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That can't be what I think it is. It's lava.

Underground, it's magma, kid.

Yeah, well, whatever you call it, we're not getting around it.

Well, we ain't going back the way we came.

Hey, uh, how wide do you think this gap is?

Oh, no, at least 20 feet?

22 feet.

Don't you even think about it. What?

I know that face. That's the look you get when you about to do something

stupid.

it's not stupid if it works tonight

fire

and brimstone in the city of angels as the volcano that began erupting earlier

today remains in what scientists are calling a fountaining stage, with no

signs at all of letting up. But as we saw with the now incinerated enclave of

Soda Vista, the only thing you can do about lava is get out of the way.

The lava field is expanding fast.

Expanding where? We have to get ahead of this. Right now, what's ahead of it is

our biggest problem.

Structure fires.

Embers are blowing in front of the lava. At this rate, University Park will burn

before it gets there. Yeah, well, we need to get there faster.

Yes, sir. We're aware of the fire at your son's dormitory, but I don't know

his whereabouts. Do you see flames in your room now?

Not yet, but it's outside my window.

Help is already on scene. They'll get to you. In the meantime, the door to your

room, is it closed?

Yeah. Should I run? No. Keep it shut.

It'll slow the fire.

Martinez, hit it from the ladder point.

Robbie, need those attack lines going now.

Charging now.

Let's keep moving. Keep moving. Keep moving.

Update on search and rescue.

Alpha side is clear.

Working on Bravo.

Dispatch says there's one on the second floor.

Copy that, Cap.

Cap, lava field incoming.

This boat's coming.

Or the other way.

They're coming.

I promise. But we need to buy some time. We're going to seal your room, okay?

Okay. How?

Find towels, sheets, anything cloth.

T-shirts.

Wrap three. Now, we have to get them wet. Does your room have a sink? Uh, no.

The bathroom's down the hall. How about a water bottle?

I drink it all.

Okay, you're in a dorm. I'm guessing you have a mini fridge.

Yeah, yeah, we have a mini fridge. Good. Any liquid will do.

Soda, energy drinks.

Beer? Beer works.

Soak the shirts and wedge them under your door.

We sit tight.

Firefighters will be coming to you any minute.

I got you. I got you.

Whoa. What the hell?

That's not just steam. It's fog.

Volcanic fog.

The lava's heat is vaporizing the water and volcanic gases are mixing with the

steam. What kind of gases?

Mostly sulfur dioxide.

Add water and you get sulfuric acid. These people are inhaling acid rain.

118! Kill the hoses!

Kill the hoses!

No! The fire!

Eddie, got another one. What do we got? Smoke inhalation and chemical burns.

Can't breathe.

His airways must be closed.

If you don't stabilize the acid, he's going to go into respiratory arrest.

Copy that.

You got you, kid.

All right, big sip. Big sip.

There we go.

Hold on.

Airway's closing. He needs something stronger than water.

A butyrol.

Hang in there, kid.

There we go.

There we go. Good, good, good. Deep breaths. There. Siding at 81. There we

go, kid.

Up to 85.

How much albuterol do we have on the rig? Not enough. We need a hospital.

Locke, what's your status?

I can't get back to our school.

All right, get out of there.

Who was that? Was that the building?

Aiden, let's stay calm.

They know you're in there.

Mayday, mayday! All firefighters, evacuate!

Dispatch, we got a possible building collapse.

Captain, we still have one victim on the second floor.

Get everyone in the vehicles and get them ready to move.

Quick as you can. Quick as you can. Into the trucks. Let's go.

Let's go. Come on. Come on. Hey, Cap. I can go in. I'll find a way to the second

floor. Absolutely not. No one else is going in there. Hey, Cap. I can go.

That's an order, Buckley. Get everyone ready for transport. Let's go. Hey, come

on. Move it. Move it. Move it.

Nobody's coming, are they?

You promised they'd come.

I know.

I did.

Now I'm all alone.

No.

You're not alone.

I'm here with you.

I told my mama I was brave, okay?

She was so worried that I couldn't do it when I left home.

