1 00:00:02,393 --> 00:00:03,699 -9-1-1. What's your emergency? -[siren wailing] 2 00:00:03,742 --> 00:00:05,222 Let's get him out of here before this thing blows! 3 00:00:05,266 --> 00:00:07,050 Catch all-new episodes Mondays, 4 00:00:07,094 --> 00:00:08,878 and check out our other Fox programs-- 5 00:00:08,921 --> 00:00:12,055 Empire, The Resident, andThe Gifted. 6 00:00:12,099 --> 00:00:14,623 We are going to show you the dawn of a new age. 7 00:00:14,666 --> 00:00:15,798 Only on Fox. 8 00:00:19,106 --> 00:00:21,064 HEN: First responders are born twice. 9 00:00:21,108 --> 00:00:24,372 The first time is when they come into the world. 10 00:00:24,415 --> 00:00:28,028 The second is the day when they make the choice 11 00:00:28,071 --> 00:00:30,987 to spend their lives running towards the danger. 12 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:35,078 To risk everything to make sure that you get home safe 13 00:00:35,122 --> 00:00:37,733 to the people you love. 14 00:00:37,776 --> 00:00:39,691 My name is Henrietta Wilson. 15 00:00:39,735 --> 00:00:42,912 And this is my story. 16 00:00:46,437 --> 00:00:48,265 DR. GORDON: Don't worry. 17 00:00:48,309 --> 00:00:50,137 -She'll be here. -What can I say? 18 00:00:50,180 --> 00:00:53,140 -I have a type. -STEVEN: Okay, fine. 19 00:00:53,183 --> 00:00:56,186 Some doctors like golf, some like gentlemen's clubs, 20 00:00:56,230 --> 00:00:59,059 some like, uh, Lakers tickets. 21 00:00:59,102 --> 00:01:01,539 It's my job to know what makes you happy. 22 00:01:01,583 --> 00:01:04,325 -Spoken like a true pusher. -[soft laughter] 23 00:01:04,368 --> 00:01:07,067 So, is she into guys? 24 00:01:07,110 --> 00:01:09,982 I mean, what's her story? 25 00:01:10,026 --> 00:01:12,507 -What's whose story? -[soft laughter] 26 00:01:12,550 --> 00:01:14,422 We should order that nice wine, 27 00:01:14,465 --> 00:01:16,511 unless they're pulling in the reins on your expense account. 28 00:01:16,554 --> 00:01:20,645 Ah, since the meltdown in '08, everybody's been cutting back. 29 00:01:20,689 --> 00:01:23,605 I talk to my buddies in finance and real estate. 30 00:01:23,648 --> 00:01:25,172 They are all flying coach 31 00:01:25,215 --> 00:01:26,999 and having client meetings at Applebee's. 32 00:01:27,043 --> 00:01:30,438 -[laughter] -But not us. Pharma is soaring. 33 00:01:30,481 --> 00:01:32,092 Well, nothing helps the bottom line like a bunch 34 00:01:32,135 --> 00:01:35,269 -of depressed folks, right? -[laughter] 35 00:01:35,312 --> 00:01:37,532 Well, Hen, you know the, uh, specs on this drug. 36 00:01:37,575 --> 00:01:39,969 Why don't you tell them why it's worth the cost? 37 00:01:40,012 --> 00:01:43,320 Well, gentlemen, we are seeing a 14% decrease 38 00:01:43,364 --> 00:01:45,322 in typical side effects 39 00:01:45,366 --> 00:01:48,151 from all the other antidepressants on the market. 40 00:01:48,195 --> 00:01:52,677 Weight gain or loss, sleep dysfunction, loss of sex drive. 41 00:01:52,721 --> 00:01:57,117 You know, my patients always ask for the generic. It's cheaper. 42 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,207 If it's between being able to afford the pill 43 00:02:00,250 --> 00:02:02,165 or no pill at all? 44 00:02:05,168 --> 00:02:08,693 Yeah, I think you should probably prescribe generic. 45 00:02:08,737 --> 00:02:12,697 Or maybe get your patients to go for a walk, 46 00:02:12,741 --> 00:02:16,919 or maybe stop the processed food before popping a pill. 47 00:02:18,442 --> 00:02:21,010 -Well.. -[chuckles] 48 00:02:21,053 --> 00:02:23,708 You have such a warm and generous heart. 49 00:02:23,752 --> 00:02:28,148 I mean, that's very unusual for a pharma rep. 50 00:02:30,672 --> 00:02:32,587 Tell me more about you. 51 00:02:35,198 --> 00:02:37,244 I can tell you that I don't like to be touched 52 00:02:37,287 --> 00:02:42,118 without an invitation, and when people invade my space, 53 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:45,121 sometimes I pin their hand to the table 54 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:46,427 with their own steak knife. 55 00:02:48,516 --> 00:02:50,126 [laughter] 56 00:02:55,044 --> 00:02:57,177 STEVEN: Hey, my office will send over the samples 57 00:02:57,220 --> 00:02:58,917 first thing, okay? 58 00:02:58,961 --> 00:03:02,530 Hey, we'll talk soon. 59 00:03:02,573 --> 00:03:05,489 -What the hell was that? -They're gonna buy. 60 00:03:05,533 --> 00:03:08,536 We were building and cultivating our relationship, right? 61 00:03:08,579 --> 00:03:10,146 I mean, that's our job. 62 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:14,933 We're selling antidepressants, Steven, not me. 63 00:03:14,977 --> 00:03:16,326 Do you even like this job? 64 00:03:16,370 --> 00:03:20,243 Because I got to tell you, you don't act like it. 65 00:03:20,287 --> 00:03:23,115 You know, I took this job because I convinced myself 66 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:24,813 that I'll be helping people 67 00:03:24,856 --> 00:03:26,597 if I could get them the medicine that they needed. 68 00:03:26,641 --> 00:03:29,818 But that was, that was just a story I was telling myself. 69 00:03:29,861 --> 00:03:31,820 Do I like this job? 70 00:03:31,863 --> 00:03:33,822 Hell no. 71 00:03:33,865 --> 00:03:35,824 I hate it. 72 00:03:35,867 --> 00:03:39,610 This is not me. None of this is me. 73 00:03:39,654 --> 00:03:42,047 So, what are you trying to say? 74 00:03:42,091 --> 00:03:44,006 I quit. 75 00:03:55,887 --> 00:03:57,106 What? 76 00:04:00,283 --> 00:04:02,329 I have just never seen someone 77 00:04:02,372 --> 00:04:05,723 set their entire life on fire before. 78 00:04:07,421 --> 00:04:09,336 [car door closes] 79 00:04:20,912 --> 00:04:22,610 [clock ticking] 80 00:04:45,372 --> 00:04:47,287 [exhales] 81 00:04:49,376 --> 00:04:51,116 So, what's it say? 82 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,293 What kind of job should I be doing? 83 00:04:57,906 --> 00:04:59,647 Is it that bad? 84 00:04:59,690 --> 00:05:02,345 The test only works if you give honest answers. 85 00:05:02,389 --> 00:05:04,129 -I was. -I feel like 86 00:05:04,173 --> 00:05:06,088 all your answers were for me. 87 00:05:06,131 --> 00:05:07,481 That you wrote down things 88 00:05:07,524 --> 00:05:09,961 that you thought you were supposed to say. 89 00:05:10,005 --> 00:05:11,963 [laughs softly] 90 00:05:12,007 --> 00:05:14,705 I feel like that's been my problem my whole life. 91 00:05:14,749 --> 00:05:17,360 Not that I don't speak my mind. 92 00:05:17,404 --> 00:05:19,319 You can ask my mom, my girlfriend, 93 00:05:19,362 --> 00:05:21,973 or any boss that I've ever had about that, 94 00:05:22,017 --> 00:05:25,150 but in terms of the jobs that I've taken, 95 00:05:25,194 --> 00:05:27,152 they weren't what I wanted. 