05x17 - Hero Complex

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05x17 - Hero Complex

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("Longview" by Green Day playing)

I sit around and watch the tube

But nothing's on

What is that?

It's the French Revolution.

They beheaded all the
rich people with guillotines.

I heard that it happened
so fast sometimes

that the bodies were still moving.

Like, they didn't
even know they were dead.

Cool, right?

You're such a weirdo.

(kids laughing)

I'm in a house with unlocked doors

Bite my lip and close my eyes

Take me away to paradise.

♪ ♪

(groaning)

(screaming)

BOY: Get up. We got to get off the bus.

(indistinct chatter)

DESTINY: Is he dead?

YOUNG JONAH:
I think he had a heart att*ck.

Hey, are you okay?

You, run to that pay phone
and call . Go!

- One, two, three.
- DESTINY: What are you doing?

JONAH: CPR.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Two, three, four, five, six, seven...

(driver grunts)

- (groans)
- DESTINY: Oh, my God.

He's alive.

You saved him.

("Holding Out for a Hero"
by Bonnie Tyler playing)

You're a hero.

BRIE: Just three days ago,

this quiet neighborhood was rocked

by a near-fatal school bus accident.

Thankfully, none of the children
aboard the bus were injured

when it crashed.

The driver's life was spared

thanks to the quick thinking

and incredible bravery of one young man.

Where have all the good men gone

And where are all the gods?

Where's the streetwise Hercules

To fight the rising odds?

Isn't there a white knight

Upon a fiery steed

Late at night I toss and I turn

And I dream of what I need

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero

Till the end of the night

He's got to be strong...

So, what's it like being a hero?

It's freaking awesome.

- ♪ I need a hero.
- (laughs)

ATHENA: Anyone want a cup of tea?

Yeah.

How about you? Maybe some lunch?

I noticed you didn't eat
anything at the reception.

It felt weird
eating at Claudette's house

after her funeral. It's a weird custom.

Yeah. It's to comfort the family,
remember the deceased.

You know, share some stories,
maybe even laugh.

How are you? You look tired.

It was my first time going to her house.

Meeting her family. You know,

I'm not sure if she'd
ever talked about them.

Well, a lot of people
like to keep their work life

and home life separate.

MAY: I just always thought she was this

awful person who only existed
to make my life hell.

But she was a wife and a mom.

She had a family that loved her.

And if I hadn't gotten into
that argument with her...

May, no.

There's no way you could have known

that building was gonna catch on fire.

BOBBY: Your mother is right.
Whatever happened

to Claudette is not your fault.

Feels like it should be
somebody's fault.

CHIMNEY: Never understood these things.

You know?

I mean, what are you supposed
to do with them after?

I don't know, put them in a drawer

and throw them out five years later?

What were you even doing at her funeral?

Seemed like the right thing to do.

She d*ed on our watch.

It's not the first time that
that's happened.

We don't normally go to a funeral.

Hen.

All right.

I had this crazy idea in my mind.

Some questions about Claudette's death.

So I went to the funeral
to try and get some answers.

What kind of questions?

Just didn't make any sense,
Chim. She was fine.

And then she coded.

And then she was dead.

We see weird stuff every day.

That's probably all this was.

Except for the spiders.

Are the spiders
where the crazy comes in?

There was another call. Right before

you came back to work. It was a kid

who had multiple tarantula
bites. He was stable.


So I left him alone with Jonah
and then he coded.


Just like Claudette.

It's most likely a coincidence.

I mean, Claudette had hypertension.

How would you know that?

I may have looked
in her medicine cabinet

during the post-funeral reception. But

I... (sighs)

High blood pressure.

High blood pressure combined
with smoke inhalation

would put a lot of stress on the heart.

Could cause a cardiac event.

Exactly.

Except...

her BP would have been
stable at the scene.

Wait, how do you know that?

Because you did her assessment.

If her vitals hadn't been stable,

you would've shipped her out priority.

I think you're onto something here.

You believe me.

Always.

Chris, hurry up.
We still got to pick up Tía Pepa.

Shouldn't take that long
to pack a toothbrush.

BUCK: Why don't you just
take a later flight?

