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WES: What in the hell were you thinking?

You... you took $800,000

from a burnt-out RV?

I think it was from a drug lab.

- You got to put it back. - No.

I am keeping it. I have a plan.

Launder the money and make an anonymous donation to 42.

- You don't know how to do that. - But you do.

Oh, Firecracker, I'm Costa Rica-bound

and this, that's dirty money.

Yes, but I can do something good with it.

I'm gonna hire more firefighters, okay?

I-I know the risks,

but...

I'm out of options.

So, can you help me, please?

[sighs]

All right. I'll need 50K.

You want a commission?

I'm gonna burn it. Burn it and the bag,

leave it in the trailer,

scatter the remnants around a big pile of ash,

so if they think the money's gone,

they won't come looking for it.

Now, the rest of it, we can...

we can easily wash and make your donation.

Okay, I like it, but let's just make it 20 instead.

This is not a game.

This sort of thing could go sideways really easily,

so you're gonna trust me or you're not.

Okay. Okay, take whatever you need.

And then, what can I do to help?

Nothing. Not a damn thing.

You just go about your day. Business as usual.

[phone chimes]

Who's that?

It's from Cal Fire legal.

And what's that mean?

Means today is gonna be anything but business as usual.

It's a loser. All right.

Those upwind, winners, both.

Cal Fire received over a dozen complaints.

And we expect more as the video circulates.

"Firefighter plays God with people's homes."

JAKE: No one likes doing

structure triage, but it's part of the job.

I know, but one of the homeowners-

the Fishers- they don't know that.

They see that video and they think you're the reason

- their place burned down. - No. No, no. Two drunk guys...

- Yes. - ...a grill and dry winds are why it burned down.

Look, they're just upset, all right?

They-they-they needed someone to blame.

How the hell do we fix this?

VIOLET: The thing is, the way this is spiraling,

Cal Fire is considering an investigation

into the entire incident for gross misconduct.

SHARON: Okay, that is bigger

- than just this video. - Yes,

it's about some questionable decisions,

like calling in the volunteers for backup eight hours

after they injured someone in a training exercise.

Three Rock was benched.

We needed the help. What the hell were we supposed to do?

I get that, but as the Cal Fire lawyer,

I assess risk, and if not properly managed,

this could easily turn from PR issue to lawsuit.

Listen.

I have until the end of today to let my boss know

if I feel an investigation is warranted.

So, this is your chance to get your ducks in a row.

Okay. What do you need from us?

I need an incident report,

um, the after-action, a-a statement

from Eve explaining why Three Rock wasn't on the call.

The crew carrier was out of commission.

And- I mean, uh, it got fixed...

- Mm-hmm. - ...internally.

Okay. I just need the documentation

that you sent to Cal Fire.

All right?

Jake, I'm sorry,

the department wants you on admin duty.

[scoffs] Wow.

VIOLET: Finally,

I need anything that can help me prove

that these volunteers are making progress.

They're months away from completing their task books,

but they have been training...

- For the pack test. - ...for the pack test.

VIOLET: Okay.

It would be a real help if I could say that they passed.

Yeah.

CHLOE: Dinner looked delicious.

I smoked this brisket for 16 hours.

[gasps] I'm so sorry

I sidetracked us from dinner.

- I'm not. I missed you. - Mm.

- Mm. - Missed you, too.

Mm. What are you doing?

BODE: Mm.

Oh- whoa!

- [laughs] - [knocking on door]

CJ: Leone?

- Hold on. Give-give me a second. - Leone, it's me.

Are you serious?

Wha...

God, give me a second.

- BODE: Hey. - Oh, man.

Your mom was trying to call you, and...

I completely forgot that you were taking the weekend off.

Uh... you must be Chloe. I'm CJ.

Oh, yeah, you're the one that's,

that's helping with the, with the VFD.

- Yes. Yeah. - Okay.

BODE: My mom called you?

Yeah, she did.

