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- The north is full of characters.

I'm wondering why you're up here.

- I'm just trying to take it one day at a time.

Nights are the hardest.

- My flight to saskatoon leaves tomorrow night.

Will you come say goodbye? - You can't leave me hangin'.

Prom? - Yeah, it was my girlfriend

Mel's idea. If you get attached,

It feels like your whole chest

Will just crack open from having to care so much.

- What if jeremy died not knowing that I love him?

(stu): Skymed doc, day one.

(pete): There's absolutely no way that this is happening.

- Go, go, you gotta get this. - I sent you a memo.

You knew that this was happening today.

- No, I sent you a memo clearly stating

That they are not coming today or any day.

- How is skymed supposed to attract bigger contracts

If we don't raise our profile? This is a huge opportunity.

- Look, I know that you are new at medevacs,

But as chief pilot, there is no way

That I am risking this company's reputation on a puff piece.

- Puff piece? - Yeah, puff piece.

(stu): Oh, this is gold!

- This is what skymed hired me to do.

Do you have any idea how hard I had to push

For us to be the featured medevac service

In this documentary? - Well, I am so sorry

That you wasted your time because trust me,

There is no way that the ops manager

Is going to allow a film crew on our planes.

(call ringing)

Welcome to skymed.

- Wear the hat. - I am not wearing the hat.

- Ugh...

(airplane rumbles)

(theme music)

- Remember, we are professionals.

We have a job to do for our patients,

So let's just focus on safety. Try not to engage too much.

- How come nowak doesn't have to do interviews and we do?

- Well, officially, none of you have to.

Only willing participants who sign a release.

I think marianne, she started handing them out already.

- I already signed mine, so...

(tristan): I haven't. I don't know if I should.

Every time they talk to me, I keep thinking about my hands

And maybe I should hold a pen.

Or put my hands in my pocket or something.

- No, no, do not, do not put your hands in your pocket.

Marianne has convinced the ops manager

That this is imperative for skymed's growth.

So, it has been very strongly suggested

That we all participate. So, let's just dig deep,

Do our jobs, and get them the hell outta here

As fast as we can. Okay? Thanks, guys.

- You know, there is a tiny chance

This documentary thing could be fun.

- Not in aviation.

I trust my crew, but I do not like surprises.

This job has enough without filmmakers getting in the way.

- A pilot not liking surprises? Wow, that's shocking.

- Hayley, they tried to put gopros on my planes, okay?

Gopros. - Captain heaseman,

I do believe you may have control issues.

- Mm-hmm. Well, actually,

I prefer control enthusiast, actually.

- So controlling.

- Hayley, uh...

We've been doing this a lot since jeremy's funeral.

Not that I'm not enjoying it, I just...

I like you, hayley, and I don't...

Wanna do anything to hurt your recovery.

- I mean, do we have to put a label on it?

Can't we just be two people who like each other

And sometimes explore our mutual enthusiasm for control?

- Right. No labels necessary.

(upbeat music)

(wheezer giggles)

- Why am I a pilot? I mean, every plane is cool,

But the king air 200

Is definitely one of the coolest. Heh.

Oh, here's a fun thing.

Did you know airplanes have pockets? Pfft.

Ta-da!

Uh, this is where we, uh, keep the, uh,

Electric lift to raise the stretcher on to the plane.

Yeah, it's uh, unique to medevacs.

It's basically an electric pole.

- Great, nice. So, we're actually trying

To focus this piece on the exciting medevac work

That you do. Can you tell us how medevacs work?

- We service patients in northern manitoba

And ontario. Most towns and communities up here

Don't have regular road access, and even if they did,

It's an eight-hour drive to winnipeg,

So everyone must be flown in and out for all

Of their medical needs.

Things like dialysis,

Child birth, chemo. The dentist.

(stu): What about emergencies? What's the most exciting

Call you've been on? What's the scariest thing

You've had to do on the job?

- This.

- It uh, spins when hot exhaust from the engine

Blows over the turbine. I mean, pretty cool, right?

Heh, yeah.

Oh, ailerons.

- So, I'll just wrap it and elevate it.

- How often do you get calls for the big stuff?

You know, like, uh, like a cave-in at the mine.

- I'd say that 90 percent of calls are like this,

Just uh, routine healthcare, minor accidents.

