[ Sighs ]
He's the guy.
He's the running guy.Travis.
Travis!
Travis.
Travis, I didn't know!
Except that you did,
and then you stood there,comforting him
because he was sadthat he killed my husband.
Okay, probie,you're last in.
Heavy pressurized smoke,visibility almost zero, yes, go.
Good.Now how do you --
Leads out,everyone together.
Take it block by blockas a team and stay low.
Great.Now go save that dummy.
It's Travis, thank you.
Can you not talk?You can't talk.
That's cheating.Go lay somewhere else.
Alright, alright,alright.
Alright, now go savethat innocent young girl!
[ Stopwatch beeps ]
♪♪
There you go, there you go.
Good, good, good.
Nice.
Stay low, stay low.
Ceiling's collapsing!
The ceiling's collapsing!
There you go. Keep going.Good job.
Great, great, great.
Good job, good job.There you go.
[ Chuckles ]Yay. You saved me.
[ Stopwatch beeps ]
[ Laughs ]Nice job.
Thanks.Yeah.
Uh, let's go again.
I-Is it weird thatI kind of wish we could stay
in the academy forever?
Yes.Yes.
[ Both laugh ]
Go!Yeah. Alright.
♪♪
♪ When the buildings fell
♪ The mountains stayed
♪ And the grass grew back
♪ All across the interstate
♪ Maybe we were bornto be brave ♪
Hey.
♪ Bound by a promise we made
♪ You and me, we got a
♪ Heartbeat of a hurricane,babe ♪
[ Laughter ]
It's a finger!Oh. See?
[ Laughter ]
That's why you don't playwith your food.
Hey. Wiggins tookone more shift off,
so I asked Ruizto cover again.
He seemed to work out welllast time.
Wait. Why?I mean, why?
She means, "Got it, Cap."
Vic, why are you eatingday-old sushi for breakfast?
And why are you saying thatlike it's so weird?
Because it's a day old.That is weird.
Okay.No, sushi is a perfect food.
But it's also 8:00 a.m.
Ben: Yeah.That is a hard no.
Hard no.Okay, people eat salmonon bagels.
But that is, like, smoked,and that is raw.
Yeah.
And it's fromthe grocery store.
-And it's from yesterday.-Alright, Montgomery --
Montgomery, would you eatday-old sushi for breakfast?
I have. And I do.And I would.
-Nice.-Of course he would.
Okay, you twoare soulmates.
You're on the aid cartogether today.
Both of us?Yep.
Ben: Let me break down whathappens to your digestive tract
with day-old sushi.Don't do it.Don't do it. Please.
I'm just saying,fish, in particular.Okay.
-Oh.-Ohhh! [ Laughs ]
[ Sighs ]
You know, it's badfor the environment,
both of us driving to workseparately.
You know we have to worktogether, so --
I'm perfectly capableof working with you.
Then we haveto talk about it.
There's nothingto talk about.
You've made your stancepretty clear.
How?
Oh, my God.How?
It's been three days.
You won't even stayin the same room as me.
Well, now your boyfriend's here,so you can talk to him about it.
Oh, my God.He is not my boyfriend.
Alright, I'll ask you again --Did you end it with him?
We weren't even anythingto end!
[ Klaxons sound ]Dispatch: Aid Car 19 requested
to 2020 East Yesler Way.
We are talking about this.No, we aren't.
Hey.
You're stuck with me again.
Yeah,how's the foot healing up?
Ah, it's fine.Just bruised.
Would you believe
that wasn't the first timea car ran over me?
No way.Yeah.
When I was in high school,
I was helping my girlfriendparallel park
while also tryingto make her laugh.
Don't do those two thingsat the same time.
Weirdly didn't break theneither.
Out of all the superpowersto have,
that --that's the worst one.
[ Chuckles ]Yeah.
[ FaceTime ringing ]
Hey.
Oh, Jack, he's freaking out.
He saw a fire truck drive by, and he just had a meltdown.
Hey, buddy, what's up?You okay?
Yeah. Yeah, you?
What -- What's going on?
I-I-- Obviously, he just needed to see you?
Yeah, no, uh, I'll talkto him when I get home.
Are you okay? Yeah.
Yeah, but I'm gonna go check on him.