I don't know how she has my number,

but she needs the VFD to pass the pack test,

- like, today. - Why?

- What's a pack test? - Check your phone.

We have to do a three-mile hike

in 45 minutes with a 45-pound pack.

- Wow. Okay. - Chloe, I'm-I'm sorry,

I've got to go. This- passing this test is really important.

Um, hey, will you, will you do me a favor?

Can you text the recruits and let them know,

and then I'll just meet everybody at the trailhead?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um...

So nice meeting you.

[laughs]: Very nice to meet you, too.

Okay. [chuckles]

Hey, you know, um,

our-our time together is-is important, too.

No, I-I didn't mean... I didn't mean that it isn't.

But the VFD...

Is a priority for you. I get it.

But I'm only here for the weekend.

Look, if-if I could stay, I would.

Okay? But I'm in charge, and I can't ask my crew

to blow up their weekend while I stay home.

Yeah, and I understand that.

I'm- all I'm saying is that I...

Look, we live apart, and you work nonstop and I...

It's just, it's just been kind of hard.

Right? Or is it just me?

It isn't just you.

[phone vibrates]

It's okay, you should go.

We'll talk later.

BODE: All right. One mile down, VFD.

Come on, we got to pick up the pace. Let's go.

Can we have a water break, or...?

No, we hydrate on the move, Milo. Come on.

- Okay. - Let's go. Let's go.

[panting]: This pace is brutal, even for me.

BODE: Hey, will you sign off with Violet and my mom

back at the station when we're done?

- I got to get home. - Oh, I get it.

You're pushing these civvies to death's door

so you can go home and be with your girlfriend?

I'm pushing them to pass this test.

And to get back to Chloe. Both are important.

She wasn't so happy you left, huh?

Did y'all fight?

I don't know. Maybe.

Okay, well, I'll talk to Violet. No problem.

But listen, it's gonna be, uh...

it's gonna be my last task for the VFD.

Uh, my car's fixed.

You're leaving?

[exhales] Yeah. In a few days.

[distant wail]

What was that?

Hey, h-hold up, hold up.

Thank you, God.

Everyone, stay quiet, listen.

[distant wail]

- That sounds like a baby. - [distant wail]

Maybe mom or dad fell?

- [wailing continues] - It's coming from off-trail.

- Hello? - [distant wail]

Uh, what are we gonna do?

[wailing continues]

[beeps]

Follow the noise and make sure nobody's injured.

All right? Let's fan out, ten feet apart.

Let's go.

MANNY: 42.

Today, we're gonna be doing a 20-acre

prescribed burn at the Cribb County line.

Three Rock, I'm gonna have you guys cutting a firebreak.

That way, you can box it all in.

Damn, I'm so happy to have you boys back.

Let's load up, all right?

GUNNAR: Let's go, boys.

Angel. That was all you, man.

MANNY: Hey, Eve.

- Hey. - Is that the paperwork

for the buggy repairs that Violet was asking for?

- Yeah. - Cool. Let's turn it in.

- We got to go, quick. - Hey, I can't.

Um...

I think I need your help.

- What's up? - I need to amend this

because what I originally sent in...

[exhales] ...omitted certain details

and falsified others.

What are you talking about, Eve?

The buggy wasn't operable.

The issue was the radiator,

and I told Cal Fire that I fixed it.

But the truth is, is that one of my guys

had a contraband phone and pulled some strings

- to get a new one. - You mean Angel?

- Manny. - I told you

he had a burner, Eve.

I told you that.

Well, at least now he's gonna get bounced

- once you come clean, right? - Look, I just told you

that I lied to the department and now all

you're worried about is Angel getting kicked out of camp?

Yeah, because I was right, Eve.

Now you're in this crap because of him.

No, no, it was my choice. I made it.

What the hell are you gonna do now?

I'm gonna stay and talk to Violet.

I'm gonna clear my side of the street.

But can you do me the favor and get Three Rock back to camp?

Yeah, I'll get them back.

But I'm gonna leave you with this.

