10x19 - Finish What You Started

[bunniefuu]

Hey. You a firefighter?

I'm not, but my brother was.

Sad day for all of us at the CFD.

Your brother was a real hero.

- I'm Christopher.
- Todd.

- That was pretty heavy.
- What was?

The call where the car
was ripped in half

and the passenger was DOA?

Oh, yeah. Crazy.

Never been much for the touchy-feely.

Yeah, I noticed that.

I called admissions at Johns Hopkins.

Emma Jacobs never attended that school.

There is something off about her.

Hey!

You're an early bird, too, huh?

First in last out kind of guy?

[CHUCKLES] Trying to stay on top of it,

not slip up.

We're lucky to be here, you know?

Well, you're lucky.
Your spot at is permanent.

- Wish mine was.
- Hey, you never know.

I was in Saint Paul
a few weeks ago, and now...

Good point, you never know.

I just love how everyone here
hangs out after shift.

Not all firehouses do that.

Yeah, it's nice.

Hey, uh.

We should grab a drink
at Molly's sometime,

get to know each other better.

For sure.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

Okay, yeah.

Kylie.

Oh, one second.

Hey, Chief.

Need something?

What's going on out here?

Oh, they're installing
the new ethernet cords

throughout the whole house.

Are they bothering you?

Doesn't seem like a two-man job.

Since one of them just
stands around talking.

Oh, that's because
Needles is only a trainee.

[SOFT MUSIC]

That boy's name is Needles?

Don't worry,
they should be out of our hair

by the end of the week.

Okay.

♪

Okay.

Hey. Everything okay?

Sure, yeah. Everything's great.

Come on.

- What is it?
- Nothing.

I can't talk to you
about this kind of stuff.

And normally, I would
vent to Brett about this,

but she is in Portland, so.

Violet.

I'm your friend. Lay it on me.

[SIGHS]

It's been tough recently with Evan.

Hawkins. Um.

[CLEARS THROAT]

It feels like we're having
an affair, and that sucks.

Sneaking around,

keeping things
between us this big secret.

And we've tried staying apart,
and that just doesn't work.

And no matter what I try...

Sorry to interrupt.

[ALARM BLARES]

All units, structure fire.

West Superior Street.

[SIRENS BLARING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

Oh damn!

Find out where everyone is

and if that auxiliary building
is occupied.

Copy that, Chief.

to Main,
give me a still and box alarm.

Any reports of a plane crash
near our location?

Help! My friend, she's hurt!

Hey, we're on it.

She's over here.

We're on the flight path from O'Hare.

A plane dropped an engine after takeoff.

Had to circle back
for an emergency landing.

Surprised it didn't
flatten the building.

'Cause it bounced first.

[TENSE MUSIC]

So they've evacuated the school

to the south side parking lot.

The teachers are
still doing head counts,

but one thing we know for sure is that

an entire class from that
building is still missing.

Squad, primary search.

Truck, secondary search, vent as you go.

Squad , mask up, let's go!

Kidd.

Send two men
to clear that main building.

- Gallo, Mouch.
- Copy that.

Mason, with me.

[TENSE MUSIC]

Okay, let's go, let's go, let's go!

There was this huge boom in the sky,

and we tried to run,
but something hit Angie.

Whoa, whoa, don't touch it.

[PANTING]

Okay, it's Angie, right?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

Try to stay still, let's have a look.

Hey.

There are students in back,

but they're trapped
behind fallen trusses.

There's jet fuel leaking down on us.

You gotta find another way in.

This is the only way in!

Can we cut a hole through the wall?

Under the weight of that engine?

The whole side could collapse.

We'll find a way through. Let's go.

Lieutenant.

I might have an idea.

[WHIMPERING]

Lungs are clear, no stridor.

Doesn't seem to have pierced
an airway, so that's good.

The shrapnel is pulsating,

the carotid artery could be impinged.

Might tear at any moment.

Can you squeeze my hands, Angie?

Equal grip, that is a good sign.

- Okay.
- Okay.

We can't remove this here,
so we're going to secure it

and get you to Med where
a doctor can do it safely

and take really good care of you.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Try to stay as still as possible, okay?

