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Hey, you're home early. How was book club? Stacy and Monica had too much

They got in an argument, and I had to drive them both home.

Both of them? Yeah, they drove together, so... You guys ever talk about books in

this book club? Oh, yeah, the argument was about the book.

Hey, what's that?

Uh, these are the final selections for the new captain for the 118.

They narrowed it down to these three, and Chief wanted me to weigh in.

They're all pretty impressive.

Do you have a favorite?

It's hard to say.

Good.

I think you're missing one.

What about that guy?

Maddie can't be me.

Why not?

Chief Simpson offered you the position. You've been doing it for months and

pretty successfully from what I can tell.

I told him that I didn't want it.

Uh -huh.

But now you do.

Call him and tell him that you changed your mind.

Did I change my mind, or am I just looking at three strangers who don't

compare to Bobby?

Okay, forget about what you want.

What do you think the team wants?

I don't know.

It's one thing to be interim captain, but to make it official... What if

change?

What if they resent me for thinking I could take Bobby's place?

See, no one can take Bobby's place.

But maybe you've earned your own place.

You really think that's how the 118 would feel about it?

Yeah, I do.

Because you're family.

Okay, so, Aunt Sheila, Rita, and Jackie.

Uh -huh. Uncles Billy, Barnabas, Robbie, and Dave.

And Dermot.

Damn it.

Wait, which is the bald one?

Most of them.

Babe, it's not the GRE.

My family's gonna love you. How do you know that?

Because I love you.

But, fair warning, The Millers can be a tad bit competitive.

You just tell me this now.

I'm an Enneagram 9, babe. I can't handle conflict. I didn't want to scare you,

Pop. Finally, the famous Libby.

Hi. Thank you so much for having me, Mr. Miller.

Oh, please, call me Gus. Mr. Miller's my father's name.

I'm Jamie, but you can call me Mom.

I brought potato salad.

Oh.

Vinegar base.

I'll put this on the table next to mine.

Incoming!

I'm guessing from those noodle arms that you're still a medium.

Uncle Dermot, right?

And Cousin Raylan. She's good.

Don't worry, girl, you'll get one of these when you get one of these.

But no pressure.

Did Austin tell you about when I owned him at Cornhole and he cried like a

bitch? I cried like a regular person.

Easy, folks.

Let's handle this Miller style.

What's Miller style?

I'll be proud of you.

Come on, Libster. It's your last chance to join the winning team.

Oh, no, no, it's okay. I'll just watch. You can't watch.

It's a war.

He's a conscientious objector. It's fine with me. Really?

On three.

One.

ever been to a family reunion?

I did once. Uncle Tito tried to sell me a timeshare.

See, Jim, doesn't that sound fun? We should do something like that. Having

our family.

Oh, God.

There's more this way. A lot more.

Does anyone see my fingers?

Has anyone seen my ring?

All right, dispatch. We're going to need more RA units.

Bowman, I need some saline and gauze. And morphine.

I've seen this before.

In Afghanistan?

Boy, it's called jamboree.

A surgeon should be able to attend to this, okay? Assuming that we can find

your digits and match them to your hand.

All right, everybody, watch your step.

I got one.

Who had a French tip?

My God, that's me.

Hey, Buck, give me the finger.

Any dice?

Yeah, and lots of it. One bag per person.

We're going to have to send everybody to different trauma centers.

I got two more. I don't think this is you.

I got some ice. Perfect.

Thank you. And I found these over by the picnic table. Babe, do they look

familiar? That's my thumb. I got dibs on the other one. Sir, it's not first

come, first served.

Another French dip. Another one for Jeannie.

Jeannie.

Does everybody have their fingers?

I'm still missing my ring finger and my ring.

What?

Want to use vasovagal?

Maybe, or maybe it's just the pain. We should get her to the hospital.

No, I'm getting married.

I need my ring finger. Okay, we'll keep looking for it, okay? I promise. Okay?

Just here.

Promise. Wait, Raylan!

