Okay, Tin Man, I'm gonna need you to be less smooth and more stiff. Okay?
Scarecrow, come a little bit to your left. All right.
- And, Dorothy, where is your oil can? - I don't know.
Come on, Jee. Let me have that cookie so you get in this Halloween picture.
- Dada! Doggie's here. - I got you!
Okay, everyone is together. Ready. One, two, three.
These pics are gonna be great.
Karen, thank you so much for taking Jee.
She's really excited to go trick-or-treating with Denny and Mara.
Of course. We can't go without Toto leading the way.
Come on. You two aren't getting out of this.
- We need a group shot. - We don't have costumes.
It doesn't matter about the costumes. It's about family.
Yes.
- [Karen] Come on. Right now. - Okay.
Okay. Ready? Here we go.
All right. On three we will say Halloween. Ready? One, two, three.
[all] Halloween.
How adorable was Jee-Yun saying that the cookie was a dog treat.
- [Hen chuckles] - When she growled at Chim, I died.
- Halloween is the best. - It is.
But if you think they had fun tonight,
you should see them trick-or-treating on an actual Halloween.
Oh, I wish.
But if you did more than just wish for once...
You know I have to work. It's one of the busiest nights of the year.
Just like Christmas and Fourth of July and New Year's.
Working through the holidays is part of the job, Karen.
So, there's no such thing as personal days?
Yeah, but it'll be so last minute.
We'll be scrambling to find someone to cover.
You scramble every time the tones go off.
- I'm sure they can find somebody, honey. - [sighs]
Guess I will just feel guilty bailing on everyone else in the house
when they still had to work.
What about this house?
It's Mara's first Halloween with us.
We both know it'll mean the world to us if you were there.
Yeah.
Think about it this way.
She'll never forget it if you come.
And she'll never forget it if you don't.
Okay.
I'll talk to Bobby.
Thank you.
It was all Hallow's Eve.
A sedan drove down a slick, shadowy road.
Illuminated only by the soft glow of the full moon light when... bam!
It was ripped in two by a telephone pole.
Now, I have more intense ones that I could share,
but the school board asked us to stop showing them a few years ago.
Too triggering.
The scariest thing about Halloween isn't the ghost or the goblins.
It's the deadliest night of the year for young people.
Twice as many die. From drunk driving, getting hit by cars...
[students laugh]
- Excuse me. I'm sorry. Am I bothering you? - No, you're fine.
This such cap. [giggles]
Welcome to my world.
That's life with the sigmas.
Sigma? What's a sigma?
It's like today's version of the cool kids but cooler.
Mmm.
[both chuckle]
You know maybe I could dip into a few of the classics for old times' sake.
Anybody curious about what happens
when a throwing dart goes through a human jawbone?
[students gasp]
Or a slipping slider ends up under a riding lawn mower?
[students gasp]
[student giggles]
It's not your fault you don't speak sigma.
No. I don't speak stupid.
[♪ "Do The Zombie" playing]
♪ Zombie! ♪
♪ Deddle-leddle-let Deddle-leddle-let ♪
♪ Zombie! ♪
Whoa, whoa, this is called Firehouse Haunt Fest not Firehouse Fall Fest.
Cap, where is the spooky? Where is the macabre? Where is the gore?
Uh, gore. We got spiderwebs. We got bats. We got crows.
Fake blood... Does fake blood count?
Fake blood is just a start. This place should be festooned with blood.
Let's remember who we're doing this for.
We got kids of all ages coming through here so no blood.
[Hen] You know how hard it is to clean blood in real life.
Fake blood is no different.
She's got a point. Remember we have to clean this mess up afterwards,
so festoon accordingly. No blood.
How did we end up on haunted house duty anyway?
Every year the department chooses a different house for community outreach.
Last year, it was the 126, so I'm making it my personal mission to crush them.
Then blood is the way to go!
Kids love gore!
Eddie, tell 'em. Would Christopher prefer more or less Halloween gore?
Actually, uh, Christopher doesn't want anything to do with Halloween, turns out.
What? Why? What happened?
Just told me he's done with trick-or-treating.
Thinks it's cringe.
- Aw, I'm sorry, Eddie. - Yeah.
He's in El Paso.
It's not like I was gonna be able to do it with him anyway.
I just wish I knew last year was his last.
I get it. It messes you up when a door closes.
Yeah. Bummer is you never know when a door is gonna close
and when is does then...
It's sealed.
Enjoy Jee while you still can, my friend.
I'm trying every day, but it just goes so dang fast.
Okay, everyone.
Feast your eyes on the newest star of the 118.
Good Lord, Buck. What is that?