Fire department! Call out!

Fire department! Call out!

Now, I have never seen it done before,

but we gotta get
those students out fast.

Precision cuts into the studs

so that the wall falls outward.

Taking the jet engine with it.

It's a technique we use
on trees in wildfires.

We make the cuts,
the tree falls the right way.

- I've done it a hundred times.
- Yes.

On trees.

We hit a dead end!

Turning back to find another route!

Your call.

Look, that structure is collapsing

one way or another.

So it might as well happen on our terms.

♪

More ambos on the way.

Can you do triage?

We have a patient that's
a red with a neck impalement.

Okay. I'll handle things here.

I'll call ahead to Med,
let 'em know you're on the way.

Copy that.

Yeah. Deep breaths.

We got blood.

Fire department, Call out!

♪

Gallo! In here.

Hello, fire department!
Call out if you can hear us!

Over here.

Hey, what happened?

I don't know, I was grading papers

when I heard this big expl*si*n,

the entire building shook, and...

I got sh*t.

You were sh*t?

Through the window.

I called , but they...

They told me to find
a safe place to hide,

but I... I had to stop the bleeding.

A jet engine fell.

You must've been hit
by a small piece of shrapnel.

A jet engine?

I... I just assumed with all
the drills we were doing,

it was some kind of pipe b*mb
or active sh**t.

Now, think you can sit up for me?

[GROANING]

No exit wound.

Mouch, he needs to get outside
and into an ambo.

Here.

Use this.

- Ready?
- [GROANING]

There you go.

- Set?
- Yeah.

Let's go.

We're taking out a section
of the Bravo wall

to try and redirect the collapse.

All firefighters, evacuate now.

Engine, back out now!

Get in position and cover those kids!

We're stretching another line!

We're in too deep, Chief.

Almost to the students.

I can hear them calling out.

Hey, to the corner. I'll feed you.

[GLASS SHATTERS]

Hey!

Okay, I got you, come on.

Get down!

- Okay, okay.
- [GASPING]

Hey, is anyone else with you?

- No.
- No?

No, just me.

How'd you get to the window?

I got separated from the others.

When all hell broke loose.

[CHAINSAW REVVING]

Okay, come on,
let's get you to the medics.

All right, if it falls early,
we're yanking you out!

Copy that, Lieutenant!

[CHAINSAW REVVING]

I've got eyes on the kids!

They're taking in a lot of smoke!

♪

[METAL CREAKING]

[FLAMES ROARING]

Come on!

- Hey!
- Wait, wait!

I've got this.

Chief! A ceiling truss fell!

This roof's gonna collapse any second!

[PEOPLE SHOUTING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

Go.

[CHAINSAW REVVING]

[METAL CREAKING]

[CHAINSAW POWERS DOWN]

[WOOD CREAKING]

Here we go.

Get ready.

[WOOD CRACKING]

[FLAMES ROARING]

All right, let's move in!

♪

[COUGHING]

All right, come on.

[COUGHING]

Let's go.

Watch your step.

Everybody to the medics!

Nobody leaves without being seen first!

We're almost there.

♪

Come on!

Slight smoke inhalation.

You got it.

♪

Hey, nice work back there, Mason.

Oh, thanks, Lieutenant.

All my years in the CFD, I've
never seen anything like it.

Hey. How'd you know it would work?

I didn't.

I mean, I figured it might.

But back in Colorado,

we'd cut down trees close to homes,

or low hanging limbs near a fire line.

You need it to fall away
so you don't create a bridge.

See, they don't teach that
in CFD academy.

So what's the trick?

It's all about the angles.

You want a hammer and a wedge,
if you can, but...

Yeah.

Hey, Chief, we're finally back.

It took forever
for the FAA to get there.

Hey.

Have you seen this?

The young man's name is Needles.

Hmm.

- That's a weird one.
- Yeah.

I don't like the look of him.

And this chit-chat thing
has been going on all day.

[SOFT MUSIC]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Have you talked to him at all?

- Maybe he's a good guy.
- No.

