- All I ever wanted from the first time I sat
In the glider room cadets was to fly.
- Got it! - Now that's some real
Bush pilot shit. - What were you doing up
In that fire tower? - I was trying to simulate a spacewalk.
- He was already cut from selection camp
Before his accident.
- Whoa, what are you doing? - Trust me!
- Chops, you found them. - Tristan told you
About the kiss... - Hey, hey! Novak!
- My oncologist suggested a preventative
Double mastectomy. - You camping out here, boss?
- Lynn and I separated. - Hey, wheezer, I...
- I didn't mean to upset you.
I'm kinglsey. I'm your father.
- Good to have you back in the saddle, chops.
- I leave you alone for a couple of months
And suddenly you're flying livestock.
- Okay, first off, that is not livestock.
That is an emotional support animal.
And she... Has a name.
Isn't that right, penny?
(clucking) - don't worry, stu.
Penny is right here beside you,
You're going to be just fine. - Penny?
- And if he isn't, we'll have fresh eggs for weeks.
(chuckling)
(plane engine revving)
- I need a scalpel. - What, why?
Where are you gonna cut him? - Wheezer,
We're running out of time. Scalpel, please, thank you.
- God, this does not look good.
- Now I just need to pack the wound.
- Look, as a pilot,
I can tell you that this is not structurally sound.
- And as a former labour and delivery nurse,
I can tell you, a lot more can fit in here.
- Where? You're already in him up to your elbow.
- I can't believe you convinced me
To stuff breakables into a pinata.
Somebody is definitely going to get hurt tonight.
- You know what? It is not a celebration
Without a pinata or my famous jet fuel.
- You know, it's sweet.
You organizing all this.
- Well, it's the fun part of my chief pilot duties.
Can be hard feeling like you're kind of moving backwards.
Moving into the new version
Of the old house you used to live in.
Going back to the job you used to work.
- Oh, wheezer... - Oh, no, no, no.
No, no, not me. I just keep getting better and better.
- Ah! - You can't regress
If you never left. - Tower, this is ghost rider.
Requesting a fly-by.
- Um, ghost rider, uh, negative.
The pattern is full. We're not ready.
(crystal): Too late, nerds. They're already
At the front door, incoming.
(door opens) - shh...
- Well, just five more minutes without a call,
And we are officially off the clock.
- How does it feel to be back, bro?
- Feels like I never left.
It's all... Kind of...
- Same old, same old?
- I was going to say routine, but, yeah.
- Well, I guess after selection camp,
Flying medevacs probably isn't that exciting.
- No. No, boring's good.
If we're doing everything right, should be boring, right?
- Hmm. - Uh, you remember
If we have any day-old pizza in the fridge?
(all screaming "surprise")
(cheering)
(rhythmic music)
(hip-hop music playing)
- Ah, young love.
When everything was so new and exciting.
- Yeah, well, practice makes perfect.
- Oh, yeah? - Watch your six.
Coolant, coming through.
Eight months of winter's gotta have some perks, right?
(phone chimes) oh, sorry.
Gotta take this. My boyfriend's working nights.
We gotta talk when he's on a break.
- Boyfriend, huh?
So... That means you're going to relax now, right?
And start being nice to the guy
We used to be really good friends with...
Right?
You can trust him. You guys have been really tight.
- I trust you.
Because we tell each other everything.
- Wheezer! - Hey! Watch it.
Combustible goods here, man.
Hey, martine, you got a sec?
- Hey, I was definitely
Just about to try some of that jet fuel.
- Well, it's a good thing I grabbed you for a talk first.
Um, now that chopper's back,
I got one too many medevac pilots on the line
So someone's got to go.
- I know I haven't been flight line as long as chopper,
But I have a lot of hours, like, I'm a good pilot.
- Hey, you were a great pilot, lexi.
The emergency landing, that whole snake thing.
It's just that chopper was technically
Only on leave, and he has seniority
On the medevac.
So I guess I gotta promote you.
- I don't understand.