It rolled under the grill.

Luckily, your rings are a sparkler.

Do I also love you?

Come on.

Still want to do one of these with our families?

You know, maybe every third Christmas is enough.

Protein powder.

A diet soda.

Tastes like a root beer float, but with gains. Sounds good. I'm in.

Hen, what do you think?

I think I'm getting a rash just thinking about it.

Looks allergic.

Did we switch glove brands or something?

Natural. Same as always. You should try a beef tallow. Super hydrating.

That smell like jerky all day? No thanks.

I'll just take an antihistamine.

Hey, team.

A word?

What's up, Cap?

I just wanted to take a moment to commend you all.

Okay.

On what?

On an excellent shift.

And all of your commendable excellence in the field.

I just want to say that it's an honor and a gift to lead this team. You know,

that's all.

Okay, what was that?

Is he retiring or something?

I think he was trying to be inspirational.

Let's get out of here before he does that again.

Hey, Eric, I just got this.

This is from the LAFD.

Yeah, I got accepted.

I'm not...

Accepted. Invited.

Invited to take the test to see if I get accepted.

Were they recruiting at your high school?

No, I dropped out of high school.

Wait, you dropped out of high school?

When? When I turned 18.

Well, does your mom know?

Yeah. And she's okay with this?

No.

Okay, and when did you apply to the fire academy?

Well, today.

After you let me ride along with you on the road. Oh, that's what I was afraid

of. Okay, is your mom mad at me? Your name never even came up. Even once this

letter arrived. She doesn't know about the letter. Okay, I'm starting to feel

like an accomplice to a crime I didn't commit. Well, I'm not hiding anything

exactly. I just... It's really complicated with my mom right now.

And it's not like there's anything to tell. I mean, this letter doesn't mean

I'll be accepted.

Right. It just says you've been invited to take CPAT and do the interviews.

So if I get accepted...

I will tell her. I will tell everybody.

But right now, it's just really important to me that I do this totally

completely on my own.

So why tell me?

Because I need your help.

911, what's your emergency?

It's my daughter.

She stopped breathing.

Felicia! Felicia!

Does she have any health conditions that might have caused this? There's a pill

bottle. And I think she took them. How many pills did she take?

This is 77L30, first on the scene.

Approaching the entrance.

LAPD, entering now.

Alicia.

Alicia. Baby, please.

Ma 'am, do you know what she took? Oh.

Okay, tilt her head back.

Put her on the side.

Come on. Come back.

Come on, baby. Come back.

Come back.

Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Come back. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come

on. Come on. Wake up.

You're back.

You're back.

Back?

They're going to take good care of you.

Mommy's right here, baby.

It's okay.

The message started about six months ago.

At first, they were generic. You're stupid.

You're ugly.

But then they got worse.

I notified her school and her guidance counselor, and they said there was

nothing they could do.

It's been awful.

Mind if I take a look?

Those last messages she got just this morning before she...

That came

before I literally got out of bed.

These messages aren't just from strangers.

That's what makes it so scary.

It has to be somebody that she knows. Do you have any suspicions who it might

be? Nothing I can prove.

But I do know that she's friends with a bunch of mean girls.

I just stopped hanging out with them.

I don't know who I can trust anymore. You can trust me, baby.

We go through everything together.

You don't have to do this on your own.

I'm a mother.

I've been where you are.

I'm going to find out who did this, and they're going to be sorry what I did.

You have my word.

Kelsey?

I'm Dr. Brett. I'll be doing your scan.

What brings you to Luna?

Today's my birthday. I thought that should be a fun little gift to myself.

But I'm starting to realize a full -body elective CT was a weird way to spend my

40th. There's no greater gift than peace of mind.

Everything okay?

Yeah, I just didn't realize there were needles involved.

Oh, it's a simple imaging dye.

Helps with the glamour shots of your beautiful organs.

Now you'll feel a slight chill as I push this fluid, and it will be a taste.

It's like I'm eating pennies. Totally normal.

