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Previously onFire Country... You do have to choose

what kind of firefighter youre gonna be.

Me and my man send each other long-distance dreams.

That well settle down together. I get that.

Your captains pulling your crew.

You heard him. Move out.

You want to be a serious firefighter, Leone?

Or you want to, uh, be distracted

by whatever misguided cause your friends

are all putting themselves in danger for?

Whats it gonna be?

Im with them.

I was jealous of Audrey.

Oh, I know.

I didnt want to be, but...

That the push you need

to commit to Bode?

I cant keep waiting for maybe someday.

Maybe to me is the same thing as...

as No.

Were done.

Tequila.

Neat.

100! Okay, switch places.

Good job, man. Yo, whoa.

Are you taking pics?

No, its... No, no, no.

I know this may seem weird, but Im just getting

some premium app content, you know what Im saying?

App content?

Yeah, app content.

You know, like Heart Me,

Hot Toast, Come For Dinner,

Stay For Breakfast, those kind of things?

Okay, what she means is dating apps.

The answer, still-- love you, but no.

All right. Intervention time.

Gentlemen, we got to go outside.

Okay? Because if you want

to date people, we cant just keep

hanging out with each other.

Its just math.

The only girl Im thinking about is Gen.

And Im getting her from the airport today,

which means nothing but kayaking and...

Mario Kart.

Hmm. Yeah, no dating apps.

And I just ended things with Gabriela.

Oh, thats so sad. Okay.

I wish you all could hear yourselves.

Lets... why dont we switch priorities?

I am.

Caseys pass list gets posted sometime today.

Graduations tomorrow.

See? Boom.

Thats wonderful. Hey.

Do you guys think that its weirder if...

Gabs does or doesnt come to the ceremony?

Hmm. Lets think apps.

Not Gabs.

Just think apps.

Huh, shes really upset.

Do I smell sauce?

Oh, this is perfect timing.

My appetite is back.

And my shoulder is stable,

just like my moods.

Thanks to my new best friend, hormone replacement therapy.

And Bodes graduating.

Its a damn good day.

Training Program pass list doesnt post until later.

With Bodes name on it. Yeah.

Unless youre here to tell us otherwise?

No. No, actually, Im, uh...

here about this.

Hoping you can return it to Gabriela?

Why do you have her license?

We got in some drinking the other night

and she really got into it, uh, left that behind.

Are you, um...

reporting something to her two chiefs, Captain Casey?

No. Not at all. I made sure she got home safe.

Why not just return it to her yourself?

She spilled her feelings

and I figured it would be best

to not embarrass her any further.

So, youre giving it to her bosses?

Feelings about what? Okay, uh...

I dont drink and tell. Sorry.

Should we be worried

Malibu Kens not gonna graduate Bode?

You know, I always love starting off my shift

with some good news.

So tomorrow, one of our own is

expected to graduate from Edgewater Training Program.

Mr. Bode Leone will be joining Cal Fire.

Right?

The cherry on top is that

we have gotten the Yes, please from Cal Fire

to cater graduation, so...

were gonna cook some burgers, were gonna fold some napkins,

itll be a little glimpse

into what your future could be, all right?

Cap.

Bodes out--

he can get burgers any day. -Mm-hmm.

What he cant get is good, old-fashioned spread.

What, you dont think he can get his hands

on some shelf-stable meat or some freeze-dried noodles?

Im just saying, he...

hes got to get nostalgic for Three Rock home cooking.

All right, lets take it to a vote.

Are you serious? Cap, come on.

All in favor... Were doing this.

...of some prison spread, raise your hand.

Okay, great. So, instead of cutting line,

well cut up whatever we can find at 42.

Whoo! We got some chefs up in here.

I like that.

Youre on again today?

Ooh, thats a lot of shifts, Gabriela.

Yeah, I am a few weeks of OT away

from wiping out my wedding debt.

Captain Casey asked me to give this to you.

He shouldve come straight to me.

He said there was some drinking together.