It's, it's not quite like what you see on tv

With like, exploding fire towers or anything.

(stu): Pretend we're not even here. Act natural.

- Yeah. Right, uh...

- Yeah. - I'll just...

What do I do with my hands? Just...

- Did you say action?

(stu): I did. I asked you why you became a pilot.

- Direct it towards camera?

- You can just put them down.

- But, but enough about planes. Ah, just kidding.

You can never talk enough about planes.

(door crashes open)

- Is that captain nowak? Milosz! Nowak!

We've been trying to reach you for an interview!

- For nowak, that was actually a pretty good talk, so...

(stu): What about nurse crystal? We haven't seen her.

- Oh, no, she's been on leave

For the past three months.

Since jeremy died.

- Right, I'm sorry. Who was jeremy?

- Jeremy was fun. And funny.

He was the kind of person that was just fun

To be around, you know?

- He was a, a new paramedic.

But you know, you could tell he was gonna be great.

He had a really big heart.

- So, yeah, he'd stopped the ambulance to help someone.

But the roads were icy.

I never had a chance to meet him, but uh,

He was pretty beloved around here.

- Losing jeremy must have been very hard for crystal.

- Yeah.

I can't even imagine what she's been going through.

- So, it was an intense semester

Of in-class lecture work and exams.

Medical school curriculum can be demanding on its own.

Uh, but I've been volunteering at an indigenous

Healthcare project in winnipeg,

Working on two new papers,

And starting a new clinical semester at tch.

Oh, and back working at skymed, as well.

(stu): That sounds like a lot.

- I like to keep busy.

- Can you tell me about jeremy?

(shaky inhale)

- Um... Next question, please.

The patient's wife called it in.

Said he had severe abdominal cramps.

- You know, I didn't expect her to come back to work so soon.

- She wants to stay busy.

She wouldn't come back if she wasn't up for it.

(wheezer sighs)

I haven't heard much from her these last couple months.

We usually talk every day, but she's been so busy

With class, plus all the extra assignments and volunteering.

- Well, lynn says she hasn't been up to north house at all.

Well, not since the funeral. - Look,

The best thing we can do right now is follow her lead.

(crystal): His symptoms are vague so we have to be

Prepared for anything. Abdominal cramps can be gastro,

Appendicitis, gall bladder.

(pete): Whoa.

That's hella creepy, yo.

- Yeah. Sorta thing you see in a horror movie

Where a group of unsuspecting people arrive and no one leaves.

Not even the budding filmmaker who got it all on tape

For the next group of victims to find.

- Or it's just another hunter up north.

- Hmm. - It's not a particularly

Healthy looking deer, though. - What do you mean?

It's dead. How healthy could it be?

(man screaming wildly)

What the...? - Great, we got a runner.

(stu): Go, go, go! Stay on the naked guy!

- Hey! Hey, stop! - He's delirious!

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, are you okay? Did he hurt you?

- No, it's, it's deer blood.

Sam was butchering the damn thing,

But I thought it looked rough, like it'd been sick.

And that idiot ate the heart raw to prove it was a good catch.

- That's so gross. - And then the cramping

And the vomiting started, and I knew I had to call,

But I thought he was in bed until he ran past

The kitchen window. (sam): I'm invincible!

(crystal): Sam, we're from skymed. We're here to help.

- I'm the wind! I'm the trees!

- We heard you're not feeling well.

We just wanna make sure you're okay.

- I'm the deer.

I am the deer!

- Hey, stop! We're here to help.

- He seems pretty healthy to me.

We should just leave him to the wind and trees.

- He's covered in blood.

We don't know if any of it is his.

Plus, he was vomiting. If he's not dehydrated yet,

He will be soon. (sam): No, I won't!

I'm invincible!

- Oh great, a climber, too.

- Hey sam, I'm a nurse.

We heard you're not feeling well. Maybe you wanna

Come down so we can help?

- Yeah, maybe get some clothes too, bud.

(growls)

- Is he on drugs?

(hayley): I don't think so. Sounds like food poisoning.

His wife said that he ate raw deer meet.

- Oh, crap. I've seen this before.

I had a woman who ate bad lynx at a meat raffle

A couple years ago.

You can get all kinds of infections from raw game.

(wheezer): Okay, let's go. - Yo, is he supposed to be

Trippin' balls? - You'd be surprised

What a fever can do. (wheezer): Oh, come on,

Let's get you down. - No, I'm the wind!