You run interference for Angel,

you're gonna make things a lot worse for yourself.

I think...

I think Angel

did the wrong thing for the right reason,

and I'm not gonna punish him,

and I don't know, I don't know, maybe...

[sighs] ...maybe it's time for him

to see someone other than your brother try to protect him.

That's what I'm trying to do.

- [distant wailing] - MILO: Hello?

Anyone out there?

I have never heard crying like that before.

Not sure about the parents, but that baby sure is cute.

- [bleating] - CJ: Aww.

JANICE: She's injured.

- We can't leave her. - Well, what about the pack test?

[bleating continues]

We'll rescue the goat first,

and then we'll get back to the test.

Oh, hey, uh, Bode and the VFD got delayed,

but they will definitely finish the pack test

by the end of the day.

They don't just have to finish, Sharon,

they have to pass.

Yes, they'll... they will.

They better, because...

I already told my boss that they did.

Uh, would you excuse me for a second?

H-How'd it go at the trailer park?

It didn't.

What do you mean it didn't?

I mean the whole place was hopping.

You had- residents were pissed off.

- [machine rumbling] - Three news crews.

Uh, this, uh, whole "winners and losers" thing,

it's-it's... it's going national.

It's five minutes away from being

one of those, what, "me-me" things.

Okay, so, what do we do?

Well, my advice is that you call your sister,

you tell her you found a bunch of money at a mop-up

and you're turning that money in.

- No, I'm not doing that. - Then we have a problem.

Until you can get the eyes off the trailer park,

there's nothing I can do to help.

? ?

[goat bleating]

BODE: Stay low, embrace the slide.

Looking good, Janice.

[bleating]

All right. We need to figure out

a way to get Janice and that goat back up the hill.

We don't have any equipment.

This hill's like a giant dirt Slip 'N Slide,

so how do you suggest we do that?

All right, we're gonna form a human chain.

CJ: Well, we can use this tree as an anchor point.

We just don't have anything to tie around it.

[sighs]

Or maybe we do.

? ?

[grunts] Whoa!

- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, whoa. - I got you.

- CJ: Go slow. - Whoo!

[all breathing heavily]

BODE: You got it, Milo. Come on.

- Lock it at the wrist. - [grunts, straining]

Okay.

All right. I need more.

Let's go further.

- We got this, guys. - [all grunting]

[strains] Got her!

- Got her! - All right. Watch your footing.

- [grunting] - Keep low to the ground.

Okay, pull, pull.

Stay low and pull. Everyone, pull.

- [all grunting] - We got this.

Let's go. Move, move.

[all panting]

- [goat bleating] - [soft laughter]

Okay. All right.

- All right, VFD. All right. - [whooping]

- Help me clean her off. - Take a minute, get some water.

Then packs back on, all right? We got a test to finish.

[bleating]

- Aww. - Aww.

Um... Hey, I don't...

I don't see any cut here.

I don't think this is the goat's blood.

[bleating continues]

Hi.

BODE: The tag's from the Bauer Farm.

Ken and Gloria's place.

You think this is human blood?

BODE: All right, somebody could be hurt.

Farm's not far, so let's hustle over there and make sure

everyone's okay.

Come on.

SHARON: Wow.

U-Um, I, uh, did the grocery run.

Uh, they were out of jerky.

And that's why you're slamming the cabinets?

At the store...

...people were looking at me, whispering.

I...

I-I-I just need all of this to be over.

I know.

We all do.

I have a plan.

Hey, I'm-I'm all ears.

I'd like to invite the Fishers from the trailer park here.

Okay.

So you could apologize.

You're kidding.

Sometimes, people just need to hear an "I'm sorry."

No, no, I-I have nothing to apologize for.

I know, but an apology can really help someone

if they're hurt, and-and it could make a lawsuit go away.

It could solve all of our problems.

Our problems are that we don't have enough resources.

And we need more firefighters.

Then we could've saved more homes.

That's more your job than it is mine.