Just drinking. Nothing else.

Not that its anyones business.

Are you asking for Bode?

Im asking because he basically reported it to a chief.

And what is that?

I-I got cut at the climbing gym.

Come on.

Sit down.

Okay, so...

youre working nonstop.

Thats followed up with

late nights drinking.

Not nights. One night.

My dads a recovering alcoholic. I dont take that lightly.

Okay. I hear that.

And then, theres this mystery wound.

Not a mystery. I told you, climbing gym.

Right, that let you walk out of their facility

with an open wound.

Bad news, Jamesy.

Fury and I were not a love match.

Youll have to find a new cat-sitter

next time you want to leave.

Well, Im not going anywhere anytime soon.

Boyfriend decide to finally move out here?

Opposite. He broke up with me.

Turns out, Steve was, uh,

banking on me failing the program

and never having to make the move at all, so...

Feels great.

Sorry. Dont. Dont with the...

sorries and the sad eyes and all that.

He was an ass

in sheeps clothing, and at least I know that now.

Never met a Steve I liked.

Thats the spirit.

Leone.

Still showing up?

Yeah, its my shift.

A shift with no point.

What? Why?

James.

Name five reasons a cadet would not graduate tomorrow.

Uh, failing to pass academic tests,

behavioral issues, defying captains orders...

There you go. Stop. That one. Yeah, that one.

That one sounds a lot like Leone at the San Medina eagles call.

He listened to his dad instead of his captain.

As a cadet, youre part of my crew, not 42s.

You know, a different training captain might let that slide,

but, uh, not me.

Im not graduating?

You said that I had what it takes to be

the best of the best. You do.

Its a damn shame your entanglement

with everyone around you is gonna keep you

from reaching that potential.

I mistook a hometown hero for a maverick.

Breaks my heart.

Station 42.

Commercial fire alarm sounding. 18 Grandview Boulevard.

James, gear up.

Yes, Cap.

Leone.

You defying orders again?

I didnt hear any order not to work.

This is my last shift.

Time to prove you wrong.

Really think you can hit a grand slam

in the bottom of the ninth?

Respectfully, Cap,

Ill die trying.

Bode has to graduate. Im gonna get into this with Casey.

You know, all of that mood stability I gained,

Im afraid that I mightve stolen it from you.

So youre not the least bit worried?

Oh, no, Im worried that you getting into this

with Casey might hurt Bode more than help.

So, I think, you stay,

and you sauce, and Ill go,

and Ill fight fire today.

Dude, this is your last shot,

all right? Nail this call, impress the boss man, graduate.

You can bat your eyes at her tomorrow,

as a firefighter.

Dank Account?

I didnt know Edgewater had a sense of humor.

Not a great one.

Fire department!

Were here for the alarm.

No fire, no smoke.

Looks like a false alarm.

This from the guy who just told two chiefs

not to count chickens before they hatch.

I am so sorry to drag the fire department here

for a false alarm.

Chickens looking pretty hatched.

Define false alarm.

I hit a button-- a wrong button, clearly--

yeah, on the new system, and I need help shutting it off.

Captain Casey and his cadets will reset that for you

and do a sweep of the building.

Sticking me with busy work for my last call in Edgewater?

Oh, come on. Its just some parting gifts for you.

42, back to the station!

All right, Chief. All right, lets go!

Okay.

Grab whatever you can, yall.

Uh, what are you doing in my kitchen?

Well, Three Rock is, uh, catering graduation.

Nope. I am. Okay.

So I was thinking we do a buffet,

cause everybody loves a cHeyce,

and we, uh, make it spread.

Prison spread, which is a meal that should stay

in Bodes rearview, if you ask me.

This is to remind Bode of how far hes come.

Oh.

Hey, whats up, man?

You good?

Apparently, Gen missed her flight.

So, shes gonna get on the next one, right?

Rick is taking his other kids

to go camping.

Turns out she wants to stay and do that.

What? On your weekend?

She wants to be with her siblings.

