Original subtitles

Hey, Rocky. How you been?

- That's a big swell coming. - Yeah.

Looks like a monster, right?

I wasn't gonna miss this one for nothing.

[dramatic music]

♪

Rocky!

♪

- Okay. - Hold him.

♪

- Watch out! - [grunts]

Oh! I lost him!

I've got to get him! - No, Hina!

♪

I gave you a direct order.

Not only is Rocky dead,

you could have gotten one of us killed!

I told you to wait!

What the hell was that?

Your head has not been right since Zion, and you know it.

So get it together or quit.

[grunts, pounds steering wheel]

[somber music]

♪

[children chattering, giggling]

Okay, duty calls.

Hey, hey, hey. Hold Daddy's hand.

Hey, sunscreen first.

Okay, let's go get some sunscreen on.

Don't make me out to be a buzzkill.

They'll be lobsters.

Then we'll have something to eat, right?

[chuckles] - Excuse me.

Hey.

Beautiful day out, huh? - Yeah, sure is.

Yeah.

Listen, this isn't a safe beach to swim with your kids,

especially today.

Ah, that's what the, uh, floaties are for, right?

Look, there's a, uh... a beach about a half mile down.

It's great for swimming, safe.

Kids will love it. - Maybe we should, hon.

Yeah, you should.

I don't know. We're already here.

Our stuff's unpacked.

The car's not far. Let's just go.

Diane.

Okay, then you need to decide which kid you like more.

[scoffs] Excuse me?

Which one of your kids do you want to live?

Because you're not gonna be able to save them both.

[dramatic music]

♪

Hey, who is your supervisor?

[speaking indistinctly]

♪

Welcome to the North Shore.

District 7.

♪

Getting dangerous.

♪

Go, go, go!

♪

[breathing heavily]

Six, seven,

eight, nine...

ten.

Maybe four good ones.

They were all good. I got quads of steel, my guy.

Hey. You think she's all right?

She hasn't been herself since Rocky.

A local surf legend dies, and you're the last one

to touch the body, it's... [sighs]

It's rough.

- You left early this morning. - Yeah.

I didn't even hear you go.

You missed a good omelet.

All right, let's huddle up.

It's, uh...

it's Rocky's paddle-out today.

Kalama Beach, little ways down from the, uh... from the tower.

Uh, swell's down, so there's going to be

a lot of people in the water of all skill levels.

So me and Em on the skis.

Will, Laka, you're on the boards.

Emerson, Alexander, man the tower.

The rest of you have got your assignments.

Let's get on with it.

[solemn music]

♪

Hey.

Hey.

How you holding up?

Listen, why don't you jump on the ski with me

for the memorial?

No, that's okay. I got my assignment.

Okay.

If you change your mind, let me know.

Yeah.

♪

[engine turning over]

♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪

Hey, everybody, let's circle up!

Everybody, huddle up.

[indistinct chatter]

♪

[baby babbles]

I forgot he had a kid.

[continues babbling]

So, uh, Rocky and I,

we go back 20 years.

Met in Puerto Escondido.

And I was broke as hell.

Still am. [laughter]

Rocky had this little broken-down Winnebago

parked out in Zicatela.

And he let this total rando stay with him.

That first day, I watched him paddle out alone,

trying to catch the biggest waves I've ever seen.

And I thought, this guy is crazy.

[light laughter]

But Rocky was so much more than that.

He was generous...

Funny as hell, and he loved his family.

We don't all get to leave this place doing what we love,

but...

Rocky did.

And that's how we should remember him.

Mahalo for being here.

[cheers and applause]

[soft poignant music]

♪

Gnarly, huh?

You know what happened?

I heard it was a two-wave hold-down,

but that's all I know.

It's crazy.

Yeah, crazy.

So, uh, we got to start paying my dad rent

on the condo...

cheap, but figure we could go half-half.

We got to talk about this right now?

I mean, it's due next week.

Said you could do $750, right?

Yeah.

