(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
- (SIRENS WAILING)
- (TIRES SQUEALING)
DISPATCH: Officers in pursuit.
We're sending backup. (TIRES SQUEALING)
♪♪
POLICE OFFICER: All eyes on suspect.
We got him surrounded.
Dispatch, this is -L- .
Closing in on suspect vehicle.
DISPATCH: Copy, -L- .
Do you have eyes?
Suspect is a little hard to miss.
(ENGINES REVVING)
- (SWITCH CLICKS)
- (FEEDBACK SCREECHES)
Engine , this is your last warning.
Pull over now!
♪♪
- (PHONE BUTTONS BEEP)
- (SIREN WHIRS)
(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Trauma bag?
Yup.
(CHUCKLES)
I'm sorry.
What was that?
- Check.
- Yeah.
AED?
- Check.
- HEN: Oh, no.
Who gave that guy a clipboard?
Ah, don't worry.
It's a kinder, gentler clipboard as is the man who holds it.
- Meet Buck . .
- What, three?
What happened to . ?
Two's leg was crushed by a ladder truck and his girlfriend left him.
Still not sure what inspired the software update.
I'm just ready to let go of the past.
Your parents lied to you your entire life and you're just gonna let that go?
- What's your secret?
- Therapy.
As in my parents agreed to come to a few sessions with me, work our stuff out.
Look, they're trying.
I figure I should try too.
- Right?
- Very mature, Buck.
Very Buck . .
Okay, I'm not calling you that.
Are you gonna be taking part in these family sessions, too?
Uh-uh.
Key word family, which I am not.
Technically.
You're allowed to give yourself some time, you know.
- To process.
- BUCK: I know.
I'm just tired of looking behind me.
I'm ready to start thinking about the future.
Speaking of which...
- Hey, Probie!
- PROBIE: (GASPS)
- Oh, uh...
- No, no, no, no.
Don't worry.
I got it.
Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.
You're the new B-shift probie, right?
Yeah.
I mean, yes, sir.
Just finished my first shift.
Uh, how was it?
Oh, pretty quiet.
Whoa!
(STUTTERS)
- Did he just say...
- No!
Sorry, I just said it was...
- Don't say it again!
- Hold on, hold on.
I don't know.
Maybe if he says it a second time, it undoes the curse.
CHIMNEY: Maybe if he said it a third time,
the Candyman will show up and k*ll us all.
Let's not test that theory.
That word is forbidden in the firehouse... any house.
We just... we don't use the Q-word.
Who used the Q-word?
What am I missing here?
- (FIRE BELL RINGING)
- DISPATCH: Attention, Station .
Vehicle accident with injuries.
We've been jinxed.
HEN: (SCOFFS)
Jinxed?
You guys sound like my abuela's neighbor's curandera.
Well, does she happen to know how to reverse it?
'Cause if not, we're about to experience the shift from hell.
Non-stop calls all day long.
(SCOFFS)
Stupid calls.
Probably tempted fate.
Now the EMS gods are gonna make us pay.
Come on, you guys don't really believe that.
HEN: (CHUCKLES)
So Buck never told you about the last time somebody used that word?
The gods took it out of context.
(QUIRKY UPBEAT MUSIC)
♪♪
BOBBY: It's already running.
You're gonna have to wash that by hand.
BUCK: Really?
(CHUCKLES)
- It's so quiet.
- (OMINOUS NOTES)
Whoa, I meant the dishwasher.
- (FIRE BELL RINGING)
- Engine ...
I meant the dishwash...
(GROANS)
- calls.
- ?
In one shift?
Yeah.
It was a house record.
It was .
That one doesn't count.
That wasn't even a call.
- BUCK: Then what was it?
- (CHUCKLES)
Divine retribution.
♪♪
BOBBY: So who triggered the fire suppression system?
I don't know, but if I did, I'd kiss 'em on the lips.
BOBBY: (CHUCKLES)
Bet he regrets talking about the dishwasher now.
BUCK: (YELPS)
Should we go help him?
No, let's give him a minute.
BUCK: Guys, come on, come on!
BOBBY: What?
- (GLASS SQUEAKING)
- BUCK: Oh, God.
♪♪
Well, I think you guys are giving the EMS gods a little too much credit.
♪♪
- (SIREN WAILING)
- (HORN HONKS)
♪♪
See?
Fender bender.
- Not crazy.
- Uh-huh?
IZZY: Check it out!
Izzy Chainz!
- Look up.
- IZZY: Right here!
Izzy Chainz, everyone!
Greatest rapper alive!
Download my album, okay?
- Buck.
- BUCK: Yep.
- Prepping the ladder.
- IZZY: (UNHINGED LAUGHTER)
- Is he?
- (SHOUTING GROWL)
Duct taped?
