05x14 - Alone in the Dark

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[SARAH PROCTOR'S "THE BREAKS" PLAYS]

♪♪

♪ Maybe I'll sink to the bottom ♪

It's the end of an era, y'all.

♪ I see hope in the shallows

I'm the king of unemployment!

♪ And if I go down with the devil ♪

♪ Well, that would be her mistake ♪

- !
- ALL: Hey!

- [APPLAUSE]
- Hey, let's get one with the cap.

- Yeah, let's do it.
- Come on.

Alright.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Be like Jordan, baby.

Hey. Come on, come on.

- Can you snap me with them real quick?
- Oh, yeah. Oh.

♪ Waiting for the breaks ♪

♪♪

♪ I could be lost here forever ♪

♪ If I didn't have my faith ♪

♪ And if I don't keep it together ♪

♪ I'll never take a breath again ♪

♪ But I see hope in the shallows ♪

♪ In the rush of blood in my veins ♪

♪ And if I go down with the devil ♪

♪ Well, that would be my mistake ♪

♪ Waiting for the breaks

♪ I'm stuck in the
middle of the waves ♪

♪ I'm lost in the current

♪ Need a break

♪ I'm stuck in the middle

♪ Waiting for the breaks

♪♪

- It was my first house.
- It was my only house.

It was the house that took
me in after I lost it all.

Same.

[SIGHS] It was a good house.

Hear, hear.

Okay, who wants a drink?

- Oh.
- Yeah, yeah.

- Yes.
- I better hit the road

before my wife comes
and drags me home, so...

ALL: Aw! Yeah.

- Boo!
- I know. I know. I know.

Come on, man.

- !
- ALL: !

Herrera, I know that was tough,

but you handled it with grace.

I can't make you any promises,
but I'm doing everything

that I can to make sure
you land back at .

- Thanks, Chief.
- Yeah.

See you.

♪♪

[SIGHS]

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

It was a good clinic day, I thought.

Twice the volume as the first day.

JACK: Yeah, you know, and,
uh, Chief Ross wasn't here

to see my big comeback, either, so...

Well, probably too busy
shutting down stations

and denying promotions.

Sorry. I'm still working on it.
Almost there, I swear.

And have you thought about it yet?

Oh, about the fact that you
are actually entertaining

the idea of my ex-boyfriend
being our sperm donor?

- Yeah, it's all I can think about.
- [CHUCKLES] Okay, okay.

I prefer to think of him as my friend,

not as your ex-boyfriend, and I know,

he's the last person I thought
I'd want as our sperm donor,

but [SIGHS] we've been
looking at options for months,

and nothing has felt
right, and then he offered,

and it got into my brain

and I can't seem to shake it out of it.

It's just that, a couple months ago,

you didn't want me to be
in the same room with him,

and now you want him to
potentially be in our family.

I know. I know. It sounds crazy.

But the thought of
the two of you together

used to make me want to smash dishes.

But now, honestly?

I can't imagine it. It makes me laugh.

He's a doofus. Come on.

I've been spending so much time with him

because of the clinic,
and he's a little awkward,

but he's also kind and humble and smart.

And handsome. Whatever.

Do I need to be concerned about you two?

I'm only saying maybe
we think about the future

and not about the past.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

VIC: Well, it's just that
I thought I was supposed to

have an interview with
that Tabitha woman,

and then I heard nothing.

- You take me off the list?
- No, no. You're still on the list.

Oh, God, are the Millers
pulling some crap again?

I swear, I don't know how Dean
came out of those two ass...

No, they are very fine people, okay?

They just, uh...

[SIGHS]

We might be settling out of court.

They want us to have full custody.

[CHUCKLES] What? Are you serious?

- Shh!
- We have to celebrate.

- We got her? We got Pru?
- Y-Y-Yes. K-Keep your voice down.

- We got... mm-hm-mm.
- Keep your voice down.

- But we have her, yes. For now.
- Mm-hmm.

- It's looking promising, but, uh...
- Okay.

[SIGHS]

They've, uh... They've
got one request.

They've got one final request,

and I don't know if
I can give it to them.

Okay, well, whatever
it is, you got to do it

- 'cause it's Pru, so...
- I am aware.

Okay, so stop being Mr.
Cautious-Keep-Your-Voice-Down

and start celebrating.

Cause we got Pru. We got Pru!

- MAYA: What?
- Shh!

Uh, n-nothing. Nothing.
She's just being silly.

Shh! Would you shut up?

Ugh. Come on, Trav.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[SIGHS]

Mom, Dad, we're here.

Whose birthday is it?

Uh, Dad's.

You didn't tell me it
was your dad's birthday.

Yeah, I didn't want to give
you a reason to skip it.

I didn't bring a gift.