Going on patrol.

[Trevor Hall's "Mother"]

♪

[ATV engine turning over]

♪

♪ I will look upon this land as Mother ♪

♪ Her body and her breath so strong ♪

♪ From the mountains to the deep, deep waters ♪

♪ It's Mother

♪

♪ No matter where we go, we never leave her ♪

♪ Our mother, our mother...

For Rocky!

[all cheering and shouting]

♪ Our mother, our mother

♪ Our mother

♪

♪ Our mother, our mother

♪ Yeah

♪ From the river song to old, old country ♪

♪ Her music, well, it comes so full ♪

♪ Let us quiet down and listen closely ♪

♪ To Mother

♪ Whoa-oh

[all cheering and shouting]

♪ She's the mother of all

♪ Our mother, our mother, our mother ♪

♪ Giving it back to the mother ♪

[chuckles]

♪ Our mother

♪ Giving it back to the mother ♪

Hey.

Good fishing around here?

I wouldn't advise it.

That's, like, a funeral, right?

[all cheering and shouting]

Yeah.

So sad.

You know how the guy died?

Be careful with that thing.

You could hurt yourself. [ATV engine turning over]

[indistinct chatter]

- Hey. - Hey.

Glad you could come. - For sure.

Dude was a legend. - Yeah.

Hey, um, how about dinner tonight?

We can talk about it or just get your mind off it,

either way.

Yeah, that'd be nice.

Yeah, shoots. I'll pick a place.

Oh.

- I got to get to work. - Okay.

Text you later?

Uncle Sonny?

Hi. - Hey.

I just wanted to thank you for today

and for the groceries, too.

That was really nice of you and Auntie.

Of course. If there's anything you guys need...

[voice breaking] Rocky admired you all so much.

He loved hanging out at the tower

and really thought of you lifeguards as his family.

Yeah.

I felt the same.

[somber music]

I know that you all did everything that you could.

We did.

It's just surreal, you know?

Not having him to bury... no body, no ashes.

Is there anything that you can tell me about what happened?

♪

- Hold him! - Oh!

I lost him!

♪

Yeah, we... we got to him as fast as we could.

He was already gone.

♪

Why him?

I don't know.

It's peaceful... drowning.

It's like falling asleep in the snow.

Rocky was riding some of the best waves of his life.

And I bet he was laughing and smiling

right to the very end.

He was doing something he loved...

and that's beautiful.

And I'm so sorry for your loss.

♪

[truck door closes] - [sighs]

♪

[static whirring over walkie-talkie]

[walkie-talkie shuts off]

♪

[engine turning over]

♪

Hey, Sonny!

Sonny!

♪

[somber music]

- Cap just bailed. - What?

He took off.

He probably just went back to HQ.

Without a ski?

♪

Hey, you were gone a while. All good?

♪

Listen, Alexander.

Alexander.

Hina.

♪

Where's she going?

[upbeat music]

♪

[laughs] Whoo!

[laughs] Yeah.

I think we got enough.

Hey, you got to stick a knife in the hole

to get the, uh... the milk out.

Nah, I watched a TikTok on tropical foraging.

When they're brown like this, the meat is better.

Hey. What the hell you guys doing?

Oh, harvesting.

That's not harvesting, brah. That's stealing.

Foraging, living off the land... you heard of it?

You're living off of someone else's land.

Get out of the Allreds' yard. - [scoffs] What?

That you guys, too?

That's not on anyone's yard, man.

You cannot camp on the beach here.

Pack it up and split.

And stay off other people's property.

Hey!

Hey, man! Where's your aloha spirit?

Yo.

♪

Hello.

- Surprised to see me? - A little bit.

What's this for?

I need a reason to bring my fiancé lunch?

No, you don't.

But you have one, don't you? Hmm?

My maid of honor is in town with her family.

Oh, Misty? No, please.

Here, no... - One dinner.

7:30 at the Lehua Club.

Just look nice and laugh at their jokes.

Please?

