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This is it, Julian.

Moment of truth.

First solo flight.

How you feeling?

I feel alive, Eddie.

I feel exhilarated.

I feel terrified. Maybe we should do one more together.

Julian, you recall what you told me the first day you hired me?

Why you wanted to be certified as a pilot in the first place?

Because I was sick of...

Feeling like the world was trying to suffocate me, and I wanted to feel free.

So go break free.

Wind 120 at 8, visibility 10, sky clear over the 1 -2000.

Cessna 9418, Mike, ready for taxi to runway 16.

9 -4 -1 -8, Mike, intentions for departure.

First solo in the pattern.

9 -4 -1 -8, Mike, you are cleared for 1 -6.

Good luck up there. Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away.

Come fly with me, let's float down to Peru.

In Llama Land, there's a one -man band and he'll toot his flute for you.

Come fly with me, let's take off in the blue. 1 -8, Mike Tower.

I need you to turn 1 -1 -0 and return to runway 1 -6 immediately.

Do you want me to land already? I haven't completed the pattern.

Forget the pattern.

But I need it to get certified, don't I? 1 -8, Mike, we're detecting a sudden

extreme weather system moving in fast from north by northeast.

What are you talking about?

What is that?

Turn 1 -1 -0 and increase your speed to 90 knots now.

All right, so you got your Honda knot.

You got your stopper.

Yeah? Oh, good.

There you go. Under.

Over.

Got a little lateral.

He's so good with them.

Yeah, that's what Godfathers are for.

He loves old girls, too.

I feel grateful.

There's still a good man in their lives looking out for them.

It's okay. The funeral was two weeks ago.

You'd think I'd be able to go two minutes without a tissue break. No, let

out. Y 'all just keep practicing.

I'll be right back.

Let it out.

You okay?

I'm over this. Stupid question. No, no, it's not. Every time I think I have a

toehold on my panties, it just hits me all over again.

Charles, his life insurance payment.

And it's more than I expected.

You know, he was always looking out for the girls.

Yeah, he was.

So I'm thinking it's my turn.

What do you mean?

That the only reason I put that uniform back on was to support my family. So

he's taking care of that now.

So hold up. You love that job.

It's a part of who you are too now.

It is. What am I supposed to do?

Well, have you told...

T .K. or Nancy, what you thinking?

They're coming over tomorrow.

And I'll break it to them.

Well, I feel for you, T.

Good luck.

You know what?

You save some of that luck for yourself.

Because tomorrow is a big day for both of you.

Back at the call center?

You must be counting down the hours. I'm a little excited.

A little bit.

How about you, Jenny?

Have they given you any idea which firehouse you're going to report to?

Nope. Nope.

The last I heard from the brass of the department is we're supposed to get a

call in the morning giving us our temporary assignments.

And Owen hasn't been able to give you a heads up?

No, he's just as in the dark as we are.

Hmm.

Yeah, how is Owen?

Pushing paper around for the deputy chief?

You know Owen, you know, he likes to jump in with both feet.

Limes.

I think a lot about limes.

Limes, ladies and gentlemen, are how we are going to find efficiencies.

Last year, an airline saved $500 ,000 by slicing limes into

16 pieces instead of 10. So a half million in limes. In limes. So I have

our department's budget and found many sliced lime expenses.

Now, these are things that we can scale back or cut, and nobody's ever going to

know the difference.

So, if every fire station adjusted its thermostat one degree, we'd save $127

,000 a year. We'd spend $60 ,000 on plant watering services.

That's something we should be doing ourselves, particularly when we know

caring for plants is good for our mental wellness.

And it goes on for 196 pages.

Now, it says here that you project $2 .7 million in savings.

Yes, and the appendix in the back breaks down those numbers. And we're going to

need every penny, because accounting for the rise in fuel and energy next year

at this time, we're going to be hurting.

I must say, Captain Strand, I'm very impressed, though I'm hardly surprised

your embrace of your administrative duties.

Well, it gives me something to do while I'm waiting for 126 to come back online.

Look, I need your help with the city planners. They are just dragging their

feet, approving the crew to finish the work on the firehouse.