- You think like a bush pilot, lexi.
And a driver is not a real pilot
Until they've flown cargo in the north.
So I'm putting you solo
On the 200 for cargo runs,
Captain martine.
(exhales deeply)
- Thank you, thank you for this opportunity, sir.
I will not let you down, sir.
- You literally just watched me pour
Grape jell-o powder into a vat of tequila,
So I think we can lay off the "sir" stuff.
And I know that you won't let me down
Because there are 20 other guys
Waiting on that ramp to replace you if you do.
- Alright? - Thank you, sir.
I mean, wheezer.
- Crys? You okay?
Jeremy told me things ended with you.
If you need someone to talk to...
(voice over earphones): ...The regulation
Of epinephrine and no--
- Are you studying?
- I have an exam this week.
And with skymed, and clinical, and lectures,
I haven't had time to sleep, let alone study
And everyone keeps dragging me back to the party.
And I want to be there, trist, I do.
I just don't... - Just, just...
Take my car.
Go to the java house, it's quiet there.
I can keep a secret.
- Thank you.
(laughing) thank you.
(chuckling)
- I've been trying to get you alone all night.
- Reese?
(chuckling)
- Grab us a drink?
- Okay.
- Thought you had a boyfriend.
- I do, we're open.
I know nowie is pretty traditional,
But you know that's not the only way
To be in a relationship.
There are a lot of other options, tristan.
Hmm?
(indistinct chatter)
(chuckling)
- Is that a peace offering for not trying the "jet fuel"
Because my forgiveness is not for sale.
(scoffs) - it's actually a peace lily.
They fill the air with oxygen
And are almost impossible to kill.
Like certain chief pilots.
- Hmm. - Welcome to the crew house.
- Well, colour me "impressed."
Where in the hell did you get
A house plant in thompson?
- I... Might have brought it up
On the medevac from winnipeg. - Oh!
- But hey! It's not every day
You graduate from vagrant couch surfer
To full room in a pilot flop-house.
- Wow!
Shots fired.
Don't make me write you up for insubordination.
- Oh, you wouldn't. - Oh, I might.
- Really? - Yeah.
- I dare you. You're not my boss.
- No,
I'm not your boss.
(soft music)
(chuckling)
- Incoming!
- Uh, do you know how often I'm going to need to water this,
Because if it's more than...
Well, never, I'm not sure how...
This is going to go.
(upbeat rock music)
(panting)
- Damn it.
(groans)
(rock music)
- We're closed.
- I only need a minute. - I thought I was clear.
I don't want anything to do with you.
- Yes, you were clear, but I didn't get the chance
To say everything that I needed to say.
Austen, I never stopped looking for you.
The moment I found out your name
And where you were after all these years--
- Yeah, 25 years and 9 months since you walked out on my mom.
- I never knew she was pregnant.
Austen, she sent me a letter,
But I did not get it until after you were born.
After she was forced to give you up.
- Yeah, cool story. I'm not giving you my kidney, man.
- I was 17 years old.
I'd only been in this country for a few months.
I went to work on the oil sands.
- That's your excuse?
That it wasn't my fault, I was just a kid,
I didn't know. You were busy doing
Something else when my mom needed you.
You know what? Thanks for clearing this up.
You can go now.
(soft emotional music)
- Tansi, kookoo.
- Crystal!
I didn't know you were coming, nôsisim.
- Yeah, that's the only way I catch you napping.
Usually, you're too busy to sit down.
- Oh, I'm so glad you're here.
I made something for you.
- Oh, they're beautiful, kookoo.
- Oh, you're so busy these days.
For a clear head.
(speaking nêhiyawêwin)
(in english): I am tired.
I just need a quiet place to study before my shift starts
And the crew house is packed.
- Oh, black coffee?
That crap's no good for a clear head.
And what have you been eating?
You're too skinny, nôsisim.
I've got some soup and bannock.
- Thanks, kookoo. I just...
I need to study.
- Don't forget, our medicines were here long before
What's written in those books.