Now lay back, let your mind drift, and relax.

The lorazepam will kick in any second.

Hi, Luna Medical Spa.

Well, for that, I'd recommend the luminary package, which comes with four

scan and month.

Great. Okay. Scan soon. Stay in tune.

All right.

All right.

You get a gold star for holding still.

Kelsey? Oh, my God.

911, what's your emergency?

My patient needs a medic.

Whoa.

This is a doctor's office. What a spot.

A little bit of both.

Recreational imaging and complimentary coffee.

Are you the one who's in charge?

How long has she been down? I'm not sure. The scan takes about 30 minutes.

Okay, Bob, switch with him. And you're on airway, Eddie, defib.

I got it.

Barely getting the pulse here, Kat. What did she come in here for?

Labs, EKG, ECG. Checking our airways. Chest X -ray, full body MRI, CT scan,

genetic screening.

She got the peace of mind package.

Airway's cold. Grabbing a boozy.

Did you give her Epi?

No, lorazepam. Probably made it worse.

Made what worse?

Pushing three mils of Epi.

I can't get through. I can't even see her cord.

Straight to every hive. This is anaphylaxis. It's an allergic reaction.

Too much. You're supposed to fast for six hours.

Taking over compressions.

She signed a release.

Kelsey Landis.

Family history is blank.

Did you give her contrast dye? Yeah, that's standard.

Allergy to that's what? One in a hundred?

This severe?

Closer to one in a million.

But it's hereditary.

They both check.

Nothing. She's been acetylene.

Then shock her.

She's flatlining, Dr.

Brett. You can't shock acetylene.

Second round of epi.

Stay with us, Kelsey. Come on.

Pulse check.

Push the third round of epi.

Come on. Come on.

Switch with me.

She's gone.

You don't get to call it. I am a doctor.

All right,

that's three rounds of epi.

Let's get her on the gurney.

We'll send her to St. Ray's.

We'll let them call it.

Hey, are

you

okay?

Your hand, you had a tremor.

Are you diagnosing me?

I'm just trying to help. Stop.

You're not a doctor. You're a salesman.

You scan people and credit cards.

The Los Angeles Fire Department. Every year, thousands apply, but few are

accepted. Because this is not a job.

It's a calling.

And your journey to becoming a firefighter starts right here.

Got it.

So what do we do first?

First, we do hill. No quitting. No whining. You give me any guff, I blow

whistle, you get down and give me 50 push -ups. Didn't guff.

One, two, three.

Canada Grant, why is it your dreams to go in the LAFC? I want to make the world

a better place.

Do you plan to be a firefighter or a Miss Universe?

What is the most essential duty of a probationary firefighter? Putting out

fires.

Preparation. You get over 50 applicants for every position.

Why should we pick you? I was born for this.

CPAC, this is a paid event.

You've got to do each one 50 pounds on your back, and you have 10 minutes, 20

seconds to complete it.

Drive those knees.

Yeah, there we go. And, hey, take the next right.

You need groceries.

Yes, sir.

Kenny, you're going to need this doll for 10 minutes, 20 seconds.

No break. I'm making you a pizza for building grip strength.

Weak grip and you drop your tools.

Want to drop the tools in the middle of an inferno?

One.

Two.

Again.

Again.

Again. Again.

Again. What is your best asset? Just wait until the winner.

Got that from my mom. What's the word? My whole track. Wrong.

You're inexperienced.

Dad,

how will you earn the rest of your fellow firefighters?

Tell them that I want them too bad to quit.

I'll never stop working.

Dad. Dad.

Dad.

What's that? There you go.

Come on. Fire's burning. Which station is that station?

118. Hell yeah.

Don't say that in the interview, though. Woo! Come on. And time.

How long was that? What's the thing?

There's your red.

Nice job scoring zero goals.

Everyone knows you a bop.

Any idea why someone would text those to Alicia Hughes?

No clue. My daughter doesn't even know what a bop is. Right, Dana?

It's a skank.