Well, you just have to have a little patience with these things.

With all due respect, I've been patient. For two weeks.

Which is 13 days longer than it should take.

Captain, can I speak to you for a moment outside?

Do you know I consider bringing you down to Texas one of the greatest

accomplishments of my career?

Well, that's very nice of you to say.

No, I mean it. It is incredible how fast you remolded the 126.

You're the strongest nation in our city.

And I just have to wonder, if you could do that with one house, what you could

do with the whole department?

Well, I'm happy to help in any way.

I'm not asking for your help, Captain.

I'm asking you to be Austin's next deputy fire chief.

Isn't that your job?

Well, I'm retiring, Owen.

That's why I wanted you assigned to my staff.

Because there is nobody that I'd rather pass the reins on to than you.

Wow.

It's very... Wow.

I think you'll find your time here a little less eventful than what you're

to, Firefighter Strickland. We don't get the crazy high -octane calls that the

126 is known for.

No worries. Not many stations do, Captain Andrews.

That said, we do make the most of our downtime here at the 122. We slow roast

most of our meals over our barbecue smoker. And we grow our own vegetables

back. Oh, really? Yeah, full garden.

And we maintain the third largest lending library in the city.

You have a lending library?

Yeah, didn't the 126?

I know, and I'm a reader.

Well, you'll have plenty of opportunities for that here.

That is, of course, when you're not on the pickleball courts.

I know what that is.

Trust me, you are going to love it.

First, a couple of folks I thought you may want to say hello to.

Judd? Marsh?

Hey, what's up, family?

I didn't know you guys were going to be here.

Neither did we until about two hours ago when the department called.

I'm so pumped. I thought we were all going to be split up until the 126

its doors again. Yeah, we all did. Nothing missing. This place is like a

country club. Oh, yeah, we drew the long straw.

Yeah, we did. This is outstanding. I can't believe we all ended up here

together.

Where's Proby?

Put your back into it, Grunt. That thing's never coming out.

You still owe me all the latrines.

You know, Captain, if you thought the same, I'd kind of just prefer Proby or

Chavez. Even just Mateo's cool, too.

Grunt speak only when spoken to at the 129.

You were speaking to me.

What is this, anyway?

Hank there spilled his dip cup the other day.

My bad.

You know, if this is tobacco, I'm going to need a heavier duty cleaner.

Do you guys have any sodium to sulfate laying around here?

You can pick some up when you grab lunch.

Who feels like patty melts?

That sounds great, Captain. The boys want patty melts.

You got it.

You think you're going, bro? Yeah, I'm lunch duty.

Hey. Hey. Come on in.

Hi, good to see you. Hey, Kathy. Hey.

Oh, I'm sorry we couldn't meet someplace more fun.

I'm just, um, anchored to the house right now.

No worries.

Where are the kids?

Oh, they're in their room finishing up some homework.

waiting for the pizza to arrive.

Oh, um, you guys want some coffee?

If something is made, yeah, please. Thank you.

So, Cap, any update on when we'll get back out on the street?

Still waiting for a house with an ambulance bay to open up. Copy that.

Just feels a little weird collecting a paycheck while the rig is collecting

from the city garage.

I'm at peace with it.

Thanks. Thank you. Yeah.

Coffee's thick, by the way.

Mm -hmm.

What roast is this?

Uh, it's, um... It's not the roast.

It's the chicory.

Charles, uh, discovered it on a trip to New Orleans.

It's what he served in the restaurant and what we just restocked for the

reopening.

Well, it's really nice.

Yeah.

Okay, listen, um, I want you two to know that working with you has been the

greatest blessing of my professional career.

You're not coming back, are you?

I can't.

The girls, they need me for this next chapter now more than ever, and I'm...

I'm so sorry.

No, don't feel bad. You're not the first captain I've had lead to take care of

family.

Michelle. And I have nothing but love and respect for Michelle, and this is no

different.

Except that it is different.

You're my mentor of how I want to be

as a paramedic, as a captain, and hopefully

one day, a long, long time from now, a mom.

I'm sorry, this is super awkward.