But I did.

I even made some friends.

I'm sure you did.

I'm gonna hang up now. No, Peyton!

Dispatch!

I'll take her.

Thank you.

Hey.

I thought you weren't going to send anyone else in.

I didn't.

What are we going to do now, Captain?

We retreat.

LAFC, let's pack it up. Let's go.

Hey, nurse.

We're taking St. Ray's. All right, line up over there. I have a trainee doing

admins. Greg. Yeah. St. Ray's is covered in ash. They're evacuating half their

patients here. Where are we going to put them?

We'll clear some room. All right, I got a bunch of discharges over there. Put

charts, get folks out the door. You good? I'm good. All right.

Okay, we've got second degree burns. Started working approximately an hour

ago. Is he a John Doe? No, hitting an ID on him.

Okay.

Garen Harpootlian is his name.

Harpootlian. Found him rooting a jewelry store.

Okay.

He's level two?

Yes, sir. Okay, make sure his O2 sat doesn't drop below 95.

Can I borrow you for a crush injury?

So what, we just lay here?

I promise we will not forget about you.

Sparks!

Sparks!

Is he dead?

Think he's gonna be cooked if he don't climb up from out of there.

Oh, thank God.

Oh, no. No, no, no, no.

Back up, kids.

Can you climb up?

Yeah. Then do it.

I'm good.

I'm fine.

He wants us to stay here. Yeah, I heard.

Do you know where here is, Harvey?

Are you still with us?

Yeah.

I know where we are.

And I kind of wish I didn't.

Yo,

this is a madhouse. I'm trying to find a charge nurse.

We should send some of these people over to St. Ray's. No, most are from there.

They had to evacuate.

They got trainees like a mess?

They told us we didn't have to. So you decided to stay? Of course she didn't.

18-year-old, smoke inhalation, started CO2 on the scene. Okay, is she stable?

Mm-hmm. Okay.

What's next? Several patients with chemical burns on the airway.

Administering albuterol on the scene.

Okay, keep it moving.

Find any open space on the wall.

Yes, ma'am.

What?

You're good at this.

This is our lava field. You see, it's mostly south of the cone and east and

west. Lava follows the path of least resistance.

If we look at the topography of downtown... It's rolling downhill.

Yes. Low viscosity. The slightest change in elevation can dictate its path.

So if we follow the street grades, we can predict where it's going. Exactly.

Within the hour, these three tributaries will converge here on 3rd Street. Wait,

there was a construction site there, right? It doesn't matter. It's never

gonna get there.

When the lava flow hits this 12% grade on Alameda... It'll swerve south. So

it's going to keep rolling down Alameda. With nothing to stop it. Oh, there's

something there to stop it.

Presbyterian Hospital.

Where we just send all of our casualties.

Charge nurse.

You're joking.

How soon?

No, no, I don't think that's possible.

Yeah, yeah, okay.

What is it?

That was someone from the Office of Emergency Management.

They're saying we should prepare for a full evacuation.

Lava?

Lava. Okay, but evacuate to where?

She says she's working on it.

Okay, Monk Grove.

No, it's too far from Presbyterian. St. Ray's. No, half the patients at St.

Ray's are already at Presbyterian. Same with county, regional.

That's it for the hospitals.

Moving on to stadiums. Dodger Stadium is open air. Too much ash.

Southern is too small.

What is WSH?

A high school in Westlake with a 2,000-seat auditorium. That burned to

the ground half an hour ago. Every minute the lava advances, it cuts off

our fire exit routes.

We may be out of options. No.

There is always another option.

Okay.

I'm going to keep it steady from my edge.

Okay. Harvey, why don't you go first?

Are you out of your mind? That thing won't hold me.

I'm going to show you how easy it is, okay?

Hey, Sergeant Grant, use the gloves. It's going to get hot.

You got them?

Yeah, I got it.

Try not to breathe.

I wouldn't think of it.

Good job.

You got this.

Steady.

You're doing great. You're halfway there.

A few more feet.

Give me your hands.

There you go.

I got you.