How about this one?

Kill yourself, bitch.

Alicia didn't deserve that. She's nice. She's pretty.

She's my best friend.

Why didn't she hear from you in the hospital? I honestly don't know what to

She's been different lately.

We barely hang out anymore.

When the text started, it changed everything.

When did the text start?

We had just gone back from summer vacation, doing college apps.

This was going to be our big senior year, you know?

Then at the first pep rally, boom.

She got a text from an unknown number.

That must have been scary.

At first it was kind of funny, like, you have stalker, and then it got weird.

And they just kept coming, like thousands of them. 4 ,012.

Whoever texted them is a sicko. Or jealous.

She was captain of the soccer team. You were cut from varsity, weren't you? Yes,

but... Don't ask that.

The whole school knows Alicia.

The soccer team, yearbook club, band kids, lax bros, skaters, vapers,

loners. Alicia got super paranoid.

She started pointing fingers at everyone.

Bailey started to think that Alicia was texting herself to get attention.

Who's Bailey?

Alicia's best friend.

I thought you were her best friend. Bailey came first.

I mean, they've been like... Twins since the fifth grade. They were inseparable.

They even applied to all the same colleges.

And then what happened?

Alicia became unhinged. Started making accusations.

Bailey didn't like that.

She's kind of prickly.

Salty. She's a total bitch.

Bailey Thompson?

Yeah? I was hoping to talk to you about a friend of yours.

Alicia Hughes.

Not my friend. He used to be.

Heard you had a falling out over some text messages.

So now she's not just telling our friends that I'm a cyber bully.

She's telling the police. She didn't accuse you. But you're here, which means

somebody did.

Great.

You know what? Here.

The code is 9218.

Take a look for yourself.

I'm not your bully.

It must be hard to be accused of something you didn't do.

I can understand why you cut Alicia out of your life over it.

What? No, you got it backwards.

Alicia's the one who went no contact.

One day we're talking about decorating our dorm rooms, and the next, she won't

even look at me.

I still don't get how she thought it was me.

Is Alicia okay?

I heard she was in the hospital.

She's having a rough time.

Maybe you should pay her a visit.

I think she could use a friend right now.

No, no, no. I remembered you said something about an Uncle Albert who had

stroke after he got hit by a car.

So not an inherited medical condition.

Yeah, it's for a school project about family history.

Listen, Ma, I got to meet Karen and the kids and I'm running late. So call you

tomorrow?

Take care.

Love you.

I just got stuck at work.

No, no, I'm not going to make it. But maybe I'll just meet you back at home

later.

What time do you think you'll get home?

Okay.

I'll see you then.

When you invited me over for dinner, I was... kind of hoping it would be a home

-cooked meal?

I don't know why.

You know how I feel about cooking these days.

You've grown.

You're welcome to cook for me.

You invited me.

And you're right.

I am grown.

Cheers to mother -daughter bonding.

I'm still not used to this drinking wine with my baby girl.

Get used to it. It's happening.

I'm so sorry. It's okay. No worries.

What is this?

You shouldn't read that.

Somebody sent these messages?

To an 18 -year -old girl.

She's being cyberbullied. She tried to take her own life.

I see.

Mom, you know I'm okay, right?

Of course I do.

No, I just feel like I need to say it because we never really talk about it.

We've talked about it.

I've talked about it, but not really to you, and you've never talked about it.

Is that why you left this out for me to find?

Whenever I think about it, it just breaks my heart.

That you were in so much torment and under my roof and I didn't see it.

I'm so sorry I let that happen to you, babe.

You know what I think about when I look back on it?

Not that pain that I was in.

I remember waking up in that hospital bed and seeing your face.

And I knew I was going to be okay.

Because the one person I needed most in this world.

Was with me. Of course I was.

And I always will be. You can trust me, baby.

We'll go through everything together.

Oh, my God.

What?

I know who the bully is.

Sergeant Grant.

Did we have a meeting?

No. I thought I'd drop by.