No, no.

As if I needed another reason to cry.

I've got a kale antioxidant salad and a bacon blue burger with extra rings.

Thank you.

Like staring into the face of God.

Yeah, you eat that whole thing, you'll see God soon enough.

Well, at least it'll be this putting me in the ground, not the cancer.

What do you mean, not the cancer?

My last follow -up.

Doc said radiation took out two of my tumors.

Last one's on the run.

Billy, that's great news.

Yeah, well, before you go getting all rah -rah, I ain't out of the woods yet,

but you did say I could go back to death duty.

Sounds about as tedious as radiation.

Well... Not necessarily.

In fact, I did just have a conversation with the deputy chief that was pretty

stunning.

He's retiring.

And he wants me to take the job.

Well, your own perk, Mount Olympus, huh?

How'd that make you feel?

Conflicted. I imagine it would.

Why do you say that?

Guys like you and me, we're meant to be down on the field, not up in the front

office. Look, I don't have any interest in being the last guy in the game.

Worked out pretty good for Tom Brady last year.

Yeah, for every Tom Brady there's a bunch of Brent Favres, you know,

around way past their prime.

The guy would just rather walk off the field than carry golf.

Why does it seem like you walked off the field already?

Because I sort of have.

Hey, one, two, six.

We'll rise again.

When? I've seen the red tape. So maybe I take this job, cut through the red

tape, open the firehouse, and bring my people back.

Without you there? Could be the perfect time to leave.

Because I wouldn't be leaving.

You just wouldn't be going back.

Painless.

Oh, God.

Stop, stop, stop.

Thank you, guys.

I appreciate it. Y 'all, you didn't have to do all this.

If you thought we wouldn't celebrate your first day back, you don't know us

well. No, Brie. Well, y 'all going to have to help me eat all of it then.

I call the white chocolate pineapple.

White chocolate pineapple. Okay. This will be great in the break room. Thank

you.

Sir. Thank you. You're welcome.

And seriously, you know, we met your grace.

You know, the place was missing without you.

That's right.

It's been a long six weeks.

Yeah, it's been longer for me.

Call me crazy.

There is nowhere else on earth I feel more relaxed than this place.

Thank you.

Okay, we got a dozen patty mouth, three with no mayo, one with extra mayo, two

pastramis on rye, one on wheat, and a wedge salad.

That's you!

That's me!

That's you!

I thought you were going to do it!

Nice job.

Looks like you're a natural. Hey, hey, you were right, Kat. I love me some

pickleball.

Hey, you're fried.

oh thank you you're welcome

Just don't. Everybody get inside.

Inside. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

A little sand never hurt nobody.

news as a massive dust storm 35 miles wide and nearly two miles tall barrels

across austin with winds clocking in at 65 miles per hour wreaking havoc on a

massive scale so much for no crazy calls around here yeah we got the 126 in the

house now we bring the crazy unfortunately first responders won't

what they're up against so the dust starts to clear all right everybody gear

the second the storm passes we're out man that's like something out of the

How the hell is one of these things even start anyway?

They happen in Lebanon.

All it takes is a downburst of low -pressure air into a big dry patch of

and boom.

Add yourself a haboob. Say what?

Haboob. Massive dust storm. It's what they're called. That's just not right.

I know. Mother Nature ain't no joke.

No, I mean, if she just said the word haboob, it probably wasn't here to enjoy

it.

Hey,

get away from the boat!

Hey, get away!

Get away! Come on!

Hey, come on, come on!

Come on!

Hey, wait!

Go find a landline. Call 911.

Tell them there's been a mid -air collision over Walsworth Square.

Go! Go!

Go!

Where does it hurt? My legs. They've been broken.

Hey, you two, I need your help. What's your name, sir?

Julian. Where am I?

Baltimore Square.

You've been in an accident.

No. Was I certified? Don't worry about that right now. Guys, this is Julian. I

think he may have a concussion. I need you to stay with him and keep him

talking, so I'll get you, okay? Thank you. No worries.

I see.

All right. Well, if you hear anything, you let me know.

What's going on?