96 00:05:27,196 --> 00:05:28,763 They were just what I felt like 97 00:05:28,806 --> 00:05:31,113 I was supposed to be doing at the time. 98 00:05:31,156 --> 00:05:33,333 So let me ask you a question. 99 00:05:33,376 --> 00:05:37,337 What is it that you hate, more than anything else? 100 00:05:37,380 --> 00:05:41,341 What is it that drives you absolutely bananas? 101 00:05:41,384 --> 00:05:43,386 Bullies. 102 00:05:43,430 --> 00:05:45,432 -Bullies? -Yeah. 103 00:05:45,475 --> 00:05:47,303 They find people at their weakest, 104 00:05:47,347 --> 00:05:49,871 their most vulnerable, and attack. 105 00:05:49,914 --> 00:05:51,655 Like, how, how do you offer someone, 106 00:05:51,699 --> 00:05:53,614 who's already down on their knees, a fist 107 00:05:53,657 --> 00:05:55,529 when what they need is a hand? 108 00:05:55,572 --> 00:06:00,969 So you feel a desire to protect the vulnerable. 109 00:06:01,012 --> 00:06:04,407 Like a vigilante or something? 110 00:06:04,451 --> 00:06:07,410 Might be fun. I mean, the hours suck 111 00:06:07,454 --> 00:06:09,194 -and the benefits are terrible. -[stifled laugh] 112 00:06:09,238 --> 00:06:10,631 [both laugh] 113 00:06:13,460 --> 00:06:15,200 You know, you don't need a test 114 00:06:15,244 --> 00:06:17,159 to find out what you're meant to do. 115 00:06:17,202 --> 00:06:20,728 You have a fire within. 116 00:06:20,771 --> 00:06:22,686 [inhales, grunts] 117 00:06:25,036 --> 00:06:26,908 [exhales] 118 00:06:26,951 --> 00:06:28,300 Are you okay? 119 00:06:29,606 --> 00:06:31,826 I slept wrong last night. 120 00:06:31,869 --> 00:06:35,612 And I've had this pain all day. 121 00:06:35,656 --> 00:06:37,048 Where were we? 122 00:06:37,092 --> 00:06:40,400 You have a fire, a passion, a purpose. 123 00:06:40,443 --> 00:06:42,967 And I know this is gonna sound cliché, 124 00:06:43,011 --> 00:06:46,449 but there's a voice inside of us that, when we listen to it, 125 00:06:46,493 --> 00:06:50,410 when we quiet ourselves and just listen, all will be well. 126 00:06:51,802 --> 00:06:53,282 All will be revealed... 127 00:06:53,325 --> 00:06:55,806 -[gasps] -Oh, Stacey! 128 00:06:57,895 --> 00:06:59,244 Oh, hell no. 129 00:07:03,727 --> 00:07:05,425 [phone beeps, line rings] 130 00:07:06,556 --> 00:07:08,036 HEN: Hi, um... 131 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:30,188 PARAMEDIC: We'll get it from here. 132 00:07:30,232 --> 00:07:31,755 Let Dispatch know we're en route. 133 00:07:31,799 --> 00:07:33,627 She's gonna be okay, right? 134 00:07:33,670 --> 00:07:35,455 Just fine, thanks to you. 135 00:07:35,498 --> 00:07:38,501 -Me? -Starting CPR that quick makes all the difference. 136 00:07:38,545 --> 00:07:40,460 -Probably saved her life. -I was a lifeguard 137 00:07:40,503 --> 00:07:42,157 one summer as a kid. 138 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:43,811 Must have been a good one. 139 00:07:43,854 --> 00:07:45,465 Even people with training tend to panic 140 00:07:45,508 --> 00:07:47,641 when they're confronted by the real thing. 141 00:07:47,684 --> 00:07:49,599 Nice job. 142 00:07:57,825 --> 00:08:01,524 HEN: It was like this total rush came over me. 143 00:08:01,568 --> 00:08:03,831 I just knew exactly what to do, 144 00:08:03,874 --> 00:08:05,746 and I did it, I saved her. 145 00:08:05,789 --> 00:08:09,010 I'm so proud of you, baby. 146 00:08:09,053 --> 00:08:11,621 You never cease to amaze me. 147 00:08:13,754 --> 00:08:16,931 Man, I walked into her office this morning completely unsure 148 00:08:16,974 --> 00:08:18,585 of what I wanted to do with my life. 149 00:08:18,628 --> 00:08:22,023 And now, I mean, what if I found it? 150 00:08:22,066 --> 00:08:23,590 What if you found what? 151 00:08:23,633 --> 00:08:26,506 That thing. My purpose. 152 00:08:26,549 --> 00:08:29,247 It was all the stuff Stacey was talking about. 153 00:08:29,291 --> 00:08:31,946 I'm meant to save people's lives. 154 00:08:31,989 --> 00:08:34,296 [laughs]: Okay, I get that you're happy, 155 00:08:34,339 --> 00:08:38,300 you know, and-and you should be, but this was a, a fluke, right? 156 00:08:38,343 --> 00:08:41,303 I mean, you can't believe it's some sign from God. 157 00:08:41,346 --> 00:08:44,872 No, I think the sign came from God when I was 16 158 00:08:44,915 --> 00:08:47,178 and I got shot and lived. 159 00:08:47,222 --> 00:08:50,138 This is Him sending me a reminder. 160 00:08:51,487 --> 00:08:53,445 You know what? Forget it. 161 00:08:53,489 --> 00:08:56,448 Hey, no, I'm not being dismissive. 162 00:08:56,492 --> 00:09:00,844 Today, my life finally came into focus. 163 00:09:00,888 --> 00:09:03,760 It's that passion Stacey was talking about. 164 00:09:03,804 --> 00:09:06,458 Yeah, well, passion is for rich people. 165 00:09:06,502 --> 00:09:08,199 And the rest of us, we work. 166 00:09:08,243 --> 00:09:09,810 Well, I'm tired of just working. 167 00:09:09,853 --> 00:09:11,463 Well, paramedics, they go through tons 168 00:09:11,507 --> 00:09:12,813 of physical training. 169 00:09:12,856 --> 00:09:14,205 I mean, it's like being a firefighter. 170 00:09:14,249 --> 00:09:16,381 So I'll just-- I'll get in shape. 171 00:09:16,425 --> 00:09:19,341 They're trying to recruit women now, you know? 172 00:09:19,384 --> 00:09:22,518 Well, is that what you really want? 173 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:24,607 Want to be the black lesbian in the firehouse? 174 00:09:24,651 --> 00:09:27,175 You know, you act like I'm-a march in there 175 00:09:27,218 --> 00:09:29,220 with a rainbow flag. 176 00:09:29,264 --> 00:09:31,179 No one knows I'm a lesbian. 177 00:09:31,222 --> 00:09:33,790 It's just firehouses are boys clubs, Hen. 178 00:09:33,834 --> 00:09:36,445 -And white boys clubs. -[stifled laugh] 179 00:09:36,488 --> 00:09:37,794 Well, then I'll just have to Rosa Parks 180 00:09:37,838 --> 00:09:39,361 the hell out of it, now, won't I? 181 00:09:39,404 --> 00:09:41,319 [laughs softly] 182 00:09:44,714 --> 00:09:47,064 [sighs] 183 00:09:47,108 --> 00:09:50,502 You're really serious about this? 184 00:09:52,722 --> 00:09:54,637 Yes. 185 00:09:56,421 --> 00:09:59,120 I know it won't be easy. 186 00:09:59,163 --> 00:10:02,819 But I at least got to try. 187 00:10:05,387 --> 00:10:08,608 I need you to want this for me, too. 188 00:10:08,651 --> 00:10:11,828 Hey, if you want it, I want it. 189 00:10:11,872 --> 00:10:16,354 You know I will always support you. 190 00:10:16,398 --> 00:10:18,313 Always. 191 00:10:22,143 --> 00:10:24,319 You're like a hero. 192 00:10:24,362 --> 00:10:26,887 [both laugh softly] 193 00:10:26,930 --> 00:10:29,063 THOMAS: Please find a seat. 194 00:10:31,718 --> 00:10:33,284 You see this? 195 00:10:33,328 --> 00:10:37,288 This is a Los Angeles Firefighter Paramedic patch. 196 00:10:37,332 --> 00:10:39,987 You're all here because you want to wear one. 197 00:10:40,030 --> 00:10:41,249 Most of you never will. 198 00:10:42,642 --> 00:10:44,339 Okay, Wilson, show me what you got. 199 00:10:44,382 --> 00:10:45,775 Watch your technique. Faster! 