Yeah, go. Go.I'll see you later.
Bye.
That your kid?No.
No, my girlfriend's son.
He's just beena little nervous lately.
He keeps asking mehow a house fire starts,
and he won't go to sleepwithout a bowl of water
and a face clothnear his bed,
you know,in case there's a fire
and he needsto breathe better.Right.
Sounds like he doesn't wantto lose you in a fire.
I-I get that.It's just,
I don't know whatto do because it's my job.
Right.What about you, man?
Do you have --Do you have a girlfriend?
Kids?
Just me.
Lean and mean.
'Cause I heard a rumorabout you and...Hughes.
Oh, uh...no.
No?That's not a thing.
You sure?Yeah, I'm sure.
'Cause, you know, I see you guysmaking eyes at each other.
You seem to havesome good chemistry.
You know, Hughes and Iwere almost a thing,
but then she found outI'm the guy
who killed Montgomery's husband,so now we're not.
Okay?
♪♪
[ Siren wailing ]
♪♪
I just thinkif you heard my side --
Okay.You see this scar?
This one, right here?
Yeah.Pretty nasty.
[ Seat belt clicks ]How about this one?
How about this one?You see this one?
No.Exactly.
No scar.
When I had stitcheson my ankle,
I picked at it and I pickedat it and I picked at it,
and every time it wouldstart to heal and scab over,
I'd pick at it again.That's gross.
And now look.
Dark scar there forever.
Nasty.
But when I had my chestpunctured by a piece of glass...
I was there....you know,I didn't mess with it.
I just, you know, kind of letmy body do its thing.
And then the blood clotted,and then it scabbed over,
and then the red blood cellsbrought oxygen to the wound,
and then the white blood cellsfought off infection
and then created new collagenand tissue,
and I-I didn't interferewith that process,
even though it hurt.[ Sighs ]
Not only did it heal quicker --no scar.
So you don't wantto talk about it?
Nope.
Okay.
[ Siren wailing ]
Libby: Wake up!
She's been screaming like thisfor 15 minutes.Wake up!
Charlie, wake up!
Wake up!
Miss?
Miss, can you tell uswhat happened?
Please, wake up.Wake up!
I just saved this kid from an ODthree days ago.
What?The guy in the car.
The kid who passed outin his car
and ran overyour boyfriend's foot.
That's him.
Please wake up.Wake up, Charlie!
Hey. Hey.Hey, back up. Back up.
It's okay. It's okay.Still breathing. Has a pulse.
What's your name?L-Libby.
Libby. Okay.My name is Libby.
Libby, I'm gonna put thison your face.
You're gonna keep it on, okay?No, no. Stop, no!
No. Hey! Libby!
Oh! Oh, oh, oh!Charlie!
Oxygen tank.
I got it. Okay.
No.Libby. Libby, stop.
What did he take?
You have to help him!
Okay, I'm trying, Libby,
but you haveto let me do this!
-He was gonna get better!-Okay.
I was taking him to detoxtonight!
He just wanted to get highone last time!
I-I didn't even get himthat much!
What?What did you just say?
[ Sobbing ]
Why isn't it working?It always works.
Always, huh? How oftendoes your buddy do this?
Not a lot.He really was done.
He was gonna get better.
Yeah, right.
No. Look.
We -- We --We did our phone ritual.
Okay. Okay. Okay. Back up.And we -- we've been bestfriends since seventh grade.
Okay. Okay.And my first breakupwas done on this phone!
Charlie coached methrough it!
Now -- Now anytime that we wantto break up with someone
or -- or something,
we -- we do it into the phonetogether first.
Okay.
He was finally gonna dothe phone thing for this.
Okay.For the drug stuff.
Okay.He was gonna be done.
He really was done.
[ Breathing heavily ]
♪♪
It's supposed to wake him up,right?
What's happening?Is --
Why isn't he waking up?What is happening?!
What is happening is,you might have just helpedkill your friend.
Travis.
[ Slurred ] Oh...
-Charlie! Charlie.-Hold on. Hold on, Charlie.
Hold on.Take a deep breath.
Oh, my God, Charlie.Thank God.
Take a deep breath, okay?
Take a deep breath.Charlie?