The last time we went to that club,

it cost 600 bucks for 4 people.

And the only beers they serve taste like fruit.

It's a wedding expense. My dad will cover it.

Look, if you want to spend your dad's money, that's fine.

Just leave me out of it.

Good news...

stealing is now called foraging.

- [chuckles] - What's up, Jules?

Oh, be careful, mate. She's bribing you.

No problem. Wow.

Cafe Haleiwa.

Okay, hit me.

You know my jewelry line, Rose & Mo?

Check this out. - Oh!

That's sick. That's sick.

We need a look book to get into the stores in Waikiki.

I want you to model for it.

Paid, of course. - How much we talking?

$200.

Saturday, one hour, tops.

Do I get to keep this, too?

No.

Deal.

Got to get Misty from the airport.

See you tonight? - Mm-hmm.

- See, Laka didn't argue. - He negotiated.

[Julie chuckles] - You're so lucky.

She's hot, rich, she has her own business.

What does she see in you?

You want me to pull my pants down in front

of all these people, do you? - [chuckles]

Right, her family isn't just rich.

They're scary rich.

- You're so stoked. - Oh, I don't know.

We go to dinner, and every time the check comes,

her dad reaches for it, and...

I have to let him. I can't afford not to.

Yeah, so what? He's loaded.

Yeah, but I'm not going to live off an allowance

from my in-laws, mate... I can't.

Sounds like that's exactly what you're going to do.

Nope. I'm working on something

to make a little extra on the side.

- Yeah? - Surf school.

Yeah, you can kill it. - You will kill it.

Mm-hmm.

Good thing, too, because you suck at marrying rich.

[upbeat music]

♪

- Has anyone seen Cap? - Nope.

No. Sorry.

[line trilling]

Hey, this is Sonny. Leave a message.

[line beeps] - Alexander split...

just walked off the job.

And I can hardly blame her after you ripped into her.

So you don't want to talk to me, that's fine.

You need to talk to her.

[Laka groans]

This job is too much paperwork.

You talk to Alexander this morning?

Not really.

Asked her to kick in rent for the month.

She went out on patrol, came back, and split.

Wait, wait. You bugging her about rent, today?

- So? - Let me ask you something.

Did you ever touch a dead body before?

- No. - They got sunscreen on.

They're all slippery.

Wait, why are you telling me this?

I'm telling you this because Hina was the last person

to touch Rocky.

And he slipped right through her hands.

That's the reason why there was no ashes to spread

at the paddle-out today.

She couldn't hold on.

She didn't tell me that.

So call her and tell her to get her ass back here

before she gets fired.

I thought you went to work.

Uh, took a personal day.

Hmm.

So...

what's all this?

Uh, rescue-ski parts.

Got some stuff we were out of at HQ.

Some personal day.

[chuckles]

- Okay, I'm off. - All right.

- Love you. - Love you.

[car door closes, engine turning over]

[chuckles] I thought you were pranking me.

Nope.

You haven't ridden that thing in years.

Well, it's been a while.

Yeah. You look it, you old fart.

- [laughs] - You got her going?

[motorcycle engine turning over]

[revving]

[motorcycle engine turning over, revving]

[serious music]

♪

You haven't gotten one open yet?

Dude, it's harder than it looks in the video.

Screw coconuts.

I'm going to go catch us some dinner.

♪

Ah, yes, here it is.

Look, the van I got for my surf school.

Bro, you drive that thing around a school,

you're going to end up on a list.

Whatever, anything decent costs 10 grand minimum.

Shut up, mate.

A surf school van doesn't need to be nice.

It just needs to have some room for some boards...

- Mm-hmm. - And a mattress.

- A mattress? Oh. - Don't screw that one up, too.

Let me know if you see a cheap truck.

Dude, you... you got a 60-grand Tacoma.

Not anymore. I gave it back to my dad.

So neither of you guys like free stuff.

Got a minute?

Hey, LT, you like free stuff, right?

You know what's free?

Silence.