What am I supposed to do?

Youre supposed to call Rick

and tell him to get her ass on the next plane.

Well, you know, its not that simple.

Isnt it?

Station 42.

Smoke investigation,

Berryman Road west of Hesby Street.

All right, Manny, needs a constant stir.

All right, Chief.

The systems back here. Follow me.

Oh, we got to check and confirm there isnt fire first.

Its a false alarm. I told you.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, you did, but, uh, but...

humans can be wrong.

Isnt that right, Leone?

So, we have protocol.

Cadets,

do a room-by-roomsize-up.

Feel for fire behind the walls,

smell for smoke and look

for any traces of unusual heat.

No hot spots.

Open truss, no void spaces.

No signs of fire in the ceiling.

Thats because theres no fire.

Looks like, uh... looks like wood framing,

with fiberglass insulation over brick.

Hey,

my budtenders ears are being blasted by this alarm

in the back room... where we should be going now.

This is a simple safety procedure

to rule out signs of fire.

Uh, you can tell them to step outside until were done.

Whats next, Cap?

You think youre gonna impress me

by following orders now?

You called me a hometown hero.

Maybe I am.

You think its a bad thing that I give a crap

about this town and the people in it?

I doubt Ill change your mind.

So what are you doing here?

The job while I still get to.

If you dont want to graduate me, then dont.

He doesnt mean that, Cap.

Ill reapply, just like James did,

over and over again until I get it.

Help! My coworker passed out.

Come on! Hurry!

This call is really not a fire.

I told you, hmm? But you wouldnt listen.

Were listening now. Yeah. All ears.

You pulled the alarm to lure us here, took hostages,

now youre pointing a gun at firefighters.

Think this through. I did.

I told you to come back here first thing.

You didnt listen, and now were wasting time, huh?

Take those zip ties and tie her up.

Hey, Im their captain.

Thats my fault.

Why dont you keep me hostage,

let the others go? So they can call the cops?

No.

Get the door.

Im no rat.

I wont call the cops.

Im not dumb.

I had a plan.

Morning shifts are always slow,

so were always understaffed.

We?

You work here?

Toss em back. Yeah.

Yup, until a year ago when I got fired.

I still havent found a job.

I didnt know that, Shane.

Why do you think Im doing this, Bela?

I lost my apartment.

I sold my car.

I gave up my dog.

But there in that vault is enough money

for me to grab and go and start somewhere fresh.

Youre gonna help me get in there

with your tools.

I heard you before.

About helping the people in this town?

Im people.

Care about me.

Help me.

A suggestion, Perez.

If you dont slow down, youre gonna burn out.

Hit the bunks.

You and Vince practically live here.

You raised your kids here while working yourselves to the bone.

Ill take any order,

but a suggestion is kind of hard when its hypocritical.

Well, that tone to your division chief

just made my suggestion an order.

Hit the bunks right now, Perez.

Im checking on the others, but dont for a second

forget that I have an eye and a gun on you, too.

Get me into that vault!

You see the way hes gripping that gun?

Yeah. Hes set up for a nasty recoil.

This guys no pro.

I can rush him myself, end this.

Hes a desperate amateur.

Yeah, so he gets off one shot, maybe two.

You throw yourself on that gun, Im going with you.

No, I cant have that.

All right. We pop this vault,

just get everybody out of here alive,

same job as always.

Hey! This is taking too long.

Faster!

Is he gonna shoot us?

Why do you think he has a gun?

My parents would fall apart if I died.

And I ignored their calls this morning.

No ones falling apart if I die,

but Im gonna make sure we live anyway.

What are you doing?

Finding something to break these ties with first.

No, Shanes gonna be so pissed youre moving around.

Not if he cant see me.

Spot me.

Thats acetone. We clean tools with it.

Im gonna need you to pour it on the plastic.

Itll weaken the plastic, and I can break through the ties.

Okay. Okay. Good.

Shh.

Keep going.

Damn it.

Its not working.