Charlie, take it easy.Take it easy.Where's Libby?
Libby? Where's Libby?Take it easy.
I'm right here.It's okay.
Back up, back up,back up, back up.
Okay.Just give him some air, Libby.It's ok--
No. No. No.
[ Sighs ]
He's out again.
I'm gonna give himanother dose.
Why do we even bother?
I mean, they're just gonnado it again, you know?
We revive 'em, they get fluids,they shoot up again.
The same, stupid thing,over and over and over.
You need to keepyour opinions to yourself.
How is wanting peopleto do the right thing
always seem to make methe unreasonable one?
It doesn't, but thinkingyou're the only arbiter
of the "right thing" does.
[ Siren wailing ]
Libby. Ah.
Charlie. No, no, no.Libby -- Libby is not here.
We're taking you tothe hospital, okay?
I'm okay. Yeah.
Can you --Can you guys take me home?
No.We cannot do that.
I'm really okay.
That's because you're pumpedfull of naloxone,
and you needmedical attention, okay?
Hey, it was my first timedoing drugs.
Yeah, we know that's a lie.
Hey, I was trying to quit.
Tonight I was gonna.
We were doingthe whole phone thing.
Yeah, the phone thing.We know.
You know it's not too late,right?
You can still quit tonight.
It's not so easy.I've tried lots of times.
And how many timeshave you OD'd?
What? Who's that?
That is my friend up frontdriving us.
He, uh, saved youthe other night.
At the mall?
Travis:You gotta be kidding me.
No, not at the mall.In your car.
Oh.
Oh, damn,the guy I ran over?
Oh, dude, I'm so sorry.
Don't worry, man.
No, you didn't runover myfoot.
You ran over my partner'sboyfriend's foot.
Yeah, he's not --Is -- Is he okay?
Yeah, you know what?He's not my boyfriend.
Was never my boyfriend.
We went on one date,and we had one kiss,
and as soon as you told mewho he was,
I told him it was over,and that was what you saw.
What I saw was his headon your chest
and your arms wrappedaround each other.
Oh, Travis.
♪♪
[ Knife chopping ]
Hey.
I can't believe it.
I found a spotright in front of your house.
Oh, okay.
That meansit's gonna work out.
Oh.You and me.
Is thatwhat the spot means?
Yeah. Movie parking.
Drive up one secondbefore the show
or the reservationor whatever,
and bam, parking rightin front of the venue.
We're in a terrible, wonderful,unrealistic rom-com.
Oof.
That means we still haveannoying hijinks,
trials and tribulations,a makeup, a breakup
before evenhappily-ever-aftering,
and I gotta say...
I don't know if I havethe energy for that.
Oh, why do peopleeven like those movies?
It sounds exhausting.Ugh.
Good thing that's not us.Mm-hmm.
Yeah, that'sa really good thing.
♪ ...the world and make itbetter than it ever was ♪
Is Theo here?
Oh, my God.
He's my roommateand my best friend.
He probably already knows.
He probably doesn't.
Theo: He does!
♪ That's whatthey'll say about us ♪
Sorry. Congrats.
I'm happy for you two.I really am.
Uh, but do you mind making outjust a little quieter?
I'm, you know, studyingfor the, uh, lieutenant exam.
[ Laughs ]
Make out quieter.Okay.
Youmake out quieter.You -- You make out quieter.
I'll show you how it's done.You show me how it's done.
Mm.
Hi, Charlie.
It's the third timethis month.
Youths.
[ Grunts ]
We were saying goodbye,and he was upset.
Sorry losing youwas so hard on him,
but he cost memy husband.
Michael. He was upsetabout losing...Michael.
Well, I said I was donetalking about this,
so I don't even knowwhat I'm doing.
For the record, that is exactlywhy we are in this situation.
Whatever --In what situation?
Your whole "let it scab over"pseudo-science crap.
I mean, that's what you didwith Michael's death.
You have no idea what I didwith Michael's death!
And you did itwith your dad,
and it's what you're doingright now!Oh, my God.
You think it's the mature wayof doing things,
but it's actuallythe opposite
because it's ostrich theoryand it's bull.
Oh, excuse me. You want totalk about ostrich theory?
Right.Let's talk about youfor a second in all that!
