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Okay, you've officially reached Fort Knox level security.

Oh, you think it's too much? Three motion sensors in the living room? I

maybe if you're trying to keep Tom Cruise from getting his hands on your

list.

Mission impossible, no?

Sorry, haven't seen it.

Travesty.

Maybe we pop the hinges out the door.

Or we use the jog of life.

No, no, no.

It has to fit. I measured it twice. Can't you guys just, you know, turn it

around the other way?

And then the pizza will slide off.

You have pizza on my new sofa?

It's on the plastic.

I'm sorry. You were showing me the security app.

All right, pivot.

Okay, so basically, you can check everything on here.

That's with your leg.

And you can also check it on your phone if you're not at home. Well, that's

great, because now if I hear a noise in the middle of the night, I don't have to

get out of bed to know it's the ice maker.

Hey, thank you guys for helping me on your day off.

Don't worry about it. Wait.

Countertop. Kitchen.

Mirror. Also kitchen.

Fridge. Clever.

He's so cute.

Yeah, he gets that a lot.

You should meet his kid, though.

Wait, does Chimney have a kid?

No, I thought you meant... Chimney?

Yeah, it got close.

Yeah, not close enough.

Get down, people. Move, move, move.

All right, you guys are going to fan out, go behind those bleachers. Eddie,

after we get the people out, you think you can kill that engine?

I think so. I'm just worried about the dynamic rollover. The dynamic what?

We change the weight ratio while pulling people out. The whole thing can tip

over. The rotors can step off.

And then flying rocks are going to be the least of our problems. All right,

visors down. Let's go.

Put your arms around me. Yes.

All right, here we go.

All right,

on three.

One, two.

Whole box is good. We can get rid of this.

How are you doing?

Not sure.

How's Trent? Is he okay?

Your pilot's going to be just fine.

Hey, do me a favor.

Say it on the 405. Speeds are into five miles an hour, making your morning need

a rough one.

I know that voice.

Taylor Kelly reporting, right? Guy with News 8.

That's me.

Wow.

It's weird to...

Hear that voice come out of her face.

Thank you?

You have helped me beat traffic in this city more times than you will ever know.

Oh, you might want an Uber tomorrow.

For justice and peace in the world, and that our leaders may be illuminated

by the grace of God, we pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

And for the repose of the soul of Brooke Nash, we pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

She would have turned 13 today.

Is it hard to reconcile that with the image you still have of her in your

Yeah.

Especially around her birthday.

Brooke's very last school project was a show -and -tell with her dad.

A hero.

She was so proud of me.

I believe she's proud of you now.

I hope so, Father. I really hope so.

This is fantastic.

I love it.

We need to capture it all, real life, inside a firehouse.

Please, Scott, tell me there's a Dalmatian wrestler somewhere.

Excuse me.

Captain Nash, I'm Taylor Kelly. We met the other day when you were... I don't

know who you are, Miss Kelly. I just don't understand what you're doing here.

Please don't film in here.

Why not?

Because it's rude.

Oh.

They didn't call you yet.

Who? Got him.

Chief Sock's on the line.

Uh, Taylor Kelly?

What are you doing here?

You can just call me Taylor.

Uh, how was your drive in? Did you miss me?

That morning definitely wasn't the same without you.

How are you feeling?

Any side effects after the crash?

I'm great.

Thanks to all of you, which is why I'm here. You guys were so amazing. I want

do a story on this firehouse and all the heroes who work here.

Yeah, but you do traffic.

I'm not quite ready to go back in the sky, so I thought I'd try my hand at

telling a story from the ground.

And use your newfound fame to put your face in front of the camera.

That too.

Smart girl.

I can't wait to interview all of you. I want to know why you chose this job, the

crazy things you've seen, what it's like to face death.

I mean, Howie, you almost died, right?

Actually, nobody calls me that. It's chimney.

I bet there's a story there.

Not one you could tell on TV.

