01x18 - Off the Rails

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01x18 - Off the Rails

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(TRAIN HORN BLOWING)

MANNY: Back in my using days,

I was like a runaway train.

Once I started, I couldn't stop.

What I've learned in these rooms is that

we're as sick as our secrets, you know?

And my secrets didn't just hurt me,

they hurt my daughter

and my friends.

But when I was ready to ask for help...

those friends trusted me enough...

to lend me money

and to put a roof over my head
while I got back on my feet.

They treated me like family.

Their son, he's one
of my inmate firefighters.

Came to my fire camp a broken man,

but now he's found something
to live for because

he just got his parole hearing date.

He's so close to getting out.

This is how I'm gonna repay his parents,

by making sure that their son paroles
and gets back home to them.

By minimizing his risk on the job...

and making sure nothing
knocks him off track.

Now, your friends
and that inmate firefighter

under your wing...

they're really lucky to have
a man like you in their lives.

I'm the lucky one.

I'm Faye.

I'm Manny.

You know, every time you share,

it sticks with me.

(SOFT CHUCKLE, CLEARS THROAT)

Yeah, I'm just, uh...

trying to right my wrongs, you know?

You know, I can help you

with repaying the money you owe them.

I could triple your pay.

I'm founder and CEO
of Nozzle Fire Suppression.

The concierge fire company.

For a minute there,

I thought you were flirting with me.

Mm.

I do like to mix business
with a little pleasure.

(CHUCKLES)

Yeah...

You know, private firefighting,
it's not really my thing.

I believe in protecting life
and property for everybody,

not just millionaires.

Okay, be fair.
I protect billionaires, too.

(LAUGHS)

Top of the line engines, tech,

copters, and me.

Enticing.

But I think I'm gonna stick
to my convictions

and my convicts.

Think about it.

Both my propositions.

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY)

Let's go, baby, here we go! (WHOOPING)

VINCE: Take the sh*t!
How do you not take that sh*t?

(LAUGHS) 'Cause my team's
locked in, baby.

Nine days.

No, the Final Four's
in, like, a few weeks.

No, no, no, I'm saying
nine days it's been

since I was accused
of being an arsonist,

and you haven't even apologized to me.

EVE: Well, I didn't accuse you.

No, and you didn't defend me, either.

You didn't even ask
to see how I was doing.

When's the last time
you asked me how I'm doing?

Okay, Eve, how you been?

I'm genuinely asking.

EVE: Since Rebecca,
not great, but I started

following Chief's order:

"Fire. Family. Beer. Repeat."
You should try it.

I thought we were family, too.

You were unavailable.

AUTOMATED VOICE (OVER
PHONE): You have a call from...

Bode Leone.

An inmate at the California
Department of Corrections.

(LINE RINGS)

(PHONE RINGING)
Oh, that's the Bode ring.

Uh... where's my phone?

- Pass the ball. Pass the ball!
- Will you just turn it lower?

'Cause that's Bode calling.
I'm gonna miss it.

(PHONE BEEPS) AUTOMATED
VOICE: To accept, press one.

Oh! (PHONE BEEPS)

Bode Boy, are you there?

BODE (OVER PHONE): Yeah, yeah. Hi, Mom.

Is, uh, is Dad there, too?

Uh, everyone's here.

I, uh...

got a letter
from the parole board today.

And?

I got my hearing date.

Ah! Yes, yes, yes! When?

It's, uh... days.

(CHEERING)

SHARON: Bode!

That's... that's good, Bodie,
that's really good.

You're a softie.

Look, i-i-it's just a hearing,
you know, there's...

there's no guarantees.

Oh, no, no, no, come on.

When they see all the progress
that you've made,

they are gonna release you right away.

That's why we are doing
a happy dance right now.

(CHEERING)

- What are we celebrating?
- Ah.

Lilly, uh, Bode got a parole hearing.

I didn't even know you were coming.

Oh, yeah, neither did I. Hey, Mom.

No.

LILLY: That's wonderful
for Bode, Sharon,

but my son was accused of arson,
and you didn't call me?

I am so sorry.

Well, I'm all ears now.

BODE: Well, it, uh, sounds like

you guys have a lot going on over there.

So, uh, so I'll call back tomorrow.

No, no, no, wait, wait,
Bode, Bode, wait, wait.

I'm gonna do the dishes.

AUTOMATED VOICE: This
call will end in three minutes.

Hey, I can tell you're not
happy dancing over there

by the sound of your voice.

This isn't my first parole hearing.