You were at a funeral, you know?

Y-Your parents will understand.

They should understand.

What is the dress code
at a retirement party?

Tie is probably too much.

It is my parents we're talking about.

I'll just grab it all.

Are you sure this is a good idea?

I have to go.

My mom made this huge deal
about this party.

He did work at the company for years.

And Chris...

He's excited to see everyone,
he misses them.

years... that's a long time.

Uh, you said he was in oil, right?

Petroleum engineer.

Spent his whole life

driving across the state.

Living everywhere but under his
own roof with his own family.

Listen, uh, as-as someone who also

comes from a screwed-up family...

My family isn't screwed up.

Just my dad, okay?

Plan is get in, get out
without any drama.

Say congratulations,
have some cake and...

(clicks tongue) call it a day.

And what about
when he starts to get in there

and push your buttons?

There's a hotel minutes away,
three-and-a-half stars.

Chris is really gonna like the pool.

Chris!

CHIMNEY (whispers):
Go, go, go, go, go, go.

Can't believe you're having
us break into Cap's office.

HEN: All right.

All right, come on, Chim.
We need to find a copy

of the paramedic transfer forms that

Jonah submitted for Claudette and Perry,

our spider bite pet sitter,

see Jonah's account
of what happened to them.

Or we could log on to the computer,

pull up Jonah's personnel file.

- Here.
- Oh, how are you gonna get in there?

Did you become a computer hacker
while you were gone?

Well, I was living in a basement, but...

not exactly dealing with
the Enigma machine here.

Here we go.

HEN: Found 'em both.

All right, Perry Nivens.

"Patient was found unconscious

"following multiple tarantula bites,

"no other symptoms present.

"Paramedic Greenway pushed steroids.

"Prior to transport, the patient
went into cardiac arrest.

"Paramedic Greenway quickly and ably

"was able to restore a normal rhythm

"through the use of defibrillation.

Patient was transported
for follow-up care to the ER."

Sounds just like you told me.

Language a little more flowery
than I'm used to.

Claudette Collins.

"Patient suffering from
smoke inhalation,

"no other symptoms were observed.

"Paramedic Greenway administered
nebulized albuterol,

"during transport patient
went into cardiac arrest.

"Despite Paramedic Greenway's
valiant efforts,

"defibrillation and manual compression

"did not restore normal rhythm.

Patient was pronounced DOA
at the Emergency Room."

Well, there's definitely a pattern.

In his reports, if nothing else.

Whoa.

Did you know Jonah's only been
with the LAFD for months?

What?

Before that, he was

a paramedic in Chicago, Miami,

Dallas, Denver, and now L.A.

He moves around
more than a carnival worker.

(bell ringing)

Oh, no, they're here.

(truck brakes squeak)

Oh, no, we're caught.

We're not caught.

Just act cool, follow my lead.

I make no promises.

Hey, Hen, Chimney.

Thought you guys were off today.

Yeah, we are.

Then what are you doing here? (chuckles)

And what's with all the Ms?

Oh, we were just, uh, working on...

A special project for the mayor.

W... Seriously?
Well, what kind of project?

Beta testing a new piece
of equipment for us to use

in the field. We just needed to, uh,

go over some of the data
from our transfer forms.

- Just need data.
- LUCY: Data.

Sounds official.

Well, we better get going.

The mayor's office
is gonna want that report ASAP.

- Have a great shift.
- CHIMNEY: See ya.

- You're a terrible liar.
- And you're too good.

What do you think they're hiding?

'Round here,
I find it's best not to know.

What are we doing?

I'm rummaging through
a dead woman's medicine cabinet.

I've got you breaking
into the captain's office,

looking at confidential personnel files.

We're trying to prove whether or not

Jonah was a bad paramedic.

What if we're wrong?

What if we're not?

He's out there right now.

Someone's calling for help,

and that guy's gonna show up?

He's holding their lives in his hands,

and we don't know
what he's gonna do with them.

Why don't I give you
something for the pain?

You sure that's okay?

Trust me.

Oh, something's wrong.

EDDIE: (grunts) I haven't even

shut off the engine. (groans)

- PEPA: Mami.
- Hi.