200 00:10:45,819 --> 00:10:48,082 Here we go, Wilson, come on. 201 00:10:48,125 --> 00:10:49,605 Keep the pace, keep the pace. 202 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:51,215 Membership into the world's elite 203 00:10:51,259 --> 00:10:52,782 lifesaving service must be earned. 204 00:10:52,826 --> 00:10:54,741 Physically and mentally, 205 00:10:54,784 --> 00:10:56,743 you'll be tested as though your life depended on it, 206 00:10:56,786 --> 00:10:59,571 because that's the business we are in: 207 00:10:59,615 --> 00:11:00,921 life and death. 208 00:11:01,965 --> 00:11:03,010 Push. 209 00:11:03,053 --> 00:11:06,491 ♪ Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom... 210 00:11:06,535 --> 00:11:07,710 Let's go, let's go, move. 211 00:11:07,754 --> 00:11:09,059 Let's go, let's move! 212 00:11:09,103 --> 00:11:10,757 That's it, that's it. 213 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,150 Don't let him die. Do not let him die! 214 00:11:13,194 --> 00:11:14,674 Pull, pull, pull! 215 00:11:14,717 --> 00:11:16,023 ♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch... ♪ 216 00:11:16,066 --> 00:11:17,633 Let's go. 217 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:19,940 Damn, Wilson, we're supposed to save cats, not wear them. 218 00:11:19,983 --> 00:11:22,029 ♪ Teenage blues 219 00:11:22,072 --> 00:11:25,423 ♪ Get down now 'cause you got nothing to lose ♪ 220 00:11:25,467 --> 00:11:29,427 ♪ Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom 221 00:11:29,471 --> 00:11:30,864 ♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch ♪ 222 00:11:30,907 --> 00:11:32,953 ♪ Cherry bomb 223 00:11:32,996 --> 00:11:36,696 ♪ Hello, world, I'm your wild girl ♪ 224 00:11:36,739 --> 00:11:38,610 ♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch ♪ 225 00:11:38,654 --> 00:11:41,439 ♪ Cherry bomb 226 00:11:41,483 --> 00:11:43,050 I don't think you got it, Wilson. 227 00:11:43,093 --> 00:11:46,531 Come on, Wilson, I don't know if you can do this. 228 00:11:46,575 --> 00:11:50,753 How bad you want to wear that patch, Wilson? 229 00:11:50,797 --> 00:11:51,798 You're not gonna make it, are you? 230 00:11:51,841 --> 00:11:53,321 Show me! 231 00:11:53,364 --> 00:11:55,584 Let's go, let's go. 232 00:11:55,627 --> 00:11:57,064 You're losing your pace, come on. 233 00:11:57,107 --> 00:11:58,021 Keep the pace. 234 00:12:00,023 --> 00:12:02,809 Get up or give up, Wilson. They're laughing at you. 235 00:12:02,852 --> 00:12:04,114 You gonna let these guys laugh at you? 236 00:12:04,158 --> 00:12:06,508 ♪ Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom 237 00:12:06,551 --> 00:12:08,466 ♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch ♪ 238 00:12:08,510 --> 00:12:10,642 ♪ Cherry bomb... 239 00:12:10,686 --> 00:12:12,644 If you feel even the slightest glimmer of doubt 240 00:12:12,688 --> 00:12:15,212 about your ability to make that kind of commitment, 241 00:12:15,256 --> 00:12:18,041 then I suggest you back out that door. 242 00:12:18,085 --> 00:12:21,828 ♪ Cherry bomb, cherry bomb ♪ 243 00:12:21,871 --> 00:12:25,005 ♪ Cherry bomb, cherry bomb 244 00:12:25,048 --> 00:12:27,834 -Henrietta Wilson. -♪ Cherry bomb. 245 00:12:27,877 --> 00:12:29,792 THOMAS: Congratulations. 246 00:12:29,836 --> 00:12:33,927 You are now a Los Angeles Firefighter Paramedic. 247 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:41,673 [indistinct chatter in distance] 248 00:13:12,530 --> 00:13:14,794 GERRARD: Wilson. 249 00:13:16,186 --> 00:13:18,232 Captain Gerrard? 250 00:13:18,275 --> 00:13:19,842 Is that your real name, "Henrietta"? 251 00:13:19,886 --> 00:13:21,452 Yes, sir. 252 00:13:21,496 --> 00:13:24,151 What'd you do to your parents to deserve a name like that? 253 00:13:25,935 --> 00:13:29,765 You're prettier than most, I'll give you that. 254 00:13:31,462 --> 00:13:33,508 That's the women's locker room. 255 00:13:33,551 --> 00:13:35,466 Don't mind the Ping-Pong table. 256 00:13:35,510 --> 00:13:37,599 We'll move it out in a week if you're still here. 257 00:13:40,341 --> 00:13:42,822 -Yes, sir. -Guys. 258 00:13:42,865 --> 00:13:45,389 There's somebody I want you to meet. 259 00:13:46,956 --> 00:13:49,524 -Who's this? -This is our new 260 00:13:49,567 --> 00:13:52,657 diversity hire. 261 00:13:52,701 --> 00:13:54,964 -For real? -You know, Cap, 262 00:13:55,008 --> 00:13:57,924 -there's another way to say that. -Yeah. 263 00:13:57,967 --> 00:14:00,230 GERRARD: We're screwed. 264 00:14:05,148 --> 00:14:07,324 I'm Howie. 265 00:14:07,368 --> 00:14:09,892 Hen. 266 00:14:09,936 --> 00:14:12,547 Welcome to the 118. 267 00:14:17,769 --> 00:14:20,033 [thunder rumbles] 268 00:14:24,951 --> 00:14:27,388 [reverse warning beeping] 269 00:14:53,022 --> 00:14:55,807 What'd you end up doing last night, Sal? 270 00:14:55,851 --> 00:14:57,679 Gina dragged me to that vampire movie. 271 00:14:57,722 --> 00:14:59,768 Twilight. 272 00:14:59,811 --> 00:15:02,118 Seriously, that's what you did with your day off? 273 00:15:02,162 --> 00:15:03,728 Wasn't half bad. 274 00:15:03,772 --> 00:15:05,252 Honestly, I couldn't really tell you what happened in it, 275 00:15:05,295 --> 00:15:07,950 but that Kristen Stewart, oh, sweet mama. 276 00:15:07,994 --> 00:15:10,561 I really like Kristen Stewart, too. 277 00:15:10,605 --> 00:15:12,563 That's something I can get behind, know what I mean? 278 00:15:12,607 --> 00:15:13,738 See, I don't get that. 279 00:15:13,782 --> 00:15:17,003 She's too... brooding for me. 280 00:15:17,046 --> 00:15:18,613 -Too... -What, hot? 281 00:15:18,656 --> 00:15:22,312 Maybe you're more of a Team Jacob kind of guy. 282 00:15:22,356 --> 00:15:24,010 I don't even know what that means. 283 00:15:24,053 --> 00:15:26,055 He's insinuating that you're gay. 284 00:15:26,099 --> 00:15:30,059 -[chuckling] -GERRARD: Easy, boys. 285 00:15:30,103 --> 00:15:32,279 [thunder rumbling] 286 00:15:32,322 --> 00:15:34,629 So, Hen, where you from? 287 00:15:34,672 --> 00:15:37,806 -Right here. L.A. -Seriously? 288 00:15:37,849 --> 00:15:40,243 I would have bet money that you were from the East Coast. 289 00:15:40,287 --> 00:15:41,462 You just kind of have that vibe. 290 00:15:41,505 --> 00:15:43,203 [chuckles] Thank you for the compliment? 291 00:15:43,246 --> 00:15:45,074 New York bitchiness is a compliment? 292 00:15:45,118 --> 00:15:47,163 Whoa, nobody said anything like that, come on. 293 00:15:47,207 --> 00:15:48,948 [scoffs] 294 00:15:50,645 --> 00:15:53,735 Where, exactly, in L.A., Henrietta? 295 00:15:53,778 --> 00:15:57,695 -Inglewood. -Inglewood. 296 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,570 [clears throat] You know what, Cap? 297 00:16:02,613 --> 00:16:04,006 Uh, I've been meaning to ask you for next... 298 00:16:04,050 --> 00:16:06,922 Eight women were recruited, 299 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:09,185 and three of them make it through the academy. 