I don't know what you --Dispatcher: Possible OD,
2020 East Yesler Way.
Wait, isn't thatwhere we just --Yeah. Libby.
Oh. Um, she stumbled outof that building
and, uh, just collapsedas I was passing by.
Okay.Uh,I didn't know what to do.
I-I don't know how to do CPRor anything, so...
-Okay, thank you.-...I called 911.
Give us some room.Thank you.
Everybody,give us some room.
Hey, Libby?
It's your friends,Vic and Travis.
You gotta wake up, okay?
Alright, Libby.Come on.
Come on.
Come on, Libby. Wake up.Come on.
Wake up.[ Gasps ]
There you go.Okay.
Where's Charlie?
He's at the hospital,
and we're taking you there,okay?
No, but I --No, no, no. Libby, you OD'd.
Just like your BFF.
[ Siren wailing ]
Is Charlie okay?
Is he alive?
He's alive.
You two can go to rehabtogether.
I'm not going to rehab.
I did the phone thing sohe would think I was going, too.
'Cause he really needsto go.
He's gonna die soonif he doesn't stop.
What about you, Libby?
I don't doas much as he does.
You literally just OD'd.
He can't die.
If he dies,I don't know what I'm gonna do.
He's my best friend.
[ Voice breaking ] I don't wantto have to say goodbye to him.
[ Sighs ]
So...
that, uh, thingyou said earlier.
Yeah.Worst day of my life.
Even worse dayof Montgomery's life.
Now I'm a husband-killer.
Et cetera, et cetera.
This the partwhere we stop being buddies?
Nope.Just, uh...checking in.
You know, my dad diedwhen I was 8.
He was one of us.
Line of duty.
Made me intoa pretty nervous little kid.
Anyway, I was alwaysreally grateful,
you know, to the guyswho stepped up to, uh...
you know, father figure?
My uncles,my dad's fire brothers...
my mom's boyfriend-now-husband,Tom.
He was the best.
I mean, I'm -- I'm doingwhat I can --
But I was always terrified
that I was gonna loseanother dad.
You just gotta keepreminding him
that you'renot going anywhere.
He'll relax.
Ruiz.
Not just a pretty faceand a bionic foot.
Name's Libby.Sats are 98% on 2 liters
after an opiate OD.
Oh. Busy day.
Charlie's friend.Of course she is.
Thanks.
Hey, guys.How's it going?
Oh, it's great.
If the coronavirus pandemicdoesn't wipe us out,
the opiate epidemic will.
Oh.
Okay.
Things still roughbetween you two?
You know, you shouldgive her a break.
It's not likeshe's still dating the guy.
That's not the point.
What is the point?
The point is,even after she found out
that he was the guythat took everything from me,
she still heard his side.
She still heard him out.
I mean, what is...that?
Um...that's being a person,I guess?
You are not on her side.
What side, Tr--
You know, you're reallysounding like --
Sounding like what?
Like not Travis.
Trav, it's gonna be a lonelylife if you don't start to --
I don't know -- if youdon't start to let it go.
♪♪
Oh. Oh, my God.
This is the best thingI ever put in my mouth.
Inappropriate.
Oh, gracias.Pernil is my happy place.
It's my mami's recipe.
Oh, yeah?My mom hides her recipes from me
like they'reclassified CIA documents.
She thinks if I can make hercooking, I won't come to visit.
You won't.
Hey.
The only thingmy mom knows how to cook
comes out of a box or a can,so...
Well, at least our kids willhave two dads that can cook.
I think.
What I meant to say wasour kids respectively.
Like, you know, individual kidsis what I meant.
What are you doing?
Oh, my God.
Travis Lee Montgomery --
Wait, wait, wait.
Will you...
Oh, twist!
Wait.
Michael Cooper Williams...
Will you...On three?
[ Laughs ]
Okay.One. Two.
Both:Will you marry me?
Yes.
Wow. [ Chuckles ]
Aww. You guys.
I feel bad.I didn't bring a ring.
Just get in here.
Congratulations,you guys.
Thank you, brother.
You smell like Pernil.
[ Laughter ]
You have a crushon Emmett.
You said you didn't wantto talk about "it,"
so we're gonna talkabout something else.