(tense music)
- Kookoo, need some help?
- Is that gus and edna?
- You're expecting visitors?
- I don't need to expect anyone.
There's lots of soup.
- I know, I just...
I need to study.
- Your heart needs things, too, nôsisim.
Got your head down so busy trying to get somewhere.
If you're not careful, you'll forget to look up
And see where you're going.
- C'mon, stef. My bars are going to be
Covered by my reflective vest anyway.
- Yeah, but we'll know they're there.
Here's to the first day of you living your dream.
Captain martine.
(laughing)
- Package for you, lex, came this morning.
- Oh, I checked the skids for deep lake,
They could fit with the supplies to north house.
I'll take them up in one trip instead of two.
- Nice, we'll get it loaded.
(sighs)
- What's this? - Oh!
- A surprise?
(scoffs)
Uh, I hope you got a receipt for these, they look used.
- They're my dad's.
"marti" was his call sign.
He always said this headset kept him safe
And brought him luck.
I called him last night to tell him...
He must have paid a fortune to get them here.
- That's one proud papa.
Giving you his lucky headset.
- Yeah... Well...
Won't be much luck if I'm late for my first run.
Okay.
- That's my girl pilot. (chuckles)
- Let's do this, dad.
- Man, the signal in here sucks.
- I'm going to shove that phone up your ass
If you don't put it away.
Alright, I'm going to head down, check the levels
Make sure these main valves are off.
It's the top one.
And stay off the god damn phone.
(phone notification)
- Oh, yes.
Maya finally hit me back.
Whoa, a photo, what...
(phone beeping) girl, you know it's not fair.
I don't get any signal out here.
C'mon, c'mon.
(air hissing)
Ah, damn it.
Good to go, boss.
Hank?
Hank!
- Man, this place smells pungent.
- Yeah, that's the waste water.
- The patient has a history of heart problems.
- Do you need us? - Sounds like an arrest,
But I'm gonna need help getting him out of here.
I'm heading down.
- Alright, talk to me, what do you think, chops?
(gasps)
(sighs)
(indistinct chatter)
(tense music)
- Okay, almost ready.
This will hold him, but we're going to have to go slow.
When crystal's got him packaged, we'll load him up.
Man, it's good to have you back, chops.
If I had been here alone, we would've been
Dragging this guy up by his suspenders.
Hey, crys, you ready? We're sending down the litter.
Crys?
- Oh, god.
- Crystal!
- Bodes, bodes. It's not safe.
- Something's not right. Hank's passed out first,
Now crystal. The rotten egg smell
Could also mean hydrogen sulfide.
- Oh, god. I must have turned the wrong valve.
- What? - I was supposed to turn
The valves off, but I was texting my girlfriend,
And I must have turned the wrong valve.
- You're telling me you put two people's lives in danger
Because you were too busy doing something else?
- We gotta focus on getting crystal out.
- What about hank? He's been down there for a long time.
You've gotta help him. - We gotta get our nurse
Out first. She's the only one that can help hank,
So we have to make her the priority, okay?
But you can help me. - Yeah, I'll turn off the gas.
- No, it's too late for that.
There has to be rebreathers here, hazmat suits?
- Yeah, hank showed me on my first day.
- Great. There has to be a fire extinguisher nearby.
Grab that. We have to dampen any possible ignition points.
- Okay. - Go!
(tense music)
- I'm hosing it down. I don't see any sparks.
- Okay, just keep going.
I'm almost to crystal.
I've got her, bodie.
Get the litter.
- Coming up!
You okay, crys?
You okay?
- I'm okay. I'm okay.
- What about hank?
- Pulse is good.
(breathing shakily)
- I just heard from the hospital.
Crys is okay and hank is... Too.
Are you okay?
- I screwed up, bodie.
I screwed up. I just thought it was a routine call.
Like every other call. And I didn't check the scene,
I put crystal in danger.
- Hey, that's on all of us.
We all should have been checking the scene.