PEPA: ¿Que paso?

Nada.

Where's Christopher?

Out like a light ever since
we left the car rental place.

Ay, pobrecito mi angelito.

(chuckles)

Abuela, it's so good to see you.

L.A. feels a little less
like home without you there.

Same here.

- Mm.
- PEPA: So, now,

what's wrong?

Your mother is in there
doing all the cooking.

PEPA: What?

I thought my fancy brother
hired caterers for his big parranda.

The caterers are only allowed

to warm and serve the food.
Helena insisted

on making everything herself.

- (Pepa sighs)
- Everything.

You didn't help out at all?

I was allowed to make the tamales.

- PEPA: Ay, gracias.
- (laughing)

Thank you.

- I'm gonna go wake Chris, okay?
- ISABEL: Yes, of course.

EDDIE: Mom, come on.
You got to take a break.

No, leave me alone, I'm almost done.

- Everything looks perfect.
- Yeah, okay.

I'm sure it tastes great, too.

- (smack)
- I'm kidding.

It's so good to have my boys back home.

RAMON: It's been too
long. You should come visit

- more often.
- EDDIE: Pretty sure planes

- fly in both directions.
- Well, now that

your father's retired,
we'll have time to visit more.

Yeah, I can't believe
it's actually happening.

HELENA: Oh, God.

Oh, did you show him the watch?

- RAMON: Oh, it's nothing.
- HELENA: No, no show him.

- It was a nice gesture.
- Show me.

Here, it's... (chuckles)

Wow.

"In recognition
of your years of service

"helping us reach
new horizons for our company,

"and for all of our stakeholders,
the board thanks you.

From our family to yours."

It's not quite a Silver Star.

But it-but it's something... I guess.

Ah, it's, uh, nice.
Congratulations, Dad.

(box lightly thumps)

Feels strange.

Being unemployed, it's...

No meetings to rush off to.

No phone calls to juggle.

No... no reason
to get out of bed at : A.M.

I-I... I don't know
what I'm gonna do with myself.

I bet.

(mutters):
Why live if you're not working?

RAMON: So, how's life as an operator?

ATHENA: Love you.

All right, talk to you in the morning?

Okay, bye-bye.

How many times are you planning
to check on May?

(sighs) Until I'm sure she's okay.

Mm. That you're both okay.

Oh, it's my turn in the hot seat now.

You pulled a woman out of a fire

and then she d*ed
in front of you at the hospital.

I know that's not easy.

Her husband came to find me
at the funeral.

Wanted to shake my hand,
thank me for doing what I could.

What'd you say?

That I wish I could've done more.

But there has to be something
you can do, right?

Chimney and I put in a few calls,

talked to some other paramedics
that Jonah worked with.

Almost everyone says the same thing.

That he's a little odd,
that he's overeager,

but he's a good paramedic.

Almost?

Well... there was this one guy

over at the ...

Him and Jonah
responded to a fender bender.

- Mm-hmm.
- They were treating the driver

for a concussion
and some airbag abrasions.

He left Jonah alone with the driver.

And when he came back,
the driver was in full arrest.

He d*ed on the scene.

Okay, babe, once is a mistake.

Twice is a coincidence.

Three times is a pattern.

- You need to tell someone.
- I don't have any proof.

I file a complaint,
he denies it, moves on

and becomes some other
department's problem.

Okay, well, what
about those other cities?

Well, if he'd had a trail
of suspicious deaths,

I don't think the LAFD
would've hired him.

Well, doesn't have to be deaths.

Just a pattern of suspicious behavior.

I mean, nobody starts with m*rder.

- (knocking)
- CHIMNEY: Hang on, I'm coming.


They never start with m*rder.

I'm sorry, Pat,
I'm gonna need to buy a vowel.

Murderers.

They never start with m*rder.

People like Jonah,

they always have
some kind of origin story.

"The mayor called
-year-old Jonah Greenway

"a 'hometown hero'

"for successfully resuscitating
his school bus driver

after a heart att*ck behind the wheel."

So Jonah was, like, a kid hero?

Yeah, th-there's dozens
of-of articles, interviews.

