♪ ♪
ERIC: Are you ready for this?
New city, new job.
I didn't have much of a choice.
The board was desperate to find someone
to fill the position.
You know what they say.
With high risk
comes high reward.
Ah. And I've always wanted
a view like this.
It's really something.
Oh, yeah, the view is nice, too.
(Eric laughs)
Eric, people can see us.
Let's give them a show, then, huh?
- (Bailey laughs)
- Now,
what were you saying about
high risk, high reward?
(screaming)
- (firetruck horn blaring)
- (sirens wailing)
(screaming)
(siren wails)
Woman fell off the balcony
from the penthouse floor.
Luckily, she got caught
- on that sign on the way down.
- She's over here.
We don't have a lot of time,
so let's hustle up.
Tactical gear all around. Let's go.
Cap, floor's too high for the ladder.
Yeah, and it's way too high
for an airbag. What's the plan?
I'm gonna send you down from the roof.
Lucy, Chimney, I want you
on the floor below.
Kick out that window so we can
bring her through there.
Hen, find the manager; we need
access to the adjacent floors.
Robby, you're with me.
I want this whole area clear.
Nobody stands underneath her.
("Hold On, I'm Comin'"
by Sam & Dave playing)
CHIMNEY: Just entered the unit, Cap.
About to anchor off
and remove the window.
- LAFD.
- ERIC: Thank God.
I don't think the sign
can hold much longer.
I think we can get to her if we just...
How about we stay away from the edge
- of that balcony, sir.
- No.
That's my wife. I'm not leaving her.
Oh, God, help me!
♪ When the day comes... ♪
Bailey, we're gonna
get our team harnessed
up and we're gonna come down to you.
- You're doing great.
- Please hurry!
♪ I'm about to drown ♪
♪ Just hold on ♪
♪ I'm comin' ♪
♪ Hold on... ♪
I just finished securing the
lines, Cap. I'm harnessed up.
Coming down now.
BOBBY: Copy that. Fast as you can, Buck.
♪ If you get cold, yeah,
I will be your cover... ♪
HEN: Cap, we have a problem.
BAILEY: I can feel it starting to move.
(shrieks) I think
it's starting to come off!
We got to move now.
That sign is not secure.
All right, seconds.
Buck's coming down.
- Chimney, how's that window?
- CHIMNEY: In progress.
♪ I'm coming... ♪
BOBBY: It needs to happen now.
HEN: Got to move
fast. She's about to drop.
(shrieking)
- ♪ I'm comin' ♪
- Help me!
♪ Hold on... ♪
Help!
- Almost there.
- Help. Okay.
- Okay. Oh, thank God.
- Need you not to move.
- (shrieks)
- I'm gonna put this harness around you,
get you down, okay?
Please hurry. (shrieks)
(whimpering)
♪ Hold on... ♪
- (screaming)
- Whoa!
(Bailey whimpering)
- LUCY: Chimney?!
- Geez!
(all grunting)
♪ Don't you worry ♪
♪ I'm comin'... ♪
Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
- (panting)
Thank you! Oh.
I don't know how you guys just did that.
Dumb luck.
- (laughs)
- ♪ I'm coming ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ Hold on. ♪
And breakfast is served.
Thank you.
May I offer you a glass
of water or orange juice?
Orange juice, please.
Well, right away, sir.
♪ Brings the dawn in ♪
♪ It's just a restless feeling ♪
Hmm.
♪ By my side ♪
How was it?
♪ Early dawning... ♪
It could use more marshmallows.
Couldn't we all, bud? Couldn't we all.
♪ It's just the wasted years... ♪
- Dad?
- What?
- You got a little...
- Hmm?
♪ Watch out, the world's behind you... ♪
What about now?
You need a napkin.
(both laugh)
♪ It's nothing at all... ♪
(Eddie sighs)
What's wrong with your leg?
♪ ♪
(grunting)
(groans)
I think I'm dying.
You're always dying.
(gasps)
(panting)
Oh.
BOBBY: Coffee?
(sighs) What time is it,
and where's Christopher?
Buck already took him to school,
figured you could use the sleep.
Mm. Sorry.
Hey, hey, hey, it's all right.