I got you. I got you.

Come on.

Come on. Wow. Well done.

I say so. A little too well done.

Okay, Harvey.

You're next.

Yeah, yeah, okay. I'm okay.

I'm okay. I'll try.

Everything's good. Everything's fine.

You think that thing's gonna hold him?

Oh, if it doesn't, I'm definitely getting fired.

Here you go, boss.

I got this. I got it. Okay, I can do this. One inch at a time. One inch at a

time. I'll be fine.

You know what?

I got this piece of cake, kid.

You're almost halfway there.

It's actually not as tough as I thought it was.

Who's that woman you're with?

He doesn't know where he is. Hey, don't worry about that right now, okay? Just

keep coming and do not look down.

Don't look down.

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Oh,

my God! What's happening?

He's freezing up.

No, listen to me, Harvey.

You suffered a head injury.

It's affected your short-term memory, but I need you to trust me. Trust you? I

don't know who the hell you are.

That doesn't matter, okay? You just need to keep going.

Well, I could go out there and try to help him back. And you both end up

bonded.

He mentioned that he had to make his way home to his wife.

What's her name? His dead wife?

He doesn't know that. At least he didn't.

It's Genevieve.

Harvey!

Come on, I need you to keep moving.

Genevieve is waiting for you.

He spoke to Genevieve.

She needs you to make your way home to her.

Genevieve's my wife. She's been sick.

You've been taking care of her, haven't you?

As best as I can, yeah.

She needs you.

You gotta make your way home to her.

Come on.

Come on, keep moving. We're not gonna panic.

Just do it. Do it for Genevieve.

Genevieve, I'm coming home to you, baby.

I'm coming home to you, baby.

Yes, sir. There you go. Come on.

Yeah, you're doing great, Harvey.

Come on, watch.

You're doing great, Harvey.

Yes.

You got it, boss.

Come on. There you go.

There you go. Come on.

Up you go. Come on. Up you go.

Let's get the hell out of here.

Maddie, I'm at Presbyterian.

Yeah, what's it like down there?

Like a backup at LAX. Listen, we're ready to evacuate.

Please tell me you've got some place for everyone to go.

Maddie?

Maddie, are you all right?

No, everybody's looking at me.

And I don't know what I'm supposed to tell them. We have...

Lava converging on Third Street, and then it's gonna head south, down

Alameda. And head right for us, right.

Third. The only street in Los Angeles that's not under construction.

Hey, that's right.

You had a construction site on your Second Street lava river rescue.

Yeah, thank God. Those K-rails are the only thing keeping everything from

spreading everywhere.

Why, what are you thinking?

I'm thinking if we can't move the people, we're gonna move the lava.

It's useless. It's locked.

And neither one of you got a key? No. No.

Phone! You said there was an emergency landline? Yeah, yeah, there should be.

There should be. Okay, where?

Hey!

Right here.

It's dead.

Well, and so are we.

Hey!

Hey!

We crossed over lava.

We are not giving up now.

There's got to be some other way out of here.

We got to think.

The answer's got to be right in front of us.

Hey, what's on the other side of that grating?

Union Station. They're doing refurbishments.

Well, it's a construction site.

Okay, there's got to be tools around here.

Something that we can use to pop open those grates.

Yeah, but we lost the ladder.

Come on, let's look. Come on. I could try to climb up, you know.

Maybe bring back some... Help.

Help. Help.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's going on, kid? Come on, come on, come on, come on.

Let me get you on the stand.

Come on.

Right here, right here.

Why are you shivering, Sparks? There's 150...

degrees down here. What happened to you? What's happening? What happened?

Where does it hurt?

I think I busted a rib on that jump.

Oh, man.

Good God. You're right. Stupid idea.

It's warm and distended.

He's bleeding internally.

I think I can fix that phone. I worked for Ma Bell in the 80s. Okay, then do

it. Why don't you forget? Why don't you do it? Okay.

Sounds great. Hey.

Hey.

You gotta get out of here.

It's detective.

And nobody's going anywhere right now.