I'm sorry, Sharon.

But I've already taken too many hits.

This ain't right, Chief.

We're supposed to be out there, with smoke in our faces,

- shaving off time. - Yeah, why are we back here?

- Where's Cap? - Captain Edwards

confessed to accepting an illicit radiator

from one of you knuckleheads.

So, now she's at 42 talking to a Cal Fire lawyer.

Wait, wait, she's gonna get in trouble?

MANNY: Absolutely. Just don't know how bad yet.

So, here I am,

covering until another captain can get here.

So, what are we gonna do?

Housekeeping.

- Barracks, latrines. - [groaning]

Everything spotless, now.

[others murmuring]

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BODE: So, you're leaving us.

Where are you headed?

Oh, uh, San Francisco.

Bread bowls, trolleys, fog.

You know, Edgewater has fog.

Don't try to sell me on this place again.

I like Edgewater, even with the cornstalks

in my face, but I need a fresh start, you know?

You can have that here, yeah, in- or Chicago or Denver

or anywhere that you've been.

I think you're running.

I think you're avoiding your issues.

Hold up.

And you're not?

I've been in long-distance relationships before.

It takes a lot more than a few busted weekends to wreck one.

CJ. Bode.

[goat bleating]

Oh.

BODE: Something crashed into the barn.

Come on.

[engine whirring]

Ken?

KEN: Help!

I'm stuck.

BODE: I need help getting all this debris off of him.

- I'm CJ. - Hi, CJ.

- Hey. - I'm Ken.

BODE: We have a male, 50s, crush injury.

Pinned beneath an overturned tractor

from the beltline down.

He's conscious and alert, with a head wound.

DISPATCH: Firefighter Leone, Greencrest.

No apparatus in the immediate area

due to a multi-vehicle incident on the two-nine.

Stand by.

- All right. - [goat bleating]

Listen, it's gonna be a while before anybody can get here, so

it's on us to help Ken.

Anybody here good with cars?

- I used to tinker. - That's good enough.

We can't reach the key underneath there,

so can you find the fuel shutoff valve

so we can get this thing turned off?

- I'll try. - Thanks, Father.

CJ: Uh, bleeding's stemmed.

All right. I need you to read the wall,

see if any parts of this barn are structurally compromised.

Yeah.

[goat bleating]

Hey, Janice, get that goat someplace safe.

Found the shutoff.

- [grunts] - [engine stops]

Oh, thank goodness.

That noise was killing me.

Father Faucher?

Oh, you brought a priest with you?

Oh, this is bad.

Can you tell us what happened?

Uh, w-well, night- right side went numb

and I lost control.

Next thing I know, this beast is on top of me.

I- a couple of weeks ago,

I-I had a-a ministroke.

A TIA.

Well, it sounds like maybe you had another one.

Can you feel your legs?

[strains] Sort of.

Good. Your nerves are still firing.

I'm hoping that all this straw you landed on

is absorbing some of that tonnage.

[wood creaking]

Hey.

Look, I need to get eyes on his legs.

But first, we got to stabilize the tractor

so it doesn't sit down any further.

Find wood, bricks, cinder blocks,

whatever you can, just do it fast.

Injury like this, every second counts.

And, Milo...

get Ken's wife's number.

We need Gloria to get here.

CJ: Leone.

This wall's structural and compromised,

and it's bowed inwards, so we're...

- We're in the collapse zone. - Yeah.

I can shore it up with a raker.

I was training for tech rescue before I left Philly.

Okay, grab Janice.

See if you can get one up

before this wall comes down on top of us.

CJ: Yeah.

[indistinct chatter]

Yo, you missed a spot.

Hey, Chief.

What you said before...

Could Cap lose her job?

You actually worried about her?

Or just about how it's gonna affect you?

I don't know what you talking about.

Come here.

[sighs]

I know you got the radiator.

Not that you would ever own up to it.

For real?

You coming at me talking about responsibility?

Excuse me?