- Trust me, he won't care.
- I care.

I mean, it's bad enough
showing up empty-handed.

- I told you to.
- But showing up empty-handed

to a birthday? I mean, not even a
card or flowers or a bottle of wine.

Believe me, my mom will have wine.

[SIGHS] I can feel my mother's
red-hot laser beam of shame

- roasting me from way across town.
- Hi, Mom.

Trav, I'm telling you, it's fine.

Hello.

- Hi.
- Hey.

- Hi.
- Mwah.

Mm, nice to see my boy on time for once.

Kitty Dixon. So lovely to
finally meet you, Trevor.

It's Travis, Mom.

Oh! Right.

Uh, Trevor's the surgeon
who did my neck lift.

- He's a genius. I look .
- Yes.

Uh, Birthday Boy, our guests are here.

Don't be rude.

Oh, tell him he looks nice, okay?

I'm trying to upgrade his look a bit.

Oh.

- Welcome.
- Hey. - Hey.

- Nice sweater.
- Really great sweater.

- It looks very warm.
- Mm-hmm.

- I look like a cupcake.
- Oh, God.

Your mother's doing.

Mm. [CHUCKLES]

Nice to see you, Montgomery.

Happy birthday,
Chief... sir... Dixon.

- No, just call him d*ck.
- I don't think I can.

Kitty, do these boys need drinks?

- Yes.
- Oh, yeah, just wine for me,

- Please, yeah.
- Ah, come on, Emmett.

Be a man. Have a Scotch.

KITTY: Travis, what's your poison?

- I make a mean Manhattan.
- Oh, I got it, honey.

Trust me, mine are better.

He shakes his Manhattans like a heathen.

[LAUGHS]

He also likes his steaks well done.

Yes, sir, you can bring it in anytime.

We'd be glad to check
out your fire extinguisher

to make sure it works alright.

Yes, sir. Have a good night.

Chief Ross, how can I help you?

Lieutenant Sullivan,
this is Captain Henderson,

a representative from the
Professional Standards Unit.

I've heard good things.

Wish I could say the same.

Uh, Captain, why don't you
go ahead in and say hello

to Captain Beckett and I'll
join you in a moment, okay?

- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- BECKETT: Come in.

You're doing this now?
In the middle of a shift?

Hey, it took me a couple of days
to get the department behind me,

but I didn't want to wait any
longer if he's a danger to .

Sully, you better be right about this.

- 'Cause if you're wrong...
- I'm not wrong.

Alright.

Captain Beckett.

Chief Ross. [CLEARS THROAT]

So, the department
just has a few questions

- about your recent performance.
- Uh-huh.

The pipeline expl*si*n
which resulted in the death

of two firefighters...

Is still under
investigation by the city.

But you made the call to leave your post

and go on foot, is that correct?

I left Incident Command
to Chief McCallister,

as more hands were needed,

just like any good firefighter would do.

And the incident with the
engine at the Phoenix fair?

BECKETT: [CHUCKLES] Do
you have eyes in the back

of your head at all times, Chief?

What about the candy factory fire?

You had the schematics wrong.

I was working off of a hand-drawn map.

[SIGHS]

Respectfully, Chief, you say
you're direct, so, please, be direct.

I recently had an
anonymous tip with concern

that you have been drinking on the job.

- Hmm.
- After asking you a few questions,

I don't think that's
an unfounded concern.

Thank you.

You will need to submit a urine sample.

Captain Henderson will
escort you to the restroom

to witness the sample, and
then he will escort you home,

where you will remain
until the results come in.

Permitting you're clean, you
can come back to your shift.

Is this clear, Captain?

Is that how we're gonna play this?

The department takes accusations
of this nature very seriously.

Are we clear, Captain?

I'm not leaving my team mid-shift

and having them wonder why.

I'll stay here. You can
even send in a babysitter.

Fine.

But once you give us the sample,
you're not to leave this room

until the results come in.

Please escort Captain
Beckett to the restroom.

♪♪

[DOOR OPENS]

♪♪

Alright, first round's on me.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

beers, please.

Hey, what's up, man?!

You okay?

Yeah.

You know it's okay not to be, right?

You were at a long time.

I was, uh... I was sent
to after Michael...

It felt like exile.

And then it kinda became a-a haven.

You know, there were no
expectations to promote again...

Mm.

...make big splashes, or be anything

other than a dutiful firefighter.

You know, and yeah, had
its problems, but, you know,

being there let me be okay, so...

I'm mad as hell that some
new brass from San Diego

can just show up and decide
it's closed like that.

Actually, can I get a
sh*t of tequila, too?

MADDOX: And, yeah,
we're all here drinking,

'cause our station's closed down.