Seems like the 129 lost an engine along with its crew.

What do you mean lost?

They're out on a call when the storm hit. No one can reach them.

Hey, where are you going?

Try to find them.

Oh, wait a minute.

Hey, we already have people out there looking for them, Owen.

Mateo Chavez.

He's my probie. He's with the 129 today.

If you can walk and talk without too much pain, have a seat in the green

Broken bones, no life -threatening burns and cuts, yellow zone.

Anything more serious than that, red zone, so the first responders know where

treat first.

Sir, are you on any medication?

Thyroid medicine and heparin from my heart.

Heparin's a blood thinner. It's going to make the hemorrhage worse.

I'm going to need to turn to cure your leg, okay?

Hey, can I borrow your belt?

Yeah, sure.

Here you go.

Yeah, where the heck are they, the first responders?

Sir, they're on their way. It's going to be tough with the storm.

A little squeeze.

Take them to the red zone. See if you can get them some water from one of the

restaurants. Sir, don't forget. I need you to tell the paramedics that you're

medication. It's very important.

I will.

God bless you, son.

Hey, are any firefighters here yet?

Some people need help. I'm a firefighter. Where are they?

I heard screaming on the sixth floor on my way out.

I think they're trapped in an elevator.

Of course they are.

I think we can get the rig out of the garage.

Yeah.

I know where they keep the keys.

It came out of nowhere.

Mommy, you need to go.

No, babies, Mommy doesn't work today.

But you heard him. Those people need help.

They need you.

Fire Station 129, this is Firefighter Trout.

Yeah, it's Captain Owen Crayon 126. I'm calling the TV. Heard from your missing

engine? Uh, no. Our ladder's out looking for him now.

Do you have any idea if Mateo Chavez was on it? Oh, yeah. The probie kid. Yeah,

uh, he, uh, he didn't go in. He went out to pick up a lunch order for the house.

You haven't heard from him either?

Not that I know of, no.

Where'd you order lunch from?

911, what's your emergency?

Well, alive is good. Do you know where you are?

You give me your address.

Did something collapse on you, ma 'am?

Did you say a storage box?

We are getting reports of a dust drift up to eight feet high.

Is this Margaret Gilbert?

Try to stay calm. Now, I see you live with your husband.

Is he at home? He was taking a nap when I came outside.

Okay, I'm going to try him anyway.

Is he the 0470 number? Yes.

Okay.

This is Hammond, and shoot, you just missed me.

Write the voicemail. Oh, God.

I can't breathe.

I'm having trouble breathing. I can't breathe.

If you can talk, then you can breathe, okay?

Now, I know it's difficult, but I need you to take slow, deep breaths to

conserve your oxygen.

Margaret, we're not going to wait for first responders.

Now, we are going to get you out of there. I need you to keep your head for

though, okay?

You said... You were in a storage box.

What do you keep in there?

Gardening.

Does that mean you have tools in there?

Yes. Yes.

Yes. Okay, good. Can you reach any of them?

I don't know.

I've got a handrail.

Okay, what's the box made out of?

Wood.

Pine, I think. Okay, pine box. Same as an old school coffin. That's perfect.

I'm following protocols for someone buried alive in a coffin, which I didn't

even know we had.

Okay, listen, Margaret. I need you to take the trowel and place it in the

of the lid. That's where it should be. It's weakest. I need you to hit the

center as hard as you can.

No, great.

It's not working.

It's going to work, Margaret. We just have to get it to crack, okay? Don't

The weight of the dirt and gravity should help it to... Margaret,

listen. Before you do, we need you to protect your airways on your way out.

Now, are you able to remove your shirt?

That's way to work. Yes.

Yes, use that.

Okay.

You're done.

Okay, good. Now, try to wiggle your body so that your arms come out first.

Keep climbing until you reach the surface. Do not stop, Margaret. You can

Okay.

Good job, Margaret.

Margaret?

What are you doing?

Everything ready with the rig?

Yeah, docked and ready to rock.

All right, girl.

You mind your babysitter, you promise?

We promise!

Adorable. Right?

Don't you worry about us. Go save the world.