We got it handled.
(sighs)
Thanks.
After my family d*ed, I had
nightmares for a long time.
They say it's your mind's way
of working through
a traumatic experience.
Kind of wish my mind would
take a break for a minute.
It won't. Buck told me
about your friends. I'm very sorry.
Can't believe they're all gone.
(clears throat)
And I'm still here. I'm not sure why.
That is a question you will
never be able to answer.
You can chalk it up to the grand plan
of some higher power or just dumb luck.
But either way, the result is
the same: you are still here.
I'm not sure what to do with that.
You find a way to heal.
Guess this is it, huh?
You, uh, going back
to bouncing between houses?
No, Cap... your cap found me
a spot at another house.
- I'm glad.
- (sighs) Yeah.
Me, too.
You must be ready for your world
to get back to normal.
You have no idea.
Take care of yourself.
("Everyday" by Buddy Holly plays)
No, no, no, we're way past that.
Look, I gave him a month, a whole month
to pick up his crap,
so now I'm donating it.
One man's trash is
another man's treasure, right?
And by "trash," I mean my ex.
Look, I just got here.
Let me call you back.
♪ It's a gettin' faster, everyone said ♪
♪ Go ahead and ask her... ♪
(grunts)
♪ My way ♪
♪ Hey, hey-hey ♪
♪ Every day seems a little longer ♪
(grunts)
♪ Every way, love's a little stronger ♪
♪ Come what may,
do you ever long for... ♪
(grunts) Oh, no.
Oh, no.
♪ Every day, it's a gettin' closer... ♪
Oh, no, no, no, no, no. No!
(grunts)
♪ Love like yours ♪
♪ Will surely come my way ♪
♪ Hey, hey-hey ♪
♪ Love like yours will
surely come my way ♪
♪ Hey, hey-hey ♪
- (grunting)
- ♪ Love like yours will ♪
♪ Surely come my way. ♪
Oh. (grunting)
(muffled): Help!
Help!
Help! Please!
(panting)
(grunting)
(grunting continues)
(grunts loudly)
- (chiming)
- Ah!
(panting)
(grunting)
(muffled): Help! Help!
(panting)
(car alarm sounding)
(car alarm continues sounding)
Help!
(panting)
(sighs)
(distant siren wailing)
♪ ♪
(panting)
(truck beeping)
(indistinct chatter)
We're gonna take you
to the emergency room.
Once the swelling goes down,
they'll be able to remove it.
Okay.
You drop him at the hospital,
I'm gonna ride in the engine.
(engine starts)
(loud banging on metal)
(banging resumes)
Hen, you ready to go?
Yeah, Cap. I'm coming.
(garbled radio transmission)
(banging resumes)
(knocking)
HEN: Hello?
(banging)
Anybody there?
PATRICK: Help. Please.
Where are you?
PATRICK: I'm in... here!
Help me?
Cap!
Everything all right?
You got to take a look at this.
It's not what I was expecting.
It never is.
Sir, you just hang tight.
We're gonna get you out of there
in a minute.
(panting)
Bolt cutters.
Dispatch, this is Captain Nash, .
I'm gonna need an additional ambulance
at Pickwick Bowling, Lincoln and Main.
Young male, possible heatstroke.
Wonder how long he's been in there.
Real question is, how'd he get in there?
What's that smell?
Hmm. When you got to go, you got to go.
♪ Every day... ♪
Uh, where am I?
You're in a charity donation box.
BOBBY: All right, let's get you out
of there. You feel like you can move?
Give me your hand.
- Easy. Take it easy.
- Nice and easy.
BOBBY: Easy.
- Let's have a seat right here.
- All right.
- Get some air.
- HEN: He's burning up. Get me
some water, ice packs.
How long were you in there?
Time doesn't really exist in there.
♪ Hey, hey-hey... ♪
How did you find me?
Did someone hear the car alarm and call?
What car?
♪ Every day, it's a gettin' closer... ♪
Oh, this really isn't my lucky day.
♪ Love like yours
will surely come my way. ♪
- New hobby?
- (scoffs)
I found it in my locker.
"Congrats on a great catch!"
Wow.
Sounds like you're finally in
with the clique.