- Come on, buddy! - I'm the wind!

- You could be the wind down here, okay?

- Whoa!

(grunts)

(groaning)

- Yeah, he does feel pretty warm. Ugh.

- Naked food poisoning in a tree.

Now, that's a new one for the skymed bingo.

- You know what? The lynx meat patient was naked too.

(chuckles) - I'm glad you're back.

You do have more leave time, though.

Are you sure you're ready to be here?

- I have to be in thompson for my clinical anyway.

I wanna stay busy, so...

It's the 15th, by the way, not the 12th.

You're three days late. - It's the 15th already?

(tense music)

(exhales)

(wheezer): We got a sched evac outta deep lake this morning.

Find out if we need any specific medical gear

And load it on 911. You can check with hayley.

- Opa and bvm.

Sorry uh, oropharyngeal airway and...

Bag-valve-mask to help patients breathe.

Um, and then in here we have everything you need

To start an iv.

You don't really know what's gonna get thrown at you

Up here so you, you have to be prepared for anything.

These aren't standard issue, obviously,

But my mom always said there isn't much

A cup of hot chocolate can't fix, so...

Keep these in there. She was a nurse too,

So that's why.

(stu): Is that why you became a nurse?

- Uh, yeah. Yeah, I wanted to be just like her.

Helping people, take care of them, you know.

- Must miss her being so far away.

- She died when I was young, so...

(breathes shakily)

I do, yeah.

Sometimes, you just...

Really need your mom, you know?

- See air speed, that's the major factor.

If you keep flying fast enough, you won't stall.

(stu): Wow, you really know a lot.

Do you think you might wanna be a pilot one day, too?

(curious music)

- I am a pilot.

- I thought chopper was the captain.

- That's right, I'm a captain now,

Which means that I make all the decisions,

Call all the shots. It's uh, it's a lot of responsibility.

(huffs)

- First officers and captains

Are both pilots rated on the plane.

- But you don't fly?

- I do. As much as the captain.

We switch legs, but ultimately,

The captain is responsible for the flight.

- Right. What about captain nowak?

Do you think he'd talk to us when he gets here?

(curious music)

(kisses teeth)

- It's like, even if I was a captain

And I did everything perfect,

Some people still wouldn't believe I could be a pilot.

- I ran a call that saved an mi's life one time.

Guy woke up and asked when the paramedic was getting there.

- Ugh, I know these people are jerks and I shouldn't care.

- I know how impressive you are, okay?

Anyone with half a brain does, too.

(gasps) - oh, my god,

It's even better than I imagined!

I didn't think it would get here on time.

They had to dye this in winnipeg.

The corsage that kai gets better not clash.

I was real specific about colour.

- You okay? - Yeah. Yeah.

Think we have time for a coffee before nowak gets here?

My treat. (lexi chuckles)

(stu): So, what's it like working with your partner?

- It's great. We get to hang out all day.

And lexi's an excellent pilot.

- But it's never tough working with your girlfriend?

I mean, it's high pressure, it's close quarters.

Do you never have conflict?

- We're both great at our jobs.

And we know how to keep relationship and work separate.

- Well, there's girlfriend lexi and pilot lexi.

And I know it's the same for her.

We wouldn't be together if we couldn't handle that.

This job is way too hard for a messy relationship.

(stu): Why, who has a messy relationship?

- Oh, no I di... I didn't mean.

- Okay, there's chopper and emma.

- That ended amicably. Mutually, I should add.

- Then there was chopper and nichelle,

That's lexi's sister. - Hmm, no,

No, that wasn't a relationship. That was a misunderstanding.

- Then there was chopper and sunita.

- What about bodie? Hmm?

Yeah, yeah, I know he's doing cargo up north,

But his stuff was way messier. What about hayley and bodie?

- In bodie's defense, he just found out

He's having a baby, and there's a lot of stuff

Around him being taken from his birth parents.

He's matured a lot since then.

And in hayley's defense, she's been through a lot, too.

Her mom died of cancer and then she found out

She has the brca1 gene.

- As chief pilot, I never comment on anyone's

Past or present relationship.

- You know if nurse hayley's seeing anyone?

- Pete, dude! - What? She's hot.

- Guys, come on, she's a professional, all right?