They gave him the damn key to the city

and paid for college.

Saving that driver made him
an overnight celebrity.

I got full of myself after
I'd ace an English test.

I can't imagine what something like this

would do to a kid's ego.

Or how he'd feel
when the attention went away.

He'd probably miss the adulation.

So much so that maybe

he'd try to recreate the experience.

Over and over.

A malignant hero.

He didn't want to k*ll people.

He wanted to push them
to the brink of death

so that he could have
the glory of saving them.

You could only do that
for so long before you slip up.

People would start to suspect.

And then you move on, from city to city.

Miami, Chicago,

Dallas, Denver...

Los Angeles.

We've been doing all this sleuthing

and he's been hiding in
plain sight on the local news.

He still is.

(knocking)

Uh, hi. Is everything okay?

We need to talk to Taylor.

- (door closes)
- Good morning.

- Sorry, I-I know it's early.
- TAYLOR: Yeah.

It was even earlier when she woke me up.

HEN: We were hoping
that, uh, we could watch

some of your footage
from the call center fire.

Is that something
you could access from here?

Theoretically... yes.

- Why?
- Yeah.

Well, theoretically, I want to see

what happened before Claudette coded.

The dispatcher who d*ed
on her way to the hospital?

I-Is something going on,

did the family make a complaint?

Yeah, it's-it's fine, Buck,
I'm happy to help.

Why don't you make us some coffee?
I'm sure we all could use a cup.

Is this what you're looking for?

(both laugh)

JONAH: You know,
I'd say you don't really


have, uh, have the looks
to be a phone operator.


It's crazy... she-she seems fine.

How do you go from laughing
one second to coding the next?

Wait a minute. Can you rewind?

Yeah.

HEN: Stop it right there.

CHIMNEY: What do you think that is...

- Potassium?
- HEN: I'm not sure.

O-Okay, come on, guys,
wh-what's going on here?

Buck, we're not sure.

BUCK: We're not gonna tell anyone.

Right?

Off the record.

Claudette was alert and conversant.

Her BP and her heart rate were stable.

Protocol dictates that the only
treatment necessary in that case

is respiratory,
to treat the smoke inhalation.

- Meaning?
- HEN: Meaning

Jonah had no reason
to push dr*gs of any kind.

Are you saying her death
wasn't related to her injuries?

Whatever drug Jonah was pushing
on that video

caused her heart to stop.

What... on-on purpose?

- Maybe.
- Come on, Hen, I... I-I know you

didn't always like the guy,
but he-he's still one of us,

you know? It cou-it could've
just been a mistake.

Buck, did that look like
a mistake to you?

He injected her with something,
and she had a heart att*ck.

How-how can you be sure?

CHIMNEY:
Claudette wasn't the first time.

Other people have d*ed on his watch

under suspicious circumstances.

Okay, so-so, maybe
he's a-he's a bad paramedic.

Or maybe he is a serial k*ller.

♪ ♪

RAMON: I-I picked out a nice bolero.

And then we-we just get up
and we say thank you

and then-and then we do
our little dance and that's it.

- What's going on?
- Your father's nervous

about giving a speech.

- Oh!
- PEPA: Oh! Por favor.

Ramon, you never met a microphone

- you didn't love.
- HELENA: Yes.

I'm surprised you're not singing, too.

- Oh, what?
- EDDIE: Yeah, come on,

Aunt Pepa's right. I'm sure
there's a story you could tell.

Actually, I was
gonna tell one about you.

You know, the-the day
I came home and found that

the entire side of my truck had

- been scraped off,
- HELENA: Oh.

including the side mirror
and the front bumper.

HELENA: Oh, my gosh,
yes, when Adriana was born.

You never told me about that.

When Adriana was born,

and, uh, Ramon was off on business,

I told that Eddie that my water broke.

And he jumped up, he ran

out of the room,
and I thought, of course,

he's going to call someone
to drive us to the hospital.

And then I hear a loud

- crash, right? From the garage.
- Ah.

I walk in there,
there's Eddie behind the wheel

of Ramon's prized pickup.

Barely seeing over the steering wheel,

with the whole side
of the truck, like, just

completely torn to shreds.