Yeah.
IZZY: Yeah!
Izzy Chainz, y'all!
Seen crazier.
IZZY: (SHRIEKING LAUGH)
Izzy Chainz!
Stuck on You! Yeah, I'll be here all night!
HEN: Ma'am, can you tell me what happened?
Grandpa over there decided to go demolition derby on my bumper.
CHIMNEY: Sir, can you please?
The light was green!
That's when you're supposed to go!
I got distracted for a second.
Are you having trouble with your vision?
Well, I think one of my contacts popped out when he hit me.
CHIMNEY: BP is over .
Sir, do you have a history of hypertension?
I'm , son.
I have a history of everything!
(HYDRAULICS WHIRRING)
HEN: Doesn't look like you have a concussion, but if you start to experience headaches or dizziness, you need to go to the ER.
Great, thanks.
(RAP MUSIC PLAYING)
♪♪
IZZY: (LAUGHING)
Check it out!
Izzy Chainz right here!
- (SCREAMS)
- HEN: You need anything else?
Everything's still a little blurry, but the guy on the billboard... is he famous?
Yeah, that's me.
HEN: He's about to be.
IZZY: (LAUGHING)
Right here!
(HYDRAULICS CLANK)
BYSTANDER: How did he get up there?
IZZY: Hey!
Holla, holla!
(CHUCKLES)
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Hey!
I did not need help.
- Go back down there.
- BUCK: Sir, I'm gonna need to get you down for your safety and the safety of others.
IZZY: I rented this billboard the whole day!
I ain't leaving till I get what I paid for.
BUCK: Look down.
I, uh, I think you got your money's worth.
I know, I know.
Look at all these people!
Whoo!
Buy my album!
Think they can see my QR code?
BUCK: Yeah, I'm sure they can.
- IZZY: (HOWLS)
- BUCK: Okay, wow.
Um, question for you.
Are you wearing anything underneath that?
IZZY: (SIGHS)
No.
Why?
BUCK: You might regret that later.
- (SIREN WHOOPS)
- IZZY: Whoo!
Look at me!
♪♪
Whoo!
Stuck on You!
(SHOUTING AND CACKLING)
ATHENA: Checked out his story.
Looks like he's telling the truth.
- He paid for the spot.
- BOBBY: So this is all legal?
He could've k*lled himself or a bystander.
And we will have a word with him as soon as he climbs down.
Best we can do now is control traffic and hope to avoid more accidents.
Damn probie jinxed us.
He used the Q-word.
Jinxed?
You don't believe in that stuff.
No.
But they do.
And when they hear the Q-word, they get squirrely, then they make mistakes, they forget to latch the front end of the engine, or they accidentally trigger the fire suppression system.
Today is going to be a big mess.
(IZZY SHOUTING AND CACKLING)
- ATHENA: Ooh.
- (PENNY CLINKS)
IZZY: Yeah!
Oh, yeah!
What's that for?
Luck.
Sounds like you could use some.
IZZY: Check it out!
Izzy Chainz!
(CHUCKLES)
I'll take everything I can get.
IZZY: Right here!
Stuck on You!
FIREFIGHTER: Might sting a little bit.
- Just gonna hold that on this.
- Ah!
FIREFIGHTER: You're gonna be fine.
Okay?
Just hold that on there.
Thank you.
- EDDIE: Ms. Flores?
- Yeah?
EDDIE: Eddie Diaz.
Sorry.
Christopher's dad.
From school?
Mr. Diaz. Edmundo, um...
how are you?
Looks like I should be asking you that.
Did you get injured in the accident?
Drinking hot coffee while walking.
Usually not dangerous, but some guy bumped into me when the accident happened.
- Yeah.
- b*rned myself pretty good.
Mind if I take a look at that?
Sure.
Ice is really bad for burns.
Let's see.
Ooh, okay.
That firefighter gave it to me.
- Told me to keep it cool.
- Which firefighter?
Um, he was just here.
Had on his helmet.
There's another unit here?
Well, he should've known better.
Keep it dry and clean.
- How's Christopher?
- Good.
Yeah, adjusting to remote classes.
I assumed that's why I haven't seen you around this year.
You were looking for me?
- Uh...
- (SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Christopher said you weren't one of his teachers this year.
That was the hardest part about quitting.
I miss the kids.
I just finished my doctorate.
Now, I'm over at Adams Elementary.
Vice principal.
Ooh, impressive.
Congrats.
- Thank you.
- What made you want to quit?
You're so good at being a teacher.
Well, having a PhD gives me more options.
And I'm never not gonna be a teacher.
It's in my blood.
Sounds like being a firefighter.
(SIGHS)
Wow.
Your job looks really good on you.
Thank you.
Uh, you see that guy from the , get his name.