And I, I really couldn't comment.

I have no idea what her current relationship status is.

(strained exhale)

- You guys are gonna cut around that, right?

- So, you and captain nowak have been together

A few years now, yeah? - Um, yeah.

It would have been two years,

But we took a little break in there.

- Do you have any tips for getting him on camera?

- Uh... (phone rings)

Oh, one second here.

Skymed 922.

(calvin): Hello? - Hey, who's this?

- Um, calvin. Is this superman?

- No, I'm tristan,

But this is a pretty important phone,

So we try to keep it clear for emergencies.

(calvin cries)

Hey, hey, hey, calvin,

Are you okay? Is there a grown-up around?

- Grandpa, but he won't wake up.

We were going to the dump to see the bears

But he had to pull over.

He, he uses his phone to call superman.

- Speaker. Can you put it on speaker for us?

(speakerphone beeps)

(tristan): Can you do me a favor, calvin?

Can you check if grandpa is breathing?

- Everything okay?

(calvin): I'm not sure.

- Okay. Put your hand over his nose or mouth

And let me know if you feel his breath.

Like a, like a light tickle.

(calvin): Yeah, I feel it.

- Okay, good. Good, calvin.

Can you do me another favor? Can you put two fingers

On his thumb and if you slide it all the way down to his wrist,

You'll feel his pulse. It'll feel something

Like a tapping under your finger through his skin.

Can you feel it?

- How does a kid even get this number?

- I don't know. - I can feel it.

- Good. Uh, I think we're gonna need to come see your grandpa.

Where are you? - I don't know.

Grandpa started to feel funny, so he pulled over

And he fell asleep.

- Wait, your grandpa uses this number to call superman?

- Yeah. People call grandpa when they need help.

Then he calls superman and tells them where to go.

- Dispatch, maybe? (tristan): Can you tell me

Your grandpa's name? Like uh, what other grown-ups call him?

- Uh... Bubba? - It's dispatcher andy.

He's got a cabin outside windy lake.

Took me fishing once. - I'll go ahead and call

For an ambulance. - Hey, uh, we think we know

Where you are, calvin, but it's gonna take us a minute

To get to you. (grandpa wheezes)

- He sounds like he's snoring. - That's not snoring.

Okay, we need to secure his airway.

Is he sitting up right now?

- He's sleeping on the steering wheel.

- Okay, we need to put him into the recovery position

So he can breathe, okay? - I don't know what that is.

- It's really easy. You're just gonna pull grandpa

On to his side, okay?

You said you were in a truck

So it's just one long seat, right?

- Yeah. - All you need to do

Is just pull him onto his side.

- He's pretty heavy. What if I hurt him?

- You're not gonna hurt him. And the most important thing

Is that he stops snoring. So just pull him in close to you

Until he falls on his side.

(wheezing continues)

(tristan): Calvin?

(tense music)

(calvin): I got him on his side but his bottom teeth popped out.

- It's okay. I'm gonna stay on the phone with you

Until we get there. Okay? - Okay.

(airplane rumbles)

(stu): What makes someone become a nurse?

(tristan): I don't know about other people,

But my brother died around calvin's age.

I was there, but I didn't know what to do.

I think that's why I became a nurse,

To help kids the way I couldn't help him.

- You were fantastic. Stu just showed me the footage

Of your call from today.

Just wanted to make sure you signed your release.

- Oh, I uh, wasn't sure about signing it.

I just don't know if I did anything people

Would actually want to watch, you know?

- Tristan, the way you helped that little boy,

It was so beautiful.

Your family must be really proud of you.

- Okay, yeah, I guess I could sign the release.

- Have you ever considered specializing in pediatrics?

Sick kids has a training program out of their er

For nurses and first responders.

I think you'd be great at it.

- I'd have to go to toronto?

- Just for a couple of months. I may even be able to get

Skymed to pay for it. It would be such an asset

To have a pediatrics nurse.

Just think about it?

- Yeah.

- Hey, I've got nurse green's release.

- You can keep it.

Calvin's parents didn't sign theirs and since he's a minor,

We can't use the footage. All I have are people

Talking about their relationships

And a naked guy with food poisoning.

It's not exactly hard-hitting cinema.

- Maybe we try something comedic?

- You are not making skymed a joke.