You know, I lost the last one and...

I could lose this one, too.

I just don't want to get hopes up.

Not even mine?

Especially yours, Gabriela.

AUTOMATED VOICE: This
call will end in two minutes.

(TRAIN HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE)

(SNIFFLES)

(CLEARS THROAT) You know what?

If I, uh, if I do parole, I'm... (SIGHS)

I'm weirdly nervous about that, too.

Bode, this is...

this is everything
we've been looking forward to.

Us finally being together.

Yeah, I know, and I-I want that,
I want that so badly,

but fire camp is good for me,

and I'm kind of scared

who I'll be without it.

(TRAIN HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE)

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)

GIRL: Why aren't we moving?

BOY: Let's go. We have a prom to get to.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

(TRAIN HORN BLOWING)

GIRL: No, seriously,
why aren't we moving?

Yo, is that a train?

- Move the bus! Go!
- Move!

Come on, come on. (TRAIN HORN BLARING)

(TRAIN BRAKES SCREECHING)

That screeching doesn't sound right.

- What's happening?
- I don't know.

- I-I think it's a...
- Bode?

AUTOMATED VOICE: This
call will now be disconnected.

(THUDDING, GLASS SHATTERING)

Train crash.

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

(CRYING)

(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)

(GIRL CRYING) (BOY MOANING)

BOY : Get out of there!

ROBIN: No, no, no, no, no, no.
It's a bus full of kids?

Somebody help!

Please, somebody!

(OVERLAPPING SHOUTING)

Help!

GIRL : Help us!

BODE: Train wreck, guys.
This could be gnarly.

TROY: Sounds like a horror film.

GIRL: Oh, my God!

Whoa. Oh, my God.

GIRL : Hello?

- Help us.
- Go, go, go.

BOY: Help! We're stuck in here. Help!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

BOY : Dude, my legs.
I can't feel my legs!

Greencrest, Three Rock Crew Four.

MCI.

Train hit a party bus.

I was in a prom bus like this
with my homies just last year.

- Hey, Bode.
- Yeah?

This driver, man...

I think he's dead, bro.

(SIGHS)

Hey, Cashen.
Cashen, we got one deceased,

a bunch of kids thrown from the bus,
and some still inside.

We need ambulances, and right away.

We need everything. Hey, guys, guys,

let's get some extinguishers
on that fire. Lonnegan,

see if you can get
one of these doors open.

Can't. The bus landed on the doors.

Well, we need more hands.

ROBIN: I can lend one.

Train hit his brakes out of nowhere.

Are there any other passengers?

Uh, just me and the cargo.

There's a bunch of prom kids on the bus.

I take it you weren't going to prom.

- Go by Robin.
- Bode.

Greencrest, I repeat,
this is an MCI situation.

We got a lot of victims here.

- We got a lot of...
- MAN: I smell burning flesh.

We got a lot of blood.

Whoa, hey, hey, hey, oh, oh, ooh. What?

He's fainting on us?

GREENCREST (OVER RADIO):
Three Rock, repeat your last request.

Message incomplete. Three Rock?

Greencrest, this is inmate Leone.

Our CO is passed out.

And we got...

we got one patient deceased,
about a dozen need extrication.

Bus is still on fire. Uh...

I don't even know where to begin.

SHARON: Greencrest, this is D.C. Leone.

First, you take a breath, Bode.

Someone from the bus already called.
We're on our way to you.

LONNEGAN: (PANTING) Bode.

Fire's not giving up easy.

Uh, yeah. Hey.

Please, please hurry.
I'm in over my head.

You know what to do
with fire: put it out.

BODE: Yeah, I'm-I'm trying.

Hey, guys, guys, we got to get
more extinguishers. Get that fire out.

- Copy.
- And then, when the fire is out,

you need to ventilate the bus.
Smash windows.

Leone, you can absolutely do this.

Yeah. Copy, Chief.

Hey, Freddy, we got to vent
this thing. Toss me a tool.

Here you go.

Hey. Hey! Hey, guys, we need
you to step back.

Okay? Get back
from the window.

FREDDY: Watch your
eyes, watch your eyes.

BODE: Okay, ready? Ready.

One, two,
three.

(KIDS EXCLAIMING)

Jake, you're with me on .

Eve, Perez, take the big engine.

I'm glad to see you trust me again.

- You're pissed at me, I know.
- Pissed?

Vince, you were my only father
figure after my dad passed,

and I know you got your
real son back now, but...

Sharon and I have always loved
you like a son, you know that.

