02x02 - Like Breathing Again

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Previously on Fire Country...

Our kid's in prison.

You don't want to ask how he is?

Take a page out of my
mom's book and Gabriela's.

Forget about me.

I thought I was saving him.

I made everything worse.

- When'd you get back?
- I wanted to surprise you.

Captain Perez was big
on spirit of the law.

There's a reason why
I'm here and he's not.

Bode needs to know that
he has purpose out here.

Something worth fighting to get out for.

Bode, you're a dad.

Genevieve is Cara's

biological child.

My life before you
was all about waiting.

I'll be damned if
you don't have a woman.

Gabriella. I'm staying in here

for her more than anyone else.

Eve, I'm engaged.

I'm so happy for you.

I didn't think
I'd ever see this place again.

I didn't think I'd ever see you again.

All those nights we sat here,

worried sick, waiting up for Bode.

I never thought I'd be sitting
here alone waiting up for you.

I went for a ride.

Yeah, the neighbors called.

They thought maybe your
bike had been stolen,

the way you were blowing
through red lights.

On the campaign fire,
I used an axe to get out my frustration.

That gave me clarity.

I thought I had worked
through this, but...

But you're still pissed at Bode.

And tomorrow's the first day

he's eligible for service
back at Three Rock.

And I got a couple of espressos'
worth of anxiety in me as well.

So, we're just gonna work through it,

you and me, like we always do.

Yeah.

Come on, let's go to bed.

It's only like a couple of hours

before you got to boss me
around at work tomorrow.

Wait, I thought you
were bringing Genevieve.

Here? I had to sign a waiver

saying I wouldn't sue
if I get kidnapped.

I get it.

It's, you know, it's just that

other dads are proud to

have their kids visit them here.

I thought I was gonna
meet my daughter today.

Easy, Bode.

She might be your daughter.

I'm not entirely sure
that you're the dad.

Jake, you-you said that I am her dad.

You didn't say maybe.

For the record, I said Jake
could tell you the truth,

not a half-truth.

I was pissed, too.

You were in prison

trying to k*ll or be k*lled.

If you are Gen's dad,

then my half-truth
saved her father's life.

If not, then my half-truth

selfishly kept my best friend alive.

After you and I broke up,

there was somebody else,
but it was just one time,

and it was with protection.

Fine, I can take a
paternity test right now.

I mean, she must want to know, right?

You could not begin to guess
what my 12-year-old wants.

She's in therapy,

grieving my parents who lied to her

about being her parents.

But mostly, she
focuses on how I lied, too,

about being her sister

and how she hates me.

I'm sorry, she hasn't asked

about her bio dad,
Bode. You don't come up.

Well, I can't... I
can't just do nothing.

The test might provide some ans...

Stop, both of you.

You want to do something, Bode?

Do good time.

Other dads are proud to
have their kids come visit?

Gen's not visiting you.

She's meeting you for the first time.

She shouldn't have to do
that with you in orange.

Get out as fast as you can, Bode.

No, they cannot

keep you from your kid.

Except they can 'cause
I'm stuck in here.

I've already lost so
much time with her, Cole.

I got to get out fast.

All right, gents, on your marks!

End of the bunks. Let's go.

Bunk searches? Since when?

New routine under Captain Stickler.

The rules have been the same
since you were last here, Bode.

No outside food or
drink without paperwork.

That's a write-up.

I had a phone in prison.

My homie can't have a coffee at camp?

My bad, Eve.

The COs were pretty lax
about the outside food rule

- when Manny was here.
- Rules

are your new religion, gentlemen.

They keep you alive on the fire line,

they keep Sacramento off my
back and help me sleep at night.

So when you break the rules,

you get benched.

And it's not "Eve."

It's "Captain Edwards."

I thought you said camp was... chill.

Hey. Don't run, don't run.

Ay, Gaby...

Amparo.

- Mwah.
- Oh...

Ay... Let me see, let me see.

Ay...

Oh, when Dieguito told us, I screamed.

Two tours in Afghanistan,

and that's what almost
ruptured my eardrums.

- Hey.
- Hey!

¿Cómo están todos?

Wow, mami.