Just stay a couple more days. I know that if you stick it out,

You'll get something great for you and skymed.

- And you too, huh?

You know, I thought you looked familiar.

And then when you refused to be on camera,

I finally figured out where I knew you from.

That's you, isn't it?

Could probably use some good press right about now too, huh.

- This isn't about me. It's about skymed.

It hasn't been announced, but we're pursuing

A very important opportunity.

So, anything you can do to present us

In a positive light-- - I'm not supposed to be

In newfoundland for that fish thing until next month.

(curious music)

- Please, just a couple more days.

Unless you think the "fish thing"

Is really urgent.

(sighs)

- Fine. I suppose we could hang out a little longer.

Thanks a lot, pete.

(hopeful music)

- So, the pilots have gold bars on their epaulets.

The nurses have their caduceus'. But I like my wheel of life.

Reminds me of being on the ambulance in toronto.

(stu): What made you come to thompson?

So far north. Not knowing anyone.

It's a big move. - Ah, sometimes a fresh start's

Fun, right? It's an adventure.

(pager beeps)

Oh, we've got a live one.

(airplane roars)

(majestic music)

(music turns eerie)

(atvs rumble)

(stef): That's a bad crash. How many people inside?

(chopper): Don't know yet.

The car's onboard safety system called it in.

(stu): Go, go, go. Get this on camera.

(tense music)

- We're from skymed. We're here to help.

- I can't get out. I can't get free.

- That's okay. My name's stef. I'm here to help.

What's your name? - Kai.

My girlfriend, please,

She hasn't woken up since we crashed.

- Oh shoot, watch out. Coming through.

I know this girl. I know her.

(stu): Who is she? How do you know her?

- I need to do my job.

- Hey, give her some space. Easy.

- Please. Is she okay?

- She's got a pulse, tachycardic.

Okay, can you get him out of the car?

Spine looks okay, but just go slow.

- Got it.

Easy.

Okay, kai, let's get you outta here.

(kai): What about dani? Is she okay?

(chopper): I'll go get the backboard.

(heroic music)

(grunts)

(stu): What are you doing now? - I'm trying to get vitals.

(monitor beeps)

Blood pressure's low.

She's got internal injuries.

She needs an or. - Coming in.

(stu): How will you get her out?

(chopper): Uh, we're gonna wedge the backboard under her

And stef will slide the patient onto it

So we can get her on the plane.

- You got it? - Yep, got it.

- Okay, watch her spine. On three. One, two three.

(grunting) (stu): What's happening?

- Is she stuck on something? - Okay, pull back, pull back.

(stu): What is she stuck on?

(ominous music)

- Her leg's trapped. - What now?

(chopper): Lexi, call the bear falls fire department.

We need the jaws of life. - I gotta stop the bleeding.

I'm gonna put on a tourniquet.

- Is it bad? She's a dancer.

She's got a scholarship to new york.

It's a really big deal.

- The fire department won't make it for a few hours

At least. There was an accident at the marina.

(chopper): Hang on, let me have a look.

(monitor beeps)

(stef): We can't wait. Her bp's dropping.

She doesn't have a few hours. - Hey, there's gotta be a way

To release this thing. - What now?

What are the options? - We don't have any.

Not if we can't get her out the car.

- No, I'm not letting mel die.

- Mel? - Stay with me.

We're gonna find a way to get you outta here, okay?

Lex, get the pressure bag. - Yeah.

- I need to start pushing fluids.

You're gonna put the saline in that white bag.

- Okay. - And just pump the fluids.

Got it? Switch with me. - Yeah.

Like this?

(stef): Yeah, that's it. Just keep going. Don't stop.

(chopper): I can't get her leg out. Dammit.

(tense music)

(stef): We're not just leaving her.

I'm not letting her die because of her leg.

(stu): What's the scalpel for?

Are you... Can you do that?

- We're not uh, trained for it.

In the city, they send field surgeons.

- Do you have any field surgeons up here?

- Uh, no. Everything you see here

And on the plane, this is what we have.

- Stef, wait. Uh, can you keep her stable

For just a little longer? I think I have an idea,

But it, it might, it might take a minute.

- I'll do what I can, but chopper, she's fading fast.

(energetic tense music)

(atv rumbles away)

Okay.

All right, stay with me, dani. Stay with me.

- Who's mel?