I have trimmers

in the locker over there to cut the ties.

Okay.

Bottom left.

Hey, whats the code?420.

Oh, I should have guessed that.

Its not working.

What? Its not working.

No, thats-thats the code. It has to work.

Hes gonna be back soon. Hes gonna know that weve moved.

We have to move... Hey, hey. Hey, Bela, look.

I know youre scared, but youre with a firefighter.

She needs you to be calm. I need you to breathe, okay?

Good.

Are you sure thats the code?

Wait. Wait. No, no. My bad.

Zero-420.

Bingo.

Yes.

Whats up?

So you raised a daughter as stubborn as you are.

And I am, uh, struggling to find a way in.

Why? Whats going on?

Shes working nonstop, and shes partying really hard,

with Casey, of all people.

H-H-Hold on. Im playing catch-up here.

My point is, Im trying to help her,

and I-I... I cannot find a way in.

You know? Im just her chief, Im not her mother.

Yeah, well, I was Bodes captain, not his dad.

My daughters in trouble.

What are you doing about it?

I gave her a place to live, I just...

I benched her so she would go and rest. And what else?

Ive... Sharon,

you came to me for help, I didnt even hesitate.

I stuck my neck out for you.

I would really like to help, but shes, like,

put herself out on this island.

So build a boat, Sharon!

Everything good, Chief?

Oh, yeah, were good.

Im sorry.

No, Im sorry.

Im sorry.

You think I want to ask for favors?

Id rather give help than ask for it,

but Im locked up... again.

I know, and I...

I want to do this for you, but this really isnt my...

I...

Anything that you would do for your own son...

...do for my daughter.

I dont know how to.

Im counting on you.

Berryman Road IC terminated.

Battalion 1508 now available.

Nobody is that happy after putting out a vegetation fire.

What do you... what do you got?

Gen, she sent me a photo of her camping.

Shes having a blast.

Good.

Really?

Because if I took your advice and pressed Rick,

her ass would be on the next plane.

I just think that

sometimes its not about what a kid wants,

its about what they need.

Caseys pass list is up.

Bodes not graduating.

You got to be kidding me.

No. No, thats not happening. Thats...

Look, Casey is Bodes training captain.

He must have his reason.

Maybe its not what Bode wants, but...

maybe its what he needs.

Im calling Casey.

Hey, I can distract him and grab the gun.

You and James free the hostages.

Were on this again?

Yeah, because there are lives at stake.

There always are.

Protocol doesnt include being a martyr

for your crew when theyre capable.

You are my responsibility,

and this is how I keep you alive, Patrick.

What?

James is making moves.

We need to distract Shane now.

I got that covered.

Ah! Ah!

He just cut his hand trying to get this thing open.

I cant hold a tool bleeding like this.

I-I got to get this hand wrapped quickly.

I cant-- I cant do this alone.

Use this.

Hurry.

Im watching you.

Oh, so youre dumb, huh?

Were lucky that Shanes a poor shot.

I said hurry up.

Oh...

Shes... shes really bleeding.

You shot her.

A warning shot.

No more stunts.

Im in!

This is definitely this guys

first time holding a gun.

Yeah. Might not be a good thing.

Hes nervous and hes got an itchy trigger finger.

Thank God.

Big pay day.

Im happy for you.

No, youre not.

Help me pack.

Hey.

I know what its like to be broke.

Really broke.

To be alone.

To wake up finding yourself doing things

that you never imagined doing.

Like robbing the place where you used to work.

No, no, no, no.

Were not doing this.

Were not bonding. Pack faster.

Bodes not the only one who cares about people.

I do.

And I think you do, too.

When were done here,

youre gonna take your money and disappear.

Ill give you a head start,

and only then will the rest of us people

get out of here, too.

Stop. Stop.

Keep-keep packing.

Shane, you dont want anybodys death on your hands.

You think debt is bad?

Guilt is worse.

And if you think you can outrun it,

itll run with you, I promise you.