- Mira, mira, mira.
- You made chicharrones.

- Ah...
- Ah...

You had four last time.

I figured it was a winner.

A mom always notices.

- Yay!
- Hey.

Oh!

- Señor.
- He's got energy, huh?

- Hey.
- Good to see you again.

Call me "Pops." I'd be honored.

- Dad.
- What? I'm just excited.

I got to get used to
calling him "son," no?

We share the sentiment, Manny.

Oh, it's so good to see you.

- You, too.
- Eat. Come eat. Oh.

- Thank you.
- Well, I'm-I'm a little bit embarrassed,

'cause I should have known
better than to bring takeout

to a Colombian woman's home, I mean,

I was married to one.

Hey.

I am so disappointed that Gabriela's mom

can't make it to the wedding.

She can't, huh?

No, she's teaching in Turin for a year,

- and she just started.
- Mm.

Bonfires at Devil's Peak.

With superficial burns.

Which means we got to go.

- Sorry.
- Sorry, Amparo.

I'm logging many hours at 42.

Thank you.

You didn't even invite
your mom, did you?

You just made that up.

So?

Come on, she's your mom.

Why would I invite someone
I hate to my wedding?

Hate, it's a harsh word, mija.

Abandonment is harsh.

She left us. Stop taking her side.

Oh, good to have you with us, Perez.

I'm not picky about where
I rack up my medic hours.

That came out wrong.

All right, geniuses!

Party's over. Time to go home.

We got it under control, man.

Hey, who are we hurting?

Well, let me see, yourselves, the trees,

the fate of the planet.

Nothing you care about.

Perez? Apply some burn
dressings to those kids

- until the ambo gets here.
- Copy, Chief.

Jake, take Olson, do
a sweep of the area.

Uh, Leone, Perez Dos...

k*ll those fires

before they k*ll my forest.

On it, Chief.

All right, let's lay
an inch-and-a-half line.

- We're on it.
- Copy that. Greencrest, Devil's Peak I.C.

Requesting Three Rock
for debris clearance.

- Copy.
- I thought taking orders from my husband

was gonna be kind of hot.

Why am I taking them from Jake?

Because fighting fires is better
than watching people do it?

Oh, right, right. Happy
first day back to me.

Well, at least you had a choice.

I'm Perez "Dos." Not even "Uno."

All right, gentlemen, listen up.

We got 30-mile-per-hour winds

coming from the north,

and 90% probability of an ignition,

so do not get complacent, gentlemen.

Especially you new recruits.

Follow the rules, I'm a happy captain,

and you shave another
day off your sentence.

- Win-win.
- First fire.

Let's go, fellas.

- Let's go, let's go.
- Devil's Peak.

Favorite hangout when
we were in high school.

Looks like kids are bringing it back.

Well, they shouldn't. Leone,

tell 'em about your
varsity baseball initiation.

Captains dared the newbies
to swim Jefferson Cave.

It was like this narrow,
underwater coffin.

You had to go one cave to
the next, and then back.

If you didn't do it, they
made your season a living hell.

Then what happened?

My mom showed up with her crew

and shut the whole thing down.

Shut down by mama. Hate to see it.

These kids never learn.

I take it you put out one
too many fires here at Devil's Peak?

Uh, I pulled one too many
kids out of that cave, too.

One of Bode's teammates
almost drowned on me one year.

Though I kept this
guy from ever going in,

and look how he turned out.

Hey, Leone, get that
other line up and running.

Copy.

All right, this is way better

- than giving orders.
- Damn right.

All right, gents, cut
it down to the dirt.

And if you see a spot fire, k*ll it.

And, Leone, keep an
eye on your new trainee.

A lot of what we do is maintain

defensible space around town.

We pick up trash with sticks.

Yeah, that's in between
fires though, right?

Nothing better than seeing
you in uniform again.

Thanks. Mom here?

Yeah. Uh, you're gonna want
to steer clear of her tonight,

though, Bode.

- Check in with Jake about mop-up.
- Gotcha.

Mop-up? Like clean-up?

So, Cap is your friend,
your dad is the chief.

- Yeah, it's a small town.
- Yeah.