They're even giving you gifts now.
Am I in with them?
Or are they just mocking me?
I'm not sure those are
mutually exclusive at the .
What are you so down about?
You saved a woman with your bare hands.
- You're all over the news.
- I know, and I am seriously
considering changing my phone number
if the reporters don't stop calling me.
And, uh, why are we upset about this?
All the best heroes get interviewed.
Sometimes, they even
make movies about them.
- Don't even joke about that.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
- Sure.
Well, I'm confused.
I have this vivid recollection
of you doing sh*ts
every time you saw yourself
on the news after that freeway thing?
I got really drunk that night.
(both laugh)
You absolutely did, but my point is,
it seemed like
you were kind of relishing
the coverage of your heroics.
I jumped onto a moving truck
to save a family.
This time, I just put out my
hands, and she fell into them.
You know, anyone
who was standing there
would have done the same.
I am not special.
Not in this house.
Any one of us could have caught her.
I'm kind of wishing Hen had.
I think she'd be enjoying
the limelight more.
How is she, by the way?
Does she miss me terribly?
She still calls you "Monday."
♪ I knew I was in trouble... ♪
So, Lucy just caught her midair?
She opened her arms,
a woman fell into them.
- Wow.
- HEN: Unreal. I've told you this
at least times.
Why do you believe Bobby
- and not me?
- Uh, I'm still not sure
I believe any of you. I just can't quite
- calculate the physics of that.
- ATHENA: I used to think
that I'd seen everything,
but I don't say that anymore.
And certainly not after
I look at these cards.
I fold. Who's ready for an Irish coffee?
- Oh.
- BOBBY: That leaves you two.
- Time to show your cards.
- Diamonds all around. Flush.
- Ah.
- Ugh. That's too bad.
- Mm.
- Because I got a full house!
- Oh!
- HEN: Full house. I didn't even
think you had a pair. When did
you learn to bluff like that?
What do you think your mother
and I do on the nights you're working?
BOBBY: Okay, who wants
- to play another hand?
- HEN: No, thank you.
My wife is over here
training in the off-season.
Thank you.
(humming "Ode to Joy")
(humming continues)
(engine revving)
(car horn honks)
(honking)
- (engine revving)
- (horn honking)
JULES: Read the sign!
- (tires squealing)
- DRIVER: Move over!
Hey! Hey, I'm riding here! I'm riding!
(humming "Ode To Joy")
(continues humming)
Ugh! You're not the only one
on the road!
Read the sign, buddy!
(rock music plays in truck)
(tires squealing)
Hey, double yellow, pal! Double yellow!
Read the sign!
Read the sign! (groans)
_
_
(siren wailing)
(Jules gasping)
DISPATCHER (over radio):
Help should be there, ma'am.
Are you there? Are you there?
This is -L- . I'm here.
- Copy that. Units en route.
- Ma'am, can you hear me?
Find... that truck.
Sign... flew at me.
- All right, try not to talk.
- (Jules gasping)
- Save your breath.
- (siren wailing)
- Help is here. It's here.
- (wheezing)
Buck, Lucy, I want a backboard
and a gurney.
Hen, Chim, you call out
whatever you need,
and I will radio the hospital.
(Jules groaning softly)
- CHIMNEY: Electrodes on.
- Severely hypotensive and tachycardic.
BP is / . Ma'am, what's your name?
Jules... Patterson.
Okay, Jules Patterson,
I'm gonna get you some fluids,
and get you something
for the pain, okay?
Now I want you to breathe
and try to stay with me, okay?
Why... were they carrying signs?
Okay, Jules, your pulse and
this entry wound are telling me
it has not damaged your heart.
You're very lucky.
Don't... feel lucky.
It's deep enough to have hit her aorta.
We can't travel her with this.
Edge is too sharp. It'll do
more damage on the drive.
Aorta is nicked and we pull it out...
I'd bleed out on the street,
drivers win.
- Backboard's here.
- Jules, we got you.
Buck, get a C-collar on her.
Okay, we pull the sign,
pack the wound, rig a makeshift
junctional tourniquet,
keep the pressure on.
I got a better way.
Lucy, grab the REBOA kit out of that bag
and open it up for me, please.