I dont have a cHeyce.

They-Theyve seen my face.

I cant let that happen.

What was that?

Get down! Get down.

You flipped on me, man.

Im saving you from yourself.

Bode, no!

Told you, Cap, Im no good at following orders.

Evacuation time.

Hurry!

Shane! Shane, this whole place is going up.

I didnt get this far to give up.

I got it!

I got you, I got you.

Stay here.

Cap. Bela, lets go. Yeah.

Everybody who wants to live,

hit the exits, now. Lets go.

Shane!

Shane!

All right, so about the advice

I was dishing out earlier--

Oh, that I didnt ask for?

I just... I dont know if you want to be letting Rick

be the one to decide everything.

If youre really trying to be her dad,

maybe you should get your ass on a plane to Idaho.

If Im really trying to be her dad?

No, not what I meant. At all.

Jake, youve been at this for,

what, a year?

Okay, Ive been flailing at it for over 30 now.

And Im just worried that

if you keep giving in,

Gens gonna slip out of your life.

Says the man that ran his own son out of town.

Commercial structure fire

at 18 Grandview Boulevard.

Wait, the dispensary? Didnt D.C. Leone

say that was a false alarm?

You got him, James?

Yeah. I got oxygen on him.

Greencrest, this is Captain Casey on scene

at 18 Grandview Boulevard.

We have a structure fire.

We need water.

Two civilians in need of medical attention,

and an attempted robber

still inside the structure.

Medics are on their way.

Deep breath.

What are you doing?

Theres still a man inside,

and I dont wanna get high from secondhand weed smoke.

Engines are two minutes away with water.

Does it look like he has that kind of time?

You two are both still cadets.

You dont have to go back in,

but I am.

Its not like he tried to kill us or anything.

But we still save him.

I get it.

Shane, call out if you can hear us!

You know that idiots still in the vault.

Check the attitude, James.

You hear that?

There, there, there!

We got to clear those units

and pull him out.

Ow, ow! My leg!

-Cap, hes on fire. -Im on it.

Leone,

grab it right there.

On three, we lift.

James, youre gonna drag him out.

Got it. Okay, were not doing this twice,

so lets give it a go.

One, two, three.

Okay, establish a water supply

and report to Battalion Chief Leone. Im on it.

I have additional units responding.

All right, Jake, run some lines.

Lets knock this thing down. Copy, Chief.

I cant believe I left them here.

It was a false alarm.

Until it wasnt.

Casey says theyre almost out.

Ill go check the Charlie side. Yeah.

Here, here! Right over here.

James, are you... are you bleeding?

Come with me.

Whos Patrick?

What, you think--

think I didnt hear you when you called me Patrick in there?

My baby brother.

He died working with me in Bigleaf Valley.

We have more in common than I thought.

Yeah, your dad told me you lost your sister.

Im sorry to hear that.

Thats not what I meant.

You want to hold my entanglements against me?

Saying that my familys gonna hurt my career,

but youre out here making me

into your surrogate baby brother.

You are speaking to your captain.

Not anymore.

You werent gonna graduate me before I disobeyed orders today.

I thought that I could learn from you.

But you wont, you wont convince me

that my relationships are holding me back

when you cant move past your own.

Ive trained cadets in a lot of places.

What Ive seen here

will stay with me forever.

Edgewater is a fire factory.

But its residents arent running scared.

Theyre not moving away.

Because Cal Fire has their back.

Station 42...

has their back.

So does... one, two!

Three Rock!

These crews have the honor

of protecting this town

and the people in it.

Joining them today are

Edgewaters Training Program graduates.

From inmate fire camps to Cal Fire.

Im the one handing out certificates today,

but theyre the ones who earned them.

With their grit.

Their resilience.

And their commitment to this town

and its people.

They earned it.

Congratulations.

Glad to know you, Leone.

And you, Cap.

Bode! Bode! Bode!

Bode! Bode!

Yo, thats my mentee right there!

Yeah, boy!