Well, you must have really impressed the chief. He said to give you whatever

access you need. Don't worry, Captain Nash. Your story's in good hands.

I'm going to make you all famous.

Tell us about all this.

Oh, this table is all about the love.

Tokens of appreciation from the people we serve.

Baked goods are big, and cards.

We love the cards. And cards.

We love carbs.

But this stuff is what really keeps us going.

The love.

And the carbs.

And the carbs.

What made me want to become a firefighter?

That's a great question.

Short answer.

I got shot.

To be honest, I kind of fell into it.

What I miss most after leaving the Army is the camaraderie, working shoulder to

shoulder with a great team.

And there's nothing better than the one I found here.

I mean, what little kid doesn't want to be a firefighter, especially a hot

firefighter?

That's for you. Go ahead.

Both of them meant for me.

I was 15 years old walking home from school, and I hear this pop, pop, pop.

The next thing, I feel this.

Penetrating pain just threw me to the ground.

The stray bullet had entered my back, ruptured a kidney, and grazed my aorta.

I was dying.

And then someone yelled, call 911.

And I guess someone did because the next thing you know, I was in the back of an

ambulance and these two paramedics were working on me and just telling me to

stay with them.

You know, their skill kept me from dying, but the way they cared for me,

that's what kept me alive.

Yeah, let's go see if we can grab him. Come on.

Captain Nash, can we have a few minutes with you?

Attention, station 118.

Engine in rest. Mother reported a no -mail.

Difficulty breathing.

911, what's your emergency?

Yes, hello. My name is Sandy from Sandy's Exotic Creatures on Ventura. I

gentleman here who isn't doing very well. What seems to be the problem?

Well, we had an eating contest and he's, well, he's just not doing very well.

I will call if there's a man here who's choking to death. No, but Gregory says

he doesn't want any help now.

Okay, excuse me, ma 'am. I wonder how many he put down. Joey Chestnut put down

74 hot dogs in 10 minutes at last year's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Excuse me, sir.

Are you refusing care?

God, jeez.

Cute. Is that thing yours? That's Claude. He's a grand prize.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Give us some room. Get these table chairs out of

here. That means you guys. Give it some room. Back up.

Prep to defib.

Airways are filling up.

I need the BBM.

What was it? Like a pepper -eating contest?

No.

Protein.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

They're actually crickets.

We allowed anything that Claude would eat. We thought it might be fun.

His pulse is weakening. He's in defib. He's coding. Starting compressions.

Damn it, the blockage is too big. He's not getting any air. Let me try

something. Come on, buddy. Buck, give me the baguette.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh,

my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Try to breathe.

All this for a lizard.

A monitor lizard and 500 bucks.

And I just lost.

likes redheads.

Come on.

I just don't like her.

You don't like the intrusion?

I don't. I don't like cameras in the firehouse. I certainly don't like them

calls. It makes it harder for us to do our job. Well, unfortunately, that's the

reality nowadays.

Cameras everywhere.

Body cams, phone cameras, CCTVs. Big brother is definitely watching.

I'm more worried about little sister.

Are you going to be on TV?

Not if I can help it.

Doesn't Mae like short ribs?

Well, it might have something to do with that story you told at mealtime.

No, she's on a stupid diet.

Still, I told her she did not need to do that. Why is Mae on a diet?

Homecoming, her first dress search was epic.

Okay, tell me what you think.

Daddy didn't like the first one. He said it was too low -cut.

Yeah, it was. I could almost see your belly button.

No, you could not.

It's perfect, babe.

Just like you.

Right, Bobby?

Yeah.

You look beautiful.

Then I guess we have a winner.

Hey, guys, I'm sorry to cut this short, but I have an early shift, so I better

get home and get a good night's sleep. But I want to see all the pictures from

your big night. Good night, Bobby.

Good night.

Um, I'll walk you out.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

I'm sorry.

I just... I didn't think about how hard that would be for you. No, don't do

that, please. Please don't feel bad about this.