- You're staring.
- Shut up. [CHUCKLES]

Whoo! Alright. [CLEARS THROAT]

Warren, how's it going with
the Millers and Pru and all that?

Oh, well, you know...
You know, it's a whole...

I don't think Travis has missed
a shift since he started at .

Mm, that's not true.

You know, he missed them
three weeks when the...

Well, give a guy a pass
for penetrating trauma.

Okay, but, you know, it
just speaks to his work ethic

- is all I'm saying.
- [CHUCKLES]

I wonder what Dixon's house looks like.

Uh, well, he probably has a sex dungeon

- even his wife doesn't know about.
- NATASHA: .

No, sit, sit. Keep eating.

I just wanted to update you all.

There's, um... There's been a situation,

and Captain Beckett will not
be on duty until further notice.

Lieutenant Sullivan, you are acting
captain for the rest of the shift.

Enjoy your dinner.

[DOOR OPENS]

- Did you know that Chief Ross...
- [KLAXONS SOUND]

DISPATCH: Engine ,
Ladder , and Aid Car

requested to Crabb Way.

♪♪

♪♪

- What the hell's going on?
- No idea.

♪♪

- Let's go, !
- [ENGINE STARTS]

♪♪

[SIRENS WAILING]

Uh, you're welcome.

But you should tell them.

We need a win around here,
and Pru is ours. And she might be

living in your house, but she's our
firehouse baby, and we deserve a

- little bit of happy...
- They want me to quit firefighting.

Alright? Th-That's their request.

[WAILING CONTINUES]

They don't want Pru to
lose another dad.Yeah.

That's why we're not celebrating.

- But you can't quit.
- Mm-hmm.

- But you have to raise Pru.
- Yeah.

SULLIVAN: Here we go.

[WAILING CONTINUE]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Alright, reports are a
car fire four floors down.

Gibson, Bishop, you're
on fire att*ck on S .

Warren, Hughes, search
and rescue, S down to S .

- Let's go.
- Dispatch, requesting

additional aid cars.

Cutler, Klyne, assist
Warren and Hughes on evac.

♪♪

Nice and clean tonight, .

Nice and clean.

WOMAN: Three people down!

[MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

Hello! Seattle Fire!

Seattle Fire! Seattle Fire!

Is anybody in here?!

Seattle Fire! Holler if you can hear me!

Hello?! Seattle Fire!

- [WOMAN COUGHING]
- Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, no, no, no.

- You cannot be in here.
- My kids are down there.

- No! What are you doing?
- I have to get back down there!

- No, no, ma'am...
- Let go of me!

We cannot let you go back down there.

- The smoke is too thick.
- I don't give a damn about the smoke.

My kids are still in the car.

Okay, okay, ma'am. What are their names?

Abby and Jonny.
I just had to run into the store.

This is Incident
Command, maintenance says

the fire's coming from a hybrid
car that may be plugged in.

Gonna cut power.

Okay, ma'am, it's about
to get really dark in here.

If you can't help me,
then get out of my way!

Ma'am, ma'am, we can find your children.

- You're just wasting time!
- We cannot do that with you in here.

Okay? Cutler, Cutler,

can you take her outside
so we can continue evac?

- I am not leaving!
- Ma'am, listen... listen to me!

You need to let us do
our job so we can bring

your kids back to you safely.

The longer you fight us, the
longer it takes us to find them.

[ELECTRICITY POWERS DOWN]

Alright, great. Now, go with them.

- They'll take care of you.
- Okay. Thanks, fellas.

- Abby! Jonny!
- Hello?!

- A toy g*n?
- Yep. That's my boy.

He used to love playing
cops and robbers.

No, he loved playing dress-up.

Oh, I had this pair of
high-heeled leather boots

that he was obsessed with.

I always found him in my closet.

Okay, no more photos.
Thanks, Mom. We know...

Oh, no, no, no.

- Please, please keep them coming.
- Ah.

Montgomery, did you play
any sports in school?

I wrestled for four
years in high school,

- varsity for three.
- Impressive.

Yeah, I mean, I only joined the
team freshman year because I had a

crush on this guy, but then
I ended up really liking it.

Oh, so you were gay even
back then? Trendsetter.

- Mom.
- What'd I say?

Montgomery, how's that new,
uh, lady fire chief working out?

I heard she closed Station .

Chief Ross is impressive.

You know, she's smart. Direct. Decisive.

And the right fit for
the moment we're in...

Female and a double minority...

- Black and Asian.
- Ah.

- Isn't she gay, too?
- Who isn't nowadays?

[LAUGHS]

Uh, I'm not quite sure
about her personal life.

The department needs more conservatism.

Get too many people in
there with liberal ideas

and, well, you get .

- What's wrong with ?
- What isn't wrong with ?

- Dad.
- Another Manhattan, dear?