Austin, fire. I'm going to get you out. Fire department said we're going to be

okay.

I feel like it's going to fall.

I just have to get these doors open.

How many people are in there? Five. There's five of us. What happened?

It's not like the bomb went off. Airplane hit the building.

Oh, my God, Karen.

Mother Nature, is anybody injured?

Nobody move.

Nobody use their phones. Nobody vape.

Pat, how'd you find me?

I followed your trail. A patty mouse?

Of rescues. Oh, cool. I was using that to pry the doors open. No, no, listen.

They're standing in check.

That's what this smell is.

We use anything metal to open those doors. It throws a spark.

The whole thing goes up.

Strickland, Marwani. Yep. Start triaging until medical land.

Yep.

I think somebody already took care of triage.

Who? We're the first company on scene.

Excuse me, guys. Who separated you into these boots?

That handsome firefighter.

Hey, I'll be damned.

Hey, you mean him, don't you?

No. Him.

Hey, Jeff.

Hey, guys.

Hey.

Hey. Rubber mallet, wooden blocks.

What is happening?

All right, everybody, we're back.

Brought some friends along to help.

All right, now listen, when we get these doors open, you've got to be ready to

help everybody out, okay?

Okay, got it. All right.

Uh, Cap?

Oh, where?

Be ready, people.

All right, that's it.

All right. Oh, yeah, let's go. Everybody, let's go.

Move, move, move, quick.

Okay,

folks, come on out.

We need you first. You want to help me get her out? Yeah.

Come on.

You too. Come on. Come on.

Yeah.

Straight out. Straight out.

Uh -oh. What's that?

Help me!

Help me! Help me!

Grab my hand.

Let's go.

I got you. All right.

You got it? Yeah.

Help me.

Grab his arm.

We got you. We got you.

No major injuries, but they're covered in jet fuel. You're going to want to

them down before you travel. We can help with that. This way, folks.

This way.

Garcia, hook up a booster line.

Grunt.

Grunt, is that you?

Captain Tatum. What in Sam hell are you doing over here?

I was in the neighborhood picking up lunch when the storm hit. I think you

to reread your academy manual, son.

Hank! What's the protocol for being separated from one's house in the field?

A firefighter is to radio dispatch a commanding officer of their current

situation immediately.

That'd be a fail, grunt.

KP duty for a month.

Not that you did any better today, isn't that right, Cap?

Excuse me? And you are?

Owen Strand, special assistant to the deputy chief and this man's actual

captain. And the only reason that I'm out here today is your rig didn't check

for hours.

That's different. We broke down in the dust storm, killed all our comms. Y 'all

thought it was smart to drive around through the dust storm?

Talk about breaking protocols.

It snuck up on us.

Oh.

Hey, you!

You think it's funny, grunt?

Start wiping down this rig.

I want it dust -free by the time we're done with this call.

You're really necessary, Captain. It's cool. I got it.

Captain Tatum.

I'll wipe down your cab.

I'll pick up your fatty foods. I'll scrub your disgusting floors.

Because that's who I am.

At least he's a happy grunt. No, I'm a firefighter. And I've already re -read

the empty manual like five times. Listened to it actually because my

recorded it for me. So I've learned how to respond to toxic spills and dumpster

fires. All of which was great training for working with you guys at the 129.

Hope you enjoyed yourself.

Insubordinate little...

Medic!

Everybody need a medic?

Make a hole!

Captain, they expect to see you out here today.

Likewise. What happened here? I don't know. He started ribbing me a new one

then he started foaming up the mouth.

TK, check his O2 levels. Nancy, get the ampi bag.

Judging by the sputum.

He's aspirated a lot of dust.

Can anybody tell me if he was in a storm when it started? We were stuck on the

side of the road trying to fix our engine.

But why would it start now?

His trachea has probably been swelling this whole time.

The yelling put him over the top.

Captain, no chest rise.

What's his stats are falling? His airway's closed up. He's drowning in

Nancy, prep to intubate.

Hang in there, Captain.

I can't get it in.

The vocal cords are way too bold.

Should we trick him? No, not in this dust.