[chuckles]

That was a good one.

Cap's not answering his phone.

He's the district captain, and no one can find him.

He wouldn't just go AWOL. I'm sure there's a reason.

He needs to talk to Alexander.

She's a rookie, and she made a mistake.

If you feel that strongly about someone talking to her,

then maybe you should do it yourself.

[The Giving Moon's "Fools Gold"]

♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da ♪

♪ I'm driving down the highway... ♪

Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

♪ City lights

♪ That shine like gold

♪ Whoa-oh-oh, yeah

[speargun fires] - [screaming]

[both exhaling deeply]

- Just blow. - Dude, it's sparking.

Help!

Help! - Huh?

Help! Help!

Help! Help!

[groaning]

- What's the matter? - Oh, my foot... it's pinned.

- Dude. - [groaning]

[dramatic music]

Hey.

How you guys doing?

[chuckles]

So I got a buddy selling a truck.

I can see how much he wants for it.

Yeah, for sure.

Might have a centipede problem, though.

- What? - Hey, guys!

Help! My friend's hurt. My friend's hurt.

We need your help! My friend's hurt!

Yeah. Go, go, go, go, go. [ATV engine turning over]

[moaning]

Help! Help! My friend's hurt! Go!

[tense music]

♪

The spear pinned his foot to the reef.

Okay. Keep him alert. Keep him alert.

Hey, you're doing great, man. What's your name?

Heath.

All right, Heath, hang in there.

We're gonna get you out of here in no time, all right?

[moans]

[screaming]

Straight through his foot, pinned to the reef.

He's not moving.

Let's get a tourniquet on him, control the blood loss.

Give me the radio.

Shock's gonna set in, and the tide's coming up.

I don't want to die out here, man.

You're not gonna die. You'll be fine.

Just stay calm. Just stay calm.

Mobile One to Tower 7-3, come in.

Requesting EMS and fire support.

We're in front of 261-Charlie. - 10-4.

Bring a saw, one that works underwater.

[crowd murmuring]

[tense music]

Yo, we've got a circular saw, chain saw, jaws...

search-and-rescue stuff, not for cutting metal in saltwater.

Cut the reef maybe?

It'll agitate the wound too much.

If his foot gets torn up much more, he'll never walk again.

You got any bolt cutters?

Yeah.

It could work, if we can hold him still.

I like the way you're thinking.

- Yeah. - Come on.

Ugh. Please hurry.

Hey, try and keep still.

Hang in there, mate.

They're bringing bolt cutters, all right?

Bolt cutters? [moaning]

Wait. No, no, no.

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

[groaning]

I got you. I got you.

One, two, three!

♪

[screaming]

You're okay.

[screaming]

♪

One, two, three.

Yeah?

He lost a lot of blood out there.

We left the spear in.

No telling if he hit something.

Thanks, guys.

No problem. It's just our aloha spirit.

Go get the rest of the spear out of the reef

so someone doesn't step on it and get impaled.

Somebody tell this guy

to catch his fish at the Superette.

[soft music]

Good call, man. You guys never fail to impress.

Thanks.

♪

[indistinct chatter]

Hey! Slow down!

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome home, Miss America.

Yeah, you funny. Where's my mom?

Um, getting a new handbag at Chanel.

What do you think? She's at work, dum-dum.

I hope you're not moving back.

Lehua took your room when you left.

Just coming by to say hi, Auntie.

Hi.

Finish sweeping while I go take care of these kids.

[rock music]

♪ Oh, oh, oh

♪ Oh, oh, oh

♪ Oh, oh, oh

[engines revving]

♪

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

♪

[laughs] Whoo!

[upbeat music]

♪

All: Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump.

♪ Top down with the wind blowing ♪

[cheers and applause]

♪ I got the... I got the light glowing ♪

♪ Yeah, I been feeling good since you came around ♪

Hey, Cap left this morning after the paddle-out.

He's not answering his phone.

Yeah, well, he knew Rocky a long time.