- No, thank you.
- Okay.

I think it all stems
from Pruitt Herrera.

Frankly, he let his house run rampant.

And now what you have is a
bunch of entitled millennials.

- I'll take another, Kit.
- Could I get a please on that?

Pretty please, pretty Kitty.

Oh, see? That's not so hard.

At least McCallister
came up through the ranks.

He respected the history,

although he had his own problems.

If I'm being honest,
the whole department

has been flailing since I retired.

Retired? Oh.

I thought you left because
of the charges against you.

Trav. D-Dad, I think
what Trav means...

Oh, I-I-I know what
he's trying to do.

But the charges were dropped
and my pension was reinstated,

so it's just as though I had retired.

Right. Yes, of course.

The old boys' club working just
the way it's supposed to, right?

Okay, uh, Mom, yeah, I
think dinner must be ready.

KITTY: Yeah, right,
right. I think the potatoes

should be ready, honey.

- Great, yeah.
- Potatoes.

EMMETT: Yeah, so...

MAYA: Sullivan, place is like
a maze with low visibility.

Where is the stairwell located?

SULLIVAN: East wall, side of the hall,

through the double doors.

We need to get water on that vehicle

and keep water on it until it cools.

We don't want the lithium batteries

or the fuel t*nk to catch fire.

Copy.

That way.

♪♪

Got it.

[GRUNTS]

- I got it, I got it.
- What?

- I got it.
- O-Okay, okay.

[GRUNTING]

Come on. Pretend it's Chief Ross.

I'm not...

Chief Ross.

[GRUNTS] Screw you!

I should be captain of !

- Ugh!
- Yeah, whoo!

♪♪

THEO: So... So, he's all amped
up after we knocked down the fire,

right, and he's all... he
starts strutting around,

walking around like... like he won
a Super Bowl or something, right?

- You know what saying?
- Flexing.

Flexing. Flexing.

And out of nowhere... bam! Maddox
disappears into the open septic...

which had not been emptied yet.

ALL: Oh!

Oh, what are we talking about?

Hey, guys, uh, Cap,
Ruiz, this is Jeremy.

We were in the...
The academy together,

but now he's a big sh*t at in Oregon.

- THEO: Hey, man.
- Yeah, thanks for letting

- me crash the commiserating.
- Hey, uh, Herrera's buying tonight,

so you picked a good one.

- [LAUGHTER]
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

It's the first round. The first round.

Oh, my God. This is my song.

- Same.
- Come on.

- Girl.
- Hey!

♪ Hoy el mundo es mío ♪

♪ Let it go, let it
go, aquí 'toy contigo ♪

♪ Somo' un equipo ♪

♪ Ready, set, ready, set ♪

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

♪ Push it back, swing it back ♪

- Ooh, sorry.
- Sorry.

- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Jeremy.

Andy.

Andy. [CHUCKLES]

- Nice to meet you.
- You, too.

Likewise.

Whoo! I love you, man!

I love you, too! I love you, John!

I love you! Whoo!

[LAUGHTER]

Abby!

- Hello?!
- Jonny!

SULLIVAN: Incident Command
to search and rescue...

Any word on your primary search?

Yeah, second floor's clear.

We're still searching for
the two missing civilians.

If you don't find them soon,
I need you on fire att*ck.

Unh-unh. No, we are not
gonna go back up there

to that broken mother without her kids.

Okay, keep you posted.

♪ I'm bold like a
lion, hear me roar ♪

- [CHUCKLES]
- What?!

- It's just dancing.
- Uh-huh, yeah. It's never just dancing.

- Oh, "it's never just dancing."
- Mm.

♪ Bold like a lion, like a lion ♪

- [CLEARS THROAT]
- Ugh, this stupid no-sex pact.

Yell, well, you realize
you only have yourself

- to blame for that.
- Well, you know what?

Sadly, it's actually
given me... so much clarity.

Like, without any
entanglements and complications,

I see what I want and need
so much more clearly now.

Like, if I had tried talking
to Chief Ross before the pact,

it would've been even more disastrous.

[CHUCKLES] Even more disastrous?

Oh. No, I meant, like,
if I had tried talking

to Chief Ross about my
future before the pact,

it... would've gone badly.

When did you talk to her?

After you told me to
go after what I wanted.

What did you say?

♪ Don't you wanna live loud? ♪

I just... I [SIGHS]

I was... I was honest.

I told her that...
Aquino was coming back

and that means I would've
been bumped to lieutenant

and if I'm gonna be
a lieutenant anywhere,

I'd rather it be at .

[SIGHS] No, I-I told her

I was proud of the changes I made at ,

but it would've been
hard... to see it revert back

to a boys' club.

So you told her that
was a lost cause?

I didn't sa... No, Theo,
I was just honest. I...