You have two wonderful children with a lifetime of milestones ahead of them,

I want you to be able to enjoy each and every one of them without worrying about

me.

Well, don't tell me I can't do both.

I mean, multitasking is one of my many talents.

Are you sure you don't want to come back inside?

Yeah, I should get some rest.

Tomorrow morning we'll be here before we know it.

Russell Beach, time for the post down.

Who's your winner?

Look at those tapered waist, wide shoulders and explosive claws.

Too much for a man?

What the hell?

Keep filming.

Looks like extreme hyponatremia. Say what?

You've got a Charlie horse.

He is a Charlie horse. What's your name? Charlie.

Okay, Charlie, when's the last time you had any fluids? Yesterday afternoon.

Flush yourself out for the competition today?

And for the ways to make the veins pop? Well, you are definitely popping.

All right, Charlie, your potassium and your sodium have bottomed out, and

why you're seizing up.

Now, before we start replenishing your electrolytes, you've got to answer me

honestly. Are you dosing?

No steroids. If that's what you mean, I'm totally clean.

Okay, you two need to back off. Get that camera out of here, please.

Cap needs room to work.

I'm working, too. You can work for the back. Charlie, I just need you to know

that if you're not being straight with me and we start giving you saline and

have been dosing, your kidneys can start to fail, okay? And that'll be on you.

How about steroids?

Okay, that's better. Are you taking anything else?

I took a diuretic last night to shed some water weight.

That explains his low blood pressure, 70 over 40. All right, let's get him

transported.

On three, everybody ready?

One, two, three.

Am I going to be okay?

We're going to get you through the day. I think you'd earn a trophy for holding

a post so long, right?

Captain, we'd love to get some words from you.

Okay, here's a few.

Stop pointing that camera at people who are in distress.

The people we serve have to feel like they can trust us and can be honest with

us, otherwise mistakes get made.

We're totally using that.

Don't do that.

Nothing.

Is he always so prickly?

Yeah.

He barked a little, but ring that bell and he's one of the

guys.

I don't think he likes me much. It's funny because you're so likable.

Well, I am trying.

Look, Cap is not prickly, okay? He just doesn't know you yet, that's all.

We get two recalls, right? Bring out fires all day.

The rest of us, we just have to be one thing at a time. The guy in his job, he

has to be everything.

The truth is...

He inspired me every single day.

And I am trying to put a giant spotlight on him, on all of you unsung heroes.

Tell your story. To him, we're not the story.

We're just here to make sure no story ends before it should.

911, what is your emergency?

This is 911. Is anyone there?

I'm sorry, I... Ma 'am, are you having an emergency? Do you need me to send

help?

Tell me where you are.

If you're afraid of someone hearing...

If you're not alone, pretend you're talking to someone else.

A friend, a telemarketer.

Act like you're ordering a pizza. Just give me your location and I will send

help.

Good morning.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm just tired. I haven't been sleeping very well.

You've been a great addition to the team, Annie.

I'm impressed with how you've taken to the job.

Sometimes I forget you haven't been doing it for very long.

I'm sorry. Did I do something wrong?

Not at all. No.

But I am concerned.

You're tired, skittish.

I know the job can be stressful, and I just want to make sure that you know we

have resources available if you're having trouble managing the stress.

There's no shame in asking for help.

It's not the job.

Let me write this for a second. Is it the job?

Really, that the job is reminding me of my life.

My marriage call hit a little close to home.

She wouldn't.

Couldn't speak, and I could hear her crying.

I knew what was wrong, but she wouldn't let me help her.

Maybe I should have told her that it was all going to be okay.

I know that she could just leave and not live her life in fear.

not true.

I ran 2 ,600 miles away.

It doesn't even feel far enough.

I mean, my apartment is a portrait.

I sleep with a baseball bat by my bed.

And I still don't feel safe.

It's like I never got up off that floor.

But you did.

You got up and you got out.

And I'm sure that there had been moments when the idea of that felt impossible.