- (chuckling)
- He was trying

to drive me to the hospital.

Why I'm not surprised, huh?

Eddie to the rescue, my little hero.

Didn't have much of a choice.

Ah, you had many choices.

But you were just a
kid, I-I forgave you for that.

EDDIE: No, actually, you
didn't. you-you grounded me.

Edmundo,

- it's-it's just a story.
- Yeah,

it's a real sweet one. I...

Except he's just...
he's missing the whole part

where he tore me a new one
for ruining his truck.

You know, kind of like the time
he yelled at me

for setting off the smoke alarms
for making eggs for the girls

- when I was . I'm sure
- Edmundo.

There's a better story
you can tell up there.

Oh, uh, why don't you
tell them about the time

you pulled your ten-year-old son aside

and told him it was time to step up?

Be the man of the house?

Why don't you tell them about that time?

Then we can all understand
why you were never around.

I was providing for the family.

Providing?

(laughs): Providing what... money?

- HELENA: Okay...
- Exactly.

I had to do what I had to do.

A family needs more than money.

Look, I never had a childhood,

a dad who took care of me.
No, you were gone.

- The only thing you provided...
- HELENA: Okay,

- Eddie, Eddie, stop, stop.
- Ramon!

- Dad? Dad. Okay, just breathe.
- ISABEL: Mijo, mijo.

- Oh my God, Ramon.
- Breathe.

(panting)

HELENA: Is he having a heart att*ck?

No, it's not a heart att*ck. All right.

Open your mouth, under your tongue.

- You know the drill.
- HELENA: What-what drill?

- What are-what are these pills?
- Nitroglycerin.

It helps open up his blood vessels,

settles the circulation.

Just like the doctor said, am I right?

- HELENA: What doctor?
- ISABEL: What's going on?

Ramon, what did you do?

I'm guessing you went
to go see a cardiologist.

Probably on one of your
business trips, am I right?

How many stents do you have
in your arteries?

HELENA: What?

When?

Three years ago.

I... I went to Dr. Fernandez.

He's the finest cardiologist in Dallas.

Why didn't you tell me?

Pride.

He didn't want us to think he was weak.

JONAH (on laptop): You know,
I'd say you don't really have, uh,


- the looks to be a phone operator.
- You're sure about this?

(sighs) C... I'm not sure
what was in that syringe,

- (recording stops)
- but it

sent her into cardiac arrest.

And it seems like the guy's
got a history of this.

BOBBY: It's not that I
don't believe you guys,

but these are huge accusations.

Do you think there's a way
we can prove it?

Claudette's autopsy.
The toxicology report

is still pending.
If we can get it expedited,

we can see if there was
anything in her blood

- that shouldn't have been there.
- You think this is

some kind of angel of mercy k*lling?

Putting people
out of their supposed misery?

I think it's more complicated than that.

This guy's bringing people
to the point of death

and then using his skills
to bring them back.

Whe-When he was a kid, he...

he got to play the hero.

Now he wants to play God.

(sighs)

TAYLOR: No, I am
telling you, this is big.


I, um...

Yeah, just, um... just

take a look at the file
and see what you can find out.

That'd be great. Thanks, bye.

Hey, uh, what, uh, what are you doing?

Work stuff.

Really?

Buck, it's fascinating.

It's terrifying.

You-you know you can't
run this story, right?

You can't blame me for wanting to.

We don't even know if it's true.

And if it is, you can't tell it 'cause
Jonah will know we're onto him.

That's gonna put people in harm's way.

They're already in harm's way.

How many calls do you think
he's going to respond to

between now and whenever they stop him?

Hen said she was gonna go to Bobby.

- Bobby will do something.
- I can do something.

No, you can't.

Off the record, remember?

Yeah.

Promise me.

I promise.

I won't run the story.

RAMON: It's been much longer
than five minutes. I feel fine.

Strong, right?

(music playing in distance)

Yeah.

I had one myself.

Not a heart att*ck, but a panic att*ck.

Ended up in the E.R.

Why didn't you tell us?

Pretty sure you know
the answer to that question.

You didn't want to...

seem weak, either.