Do you thinkthat I can just go back
to the Travis and Vic comedyhour after seeing you with him?
How long, then?What?
How longuntil we can go back?
I don't know.Huh?
There's not a timeline, Vic.I just --
Travis, just stop, please.You know me.
You were the first non-bloodperson to become my family.
So you don't actually getto treat me
like some kind of scabyou somehow don't pick.
So, I am ripping it off!
Ripping what off?
The -- The scab!
Oh, my God.The scab!
I cannot take what a bratyou're being right now.
Me? You are literally throwingyourself out of a...car.
God.
[ Groans ]
Alright.
So, what's the plan here?
We're not gonna tryto fix this?
We're just done'cause of this Theo stuff?
Years and years of friendshipin the garbage
'cause of some guy?Ah! Nope! Nope!
Is that --Nope!
Not some guy!Not some guy!
The guy who killed my husband!How are you not getting this?
Travis.
I didn't know.
And then you did.A-And now, here we are!
Look! Look at us!
Hey, we're screamingon the side of the street!
Uh, no!You're the only one screaming.
I am just trying to talk.Well, I'm the only one
that has somethingto scream about, Vic!
Oh, my --
My God.
I could scream abouthow i-inappropriate
and unprofessional you werewith those kids today.
Whatever.I could scream about the fact
you seem to have lostthe ability to care about
anyone's feelingsbut your own.
I could scream aboutyou giving me
the silent treatmentfor four days...
How many times did you see himin the last four days?
...when you could have justtalked to me.
I could scream about youjust calling me a liar!
Fine! You're not a liar!What is that?
You're not a liar.What are you doing?
You're not a liar.
You're just recklessand selfish
and inconsiderate
and voidof boundaries to the point of,
I mean, I don't even know.Oh, okay. Yeah.
Cool list, dude.Okay, here's mine --
You are judgmental,and you're controlling,
and you just -- you just expecteveryone to do things
in exactly the way you imaginethem to be in your brain.
Then when they don't, notonly is that person an idiot,
they're a monster, right?Not even a little true.
Well, you did itwith your dad.
Oh, my God.You just did.
This has nothing to dowith my dad.
I don't appreciate thatat all.Okay.
Okay, look, look, Travis, I'mtrying to tell you I get it.
I get it.
I get that your dadscrewed you up,
and I get that Michael's deathscrewed you up,
but you need to understandwe are all screwed up.
We are all just tryingto figure it out, okay?
Okay, me not wanting you to datethe guy that's responsible
for my husband's deathis not the same...Oh, my God. Travis,we are not dating!
...as somewill-they-or-won't-they crap!
Stop it!We are not dating!
I have told you that4,000 times,
and you refuse to even --even hear it.
It's like you're addictedto being furious.
Can you see that?When Ripley died --
You remember him? --you spent weeks fixated on --
on the -- on the ownerof that coffee plant.
Do you remember that?I don't --
You tried to get him thrownin jail for code violations.
Okay. Look...Do you remember that?
Now imagine -- Wait.Tra--
Imagine if I came to youand I said,
"Hey, Vic, remember that guythat killed your fiancé?"
Okay."I think he's pretty hot."
Travis --"Do you mind if we bang?"
Stop it. I don'tactually need some kind of
sloppy paint-by-numbers exampleto understand,
because I lost someone, too,remember?
Right.Oh, wait, no. I'm sorry.
You're the only one who getsto nurse their pain.
You don't seem to needto nurse anything,
because you're a magic personwho just moves on from a loss!
Magic person.Out of sight, out of mind,right?
Oh, okay, there it is!Okay.
Well, we're not all thatelastic, and you know what?
I wouldn't want to beeven if it was an option!
At least it's betterthan being a sad, angry man
frozen in time, right?
Because you know what,Travis?
I tried to find a shelf, justone shelf in your apartment
to keepmy grandma's tea cups,
and every single spacewas taken,
and not with your stuff.
Never with your stuff.
Only with Michael's.
Travis,it's been four years.
Yeah, you're right.
You're right.I know.
Yeah.I'm -- I'm not over him.
I'm not over Michael.
Not even a little.
And I hate it.
I hatethat four years on
and every morning still feelsjust as painful
and awful and confusingas the day he died,
and I hate that I have to finda place to hide that mess...Hey.