Unlike Kylie and Needles,

I am too busy to lean on desks
making small talk.

♪

We do not pay him
to stand around and flirt.

This whole thing means trouble.

Well, Chief, with all due respect,

you're not Kylie's father.

I'm... I'm pretty sure
she can handle herself.

Hmph.

I'm just gonna go write up my report.

♪

Hmm.

Don't sh**t the messenger,
but Trudy needs

a final head count for game night.

All right, yeah. We're in.

Everything okay?

My middle kid, Max, you know,
his school just called.

Cindy is spitting mad.

- What'd he do?
- Ah.

He smarted off to a teacher...

Something about arguing over the answers

on a pop quiz.

I swear, these kids born
with iPads in their hands?

You can't tell 'em anything
they don't already know.

Tell me about it.

Similar thing's going on at the academy.

Chief Fletcher asked me to guest lecture

about aerial pipe operations?

All I saw was the tops of heads

and glowing phones below the desk lines.

Maybe it was the messenger. No offense.

I don't think you understand
what "no offense" means.

I'm just saying,

if this generation knows it all,

you gotta find something new
to teach 'em,

and if they won't listen,

you gotta break through all the clutter.

And I'm saying no more speaking

at the academy for me.

My duty is done.

What's up?

Just about to get
into my incident report.

- Hmm. Like minds.
- Mm-hmm.

So I don't, you know, really wanna know,

but how close was that engine
to falling on your head?

I was never worried.

Mm-hmm.

Maybe just a smidge.

I've been in way worse spots.

[SOFT SENTIMENTAL MUSIC]

Don't I know it.

♪

What's on the menu today?

[HUFFS] Sandwiches.

I had big plans for a Guinness stew,

but then a jet engine
fell out of the sky, so.

Hey, I... I saw you talking
to Violet this morning.

Is everything okay with her?

She sounded upset.

Oh, no, we were just, uh,
just talking, you know?

Why?

There was this weird thing on the call.

What do you mean?

I don't know, she just
seemed a little off her game.

She couldn't handle all the blood,

and it really freaked out
the girl we were treating.

Never seen her do anything like that.

Must have been a rough one.

No rougher than plenty
of other calls we've been on.

It was worrying 'cause like you said,

she doesn't normally
act like that, but...

I'm glad to hear there's
nothing going on with her.

It was probably just a blip.

♪

You see what I mean?

It's not holding the charge,
it levels down way too fast.

Don't worry.

We'll order you one from the shops.

Is this the firehouse that
responded to the jet engine crash?

That's right.

Alan Cutler, FAA Office

of Accident Investigation
and Prevention.

Deputy District Chief Wallace Boden.

How can we help?

My team's at the scene
right now, trying to determine

the cause of the engine failure,

but to do that, they're gonna
need to reconstruct

the entire assembly.

But they're missing
the upper starboard side

engine mounting strut.

I'm gonna need it back.

- I'm sorry, what?
- One of my guys

saw the officer of Squad

leaving the crash site
with that strut in hand.

Whoa, whoa. I'm the officer of Squad .

I didn't take any souvenirs.

[TENSE MUSIC]

You think I'm messing around?

Interfering with an FAA investigation

is a federal offense.

I didn't interfere with anything.

I don't have your strut.

I can get my partner over here.

We can search this place up and down.

Empty every last compartment
of your rigs.

Not without a warrant, you won't.

If my lieutenant says
he doesn't have it,

he doesn't have it.

Okay, Chief.

You just brought down the full weight

of the United States government
on your firehouse.

♪

Severide's pretty wound up over this.

You know, that strut probably landed

- four blocks from the school.
- Or got stuck in a tree.

Guaranteed.

That being said...

you're sure you didn't take anything

you weren't supposed to?

Why do you keep asking me that?

Because if it ends up at

after Boden told the feds
to go packing, we're all dead.

Well, I'm not in the habit of taking
souvenirs from accident scenes.

- [LAUGHS]
- Uh, are you kidding me?

You took the chunk of propane
t*nk that almost k*lled Cruz.

We both took that!
To make a plaque for Joe!