- I'm an engineer. I should've known better.
- Chopper, you figured out how to save crystal.
Dude...
Are you okay?
(exhales)
- It was an impossible exercise.
That's why I got cut from selection camp.
It didn't actually have a solution.
It was designed to test how you'd respond
When there is no solution.
We didn't know that, you know?
And I was doing so well...
Proving to them how smart I was, how...
Good at solving problems.
And uh...
I really believed that, despite all the signs,
I could solve this one too.
So I kept pushing my team to keep going and going.
Until someone died.
(tense music)
It was just a simulation.
But if it had been real,
If we were on the station,
My teammate would have died because of me.
I didn't pay attention to the signs.
I just rushed in
Trying to fix a problem that couldn't be fixed.
- Chopper... - No, I was...
I was at the fire tower for that reason, bodie.
I was trying to recreate the exercise.
I wanted to prove that I could find a solution.
(emotional music)
If I'm not the guy who can solve every problem...
- Hey, hey... Anyone can make a mistake.
- Yeah, but... You got mad at the kid at the plant
For making a mistake. How am I any different?
- Because I know you, chopper.
(sniffles) I know that you're a good guy,
And more importantly, I know what's in your heart.
- Yeah, well, I guess...
If you knew that kid today,
Maybe you wouldn't have blamed him for a screw-up.
- I heard you had a scare today.
Also heard you didn't let anyone check you out after.
- Who told you? - You did.
Just now.
(sighs)
- I'm fine.
In fact, passing out from the gas leak
Was the first sleep I've managed to get in two days.
- That's not funny, alright? This is serious stuff, crys.
You need to get looked at. You can develop pulmonary edema
Up to like... 72 hours after exposure
To hydrogen sulfide. So...
Can I? Hmm, hmm, hmm?
- Okay. - Yes, alright.
(exhaling)
- Did you just warm that up?
(chuckles) - yeah, you know me, crys.
Me and my bedside manners.
(soft music)
So running into a gas pit
And getting yourself knocked out, huh?
Sounds like something I'd do.
- Yeah, I might have been overdoing it.
At school, work, it's...
A lot.
I was overtired and I forgot to check the scene.
- Just breathe, crys.
(speaking nêhiyawêwin)
(deep breath)
(repeating in nêhiyawêwin)
(deep breath)
(in english): Yeah, you need blood work done.
Isabelle's right. You're too skinny.
Here.
You forgot this at her house.
She wanted you to have it.
- You were at isabelle's?
- Yeah. I'm there all the time.
And you should go home more, crys.
I know she misses you.
Look, I know you're busy with all your medical exam
And everything, but...
Just...
Just try not to change too much, crys.
- Well, which is it?
Have I changed too much or not enough?
- What? - You're the one who said
I didn't change enough, and now you're saying
I changed too much?
Look, I'm sorry if I'm not juggling
Med school, and family,
And work exactly how you want me to,
But at least I didn't just disappear
And let people think I was gone when I was at school.
- Like I said,
You should get your blood work done.
(sighs)
(rhythmic music)
- You got this, babe. Be brave!
- I can't believe you talked me into coming out here today
In this weather.
- It's our anniversary!
We gotta do something fun.
There you go, just like that.
(screaming) - oh, my god, ted!
- I got you. I got you.
- We do not have the same idea of fun.
- Look at how far you've come.
You're conquering your fear.
- Oh, my god...
- Yeah, there you go, babe. You're doing it.
You're almost at the top.
Yes!
Alright, hold on there. I'm coming up after you.
Come here.
Check out that view.
(chuckling) - yeah.
It's very pretty. - I knew you'd love it.
You know, watching you be so brave today
And conquer your fear, taking that leap,
It made me think about another leap.
The biggest leap.
A leap we can take together.
You gotta turn around.
- What are you doing? - Just turn around, trust me.
(grunts)
(thuds)
- Ted?
Ted!
- I remember that look.
First week flying cargo by myself,
You couldn't have knocked the smile off my face
With a two-by-four. - Feels pretty good, boss.