When I needed you, you let me down.

(ENGINE STARTS)

By the way, I wasn't the
only one that needed you.

The advice you gave Eve...

Fire, family, beer, repeat...
It doesn't seem to be working.

Advice?

She must've only heard the first part.

That was a cautionary tale.

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Come on!

Finally, let's go.

Almost left you.
Let's go.

BODE (OVER RADIO):
We got kids in here.

Various injuries. Some critical.

SHARON: I tried to protect him.

I'm Jake's mother.

Don't forget that.

You-you are. You're a great
mother. I overstepped.

You know, you have your own son.

And my son?

He does not look like Bode,

and he does not share
your privilege, Sharon,

and he had to deal
with that investigation.

Oh, you're so right. He-he doesn't,
and he was cleared.

Yeah, the accusation's been made.

- Right.
- And you can't unring that bell.

No.

Let's go help people.

Okay.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(SIREN WAILING)

BODE: Train hit this party
bus at almost full speed,

but it took it a few
hundred more feet to stop.

Thank God, Cap's here.

Let's get these kids
away from these flames.

Hey, Bode.

I heard the call and raced over.
Where you at?

We got this fire out,
helping these kids out here,

but there's still more
that are trapped on the bus.

All right, well handled.
All right, Three Rock, let's regroup.

Let's clear out this debris
for D.C. Leone and crew. Let's move.

Greencrest, Division .

Assuming County Road I.C.

GREENCREST: Copy that, .

We have a code on these trains to help.

You gonna help those kids?

Yeah, that's kind of the gig.

He was first one off the train.

Clued us in to who needed help.

Your friendly neighborhood train hopper?

That's my guess.

, shore up this bus,
and I need these spot fires out.

Chief, I need you, Edwards,
Crawford on the bus.

Yeah. Same page.

Dr. Crawford, let's go assess
the conductor of this train.

Copy that.

Cap, hey, where do you want me?

You heard me, clearing debris.

What, you're sidelining me?

Bode, I've seen too many guys
with short time left

go south on calls. Not you.

Not on my watch.

No risks. Keep it simple, all right?

VINCE: All right, the bus is vented.

Get those kids out with the jaws, Eve.

(HISSES, GRUNTS) Get some.

JAKE: Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey.
It's "Get some, be safe."

Like you told me in training, remember,

"Slow is smooth and smooth is fast."

I'm tired of going slow.

(GRUNTS)

(KIDS CRYING)

All right, kids,
we're gonna get you out.

(CRYING)

Perez, more med bags. Go.

On it, Chief.

SADIE: Rafa?

Raf-Rafa's my boyfriend.

(CRYING): I can't see him. Is he okay?

Sadie, don't worry.

These firefighters are gonna get
us all out of here in one piece.

Right?

VINCE: That's great, Eve.

Keep it steady.

All right, spine boards next,
probie. Go.

- Copy, Chief.
- Okay, what's your name?

Zoey.

All right, Zoey, do me a favor,
keep some pressure on this, will you?

RAFAEL: Hey, the pole feels hot.

Whoa, whoa, hold up, hold up.
The saw's heating up the pole.

JAKE: Come on, this should help.

VINCE: You know that's not gonna work.

Just stop cutting for a second.
Let it cool down.

Well, I have to keep going.

No, not if it's gonna
burn him from the inside out.

I said hold the work, Edwards.

The pole is too hot.

Watch your step.

Hey, Cap, I need extra hands

boarding a patient. Can I take Leone?

Fine. Report to me right after.

Hey. We were interrupted. You okay?

I'm good. Thanks for pulling me in.

Can't be sitting on my hands
when I could be helping.

(BODE GRUNTS)

Thanks.

Hi, guys. Hi, I'm Bode.

- Uh, this is Gabriela.
- Hey.

We're gonna help you guys out, okay?

(GRUNTS, STAMMERS) I'm-I'm Sadie.

Can't believe this is happening.

(CRYING): I'm s-supposed
to be at prom right now,

taking pictures
under some cheesy balloon arch.

And now, it's just... it's gone.

No prom.

Next, Rafa and I worked our asses off,

and we got scholarships
to Stanford together.

Can't live for the future, all right?

You got to focus on what's here and now.

Is Rafa gonna be okay?

My crew's working to get him
out of there as fast as they can, okay?

(CRYING)

Can you remember what happened?

We were dancing, and then...

I guess the bus just got stuck.

And-and then the train came.

Okay, just... just stay with us
here, now, all right?