Okay.

Okay, what round is this?

AKA, how much catching up
do I have to do?

What are you doing here?

I think what he means is,

you know, no hanging out
with Hawkins tonight?

Oh.

Uh, yeah, he's at a seminar in Milwaukee

with a bunch of other white
shirts, so he can't even call.

- Well, that's annoying.
- Yeah, tell me about it.

Sounds stressful.

I mean, worrying about
getting caught all the time,

dealing with this...

Maybe it would help if you, you know,

took a few shifts off,
cleared your head.

I have relationship issues, Gallo,

not a debilitating disease.

Besides, work is not the problem.

It is a welcome distraction.

No, yeah, sure, I just...

When I'm in a bad head space
and we get a tough call,

like with that girl
with shrapnel in her neck,

it can... it can be upsetting.

That wasn't upsetting,
there was barely any blood.

I mean, yes, it looked bad,
but we stabilized it.

And due to its position,

lodged between
the carotid and trachea...

I'm sorry, can we not talk about

horrific impalements on my day off?

- [LAUGHS]
- Oh, Ritter can't handle it.

Maybe you should tell him
to take a few shifts off?

- Mm-mm.
- Mm.

Okay, do you guys want another round?
Because I'm thirsty.

- Yeah.
- Sure.

Okay, be right back.

[SOFT MUSIC]

[EXHALES]

Hey, Lieutenant Herrmann.

Todd! Hey, you're back!

Hey! What're you reading this week?

A mystery, a thriller?

Actually, I'm not here to read.

You're training to be a firefighter?

Get outta here. When did this happen?

My brother was always
trying to talk me into it.

And then I met you.

And that day on the bench,
when you said that

John's death was a sad day for the CFD,

I realized, right then and there,
I wasn't his only brother.

[SOFT SENTIMENTAL MUSIC]

He had family here too.

Hell yeah, he did.

I... I should get going.

I don't want to be late for class.

Yeah, unless you like running stairs.

[CHUCKLES]

I'll see you around, Lieutenant.

Yeah, you will.

Hey, Todd.

Listen, you come by
my bar Molly's sometime,

I'll buy you a drink, all right?

It's a firefighter bar,

and you're a firefighter now.

Thanks, I... I will.

♪

Hey, Chief Fletcher!

Just the man I came here to see.

Herrmann, you here
to assist my next class?

We could always use
another hallway crawler.

I would, but I got a kid's
ball game to go to, so.

Hey, how is Todd Graham doing?

A new candidate of yours.

Graham? He's doing great.

He's a little hard on himself

as one of the older guys in class,

but top-notch recruit.

- Good, I'm glad to hear it.
- That why you came by?

Oh, uh, no,

I wanted to run something
by you real quick.

Kay, stay on the radio.

Hi, just need a minute
with your class, please.

Wow, crowded house.

We had to make room,
with the loss of that building.

All right, g*ng, listen up.

I want you to give these men
your full attention.

These are two of the brave firefighters

that helped us out the other day.

Thank you, Principal Temshiv.

All right, we'll make this quick.

All the debris that was
scattered around your school?

The investigators need
every piece of that

in order to figure out what went wrong.

There's a really important
part that's still missing.

It's, um, some kind of a mounting strut.

So if one of you guys took it
for a memento or whatever,

it needs to be returned.

And he's right,
this is serious business.

I mean, there could even be
legal repercussions.

Hey.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Needles, is it?

[SOFT MUSIC]

Hey, I'm Stella.

Nice to meet you.

Yeah.

So, uh, "Needles."

That's interesting.

Is that a birth name, or...

Nope.

Hmm.

What is that on your neck,
is that a Stormtrooper?

Nope, I... I can see clearly
now it's a skull.

That's cool.

♪

[ALARM BLARES]

Ambulance , person injured,

- South Oakley...
- Fresh mac 'n' cheese

- if you want it.
- Oh!

[TENSE MUSIC]

Why, thank you.

♪

Over here, hurry!

I was just walking by, and this guy came

crashing down the stairs.

- Make way.
- My arm...