We're going to have to go through the eye of the needle.

TK, hand me the bougie.

Slide over.

Got it.

Synodic, we're losing him.

Come on.

Those two levels are rising, and it's hard stabilizing.

He's pinking up.

There you are. Welcome back, Captain.

Fancy, can you take it from here?

Good hands, Captain.

Rescue one, two, six!

Hey!

You should have seen our boys putting that at that captain on blast in front

everyone. Yo, hey man, what did you say?

It was all a white -hot blur.

You called them a toxic dumpster fire. I have never been prouder of anyone in my

life.

For real?

Yeah, babe, seriously, it was like the mother of all mic drops.

He flayed him. I mean, literally, dude dropped to the ground choking on dirt

his own bile.

Don't worry, he lives.

Wow, that all sounds pretty... Epic.

It was wicked.

I was going to say insane.

Mateo, aren't you worried about what that captain might do to you?

No. At the end of the day, he's not my captain.

Not really.

And I'm definitely not his probie. That's right. But he could still put you

through hell.

More like purgatory.

I just got to survive him and the rest of those 129D bags a little while

Back to the promised land of the 126, baby.

Come on, y 'all. Can I get an amen?

Amen.

Pardon our dust.

Sometimes I feel like the dust has been chasing me for 20 years.

Well, it ain't caught you yet, so... Oh.

Thank you, Captain.

So how did Deputy Chief Radford take you spurning him?

I didn't spurn him.

Well, you dismissed his heartfelt offer out of hand.

What would you call that?

Maybe I did spurn him.

But you know what? He took it with a ton of grace, and I think he understands

that it's for a great cause.

It's for the best cause.

The 126.

The 126.

Mmm.

They give you any sense at headquarters when they think they'll get the station

back up on its feet?

I mean, come on. These bureaucrats need 17 different signatures to change a

light bulb.

Damn. That red tape is no joke, man.

May as well be trying to cut through steel.

That's it.

What's it?

We're firefighters.

We cut through steel all the time.

All right.

Everything charred goes.

I don't care if it's on the walls, on the floor, if it's my espresso maker.

It goes.

Get your chisels, your scrapers, and your demo bars, and Mateo, here you go.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, no fair. Why does he get the sledgehammer? Because I called

on the ride over.

Today's my shoulder day. Yeah, right, Proby. It has nothing to do with Thor.

Also Thor.

Also not Proby.

Not anymore.

When we opened this firehouse, you were looking at firefighter Mateo Chavez.

The whole squad.

The squad insisted.

That's what my favorite goddaughter's doing, huh?

We're doing good.

Miss

Thomas,

does this mean you changed your mind?

You know, girls wouldn't have it any other way.

I have no idea how we're going to make this work, but these are my people.

This is home.

Yeah, it is.

Well, Cap, looks like the boys pulled through.

They sure did.

Hey, what do you say, Billy?

I thought you had that meeting or whatever.

Yeah, we finished early.

Good. Well, welcome to the party. You're a little overdressed there, Cap.

Well, as it turns out, I'm not going to be a captain for much longer.

No, no, no, no. Don't tell me they shut down your firehouse.

Not exactly.

Hey, everyone, can you hold the work for a second? Come on over. I got something

I need to say.

I wanted you all to be the first to hear this direct from me.

As soon as Deputy Chief Radford's retirement is official, I'm going to be

Austin's new deputy chief.

Hey, that's amazing.

Congratulations, Bill. Yeah.

Thank you.

I think everybody here knows.

that I consider this firehouse to be sacred ground.

I want you all to know, each and every one of you, you have lived up to the

great legacy of these fine men.

That's about the highest compliment I could ever pay, which makes the next

so hard.

There's no reason to continue what you're doing here today. We're shutting

the 126th permanently.

This department is headed for a financial crisis. I just read a very

report that says there's going to be dire consequences if we don't start

the hard choices.

I wrote that report.

Yes, you did.

Wait, so we're never getting back together?

I understand.

This is a painful sacrifice.

But it is for the greater good.

Because you're not deputy chief yet, are you?

No, not yet.

Good.