Hey, you heard my dad.

You're supposed to return
and go clear debris.

I'm not paroling yet.

Job's to help, so I'm gonna help.

SADIE: Thank you, Bode.

Yeah.

I blew the whistle.

Tried to brake.

No one's blaming you for this.

Bus was on the tracks,

wasn't moving.

Hitting people on the tracks
is my nightmare,

and they're kids.

It's hard to stop a freight
train on short notice, sir.

Don't blame yourself.

It's not always accurate.

The train manifest?

(SIGHS) Kids can't be here.

(SIGHS) You need to move them.

SHARON: Move them?

We all need to get away from the cargo.

- Everyone. Please.
- Hey.

No one is blaming you for
this, but it is serious.

We have patients here
who we need to stabilize

before we can move.
Do you understand that?

Sir, keep your head still, please.

My ears are ringing.

This doesn't list enough cargo
for a train this size.

That's why you need to move those kids,

now.

Hey, Bode.

I thought I told you to report
back to me after your assist.

Breaking the rules could
jeopardize your parole, man.

What's more important? My parole
or helping people who need me?

- Bode.
- MANNY: It was an order,

not a request.

Don't look at me.
That's your cap. You heard him.

(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

Hey. So what, you're just-just
gonna basically arrest me

for the next days?

No, that would be my job.

You salty 'cause you fainted?

What'd you say?

Respect.

Understood, Cap.

Hey, you better watch yourself, Leone.

You good, bro?

- Yeah.
- Is that a burn?

Yeah.

MANNY: Look at that.

It's a fuel burn. How'd you get that?

Train car next to me was leaking.

Which one, that one?

Yeah, that one right there.

- You okay?
- Yeah, I'm good.

(SIREN WHOOPS)

It's time for Robin to fly.

You heading home?

Road's my home now.

I get that.

Hey, but I can't take this with me.

It'll trace me back to some business.

Good luck, man.

Goat.

Goat, will you, uh... you take that?

Yeah.

D.C. Leone, we've got
some sort of fuel leak

in one of these train cars here.

What's leaking?

I-I don't know.

I can't say.

Yeah? If it could harm a kid,

you want to have that
on your conscience?

It's a mystery cargo.

My boss pays me
to look the other way and...

then he loads it up with
expl*sives, chemicals.

I never know.

But it's always bad.

What's going on with his ear?

LILLY: He's bleeding.
Swabbing with gauze.

Ah, that's a halo sign.

He must have torn his
dura when he hit his head.

We need to get
our conductor onto the rig.

He's leaking cerebrospinal fluid.
I'll deal with the other leak.

SHARON (OVER RADIO):
I'm enacting hazmat protocol.

The train is leaking flammable fluid.

Hey, hey, hey. Stop the saw.
Stop the saw.

Any sparks that fly
could ignite that leak.

- Before you get me out of here?
- JAKE: Hey, no, no, no, no.

Listen, we will get you out.

VINCE: Guys, be cautious,

because bad just got worse.

Any patients in that bus

that can be transported,
move them to Three Rock,

as deep as you can, now.

What did the manifest say?

It doesn't matter. Whatever's in
there is not on the manifest.

MANNY: All right, Bode. Hit it.

Nice.

Got it.

Huh.

Show me your guts.

Jet fuel.

You got to be kidding me.

The fire possibility here makes
this a ticking time b*mb, Chief.

- Be a leader over there.
- Copy, Cap.

All right, I got my guys taking
patients over to Three Rock

as fast as they can.

Okay, let's reroute
the ambulances there.

You want to triage kids
at an inmate camp?

Well, it's either that
or next to jet fuel

that could blow at any moment.

Inmate camp it is.

What do we have on hand for hazmat?

Use the SCBA masks.

Guys, every single person

needs to get the hell away
from this cargo now.

Hey. What's the ETA on Rafael?

EVE (OVER RADIO): Progress
is slow with just a handsaw.

Okay, keep at it. No power tools.

Well, if we can't move the kid
away from the fuel,

how about we move the fuel
away from the kid?

Not a bad idea, but do you know
how many tons that thing is?

Engine alone is not gonna tow it.

What if we just move the cargo,
then we dispose of it properly?

What about the copter?

Secure the fuel and airlift it out?

(GRUNTS) Our ship's
committed to a rescue,

out of unit, and our reserve
doesn't have any nighttime capabilities.

I know somebody who can help.

(LINE RINGING)

(MANNY CLEARS THROAT)

(SUBDUED CHATTER)

This is the last of the kids.