300 00:16:09,229 --> 00:16:12,362 106 stations in L.A., 301 00:16:12,406 --> 00:16:14,712 and we end up with one of the three. 302 00:16:14,756 --> 00:16:16,714 What did I do to deserve this? 303 00:16:16,758 --> 00:16:18,020 I can make an educated guess. 304 00:16:18,064 --> 00:16:19,674 Watch yourself. 305 00:16:19,717 --> 00:16:21,371 You know how much it costs to send a woman 306 00:16:21,415 --> 00:16:22,938 through the academy? 307 00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:27,029 Same amount as it costs to put a man through, I imagine. 308 00:16:27,073 --> 00:16:28,639 $82,000. 309 00:16:28,683 --> 00:16:30,598 That's how much money taxpayers flush down the toilet 310 00:16:30,641 --> 00:16:32,513 with every failed female recruit. 311 00:16:32,556 --> 00:16:34,602 I don't know. I say if you can make it 312 00:16:34,645 --> 00:16:36,647 through the training, you've earned your place. 313 00:16:36,691 --> 00:16:38,649 Is that what you're worried about? 314 00:16:38,693 --> 00:16:40,521 The taxpayers? 315 00:16:40,564 --> 00:16:44,699 I'm worried about my life and putting the lives of my men 316 00:16:44,742 --> 00:16:46,701 in the hands of somebody who isn't up to the job. 317 00:16:46,744 --> 00:16:50,052 And I'm worried about that poor son of a bitch 318 00:16:50,096 --> 00:16:53,099 who dies in a fire because you can't drag his ass out. 319 00:16:53,142 --> 00:16:57,538 And this is all because the mayor wants to say 320 00:16:57,581 --> 00:16:59,931 that female recruitment is up. 321 00:17:03,109 --> 00:17:04,980 Thatis what I'm worried about. 322 00:17:20,213 --> 00:17:23,085 Okay, so that was kind of ugly. 323 00:17:23,129 --> 00:17:24,739 [chuckles softly] 324 00:17:24,782 --> 00:17:26,654 Listen, the captain's just old-school. It's... 325 00:17:26,697 --> 00:17:29,222 "Old" isn't the only word that comes to mind. 326 00:17:29,265 --> 00:17:31,093 Look, I get what you're trying to do, 327 00:17:31,137 --> 00:17:35,358 but I don't need anybody carrying my load. 328 00:17:35,402 --> 00:17:38,970 Hell, I'm smart enough to know that just by looking at you. 329 00:17:39,014 --> 00:17:42,974 I just wanted to make sure you knew you weren't alone here. 330 00:17:47,153 --> 00:17:49,285 Thank you. 331 00:17:59,121 --> 00:18:01,036 [thunder rumbling] 332 00:18:13,353 --> 00:18:15,268 [thunder rumbling] 333 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,925 Yeah, just, um... call me back. 334 00:18:20,969 --> 00:18:23,189 Thanks. 335 00:18:25,278 --> 00:18:27,149 Katy. 336 00:18:27,193 --> 00:18:29,238 From work. 337 00:18:29,282 --> 00:18:30,631 She, uh, says she knows someone 338 00:18:30,674 --> 00:18:32,372 who might be in the market for a roommate. 339 00:18:32,415 --> 00:18:34,113 -It's Arcadia, though. -Ugh. 340 00:18:34,156 --> 00:18:36,332 Long as you don't move back in with the jerk. 341 00:18:36,376 --> 00:18:39,292 Right. I never should've married him. 342 00:18:39,335 --> 00:18:41,772 -I should've listened to you. -Hey, not true. 343 00:18:41,816 --> 00:18:43,644 I liked him for 48 hours: 344 00:18:43,687 --> 00:18:45,733 between the time you told me you were seeing someone 345 00:18:45,776 --> 00:18:47,778 and when I met him. 346 00:18:47,822 --> 00:18:50,868 [sighs] Anyway... 347 00:18:50,912 --> 00:18:54,437 you don't have to be in any hurry. 348 00:18:54,481 --> 00:18:55,917 I kicked you out of your bedroom. 349 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,049 You leave for work an hour before me, 350 00:18:58,093 --> 00:18:59,399 and I don't want you waking my ass up 351 00:18:59,442 --> 00:19:01,009 when you use the bathroom. 352 00:19:01,052 --> 00:19:03,881 Besides, it's nice 353 00:19:03,925 --> 00:19:06,057 in the sunroom when it's raining. 354 00:19:06,101 --> 00:19:07,537 Which is, like, once a decade now. 355 00:19:12,368 --> 00:19:14,631 Get some sleep. 356 00:19:14,675 --> 00:19:16,329 You look like hell. 357 00:19:20,724 --> 00:19:23,162 [sighs] 358 00:19:38,089 --> 00:19:40,004 [rumbling] 359 00:19:49,927 --> 00:19:50,841 [screams] 360 00:20:03,289 --> 00:20:05,204 [sirens wailing] 361 00:20:09,773 --> 00:20:10,992 [crying] 362 00:20:11,035 --> 00:20:12,341 Help! 363 00:20:13,821 --> 00:20:15,344 My mom is buried, and I can't get her out. 364 00:20:15,388 --> 00:20:16,737 She's trapped! 365 00:20:16,780 --> 00:20:18,260 Come here, show me where your mom is. 366 00:20:18,304 --> 00:20:20,523 [indistinct chatter] 367 00:20:23,526 --> 00:20:25,789 GERRARD: Guys, this structure's unstable. 368 00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:26,877 Watch yourself. 369 00:20:28,009 --> 00:20:29,271 KILEY: She was buried, 370 00:20:29,315 --> 00:20:31,186 and I found her, but I-I couldn't get her out. 371 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:32,492 Okay, we're gonna help your mom. 372 00:20:32,535 --> 00:20:33,580 No, I want to be with her. 373 00:20:33,623 --> 00:20:34,624 We just need you to stand back. 374 00:20:34,668 --> 00:20:35,886 It's not safe in there, okay? 375 00:20:35,930 --> 00:20:37,540 We need room to do our work. Please. 376 00:20:37,584 --> 00:20:39,281 Ma'am, is there anybody else in the building? 377 00:20:39,325 --> 00:20:40,935 No. 378 00:20:40,978 --> 00:20:44,895 GERRARD: Shovels, gentlemen. Go, now! 379 00:20:44,939 --> 00:20:47,115 Can't breathe. 380 00:20:47,158 --> 00:20:48,464 I'm gonna give you some oxygen. I'm gonna help you breathe. 381 00:20:48,508 --> 00:20:50,466 -Okay? -It me, or this stuff 382 00:20:50,510 --> 00:20:52,251 got a mind of its own? 383 00:20:52,294 --> 00:20:53,469 It's like that Steve McQueen movie. 384 00:20:53,513 --> 00:20:54,644 Move it! Faster! 385 00:20:54,688 --> 00:20:55,645 DIANNE: Where's Kiley? 386 00:20:55,689 --> 00:20:57,299 Mom, I'm here. 387 00:20:57,343 --> 00:20:59,083 The weight is constricting her chest, Captain. 388 00:20:59,127 --> 00:21:01,390 We got to relieve the pressure on her lungs. 389 00:21:05,089 --> 00:21:07,527 She's unconscious. Shallowing! 390 00:21:07,570 --> 00:21:08,789 What's your mother's name? 391 00:21:08,832 --> 00:21:10,617 -Dianne. -Dianne, can you hear me? 392 00:21:10,660 --> 00:21:13,489 GERRARD: Grab her hand. Pull! 393 00:21:13,533 --> 00:21:16,449 [grunting] 394 00:21:16,492 --> 00:21:18,625 It's not the mud. Something's pinning her down. 395 00:21:19,756 --> 00:21:20,888 Might be a piece of furniture. 396 00:21:20,931 --> 00:21:21,889 CHIMNEY: This is like quicksand. 397 00:21:21,932 --> 00:21:23,630 There's too much water. 398 00:21:23,673 --> 00:21:25,893 -Or not enough. -TOMMY: Not enough? 399 00:21:25,936 --> 00:21:27,373 You guys, do you ever build sandcastles? 400 00:21:27,416 --> 00:21:29,288 What happens when the tide comes in? 401 00:21:29,331 --> 00:21:31,377 [panting] 402 00:21:34,815 --> 00:21:37,339 Where are you going? 