Union Street Station, one of the first metro stops built in the 90s and

currently closed for construction.

Yeah, they're connecting it to the E line. That's right. The metro station is

giant. It is deep underground, and it is completely empty. And we are going to

send that lava back where it came from.

Underground.

Sure like a volcano, you know?

Sure looks like.

That's crazy, right?

Nice things go.

It's up there.

It's cold. It's so cold.

Sparks, your body is going into shock, but we can fight that.

Why?

You both know I'm not making it out of here.

You don't know that.

In fact, in my experience with you, you don't know much about anything.

I'm sure my partner's looking for us right now.

Hey, wait.

You got a new partner?

I'm jealous.

I thought you were allergic to partners.

I'm allergic to dumbass partners.

Is that the worst?

By far.

I mean, unless you consider the other guy.

At least he didn't shoot a civilian.

He shot me.

Oh, you're kidding.

I am not.

He wasn't really my partner. He just wanted me to think he was.

Where is he now?

Penitentiary. Well, it wasn't worse.

There's a low bar.

I should have listened to you.

I should have learned from you instead of trying to impress you, you know?

Maybe I wouldn't have thrown my whole life away.

I mean, that mistake cost me everything, you know? It almost cost a woman her

life. It didn't.

She's alive.

Because of you.

If you hadn't been there, I mean, she would have had a chance.

And if it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have stood a chance.

That counts, too.

Athena?

I need you to do something for me, okay?

Martha Bailey.

Will you tell her I'm sorry?

That I didn't stop thinking about her?

I will not.

Because you can do that yourself.

Six minutes ago, an LAFD reconnaissance drone confirmed lava converging on 3rd.

And then the drone melted. And so will Presbyterian Hospital if we get this

wrong. Here is Presbyterian, and three-quarters of a mile away, the lava

field. At its current rate of flow, it will reach the hospital in less than an

hour.

Down steady.

Our plan is to divert at Crocker with K-Rails, sending the lava towards 6th

Street.

LAFD has been deployed along the route to ensure the path is clear of

civilians. And in our final move, the LAPD and 118 are going to help the LABA

turn left at 6th. The LABA's going to turn left? Oh, it better make a left.

But 6th Street doesn't go downhill. It will.

We're lowering the grade.

Where do you want this acetylene?

Place each one right next to an O2 canister.

Miss Miss Accelerant, she got a pretty big boob. Oh, well, we appreciate the

help. Help? You kidding me?

We're the bomb squad.

We never get to actually blow crap up.

Okay, listen up.

We are no longer prepping for an evacuation.

Does that mean the lava's not headed this way anymore?

No, it is. But they've got a plan to stop it before it gets here. Just in

case, we need to clear the ER. Okay, get all these people to the upper floors.

How is going upstairs going to save us? If lava reaches the hospital, higher

ground is where we want to be. It won't come to that.

They'll stop it.

We'll see.

Here we go. It's approaching the first checkpoint.

Robbie, you're up.

Okay, and we're coming to you next.

Lava on track. Heading to safe.

They're coming to you, Cap.

Okay, Jim.

Charges are all set.

We see it.

All right, get behind the roof.

You don't want to cover your ears.

What the hell? It didn't work?

Dispatch, we've got lava running down 6th Street en route to Union Street

Metro Station.

Oh my God, we did it.

We did it!

Technically, we blew it.

Did I say that again?

That's incredible. Thank you. Thank you.

They did it.

They actually did it.

We're in the clear. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Did you hear that?

Just hang in there. And your boss?

He's trying to fix that phone.

Yeah, sure, that's cool. Great.

What?

You were trying to fix the phone.

I'm aware of that.

Who do you want to call?

Are you kidding?

Way to go, boss.

I have to make the call. You need to relax.

You're making a big mistake. Hey, hey, what's the problem? Oh, miss, please.

I have to make a phone call. I promised the lady. Like I said, you'll get your

phone call once you're booked in jail. For what? I didn't do anything.

It was my store.

Miss, he won't listen to me.

I promised the lady.