Could've done more harm than good with that ice.
I guess it's my lucky day, then.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Good thing you found me.
I might need some of that luck.
Everyone's telling me we're in for the day from hell.
- (CHUCKLES)
- BOBBY: Diaz.
Get that protective gear for our stunt musician up here.
Copy that, Cap.
♪♪
- Great seeing you.
- You, too.
♪♪
(RAP MUSIC PLAYING)
IZZY: Why don't you come back with your smartphone and take some video...
BUCK: Cap, he's not willing to leave.
IZZY: ♪ I'm not coming down till my time is up ♪
- And when is that?
- IZZY: : a.m.
♪ Tomorrow morning ♪ (CACKLES)
- Yeah!
- (TAPE RIPPING)
- Download my album, okay?
- (TAPE RIPPING)
- BUCK: Heads up!
- IZZY: (CACKLING WORRIEDLY)
He should've paid for half a day.
- (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - IZZY: Help!
(CACKLING)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
- BYSTANDER: Oh, my God!
- (ALL YELPING AND GASPING)
IZZY: Download my album!
BUCK: Oh, my God.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Ow!
(GROANING)
♪♪
- (BEMUSED INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- IZZY: Ow!
I'm okay, I'm okay!
Yeah!
HEN: Oh, oh, he's definitely gonna be famous now.
- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
- IZZY: Download my album, okay?
BOBBY: You wanna keep that as a souvenir?
BOBBY: (SIGHS)
I am starving, Cap.
CHIMNEY: Only thing that can get me to walk up those stairs today is Cap's baked macaroni!
(EDDIE AND CHIMNEY SIGH)
BOBBY: Hey, you know the rules.
We wait for everyone.
- Aw.
- Sorry, guys.
Wow, smells fantastic.
(FIRE BELL RINGING)
- (QUEEN'S "DON'T STOP ME NOW")
- ♪ Don't stop me ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm having a good time ♪
♪ Having a good time ♪
♪ I'm a sh**ting star leaping through the sky ♪
EDDIE: Here his, safe and sound.
CITIZEN: (YELPING)
EDDIE: Don't worry.
He's next.
QUEEN: ♪ Like Lady Godiva ♪
♪ I'm gonna go, go, go, there's no stopping me ♪
BUCK: Hurry, Cap!
Hurry!
- Before we...
- (FIRE BELL RINGING)
QUEEN: ♪ Burning through the sky, yeah ♪
_ DISPATCHER: Dispatch to .
One accident on Main Street.
QUEEN: ♪ I wanna make a supersonic man outta you ♪
CHIMNEY: Okay, whose idea was it to use the Vaseline?
All right, all right, settle down.
QUEEN: ♪ I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball ♪
- EDDIE: Here we go, here we go.
- CHIMNEY: Okay, wow, okay.
QUEEN: ♪ Don't stop me now ♪
(FABRIC RIPS)
BUCK: Okay, guess we don't need the jaws.
CITIZEN: (RETCHES)
QUEEN: ♪ Don't stop me now ♪
Oh, come on.
EDDIE: At least someone ate today.
BUCK: (GROANS)
_ QUEEN: ♪ I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars ♪
♪ On a collision course ♪
BOBBY: (GROANS)
Oh, no.
QUEEN: ♪ I'm out of control ♪
♪ I'm a sex machine waiting to reload ♪
♪ Like an atom b*mb ♪
Looks like we're ordering in.
- Not that we're jinxed.
- (FIRE BELL RINGING)
Yeah, definitely not jinxed.
QUEEN: ♪
degrees ♪
♪ That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit ♪
♪ I'm traveling at the speed of light ♪
DEBRA: (SCREAMS)
_ COWORKER: Hold on, Debra.
Help is coming.
(FIRE BELL RINGING)
QUEEN: ♪ Have a good time, good time ♪
♪ Don't stop me, don't stop me ♪
♪ Oh! ♪
BOBBY: What the hell?
BYSTANDER: I think it might've come from the sushi restaurant next door.
- HEN: Ma'am, can you hear me?
- DEBRA: (GASPS)
CHIMNEY: We need to get this thing in water.
♪♪
(FIRE BELL RINGING)
QUEEN: ♪ Oh, I'm burning through the sky, yeah ♪
_ ♪ degrees, that's why they call me Mr.
Fahrenheit ♪
(PHONE RINGING)
(GASPS AND STRAINS)
- - .
What's your emergency?
♪♪ Emergency rations!
♪♪ MOVIEGOER: Easy!
My head's in here.
CHIMNEY: Hey.
All right.
Just hold still.
MOVIEGOER: Easy, easy!