So you wanting to go
back to your precious

- is the reason got shut down?
- What?

♪♪

[SIGHS]

So you're the one who got us shut down?

- No, that is not what I said.
- Okay, then what did you say?

'Cause if Ruiz is

- calling you out, then...
- Duval...

MADDOX: Hey, ladies,
we are commiserating here.

We are not fighting.

- Unless it's with Jell-o.
- MAN: Hello. Hello.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay, what's happening?

- Nothing.
- Nothing.

Stop it. We all deserve
to know the truth.

So you can tell them or I will.

♪♪

[SIGHS]

Look, okay, I-I-I
talked to Chief Ross...

before the station shut
down, and I asked her if...

I asked her to transfer me back
to as a lieutenant...

- alright?
- [CLEARS THROAT]

Aquino was coming back
anyway, and I decided

McCallister's punishment
had gone on long enough.

Look, I didn't ask to be at .

I didn't ask to be in
charge of changing decades

of toxicity and misogyny, alright?

- Whoa.
- I-I-I had done my part,

and I was ready to go home.

But you were supposed
to be our... our captain.

I-I didn't tell her to close it.

And after she decided
to, I tried to fight...

You sold us out to leverage
your way back to the Girl Scouts.

That is...

You know, you constantly preach
that we are a team.That...

We have each other's backs, right?

But the first chance you
get, you just s*ab us in ours.

- That is not...
- Some freaking captain you are.

Hey, , let's go somewhere else.

- Come on.
- Hey, Jer, you coming?

Dude, she just said she
tried to protect you all.

You think an interim captain
really has the power to...

To shut down an entire station?

I'm gonna finish my beer, man.

- Whatever.
- Hey, Theo, hey, you know that...

♪ Count your lucky stars ♪

♪ And just remember your name ♪

[SIGHS]

♪♪

Jonny?! Abby?!

- Jonny!
- Call out if you can hear me!

Jonny!

That poor woman.

The guilt she must feel.

- Abby! Jonny!
- No, d-do you hear that?

- Do you hear that?
- I hear a fire alarm.

No. No, no no. This way.

Abby! Jonny!

Abby!

Well, of course, we all loved Alicia.

I was so looking forward

to those gorgeous grand-babies, but...

Gay couples can have kids, too, Mom.

You know, one of our
lieutenants and her wife

are about to start a family.

Is that Bishop? See?

Lesbians everywhere.

Well, I do suppose it's
a little easier for them,

uterus and all.

Kitty, not at the table.

d*ck, the word uterus is
not a provocative word.

Uterus. Uterus. Uterus.

You know, I still want
to have kids one day.

Yeah, I'm open to it
with the right person.

B... Um, I mean, we've... we've
never talked about it, so...

We don't talk about a lot of things.

Leave it to you, Kit,
to find the sore spot.

What? All I said was that
I'm pro-grandchildren.

But by all means, save us
from this awkward silence.

I was sorry to hear about Miller.

Thank you, sir. It's been tough.

I can imagine. Down a member,

and then you have to pilot a program

that wasn't even your baby.

Well, I mean, actually, I'm...

I'm pretty grateful
Crisis One is thriving.

It's Dean's legacy.

Oh, sure. I was skeptical at first,

but... PD's overall call volume
is down, which is nice.

Oh, honey, you're gonna have
to fake it much better than that

when you're stumping for mayor.

I'm sorry. What?

You're running for mayor?

Did you know about this?

Uh, h-he's joking, right?

No, he's not. No. Tell 'em, honey.

And tell the truth,
about how your first order

of business is to eliminate this, um,

Crisis One program that
you're pretending to like.

- [CORK POPS]
- What?

Oh, see, there I go again,

touching on the sore spot.

Why would you k*ll a
program that's working?

Wow. You are unbelievable.

- Trav, just stop.
- Seriously?

You're a founding member of Crisis One.

♪♪

Well, I think it's time we have cake.

♪♪

[FIRE ALARM BLARING]

[WHISTLE BLOWING IN DISTANCE]

- I heard it that time.
- Yeah, yeah, I think it's this way.

- Think it's this way.
- ABBY: Jonny, get up.

We have to find Mom.

- Abby?! Abby?!
- Hey. Hey, hey.

Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey.

My name is Ben. This is my friend, Vic.

- We're here to help you.
- [COUGHING]

Sullivan, we found the two civilians.

- We're bringing them up now.
- SULLIVAN: Copy, Hughes.

I tried to get us away from the fire,

but I couldn't see anything
and then Jonny wouldn't wake up

and I didn't know what to do.

You did great. You did so, so great.

Will my brother be okay?

- Let's get you out of here, okay?
- [COUGHS]

[FIRE CRACKLING]

Hey, Sullivan. This is Gibson.