No, no, no, no, no. You got something to say...

...say it.

I was just a kid when you left...

...but I remember.

Abuela?

She was devastated.

She shut down.

And Pops?

You think he was hard before?

You turned him stone-cold.

Yeah, that's on you.

- I didn't know. - Yeah, course not.

'Cause you walked out...

...didn't look back.

[Manny exhales]

You know, leaving our family

was the hardest thing I've ever done.

But I had to do it.

So, I took my daughter and I got the hell out of there

to save both of our lives.

So, don't you stand there...

...and tell me that I don't have regrets, because I do.

- Yeah, like what? - Like you.

Maybe if I would've stayed, I could've looked out for you.

But you know what? You do have someone looking out for you now.

And that someone is Eve, and she's putting

her whole career on the line to protect you.

DISPATCH [over radio]: Battalion 1508, Greencrest.

We have a tractor rollover with extrication needed

at 124 Warwick Lane.

Are you able to report to this call?

That's the Bauer Farm. [clears throat]

Affirmative.

Myself and Engine 1591 will respond.

DISPATCH: Copy, Chief.

EVE: All I knew is it would've taken three weeks to get

a radiator through the proper channels, so...

So, you accepted one from an inmate,

and then lied about where it came from?

I know what I did was misguided.

And on top of that, you won't even give me the inmate's name.

Eve, the VFD is at the Bauer Farm.

They need support for a crush injury.

- Is it Ken? - I'm afraid so.

Um, VFD's on another incident?

They came upon someone in need,

so Manny just left Three Rock, 42's gonna bail

on the prescribed burn, but the farm's in Chezem Valley.

It's still gonna take some time to get there. We're closer.

- Bring extra IVs. - Copy you, Chief.

Obviously, the VFD completing their pack test today

is no longer a given.

Any other good news?

It was me that told Eve to keep the radiator.

W-Wait, what?

42's beyond desperate. I...

I couldn't have Three Rock just sitting on a bench.

- We need them. - So, now, on top of everything,

I have to keep quiet about the division chief's misconduct?

I'm just doing what needs to be done to protect

this crew and my town.

If there are consequences for that, so be it.

[sighs]

? ?

All right, tractor's secure.

Wall's stable.

Anything from Gloria?

I've been trying her. No answer.

- Is she on the property? - KEN: Yeah.

We had a fight, so she's at her pottery wheel,

- calling me a jackass. - [truck door opens]

- [door closes] - EVE: Hey.

Manny and 42 are on the way.

There's a lot of traffic. I took the back roads.

BODE: I thought you were with Three Rock.

[exhales] It's a long story. You want to catch me up?

Crush profile from the beltline down with a head wound.

It's been about 90 minutes.

Now we're gonna clear the rest of this debris

so we can get eyes on his lower half.

Okay, CJ, you want to give me a hand with the vitals and IV?

Okay.

Hey, uh, picking up for 42?

- Okay. - Thank you.

CHLOE: Hey, stranger.

Come join me.

Yeah, I... I don't know if that's such a great idea.

Oh, come on.

Come on, sit.

I saw the video.

Just don't pay attention to any of those jerks over there.

[laughs softly]

You know...

...Sharon thinks I should apologize.

You've been there. What do you think?

Hmm.

You know... [exhales softly]

...at first,

it was really hard for me to admit

just how much Tyler hurt people.

I mean, it's-it's my kid.

You know? And he made a mistake. It...

It just wasn't what people needed to hear.

You know, they needed to understand why it happened.

And the moment I started sharing that,

uh, we started to get some healing.

I'm not saying that you need to apologize.

That's not what I'm saying.

But when people are hurting...

...they just need to understand.

Even if it's messy.

[sighs]

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EVE: What you seeing, Bode?

Got a bilateral femoral crush.

Severe swelling.

Pedal pulses are absent.

KEN: What?

That sounds bad.

You can be straight with me, Bode.

BODE: Ken, I won't lie.

You're pinned pretty good.