May I?

Yeah. Of course.

Are there updates in the case? We question all of Alicia's friends.

It was Bailey, wasn't it?

I don't think it's Bailey.

Oh. How do you know?

Well, I asked Bailey for her phone, and she offered it up without hesitation.

She probably would have deleted those messages already, right?

But we're not looking for the messages.

What do you mean?

How else would you know who it is?

We subpoenaed Phantom Phone, the app.

that the perpetrator used to text anonymously. They give us the IP address

was used to text messages.

We trace that IP address back to the phone.

At her school, there were tons of people that Alicia used to talk to.

Teachers, coaches.

I'd like to start with you.

Me? Our texts from Run Your Data in a couple of hours, and then we can move on

to the actual suspects.

Yeah, of course.

I understand. I'll go grab it for you. Thank you.

I need you to come out.

If you don't, I will come in.

Oh, no.

Let me go.

You're not getting off that easy.

Is that Tamara?

Yeah.

The whole drag, wasn't it? No.

Search and rescue.

No, that went great, too.

Okay, so what happened?

It was the interview.

What? No, come on. We got your answers to such a great place. I swear,

everything I asked you was regulation. They asked me the same questions you

asked.

Then they asked me if I had a criminal record.

Okay, that's normal.

You told them you don't, right?

I hit someone.

It was self -defense, but I took it too far.

Look, you don't have to explain yourself.

I know you're a good kid.

Why didn't you give me a heads up?

We could have prepared for this.

I mean, I didn't think it would come up.

I was underage, and I didn't even know that they could see my record.

Well, now they have, but that doesn't mean it's the end of the road.

They're going to do their due diligence, but it's not like you committed arson.

A simple assault is not going to keep you from getting it.

They want to speak to my probation officer.

Okay, there we go. That's great.

The court released me to my mother's custody.

Huh.

Look, I... I know she doesn't even want me doing this in the first place.

I needed to go to her with a win, not another problem she needed to fix.

Oh, she's not going to see it that way. I see it that way. And if I can't

accomplish this on my own terms, I'm just not going to do it.

I officially dropped out.

And nobody needs to know I fell out except for you.

No, come on, Harry.

Thank you for everything, but... Sorry I wasted your time.

You don't have to do this, you know.

I know. No one would blame you if you walked out of here and never spoke to

woman again.

She's my mother.

But you don't.

Or anything.

Let the courts handle it from here.

I want to know why.

Alicia.

You realize that whatever she tells you is likely a lie.

But I need to hear it from her.

Alicia.

What the hell? Happy to see you, baby.

How could you be happy to see me?

After everything you did to me. I did those things for you.

To protect you.

You needed to see how scary this world can be.

It's not the world, Mom.

It's you.

You're the thing I'm scared of.

Don't say that.

I'm your mother.

I've always been there for you.

Remember that.

Remember everything that I've done for you.

I will.

Good.

Baby.

We are going to get through this just like we do everything else.

Together.

No.

We won't.

I am walking out of this hospital and never speaking to you again.

I'm going to start my life over without you.

So don't even think about coming to find me.

Alicia. Alicia, honey, please.

Thank you.

When you said grab a bite, I was picturing something less formal.

It'll be fine.

The cheapest item on this menu is a whole branzino. I can't eat a meal

looking at me. We're not here to eat, okay?

Is that the fire chief?

Oh, God, it is.

Yes, it is.

I'm just going to talk to him, okay? You know, Bobby used to get this little

vein popping in his neck sometimes when he'd talk about you. This is why, isn't

it? You're going to make your case for why you deserve a shot, because that's

what you want, right?

Harry, I... I know you're only 18.

And you've already had a lot of loss. So I think you're so afraid of losing one

more thing that you've decided you'd rather just walk away. But I promise

giving it up is not going to hurt any less than having them take it away.

You know, despite all the vain popping, the driving him crazy, there's one thing

Bobby would never let me do.

What?

He'd never let me give up on myself.