Now that's what I'm talking about. Where did you get this?
A Hollywood prop house down the street from my apartment.
It was tucked away in a musty old corner.
For good reason. He looks like the Crypt Keeper.
- He look like he been dead 200 years. - [Chim] Exactly.
This is craft, people.
A prop guy said it's been used in a bunch of old Westerns,
so I figure we give him a cowboy hat and a vest.
Maybe even a six shooter. Pow-pow.
I don't know, Buck. This might be too intense for some of the younger kids.
[Buck] Trust me on this one, Cap.
This guy is a showstopper.
Welcome to the spookiest night of your short, little lives.
I am your guide Cap Dracula.
Behind this curtain--
It's Count Dracula.
Yeah, I-I know. I'm a fire captain, so I'm saying cap instead of count.
It's... Never mind.
Behind these curtains are thrills and scares
your young minds cannot even imagine.
[dramatic grunting]
But before you enter,
there are three rules.
No running.
No touching this set decoration. The ghouls worked very hard on it.
And most importantly, have a terrifyingly good time.
[dramatic grunting]
[sinister laughter echoing]
[children gasp]
Who wants to be my next patient? [cackles]
Not me.
[laughs dramatically]
[howling]
[growling]
Well, that was lame.
[sighs]
Oh, candy!
[screams]
- You're all gonna die! - [children scream]
[screams]
[children screaming]
[Buck] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa.
Howdy, partners.
Congratulations on making it till the end of the Firehouse Haunt Fest.
Come on over and get your reward.
Come on now. Reach on in and grab a handful. You earned it.
Why... [stammers] ...doesn't anybody want any?
He's creepy.
Oh, hey, he's not creepy.
Uh... Oh, well, maybe a little, but he's harmless.
He's not even real. He's just a dummy.
I don't like his arms.
That's okay. I can just move him out the way.
Come on. Come closer.
[grunts]
[as dummy] Hey, cowboy. That tickles. [chuckles]
He's fine. [grunts]
Grab this one.
Are those worms?
I think they're tendons.
Tendons?
Oh, my God, he's real. He's real! He's real! He's real!
- He's real! Oh! - [children screaming]
God! [panting]
Hey. You forgot something.
Well, you called it, Buck. He was a showstopper.
I just don't understand. Why would they rent me a real body?
That's LAPD's problem now.
Let's get all this set dec put away before B shift gets in. Let's go.
Hey, wait. Hold on, Cap. Come on.
Look at them all. They still wanna come in.
Yeah, we can't stop now.
We just started to get some good scares going.
He was already a mummy. It's not like there's foul play here.
Oh, there was foul play all right.
In the management of that prop house.
Turns out, they had that body inventory as a curio, not a dummy.
Sometimes semantics do matter.
Apparently the log had him listed as an old outlaw named Billy Boils.
Billy Boils.
We'll find out more about him once we pull the original purchase orders,
but they're in a warehouse in Altadena so it's gonna take a minute.
- Well, keep us posted if you can. - Will do.
- Home safe. - [Bobby] Home safe.
All right. Our work here is done.
Well, I think we can all agree on one thing.
This was not my fault.
- Oh, no way. - Absolutely it was.
Come on. Look at all these people out here.
We can just reopen for a couple of hours, Cap.
We have all this candy.
I think we traumatized these kids enough for one day.
Let's get to it. Let's start boxing this stuff up. Let's go.
Nice going, cowpoke.
- [muffled] My head is stuck in a pumpkin. - [child] Here. Give me the phone.
LAFD, how did this happen exactly?
So, basically my dad thought it would be funny to do a pumpkin head for us.
Pumpkin head?
It's this thing he used to do when we were little.
It was funny when we were little, but now it's just cringe.
One, two...
- [dad groans] - Dad!
- All right. Still a little funny. - Oh, uh...
Sir!
Let's get him up. Let's get him up safely, guys.
- Dad, the fire department is here. - [Bobby] Nice and easy.
This is Captain Nash.
- That way. Hi. Hi. Franklin. - His name is Franklin.
Can you just hold still for a second? I'm just gonna see where we're at.
Okay. Wow.
That thing is really stuck on there. Okay.
Let's get him seated, guys.
- Get him in the chair. - [crew] Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Okay, it's gonna get him sitting down.
Okay. Guys, let's move that table back so Hen, Chim, you guys can check him out.
All right, Buck, let's grab some lubricant, saw,
anything else that we need to slip this thing off his head.
[Franklin speaking indistinctly]
He says he doesn't understand how he could get it on so easy one minute...
And barely get it past his ears the next.
Gourds can be very unpredictable.