403 00:21:37,383 --> 00:21:39,950 To fetch a tide. 404 00:21:39,994 --> 00:21:42,126 Wilson. 405 00:21:42,170 --> 00:21:44,477 I love you, Mom. 406 00:21:46,479 --> 00:21:48,655 This block is red-tagged, people! 407 00:21:48,698 --> 00:21:52,311 Do not grab belongings, just keep moving. 408 00:21:52,354 --> 00:21:54,704 Just keep moving. 409 00:21:54,748 --> 00:21:56,750 HEN: Officer! 410 00:21:56,793 --> 00:21:58,317 Can you feed me this line? 411 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:00,275 Where's the fire? 412 00:22:01,972 --> 00:22:05,019 If this doesn't work, they're gonna burn me alive. 413 00:22:11,373 --> 00:22:12,331 [firefighters speaking indistinctly] 414 00:22:18,554 --> 00:22:21,427 HEN: See, the water is loosening up the mud. 415 00:22:21,470 --> 00:22:22,645 Hot damn, Wilson. 416 00:22:25,474 --> 00:22:26,649 There's a log pinning her down. 417 00:22:31,654 --> 00:22:33,221 I've got it. It's coming loose. 418 00:22:33,264 --> 00:22:35,397 [overlapping chatter] 419 00:22:35,441 --> 00:22:36,964 Ready? 420 00:22:37,007 --> 00:22:39,096 [speaking indistinctly] 421 00:22:39,140 --> 00:22:41,316 [crying] 422 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:43,057 -Give me a hand. -Okay. 423 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:44,841 KILEY: Mom? 424 00:22:44,885 --> 00:22:46,800 Up. 425 00:22:48,584 --> 00:22:51,239 [indistinct chatter] 426 00:22:51,282 --> 00:22:54,416 She wasn't supposed to be there in that room. 427 00:22:54,460 --> 00:22:56,940 -It's my fault. -Shh. It's not your fault. 428 00:22:56,984 --> 00:22:59,116 It's not your fault, okay? It's nobody's fault. 429 00:23:01,728 --> 00:23:03,860 Wilson. 430 00:23:06,385 --> 00:23:08,343 She's gonna be DOA. 431 00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:09,562 I know, sir. 432 00:23:09,605 --> 00:23:10,824 And you're telling yourself what? 433 00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:12,695 That you showed us up? 434 00:23:12,739 --> 00:23:13,957 Well, congratulations. 435 00:23:14,001 --> 00:23:15,176 You got her out with enough time 436 00:23:15,219 --> 00:23:17,700 for her daughter to watch her die. 437 00:23:19,702 --> 00:23:22,966 Hey! My number. 438 00:23:23,010 --> 00:23:24,751 I know a great bar on the Westside. 439 00:23:24,794 --> 00:23:27,667 I'll settle for a good damn bridge to jump off right now. 440 00:23:27,710 --> 00:23:31,105 I'd tell you it gets better, but you'd know I was lying. Call me. 441 00:24:02,919 --> 00:24:04,486 I probably don't have to tell you 442 00:24:04,530 --> 00:24:06,488 to never let them see you cry. 443 00:24:06,532 --> 00:24:09,404 No. 444 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:12,233 This ain't my first rodeo with men like him. 445 00:24:12,276 --> 00:24:14,496 It's just the first time it happened in a job 446 00:24:14,540 --> 00:24:17,456 that I actually care about. 447 00:24:17,499 --> 00:24:19,109 Yeah, I understand. 448 00:24:19,153 --> 00:24:21,285 No, you don't. 449 00:24:21,329 --> 00:24:23,549 Oh, you think they're inviting the Asian guy 450 00:24:23,592 --> 00:24:26,421 to their houses for barbecues and out for beers? 451 00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:29,424 It's a big difference between being invisible 452 00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:31,731 and being a threat to their way of life. 453 00:24:31,774 --> 00:24:34,690 And, yes, you're a minority, too, but you're still a man. 454 00:24:34,734 --> 00:24:36,257 You benefit from a system 455 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:39,478 that keeps women that look like me down. 456 00:24:42,742 --> 00:24:44,134 You always make friends this easily? 457 00:24:44,178 --> 00:24:45,484 [chuckles] 458 00:24:45,527 --> 00:24:47,964 GERRARD: Howie, quit screwing around 459 00:24:48,008 --> 00:24:50,358 in home ec class and get down here. 460 00:24:56,582 --> 00:25:00,499 Some unsolicited advice: doesn't have to be me, 461 00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:03,153 but you should talk to someone about this. 462 00:25:03,197 --> 00:25:04,590 You're not gonna survive 463 00:25:04,633 --> 00:25:06,940 if you take this on all by yourself, Hen. 464 00:25:27,526 --> 00:25:29,440 [wolf whistle] 465 00:25:32,661 --> 00:25:35,011 That fender's a thing of beauty, Wilson. 466 00:25:39,799 --> 00:25:42,541 Like a damn mirror. 467 00:25:42,584 --> 00:25:45,935 It is almost as clean as the heads. 468 00:25:45,979 --> 00:25:48,590 I'd let my granddaughters play with their Barbies in there. 469 00:25:48,634 --> 00:25:51,027 I got a jump on it this morning, Captain. 470 00:25:51,071 --> 00:25:52,681 Also cleaned the grease traps in the kitchen, 471 00:25:52,725 --> 00:25:55,641 inventoried the trucks, even got the cobwebs 472 00:25:55,684 --> 00:26:00,254 -in the rafters. -Well, color me impressed. 473 00:26:00,297 --> 00:26:02,648 -[chuckles] -What? 474 00:26:02,691 --> 00:26:06,434 You remind me of myself when I was a rookie, 475 00:26:06,477 --> 00:26:09,742 stuck with all the chores. 476 00:26:09,785 --> 00:26:12,658 No way I was gonna let down my captain. No way. 477 00:26:12,701 --> 00:26:15,095 Other thing I did when I was a rookie 478 00:26:15,138 --> 00:26:17,924 was check up on my calls. 479 00:26:20,274 --> 00:26:23,973 Wanted to find out how the people I treated turned out. 480 00:26:24,017 --> 00:26:27,063 Stopped after a month or two. 481 00:26:27,107 --> 00:26:29,283 There's no point. 482 00:26:29,326 --> 00:26:32,112 But at first I had to know. 483 00:26:32,155 --> 00:26:36,116 Bet you checked up on our mud lady, didn't you? 484 00:26:36,159 --> 00:26:37,987 Yes. 485 00:26:38,031 --> 00:26:40,120 And? 486 00:26:40,163 --> 00:26:43,036 You were right, Captain. 487 00:26:43,079 --> 00:26:45,081 She didn't make it. 488 00:26:45,125 --> 00:26:46,953 Can't help but wonder 489 00:26:46,996 --> 00:26:49,912 if there's something we could have done differently. 490 00:26:49,956 --> 00:26:52,001 It's hard to know. 491 00:26:54,047 --> 00:26:55,962 But know this. 492 00:26:58,051 --> 00:27:01,750 You ever go against my command again 493 00:27:01,794 --> 00:27:04,057 and you won't be cleaning out grease traps. 494 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:07,234 You'll be cleaning out your locker. 495 00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:12,587 You missed a spot. 496 00:27:16,939 --> 00:27:20,247 [alarm ringing] 497 00:27:20,290 --> 00:27:21,988 MAN [over P.A.]: Attention, Station 118... 498 00:27:22,031 --> 00:27:24,773 No. You're sitting this one out. I'm not ready to have you 499 00:27:24,817 --> 00:27:26,166 back in the field. 500 00:27:26,209 --> 00:27:28,037 I want you to think about what I said 501 00:27:28,081 --> 00:27:29,517 while you're prepping dinner. 