He's not going to see a doctor for a while. Why not just let him make his

call?

Fine.

Okay, we can use my phone.

What's the number?

It's on the card.

It's on the card.

Do you have the card?

All the stuff's in this bag.

Thank you.

You have to call the number on the back.

Where'd you get this?

That's the lady. I promised I would let them know she was down there.

Down where?

Hey, May, you okay?

Look, I know you're super busy, but there's a patient in the ER that had my

mom's business card. Okay.

And he said that she climbed into some hole that went underground.

And I tried calling her phone, but she's not picking up. And the detective she's

working with hasn't heard from her. For how long? Since before the first

eruption. Okay, we're not going to panic.

Where's the hole that she climbed into?

Under some jewelry store.

Like five blocks from the eruption.

Five blocks from the volcano.

Hey, Maddie.

Can I wait?

Athena Grant's on the line.

May I have got your mom on the other line?

She called 911?

I'll call you back.

Athena? Maddie!

Maddie, can you hear me? I'm not sure how long this connection will hold.

Athena, where are you? In a subway tunnel. I'm with two metro workers, both

injured. One have possible TBI, the other bleeding internally.

But we got bigger problems.

Lava? Yeah, there's some kind of bubbling from a fissure underground.

Yeah, above ground, too.

Athena, where are you exactly?

Uh, Union Street expansion.

A lava flow is headed straight for you.

Because I sent it there.

Jim, you can't beat the lava flow to you.

We can beat it there.

Okay, but by the time you eventuate an extraction, it will have caught up to

you. No one will be able to get out.

Okay, so get me another way in. There is no other way in, and not yet.

Wait, what do you mean, not yet? We have to make one. There are more than 20

miles of non-contiguous tunnels under downtown. If we can find something that

abuts with any part of that construction site, we can break through.

Uh, how far are you from the garment district?

Close. Um, good. I need you to go to 1175 Channel Avenue.

It's a car dealership. Yes, but it also used to be a speakeasy.

Prohibition tunnels.

Rum runners used to dig them in the 20s.

You think they still exist?

They have tours.

I don't think this woman was on the tour.

How far? Your target is about a mile from you. You're going to want to head

south to what looks like a dead end.

All right, let's move. Double time at 118. Let's go.

There it is.

All right, let's give it everything you got. Let's go. Let's go to work.

Help

is

on the way. I'm hearing some shaking here.

I think your friends are on the way.

How do they find us?

They always do.

They always do.

How we looking? Okay, almost there.

Push! Let's push!

I can see them, Cap!

I can see them, all three of them! Pull them out now!

Leave the tools, everyone!

Let's go!

Let's move!

Mom's safe. We got her out.

You hear that dispatch?

Yeah.

Loud and clear, 118.

Is she okay?

How is she?

Here, you can ask her yourself.

Well, downtown L.A. has a new tourist attraction.

After a hellish 24 hours, the volcanic eruption has ended as abruptly as it

began. Air traffic resumes, though trains are a different story, as lava

hardening in metro tunnels reveals a city humbled once again by Mother

Nature. For now, a coastal breeze has cleared most of that ashfall, leaving

Angelenos with blue skies.

What are you doing here?

Before we both drown from exhaustion, I thought I'd take you to breakfast.

No.

No.

You just saved my mom's life. I'm taking you to breakfast.

I know that there's a timesheet backlog, and I know that there's ash in the HVAC,

but can we take a minute to appreciate the fact that we just beat a damn

volcano? I mean, we are basically unstoppable.

The boss wants to see you. The who?

Sue.

I didn't know that you were coming back.

That was kind of last minute.

Happy to see you.

Have a seat.

Okay.

First, I just want to say that you have done an extraordinary job here.

They say you're here to fire me, right?

I told them what they should do is throw you a parade.

Yeah, too bad there's no streets left.

The mayor's feeling the heat, so to speak.

The press wants to know how he allowed a working-class neighborhood to burn to

the ground while diverting resources to a rich enclave.

To protect the rest of the city.

I can read a map.

Apparently no one in the mayor's office can.