We've arrived at the vehicle.

We're gonna need an extra
set of hands down here.

♪♪

[COUGHING]

Okay, okay.

♪♪

Aah!

[CAR ALARMS BLARING]

♪♪

- Abby?
- MAYA: You okay?

- Let me see.
- [GRUNTS] A-Ab... A-Abby. [COUGHS]

- Jonny!
- Abby.

Jonny, you're awake. I'm here.

No, you're hurt. We got to
get you guys outside, okay?

[CAR ALARMS BLARING]

SULLIVAN: , report, what happened?

[GROANING]

Yeah, this is Gibson.

Bishop and I were thrown
by the car exploding...

Sending in help.

Sullivan, Sullivan this is Warren.

I'm one floor up from the expl*si*n.

- I can help.
- No, no, no, no, no.

Sullivan, this is Hughes,
Warren is evac-ing two civilian minors.

I'll go down to help Gibson and Bishop.

You can't let the Millers be right.

Okay?

Hey, Abby, how's your head?

[CAR ALARMS BLARING]

JACK: You okay?

VIC: Hey, you guys good? What happened?

The fire must have reached
the hybrid's gas t*nk.

So much for saving the planet.

♪♪

[KIDS COUGHING]

Abby! Jonny! [CRYING] Oh, my God.

Oh, you're okay. Oh. You're okay.

Oh. What happened?

My babies.

Mom, I'm so sorry.

No, I'm sorry. I
shouldn't have left you.

You didn't know there was
gonna be an accident, Mom.

[CHUCKLES] The man
is right about that.

Now, here. Take a few
breaths of oxygen for me.

He carried us both out
like we weighed nothing.

- It was so cool.
- Yeah, I was just doing my job.

- Your job is really cool.
- [CHUCKLES]

I can't thank you enough.

I just had to grab some chocolate milk.

Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, I promise you.

They are not gonna remember
that Mom left them in the car.

They're gonna remember
that Mom was exhausted

but made time to still
get the chocolate milk.

Thank you.

But, yeah, don't ever
leave your kids in the car.

MAN: Back it up, back it up.

Thanks. [SIGHS]

SULLIVAN: Bishop,
Gibson, we're all done.

You made me look good in there.

You look happy. I guess
you got what you wanted.

It's just temporary.

Uh-huh. Until it's not.

And then, "Oops, sorry, Bishop,

guess I was the better man for the job."

I'm sorry Chief Ross isn't
reinstating you, Bishop.

You're sorry? You're the reason
I got demoted in the first place.

Are we rehashing this now, Bishop?

- No. Sorry, Lieutenant.
- It's Captain today.

Sorry, Captain.

Yeah.

Uh, dude, I know you're hurting.

Like, you feel like you got
something taken away from you...

Something you love.

I mean, trust me, I get it.
I mean, this pact with Andy...

Okay, not letting yourself
have sex is not the same thing

as losing your career, Jack.

Uh, we are both giving
up things we love, huh?

Sex and winning.

[CHUCKLES]

Look, all I'm saying is,
don't let your frustrations

get you in even more trouble
than you're already in, okay?

You know, it doesn't matter.

Chief hates me. There's
no way I'm gonna rise again.

Hey.

Hey.

If there's anyone I know
who can get knocked down

and then get back up again, it's you.

I know 'cause I just saw it happen.

♪♪

♪♪

Okay. Yeah.

♪ At the end of the day ♪

So, my first station down in Oregon

got shut down two
months into my gig there.

It sucks, but it happens.

And they will get over it and
they will land on their feet

- somewhere else.
- Yeah, right, no, I get...

I get that they're mad. I was mad.

But I [SIGHS]

- I don't think I did anything wrong.
- Mnh-mnh.

Like, all I did was...
advocate for myself,

which, by they way, Ruiz was
the one who told me to do that.

Yeah.

Knowing what you want
and fighting for yourself,

I like that in a woman.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.

- Mm.
- [CHUCKLES]

What else... What else
do you like in a woman?

A lot of what I'm seeing right now.

[CHUCKLES] Sorry. Sorry.

[LAUGHS] I'm sorry.

Does that... Does that
line normally work for you?

Yeah. Yeah, it d... No.

- Not really.
- [LAUGHS]

Two more sh*ts, please.

Oh, God, no, I don't
think I can do another one.

Oh, no, these are for me.
Got some erasing to do.

Ah, right.

- Um, so wait.
- Thank you.

So wait. So wait. So wait. So wait.

Um, there's one thing I can't get past.

What? Oh, I know.

Some people like
conventionally attractive men.

- Oh, hilarious. No.
- What are you gonna do?

Um, are you... are you
really friends with Maddox?

That douchebag? No.