502 00:27:32,563 --> 00:27:33,521 [reverse warning beeping] 503 00:27:33,564 --> 00:27:35,088 [truck door closes] 504 00:27:35,131 --> 00:27:37,046 [engine starts] 505 00:27:41,094 --> 00:27:43,009 [alarm ringing] 506 00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:47,666 [indistinct chatter] 507 00:27:53,933 --> 00:27:55,543 Here she is. 508 00:27:55,586 --> 00:27:57,110 Hey, hey, hey. [laughs] 509 00:27:57,153 --> 00:27:58,938 Oh, so glad you called. 510 00:27:58,981 --> 00:28:00,548 -Oh. -[Athena chuckles] 511 00:28:00,591 --> 00:28:01,941 -Oh! -Thanks for taking the time. 512 00:28:01,984 --> 00:28:03,812 Oh, you don't have to thank me. 513 00:28:03,856 --> 00:28:05,945 I remember what it was like starting out. 514 00:28:05,988 --> 00:28:09,078 I invited a couple of folks to join us. Hope you don't mind. 515 00:28:09,122 --> 00:28:11,472 Usually no, but I'm not really up for socializing. 516 00:28:11,515 --> 00:28:14,605 This is Henrietta Wilson, the medic I was telling you about. 517 00:28:14,649 --> 00:28:16,607 ♪ 518 00:28:16,651 --> 00:28:19,088 Oh, I know that look. 519 00:28:19,132 --> 00:28:22,091 Casey, the gay firefighter from the 115. 520 00:28:22,135 --> 00:28:24,311 -Mm-hmm. -This is Bethanne. 521 00:28:24,354 --> 00:28:26,095 She works out of Rampart. 522 00:28:26,139 --> 00:28:29,229 Three of us-- we get together once a month, swap war stories. 523 00:28:29,272 --> 00:28:32,754 [laughing]: Oh, so this is like a support group? 524 00:28:32,798 --> 00:28:34,495 -Oh, relax. It is not like AA. -[laughs] 525 00:28:34,538 --> 00:28:37,106 In fact, can we get another round over here, please? 526 00:28:37,150 --> 00:28:38,717 [laughter] 527 00:28:48,378 --> 00:28:50,293 I would be expelled. 528 00:28:50,337 --> 00:28:53,122 ♪ Take me back, take me back... ♪ 529 00:28:53,166 --> 00:28:57,039 Oh, they knew I was gay from the moment I walked in the door. 530 00:28:57,083 --> 00:28:59,868 Now, never mind that I was the strongest guy in the firehouse. 531 00:28:59,912 --> 00:29:01,870 All I ever wanted to be was a fireman. 532 00:29:01,914 --> 00:29:03,916 You know, be a hero. 533 00:29:03,959 --> 00:29:06,919 But it got so hard that my boyfriend told me to quit. 534 00:29:06,962 --> 00:29:09,356 He told me to find a new dream. 535 00:29:09,399 --> 00:29:10,966 Mm. 536 00:29:11,010 --> 00:29:12,446 So I found a new boyfriend. 537 00:29:12,489 --> 00:29:16,406 [laughter] 538 00:29:16,450 --> 00:29:18,931 BETHANNE: When I first started on patrol, 539 00:29:18,974 --> 00:29:20,802 there was this one officer. 540 00:29:20,846 --> 00:29:22,935 He asked me if I knew how to fire my pistol. 541 00:29:22,978 --> 00:29:26,155 I finished first in my class in the academy, 542 00:29:26,199 --> 00:29:29,376 and he asked me if I knew how to discharge my weapon. 543 00:29:29,419 --> 00:29:31,987 Sometimes all it takes is one captain that should have retired 544 00:29:32,031 --> 00:29:33,728 ten years ago, who hasn't kept up 545 00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:36,600 with the times, to make life at work hell. 546 00:29:36,644 --> 00:29:39,821 -[Athena chuckles] -What about you, Athena? 547 00:29:39,865 --> 00:29:43,390 Oh. You know, I had this partner when I worked in South L.A.-- 548 00:29:43,433 --> 00:29:46,132 white, part of the old guard. 549 00:29:46,175 --> 00:29:49,962 You know. He told me he always wanted to taste some chocolate, 550 00:29:50,005 --> 00:29:52,442 put his hand on my thigh. 551 00:29:52,486 --> 00:29:53,835 I told him if he wanted chocolate, 552 00:29:53,879 --> 00:29:55,663 he should go to Carvel, 553 00:29:55,706 --> 00:29:57,839 and that if he ever touched me again, he'd taste it... 554 00:29:57,883 --> 00:29:59,362 [mouth clenched]: through a wired jaw. 555 00:29:59,406 --> 00:30:01,190 [laughter] 556 00:30:01,234 --> 00:30:03,932 BETHANNE: Imagine how much harder 557 00:30:03,976 --> 00:30:06,021 it must have been for the people who came before us. 558 00:30:06,065 --> 00:30:07,544 ATHENA: Mm. They were and we are 559 00:30:07,588 --> 00:30:08,937 the first responders of change, 560 00:30:08,981 --> 00:30:11,244 and change doesn't happen overnight, 561 00:30:11,287 --> 00:30:12,898 but it does happen. 562 00:30:12,941 --> 00:30:14,638 So you know what you do. 563 00:30:14,682 --> 00:30:17,424 You go in there tomorrow, you do your work. 564 00:30:17,467 --> 00:30:19,469 Outshine them. 565 00:30:19,513 --> 00:30:21,167 Hmm? Be you. 566 00:30:21,210 --> 00:30:24,300 Go in there with your head up, because they don't get 567 00:30:24,344 --> 00:30:25,780 to determine who you are. 568 00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:28,435 Youdecide that. 569 00:30:28,478 --> 00:30:30,219 -Drink to that. -ATHENA: Hey. 570 00:30:30,263 --> 00:30:31,655 -Hey. -Hey. 571 00:30:31,699 --> 00:30:33,092 [laughter] 572 00:30:33,135 --> 00:30:35,572 ♪ We gon' burn the whole house down. ♪ 573 00:30:41,927 --> 00:30:44,799 [horn honking repeatedly] 574 00:30:53,634 --> 00:30:56,506 What the hell is this? 575 00:30:56,550 --> 00:30:59,031 I have something to say to all of you. 576 00:31:03,818 --> 00:31:05,907 I see you. 577 00:31:05,951 --> 00:31:09,693 I saw you all the second I walked in that door. 578 00:31:09,737 --> 00:31:12,131 All of you staring down at me. 579 00:31:13,959 --> 00:31:16,831 I see you when you're hazing me, 580 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:19,225 notlike all the other rookies. 581 00:31:21,357 --> 00:31:24,273 Whether we're here in the house or-or-or we're out on a call, 582 00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:26,928 I'm watching you, I'm looking, I see you. 583 00:31:28,277 --> 00:31:30,627 When you look at me, what do you see? 584 00:31:34,501 --> 00:31:36,459 A woman? 585 00:31:36,503 --> 00:31:38,418 A black woman? 586 00:31:40,637 --> 00:31:42,944 A lesbian? 587 00:31:42,988 --> 00:31:45,642 Good. 588 00:31:45,686 --> 00:31:49,124 'Cause I'm all of those things. 589 00:31:49,168 --> 00:31:51,692 And I don't expect you to love me. 590 00:31:51,735 --> 00:31:55,696 I don't even ask you to like me. 591 00:31:55,739 --> 00:32:00,135 All I ask is that when you look at me, 592 00:32:00,179 --> 00:32:02,398 see me. 593 00:32:02,442 --> 00:32:05,140 See me the way I see you-- 594 00:32:05,184 --> 00:32:09,057 as a proud member of this department. 595 00:32:09,101 --> 00:32:12,626 One of the rare few that chooses 596 00:32:12,669 --> 00:32:14,671 to spend their lives in service 597 00:32:14,715 --> 00:32:17,413 of those who are hurt and those who need to be saved. 598 00:32:19,372 --> 00:32:22,027 Yes. 599 00:32:22,070 --> 00:32:24,943 And one other thing. 600 00:32:24,986 --> 00:32:30,339 If any of you have a problem with me being here, 601 00:32:30,383 --> 00:32:34,865 I suggest you ask for a transfer. 602 00:32:34,909 --> 00:32:38,130 'Cause I'm not going anywhere. 