- I think it's broken.
- Let's get you up.

[WINCES]

All right, let's see.

- What's your name?
- Donald.

What happened, Donald?

Were you trying to ride down the stairs?

No, I came around the corner too fast.

Lost control avoiding
this guy on the sidewalk.

I'm done with these things. Never again.

Man, does this hurt.

Poor distal circulation.

What does that mean?

I'm not getting a pulse.

Okay, listen, Donald?

We can't wait to treat this at Med.

If we don't do something
about this right now,

it's possible you could lose
your hand, or the entire limb.

It'll be fine. You'll be okay.

We just need to reduce the fracture

by turning the bone back on itself

in the direction of the break.

You are gonna feel it,
but then we can move you.

Okay, do it, just do it.

Okay, grab me the speed splint,
and draw up of Fentanyl.

- Okay.
- [GRUNTS]

Maybe I should do the reduction?

Uh, no, I... I got it.

I'm just saying since, you know,

this stuff doesn't bother me.

I said I got it.

Are... are you sure you're up for this?

Maybe we just let the doctors handle it.

I have done this before.
You are gonna be okay.

[PANTING]

Syringe?

Okay.

- On three, okay?
- Okay.

One, two...

- [BONE CRACKS]
- [YELLS]

Sorry, yeah, I know that sucked.

But it's over now.

[PANTING]

Let's secure this and get him to Med.

♪

We've searched the house, all the rigs.

I've reached out
to the entire high school,

and that strut still hasn't surfaced.

Any further word from the FAA?

Well, they've gone straight
up the chain of command.

Fire commissioner, city
comptroller, mayor's office,

but I told them all the same thing.

You didn't take it.

Does Kelly need
to talk to the union rep?

Maybe lawyer up?

The fact that Cutler never came

with a search warrant suggests
he doesn't have

a very strong case against you.

So maybe we should all just sit tight,

let this whole thing blow over.

I'm not gonna sit tight
while you're getting

angry phone calls
from the mayor's office.

Guess I'll just order
some spring cleaning,

search all the rigs again.

So.

What'd you think of Needles?

[SOFT MUSIC]

I mean...

maybe he's not the most
friendly guy in the world,

but you know that generation.

I'm sure he's harmless.

Well.

Kylie tells me he took her on a date.

So they're seeing each other now.

What?

No way, uh-uh.

No, we can't allow our girl to
lower her standards like that.

No, we cannot.

♪

This is our second time
cleaning out the rigs.

If we didn't find it the first time...

Uh-oh!

Look what I found.

My slide whistle! [LAUGHS]

Thought this was gone forever.

[DESCENDING AND ASCENDING TRILL]

Whoa, oh, no. [COUGHS]

Oh, gentlemen, I may have
just poisoned myself.

Make sure I get a monument...

Hey, Mason!

Listen.

That stunt that you pulled
with the chainsaw,

cutting down the entire wall like that?

How'd you like to demonstrate it

to a class at the CFD academy?

You want me to...

Want me to teach new recruits?

Yeah, guest lecture.

We're calling it
the Wildland Firefighters

Technique in Urban Areas.

I cleared it with the chief of training.

Doesn't pay a dime, but you will gain

some valuable connections
with the white shirts there.

Hell yeah.

Count me in.

Great, I'll let him know!

Hey, uh, remember me?

Of course.

What's going on?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

It's about the missing airplane part.

Yeah? You know something?

Maybe.

If... if I tell you who got it,
they gonna get in trouble?

That's not really up to us.

But it'll be a lot better for them

if they come forward
with it voluntarily.

It's not me, man, I...

Just... just forget I said anything.

Hey, whoa.

You... you can't tell me
you know who's got it

and then just walk out of here.

I'm no snitch.

Kay, but here's the thing, Marco.

A firefighter is going to end
up taking the hit for this.

One of the guys that
helped save your classmates.

Are you okay with that?

Look.

I know it's not always easy
to do the right thing.

But you're not a coward.

I saw you brave a wall of fire

to get yourself out of that classroom.

Hell, it even takes guts to
come down here, and talk to me.

But you gotta finish what you started.