Earlier, you called the patient mel,

But her name is dani, so who's mel?

(monitor screeches)

- Pressure's dropping. We're outta time.

We gotta get her outta here.

(tense music)

Bone's already snapped, it's mostly just tendon.

- Stef, are you sure?

- I'm not gonna watch her die.

(eerie music)

- Wait! Hang on, I'm coming!

The uh, jaws of life are just electric spreaders, right?

(lexi): Right. - So, we use this pole

To lift stretchers up onto a plane.

And so, if we just wedge it under the dash...

- It could act as a spreader. (stef): It could.

Are you sure, chopper? - Look, it's same principle,

All right? It's rated for 1,000 pounds. It'll work.

- Okay, okay.

(grunting)

- Careful.

Easy. Okay, this thing usually runs off the plane.

We're gonna have to connect it to the car battery.

Hopefully, there's still some juice left after the crash.

- Yeah.

Okay, here.

(tense music)

- Ready? - Yep.

- Hit it!

(lift whirring)

(heroic music)

(dash cracking)

- It's working. It's working! I can reach her leg.

- Gentle. Gentle. Try to keep it intact.

Can you get her foot loose? - Yeah, I got it.

- That's it.

(stu): That was really impressive.

But why didn't kai come with us?

- Um, his injuries are minor, so an ambulance took him

To the hospital in brandon.

But she needs an orthopedic surgeon.

If anyone could save her leg, it's in winnipeg.

(lexi): Winnipeg center reports visibility as half mile.

Vertical vis 100 feet. - Yep.

- Hey, what does that mean?

- Uh,

When we begin an approach into an airport,

The ils guides the plane to the runway.

Without it, we'd have to do a visual approach.

Once we hit our minimums, which is 200 feet

At this airport, as long as the pilot can see the runway,

We're good to land.

- All right, commencing the approach.

- Hey, shoot it.

(lexi): 100 above. (chopper): Check.

- Minimums. Decide.

- Crap, we're shocked in. Let's go around.

- It isn't uncommon this time of year

To see bad weather low to the ground.

Mist, fog, freezing rain, snow.

- I think I see the runway lights.

- We can't get any closer to be sure without flying

Below our minimums.

We'll have to divert to thompson or kenora.

- What? No. No, we have to go to winnipeg.

- Thompson or kenora can't save her?

- Winnipeg's the only one with an orthopedic surgeon.

If we don't get dani there today the...

Please, she needs her leg. She's a dancer.

You said you could see lights. If there's any chance.

(tense music)

(chopper): Try again.

(exhales)

(airplane roars)

- Minimums is 200 agl. If the ceiling's that low,

There's no way we're gonna spot the runway. There's no point

In even shooting the approach. (stef): We have to land here.

- I know you're worried about dani,

But it's safer to land at another airport.

- I didn't get her out of that car alive

Just for her to lose her leg now.

- Keep rolling. (stef): If there's any chance.

- No without busting minimums.

- I know how important it is to you to be a perfect pilot.

Okay, lexi? But my patient could lose her leg.

- Stef. - As captain, it's my call.

I'm trying it once more.

(lexi huffs)

(lexi): 100 above. Minimums. Decide.

What are you doing? Minimums. - We know it clears at 100 feet.

- Yeah, what if it doesn't? - You have to get

The patient to winnipeg. - These rules are written

In blood, stef. Everyone who crashes

Thinks that they can get away with it this one time.

- We got lights.

- Yes, that's it.

(huffs)

(chopper): Contact.

- 17-year-old girl. Bp, 80 on 50.

Internal injuries. Severe trauma to the lower right leg. Got it?

(stu): What now? What, what happens now?

- Um, now she goes to surgery.

It's just my job to get the patient here safely.

After that...

- But isn't that hard, not knowing what happens?

Aren't you curious to know if she'll be okay?

- That's the job. You can't get attached.

(somber music)

- Hey. You okay?

(sighs) look, I know that wasn't

The call you would've made.

But we do have the same priorities, lex.

Life, license, then job.

Which, in this case, means the patient. But...

I know that approach. We weren't in danger.

- A dot crew followed dani in winnipeg.

Surgery went well. They saved her leg.

- Okay, well that's good news, right?

- If I had been captain, she would have lost her leg.

I never break the rules, chopper. Ever.

- Lex, we can't know for sure

That she would've lost it if we sent her to thompson.