603 00:32:38,173 --> 00:32:40,088 [slow clap] 604 00:32:43,526 --> 00:32:44,745 [alarm ringing] 605 00:32:44,788 --> 00:32:46,747 MAN [over P.A.]: Attention, Station 118. 606 00:32:46,790 --> 00:32:48,444 Respond to a motor vehicle accident. 607 00:32:48,488 --> 00:32:49,619 Unknown injuries. 608 00:32:49,663 --> 00:32:52,622 CHIMNEY: Saved by the bell. 609 00:32:52,666 --> 00:32:54,581 Let's go to work. 610 00:33:08,073 --> 00:33:10,205 [siren wailing, horn honking] 611 00:33:16,733 --> 00:33:18,866 -Did you see it happen? -Came up on it. 612 00:33:18,909 --> 00:33:20,955 -Just called it in. -Party limo, Captain. 613 00:33:22,522 --> 00:33:24,915 -Tommy, get the Jaws. -TOMMY: Roger that. 614 00:33:24,959 --> 00:33:27,048 Fire department. We're gonna get you out. 615 00:33:27,092 --> 00:33:31,009 -How many you got in here? -There's five of us. Please hurry. 616 00:33:31,052 --> 00:33:33,359 [dispatcher speaking indistinctly] 617 00:33:35,926 --> 00:33:37,406 Tommy, let's go! 618 00:33:38,407 --> 00:33:39,626 BOY: It hurts. 619 00:33:49,462 --> 00:33:51,638 -BOY: Oh, God. -It's okay, buddy. We got you. 620 00:33:51,681 --> 00:33:54,989 Five people, plus the driver. Two conscious. 621 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,513 -Driver's deceased! -Got it. 622 00:33:58,688 --> 00:34:00,212 Hey. 623 00:34:00,255 --> 00:34:01,343 CHIMNEY: What is that? 624 00:34:01,387 --> 00:34:02,866 Yellow paint. 625 00:34:02,910 --> 00:34:05,652 MAN: We got one! 626 00:34:05,695 --> 00:34:07,523 [panting] 627 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:11,397 MAN 2: All right, easy. 628 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,138 HEN: What do you remember? 629 00:34:13,181 --> 00:34:15,662 One second, Mark was lighting the bong. 630 00:34:15,705 --> 00:34:17,359 The next, we were upside down. 631 00:34:17,403 --> 00:34:18,882 [crying]: We were just having a party. 632 00:34:18,926 --> 00:34:20,623 It was just a party. 633 00:34:21,842 --> 00:34:24,323 Apply pressure. 634 00:34:24,366 --> 00:34:26,760 -Try to breathe easy. Breathe easy. -Captain! 635 00:34:26,803 --> 00:34:28,892 Captain, I think there was another vehicle 636 00:34:28,936 --> 00:34:31,591 -involved in the crash. -What are you talking about? 637 00:34:31,634 --> 00:34:34,942 The bumper on the party limo has yellow paint on it. 638 00:34:34,985 --> 00:34:37,423 -Yellow paint... -CHIMNEY: She's right, Cap. I saw it, too. 639 00:34:37,466 --> 00:34:38,685 It's all over the bumper. 640 00:34:38,728 --> 00:34:40,426 What if there was another car here? 641 00:34:40,469 --> 00:34:42,384 It would explain why the limo is so close to the road. 642 00:34:42,428 --> 00:34:45,692 -Maybe it hit something before it flipped over. -What does he say? 643 00:34:45,735 --> 00:34:47,737 -He doesn't remember anything. -The only way to know for sure 644 00:34:47,781 --> 00:34:49,565 is if we go down there and check. 645 00:34:49,609 --> 00:34:52,090 I'm not diverting resources from a critical accident scene 646 00:34:52,133 --> 00:34:53,830 because you saw yellow paint. 647 00:34:53,874 --> 00:34:55,876 Your observation is duly noted. 648 00:34:55,919 --> 00:34:58,400 Now tend to your wounded. That's an order! 649 00:35:00,533 --> 00:35:03,275 Hen! He'll have your job. 650 00:35:03,318 --> 00:35:06,234 If I don't do this, I don't belong in this job. 651 00:35:11,370 --> 00:35:13,111 He's stable and ready to move. 652 00:35:18,072 --> 00:35:23,077 For the record, I thought that was a pretty good speech. 653 00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:25,645 You know what pisses me off about all this? 654 00:35:25,688 --> 00:35:28,952 -What? -The rain. 655 00:35:28,996 --> 00:35:31,868 I had it ordered stopped a half hour ago. 656 00:35:31,912 --> 00:35:35,655 I guess you got as much pull around here as I do. 657 00:35:35,698 --> 00:35:38,310 More flowers. 658 00:35:38,353 --> 00:35:42,009 CHIMNEY: Great. We can use them at our funeral. 659 00:35:42,052 --> 00:35:45,404 HEN: Flower vendor. He probably finished up his day, 660 00:35:45,447 --> 00:35:47,710 was heading home, and got hit. 661 00:35:51,932 --> 00:35:54,674 Look, Howie, it's a shoe. 662 00:36:09,471 --> 00:36:12,387 Wilson! 663 00:36:12,431 --> 00:36:14,302 Here! 664 00:36:15,521 --> 00:36:18,828 I got him. I got him. 665 00:36:18,872 --> 00:36:21,570 -I got him. -[Hen coughing] 666 00:36:30,275 --> 00:36:32,190 -No pulse. -He's hypothermic. 667 00:36:32,233 --> 00:36:33,582 He's not breathing. Starting compressions. 668 00:36:34,583 --> 00:36:36,716 [panting] 669 00:36:36,759 --> 00:36:39,197 This is EM-2 to unit 104. 670 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:40,850 We have a male drowning victim, 671 00:36:40,894 --> 00:36:43,026 approximately eight to ten years old. 672 00:36:43,070 --> 00:36:46,204 Location is approximately 80 to 100 yards southeast 673 00:36:46,247 --> 00:36:47,683 of primary accident site. 674 00:36:47,727 --> 00:36:49,250 Require immediate assistance for evac. 675 00:36:49,294 --> 00:36:52,253 -Over. -Copy. Assistance on the way. 676 00:36:52,297 --> 00:36:55,604 Come on. Come on, baby, breathe. 677 00:36:55,648 --> 00:36:57,215 -Please breathe. -Hold. 678 00:36:58,303 --> 00:37:00,348 -No pulse. -[pants] 679 00:37:00,392 --> 00:37:02,089 -Please, baby. Please, baby. -Come on. 680 00:37:02,132 --> 00:37:03,569 -Come on. -Come on, sweetheart. 681 00:37:03,612 --> 00:37:06,615 Sweetheart, breathe. Breathe, sweetheart. 682 00:37:06,659 --> 00:37:08,487 Hold! 683 00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:09,879 No pulse. 684 00:37:09,923 --> 00:37:13,274 -Come on. Baby, please. -Come on. Come on. 685 00:37:13,318 --> 00:37:15,276 Come on, sweetheart. Sweetheart, breathe. 686 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:16,582 Breathe, sweetheart. 687 00:37:16,625 --> 00:37:18,410 -Hold. -Come on. 688 00:37:18,453 --> 00:37:20,586 I got a pulse. 689 00:37:24,329 --> 00:37:26,505 -[coughing] -Good. Good. Keep breathing. 690 00:37:26,548 --> 00:37:29,812 [crying]: Keep breathing. Keep breathing. 691 00:37:29,856 --> 00:37:32,075 -You did it. -[crying, laughing] 692 00:37:32,119 --> 00:37:33,686 [gasping] 693 00:37:33,729 --> 00:37:36,297 Is this gonna be a regular thing? 694 00:37:36,341 --> 00:37:37,907 The crying? 695 00:37:37,951 --> 00:37:40,780 [crying]: It damn well could. 696 00:37:40,823 --> 00:37:44,262 'Cause now you got me going and I don't know how to handle it. 697 00:37:44,305 --> 00:37:48,004 Please don't tell the other guys, okay? 698 00:37:48,048 --> 00:37:49,745 [both laugh] 699 00:37:49,789 --> 00:37:52,705 -Good job, Wilson. -[laughs] 700 00:37:52,748 --> 00:37:54,054 Okay. 701 00:38:08,416 --> 00:38:10,331 [Hen sighs] 702 00:38:16,598 --> 00:38:18,470 SAL: Yo, Wilson. 703 00:38:22,778 --> 00:38:25,477 -Nice work yesterday. -Yeah. 704 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:26,782 We would have done a sweep and found 705 00:38:26,826 --> 00:38:29,481 that second car eventually. 