- You're doing pretty good.
Nice work combining the deep lake
And the north house scheds.
But don't go getting too good at it.
We don't need you coming after my job.
(laughing)
Hey, hayley.
- So the other night at the party, that was...
(chuckling) that was funny.
- Totally, totally.
Just one of those funny moments.
- Yeah, super funny.
I mean we're co-workers and, and...
I just got to back work after my surgical leave.
- I'm going through a divorce.
- You're going through a divorce.
Great. Well, it's nice to work,
It's nice to work with a professional.
Just keep things nice and simple.
(beeping) - yeah, just, uh...
Two professionals...
"professionaling."
- Yeah. (nervous chuckling)
Great, okay. Good talk.
- Yes.
- Thank god you're here.
- Hey, ted. I'm hayley, I'm a nurse.
- My lower back and legs are killing me.
I think I broke something.
- Okay, I'm going to take a look, alright?
(ted groans)
Oh, okay. I think you might have a broken pelvis.
Your left side feels spongy.
- Bones can be spongy?
- Can you help me bind him? - Oh, yeah.
- I knew rock climbing was a bad idea.
He tried to convince me on our first date
That it was fun. - Well...
- I just don't understand how you slipped,
You're always so surefooted.
I'm the clumsy one. - I, uh...
Was looking for this.
- Ted...
- I guess after all this, you better open it, huh?
- Oh, my god.
You idiot! (ted laughs)
Why would you do this here?
- Because on our first date,
When I looked at you and you were being so sassy
And brave, even though you were terrified,
I knew right then I wanted to marry you.
So, will you take this leap with me?
- Of course, I'll marry you.
(soft music)
- Do you think your parents
Can get along or should we elope?
- You know, I was thinking we should go skydiving
For the honeymoon. (laughing)
(groans)
It's getting bad.
- I'll top off your meds.
- My chest feels tight.
(machines beeping)
- Your pressure's falling. Hr's spiking.
(ted panting)
(ted groans) his abdomen's rigid.
- What does that mean? - You need fluids, ted.
I'm going to put a pressure bag on your iv
To get them into you fast, and we'll keep refilling it.
- What's happening? Why does it keep doing that?
(panting) - I want to marry you.
- I know, booboo. You've had a lot of meds.
But you proposed, remember?
I said, "yes."
(panting) - I wanna marry you now.
How much did you give him?
(groans)
(beeping)
What do we do? - I keep pushing fluids
And we get him to an or.
Fast. - But he's going to make it
To the hospital, right?
I want to marry you now, too.
- You want me to what?
- He's got an internal bleed, wheezer.
And by how fast he's tanking...
Look, I'm pushing fluids,
But he needs to get to an or
As soon as possible. Look, you're a captain.
Captains can marry people. - Maybe on a boat.
Not on an airplane.
Marriage...
It didn't really work out for me.
Think chopper's your guy. - Uh, hashtag same, buddy.
Besides, you're the captain.
- Ah, he's crashing, wheezer.
This could be their last chance.
Come on, it doesn't matter if it's a real wedding.
This could be the only wedding our patient gets.
Please.
(sighs)
- Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today
To medevac this man...
And also to marry him.
To marry him to olivia.
Olivia and...
This man, this... - Ted.
- Ted! Ted.
We are here today to unite olivia and ted
In a matrimony that is...
Well, neither holy nor legal.
(wheezing)
But...
By a matrimony grounded in the power of the love
That you have for one another.
And we all know that love is holier and stronger
Than any law could ever be.
So there is only really one...
Important question that matters today.
Olivia, do you take ted?
- I do! I do.
- And ted, do you take olivia?
- There's never been anyone but you, liv...
Ever since the first day...
It's always been you.
- I love you.
- Then by the power vested in me
By your willingness to...
Take this leap together,
I now pronounce you married.
(crying)
- Thank you.
(olivia sobbing)
(door opens and closes)
- Hayley? - Hey.
You're up late.