Uh, sir, I'm gonna take your pulse while my friends check you out, okay?
[Franklin speaking indistinctly]
What did he say?
He says since he and my mom got divorced,
he never gets us on actual holidays, like Halloween.
He wanted to make us smile.
I get it, sir. It's my daughter's first trick or treat this year
and I'm missing it.
It's kinda killing me.
Pulse is good.
Lube flying in.
Okay.
Eddie.
All right. This is gonna be a little chilly, sir.
We're gonna try and pull it off again, okay?
On three. One, two, three.
- [Franklin grunting] - [daughter] Hey, hey!
Stop, stop. He's saying it hurts.
This thing is really fused on there, Cap.
Guys, try lifting it again. Just a little.
A little more. Easy.
Hen, check this out.
Oh...
Looks like dermatitis.
Is your dad allergic to pumpkins?
No, I mean he's been doing pumpkin head since I was a baby.
Any idea how old those pumpkins are?
Um, he said he bought them last month.
Bet they're starting to rot.
The bacteria and mold is probably causing his face to pull up like a...
Pumpkin.
This is anaphylaxis.
- I'll grab an Epi from the med kit. - [Franklin retches]
- Uh, guys. - Hold on, hold on.
[clamoring]
- [Franklin coughing] - [Buck] Whoa, whoa.
- Hey, easy. - Franklin, can you hear me?
- [Franklin coughs, retches] - I think he aspirated pumpkin guts.
- Eddie, can you grab the suction? - Copy that.
Okay. Buck, grab that saw. Let's get this cut off him right now.
- Let's go. - Dad!
- Help him, please. - Eddie.
- Get that suction here. - All right.
Buck, I want you to score into chunks and watch that skin.
Got it, Cap.
Okay.
[Bobby] All right, Chim. Get in there.
[Chim] All right.
- Come on, Franklin. - Please be okay.
Please be okay.
Come on, Franklin. Come on.
Come on, Franklin.
- [Franklin gasps] - [Chim] Here he is, here he is. All right.
- Here he is. All right. - [Buck] Okay.
- There he is. - I got him.
- [Bobby] Get him up. Get him up. - I'm okay.
- Right here.
There we go.
[Franklin panting]
[daughter chuckles]
Okay.
- No more pumpkin head, okay? - Ever again.
I promise. I promise.
[Hen] Okay. We should take you to the hospital, get you checked out.
You girls are welcome to come with.
Okay. Okay.
All right. Buck, Eddie, let's get this cleaned up and package it for transport.
[Franklin] Oh, hey. Hey.
I wanna thank you guys. I feel so dumb.
Nearly being killed by a pumpkin.
That's okay.
You do this job long enough,
you see people get hurt in much dumber ways.
[screams]
[groans]
I think I dislocated my shoulder. [grunts]
Dispatch, we're gonna need an additional RA unit.
[groans]
Thank you, Doc.
How's the pain?
Yes. So much better.
How long do you think till he can come back to the firehouse?
He could probably resume light work, uh,
next shift.
All right. Great news. Well, thank you. I appreciate it.
- Hey. - Hey.
- I came as soon as my shift ended. - Thanks for coming.
Yeah. It sounded like good news though.
Uh, yeah. Yeah, I suppose. [sighs]
For the moment.
For the moment? What does that mean?
Don't even ask. [sighs]
For the 118 Firehouse Haunt Fest,
I brought in a dummy that turned out to be--
A corpse?
Yeah, we all heard dispatch on the radio.
Everybody at Harbor Station was...
- Very concerned. - It's not funny, okay?
I accidentally ripped the guy's left arm right out of its socket.
In front of 15 traumatized kids.
Yeah, and then on our next call, my arm gets popped out the socket.
My left arm.
Does that sound like a coincidence to you?
What else could it be besides a coincidence?
A curse.
A curse?
Oh, yeah. I took his arm and now Billy Boils takes mine.
Billy Boils?
Told you not to ask.
While I was waiting, I called Sergeant Grant.
- Bobby's wife. - For an update on the investigation.
She pulled the bill of sale from the prop house.
Turns out they bought Billy from a carnival
who got him from a novelty shop who got him from a rodeo.
Is there a twist coming?
Oh, there is a twist.
The novelty shop burned down in '93.
The carnival was wiped out by a hurricane in '97.
And the rodeo
ended after a stampede.
I, uh...
I don't have a year for that one.
And you think all these things are connected?
Oh, yeah.
Once Billy gets you in his sights...
he finishes the job.
[snorts]
[both laughing]
[Kinard] Sorry, it's just... [laughing]
[door opens]
[Denny] Hi, Mama.