♪

I found this near the track.

Not sure what it does exactly,
but it's gotta be structural.

It's super strong, made from chromium

molybdenum alloy steel.

That looks just like
a Halligan bar, right?

Yeah, which must be why someone thought

they saw you leaving with it.

Yeah, no doubt. Who is this kid?

His name's Oliver Bell, a senior.

He pulled that video down right
after you visited the school.

So how'd you get a copy?

One of the other students.

I promised him
we'd leave him out of this.

Well, all I care about
is finding this little punk.

- Can you forward that to me?
- Yeah, you bet.

All right, I'm gonna tell Boden,

and then I'm going back to the school.

All right.

- Great work.
- Yeah.

Oh, good, you're free.

- I need you.
- Okay.

♪

- Okay.
- The hell's going on?

Yeah, why so aggressive?

- We need to talk about Emma.
- Um, hello?

- What have I been saying?
- We were on this call,

and she was acting like she's the PIC,

questioning my abilities
in front of the patient.

- No...
- Yeah.

With a smile on her face,
like it was no big deal.

Okay, at Molly's the other night,

when you suggested I should
take a few shifts off,

did she say something to you?

She did say that you seemed
a little out of it

on that jet engine call.

But I only believed her

because you did seem
distracted that morning.

I am starting to think
that she is shady.

She lied about going to Johns Hopkins.

She lied about that, and you knew?

Why wouldn't you tell me?

We thought she just
wanted to seem more qualified.

And we didn't want to stir the pot

since she ain't sticking around.

[EXHALES]

She also told me that she wishes

she could stay at permanently.

She said the same thing to me.

[SCOFFS]

This bitch is after my job.

Hey, Chief, do you have a second?

Come on in.

[SIGHS]

Things are not working out with Emma.

- No?
- Mm.

- I'm sorry to hear that.
- Yeah.

So I was thinking,
maybe until Brett gets back,

I can just partner up with
someone in the floater pool?

- Not my call.
- I know,

but I figured since you
oversee the whole district...

Paramedic Chief Hawkins placed her here.

I can't override his order.

There's no way? There's no workaround?

Sorry, I... I just, I figured since

you know me better, and you
know that I am trustworthy

on this kind of thing...

[TENSE MUSIC]

But never mind.

I'll go to Chief Hawkins.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

♪

[CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RUMBLING]

Hey, Oliver.

I'm one of the firefighters
from the other day.

Cool.

Yeah, I'm gonna need that
chunk of metal you picked up.

- What chunk of metal?
- You can drop the act.

I saw the TikTok.

You know, the one you took down

after we told you that
taking that strut was a felony?

Please, I... I didn't know what to do.

It was just a stupid mistake.

I thought it was basically junk, but...

Now if I turn it in, I'm...

Supposed to go to college next year.

I got into an engineering program.

Things are going to get
a lot worse for you

if you don't turn it in.

If I get in any kind of trouble,

they'll revoke my acceptance.

Everything I've worked for...

just gone.

All right, just...

give me the strut, and I'll
make sure none of that happens.

We have to be firm
and have a united front.

No cracks in the armor.

- Yes. Right.
- Right.

Kylie.

Can we see you for a moment?

Yeah.

Hey, have a seat.

Did I do something wrong?

No, no, not at all.

No, you're doing a fantastic job.

This is not about work,
exactly, it's, uh...

Well, we just want to talk.

Okay.

So we trust you.

We think you make good decisions.

And we don't normally impose any limits.

But...

as for this boy that
you are seeing, it's...

He may not have the best intentions.

And we're not here to say
who you can and can't date.

We think that you're a fine young woman.

I think that you deserve
a fine young man.

Yes.

And you don't think that fine
young man could be Needles?

- Um, actually...
- Well, it's...

We are speaking generally.

We are... we are not judging anyone.

[SOFT PLAYFUL MUSIC]

♪

[CHUCKLES]

Well, I am.

[CHUCKLES]

For our date,
he took me to a tattoo parlor,

where he also works.

That's where the nickname comes from.

He just wanted to brag about his art

and, uh, talk about how awesome he is.