...every single dayto even be a person.Uh-huh.
And I hate knowing that nomatter how well I hide it,
the very next morning,
it's just gonna be therewaiting for me full force.
Okay.And I don't gethow you do that.
I don't get how you just...What?
I mean, did you even careabout Ripley?
Okay.Did you?
Naturally, that was next.No, no, no.
Because if you did --If you did, honestly...
Why would you --...If -- If you did careabout him, I mean --
Travis, I cared...
I care about him so much...
that I am scaredI'm never gonna care
about anyonelike that again,
and -- and just hopingthat there's someday
gonna be another himis the only thing that's kept me
from being entirely consumedby the loss of him.
So, what?Theo is another him?
I-I don't know.I --
Maybe.Maybe, I hoped.
But you know what? As soonas I found out who he was,
it was done...
because you weremore important.
I thought about your feelingsimmediately.
I thought aboutyour feelings exclusively.
And the most painful partabout all of this
is you haven't thoughtabout mine at all.
Do you realize that?
Dispatch: Aid Car 19 requestedto Livermore Park.
Possible OD.
Get in the car!
♪♪
Hey!Hey.
We really gotta changethe locks.
Hey, it's my house, too,huh?
Was.Was your house.
Alright, well, the guy at thestore said this is champagne,
but it doesn't say "champagne"on it anywhere.
I thinkit's only champagne
if it comesfrom the Champagne region.
Otherwise, it's justsparkling hangover.
Mm.[ Cork pops ]
Whoa!Wepa!
Okay. Okay.Wait.
What are we celebrating?
Well, I have news.
We gathered that.
I'm up for Captain.
What?Yep.
Chief Ripley put me upfor Captain.
And since Kennedy's moving upto Battalion Chief,
I might even get to stayat 54. Huh?
News, news, news,or what?
But you've only been lieutenantfor like six months.
The life-spanof a water filter.
Yeah.I know.
Wait, how often doyou change our water filter?
Every...six months.
You're supposedto change it monthly.
Okay,I know my way is wrong,
but I know for surea month is too often.
I think a monthis just right.Actually -- It's actually...
Okay, so I'll just celebrateby myself, then.
No, no, no, no, no.Here we go. Here we go.No, no, no, no.
Here we go.It's really great.
It's really great.
We're happy for you.
Oh, this is disgusting.
It's really great.
But now I gotta know.
Mnh-mnh.
Your dadwould be really proud of you.
Thanks, man.Yeah.
Ha!
It's every two months!
Which isstill not one month.
Which is definitely notsix months!
Oh, my God.I'm gonna die of mold poisoning.
Well, you know,a fire might get you first.
I mean,if we're talking odds.
Love me anyway?
I mean,what choice do I have?
You're keeping me dependenton you
by slowly poisoning our water,so...
Mm-hmm.My plan is working.
Mm.[ Laughs ]
♪ There is a riotin the streets ♪
♪ There is a riot,I can't sleep ♪
♪ There is a riot in my heart
♪ There is a welling upin my soul ♪
♪ Wish I could fix it,make the whole world whole ♪
♪ And if I could take your pain,I would ♪
♪ I'd let it all go
♪ There is a welling upin my soul ♪
♪ They say that love can healthe broken ♪
♪ I'll mourn with youuntil the mornin' ♪
You're thinking about work,aren't you?
Your body gets tensein a very specific way,
and then you stare offinto the middle distance
like you're trying tofigure out access points.
I hatehow well you know me.
No, you don't.
I'm thinking about you.
At work.
I mean, are you sureit's a good idea,
Theo being your captain?
He's so green.
You two are so close.
Don't you think it's gonnamess with your friendship?
We've known each other10 years.
I think we can get past somechain of command disagreements.
Well, what if he makesa bad call?
And you got hurt?
What about that?
Didn't think about that.
Hey, firefighters get hurt.
You know that.
Theo's good at his job.
I'll be fine.
Mm. Mm.
But if I'm not, do you promiseto never love again?
I promise to die a lonely,withered old man
never having knownthe touch of another lover.
Yes.
Good.
Same.
♪♪
[ Sighs ]
"I'm not that bad,"she said.
"I don't need rehab,"she said.