Your legs are taking the brunt of it.

What... W-Well, let's get this thing off me.

- We can't. - What?

Your muscles are crushed

and toxins have been building up,

and the moment we pull you out, those toxins spread.

EVE: Without 42,

we can't stabilize you long enough

to get you to the hospital.

What? I don't understand.

Basically,

the thing that's killing you is also keeping you alive.

MANNY: Looks like about 15 till

- we're up at the farm, Bode. - All right, copy.

42's still 15 minutes out.

CJ: He's maintaining,

but BP's running low.

All right, well, let's push some fluids

and see if we can get it back up.

MILO: Hey, uh, Dad and Janice checked the pottery studio

and they can't find Gloria.

Ken, is there anywhere else that Gloria might be?

Uh... chicken coop?

Got it.

KEN: Bode?

I-If I don't get to see Glo...

You will, Ken. All right? We're gonna get her here.

[exhales] Okay.

Is-is Father Faucher around?

JAKE: Mrs. Fisher, Hannah,

thank you for agreeing to meet me.

Chief Leone told us you had something to say.

We're listening.

I understand what you're both going through,

and I am sorry for what happened to your family,

but I won't apologize for doing my job.

All I can do is try to explain.

We are going through these fast.

I'm so grateful y'all are here.

You can thank that little goat of yours.

You know, if she hadn't gotten out,

- we wouldn't have found you. - Yeah, that's...

that's Pepper.

She's pretty spicy. [chuckles]

She's like my Glo.

Oh, to see Gloria again?

That would be a miracle.

BODE: I just found our miracle expert.

[laughs softly] Father.

JAKE: I made a choice...

FAUCHER: Watch over our brother in this difficult time...

JAKE: ...to let your home burn...

FAUCHER: ...because we are in need of a miracle...

JAKE: ...'cause...

if I hadn't, even more homes would've gone up.

Don't think that I didn't see what you all lost.

I remember a rosebush.

It was perfect.

Like someone really cared for it.

And a rocking chair.

Oak, maybe. Looked cozy.

That was my husband's. He built it.

Ma'am, snapshots like these,

of people's things,

they're seared into my memory.

So, saying "winners" and "losers,"

it's not a value judgment on anyone's home.

It's shorthand to assess risk.

But also to detach.

Because the truth is,

we can't save every home...

...or every life.

Even with fluids, BP is trending down.

[sighs]

BODE: Any update from Janice or Paulie?

[siren wailing in distance]

[fire truck horn blaring]

? ?

The harsh truth is,

firefighters have to put up emotional walls.

If we don't,

the job doesn't get done, and everyone loses.

MANNY: ...Battalion 1508, I'm on scene at the Bauer ranch.

Assuming Warwick Road Command.

Send me an air ambulance to this location.

- How is he? - He's been under for over two hours.

Got two crushed femurs. BP's sliding.

- Not responding to IVs. - All right, let's make some room

for the paramedics so they can start

their crush injury protocol.

- 42, prepare for extrication. - On it, Chief.

Hey, there, Ken. How you holding up, buddy?

Manny. Manny, please,

please don't move me.

I-I need to see Gloria first.

Your condition is deteriorating really fast,

and if we don't extricate immediately...

Please. Please.

[monitor beeping steadily]

I know you're hurting.

But what that video doesn't show is

the fire had already breached the roof, and I knew

it was too late.

This job?

It's all about making the tough calls.

You have to know when to give up...

...and when to keep fighting.

BODE: Chief.

It's your call, but this isn't just about saying goodbye.

It's about helping a man die without regret.

PARAMEDIC: He's 80/50,

tachy at 120.

- He's running out of time. - Hey.

Pull him now or in five minutes.

Either way, he's not gonna make it.

But only one of those gives him a chance

to see his wife again.

[monitor beeping steadily]

All right, 42.

Keep setting everything up, but we're gonna wait for Gloria.

All right? You just be ready in case he crashes.

