopping block, Chief.

Would have been a disaster for the entire CFD.

Why do you think Davis leaked it to you

before it was made public?

What?

- She asked me out.

- Wow. - Yeah.

- Did not see that coming. - No, that makes two of us.

But the question is, what is she really up to?

- What do you mean?

- Davis is a politico through and through.

Those people, they're always working some angle.

Maybe she wants a source closer to the ground.

- Or maybe she just likes you.

[soft music]

* *

- Doesn't matter.

We got bigger fish to fry.

I'm gonna be responsible for five additional houses

with this whole battalion consolidation,

so I'm not gonna be here for all the day-to-day.

I'm counting on you to step up and take that role, Lieutenant.

What I saw on the boat call and what I've seen in you--

for a long time, in fact--

I have no doubt that 51 will be in capable hands.

* *

- I won't let you down, Chief.

[trunk pops, clicks]

- This is--

I don't even know what to say.

- You can say we're even.

- Thank you.

For real.

* *

What?

- Heard he's coming up for parole.

Look, I know you don't wanna hear this,

and I'm not gonna pretend like I know

what you're going through. I mean, if it was my old man--

- I'm sure you've heard what prison is like

for an ex-cop, right?

Now imagine being an ex-cop who's in there

for planting evidence.

- Like I said...

I don't know what it's like to be in your shoes,

I'm sure as hell. - Hmm.

- But I'm telling you, Sal, as your friend,

I've looked through it, and there is nothing

in that file that's gonna help you get your dad out.

I wish there was, but I'm sorry.

[trunk thuds]

[somber music]

* *

- [breathes deeply]

[chuckles]

- What?

- What did the ocean say to the beach?

Nothing. It just waved.

- That's bad.

- What did one wall say to the other?

I'll meet you at the corner.

- [chuckles] - Stella Kidd?

- I'll, uh-- I'll go see what's going on.

Is everything okay?

- We tried reaching out to Isaiah's caseworker

about this to save you the trip down here.

The boy's mother suffered a fairly big setback

a few hours ago. - Okay.

- It's called post-traumatic hyper--

- What's wrong?

- I'm sorry, son, but I really need to speak with your--

- What? What's happening?

- It's hard to explain.

Maybe we should let the grown-ups figure this out.

- Don't do that. Don't treat him like a baby.

We're talking about his mom.

He deserves to know what's going on.

He can handle the truth, right?

[soft somber music]

- Isaiah, you mom developed something called

post-traumatic hydrocephalus.

That means fluid has been building up around her brain.

Once we caught it, we did an emergency procedure

to drain the fluid and relieve the pressure.

Now we just have to wait and watch her closely

to see how her brain responds.

- Where is she? I wanna see her.

- She's intubated and heavily sedated, so...

- Okay.

- I really don't think this is the best time.

- Whoa, Isaiah!

[sighs, clicks tongue]

* *

- [sobbing quietly]

[dramatic music]

* *

[wolf howls]