[ Sighs ]
[ Buttons beeping ]
[ Lock beeps ]
I think you're right.
I think I'm addictedto being furious.
To feelingthe rage of his loss.
And it feels...
tied to him.
It feels like if I let it go,I let him go.
I shouldn't have accused youof not caring about Ripley.
That was low.
I learned how to self-soothewhen I was like 2 years old.
It's the only bright spotto parental neglect.
Lucas is gone.
And that sucks.
And I have done a lot of thingsto try to make it suck less,
and yeah, maybe it hasn'talways worked,
but I am trying, Travis.
I'm always trying.
And, you -- You know,I don't know.
Maybe...
Maybe you're right.
It is always gonna sucka little.
But I th--I think that's okay,
'cause I think it just speaksto how good we got to have it
for a second there,you know?
Look --Sorry. I --
Dispatch: Aid Car 19 requestedto Livermore Park.
Oh, come on.What is this now?
We were just there.
[ Klaxons sound ]
Hey, folks.Can you give us room, please?
He's in there.
Ah, damn it.It's Charlie.
Charlie?
Char--
Charlie.
Charlie. Hey.
Charlie. It's Vic.Can you hear me?
Can --Okay, he's not OD'd.
He's just high.Charlie.
Alright, you're gonna comewith us, okay? Look at me.
[ Slurred ]Ah...you're so beautiful.
Thank you. Alright.
We're gonna take you out,though, okay?
You're gonna come to thehospital with us now, alright?
[ Siren wailing ]
Ah. Libby?
Ah! Aah!
Am I still at the hospital?-No.
You are not in the hospital.You checked yourself out.
You're in an ambulance,okay?
Right.I came home, and Libby...
And the neighbor...
told me Libby was dead.
I'm sorry, Charlie.
[ Voice breaking ]I just wanted to say goodbye.
Hey. Why don't you saygoodbye right now?
The phone doesn't work.
It's just some stupid thingwe used to do.
It's not stupid.It's not stupid at all.
Because it wasyours and hers.
It was your thing.
And she was your best friend,right?
And that's the most importantthing in the world.
So just sit here.
Say what you need to say.
Tell her --
Tell herthat you're sorry
and that you'll do betterand that you'll get well.
Vic: Her life has to meansomething, Charlie.
And her deathhas to mean something.
It has to change you,you know?
And maybe if you let it,
it can change youfor the better,
but it won'tuntil you say goodbye.
Charlie: Libs.
I gotta be done.
[ Sniffles ]
I gotta be done.
I'm gonna be done, like --like you said.
I don't really knowhow to do that, but I'm...
Yeah, I'm gonna try.
Yeah,I'm -- I'm gonna try.
I'm gonna -- I'm gonna go tothe detox place tonight, and...
[ Voice breaking ]How do I do this without you?
You're my best friend.
[ Sobbing ]
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorrythat you're gone.
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[ Knock on door ]
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No.
No. No.
[ Voice breaking ] No.No.
Why? No.
Why?
[ Sobbing ]
Tell me.Tell me what happened.
They won't tell mewhat happened.
What?Theo, tell me.
Please,tell me what happened.
I thought, uh...
I thought the wind was upslopefrom the east...
[voice breaking] so I told himit was safe to shelter in place.
I-I...
I'm sorry.
What?Travis.
You know I love him.Wh-- Wh--
You know,Michael was my b--
Wait.
It was a mistake.
I miscalculated.
I'd -- I'd never --
Travis, you knowhow dangerous the job is, man.
It -- It could have beenanybody, and it could've...
Oh, Travis, come on, man.
We gotta go through thistogether, man.
I need you.Please get out of the house.
Travis, please, I --
You gotta get out.
Pleaseget out of my house.
Come on, please.
Please get out of my house.
Get out of my house.
Please...Get out of my house.
Get out of this houseright now!
Get out!
Please!
Get out of my house!
I'm sorry.
[ Door closes ]
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[ Breathing heavily ]
You see?There's not always fires, buddy.
The trucks...
well, they're just sleeping.
They haven't seen a firefor days.
Alright, now.
You seehow clean they are?
They'd be filthyif they'd seen any action.
Yeah, see, most days,we just, uh...
play board games or, uh,eat snacks.