Can't you use your connections
to get us a little more action?

Yeah, I am revved up.

Remember what you said
when we were in prison?

I was sharpening shanks,
you told me to chill.

Yeah, you should've listened.

Listen to me now. Be about these rules.

Help!

Anyone?

Gen? Is that Cara's sister?

Genevieve? What...

What in the hell are you doing here?

I'm-I'm really sorry. For the record,

I-I didn't want to come.

I'm not getting in trouble for this.

Ally dragged me to this
party, told me to wait outside.

Worst babysitter ever.

Is Ally still in that cave?

With her friend Taylor.

Okay, come with me.

Take your time.

I got two unaccounted-for
females in Jefferson Cave.

I need eyes in there, like, yesterday.

Sharon, Manny, suit up. You're going in.

- Copy.
- Copy that, Chief.

And, uh, Jake, listen, don't freak out,

but Genevieve's here. She's fine.

Stay here. I'm gonna
call Cara, all right?

Thank you.

All right, let's put it here.

That's her.

That's my daughter.

What the hell is she doing here?

It's a small town.

Man, she looks just like you.

I just want to go talk to her.

I might not get another chance.

Hey. Hey, Gen...

- You-you know who I am, right?
- Hey, do not do that!

No, don't do it.

Stop!

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Olson, contain this fire.

Copy, Cap.

- Get him out of here.
- Eve, this debris...

It's gotta go.

Three Rock, pick up the pace!

Purple fire. Wow.

Fire dye.

"Vibrant, colorful fires
will provide fun for hours."

They are literally playing with fire.

Okay, we got two teens inside that cave.

Precise location unknown.

Oxygen levels inside
unknown, and their conditions

also unknown.

This is a high-complexity rescue
with a low chance of success,

so... I'm counting on
you to b*at the odds.

Go find those girls.

We're on it.

- Yes, sir.
- Hey-hey.

We need another hose right here.

Hi. It's gonna be okay.

My dad and his crew are
gonna help everybody.

Do you remember me?

You used to live next door,

and I guess now you live in jail?

Hey, bring that line this way.

Uncle Jake!

Oh. Oh...

- Cara's gonna k*ll me.
- No, no, no, no, sweetie.

She's just gonna be glad
you're okay, like me.

Listen, it's not safe
for you right here, okay?

- Take her to holding.
- She really likes Jake.

He knows how to talk to her.

And apparently to you.

One phone call from Jake
and you snap out of your

m*rder tunnel vision?

Is he really that charming?

Leone!

Debris is over here.

Let's pick up the pace!

Ally?

Taylor?

This is the first cavern.

The first place those
kids should have turned around.

Search of the first cavern is complete.

No sign of victims.

Detector says 19.7, zero, zero and zero.

Good oxygen levels. That's a start.

Okay, we have eyes on the water channel.

These kids swim through this
to get to the next cavern.

Let's get eyes in there.

- There we go.
- Okay.

- Give you this.
- Power.

All right, let's see what we got.

All right, how we looking?

Wow.

That does not look
safe enough to swim in.

No, it's not.

This channel is way
smaller than the last time

I had eyes on it. The
whole thing must have

collapsed in on itself.

I don't know how the
girls had enough room

- to even get in there.
- All right, come back up

and we'll set up the forestry pumps.

Drain the water and open a
safe path into the next cavern.

We've got two lives down here.

I'm not coming back up.
I-I will try to fit through it.

I'm not putting more
lives into a blind death trap.

The conditions in the
second cavern are unknown.

Come back up now. That's an order.

Copy, Chief.

So, how'd it go, Pops?

She sees me as a convict next door.

Not exactly dad material.

I need a pump.

Here.

Yeah.

Hi, Mom.

The pump, Bode. We're losing time.

Yeah.

Pump's good, yep.

Cap, status report?

Copy, Chief. Fire is
contained and almost out.

You know the truth, right?

I lied to get Freddy out.

Mm-hmm.

You do know how sorry I am, right?

- Sharon, you ready?
- Yeah.

Let's go.

Fire up the pump.

All right. Here we go.

Manny, what is that?

- Is that blood?
- Oh, my God.

I got a hand.