We got REBOA kits now?
- You know how to use 'em?
- You sound shocked.
That's what happens when
you disappear for six months.
Your colleagues get
trained in all kinds of stuff.
Touché.
Let's do it. Okay, Jules, I'm
gonna pull the sign out of you
while my brilliant colleague
completely upstages me
by threading a tiny balloon
in your femoral artery.
We're gonna blow it up
and create what we call an "occlusion."
It's gonna stabilize
your blood pressure.
Oh, and keep you alive.
Sounds... dangerous.
Well, danger is her middle name.
- (Jules gasping)
- (beeping)
-We're losing her. Got to go! Got to go!
-Okay, Jules,
I need you to take a breath
and remain calm.
Now comes the hard part. Buck, Lucy,
on three. One, two.
(grunting)
Starting at two CCs. Now eight.
Pressure's stabilizing.
Am I alive?
Where's that nice sergeant?
- Got to get that truck.
- BUCK: Backboard's ready.
HEN: All right, let's
transport her. Chimney,
- call ahead and alert the ER.
- CHIMNEY: On it.
(Jules groaning)
She said that sign flew off
the back of a truck.
Could have been a city truck,
but without a plate,
it'll be tricky to find.
Yeah, well, truck's not
the only thing with a plate.
Las Flores and Ridgeline?
That's not far from here.
TEJADA: We already called it in.
Public Works said
they didn't remove the sign.
They're gonna send someone out
to put up a replacement.
Looks like whoever took it
cut it right off the pole.
Probably some kind of prank.
Who steals a stop sign?
Idiots. That's who.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm...
just a little tired tonight.
You seem sad.
You know I've been talking
to Frank, right?
The way you talk to Dr. Lim.
I thought you'd feel
better after talking to him.
Yeah.
Sometimes it's hard.
Frank asks a lot of questions.
And you know, talking about things
that are scary or sad
can be... exhausting.
I guess.
But it's still a good thing to do,
so I'm gonna keep talking to Frank,
and eventually
I will feel better.
The things that make you sad,
am I one of them?
Never.
- (Jee-Yun crying)
- I know.
Good evening, Ms. Buckley.
- Good to see you.
- Thank you for seeing us so late.
How are you doing, young lady?
You know what, she's really tired today.
She didn't eat much, and then I noticed
- she was running a fever.
- Any bowel movements?
One this morning, but not since.
- Shh. It's okay.
- Definitely a fever.
- Okay. It's okay.
- Let's check the belly, okay?
- (crying continues)
- Sweetheart, it's all right.
He just wants to make sure you're okay.
We need to get her into
the emergency room right now.
What?
- Uh, I'm looking for Han. First name...
- Howie.
Hey, what happened?
The doctor thinks it's intussusception.
They're running tests now to confirm,
see if her intestines are blocked,
- and if so, how serious it is.
- Okay.
Okay, any theories
on an underlying cause?
Viral infection. She's too young
for appendicitis.
Okay, uh, could be autoimmune,
Celiac, Crohn's.
A tumor. I mean,
it's a possibility, right?
"None of the above" is also
one of the possibilities, okay?
Sometimes kids just get intussusception.
No one knows why.
Might be a family history.
Yeah, leukemia.
That's in my family history.
- (screaming)
- ERIC: Oh, my God!
(excited chatter on video)
Any word from Chimney or your sister?
Uh, no. Still just waiting on updates.
Hey, uh, awesome catch.
Mm.
But... and I say this with
some experience here...
Maybe don't let it go to your head.
It's not.
(scoffs) She should have d*ed.
Nine times out of ten,
I don't catch her.
Or I don't see her in time,
I don't move fast enough.
Or I grab her and she slips through,
and she takes me with her.
Wait, you're obsessing over
things that didn't happen?
I'm trying to figure out
how I should have saved her
in a way that doesn't
involve luck. (sighs)
So I'm ready for next time.
My first year here, there was this guy
hanging from a roller coaster.
I didn't get to him in time,
and he fell.
Yeah, I remember that.
I spent a lot of time
running that one back
in my mind, you know.
What if I had got to him faster?
What if the truck had been
at a better angle?