- He's really full of himself.
- Oh.

Trust me, there will not be
a second date.

So is that all you needed me for, or...

No, that's all for now.

Yes. Dismissed.

Thanks, Mom and Dad.

♪

Well, I... I did say that
she could handle herself, so.

This is a Halligan bar.

A forcible entry tool
designed by a deputy chief

out of New York
named Hugh Halligan in .

And this...

This is what one of my guys found

while cleaning out the bunker room.

I'm sure you can understand how

Lieutenant Severide
confused it with his own tool

after a long, chaotic fire rescue.

[CHUCKLES] You guys are something else.

You could've just looked
for it when I asked you to.

But no, you had to puff up your chests.

Well, you got it back now, so.

Can we assume that puts
this ugly chapter behind us?

Well, I gotta get this back to my guys,

make sure it's still intact, but...

I should be able to convince my boss

we don't need to press charges
on this one.

Thanks.

Gentlemen.

- Thank you very much.
- [CHUCKLES]

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

You were willing to take
a b*llet for that kid.

I'm glad it missed.

♪

So it's a hammer,
and it lands on the table!

- Whoa.
- I don't like to brag...

[LAUGHTER]

Hey, Todd, over here!

Hey, fellas, this is Todd Graham.

Candidate I was telling you about.

This is Mouch, Ritter, Gallo,

the newest recruit over here, Mason,

and he's gonna be guest lecturer

for you in a class real soon, so.

Hey, what're you drinking?

I... whatever's on tap is great, thanks.

Coming up.

Has anyone warned you about
the final written test yet?

Because when I tell you, it is no joke.

Firefighter two exam?

Yeah. [CHUCKLES]

Lieutenant Herrmann
said he'd help me study.

Then you're all set.

If Herrmann says he's
got your back, he means it.

He's the reason I'm still a firefighter.

Yeah, I wouldn't be
a recruit without him.

Mm.

So how about that drink?
Just the two of us?

Unless now's not a good time.

Nah, let's do it.

Let's do it.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪

I want to say she's gaslighting me,

or she's just a liar.

Doesn't really matter.

Either way, she's a sociopath

who I can't trust at all.

And who's after my job!

You're not going anywhere.

I need you to transfer Emma out of .

I wish I could.

But you know I can't get involved.

Not with all eyes on us right now.

[GROANS] There's gotta be
something we can do,

or someone else I can go to.

[SIGHS]

Brett's back in a month, right?

Yeah, well, that's a month of looking

over my shoulder during
life and death situations.

Violet Mikami,
you are an excellent medic.

- I know you can handle it.
- [GROANS]

But I shouldn't have to!

She is clearly vindictive, or worse!

If we weren't doing this...

- It won't be this way forever.
- [SCOFFS]

But look at us, Evan.

You are practically
on probation because of me,

and I can't file a complaint
about a co-worker

because of you.

Oh, my God, how did we get here?

How did we risk our careers like this?

Why did you make me
fall in love with you?

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪

I didn't mean in love, I...

It's okay.

I feel the same way.

[EXHALES]

This is a disaster.

[SIGHS]

♪

Total disaster.

Yeah.

♪

- What are we doing here?
- I told you,

just be patient.

[CHUCKLING]

Okay, so right over there.

That is where I almost lost you.

♪

You know, I stood watching
that boat in the water,

waiting for you
to come up for air, and...

I mean, I'll never forget that feeling,

just thinking of a life without you.

It felt like no life at all.

And I never want to feel that way again.

Look, we are both taking
a big leap of faith here.

You know, we're jumping into an unknown

that carries a lot of baggage
from both our pasts.

And neither of us
thought we'd ever try again...

But we can do this.

I know it.

I know it too.

I'm all in.

And I know it may sound crazy,

but this is where I want to do it.

[LAUGHS]

- Right here?
- Well...

At the... the Crystal Gardens.

Oh.

Unless you hate it?

No.

If this is where you
want to do it, then...

It's perfect.

[CHUCKLES]

Really?

I love it.

I love you.

♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

[WOLF HOWLS]