I was gonna leave,
pretend I didn't see him,

- then I saw who he was with.
- Who?

You.

♪ At the end of the day ♪

You did it again. You did it again.

Okay, I swear that wasn't a line.

- Sure, sure, sure, sure.
- It just happened.

♪ All your talk ♪

♪ About how I walk ♪

- Whoo!
- Pretty good, right?

- Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yep.
- Two more?

Well, sure. Why not?

- Why not?
- [CHUCKLES]

- Happy Birth...
- TRAVIS: That's ridiculous.

The voters of Seattle are
not going to elect a man

who has a record of public corruption.

DIXON: Bleeding hearts only
bleed until crime shows up

on their doorstep or the homeless
set up camp on their street.

Then they clamor for law
and order, and that's me.

Good luck winning votes by
attacking the fire department.

I'll show them that it's out of control,

that it's cowed to the woke mob.

Instead of focusing on fire safety,

it's treating homeless crazies,

paying for a roving Kn*fe-mobile,

and operating a free clinic.

You know, those programs save lives.

We show up and provide
quality care to the community,

and we do it unarmed
and without a thr*at.

So, you guys gonna have some cake, or...

DIXON: That money could be better used

to increase public safety.

Talking about PD, right?

Because you guys need more money?

Whereas we could use the money
for mental health services

or making the streets safer or

- expanding public transportation.
- Please, spare me your "defund

- the police" propaganda.
- What else do you guys need?

What are you missing? A couple of tanks

- and a battle ship?
- Trav...

Since when do you care
about saving lives?

Didn't you just let a
guy light himself on fire

during one of your crisis calls?

Actually, we saved that
man from k*lling himself.

Yeah, and humiliated
my son in the process.

Trav, just stop, okay?
It's not worth it.

Come on, Montgomery.

You've been in FD for what, a decade?

You're clearly a career firefighter

who lacks any ambition
to climb to the top,

which seems to stem from
some lack of commitment

to something or someone
other than himself.

- d*ck.
- Dad.

Or maybe... you just prefer
to stay in the shallow end,

where nobody expects anything of you.

Yeah.

As opposed to you,

who continually fails his way upward.

You are not a leader.

You are a mediocre company man

who thinks power is
gained by grinding down

everyone around him.

Even your own son hates you.

- Travis.
- Trenton.

My son was on a path, and
you took him off that path.

He wasn't even gay till he met you...

What? No. Travis didn't make me gay.

Nobody makes anybody gay.

...and now he's a laughingstock.

The only laughingstock
in this room is you.

If I'm a laughingstock,
it's 'cause you're my father.

- What?
- No. Do it.

Look, Trav, I don't need
you to fight this fight

- for me, okay?
- Clearly you do

because it's the first time tonight

that you've actually stood up to him.

Oh, wow. [CHUCKLING] Oh, wow.

See? There it is.

That's how you think of me.

No. That's not...

- Mmm.
- Oh, you're not even gonna heat it up?

You're not worried
about, like, salmonella?

I just inhaled smoke from
a lithium battery fire.

You think I'm worried about salmonella?

[LAUGHTER]

[CHUCKLES]

Sullivan, I'm...

We're good, Bishop.

We're cool.

You know what? No.
No, they... they... they do

- not get to steal my joy.
- Hmm?

Miranda always says no
one can steal your joy,

but all I do is let people steal my joy.

♪♪

We got Pru.

- [CHUCKLING] What?
- Yeah. Full custody.

- Congrats.
- Yeah.

Yeah, the Millers get
to visit on holidays.

- Congratulations.
- Yeah, baby.

- [GRUNTS]
- _

- VIC: So, wait, does this...
- Oh. No catch. No catch.

They're not gonna...

No, I'm calling their bluff.

Yeah, and they're just
gonna have to deal with it.

[LAUGHS] Yeah, firehouse baby!

- They do not get to steal my joy.
- [LAUGHTER]

I feel I owe you all an explanation.

I wasn't on the call
because earlier this evening,

I was accused of drinking on the job.

They were baseless
accusations, of course,

and I came out clean, because
I do not drink on the job.

However, I have it on
pretty good authority

that it was someone in this
firehouse... not saying who...

That submitted the tip.

And while I thank you [CLEARS THROAT]

While I thank you for your
concern, I can't help but think,

how can I expect my team
to follow me into a fire

if they don't even think I can
get through a puny -hour shift

without taking to the bottle?

So [CLEARS THROAT] in
order to ensure your safety

and the safety... of your community,

I think it's best for all of us
that you get in fighting shape.

But what's hap...
What's happening?

What's happening is intervals.

In the barn. Right now.

N-Now?

But, sir, it's...
It's almost midnight.

- Been going all day.
- We haven't even finished dinner yet.