And as first officer, it's your job to question the captain.

To make sure they're not so focused on completing

The mission that I get us hurt.

We both know the toughest decision

Isn't when to go, but when to say no.

But I know I made the right call today. You know why?

Because you questioned me.

You made me reevaluate my thinking.

- What about license?

Chopper, there was a camera crew on board.

(marianne): But you already signed the release.

We finally have something that makes skymed look heroic,

And you don't want them to use it?

- I had to make a tough choice and I stand by it.

I know it technically wasn't within the regulations,

But for the patient, I would do it again.

It's just...

Aviation authority might not agree if they see the tape.

(sighs) - look,

Your release is still on my desk.

I could just shred it, but, chopper,

If you withhold it, they can't use any of the footage.

Not even the stuff from the ground at the site

Of the car accident.

- Would you feel comfortable leaving it to those guys

To keep a secret that could tank your career?

Shred my release. (sighs)

Please.

(sighs heavily)

- Hey, hayley. I just had time for a coffee run

Between studying and clinical.

It's the perks of scheduling your day

In 15-minute blocks, right?

And now I have nine whole minutes to restock 911

Before I hit the books again.

Hey, you okay?

- Yeah, just tired.

You've been so busy since jeremy died.

How are you? I just feel like

We haven't had a chance to talk since you got back.

- I'm fine. I mean, I should have factored in

Pee breaks in my 15 min blocks, but--

(pagers beep)

- We got a hiker at stelgin lake provincial park.

Sounds like a slip and fall.

I think hayley can probably handle it.

- No, I'm good. - Hey, nurse crystal,

What do we got? Hey, we hear stelgin lake

Is a party spot. You're from around here.

I'm sure you've been to a party or two up there, haven't ya?

- Not usually at 10 a.M. On a Wednesday.

- Oh, come on, you never skipped school once or twice?

(wheezer): This one might be tough for her.

Jeremy and crystal used to camp there.

- Maybe she doesn't need an audience on this one.

(sighs) - hey.

You know which airstrip has a perfect runway

For lots of nifty gopro footage of take-offs and landings?

(clicks tongue) stelgin lake park.

- Really. - Mm-hmm.

- But if you hang out

At the airstrip with wheezer,

You'll miss coming on our slip and fall.

Which might even be another sprained ankle.

- Mm-hmm. - Right. Um...

Let me show you where I was thinking

We could mount the gopros.

- Oh, can't wait. - All right.

So, I'm thinking both wings right beside the engines.

(continues indistinctly)

(stu): See? I knew this was gonna be gold!

- I should've known better.

Even after I slipped running wind sprints,

I just kept pushing myself.

Thought if I just kept moving,

I'd be okay. But then I felt worse.

- No pedal pulse. Get the traction splint.

- We'll get you something for the pain,

But once we get your leg in this splint,

It's gonna feel a lot better.

- Guess I'm not gonna just walk this one off, huh?

(laughs) - the trails are too narrow

To get an atv back here to transport him

And it's a 20-minute hike back out.

- I know a shortcut. Jer found it years ago,

So it's not a regular trail, won't be groomed,

But it'll get us to the plane faster.

(soft tense music)

Okay, definitely a lot of spring melts around here.

- Well, should we circle back?

- A little further. It should dry up.

- Ooh, shit! - Whoa! Whoa!

- Are you okay? What happened? - I'm stuck.

Is the patient okay? (hayley): How you doin', terry?

- Either the fentanyl's kicking in,

Or the traction splint is doing its job.

- Crystal, are you okay? - Ugh, yeah, I'm fine.

I can, I can get myself out. (panting)

(squelching) oh, god.

I, I can't move. I'm stuck!

- Um, okay, hang on. Oh!

- I'm stuck. I can't move!

Oh god, hayley, I can't move!

- Okay, crystal, wait, just-- - hayley, hayley,

I'm stuck. I'm stuck! - Hang on, stop! Crystal,

Crystal, you need to calm down. Crystal, stop!

- I can't! - Moving makes it worse.

Crystal, you need to calm down! I'm pregnant!

(music stops abruptly)

- What? - I'm pregnant,

And it's wheezer's.

- Hey, congratulations.

(panting)

Uh... Unless we don't like wheezer?

- I knew it.

I knew there was something going on between you two.