[indistinct chatter]

GLORIA: Kenny!

[panting]

No...

Gloria.

I'm so sorry I-I didn't listen.

[panting]

I'm so stubborn.

[laughs softly] My old mule.

You're the best part of my life.

You're my miracle.

GLORIA: I love you so much, Kenny.

[crying]: Kenny!

- All right, 42, let's move! Let's move! - Let's go.

["Grief Is Only Love" by Stephen Wilson Jr. playing]

[Gloria's cry echoes]

? ?

? Life is a battlefield ?

? And it'll drag you right through hell ?

? Bites like a rattlesnake ?

? The kind that you just don't see on the trail ?

? And I miss my father ?

? Every day ?

? The kind of pain ?

? I pray don't fade away ?

[monitor beeping rapidly]

- ? And the ones ? - [flatlining]

? Above guide me down the road ?

? Yeah, grief is only love ?

? That's got no place to go ?

? And I ?

? Don't feel like cryin' ?

? But I ?

? Just keep cryin' ?

? For the ones above ?

? To guide me down the road ?

? Yeah, grief is only love ?

? That's got no place to go ?

? From my great-granddad in the ground...?

BODE: Losing a patient, it's the hardest part of the job.

? In my hometown... ?

BODE: Especially when you know them.

But being with someone for their final moments,

- that means something. - ? Yeah, grief is only love... ?

And I know that it meant everything to Ken.

It was a tough one.

? Yeah, grief is only love... ?

But also feels like a miracle we were even here.

MILO: Yeah, I know we didn't pass the pack test, but...

what we did do, uh, isn't that enough to prove ourselves?

Honestly, I don't know what's gonna happen.

? Love... ?

But I do know that, after today,

you would all make great firefighters.

JANICE: Uh, well,

I got to busy myself or I'm gonna cry, so...

anybody want to help me fix Gloria's fence tomorrow?

- I'll come. - Yeah, me, too.

What time?

CJ: Did you know that it was

a little over three miles between here

and the hill where we found the goat?

No. Sounds about right. Why?

We did it in under 45 minutes.

[laughs softly] We passed the pack test.

Yeah.

? So hang on to the hurtin' ?

? And let it grab ahold... ?

You know, I couldn't have done any of this without you.

Are you trying to sell me on this town again?

No.

No, I'm just stating a fact.

You made a difference here.

And we were... we were lucky to have you as long as we did.

? Yeah, grief is only love ?

? That's got no place to go ?

? Yeah, grief is only love... ?

- [door opens] - [indistinct chatter]

GUNNAR: Cap.

- Yeah. - Uh, we thought you got axed.

No, not yet. Um...

And I will learn my fate soon, but for now, I'm still your Cap.

- [door closes] - Cap, you know none of us

would've snitched on you, right?

I do. I know.

I shouldn't have put you guys

in that position in the first place.

Respect.

[sighs] All right.

So, let's get ready for lights out. Okay?

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, Cap?

? ?

[sighs] I heard what you did for me.

I can own my mistakes, too.

Night, y'all.

[softly]: Oh, my God.

[dishes clattering]

? ?

- Ha-ha! - [groans] Wes!

- [laughing] - Why? Why would you do this?

You scared the hell out of me.

I'm armed with a BLT, Sharon. [laughs]

What happened at the trailer park?

Mm...

Your tracks are covered, Firecracker.

Whatever you did, it worked, 'cause when I got there,

- the camera crews were gone. - It wasn't me.

It was Jake. He talked to them,

and they dropped the complaints.

The lawyer from Cal Fire is happy,

and 42's in the clear.

Yeah, well, you got lucky, today.

And there is some relief coming into 42 next week.

Thank you so much.

Well, you need to be real careful

and think about what your next move's gonna be.

Once you spend that money, there ain't no coming back.

Who knows?

There might be some people come looking for it, so...

...keep it handy. [chuckles]

[door opens]

[door closes]

Is this seat taken?

No way.

Mason Ellis.