The fact that they couldn't come down here and fire me themselves and they're

making you do it?

Well, they're afraid of you.

Me?

Why? Because you are competent.

Which is why I told them that if they wanted me back, we'd come as a team.

You said that?

I insisted on it.

I am ready to come back, Maddie. But with a partner. You know, someone who

can... share the burden.

And I can't think of anyone more qualified than you.

I can.

I think that Josh would make an outstanding co-manager.

He taught me and he showed me how to do this thing that I really love.

You do?

Maddie, you're fired.

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

All right, ma'am, can you tell me the address you're calling from?

Hope is on the way.

No, I won't hang up until they get there.

I'm not going anywhere.

Hey.

Hey.

How you feeling?

Better, thanks.

I heard it was a close call.

Yeah, apparently if they got there ten minutes later, I wouldn't be talking to

you right now. Yeah, well, they like to cut it close sometimes.

How's your boss?

Uh, he's discharged yesterday.

Any nice memory?

Seemed fine.

You know, doctors cleared him.

But he was not in a rush to get home once he realized, you know, there was no

one to go home to.

I know that feeling.

Sergeant, er, Detective Grant.

I just have to say, thank you.

Okay? You saved my life. You know, since you can't seem to get it right, why

don't you just call me Athena?

Okay. And I didn't save your life, but I do know the folks who did.

If you want to say thank you. I do, actually, but they wouldn't have had the

chance if you hadn't kept me here.

You kept me focused and fighting.

Yeah.

She's good at that.

Martha.

Bailey.

Yeah, I know.

There are some things I know you can get right.

Just like we talked about.

I'm gonna leave you two alone.

Is that okay?

I can't promise how it'll go.

But I'm hoping to find out.

Uh, yeah.

Come on in. It's open. You're just in time.

Just in time for what?

Hey,

Theo. Hey, Eddie.

You're making a volcano.

Yeah.

You don't feel like that's too soon?

Uh, well, Theo seemed kind of freaked out by my own volcano thing, so I

figured... Make it less scary for him.

You mind if we talk in private just for a minute?

Yeah, yeah, sure.

Theo, why don't you keep working on the cone? We're gonna talk to Eddie, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Come on.

It's good stuff.

So, hey, what's going on?

Look, uh...

Sorry if I'm overstepping, but I just... Lava bomb!

Lava bomb! Yep, lava bomb in just a minute. Wait for me.

You know what I learned the last two days? That a volcano is incredibly

scary.

Yeah, yeah, I know. I was out there with you.

Then why are we making it a party trick?

I told you. He was scared.

Yeah, yeah, you said he was scared.

which is a perfectly reasonable response to what the city just went through.

But what does not seem reasonable is... that.

Instead of talking to Theo and letting him tell you what scares him and

reassuring him, those feelings are normal. You're... you're making a joke

about it.

Well, after everything he's been through in the past few months, you don't think

the kid could use a joke?

Sure. Problem is, in all these months, everything's been made to be a joke.

Breaks windows and noses.

Unplugs your refrigerator.

And you just let it slide.

It's not good for a kid.

So you know what's best for Tia. I'm not saying that. You are saying that I

don't.

Look, I know that being a parent isn't easy.

I've made my share of mistakes. Yeah, I know. I know that because I've been with

you through most of them.

Did I ever one time look down on you for those mistakes?

No. No.

No, I didn't, because I'm your friend.

I'm doing this because I am your friend, Buck. And I'm worried about you and

Theo.

I know you think you're making it easier on him, man, but... Okay, so come on.

Tell me.

Give me your advice.

Should I put the traumatized little boy in a timeout?

Hey, Theo, listen. The world is a scary place. No more fun for you.

That kid already lost both of his parents.

Maybe what he needs right now is a...

Friend. The kid needs a father.

And some boundaries.

That actually makes him feel safe. Okay, you know what? You were right at the

start of this conversation.

You are overstepping.

You don't like the way I'm handling things.

Eddie, you know where the door is.

Buddy, I told you to wait.

It's okay. It's okay.

Yeah.