Hayley, you're pregnant? What, how far along?

- I don't know. I just took the test a couple days ago.

- And you thought now was a good time to tell me?

- Well, it calmed you down, didn't it?

Look, we both just have to be still.

We're not gonna get out of this by struggling.

(both panting)

Okay, terry's heavier with all the equipment,

But he hasn't sunk. Maybe it's because he's laying flat.

- Like going through ice on a lake.

(tense music)

Okay, come on, we, uh, we gotta distribute our weight.

Um, lay on your front and try and pull your legs up.

(both grunting)

- I think it's working, but I don't think we

Can risk standing anywhere around here.

(panting)

It looks drier up there.

- Just lay on your stomach. (both grunting)

(music building)

- How long have you and wheezer...

- Started last year

Before everything with the pills.

And then when I started my program.

- Wait, wheezer was the cute weirdo?

- Uh... We gotta keep going.

(both grunting)

(hayley): I'll call tj to come get us.

(music peaks then fades)

(hayley): Terry's okay. He's stable,

And tj will be here in 10 minutes.

(crystal): So, you're pregnant.

Have you thought about what you wanna do?

(rain pattering softly)

- I miss my mom.

The idea of having kids of my own

Makes me feel like I'd be getting her back, in...

In a small way.

I mean, I didn't plan on doing it now.

- The urine tests are 99 percent accurate.

We'll need a blood test to confirm just how far along

You are.

Why didn't you tell me sooner?

- It didn't feel right.

You've been going through so much.

It just didn't feel as important as to what you're dealing with.

- I always wanna be a part of your life, hayley.

Okay? I always wanna know what's going on with you.

(sombre music)

Makes me feel normal.

For the first time in months.

I've been trying so hard...

To just stay busy.

Not have time to...

Feel how not normal things are right now.

- You can't outrun grief, crys.

- You know, before kookoo passed,

She said she'd always be with me,

So long as I listened.

And after she died, I did still feel her

With me all the time.

(hayley chuckles softly)

- Since jeremy died...

(cries)

I can't feel him, hayley.

Why can't I feel him?

- Crys.

- Are you happy? The documentary crew just left.

- I did notice it was a little less annoying around here.

- I'm trying to help skymed.

I'm doing this for you and for your company.

And you block them from filming hayley and crystal's call?

- I didn't block anything.

It was a slip and fall. They'd already seen

A couple of those. And I didn't realize

That they were gonna get stuck in quicksand. Besides,

There was a few inches of the plane

That they hadn't shot yet. - You pilots.

All you care about are your goddamn planes!

- Oh, I care about the patients and the communities.

And my pilots do, too.

But do you think any of these highly skilled individuals

Would lug stretchers, hold ivs, or do compressions

If they didn't care? Do you think chopper

Would bust minimums to save a woman's leg if he didn't care?

- I looked into that. It's just a fine.

- No, it could just be a fine

Or the pilot's license could get suspended.

I trust chopper.

He's a great pilot. He would never do anything

Unsafe or put his crew in danger.

And if chopper gets a violation for busting regs,

It will follow him to every job interview he ever has.

He can forget going to a major airline.

And personally, I can't think of a damn thing

That a documentary could do for me

That would be worth risking that.

(uneasy music)

(tender music)

- I have your blood work.

- Oh.

I'm not pregnant, am I?

- I'm sorry.

(sighs)

- I guess it wasn't the right time.

Wheezer and I, god, I don't...

I don't even know what we are.

I thought urine tests were 99 percent accurate.

- False positives are rare,

But you can get one if you have abnormally high levels of hcg.

- Why would my hcg be high?

- Survivors of breast cancer,

Especially women with the brca gene

Have an increased risk of ovarian cancer.

I have called your oncologist in winnipeg,

And he would like to see you as soon as possible.

- You forgot something.

Signed releases from the skymed crew.

- Thought captain chopra didn't want us to use his footage?

- I have his signed release.

His actions are heroic and a documentary

Is good exposure. - Wow, okay.

Well, in that case,

We might have a nice, little doc on our hands.

- Like I said, skymed is pursuing

A very important opportunity.

- Anything you wanna give us the scoop on?

- Not yet, but anything you can do

To present us in a positive light

Would be helpful.

Will you let me know when it airs?

- Yes, ma'am.

(tense music)

(theme music)

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