Great. Now he's gonna wanna be a firefighter
for the board games and snacks.
[ Chuckles ]
Buddy, honestly, if --if -- if a fire even happens,
y-you know, I-I promise,I'm a great firefighter,
and my friends,they're even better.
I'm gonna be okay.
You ready for bed now?
Okay. Say good night.
Thank you. That was a really good idea.
Well, it wasactually Ruiz's idea.
Tell him thank you for me.
I will.
See you in the morning?Yeah. You bet.
I miss you. I miss you.
[ Smooches]
Hey.Thanks, man.
Yeah.I, uh...
I know how it is.
Losing a dad?
Well, that, too, actually,but, um...
being responsiblefor the death of a brother.
Rigo Vasquez.
Vasquez?That was you who, uh...
You and Eva.
So you knew him?
Not a lot of Latino dudesin SFD.
Yeah. I'm sorry.Uh...
I-I get itif you hate me now.
Yeah, it's, uh...
it's a tough job.
And sometimes people die.
I don't have it in meto hate you tonight.
Maybe tomorrow.
Cool.
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Chief Ripley.
That was you,wasn't it?
Who was dating himwhen he died.
How do you know that?
We all heardhe was dating a firefighter.
There were rumors.Can you?
Yeah.
[ Clears throat ]
But, uh,I had forgotten the name.
Didn't put it togethertill today.
I rememberMontgomery rang the bells.
Uh, I couldn't standwatching him up there,
knowing whathe was feeling.
I almost bolted.
You wereat Ripley's funeral?
He's the onewho made me Captain.
And then, uh...
after Michael...
When I askedfor a demotion,
he tried to --he tried to fight me on it.
But he got it, though.He was a good dude.
He wasa really good dude.
I'm sad.
Is that weird?
Pretty normal to feel sadabout a breakup.
Is it a breakupif it was never a thing?
I thinkit might be worse.
Theo was Michael's you.
[ Sniffs ]
Him and Michael, they wentthrough academy together.
They were probies together.
Roommates.
Theo was a legacy kid,
so he rose up the ladder fasterthan Michael or I, but...
we were best friends.
The three of us.
And then suddenly...
Michael died.
And it was Theo's fault.
Must have suckedto go through that
without your best friend.
You know, I hate this weird partafter a friendship fight --
you know, after it's done,
when you still both feelkind of icky and awkward
and not back to normalwith each other.
Yeah, in a relationship,you just have sex.
Vic, for the millionth time,I'm not gonna have sex with you.
[ Laughs ]Why not?
[ Both laugh ]
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Hi!Hi, I'm the probie.
Oh, God. I'm sorry.Are you --
No.I'm -- I'm -- It's nothing.
I'm, uh --I'm Travis Montgomery.
I'm Vic. Hughes.
Are you sureyou're okay?
Yeah.You wanna talk about it?
I'm pretty good at listening.No.
I do not wantto talk about it.
That's cool.I'm better at not listening.
[ Chuckles ]
Lucky you.
[ Laughs ]
Do you need a locker?
Yeah.
You wanna take that one?It's open.
Thanks.Yeah.
Welcome to 19, Hughes.
Welcome to Hughes, 19.
[ Laughs ]
What?
Nothing.
[ Laughs ]
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[ Sighs ]
Hey, um, Michael...
Hey.
You remember when we wonthat trip to the Maldives,
and I was a disasterfor the first two days,
obsessing overhow much time we had left,
and, uh, making myselfsick and sad
about how we only had a week?
You said that I should tryto enjoy the thisof this,
instead of worryingabout the endof this.
And, of course, you were right.
But I couldn't shake it.[ Chuckles ]
And then you got pissed...
and you said, "Travis, yes,this week is going to end,
but it is already ours.
It is in our headand belly and bones.
It is already ours forever."
Man...
that was, like, the best advicein the world.
[ Voice breaking ]And I can't believe I forgot it.
I'm sorry.
[ Breathes deeply ]
You're, uh...
You're not here anymore,
and the Maldives are literallysinking into the sea.
[ Sniffles ]But you were right.
I will always have both
in my head, belly, and bones.
So I should probably stopfixating on the end of them.
[ Breathes deeply ]
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