706 00:38:29,524 --> 00:38:31,831 But eventually would have been too late. 707 00:38:31,874 --> 00:38:34,486 I just got lucky. 708 00:38:34,529 --> 00:38:35,487 SAL: Screw that. 709 00:38:35,530 --> 00:38:37,358 You're good. 710 00:38:41,144 --> 00:38:42,711 [laughs] 711 00:38:44,539 --> 00:38:48,543 Hen, Captain wants to see you in his office. 712 00:38:48,587 --> 00:38:51,154 [sighs] 713 00:38:53,505 --> 00:38:56,899 Well, it's been nice working with you. 714 00:38:56,943 --> 00:38:58,988 Hey, you don't know what's gonna happen in there. 715 00:38:59,032 --> 00:39:01,426 He hates me. 716 00:39:01,469 --> 00:39:04,167 Not because of how good I do this job, 717 00:39:04,211 --> 00:39:06,996 just because of who I am. 718 00:39:10,826 --> 00:39:12,741 [thunder rumbles] 719 00:39:20,401 --> 00:39:22,316 [exhales] 720 00:39:36,722 --> 00:39:38,637 [knocks] 721 00:39:41,335 --> 00:39:42,510 Firefighter Wilson. 722 00:39:42,554 --> 00:39:44,425 I'm Commander Roose. 723 00:39:44,469 --> 00:39:46,166 I know who you are, sir. 724 00:39:46,209 --> 00:39:48,603 I remember you from the brochures about recruitment. 725 00:39:48,647 --> 00:39:50,649 This is Captain Cooks. 726 00:39:53,086 --> 00:39:55,218 Since you've started working here, 727 00:39:55,262 --> 00:39:56,437 we've received numerous complaints. 728 00:39:56,481 --> 00:39:57,873 If I could just have a chance 729 00:39:57,917 --> 00:39:59,745 -to just-- to defend myself. -Not about you. 730 00:39:59,788 --> 00:40:01,486 It's about Captain Gerrard. 731 00:40:01,529 --> 00:40:03,705 Wh-What? 732 00:40:03,749 --> 00:40:06,229 I-- no, I, I never filed any complaints. 733 00:40:06,273 --> 00:40:08,406 COOKS: Not from you, Firefighter Wilson, 734 00:40:08,449 --> 00:40:10,190 from your coworkers. 735 00:40:10,233 --> 00:40:12,497 What? Who? 736 00:40:12,540 --> 00:40:15,064 That information is privileged. 737 00:40:15,108 --> 00:40:17,763 But let's just say, 738 00:40:17,806 --> 00:40:21,680 more than a few of your firefighters have your back. 739 00:40:21,723 --> 00:40:23,986 Some of the complaints got pretty colorful. 740 00:40:24,030 --> 00:40:26,989 One of your coworkers compared Captain Gerrard 741 00:40:27,033 --> 00:40:29,427 and his behavior to a particular condition 742 00:40:29,470 --> 00:40:32,386 best cured by Preparation H. 743 00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:34,388 ROOSE: It's not just complaints we're receiving. 744 00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:35,955 Your colleagues all have 745 00:40:35,998 --> 00:40:37,565 some pretty complimentary things to say about you. 746 00:40:37,609 --> 00:40:41,003 You've made quite an impression. 747 00:40:42,091 --> 00:40:44,964 [laughs] 748 00:40:45,007 --> 00:40:46,444 I-I had no idea. 749 00:40:46,487 --> 00:40:48,054 I-I seriously thought that you guys 750 00:40:48,097 --> 00:40:49,882 were bringing me in here to... 751 00:40:49,925 --> 00:40:53,015 to fire me. 752 00:40:53,059 --> 00:40:54,930 ROOSE: Why would we do that? 753 00:40:54,974 --> 00:40:57,846 You're the future of the LAFD. 754 00:40:57,890 --> 00:41:02,460 Until we find Captain Gerrard's permanent replacement, 755 00:41:02,503 --> 00:41:05,985 Captain Cooks here is going to assume leadership of the 118. 756 00:41:08,944 --> 00:41:10,772 Welcome aboard, sir. 757 00:41:10,816 --> 00:41:13,688 You, too, Firefighter Wilson. 758 00:41:13,732 --> 00:41:17,736 -Hen. -Hen. 759 00:41:29,835 --> 00:41:34,056 Did you know what was going on in there before you sent me in? 760 00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:36,058 [laughs] 761 00:41:36,102 --> 00:41:37,930 You set me up. 762 00:41:37,973 --> 00:41:40,410 That's revenge for you making it so hard to be friends with you. 763 00:41:40,454 --> 00:41:43,413 ♪ To fan the flame 764 00:41:43,457 --> 00:41:46,242 Thanks for sticking it out with me. 765 00:41:46,286 --> 00:41:48,984 And thanks for following me down that hillside. 766 00:41:49,028 --> 00:41:51,465 The first of many, I'm sure. 767 00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:53,336 -[alarm ringing] -MAN: Attention, Station 118. 768 00:41:53,380 --> 00:41:54,860 Traffic accident with injuries. 769 00:41:54,903 --> 00:41:56,818 [continues indistinctly] 770 00:41:57,950 --> 00:42:00,518 ♪ Is it all 771 00:42:00,561 --> 00:42:03,303 ♪ So easy... 772 00:42:03,346 --> 00:42:05,958 HEN: We are born with innocence. 773 00:42:06,001 --> 00:42:10,353 Then, as we grow, we are cursed with a question: "Why?" 774 00:42:10,397 --> 00:42:12,399 Why are we here? 775 00:42:12,442 --> 00:42:16,011 Is it all just chaos, or do we have a purpose? 776 00:42:16,055 --> 00:42:18,405 I was one of the lucky ones 777 00:42:18,448 --> 00:42:21,016 who found an answer to that question. 778 00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:23,715 The curse was lifted and replaced 779 00:42:23,758 --> 00:42:26,456 with the gift of certainty. 780 00:42:26,500 --> 00:42:28,763 Why am I here? 781 00:42:28,807 --> 00:42:31,113 Because when you are scared, when you are hurt, 782 00:42:31,157 --> 00:42:33,028 and when you're in the wrong place at the wrong time 783 00:42:33,072 --> 00:42:34,856 and the smoke is too thick to breathe 784 00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:36,684 or it hurts too much to move 785 00:42:36,728 --> 00:42:39,600 or it looks like you might lose someone you love, 786 00:42:39,644 --> 00:42:42,995 when it's your turn to have the worst day of your life... 787 00:42:43,038 --> 00:42:44,997 ♪ It was all... 788 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:48,827 ...I am here to be the first one there to help. 789 00:42:48,870 --> 00:42:53,614 I am here to stand between you and the chaos. 790 00:42:53,658 --> 00:42:56,922 I am a first responder. 791 00:42:56,965 --> 00:42:58,576 That is my purpose. 792 00:42:58,619 --> 00:43:02,275 And I'm always just a phone call away. 793 00:43:09,456 --> 00:43:13,373 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH 794 00:43:44,926 --> 00:43:47,233 You've answered the call on9-1-1. 795 00:43:47,276 --> 00:43:49,539 Now here are a few more shows to check out from Fox. 796 00:43:51,803 --> 00:43:53,021 Buckle up, buttercup. 797 00:43:55,371 --> 00:43:57,678 It's real, and it pulls people together. 798 00:43:57,722 --> 00:44:01,290 -♪ We're breaking waves shooting stars♪ -[siren wailing] 799 00:44:01,334 --> 00:44:04,859 ♪ We live for glory not forever♪ 800 00:44:04,903 --> 00:44:05,904 MAN: Touchdown! 801 00:44:05,947 --> 00:44:09,516 ♪ Reach out♪ 802 00:44:09,559 --> 00:44:13,128 ♪ Make this right here right now♪ 803 00:44:13,172 --> 00:44:16,088 ♪ Stand up♪ 804 00:44:16,958 --> 00:44:18,699 ♪ Here right now♪ 805 00:44:18,743 --> 00:44:20,701 That sounds like fun.