Thank you, firefighter.

(SIGHS) Well, they're all stable.

And away from the danger.

Lilly, I'm so sorry.

Every fiber of my being
wanted to believe

that Jake could never be the arsonist.

But it-it's my own bias
that prevented me

from seeing how much harder
this would be for your son

than me or my son.

I wish there hadn't been
so much evidence against him.

What evidence?

Well, he was framed,
and I should've seen past that,

but when he lied about
being in Drake County,

where the arson was, I...

I just couldn't see up from down then.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Did you say Drake County?

(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

BODE: I didn't realize that
you had friends in such high places.

There's a lot you don't know
about me, Bode.

Like what?

Like the reason I'm riding you so hard

to stay safe is because
I made a vow, to your future.

Make sure you get home to your parents

and to Gabriela.

You know, running into a wildfire,

to me, is a lot less scary
than letting her down.

What if I don't parole?

Or what if I do...

(GRUNTS) ...and I fall apart
without fire camp?

I mean, she... she deserves so much.

When you're out there, Bode,

I'm not gonna be around
to believe in you.

So you're gonna have to learn
to believe in yourself.

Especially if you're gonna be
in my daughter's life.

You'd be okay with that?

If that's what she wants.

You want to be the man she deserves?

Be the man I see.

The man I know you can be.

The man that fire camp made stronger.

And let me look out for you
and make sure you graduate in days.

days, Bode.

Rafael?

You with me? He's fading!

JAKE: He's unconscious.
Give me the recip saw.

No, no. Chief said no power tools.

Sparks could ignite the fuel outside.

Listen, he's gonna bleed out
while I cut this stripper pole

with a butter Kn*fe.

You want to risk his life?

JAKE: Come on, Rafael.
Stay with me, buddy.

We move on my command.

Abort on my command. Copy?

FAYE (OVER LOUDSPEAKER): Copy.
Nozzle is happy to assist Cal Fire.

MAN: Lowering payload hoist.

Thanks for the assist, Faye!

FAYE: You're welcome.

Got it? Yeah.

(SAW WHIRRING)

Got it. All right.

Okay, we cut through the pole.
Let's get Rafael out of here.

GABRIELA: We got fire!

Chief, we got fire,
and it's spread outside.

Knew we shouldn't have used that saw.

- Yeah, but it saved him.
- Hey, save it.

We got to get out of here now.

All right, three, two, one.

Eve. What happened?

We got Rafa out with the recip saw.

I made the call.

Tell me later. Making
other calls right now.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

Fire's traveling.

Headed towards the b*mb.

Choke it off! Choke it off!

Abort. Cut the line.

Everybody, evac now.

Abort!

You heard your dad!
Evacuate!

Yeah, you heard
him, too. We could die.

You're not dying
on my watch, Bode. Look at me.

You're going home
in days. You got that?

You want to help
with the time you have left?

Then you get my daughter
and everybody else

the hell out of here, now!

Dad!

(GRUNTING)

Gab!

- Dad! Dad!
- Hey. No, no, no, no, Gab, Gab.

- Bode!
- Gab...

Let me go. Let me go!

I can't. I can't, okay?
I promised your dad.

Please! Let me go! Dad!

GABRIELA (CRYING): No! Please!

(GRUNTS)

All right, she's connected. Go!

MAN (OVER RADIO): Copy that.

(GRUNTING)

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(CRYING): Dad!

(PANTING)

Don't you ever do that to me again.

(EXHALES)

(CRYING) I'm okay.

MANNY: I'm okay.

(EXHALES)

(BIRDS SINGING)

That was a tough one, huh?

Steel's forged in fire.

You think we're steel?

We're not steel.

Eve.

I'm worried about you.

You should worry about Jake.
You guys owe him.

Yeah, we do.

I'm not sure how we're gonna
make up for that, but...

Jake didn't come to me
a couple weeks ago

asking for a leave of absence.

But you told me that...

I gave you some wrong advice.

Okay? I'm sorry.

I want go back.

I want to accept your request.
I want you to...

I want you to take that leave you need.

Is that an order?

It's a plea,

from somebody who loves you.

(SIGHS)

Thanks, Chief.

But I'm good.

FREDDY: Still holding
that train hopper's bag.

Hey, golden boy. Open it.

You're not curious?

Kind of forgot, to be honest.

Ooh.

I guess "Robin" stood for Robin Hood.

More like Robbin' Banks.

Yo, let's put this away.

You trying to get in
trouble before your date?