What if he had just grabbed
my damn hand?
You have any epiphanies?
That it didn't matter what
brilliant hypothetical scenario
I could come up with.
He was still gonna be dead.
That lady... she didn't die,
'cause you caught her.
So accept it was a lucky break
and move on?
Look, your luck could change tomorrow,
so we take the wins when we can get 'em.
- (alarm ringing)
- MAN (over P.A.): Attention,
Station ...
Anyway, luck or not,
that was still a great save.
(sighs heavily)
- Stop what you're doing.
- I'm not doing anything.
Just waiting.
Shouldn't we know something by now?
- I'm gonna go ask someone.
- (exhales sharply) Maddie,
this isn't your fault.
We don't know what it is.
Whatever it is, it's not your fault.
Even if it turns out to be
the same, exact
rare form of leukemia
that your brother had,
it wouldn't be your fault.
I just keep thinking
is it reckless or selfish
to have a baby with that family history?
Well, your parents had three kids.
Two of 'em grew up to be
perfectly healthy.
One didn't, but that was years ago,
and the field of medicine has
come a long way since then.
Hell, there wasn't even a bone
marrow database back then.
I can't be the reason
that she's in danger again.
You're not. You never were.
Last time it was an accident.
This time...
we don't even know what it is yet.
Yeah.
I slammed a car door on her hand.
We were somewhere around Toledo,
and we had stopped for the night,
and I had unbuckled her
from her car seat,
but I realized she needed
a warmer jacket,
so I was gonna go to the back
to grab one for her.
(sighs) I didn't realize
she climbed out of her car seat,
and I shut the door,
and her hand was there.
Oh, my God.
And she screamed bloody m*rder,
and I thought that
I had maimed her for life.
But I didn't.
How long did you
b*at yourself up for that?
(scoffs)
I'll let you know when I stop.
By the time I saw the RPG coming,
it was too late.
We got hit, and we went down.
You said Mills was
the first one to see it.
Did you both have the same
vantage point at the time?
Uh, no. She was in the front.
I was sitting behind her.
Did you have a clearer view
out the window than Mills did?
Not really. I kind of had my
hands full working on Greggs.
Okay, let me see if I understand.
Mills had a better view
of the ground down below,
and you couldn't really
look out the window
because you were trying
to save an injured man's life.
Not that it mattered. He d*ed anyway.
You regret trying to save him?
What? No.
I only ask because when you talk about
the chopper being sh*t down,
you imply that
you could have done something
to stop it.
From what you've told me,
the only way that's possible is
if you let Greggs die.
Was that ever an option?
My job was trying to save him.
I was doing my job.
So your job wasn't to look
for hostiles on the ground?
No.
Then why is it your fault
that you didn't see them sooner?
- Hey.
- Hey. How'd it go?
Usual. cr*ck myself open for minutes,
walk out feeling like
I was hit by a bus.
I think that means it's working.
I'm supposed to feel better
at some point, right?
Where's Chris?
He's in his room, finishing homework.
Oh.
Chris drew this?
BUCK: That one's mine.
I misunderstood the assignment.
Hey, you ever think that
maybe it's not worth it?
Not the therapy, the...
What we do for a living
that makes us need therapy.
What I put myself through,
what I put my kid through.
The greater good and all.
Maybe that's not a thing.
Maybe it's just random.
If that's the case, then
what's the point of it all?
TV REPORTER: In case
you missed it, stunning footage
from the scene of an incredible rescue
as a woman falling from a sign...
No matter how many times I see
it, it still doesn't seem real.
Oh, tell me about it. I was
standing right next to her,
and I'm still not sure how she did it.
It's enough to make you believe
in actual miracles.
(door opens)
Maddie.
- Buckley-Han?
- Yeah, that's us.
Okay. I've got good news and great news.
Well, we like how you're starting.
It was intussusception,
which we confirmed
with a lower GI series
that very helpfully
put her intestine back
where it belonged.
It happens sometimes.
But that means we don't have to
repair it surgically.
Uh, what about the underlying cause?
Anything to worry about there?
Clean bill of health.
Okay, so when can we see her?
They'll be bringing her up soon.
Just want to keep an eye on her
for a few hours,
see if there's any adverse
reaction to the barium.