Yet here you are.

Just trust yourself and keep moving forward.

I've gotten here so far.

It'll get you the rest of the way.

New arrivals.

And when they send it in plastic, you know it's going to be good.

Aw.

Seriously, you guys, you couldn't even leave me any crumbs? Oh, Jim, you missed

out. Is that chocolate?

Fudge with nuts. I love fudge with nuts. Oh, Jim, you would have loved these

because scrumptious.

I'm sorry you had to see this. This dark underbelly of hour 21 in a 24 -hour

shift.

It gets pretty mercenary around here.

Where's Captain Nash?

He's sitting this one out wrapping the ship.

Civil med call.

He doesn't want to talk to you. He'll talk to me. I am done going up in that

chopper and reporting on gridlock.

Come on.

Captain Nash, I know you don't think very highly of me. I also know that

been avoiding me. But I want you to know I only have one goal here. To tell a

story. A true story about your station.

You can have a true story.

There's truth around us all the time. There's truth right here in this napkin.

I'm sorry?

Every crumb is a universe unto itself.

The more you zoom in, the more you'll see.

Is he high?

I think they're all high.

These are specks of chocolate and entire worlds at the same time. Holy crap.

I think it's the brownies. They've been dosed.

You didn't have one, did you?

Do I look like I eat fudge?

Keep rolling.

Allergies are going crazy today.

Yeah, you too, huh?

The index wasn't elevated this morning. Think it's a new kind?

What kind of what?

Pollen. A new kind of pollen?

Not feeling this, Jim?

No, I do not.

You can see the collar.

I can hear it.

This is ridiculous.

She's the one who cheated. She and her demon seed. That little girl's 11 if

she's a day. Ma 'am, calm down.

I charge you with resisting arrest. For what? This was self -defense. My ex

-husband's a lawyer.

Good, because I'm going to need you to contact him to come and pick up your

dumper.

Victims over there.

Helen, it's an emergency.

Who goes to Aruba this time of year?

Excuse me, ma 'am.

I'm trying to reach my plastic surgeon. Okay, first things first.

Your drone has probably spiked, which is why you haven't passed out yet. So I'm

going to ask you to please just sit right here. Hold that if you can. And

hang up the phone, okay?

Thank you.

Thank you very much. All right, guys.

Hey, Diaz, Buckley, let's go.

These beauty queens shrink, but we suddenly change.

Please don't arrest me. I'll pay for any medical bills if we can just let this

slide. I'm so sorry.

I stopped birth control because I started menopause, and now my hormones

going crazy.

Can I get my shoe back?

Can someone please bring me the rest of my gear?

I think he means you guys.

Hey, Athena.

Like the tiniest ladies I've ever seen.

Teeny tiny.

Excuse me? So tiny.

Hey, Rihanna.

Tina.

Oh, Tina, you smell like love.

Timney, need you over here.

727L30 requesting immediate RA backup at Beverly Wilton Hotel, Pacific Ballroom.

Where's my light?

We've got a problem here. You guys be tripping.

What? Guys, look at me. Do you know where you are?

Wherever we're, man.

They're on drugs.

Okay, okay.

Oh, my God, the brownies.

Brownies? We got a new batch today. We've gotten a lot of stuff lately,

especially since the earthquake.

Why don't you guys eat that stuff?

We're just throwing the stuff right in the trash.

We're firefighters.

Everybody loves us.

See?

Mm -hmm.

Do you know why the liquid rises like that?

Physics?

I'm going to do it again.

No, this is show and tell. It's not show and touch, Brooke.

I don't want you to burn yourself.

I'm Taylor.

Who's Brooke?

There's so many lights in here.

And colors.

Lights and colors and death.

You died.

Someone died?

Did you lose someone, Captain Nash?

Brooke?

She's not lost. She's right here.

She's taller than her mother now.

In a few seconds, she's going to be taller than both of us.

She's still with you.

She's always with me.

Nobody's picking up at the fire station.