- QUEEN: ♪ Just give me a call ♪ - _
- ♪ Don't stop me now ♪ - _
♪ 'Cause I'm having a good time ♪
♪ Don't stop me now ♪
♪ Yes, I'm having a good time ♪
♪ I don't want to stop at all ♪
BOBBY: Stay calm and try to hold still.
If you relax, it'll let go.
- QUEEN: ♪ (VOCALIZING) ♪
- All right.
Here we go.
♪♪
(APPLAUSE)
QUEEN: ♪ (VOCALIZING) ♪
BOBBY: Okay, start coming back.
You're good.
You're clear.
Keep it coming.
- Okay, and we are...
- (FIRE BELL RINGING)
Going back out.
QUEEN: ♪ Don't stop me now ♪
EDDIE: You ever replay a conversation in your head and worry you sounded like an idiot?
- BUCK: Have you met me?
- (CHUCKLES)
I ran into Ana Flores this morning.
Christopher's English teacher.
Christopher's pretty English teacher.
You haven't mentioned her in a long time.
EDDIE: Well, she's not Christopher's teacher anymore.
(AIR HISSING)
BOBBY: (STRAINING)
BUCK: Interesting.
- CLOWN: (SQUEAKS)
- (AIR HISSING)
(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)
BOBBY (HIGH-PITCHED): Help me move some of these tanks to relieve the pressure.
- BUCK: Uh...
- (BOTH LAUGHING)
BOBBY (HIGH-PITCHED): Come on!
(BOTH LAUGHING)
- BUCK: It's your voice.
- HEN (HIGH-PITCHED): Buck!
- Be a professional!
- (BOTH LAUGHING HARDER)
♪♪
CHIMNEY (HIGH-PITCHED): How you two doing?
You okay?
Yeah, you're okay.
You okay?
CLOWN: (CHOKING)
CHIMNEY (HIGH-PITCHED): Sir, here.
Try to cough.
Sir, can you try to cough for me?
Try to cough.
Can you cough?
Try to cough.
That's it.
Try to cough.
♪♪
CLOWN: (SIGHS)
(NOSE SQUEAKS)
CHIMNEY (HIGH-PITCHED): Everybody's a comedian.
- (TRUCK HORN HONKING)
- (SIRENS WAILING)
(EDDIE SIGHS)
Man, that was a boring call.
Two people stuck in an elevator.
They didn't even need medical attention or anything.
Don't say it, Edmundo.
How can I not?
Y'all acting like a bunch of viejas.
There is no curse.
Oh, he's so definitive now.
Ooh, sure is windy.
You guys feel that?
Nobody is saying you have to believe in curses.
Just maybe don't tempt fate.
How's that not the same thing?
It was a normal call.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Went like clockwork.
Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am.
You notice how you never hear anyone say, "wham, bam, thank you, sir"?
It doesn't rhyme.
Or maybe all that whammin' and bammin' is nothing to write a thank you note about.
EDDIE: (CHUCKLES)
The point is I think this proves that the whole jinx thing is a little silly and we should be all done with it.
(LOUD BANG AND ELECTRICITY ZAPPING)
CHIMNEY: Whoa!
♪♪
Whoa.
♪♪
CHIMNEY: Hey, Cap.
Did a live power pole just fall on the engine?
I believe it did, Chimney.
- (ELECTRICITY ZAPPING)
- Right.
No curse here.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(CAR HORNS HONKING)
(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)
- Hey.
- Hey.
Heard you got a distress call.
Yeah, Engine .
Wind blew a power pole over on top of their engine.
Oh, my God.
Anybody hurt?
No injuries reported.
(NOTIFICATION CHIMES) Gotta say, the calls today have been really weird.
You know, I actually checked to make sure it wasn't a full moon tonight.
Oh, no.
That's not for another four days.
I've already scheduled myself to be off.
I thought we weren't allowed to do that.
Pays to be the underboss.
(NOTIFICATIONS CHIMING)
Who are you texting with?
Chimney and Buck.
They're in the engine.
- And?
- They're fine.
But Chimney's asking if I can send someone over with two bells and some bay leaves?
Oh.
He's trying to remove a curse.
- It's a whole thing.
- (LAUGHS)
- (ELECTRICITY ZAPPING)
- CHIMNEY: Aha!
It is a real thing.
Okay, so we have to move our hands this kind of motion and ring the bells...
nine times.
Nine in total or nine for each of us?
It's unclear.
I think maybe we should all do it just to make sure we lift the curse completely.
Well, is it actually a curse?
I know we called it that, but technically, I think it's a jinx.
What's the difference?
Well, I feel like a curse implies that a person put a hex on you and a jinx is more like a general angering of the gods.
All right, I got it.
Here we go.
- How to appease the gods.
- CHIMNEY: Okay, wait.
So is a hex and a curse the same thing?
EDDIE: By that, you mean both are totally made up and not real?