You don't want to be
the last one out, Bishop,

if your captain's a drunk.

Sir, um, none of us accused
you of drinking on the job.

No, you don't know
that to be true, Warren.

One of you did. Until that one of you

comes forward and admits
you made false claims,

then... intervals.

Now!

♪♪

There goes my joy.

♪♪

- I'll give you two a moment, okay?
- Thanks.

I'm really sorry.

I should've let you
stand up for yourself.

You said I reminded you of your dad.

Well, it turns out,
you remind me of mine.

I think we both know that we
shouldn't be together, Trav.

But, uh, I think we're both
just so afraid of letting go.

I mean, you... you told
everyone in a two-block radius

that you didn't want to
be with me and I just...

came running right back to
you like a... sad little puppy.

Just like I do with... my dad.

I, uh... I applied
to an art program.

In Florence.

I didn't tell you 'cause
I didn't think I'd get in,

and... and things were weird
between us at that time,

but, uh... I got in.

That's amazing.

Yeah, yeah. I honestly can't believe it.

Why? Your work's incredible.

You don't have to be nice to me now.

I guess, um, I can't
believe I even applied.

You know, it's so unlike me.

Emmett, you are one
of the most beautiful,

amazing, generous, bravest souls

I've ever been lucky enough to know.

I wish you treated me like it.

But... I wouldn't have got this far

if you hadn't been in my life, so...

I guess I have to thank you.

I am so sorry for... so much.

You should go.

Yeah.

Will you tell your parents I said...

- thanks?
- [CHUCKLES] I won't.

I really do care about you.

Yeah, I know.

♪♪

Bye, Trav.

[JEFFREY AMOR'S "BEST
INTENTIONS [THE END]" PLAYS]

♪♪

♪ Days that were spent
suspended in my head ♪

♪ Moving so fast,
close to the collapse ♪

♪ I never saw it coming ♪

- [GRUNTS]
- Hughes, are you good?

- [VOMITING]
- Hughes? Hughes?

BECKETT: Bishop, I thought you
were an Olympian. Keep it moving.

[COUGHS]

Okay, Beckett, stop it.
They're getting sick.

They're not even wearing
turnouts, they can't be tired yet.

Alright, fine, it was me.

- What's that, Sullivan?
- It was me!

I accused you of drinking

because I found booze in your office,

which I was looking for

because I thought you
were getting sloppy.

And I was right.

No, in fact, you were
wrong. I'm clean. Wow.

The new chief takes a chance
on you, gives you a promotion.

This is how you repay her?

Can't be very good for
your rapport, now, can it?

Thank you for your honesty, Sullivan.

I appreciate it.

I'm sorry. Sorry you doubted me.

Hit the showers, everyone.

♪♪

[COUGHS]

I knew you were ruthless,
but... I didn't know

you were that ruthless, man.

♪♪

I...

♪ Even in spite of
our best intentions ♪

Warren. Come on.

♪ You can never be ready ♪

♪ You can never be ready ♪

Totally. Oop.

[BOTH LAUGH]

- Watch your step. Watch your step.
- Okay, I definitely cannot drive.

- No, I'll get you an Uber.
- No, it's okay. I-I can get my own.

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Or... Or we could share one.

♪♪

- [CHUCKLES]
- What?

Okay, I-I have a pact.

- Oh, yeah? Like a pinky promise?
- Mm-hmm.

Ooh! Um [CLEARS THROAT] yeah.

A-A pinky promise to a friend
that I won't sleep with anyone.

Well, is this friend a boyfriend?

No, just a friend who has my back.

And...

[LAUGHS]

And we... we've
decided to try celibacy.

[INHALES SHARPLY] Hoo!

[LAUGHS]

Okay, well, then you really
shouldn't be kissing me

in a parking lot.

♪ You can never be ready ♪

Okay, sorry. No.

I'm gonna... I'm
gonna stay strong.

- [SCOFFS]
- As cute as you are.

But if you give me your
number, I mean, we...

When the pact is
over, I, you know...

Okay, why... why... why would
you kiss me in a parking lot

if you have this... this "pact"?

Well, um, because you're hot.

And [CHUCKLES] I like you.

And you forced me to have fun

when I was having a really crappy night.

But, um, now [CLICKS
TONGUE] I got to get home.

So... Wow. Okay.

Yeah, alright. It was fun hanging out.

Come on, Andy. We were
having a good time.

- Yeah...
- Come here.

And now it's time to go home.

- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Why are you being such a bitch?

[SCOFFS] Why are
you being such an ass?

- Come on, you can stop the game.
- What are you doing?

I'm not playing a game.
What are you doing?

- I said get... [GRUNTS]
- Come on.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[SHOUTS]

No. Stop it.

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

[CHOKING]

[GASPING]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