You should call dispatch, get them to take everything offline.

Did that?

Why aren't we taking it out?

They'll take it out at the hospital. So let's go to the hospital.

We'll get you there. I call 911.

What's going on?

I don't like this.

Oh, you made him cry. All right, just breathe, okay? You're going to be okay.

All right? Somebody dosed you with an hallucinogen.

We don't want you to hurt yourself or anyone else.

Yeah, I like that idea.

Athena, your head is being like your heart.

Is it?

Still no answer.

Do you know if Bobby ate any of those brownies?

What happened?

He was high, and then he got higher.

Look at me again and tell me another joke. We were talking and he mentioned

something about Brooke and then he shot up like the room was on fire and he said

he had to go. And you're okay filming this.

Who do you think called the cops?

Bobby!

Bobby, it's me.

Just take one step back. Turn around and we can talk.

Hey. Hey.

They get it wrong about...

Saving lives.

The ones that we save are the ones we lose. That's why we save them up here

photographs.

But this... I've never... This is new. She's so bright and alive. Can you see

her?

No.

It's not real. You know that.

No, my daughter Brooke. She's floating in the sky behind your head.

I know it sounds crazy. I just want to float away with her wherever she goes

with so much color.

It's not real.

But maybe, just maybe it can be enough.

Enough for you to say goodbye.

Enough for you to hear her say it's okay.

Enough so that in the morning when your head is right and your eyes are clear,

you can remember that you caught a glimpse of what's around us every day.

She's right there.

Right here, right now.

You're real. I'm real.

We can be real together.

Hey, how's the chief?

He's a pretty good humor considerate.

Talk support came back. It was the brownies.

LSD.

Hmm. Do they know who?

It's still under investigation, but they figure it was some sort of prank.

Oh, yeah, because poisoning firefighters is just funny.

I don't get the punchline.

Well, how about this one? Taylor Kelly's exclusive report on 118 comes out

tomorrow night.

Firefighters drugged against their will. Captain loses sobriety. News at 11.

Do not waste a moment's worry on that woman. It doesn't matter what kind of

she's trying to spin.

The camera doesn't lie.

Anyone who's watching is going to see what I see.

A good man who's been through some tough times, but who's come through the other

side. Someone who, despite everything he's lost, still goes out there and

everything he has left to help others.

They're going to see a hero.

I think I'm an addict and an alcoholic who will have barely three days under

belt. I don't feel like a hero. I feel like a failure.

But you didn't fall off the wagon. You were pushed.

I know, but...

I don't feel like a failure because I got high. I feel like a failure because

want to get high again.

It felt good.

You know, it made me feel free. I didn't feel as much of the pain. It felt like

it was far away, like it belonged to somebody else. And I felt like if I

just keep floating, I wouldn't have to feel it anymore.

Well, when I saw you after that, it looked like you were feeling all of it.

Yeah.

Reality always catches up.

If it did, none of us would ever get sober again.

But you are, right?

Yes.

But it's painful. I go to my meetings, I go to church, I try to stay on track.

But when I'm sober, I feel this crushing weight on top of me. And there are

times like now when I feel like I don't know how much longer I can keep carrying

it.

you should stop trying to carry it alone.

Did everything kind of sparkle?

I'd say it was more glistening, like the whole world was covered in dew.

You think this is why people go to Burning Man?

We see them every day on the streets of Los Angeles, running into burning

buildings, pulling people from wrecked cars and collapsing high -rises, and

saving this reporter from a helicopter that spun out of control.

Where's Kev?

Not watching with us? No, said he had other things to do.

I think his words were he'd rather do anything other than this.

They are the brave men and women of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

And it was my own brush with death that inspired me to share their story so you

can all see what it takes and what it means to be one of them.

Missed a hell of a show.

All right, how bad was it?

Not bad at all.

You were barely in it.

It was nice.

You know, kind of like a puff piece.

You can use any of your interview or mention the LSD.

Why would she leave us without that?