Yes.
What more proof do you need, Eddie?
We are trapped in a death box.
Thousands of volts of electricity coursing through every book and cranny.
Any one of us could literally get fried like that.
Or we just don't touch any doors or windows until help arrives and nobody gets fried.
With or without a curse... or jinx, whatever.
All I can find is some kind of human or animal sacrifice.
I'm not really down with that.
Do you guys not hear yourselves right now?
BUCK: Do you?
It's like the universe is screaming at you and you refuse to listen.
The universe does not scream.
(ELECTRICITY WARBLING AND ZAPPING)
♪♪
Oh, there are clearly forces at work here.
Forces beyond my control and your control...
EDDIE: That's it.
That's the difference between you and I.
I don't worry about things that I can't control.
BUCK: Sure, but you can say you don't worry about things you can't control, but can you at least acknowledge that something is controlling the things that you can't control?
Like what?
Gremlins?
Boogeyman?
Santa Muerte?
Look, we've had a crappy day.
It happens.
But it didn't happen because of a curse or a hex or because someone said the word qu...
BOBBY: Hey, hey, don't!
(CHUCKLING)
Come on, Bobby.
You really can't believe in all this.
You know, Cap, you have been pretty silent today about all this jinx stuff.
Yeah.
Suspiciously silent.
Yeah, Cap.
Come on.
Where do you stand?
Jinx or no jinx?
Aren't we all a little superstitious?
People don't like to walk under ladders, some buildings don't have a th floor, we bless people after they sneeze.
Some of us even wear a good luck charm around their neck.
That's not the same thing.
To you, but wearing that medal reminds you of your son, helps you feel better about the day.
So if Chimney wants to ring some bells so he can feel better, what's wrong with that?
You never actually answered the question, though, Cap.
- Yeah.
- (TRUCK HORN HONKS)
BOBBY: Ah, and help has arrived.
- Look at that.
- (ELECTRICITY ZAPPING)
(QUIRKY SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
♪♪
And help is stopping to take pictures of us trapped in our own engine.
Great.
This is great.
And the jinx continues.
♪♪
(SIRENS WAILING DISTANTLY)
(EDDIE COUGHS)
Ah, thought you were hitting the bunks.
Couldn't sleep.
Maybe that curse is getting to you too.
Or maybe I just couldn't sleep.
Yeah, welcome to the club.
Am I interrupting book club?
Medical, babies, women.
Wondering why Buck had a book in his hand,
- but now it all makes sense.
- (CHUCKLES)
Eddie, what would you say Ana's love language is?
Ana who?
Traitor.
Wait, are you dating someone?
Baby's not here yet.
Who's Ana?
(SIGHS)
She was Christopher's old teacher last year.
Bumped into at the billboard call this morning, and...
hadn't seen her in a while, and I guess she's got a new job.
Wait, is this the teacher that you yelled at?
And I apologized for that.
But still didn't ask her out?
She's Christopher's teacher.
Thought you said she had a new job.
(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(FIRE BELL RINGING)
- Oh.
- DISPATCH: Station .
Structure fire, single-family residence.
(SIRENS WAILING AND HORNS HONKING)
- (DOG BARKING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Buck, you guys start running a hose line.
Chim, Hen, shut down the utilities here and the neighboring houses.
Gas, power, water.
Sir.
- We'll take over from here.
- TOM: What?
- Sir, hand me the hose.
- Great.
Listen.
I want to keep going till you're all set up, okay?
Hey, sir, I understand you want to save your things, but right now, you need to back up for your own safety, okay?
Fine, just hurry up!
Is there something that we should know about what's in there?
No, just some old files, Christmas decorations, stuff like that.
(EXPLOSIONS)
(FIREWORKS WHISTLING)
- Hen, Chim!
- HEN: Everybody back!
CHIMNEY: Go, go!
Everybody back!
Way back!
Okay, you wanna try again?
'Cause your taxes seem a lot more exciting than mine.
- To save your house!
- Fine!
I drove to Costa Mesa and bought some fireworks, okay?
Guessed I could sell to the people up here.
Well, how much is in there?
I don't know!
Like...
- grand?
- (FIREWORK WHISTLES)
BOBBY: Dispatch, this is Captain Nash requesting assistance at Bay Park Drive.
Fire has been upgraded to second alarm.
- (FIREWORK WHISTLES)
- Send more units!
(BEETHOVEN'S "ODE TO JOY")
♪♪
Buck, need another pair of hands around back.
EDDIE: Go.
I got this.
- BUCK: Sure?
- EDDIE: Yeah.
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(FIREWORKS POPPING)
Hey, I lost my partner.
Mind helping me out?
- FIREFIGHTER: Yeah.
- EDDIE: Thanks.