- I couldn't sleep without knowing about ted.
It's my first wedding, and I don't think I could
Handle it if it ended up in a funeral.
- Well, I waited until he was out of surgery.
And as long as he doesn't actually go skydiving
For the honeymoon, he looks good.
- I guess...
They're probably gonna want to get married
By a real officiant then. - Yeah.
Thank you for today.
- No. - It meant a lot to them.
- And to me.
You know, sometimes, this job makes you realize that...
Life is too short.
In a bad way, you know?
- Mm-hmm.
- But then sometimes it makes you realize that...
Life is too short.
In a good way.
- Mm-hmm.
(rhythmic emotional music)
- Are you okay? Do you want to stop?
- Yeah, no, no. It's, um...
I haven't... I haven't been with anyone since my surgery.
- It's okay. We don't have to do this.
- No. I want to,
And-and I want it to be with you.
I just...
I don't know.
- Go ahead, you can touch it.
It used to be a zipper, but I had it removed.
(♪♪)
Can I?
You're so beautiful, hayley.
- Okay... (panting)
(distant wolf howling)
- Evening.
(ominous music)
- Oh, hey.
You're waiting for cargo on this sched?
- You're not from here.
- You really shouldn't be near the planes.
Ramps are restricted.
- They let you fly this thing by yourself?
- No.
Terry should be here any minute.
And he does not like people on his ramp.
- I don't see anyone here but you and me.
- He'll be here.
And there expecting us asap at prospect river so...
(humming)
Okay, check. Check.
Good, good.
Nice. Nice.
Good job, lexi.
- Can I catch a lift with you to prospect river?
- Oh!
- If you need to get to prospect river,
You can book a passenger flight tomorrow.
It's against regulations.
Cargo flights have guidelines
And weight restrictions.
- You're telling me this plane's overweight?
You think I'm an idiot? - No.
No.
I'm just not allowed to take passengers.
It...
The plane isn't approved for that
- I'll get off in prospect river.
I want to ride with you.
(buckle clicks)
(radio chatter)
(man speaking indistinctly)
- What are you doing?
- I've been talking to you.
- I-I need to hear the radio.
- Want some?
You lactose intolerant?
A lot of people are.
That big lever,
What's it for?
- Power.
- Yeah?
And that's your altimeter right there.
Important stuff for an emergency landing.
(ominous music)
I've always been real good with the mechanical stuff.
Until my truck broke down tonight.
Well, I mean, it wasn't my truck.
I, uh...
I worked as a farmhand in dominica a few years back.
Had to leave there, too.
They'd...
Farmers, they'd, uh...
Spread garlic and onions
All around the yard
Trying to keep the snakes away.
Every now and then,
One of them got through.
I'll never forget that sound.
Middle of the night,
The cows, they'd be out in the field,
And you'd just hear them, just...
Scream.
These snakes, they'd, they'd...
They'd wrap around their legs,
They'd trap them so as they couldn't move.
And they just,
Suck the milk right from their udder.
Suck 'em dry.
(ominous music continues)
(lexi exhales)
(curious music)
- Windy lake, poplar 209.
I'm diverting from prospect river.
Eta to windy lake, ten minutes.
Require assistance on the apron to unload.
- 209, windy lake.
We don't have you coming in tonight.
There's no one here to receive.
- Windy lake, 209 diverting from planned route.
Arriving imminently with...
D.G.S on board.
Require assistance to unload.
- 209, I don't see dangerous goods
On your manifest.
Are you sure?
- Windy lake, it was unplanned.
Uh, I picked up some canisters,
Compressed gas at rocky narrows.
Need assistance on the apron on arrival.
(tense music)
(breathing heavily)
- What the hell, lexi?
You said you have dangerous goods,
But we weren't expecting you.
- Okay. - And there wasn't anything
In your manifest.
These things are supposed to be planned...
- This wasn't a part of my plan either
I had an unexpected passenger.
(heavy breathing)
(gentle music)
(breathing heavily)