I spent my whole life
trying not to be like you.

All these years, I, uh...

I tried to...

set a good example for you.

Maybe... maybe it was
the wrong one, I don't know.

But I never understood
why you were so angry with me.

I-I... Why it always felt like
you were punishing me.

Think I was punishing myself more.

But I'm tired of being that guy.

I'm going to be better.

- For Christopher.
- Mm.

For myself.

Maybe we can...

we can both be better.

I don't want to miss out

on any more of my son's life.

I'd like that.

(pats hand)

All right, thanks.

- Chim leave?
- HEN: Yeah, he had to go home.

- Maddie was dropping off Jee-Yun.
- ATHENA: Uh, Bobby,

wh-what did the chief say?

They've opened an investigation
into Claudette's death.

Jonah's been put on light duty
pending the results.

(sighs) That's a relief.

Thanks, Bobby.

Yeah.

Hen, be careful.

If Jonah is who you think he is,

he won't take kindly to being exposed.

(ringtone plays)

HEN: Hello?

JONAH: I heard you've
been asking people about me.


Jonah?

Got the weirdest call.

They've opened an investigation
into what happened to that dispatcher.


Did you file a complaint
against me, Henrietta?

Jonah, I don't-I don't know
what you think is going on...

I think you never gave me a chance, Hen.

To prove myself.

To show you what I'm capable of.

But, hey, I'm not a guy
who gives up easy.

So I'm gonna do that now.

I'm gonna show you.

(hangs up)

(ringtone playing)

Hey, baby, I was just about to call you.

HEN: Get out of the
house. Don't pack a bag.


Just take Ma and Denny and
go over to Bobby and Athena's.

- What?
- K-Karen, please.

Uh, Denny, come here.

Uh, your mom's not here,
she's out with Clive.

Okay, call her as soon as
we get off the phone

and tell her do not come home.

- What's going on?
- Uh, put your shoes on, and, uh,

and get your backpack,
and we're going out.


- Now? Where?
- Yes. I'll explain in the car.

Hen, tell me what's going on.

Jonah called. He knows that
I turned him in, and I'm just,

I'm just worried
he's gonna do something.


What, you think he'd come here?
Why? What did he say?

He said that I didn't give him a chance

and-and that he was gonna show me.

Sounded like some kind of
jilted lover or something.

He sounded jealous.

Well, this doesn't make any sense.

Hen.

I'm not the one
Jonah would be jealous of.

Chimney?

Chimney?

(phone clicks)

(texting)

Aah! No...

(grunts)

(monitor beeping steadily)

Aah!

No...

(Hen grunts)

(slurping)

(distant): Ah.

Hey there.

Glad you could join us.

(normal volume): You were out
slightly longer than I expected.

I guess I was just a little
too generous with the propofol.

(Hen grunts softly)

I'll try to be more careful next time.

Why are you doing this, Jonah?

I guess the easiest answer
is because I can.

You can get anything you want
on the Internet these days.

Medical equipment.

dr*gs.

The real answer is...

...you gave me no choice.

Snooping around, checking up on me?

We're supposed to be
on the same team, Henrietta.

We're definitely not on the same team.

Oh, I think we are.

Now, you and this guy? Eh.

HEN: We don't put our patients' lives

in danger just for our own ego.

You put your hand inside
someone's chest, for Pete's sake.

If that's not ego,

- I don't know what is.
- The patient

would have d*ed if I hadn't...

One sec.

HEN: No, J-Jonah, please.

- No...
- Relax.

- No... No, Jonah.
- It's just a little adenosine.

You're stopping his heart.

Don't worry, I'll get it back.

Nothing some epinephrine can't fix.

(Hen gasping)

- (monitor flatlines)
- No, no!

Please, no.

Oh, God. No!

Guess we got to shock.

(whirrs)

Oh! Come on. Come on, Chim, come on.

(whoops)

There's nothing like it, right?

The rush of watching someone
walk right up to death's door

and snatching them right back?

It's like being God.

We are not God!

Aren't we?

Okay, excited to see Daddy?

Hey, Chim, we're here.

Chim?

(phone vibrating, ringtone playing)

Okay.