- (DRAMATIC MUSIC)
- Headed to south wall.
- I'm Eddie.
- BRIAN: Brian.
Good to meet you.
Guy who did this is some piece of work, huh?
EDDIE: Today has been a piece of work.
We're hours in to a -hour on and it's been non-stop.
Between you and me, I could use a minute.
BRIAN: But if you weren't out here doing this, the whole neighborhood could go up.
Being a firefighter, getting to help people out, is all I ever wanted.
That's gotta be worth some tough days, right?
EDDIE: Hey, thanks for the hand.
BRIAN: Oh, yeah.
You bet, Eddie.
I'll see you around.
EDDIE: Harmon!
Hey, Brian!
Hey, one of your guys put ice on a burn patient's arm at the MVC on Sunset today.
Could've done some real damage.
BRIAN: Weird.
Thanks.
I'll let my captain know.
BOBBY: Hey.
Came back here to check on you, but I see that you got some help.
EDDIE: That guy from the jumped in.
BOBBY: Uh, couldn't be the .
EDDIE: Yup, it was.
I'm sure.
BOBBY: Eddie, there's nobody at the .
Their house was damaged during the mudslide.
They're still rebuilding.
EDDIE: Who the hell was I talking to?
BOBBY: I have no idea.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)
EDDIE: I don't see him in here.
His turnout said Harmon.
BOBBY: Yeah, well, that's Aaron Harmon right there.
Definitely not the guy.
He said his name was Brian.
You think he was a fake?
It happens.
Sometimes they're criminals.
They use it as a ruse to get inside people's homes.
I don't think that's what this one is.
He seemed to want to help.
I mean, it's bad, but it's not...
It's worse.
They're not trained.
They can wind up doing more harm than help.
Said all he ever wanted to be was a firefighter.
Yeah.
Sometimes there are those guys.
Try out for every class, never make it, never give up.
You gotta admire the perseverance.
I do, and their dedication.
But I also feel sorry for them.
Mm.
They're so focused on what they don't have that they miss the chance to have something else, something real.
♪♪ Sometimes, you gotta move on.
♪♪ We're back to Ana Flores.
Really thought you, of all people, would understand.
That's why I'm saying it to you.
Because I know what it's like to be stuck inside the worst moment of your life...
to be afraid to hope, to try again.
♪♪
I'm still not over it.
Over her.
And you never will be.
You will always miss her.
And that part of you she took with her?
You never get it back.
Every day, you heal a little bit more.
Then one morning, you wake up and losing her isn't the first thing you think about.
♪♪
But you're happy now?
I mean with Athena and the kids?
I love the family I have now...
but that doesn't mean I ever stopped missing the one I lost.
♪♪
Thanks.
♪♪
(LON ROGERS' "MY GIRL'S A SOUL GIRL")
(PHONE RINGING)
♪♪
Can someone get that?
- SON: I'm hungry.
- MOTHER: Okay.
We're next, sweetheart.
Jim's about to get us our food.
LARRY: Actually, it's Larry.
Am I the only person working here?
It's a great night at Jim's Burgers.
How may I serve you?
LON: ♪ 'Cause I got the best girl there is in town ♪
Mom, Jim forgot the fries.
♪♪
LARRY: Everyone run for your life!
(SIRENS WAILING)
ATHENA: Make it make sense, Jim.
- It's Larry.
- Okay.
Larry.
Now tell me why you did this.
(PHONE RINGING)
It's a great night at Jim's Burgers.
How may I serve you?
VOICE (ON PHONE): This is the fire chief of the LAFD.
LARRY: You're not calling about donations, are you?
- Because I don't have...
- VOICE (ON PHONE): No, sir.
Look, I don't want you to panic, but there's been a report of a gas leak in your building.
Wait, what?
VOICE (ON PHONE): The whole place could go up.
What... what do I do?
VOICE (ON PHONE): You need to break all the windows immediately.
LARRY: (GASPS)
(TENSE MUSIC)
♪♪
I just did what he told me.
He said he was the fire chief.
He give you a name?
He sounded very official.
Did you even ask any questions?
BOBBY: All clear.
No gas leak.
However, the gas is gonna remain shut down until further investigation.
I'm gonna get canned.
years of customer service up in smoke... or gas.
BUCK: Actually, there wasn't any of either, Jim.
LARRY: It's still Larry!
ATHENA: Caller said he was a fire chief.
BOBBY: Someone else pretending to be LAFD?
ATHENA: What do you mean, someone else?
♪♪
BOBBY: Maybe the same someone.
♪♪
Hey!
BUCK: Hey!
I got him, Chief.
Hey!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Hey!
Hey, I just wanna talk!
Hey, man!
♪♪
I just want to talk...
♪♪
Sorry, sir.
♪♪
- Hey, hey!