Shortstop for the Phillies.

Once upon a time.

- So, is-is the seat taken? No? - [stammers]

Let me get you another one.

CJ: This is...

crazy.

I've seen you play.

Are you a fan?

Uh, uh, confused is what I am.

- Okay. - What are you doing in Edgewater?

I grew up here. It's my hometown.

Which means you're probably not a fan, then.

Uh, I-I am.

I just, I guess I know more about your professional life

than your personal life.

Well, maybe we can change that.

I am sorry, that was so cringe.

It was awful. It was bad.

- It wasn't great. - Yeah, it wasn't great.

It wasn't great.

[both laugh]

? If you ain't in love by now ?

? And you think you'll never be...?

Hey.

You're leaving?

? Though we ain't 17... ?

I, uh... No. I don't know.

Look, Bode, I-I just...

I don't know how we make this work.

? If you drink more than you used to...?

[exhales]

I don't, either.

I-I can't...

I can't give up the VFD.

I know that you didn't ask me to, but...

if I did, I'd have more time.

I could visit more, and I'd be there for you and Tyler.

Yeah, but you'd be miserable.

Chloe, what we did today...

I watched a man say goodbye to his wife,

and all I could think about is you.

? For something you already found...?

I don't want this-

us- to end.

I don't want to say goodbye.

? Sleeping with somebody ?

I want to figure this out.

? And they ain't done nothing wrong...?

It's not gonna be easy.

We can handle it.

? But you wake up in a cold sweat...?

And we'll probably fight

until we get it right, like...

...a lot.

? If you ain't in love by now... ?

Then let's fight.

? I'm the reason ?

? It ain't worked out ?

? 'Cause you can't forget the feeling ?

? Of kissing me in the back seat...?

Then, I missed that throw

- in game six... - CJ: Mm.

...and Philly bullied me right out of the city.

Oh, wow. I was also bullied out of Philly,

funnily enough.

- Bullied how? - Mm-mm.

That's a story for another time.

So, there's gonna be another time?

Okay. Slow your roll.

That's what you just said, though.

- We'll see. - Okay.

So, what happened next?

Uh, 'cause when your Phillies jersey

came off, I stopped paying attention to you.

Fair enough.

I, uh, played for Detroit until my shoulder gave out.

And then I tried coaching, tried broadcast...

- Nothing stuck? - Nothing stuck.

I've been going from place to place,

looking for my next thing,

only to end up back in Edgewater.

And I'm happy to stay put.

Hmm. Are you gonna coach Little League now?

[laughs]

I'm gonna revamp an old family business.

You know, Edgewater is the one place

that's loved me no matter what.

- Hmm. - So, I figure

it's a good place to start over.

Well, that seems to be a theme.

[CJ laughs softly]

Yeah, a friend of mine told me

that this was a good place to heal.

Smart friend.

It's, um...

It's a good place for many things.

? Because this is your life ?

? You can fall down or fly ?

? You can burn out a shot ?

? If you want ?

? Yeah, yeah, this is your life ?

? You can live it or die ?

? You can quit now or try ?

? If you want... ?

MANNY: Hey.

- You know what this is about? - No idea.

SHARON: Good morning, everyone.

MANNY: Hey, Chief. Everything okay?

- Mm-hmm. - Better not be

another PR crisis.

[chuckles] Well,

I wasn't supposed to say anything yet, but there is

an anonymous donation in the works for 42.

- And it's a big one. - Yes!

? ?

So, does that mean we can actually hire

- some more firefighters? - Sure does.

I made my first offer, and here she is.

- [exhales] - [soft laughter]

When did this happen?

Oh, I called her last night,

and she called me back this morning.

You decided to stop running.

You know, the offer, it felt more like a threat.

I'm a little scared of your mom.

Well, I'm happy that you said yes.

- Welcome to 42. - [laughs]

[applause and whooping]

Come on in. Welcome to the house!

- Welcome! - Go get it.

JAKE: Yeah!

? ?

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