Thanks, Cap. Thank you. Great job.

All right, lets hear it for them!

Hey, man, you want a little dump cake?

The name fits.

You know, its an Edwards family recipe.

See, what you do is you dump some sweet stuff in a pan,

you heat it up, no stir, no fuss.

Cool.

Hey, Manny? Manny?

Hey!

Uh, I saw you didnt make a dish.

No. Yeah, why not?

Come on, Cap. What?

One of my most complicated inmates just graduated.

Bodes future is bright, but you and the guys

keep shoving his past in his face

with all this spread nonsense.

And I dont think its cute, I dont think its funny.

I think its kind of cruel, actually.

Okay, well, thats not what was intended...

Yeah, well, I never intended on doing a second tour

with Three Rock either, but yet, here I am, right?

And Im sorry, Cap, but Im not...

Im not celebrating you guys

making Bode nostalgic for the place.

Cant do that.

Okay, well, I hope it goes without saying,

theres a locker with your name on it here at 42.

I was kind of just, you know,

thinking about sticking with this bartending gig.

Oh, my God, youre gonna kill him with that joke.

Dont even.

I hear youre, uh,

taking twoof my cadets at 42.

Damn.

I must be good.

Two?

You and James.

Dont screw it up.

So,

where to next for you, Casey?

Home. SoCal.

Um, yeah, closer to the beach.

Seagulls, not eagles, hmm?

Yeah. Unfinished business.

Bye. Yup.

Well, heres to homecomings.

Jake.

Can I, uh, talk to you for a second?

Uh...

Why?

So you can, uh...

...reiterate how bad of a dad I am?

Yeah, I... I want to apologize.

Well, you know, why dont you just keep your apologies

for yourself?

Gabriela?

Honey, I have cake.

Oh, God.

Oh...

Girl.

Do you even understand what a boundary is?!

I owe your father a lot.

Uh, he wants to look after you.

Too bad. He forfeited that when he got locked up.

What-what are you even looking for?

Something, anything to tell me what is going on with you.

What do you think, Im hiding drugs?

No, that would be your kids vice.

So if you keep wanting to hunt around looking for problems,

go look at your own home and leave me alone.

Yeah, you can go ahead and get good and mad.

Youre not gonna push me away.

Okay. Fine.

Then Ill leave.

Didnt see you at graduation.

You okay?

No.

You okay?

So thats a no.

Okay, are we at a place where we can smack-talk our boss?

Ooh, you have no idea.

Hit me with it.

Oh.

Is it bad that I couldnt even stomach a bite of spread?

Like, what am I, too good for prison chow now?

I got news for you. You are.

Aw.

Thats the nicest thing anyones ever said to me.

You are, too, 24K.

Besides, you know, my Nonno says that victories call for steak.

My Nonno says.

So adorable.

Look at us.

Two inmates turned graduates.

Look at you.

What?

Its a nice dress.

The dress is nice, huh?

Steves an idiot.

Its all Im saying.

No, I usedto want to be Vince and Sharon.

Uh-huh. I do not anymore.

No, no, no. Me, either. Screw them.

Too much? No.

Everything with me has been too much these days.

Working,

drinking so that I couldnt feel.

And then cliff-diving...

so that I could feel something,

um, even if it was just the smack of the ocean.

Okay, sorry. Maybe I am too much.

Im losing Gen to Rick.

What?

Yeah. Uh...

Rick called, and, um...

...Gen wants to stay in Idaho.

She wants to enroll.

She wants me to ship her stuff.

Jake, Im so sorry.

No, no. You know, I, um...

I keep telling myself, like, itll make it real, but...

Youre in shock.

Yeah, I really think I want to stay in shock,

or I might just lose it.

Okay.

Change the subject.

Jake... Please.

Okay. Um...

can you believe that we were here

not too long ago at this bar,

and I said, I love you?

Thats a hard turn. Wow.

Oy. Okay.

It seems like a million years ago, huh?

Literally.

We had good times, though.

We did.

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