No. I'm really not.

We ain't keeping it.

Let's see if Manny can help us out.

You know, maybe we can
give it to those prom kids

and set up a college fund or something.

Anonymous donor.

Hi.

Hi, Freddy.

Um, can we talk?

Yeah.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Thank you. (SIGHS)

Drake County.

That's a long way from home.

I've been meaning
to talk to you about it.

Mother's intuition tells me

I already know what you're about to say.

You-you knew?

Tell me what you know.

Mom, Dad was expecting
another baby, before he d*ed.

You knew already.

And I have the bigger picture,
but right now, I am...

still one step behind you.

Tell me how you knew about that.

(SIGHS)

I heard Dad on the phone.

When I asked him about it,

he told me we would talk
about it later, with you.

So I...

kept his secret this whole time.

Mom, I'm-I'm so sorry.

I mean, I-I don't even know

how he could even
cheat on you, I just...

No, no, no. No, no. He didn't.

(CLEARS THROAT)

He and I were living
under the same roof,

but we were separating.

Our marriage, it was wonderful,

but it was, it was complete, honey.

So we decided that we would end
on decent terms.

He met someone first.

And they had a baby.

Yeah.

A little boy.

His mom and I...

we decided that, with your father gone,

there was no reason to tell you.

I mean...

Was it the right choice?

I still don't know.

All these years... (SCOFFS)

I kept his secret.

Why would he ask me to do that?

My little Peanut, listen to me.

I knew your father.

He would never ask you
to keep a secret like that.

This... You were just a kid.

And we were going to tell you
all of this, together,

but then he...

He d*ed.

Yeah, baby. He did.

He was a good man,

and he loved you.

Oh, he loved you so very much.

And he was a hero.

Know that. Hmm.

(DOOR OPENS)

Hey.

Thank you for the save out there.

You dove on that fuel b*mb
without blinking.

Yeah, well, it was either me or
the inmate I'm trying to parole.

So... no choice.

Have you reconsidered my offer yet?

(CLEARS THROAT)

My mind hasn't changed.

About the job.

But...

I seem to remember you made two offers.

GABRIELA: Ugh, I hate this.

We start a conversation, get cut off,

and then we can't finish it for hours.

That's what I'm trying
to protect you from.

The uncertainty, lack of control.

Did you just say "protect" me?

Is that why you held me back last night?

I don't need protection.

- I-I... Look, I-I know that.
- Then stop.

Stop bracing, stop dwelling.
Stop k*lling my hope.

My hope for us.

- It's hard.
- Listen.

Listen to me.

I'm listening.

We've talked about the what-ifs.

Can we take a moment to talk
about the possibilities?

Of parole?

You. Me.

A random Tuesday.

I surprise you with takeout.

Or I cook for you.

I'm actually one hell of a cook.

You know that?

Tell me.

Reverse-seared steak.

Wine.

I'm wearing a dress.

I'm wearing... not this.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Until neither of us

are wearing anything at all.

Bode,
this is what hope feels like.

I'll try to get used to it.

("HOLD ON" BY ALABAMA SHAKES PLAYING)

(VOLUME INCREASES)

Did you and Lilly make up, or...?

I owe her a really expensive
bottle of wine.

(EXHALES)

(GROANS) We get such
good news last night,

and then we're, like, a breath
away from being blown up

by a jet fuel b*mb,
with all those innocent kids.

I mean, when do we get to stop living

like the other shoe's gonna drop?

Guess we're both softies.

I want him to parole so badly.
Right now, Vince. I...

I know we have so much
to sort through with Jake,

and we will, we will do that work.

But then...
all of our kids... all of our, uh...

kids that we have a chance
to help... will be okay.

Um... (SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

Not all the kids are okay.

Something's going on with Eve.

(GRUNTS)

She came to me, and...

I guess I didn't see it.

But I think something's been
brewing for a really long time.

Well, she lost Rebecca her first time

leading an inmate crew,

and she was really b*ating
herself up, but then...

she's gone so quiet, I thought
she was doing her work.

I thought she was better.

I was wrong about that, too.

I was so worried about Bode,
and then worried about Jake.

Yeah.

We always expect Eve and Jake
to be self-cleaning ovens.

Gabriela came to me and said

that Eve's been hitting
the bars pretty hard.

You think it's addiction?

Self-medicating, um, reclusiveness.

Sounds like more, more of
a mental health struggle to me.

Okay.

So then, the other shoe
that's about to drop is Eve.

(SNIFFLES)

(MOANS)
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