- (ENGINE TURNS OVER)
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey!
No, no, no, no!
No, no, no!
No, no, no, no!
Hey!
Come on!
Hey, come on!
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
♪♪
ATHENA: Uh-oh.
Not on my watch!
BOBBY: Dispatch, this Captain Nash, .
Our engine just got h*jacked.
(SIRENS WAILING)
♪♪
Okay, what'd we miss?
Still jinxed.
You're welcome, sir.
Good luck to you and your wife.
(SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
OPERATOR: , what's your emergency?
OPERATOR: Help is on the way, ma'am.
LINDA: Thought you were headed home.
Brooke's gonna be late.
I'm on the floor till she gets here.
She said she was rear-ended by some crazy police chase?
Yeah.
Andre's running that one.
- Ah.
- Seems like your little firefighter friends are having a rough shift.
Wait, the ?
They're not trapped in the engine again, are they?
No, they just probably wish they were.
When did you guys last refill that gas t*nk?
I just topped it off.
He's got, like, four hours, give or take.
Yeah, unless he crashes it first.
(UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC)
JEAUX LONDON: ♪ You don't like feeling so vulnerable ♪
(GASPS)
- (TRUCK HORN BLASTS)
- (SIRENS WAILING)
ATHENA: Engine , pull over now!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
♪♪
(ENGINE REVVING)
♪♪ Engine , this is your last warning!
Pull over now! ♪♪ (ENGINES REVVING)
♪♪ No one's been hurt yet!
We can keep it that way if you would just stop!
♪♪ (TIRES SQUEALING)
Dispatch, suspect vehicle is heading north on Hill Street and not slowing down.
♪♪ Pull over now!
♪♪ POLICE OFFICER: Push him off to the right!
- Now! - (TIRES SQUEALING)
♪♪ BRIAN: Whoa!
♪♪ POLICE OFFICER: Driver, stop the vehicle!
ATHENA: All right, we got him now.
♪♪ POLICE OFFICER: Pull over and turn the engine off!
ATHENA: Come out with your hands up.
We have you surrounded.
- (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
- (SIRENS WHOOPING)
POLICE OFFICER: Don't move!
Keep your hands where we can see them!
♪♪ - What is he doing?
- ATHENA: What the?
♪♪ Don't do this.
Don't make it harder than it has to be.
(SIREN WHOOPING)
♪♪
(ENGINE REVVING)
♪♪
(SIRENS WAILING)
LINDA (OVER RADIO): All available units, report to North Hill Street.
Five-alarm fire.
I repeat, all available units, report to North Hill Street.
Five-alarm fire.
- What do we do?
- BOBBY: Uh...
everybody in the ambulance, now!
♪♪ BUCK: Cap, there's not enough room.
BOBBY: Just get on the gurney, Buck.
- Let's go!
- (SIREN WAILING)
BUCK: This is a terrible idea.
HEN: Well, we're already jinxed, so we may as well embrace it.
BUCK: Had to steal the engine.
Couldn't have taken the ambulance instead.
HEN: Hey, bite your tongue.
BUCK: Yeah, we're en route to a fire without any of our gear.
BOBBY: It's a five-alarm.
Other units are gonna respond and we will assist any way we can.
CHIMNEY: Cap, we don't even have our helmets.
Without your equipment on-scene...
EDDIE: Maybe there's a way to get it there.
Brian, it's Eddie.
- (RADIO BUZZING)
- Diaz.
You there?
(SIREN WAILING)
(SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Hey, Brian.
If you're there, key the radio so I know you're listening.
♪♪
(RADIO KEY CHIME)
I just wanted to say thank you for helping us out at the garage fire.
I needed your help.
We needed your help.
You were there.
♪♪
- (RADIO BUZZING)
- BRIAN: That's it.
All I ever wanted was to help people.
EDDIE (OVER RADIO): I know that's what you had planned when you put on that uniform.
Things don't always turn out the way we planned.
Sucks.
I know.
♪♪
Can't let yourself get stuck.
(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)
All you can do is let go, move on.
Sounds scary, but I know you can do it.
♪♪
No!
(STAMMERS)
I'm...
I'm not brave...
I want to be, but I'm not a hero like you.
You wanna be a hero?
There's a five-alarm fire right now.
We need your help.
♪♪
People's lives depend on you.
♪♪
No one's ever given me the chance!
♪♪
Here's your chance.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
EDDIE (OVER RADIO): I know you want to do the right thing, Brian.
You're so close.
BRIAN: I can't.
I can't do it.
I'm not a hero!
♪♪
EDDIE (OVER RADIO): We need you, Brian.
- We need you.