[shouting in the distance]

- You hear that? - Hey, we need some help!

- Hey! - Over here!

We need help!

- Help! - Over here!

- Down there, he's down there! - Hey!

Where are you hurting?

- My head and my neck. - I jumped in.

I didn't know he was right under me.

- Just stay there. Stay there. - Bro, I'm so sorry.

- All right. - I'm gonna take over, okay?

Just sit him up nice and easy, bro.

Take your time.

- Get him up. - Yep.

Get him up on three. One, two, three.

[grunts]

Get back, please, guys.

Give us some space. - Okay, on three.

One, two, three.

- Yeah. - Boo-yah.

Go grab the board and collar. - Yeah.

Hang in there, buddy. You're gonna be fine.

Don't move. Don't move. Don't move.

[children laughing]

Hey, crew. Come get your snacks.

[children chattering excitedly]

Sugar rush. Sugar rush. - [laughs]

[laughs] You're gonna have sore stomach all night.

Hina, enough.

Come sit down.

Time for a talk. - [sighs]

I'm surprised you came by today.

You knew what was waiting for you.

It wasn't the work I was worried about... it was Mom.

She was pissed when I left.

Oh, please. She'll get over it.

Like when you dyed your hair green.

- [sighs] Took her a year. - Choices.

[both laugh]

Look, she expects a lot because she knows you're smart.

But she's still proud of you.

It'd be nice if she showed it.

Oh, it'd be nice if I had a little more money in the bank

or a house on Diamond Head.

But some things ain't gonna change.

Now, what's the matter with you?

- Nothing - Mm-mm.

Don't lie to me.

Not me. - [sighs] I don't know.

Maybe this whole thing was a mistake.

Moving out, becoming a lifeguard.

Absolutely not... being a lifeguard is the only thing

you've talked about since you were 12.

And now you're a part of the best lifeguard team

in the world.

Alexander?

Hey. - No, thank you.

We're not buying any.

Auntie, this is... this is my boss, Em.

Oh, Em, this is my Auntie Loke.

Sorry, Em. Nice to meet you.

You hungry? This one's not eating.

Oh, no, I'm okay. Thank you.

Okay.

Love you, girl.

Make good choices.

We need to talk.

How did you find me?

Personnel file.

Right.

You want to talk about it?

No, not really.

Okay.

When are you coming back to work?

I don't know.

And if I do, it won't be to work North Shore.

It's no different anywhere else.

Every district, every tower is the real deal.

This job is dangerous.

I had him in my arms.

I know.

We lose people.

But we save people, too.

And everyone that goes right

helps get you through the ones that go wrong.

[dramatic music]

Sonny should not have treated you that way.

He was wrong.

[on walkie-talkie] Rescue One to Dispatch...

we got a kid injured near Haleiwa Bridge.

We need fire and EMS.

Copy, I'm five out.

You got in this business to save people.

First step's showing up.

♪

All right, yeah, one, two...

[grunts]

You're gonna be all right, buddy, okay?

Hang in there.

My mom is gonna kill me. I'm supposed to be at school.

Yeah. I can't help you with that.

He's gonna be all right. He's gonna be okay.

[soft music]

♪

Hey.

Nice job out there. [siren wails]

Yeah, right place, right time.

Hey, you talk to Cap?

Nope.

- Should we call Auntie Jarrah? - No.

I think he's a big boy,

and he's gonna do what he's gonna do.

[rock music]

[engines revving]

♪

[horn honking]

♪

Slow down, man.

♪

Look out!

[engine revving]

What are you doing?

♪

[horn blaring]

[engine revving]

♪

[horn blaring]

[tires squealing]

[horn honking]

♪

[engines revving]

♪

[car door opens]

- What the hell was that? - Whoa, whoa.

You got a problem or something?

Whoa. Whoa, whoa. Hey.

It's a beautiful day. Why would I have a problem?

- Stick to scooters, old man. - Yeah.

You got a purse to go with those glasses?