(vibrating, ringtone
continue in distance)

(grunts)

Karen?

Maddie? Where's Chimney?

I-I don't know. I...

just brought Jee here,
but he's not here.

But his phone is.

Is Hen with you?

- Wait, is she supposed to be?
- Well, she was afraid

Chimney might be in danger,
so she went to the apartment

to check on him.

Why-why would he be in danger?

Well, there's this paramedic
that was working for a few weeks


with Hen at the .

Um, I have to go.

- What?
- Yeah,

I-I need to get Jee
out of here and call .

Do you think she's right?
Chimney's in danger?

I don't know, I think they both are.

HEN (crying): Jonah, listen.

Your beef is with me, okay?

Plea-Please let Chimney go.

Please.

Okay.

(breathing shakily)

What...

No, no, no, no. Jonah, Jonah.

Jonah, please.

No, plea-please, please, Jonah. Please.

Oh, I thought you
wanted me to let him go.

- (struggling)
- My bad.

Let's-let's get him back.

(defibrillator humming)

Hmm.

- (grunts)
- HEN: Chimney.

(sobbing): Come on, Chimney.

- I've got nothing.
- (cries out)

- Let's give it a go again.
- (sobbing)

Clear.

(Hen exclaims)

Chimney.

(Hen sobbing)

(Jonah sighs)

(monitor beeping)

(Jonah chuckles)

I really don't know
what you see in this guy.

(groans)

You need a partner
who's more your speed.

(Jonah sighs)

You...

You really think you're my speed?

You're sloppy.

I'm not sloppy, don't say that.

HEN: Even if I wanted to do

some of the horrible things,

horrible things that you did,

you really think
I would have let myself get caught?

(scoffs)

You k*lled people.

It wasn't on purpose.

They weren't supposed to die.

I was gonna save 'em.

I'm a hero.

You might have been.

Once, when you were a child.

But not now.

All you are is a m*rder*r now!

(struggling)

No, I'm not.

Then why is Chimney not breathing?

(monitor beeping rapidly)

(Chimney grunts)

(Hen gasping)

(groaning)

Chim.

- Easy, easy, easy.
- (groaning)

Easy, Chim,
easy, easy, easy, easy, easy...

(Chimney sighs)

Easy, Chim, easy.

Easy, take it easy.

(grunting)

(panting)

(stammering): Careful, Chim.

Careful... (exclaims)

- Are you okay?
- CHIMNEY: Not even...

(groaning)

Okay, come on, buddy, come on.

- (groaning)
- Okay.

All right, buddy.

Good idea with the defibrillator.

You saved us.

It was...

a team effort.

(Hen sobbing)

- (sirens wailing)
- RAVI: Lucy.

They're saying it was Hen and Chimney,

a-and they were att*cked.

What? By who?

- ATHENA: Slow down, slow down.
- BOBBY: We need to get in there.

- We need to get in there.
- This is a crime scene.

- Hey, Cap.
- LUCY: Wait, Cap!

- Bobby.
- BOBBY: You son of a bitch,

- I trusted you.
- (grunts)

(overlapping chatter)

Enough. He's not worth
any more of your time.

Nice punch.

Thank God you guys are alive.

I am so sorry about
what happened to you.

I'm just glad he got caught,

and in the act.

Hopefully this evidence
will be more concrete

than what we were working with earlier.

ATHENA: With this evidence,

that man will be going away
for the rest of his life.

He won't ever hurt anybody ever again.

CHIMNEY: Then it was worth it.

How were you guys able to get
the police here so fast?

I thought we were out here on our own.

Karen called,
told us everything she knew.

You know, you're a lucky woman
to have a wife like that.

Don't I know it.

We're gonna contact Karen and Maddie,

let 'em know what
hospital they're taking

you to, and we'll be right behind you.

We're good, Cap.

I got him.

- Hey, uh... are you okay?
- Yeah, we're fine.

They cleared the apartment,
they took my statement,

they're gonna leave a few guys
behind for the night.

But... isn't Jonah in custody?

They were worried about
press showing up or something.

Anyway, I really need to
get to the hospital and just

- make sure that he's okay.
- Yeah.