- (SIRENS WAILING)
♪♪
(HEART POUNDING)
♪♪
- (UPBEAT DRAMATIC MUSIC)
- (BLOWS AIR)
♪♪
DISPATCHER: Suspect is turning onto Hill.
He's turning onto Hill.
♪♪
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
ATHENA: Where does he think he's gonna go?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
BRIAN: (GROANING)
ATHENA: Come on.
Let's get him up.
- Get him out of here.
- (HANDCUFFS CLICK)
POLICE OFFICER: Let's go.
♪♪
ATHENA: Gonna say you guys missed the snow.
Didn't realize you're the main act.
BOBBY: Your penny never stood a chance.
Hey, thank you.
You did a good thing.
I did?
I did a good thing.
ATHENA: You also impersonated a firefighter, stole a vehicle, evaded the police, and recklessly endangered the lives of an not-insignificant number of people.
I'm under arrest, huh?
You sure we can't just stay and watch?
ATHENA: You tore up your ticket to this show.
Hey, you...
you must respond to a lot of family emergencies
- and car accidents and fights.
- (QUIRKY DRAMATIC MUSIC)
You probably help a ton of people each and every day.
ATHENA: Don't even think about it.
♪♪
(ENGINE TURNS OVER)
Never been so glad to get to the end of a shift.
And hopefully the end of that jinx.
I mean, that's it, right?
Next shift is back to normal?
I might call in sick just in case.
Hey, I know you guys are eager to get the hell out of here, but I'd like to buy you breakfast.
You ever get to that point where you haven't eaten in so long, you stop being hungry?
Yeah, no, me neither.
Still hungry.
Let's go.
All right, let's go.
Eddie, you gonna meet us there?
Sorry, guys.
I, um, I already have plans.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
BUCK: This guy Brian was never actually a firefighter?
BOBBY: Never.
Didn't pass the training.
HEN: Well, where'd he get the gear?
Everything he had looked pretty legit.
BOBBY: House was in the debris field of that mudslide.
Been out of commission ever since.
SINGERS: ♪ Fire ♪ He stole some gear, looked legit.
Just like one of us....
ANA: (GASPS)
BRIAN: Let me take a look at that.
BOBBY: Right into the mix.
HEN: Without anyone even noticing.
BUCK: So he bought a scanner, hear our calls, responds to emergencies.
♪♪
BOBBY (OVER RADIO): Dispatch, this is Captain Nash requesting assistance at Bay Park Drive.
Fire has now been upgraded to second alarm.
CHIMNEY: Blending in with us is bad enough.
But who knows how many times he's struck out on his own trying to save the day when it didn't need saving?
HEN: I feel like that's the one part I don't get.
He said he wanted to help people.
So why call in a fake gas leak?
BOBBY: Because he thought it was real.
♪♪
(PHONE LINE TRILLING)
LARRY: It's a great night at Jim's Burgers.
- How may I serve you?
- BRIAN: This is the fire chief of the LAFD.
LARRY: You're not calling about donations, are you?
- Because I don't have...
- No, sir.
Look, I don't want you to panic, but there's been a report of a gas leak in your building.
Wait, what?
The whole place could go up.
What do I do?
You need to break all the windows immediately.
LARRY: (GASPS)
(DIAL TONE DRONING)
♪♪
Everyone run for your lives!
BUCK: He wasn't just a fake firefighter, he was a terrible one.
♪♪ - BOBBY: Ah.
- SERVER: There you go.
- SERVER: Here you go.
- BOBBY: Thank you.
- CHIMNEY: Thank you.
- SERVER: This one's for you.
Think I've d*ed and gone to heaven.
- SERVER: (CHUCKLES)
- BOBBY: Hold on.
Here's to the hardest, hungriest working crew I know.
- Let's eat.
- (PERSON GASPING)
PATRON: Oh, my God, I think she's having a heart att*ck.
- PATRON: Is she all right?
- PATRON: Somebody help her.
- (GASPING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
BOBBY: I'll call it in.
Come on, get the LIFEPAK.
- BUCK: On it, Cap.
- (DIAL TONES CHIMING)
CHIMNEY: LAFD.
Okay.
Chest, right?
Okay.
It's okay.
_ (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
AVA: (CHUCKLES)
♪♪
- Hey, you made it.
- I did.
- How's the arm?
- Uh, it stings a little, but the doctor said I should be fine and that ice is absolutely the wrong thing to put on it.
♪♪
I was, um, surprised you called.
(SIGHS)
That was okay, right?
I didn't...
I'm glad you called.
♪♪ So how's that day from hell turn out?
You know, I'm starting to think it turned out pretty good.
Let's get something to eat.
- (CHUCKLING)
Yes.
- Yeah?
SERVER: Can I get you guys something to drink?
- Maybe coffee?
- BOTH: No coffee.
BOTH: Jinx.
(LAUGHTER)