On my count we pull. One, two, three.

Okay, okay, I've got one.

Unconscious.

Fits the description of Taylor.

She's got a severe head lac.

- That's the source of the blood.
- No pulse.

I'm starting compressions.

Stupid, dangerous cave.

Come on, Taylor.

Oh...

Yes! I got a pulse.

Okay. Good job. Good job.

Where's that spine board? Come on!

Sharon, what's your status?

She's gonna live to
make more dumb mistakes.

Let's go. Let's get her over. She good?

We bandage this head lac,
we get her out of here.

Attagirl, Taylor.

You're a medic now?

Still have hours of
training shifts to log,

but I will be.

A lot changed while I was gone.

You're collecting new
certifications like they're gold medals.

There's no surprise there.

My mom's keeping her distance.

She's hurt, Bode.

You hurt her. You hurt us all.

I got your letters.

You did?

You know, for a moment I thought
that maybe the prison had lost them.

But, no, you chose to ignore them.

I thought that I was doing right by you.

You were. I'm happy now.

I'm getting married, Bode.

- Where's Ally?
- Where's the last place you saw her?

We made it through the water channel.

It was so tight.

When we made it to the second cavern,

it was really hard to catch our breath.

I-I started...

I was drowsy and...

I started swimming back. I thought...

Ally was... behind me.

Taylor?

- Taylor?
- Chief?

Any organic matter in that water

and around the cave

could be lowering the oxygen levels.

Which means she's gonna run out.

We may have less time than we thought.

Jake, how's the fire?

It's out. Guys are on mop-up.

Well, the pumps aren't moving
fast enough to create a path

to the second cavern.
We need another way in.

Hey, when you and Bode were kids,

didn't one of the Dixon boys claim
that he found another way out?

Yeah, the back entrance.

We all heard the story,
but no one ever saw it.

It may be our only sh*t at
getting to Ally before it's too late.

I'm sending you Perez Dos.

- On it, Chief.
- BP's dropping.

And this head lac keeps bleeding.

Okay, let's start an IV.

Oh. Taylor...

You're a hemophiliac?

Any scrape and you could've bled out.

What were you thinking?

But she didn't.

And the how's not important.

Look, we're gonna take care of you.

- Don't worry.
- You could have d*ed.

Sharon.

Perez, take over the patient.

- Copy, Chief.
- What?

- You have to get Ally...
- Okay.

You're done for the
day. Go home, cool off.

You cannot do that.

As your chief, I absolutely can.

Are you pissed off at Bode at something?

Is that what it is?

Because right now you seem
pissed off at the world

and you're taking it out on that girl.

I can still be useful here.

Don't pull rank on me.

Go home.

Our window to find Ally is closing fast.

- You find that second access point yet?
- Yeah, we're still working on it.

If we can get a look at that
second cavern from the inside,

it'd be super helpful.

There's a TikTok.

Of course there is.

- Bring it in.
- Come here.

Please don't tell Cara I got the app.

She and I don't keep secrets.

Pull it up.

Yeah, I'm sorry, these
kids are not Scorsese.

What's Scorsese?

- Really?
- Wait, you guys hear that muffled noise?

Yeah, it sounds like
the highway, Route 96.

It runs along the back of the cave

and the sound could be coming
through the opening there.

There's a small outcropping
by the northern wall.

Could be an opening by the freeway.

Wait. How do you know that?

After my mom busted us, I
came back here on my own.

I swam in and got out.

You've been in there? That's dope.

- Yeah?
- Okay, well, don't get any ideas.

All right, Gen? It's still dangerous.

All right, Jake, get
up that hillside to Route 96,

see if you can find any access point.

- Copy. On it.
- I can find that opening faster.

I-I'm the one who's been inside there.

Not up to you, Bode. All right?

Jake's on search, you're on mop-up.

Can't afford any
flare-ups, you know that.

- Yo, Bode.
- What?

You know the cave.

You should be the one
finding the second entrance.

Show your kid that you're
a hero in real time.

- Let's go.
- Yep.

You really do like the action, huh?

Bring it on.

Three Rock, we've got a flare-up.

Faster! Come on, guys.