Then you can take her home.
Thanks. Thanks so much.
Well, Mom should get a thank-you, too.
If we hadn't caught this so
early, we might not be so lucky.
It was a good call bringing her in.
Man, we'd be done by now if we
hadn't lost that stop sign.
Lost? Try sabotaged.
Nick and Colton probably chickened out
and stole our stolen
sign from the truck.
Whatever, man.
They're gonna need more than
just one stop sign
to win that scavenger hunt.
It's the police. Hurry up!
(garbled radio transmission)
They just never get enough
of this foolishness.
(siren chirps)
Come on. Let's go, let's go!
Dispatch, this is -L- .
We got a two... Oh, no, no, no!
(tires screeching)
(exhales sharply)
(groaning)
Oh, my God.
I didn't see a stop sign.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Oh, my God. What can I do?
Go to my patrol car.
Grab my medical kit.
It's in a blue tackle box.
Hurry!
Dispatch, this is -L- .
I need an RA unit to Dover
and Legion Lane.
I have a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.
(Trevor groans)
You! You, get over here!
Is he... Is he gonna die?
I need you to get over yourself
and help me.
Take off that jacket and
press down on that leg hard.
You want him to live, do it now!
(pained groaning)
There you go. Press hard. Press hard.
That's it. That's it.
- What's his name?
- Tr-Trevor.
Why'd you run?
- You would have arrested us.
- It was a misdemeanor.
You're gonna die over a misdemeanor?
(Trevor choking)
- What do we do?
- All right,
we're gonna push him
on his side, he's choking.
We're gonna push on three.
Keep his head, neck and back aligned.
- On three.
- Okay.
One, two, three.
Keep him steady.
Trevor, can you hear me?
(sirens approaching)
Come on, come on, come on.
Trevor. Trevor!
No. No, no, no, no.
I'm not gonna leave. No.
Athena. Athena, we're here.
We got it. We're here.
C-collar flying in.
- HEN: Let's get a tourniquet.
- We got you. We got you.
Try not to move.
LUCY: Keep him steady.
♪ Karma police ♪
♪ Arrest this man ♪
♪ He talks in math ♪
♪ He buzzes like a fridge ♪
♪ He's like a detuned ♪
♪ Radio ♪
♪ Karma police ♪
♪ I've given all I can ♪
♪ It's not enough... ♪
BOBBY (echoing): Athena? Athena.
Athena.
You doing all right?
- Fine.
- Your hands are shaking.
It's just adrenaline.
Are you sure?
ATHENA: He's a kid.
A dumb, stupid kid.
We've got a rhythm. Let's move.
- BOBBY: How's he looking?
- HEN: Substantial blood loss
and probably some internal bleeding,
judging from the bruise on his abdomen.
- Definitely gonna need surgery.
- I'll call into the ER now.
- Are you good?
- Yeah.
All right.
GENE: Is he okay?
♪ For a minute there... ♪
What's wrong with you?
We were just collecting stop
signs for the scavenger hunt.
- We were just having fun.
- Fun?!
Your stolen signs injured a cyclist.
Nearly punctured her artery.
She barely made it to the hospital.
- Now your friend may die.
- I'm so sorry.
- We were just being...
- Reckless.
You think because you're young
that you're invincible?
You're not.
Is he gonna be okay?
It's out of our hands.
BAILEY: What do we got?
-year-old male
struck by a motor vehicle
at a high rate of speed.
Got massive blood loss from a leg wound
and some bruising on his abdomen,
consistent with internal bleeding.
Okay. Prep the OR for
an exploratory laparotomy.
Also give Ortho a heads-up.
We're gonna need to try
and save that leg
after we save his life.
I know you. Both of you.
Good to see you on your feet this time.
Thanks again.
She's the trauma surgeon.
Talk about your dumb luck.
(scoffs)
Any news on the boy from the accident?
I have a feeling that
Athena's gonna want to know.
He's doing really well.
Apparently he had
a really great surgeon.
Oh, would you stop.
- What?
- HEN: The surgeon.
She was that woman that
fell off the balcony.
Wow, what are the chances of that?
That's like a two-for-one special.