I mean, it seems like he's okay.

You know, making jokes
and being Chimney, but...

Are you okay with her for a few hours?

Yeah. Come on, me and Jee will have

- a little slumber party.
- (Jee-Yun babbles)

Is that him?

Uh, well...

- Turn the volume up?
- Yeah.

Sources close to the case say
Firefighter/Paramedic Greenway


had multiple suspicious
incidents in the field.


They have his name
and personnel photo already?

How did she get it so fast?

...even several deaths.

Good question.

The LAFD has declined comment

at this time, but we will continue

to keep you updated
as this story evolves.


Back to you, Jim.

TAYLOR (on recording):
This is Taylor. Leave a message.


Taylor. What did you do?

I don't think I need to tell you
how lucky you are.

No, but I'd love to hear that I'm okay

and that you're sending me home.

Your heart stopped and you were

shocked back to life... twice.

We're keeping you overnight
for observation, Mr. Han.

Doc, I feel okay, really.

Great. But,

to make sure you stay that way,
we got to make sure

you don't have arrhythmias
or any other permanent damage.

You'll spend the night
on the cardiac floor,

then we'll send you home
with a Holter monitor

for a couple days.

Awesome. Can't wait.

HEN: Chim, she's right.

You can never be too safe.

Especially after what he did to you.

DR. SALAZAR: I'm glad you feel
that way, 'cause we're keeping you, too.

Why? My heart is fine.

We need to do a full workup
and a tox screen,

make sure he didn't inject you

with anything else besides propofol.

The nurse should be here soon.

(sighs) Got to say,

I didn't see our victory lap
going down like this.

KAREN: Oh, my God.

Hen.

Ooh, hey, I'm fine, I'm fine.

Are you sure?

What did he do to you?

I'm okay.

Chimney took the brunt of it.

KAREN: Oh, God,

- Chim.
- I'm fine, we're both fine.

Doc said we're both gonna be okay.

KAREN: God, the whole
way over here, I just...

I was mentally preparing myself

for the worst-case scenario.

(voice quavering):
I didn't know where you were,

or if you'd even make it out alive.

What would I tell Denny? Your mother?

- It's okay.
- (Karen shudders)

Everything's fine.

(sighs)

He can never hurt anybody again.

(Athena sighs deeply)

Should I get you
a steak, too? (chuckles)

Is that just for black eyes?

Ice will be just fine, thank you.

You know, I'm not sure I've ever
seen you snap like that.

Well, you don't remember.

When you were att*cked
at the storage unit?

(Athena sighs)

I thought about doing something
that night.

Then I saw you and realized
you needed me more.

(chuckles) Mm.

My hero.

Hitting Jonah, probably not
the most heroic of actions.

I certainly let my emotions
get the better of me.

- Oh?
- Just couldn't help myself.

Yeah, well, it's hard
seeing the people you love

hurting like that.

Especially when you feel
responsible for it.

I let that man into my house.

This isn't your fault.

I let that man into my house.

(indistinct P.A. announcement)

(whispering): Hey.

I'm breaking out of this joint.

Are you with me?

I'm all in, ride or die.

Just unhook me and
help me find my pants.

What?

You almost did die.

I'm sorry for roping you
into all of this, Chim.

The only reason he went
after you is because of me.

I wish I had never gotten you involved.

Come on, now, that's not how we do it.

You jump, I jump.

Or something like that.

Think I was gonna let you go
after that creep by yourself?

I knew you'd have my back
and there'd be no stopping you.

Exactly.

So what are we even talking about here?

You know, I never liked him.

Jonah, I mean.

Not much of a fan myself.

(slurps)

Everyone thought I was crazy,

that I was being too hard on him

because he wasn't you. But you...

...you never flinched.

You were on board from the start,

ready to go to battle with me, even...

even when I had no proof,
no idea if I was even right.

You're always right.

That's kind of our schtick.

You're the genius, I'm the comic relief.

(slurps)

You're so much more than that.

(voice breaking): You're the best friend

that I've ever had, Chim.

And I can't imagine my life without you.

(sets juice pack down)

And you're never gonna have to.
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