Chief Simpson.

Buckley. Hey. Just a surprise?

You remember Harry Grant, sir?

Bobby Nash's stepson?

Indeed. Good to see you, young man. Sir.

Harry actually just applied to the Academy.

Yes, but I was told Mr. Grant had dropped out.

Am I mistaken?

Uh, no, sir. I was mistaken.

Two years ago, I made a mistake.

I was in a store.

The manager made some false accusations, and then he put his hands on me.

I fought back.

You were justified.

I thought so at the time.

And now?

I'd like to think I'd find a different way to handle that situation.

Do you think you deserve another chance?

I don't know if I deserve one. But I promise you, I wouldn't waste it.

I know what that uniform stands for.

And I promise you, I would not disown him.

Looks like my ride is here.

Thank you for hearing me out, sir. Have a good night.

Monday morning, Kennedy Grant.

Report to the training center.

You're giving me another shot?

Let's see what you do with it.

Okay. I can't believe that. Okay.

How do you want to celebrate?

Celebrate what?

Uh. What are you doing here?

I was just having dinner with the chief.

Why?

The last time that I stood here before you, it was to remember what we had

A fallen hero.

But today, we're here to celebrate something that we've gained.

A new captain to lead the 118.

When Firefighter Hahn approached me and asked to be considered for the job, I

had only one thought.

What the hell took you so long?

But I think it was his hesitation, that sober consideration that demonstrated

he was the right person for the job.

To lead such brave men and women is an honor.

It is a burden.

It is a privilege.

And I believe that Captain Howard Hong is up for the task.

You think he'd like it?

I think he would have been terribly embarrassed.

But secretly, he would have loved it.

Okay, um, I don't know if this is the best time or the worst time to tell you.

You got into the fire academy?

I start Monday.

Harry, that's... Congratulations.

Really?

Really. I'm proud of you.

Hey, maybe you guys didn't hear, but there's a party downstairs.

What is this?

You took a note.

You get a prize.

Coffee mug?

Rubber act?

Please tell me nothing's going to pop out at me.

I think we made him speechless.

Wait till he sees the rest.

Read the back.

118, it's not just a number.

It's ours.

I promise I won't let you guys down, okay?

Oh, you okay?

Yeah.

I've been a little loopy. I didn't sleep much last night.

I didn't get any swearing in of your new captain.

I hear he's a terror.

I can handle him.

Yeah, I'm struggling with more of like a medical mystery.

I do not miss those.

When you were a nurse, it was in Pennsylvania, right?

Yeah, Hershey.

You probably saw a lot of Lyme disease in that part of the world.

Probably also saw a lot of stuff that looked like Lyme disease and probably

ended up being...

Something else.

Why?

We had a patient the other day. A woman in her 40s.

All the symptoms of Lyme disease, but she hadn't been anywhere east of the

Rockies. Hmm.

Fibromyalgia? Well, that doesn't have a rash.

That became maybe mono?

You would have seen swollen lymph nodes in the neck.

Syphilis? God, no.

I mean, also, that wouldn't explain her muscle soreness.

Yeah. Unfortunately, you can't put a CT scan machine in the back of an

ambulance.

Yeah.

What I wouldn't do to get my hands on one of those.

Okay, you know we don't take insurance.

Oh, one of your few redeeming qualities.

Though, your flat white in the lobby was pretty good.

I'm paying cash.

You don't want anyone to know that you're sick.

That's why you're here.

I don't need anybody asking me questions, including you.

So just run the test, and I'll do the rest.

Okay, Firefighter Wilson.

Doctor, doctor.

Welcome to Luna. You gotta help me, baby.

The all -new 9 -1 -1 Nashville fall finale, next.

I know I gotta tell them. I'm just not ready for this to be the end of my

Sounds like active labor. She's dilated six centimeters.

Eddie? Glove off. What?

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

We got smoke and fire coming from the second floor. People are trapped.

Ken, you're on search and rescue.

Firefighter Wilson, do you copy?