Touch the wrong piece of dirt,
she'll have you written up.

Yeah, and send you
right back to the pen.

Anyone see Bode and Cole?

Nah, not for a while.

Battalion 1508, we have a
new fire below, unknown size,

rising from the southwest.

Did you say fire below?

Not good, fire climbs
faster than it descends.

I repeat, fire below.

Hey, Chief. What the hell happened?

- I thought this fire was out.
- Two stupid kids snuck back.

Started another bonfire.

They added fire dye and
lighter fluid to the mix,

so now their party's
moving to a jail cell.

Go pull another line, will you?

- On it.
- Genevieve!

- Genevieve!
- Guys, let her through. Hey, hey.

Let her through. Let her
through. She's with me.

Cara!

I'm really sorry. I didn't
know we were coming out here.

I know, I know. Jake told me.

Look, I'm just happy that you're okay.

It's your family portrait,
bro. And you're not in it.

Are you two serious?

I thought I could find
a second cave entrance.

Yeah, you couldn't. No one could.

Jake finally figured it out while
you two were over here freelancing.

To save a kid.

Hero is not a part of your
job description today, Bode.

Who are you trying to impress?

Both of you, back on the line now.

Now!

All right, listen up.

Wind's changing. The
fire's coming right at us.

No matter how good the line
is, we're in harm's way.

Time to pull out.

Whoa, wait, we can't abandon her.

You know it's the last
thing I want to do.

- Send me.
- Gabriela, come on.

I can swim faster
than anyone else on this crew.

We don't sacrifice one life

for the greater good
if we don't have to.

Right, Chief?

Fire's gonna be here in five minutes.

I'll be back in four.

You'll be back in
three. Or I pull you out.

I got your line, Perez.

Hey, Chief?

That's my daughter in there.

I should be the one holding her line.

Come on, Chief.

Hey. Hey, hey. No, no, no.

Don't stop, give it everything we have.

Cap, we don't have any water.

No, no, no. That can't be right.

Last I checked, we were at
three quarters of a t*nk.

Well, not anymore.

We must've blown a hose.

Ally?

Ally!

Where are you?

Ally!

All right, Chief. The fire's coming.

Jake's running out of water.

My crew is hauling ass, but at
a certain point we got to call it.

At the absolute last minute.

We got two lives on the line in there.

Two? I thought we got Taylor out.

Perez is swimming in for the other girl.

Two minutes, Perez.

She's got this, Manny.

She'd better.

Rope's not coming.

She must be snagged on something, Chief.

Manny.

The rope's cut, Chief!

I can't pull her out.

Manny.

Do you have a visual?

Damn it!

Gabriela!

Manny?

Manny, talk to me.

What's going on?

Come on, Gabs. Come on.

Manny.

Chief, I'm going in.

I'm getting my daughter
the hell out of there.

Manny! Do not do that.

Mija!

I got you. I got you. I got you.

I got her!

Need some help over here!

One, two, three!

Okay, set her down.

Manny?

Manny!

She, she's got a pulse. She's breathing.

- Manny?
- She's safe, Chief.

I almost stopped breathing myself.

Don't ever do that to me again.

Come on.

Line got jammed, Chief.

I had no option but to detach myself.

Made the right choice.

Great work, Perez.

Hey, Chief.

We lost water supply down here.

Are you game for something
a little out of the box?

- What do you got?
- I want to use the cave water

from the forestry pumps.

That is why they pay you
the mediocre captain bucks.

Yeah, get to it.

I know who you were
trying to impress last night.

Cara?

Eve asked

who you were trying to impress.

And it was Genevieve.

You saw a chance to be
a hero in front of a girl

that you might... be the father of.

I blew it though.

Yeah. Welcome to being a parent.

I haven't even been her mom for a year

and I'm afraid every choice
I make is screwing her up.

Including taking the
paternity test or not.

So I'm gonna let her choose.

Really?

Yeah.

I meant what I said, Bode.

You do good time and get
out as fast as you can.

Be someone she wants to know.

Bye, Bode.

Visiting hours are almost over.

Ah, Bode, seeing you yesterday

was, um...

like breathing again.

Yeah.