BOBBY: It's a pretty busy hospital.
Who knows how many people Lucy
actually saved in the long run?
So, do you feel any differently
about catching her now?
Doctor or not, that woman got to live.
HEN: You know, it's weird.
I never really thought
about it before, but now,
I wonder how many other people
we've inadvertently saved
by saving someone else.
BOBBY: Hey.
- Hey.
- You're up early.
Oh, are you preparing for
another battle royale
poker night against the Wilsons?
No, just good old solitaire.
I used to play this after work
back in my rookie days.
Helped keep my mind off things
I couldn't shake off from the job.
How's that working for you now?
I've been playing all night.
Couldn't sleep.
Have you heard about that boy
from the accident?
I wasn't sure I wanted to.
You know Harry has those same shoes.
When you arrived on the scene,
I saw one of them
in the middle of the street
because that boy had been
knocked out of it
when the car hit him.
And all I could think was,
"Harry has those shoes."
His are probably two sizes smaller,
but not for long.
- Harry's a good kid.
- Yeah, well,
- even good kids do dumb things.
- They do.
That boy is gonna be okay.
- He's made it out of surgery.
- (exhales sharply)
Feel like you can sleep now,
or do you want me to make
a pot of coffee and you can deal me in?
No. I am done with games of chance.
Hey, good morning.
- (sighs)
- How was your shift?
Uh, yeah, you know, pretty good.
- Yeah?
- What are you working on?
Lucy Donato.
- Uh, what?
- I've been trying to get
an interview with this woman for days,
but she won't return my calls.
I was starting to take it
personally, but apparently
she's not returning anyone's calls.
Uh, you mean she's not taking
reporters' calls, right?
Exactly. So...
I was thinking maybe
you could talk to her
and put in a good word for me.
- No. Absolutely not.
- Oh...
Never gonna happen,
but-but-but, hey, hey,
I will give you an exclusive
and pretty heartwarming
surprise ending to the story
that no one else knows.
Oh, I'm intrigued. What's the catch?
I need you to help me find someone.
(horse snorts)
BUCK: Hey, so, uh, so what do you think?
- They're really tall.
- (Buck laughs)
If you don't want to do this or
it gets too scary, we can leave.
When do I get to ride one?
Okay, maybe not that scary.
First, I am gonna introduce you
to all the horses,
and then I'm gonna show you
how to groom them
and feed them, and then you're
gonna walk around on a lead.
- That sounds like work.
- (Buck chuckles)
Yeah. Yeah, it's work.
But it's how the horses
learn to trust you,
and you learn to trust the horses.
Can I show him around the place?
Sure.
- I'll be here if you need me, okay?
- Okay.
- All right.
- Ready?
Let's go meet some horses.
- Have fun.
- Okay, Dad. Thanks.
(speaking quietly)
Equine therapy?
I was doing some research with Taylor,
and I found this place.
What kind of research?
Well, you were saying the other day
how random everything seems.
Like, is there, is there
a point to anything?
I remember.
So before you joined the ,
right, we had this rule.
Don't go past the glass doors.
We bring someone to the ER,
we hand them over,
and that's it... our job is done.
Never heard that one.
I'm not sure who the first one
to break the rule was.
- Probably me.
- Yeah.
Our job was always just to save
the person in front of us.
Whatever happens next, well, we...
we aren't supposed to know.
I can see the wisdom in that philosophy.
It got me thinking...
about the day you got sh*t.
Well, with everything that
happened, I almost forgot,
that wasn't even our call.
- We were only there because of...
- Charlie.
It made me wonder if you ever wished
we hadn't saved him.
- What?
- Come on.
The kid is being poisoned by his mom.
Probably gonna be messed up for life.
He almost d*ed.
You don't regret going there?
- No.
- But if it's all just random...
It was still the right thing to do.
Yeah.
I think so, too.
That's Charlie.
BUCK: He lives with
his aunt and uncle now.
They seem like really good people.
They've been bringing him here
for the past few months.
He looks happy.
BUCK: 'Cause he got the help he needed.
And that started with you.
Whatever happens to him next,
you gave him that second chance.
Maybe that's the point.
Yeah. (chuckles)
Maybe it is.