Calm down.

♪

[exhales deeply] [car door opens]

[car door closes, engine turning over

[tires squealing]

What the hell is the matter with you, man?

- He wasn't gonna do anything. - Forget him!

You got a death wish or something?

I thought we were just gonna cruise.

Sonny, I'm out, man. You're gonna kill somebody.

All right. I'll see you on the next one.

[pensive music]

♪

[engine turning over]

[motorcycle departing]

♪

Hey.

Just don't ask, okay?

Ask about what?

I can do $750.

Cool.

Split the utilities?

Fine. You got to take shorter showers.

[chuckles]

Deal.

[Dead Sea Empire's "Bad Idea"]

♪

♪ Right now look around

♪ Tell me what you see

♪ I got a bad idea

♪ If it's what you need

♪

Zion!

Zion!

♪ Right now look around

♪ Tell me what you see

Zion!

♪ I got a bad idea if it's what you need ♪

[engine revving]

♪ Follow the light inside

♪ And break the key

♪

♪ Off and hide to the morning light ♪

♪ Is this just a dream?

♪ Is this just a dream?

♪

Hey, Alexander.

Come with me?

- See you at the house? - Yeah.

[tranquil music]

♪

Next time.

♪

Next time.

♪

[dramatic music]

♪

[Sonny breathing heavily]

[grunts]

♪

[grunts]

♪

[grunting]

[straining] Aah!

♪

- Uh... - Hi.

- Harimoto for two. - Okay.

[soft music]

♪

Right here. - Thank you.

Sure.

Let me get that.

- Thank you. - Mm-hmm.

I'm surprised you can afford a place like this.

Yeah. Every once in a while.

I got tired of having poke bowls with you.

- I like poke bowls. - [chuckles]

Yeah, but do they come with free water?

Fancy.

Thank you. - Of course.

[sighs] I'm really glad we could do this.

Same.

So you know what you're getting?

Oh, I'm easy.

Hamachi and beer.

- So a poke bowl? - [chuckles]

Busted.

I respect that, you know?

You, uh... you know what you like.

Yeah.

I do.

♪

[indistinct chatter] - This way.

♪

[chuckling] Hey.

[chuckles] What are the odds, eh?

G'day, mate. - Hey, what's going on?

I was about to ask you the same thing.

You come here often?

Uh, this is a Julie place, for sure.

You guys?

Uh, just for special occasions.

All right, I'll, uh, let you guys get back to it.

- Bye. - See ya.

Cheers.

[sighs] He's a good guy.

Yeah, he is.

It's got to be weird, though, right?

Working with your ex?

Oh, it's ancient history.

Thank goodness.

So...

special occasion?

♪

Go ahead, open it.

♪

Made me think of you.

That's really sweet.

♪

♪ Na, na, na, na

[upbeat music]

♪ Na, na, na, na

[child giggling]

Oh, my gosh.

Aw.

Oh, my gosh. This is you guys?

I know. It's hard to believe.

[conversation continues indistinctly]

No, this one will be in a slideshow at your wedding.

Oh, no, not... not if I burn it first.

Uh-uh. [speaks indistinctly]

Hey.

Did you fix that ski?

What did you get into today?

[sighs]

You okay?

[soft music]

♪

I love you both so much.

♪

Okay, so that was random.

[Sonny sniffling] - But lovely.

We love you, too.

Look, I know it's been hard since...

Mm-mm, shh. It's okay. It's okay.

♪

All right.

What are you looking at?

- Not much, just... - That summer in Mexico.

- Oh, that's right. - [laughs]

- You were, what, 9? - Going on 20.

Hey, someone had to be the adult.

- Excuse me. - Oh.

I remember when you caught that mahi mahi.

Fed us for a week.

See, that's what I'm saying. I got mad skills.

Yeah, where did you get those from?

- Your mama. - [chuckles]

I'm just saying.

- Okay, you. - That's right.

My girl.

♪

Hold on.

[indistinct chatter]