Honey, if I thought going
back to the way we were

was good for you...

I would do that in a heartbeat, but...

it's really not.

I'm gonna do good time, get out.

Okay, you can't do that for me.

I'm not.

I... I have my own reasons.

Can't do it for
Gabriela, either, she's...

Getting married.

I know.

It's okay.

You know, she moved on, and so did I.

Liar.

Ooh.

♪ I'm gonna shake these
hands, sing these songs ♪

♪ Dixie little girl gonna sing along ♪

♪ And get up inside this machine ♪

♪ Welcome back, honey, to Nash... ♪



And by my own husband.

You're home before midnight?

Lucky me.

I went to see Bode.

Didn't see that coming.

When I saw him today,
it became crystal clear

that I'm not mad at Bode.

I'm afraid that I hurt him.

And I don't know if I can parent him

any differently even if
I try, but I'm gonna try.

He's our kid.

He's our only kid.

Okay, so...

what's with the street racing?

I'm realizing I'm mad at you.

I... I needed that campaign fire, but...

I needed you there with me.

Well, I had to stay.

For Bode, I...

wasn't gonna let him
rot in prison without

- his parents coming to visit him.
- That's good.

For Bode, maybe. I don't know.

I don't know who we're
supposed to be to him right now.

But I do know...

I needed my husband
and you weren't there.

You don't think I wanted to run?

I missed you. Every minute of every day.

- Then show me.
- What do you mean?

I don't know. Date me.

Remind me who we were
before we were parents.

And firefighters.

When we were...

two people in love.

- Don't say no.
- Oh, I'm not gonna say no.

You ready?

'Cause...

I'm gonna go get dressed.

- To go on a date?
- Yeah, that's right.

I'm starving.

Well, it's no Colombian feast, but...

- there you go.
- Mmm.

Stop, these are my favorite.

- I know, I know.
- Mmm.

Since I show up to Amparo's

and I'm just one person.

Diego, he's got all
these people around him

that love him, and
now they love you, too.

And I'm glad you have that.

You are plenty.

I've been humbled, mija.

You being able to own

your own issues

and work through them?

Dad, that's what I
most admire about you.

Well, that's good.

'Cause here's a big one.

Your mom...

didn't abandon us.

- Not this again.
- She left me.

Me, not you.

You made her out to be the bad guy.

And I just let you.

But she gave me chance after chance

to show up for her before
she filed for divorce.

And to you, yeah, it must have looked

like she just walked
out, but the truth is...

I was never there for her.

And I don't want you to
look back at your wedding,

and not have your mom there

because I let you believe
some false narrative.

You should call her.

Hear her side of the story. Mija.

Look at me.

Tell her you're getting married.

Hmm?

You wanted to see me, Cap?

You went rogue on me today, Bode.

What the hell?

I did... I did it for a reason.

No, I don't care.

I don't.

I'm a female captain of an
all-male con crew who loved

their last captain and
who think I'm a joke.

Today, two of my inmates,

one of them being my
best friend, go MIA...

- Just hear, hear me out...
- Your captain is speaking, Bode.

And what's worse

is that when I noticed you gone,
I didn't report you to the chief.

Because I knew it would
send you back to prison.

- It was an act of heroism.
- Oh, hard disagree on that one.

The California penal code says

an act of heroism can
erase the rest of my time.

Or at least some of it.

Eve, look.

I didn't realize that...

how much of what I do affects you.

Eve.

I'm sorry.

Whew. You know, you've
been such a pain in my ass

I didn't even get a chance to say, um...

To say what?

It's good to be fighting
fires with you again.

So I say date me,

and you think Smokey's?

Mm, yeah.

It's old.

It's tried and true, it's...

kind of dirty.

You know.

- Like us.
- Like us.

sh*ts?

Okay.

Hey, Sharon.

Liam, what are you doing here?

Oh, there's a big fire headed
this way that needed volunteers.

So I figured, you know...

- Sharon, listen.
- Uh...

Liam, uh...

uh, stop talking.

Ever since that campaign fire,

- I've thought about you every day...
- Oh, my God, Liam, shut up!

What? What's wrong?

Um...

Liam?

Is that it?

And you are?