I, um... I think she likes me.

I mean, what little kid doesn't want to be a firefighter?

Especially a hot firefighter. You know, their skill kept me from dying, but the

way they cared for me...

The people we serve have to feel like they can trust us and be honest with us,

otherwise mistakes can get made. They were great, and not just the medical

either. I mean, they just, they seem like real decent people.

I worry about them so, under so much stress all the time.

I wish I could do something to ease their burden, a dose of something to

lift their spirit, clear their minds.

Store closed hours ago, but I see a light on.

Sandy, you in here?

Is that... I don't know.

Some kind of hybrid part wild, part domestic cat?

Well, let's hope he's in touch with his domestic side.

Hey, buddy.

You're okay.

Sandy?

Sandy?

You sure about that?

Uh, yeah, pretty sure.

This doesn't look safe.

I freed my mind, and I freed them.

Sandy,

how much acid did you take?

Not much.

I microdose.

No, ma 'am, I don't think you do. In fact, I think you macrodose my entire

station. Oh?

Because I put too much?

I just wanted to give you all a little clarity.

In my line of work, that's called a felony.

Uh... Just a minute, I'll be right there!

So I was just out, and I saw this, and I thought of you.

What?

No. It's a housewarming gift.

Oh, not a book.

DVD.

Mission Impossible?

You do have a DVD player, right?

Yeah, and a popcorn maker.

Would you like to hang out and watch a movie?

Yeah. Yeah, I'd love to.

Doesn't look like you'll have to worry about traffic anymore.

Hey there.

I guess so.

Fire department piece was pretty well received.

So they're letting me do more.

Nothing major yet. Just mosquitoes and neighbors fighting about bamboo.

But it's a start.

Well, I will miss hearing your voice every day.

I'm happy for you. And I wanted to thank you for what you did for Bobby.

Not using any of that stuff you said.

Oh, that wasn't my call.

I wanted to use all of it. I got overruled. Uh, you were going to use it?

Hell yeah. The only reason we didn't is because apparently your lawyers are

scarier than ours.

Look, your job is saving lives. Mine is telling their stories, even the ones

they might not want me to.

That's some stupid job.

That's all you really care about.

Hey, I wanted to be a reporter since I was 14.

I put myself through college, spent years interning for next to no pay.

I did traffic in the hopes that it would lead to my big break, which it did.

This stupid job isn't stupid to me.

You don't have to like it, but you don't get to make me feel bad about it.

Well, I don't like it.

And I don't care.

Just get a room already.

Hey, I got the battery. Hey, you are a lifesaver. Thank you so much, my man. No

problem. Wow.

Wow. I told him to just use the cell phone camera, but he's old school.

He's a proud father. He wants those real photos.

All right. You want something to eat? We have plenty.

I'm good.

Hey, Harry, come over here and take one with your sister. Right here, right

here. Run, Bobby. Save yourself.

Just right here. This doesn't...

resemble my high school homecoming at all it's much more elaborate i don't

mine either i am already dreading prom you know about prom proposals right i do

not but google it another reason to be glad we're not teenagers anymore your

turn mom come on let's get this over with all right you're on yeah let's do

let's do it all right oh yeah that's it that's it

Here, here, why don't you get in there? I'll take a few.

Me? Yeah.

That's nice.

You bet.

All right.

The real deal right here.

There's his camera.

All right.

That is one happy -looking family.

Ah.

Oh, honey!

What happened to your bracelet?

It must have fell off. I have to find it. Grandma gave that to me.

Wait, I think this is it right over here.

Okay, May, see if I can do this.

There we go. Thank you so much, Bobby.

All right, we're back in business. Okay.

All right, look up here. Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Nico, would you mind taking a picture of all of us, please? Bobby, get in there.

I should. You should just be the man. Come on, just one. Come on.

Okay. All right.

Right there.

Okay.

I warned you.

You open up your heart.

When you love someone, you make rules.

You probably never loved someone like I do.