- Hi. - Hey.
- [Mara] Hi. - Ooh.
Last-minute touches?
Said she wanted her outfit to have more sparkle.
Oh. [chuckles] Okay.
Because Dorothy can never have enough bling.
I want people to see me when we all walk down the street.
[Hen] 'Kay.
Did you talk to Bobby about your shift?
Denny, why don't you and Mara go work on her basket in the playroom?
[Denny] Okay.
[Karen] And don't forget to put down some newspaper.
Okay.
Did Bobby seriously say no?
He didn't say no.
Not exactly.
What does that mean?
Well, he said that Chim could take off to be with Jee.
Or I could take off to be with you guys.
It didn't seem right either way.
So Chim and I agreed to both work.
It's only fair, Karen.
Fair?
I'm about to take three kids trick-or-treating on my own.
- And you wanna lecture me about fair? - Honey.
Listen, we appreciate you carrying the load.
And, look, I promise... I will make this up to you.
It's not me I'm worried about.
There's no making up for missing the big moments.
And you always miss the big moments, Hen.
[Mara] Mom.
I spilled some glue.
You didn't put down the newspaper, did you?
[Kinard] I got you a fresh ice pack and some ibuprofen.
Thank you.
Here.
Lift your head.
How's that?
Yeah, it's great.
I'll be right over here if you need anything.
But it's time to put away the screen.
Yeah, yeah. Just five more minutes.
You already had your five more minutes.
You need to rest if you wanna heal. You heard the doctor.
His name was William James McCurdy.
Who?
Billy Boils. Yeah, I found a Substack.
It has all these articles about him and the old West.
Oh, good. You found a Substack.
He was a gunslinger and a bank robber
whose skin was covered in boils, hence...
Billy Boils.
By all accounts, he was a man not to be crossed.
Scary.
Lights out, Evan. I'm exhausted.
Hey, you wanna know how they finally caught him?
His own posse hog-tied him,
turned him in to the sheriff for the reward.
But Billy would have his revenge.
All six members of his posse died sudden, horrible deaths.
Isn't that how outlaws usually die?
- He was a man not to be crossed. - You said that already.
And I crossed him.
Good night, Evan.
Think somebody was up too late with their cowboy.
Uh, yeah, you got me.
- How's your shoulder? - Uh, it's better.
Good. I got you some coffee and some avocado toa--
- Oh! - Whoa, whoa.
What is it?
Evan, uh...
Don't freak out,
- but there's something going on... - Phone.
- You know, maybe we should just-- - Phone!
[gasps]
I knew it.
You know what this is?
It's Billy Boils.
All right.
It's okay. You can say it.
It's not bad.
It's not that bad.
I told you, guys. Billy wasn't done with me. And now look.
[sighs] Please don't start with that stupid curse again.
Billy Boils.
Hello? Boils!
What are the odds right after I defile his corpse,
I wake up and I've broken out in the exact skin condition he suffered from?
I'm guessing it's probably just an allergic reaction of some kind.
To what? To bad juju?
We just had a call where a guy got a rash from rotten pumpkin guts
that you fell into as I recall.
You didn't tell me that part. Well, there's your answer, Evan.
No. If it was the pumpkin, it would've happened right away.
Not the next day.
Look, boils, rashes, shingles.
A lot of skin conditions can be brought on by... stress.
And tension.
[Kinard] It's true.
Every tax season, my accountant cousin breaks out in hives all across his legs.
Super gross.
Oh, so I am gross?
That's... not what I said.
[Eddie] Look, dude.
This curse talk is spinning you out.
Which is not good for you.
Listen to the medic. He knows what he's talking about.
Okay.
If you say so.
I do.
Five bucks it'll clear up by the time we're on shift.
Remember, it's Halloween.
And all the weirdos come out at Halloween.
If you see a pack of teenagers without adults
or if you see adults without children,
you head the other way.
It's trick-or-treating, not The Purge.
Just keep your guard up, okay?
You're the big brother,
so you have to help your mom look after the girls.
And share your candy.
I will, Mama.
Speaking of the girls, where's Jee-Yun?
- You mean Toto? - Woof-woof.
[Denny] Jee, it's your dad.
[Jee-Yun] No, Daddy.
[Denny] Sorry, she's busy.
Yeah, I can see that.
[Karen] Hey, Denny. Tell your mom we need to go.
Let me say hi before you do.
[Denny] She wants to say hi.
- [Karen] Hi. - [phone clicks]
- [Buck] "Probably allergies," he said. - [sighs]
Goodness.
"Probably just in my head," he said.
"Probably clear up by shift," he said.
You owe me five bucks, Eddie.
Yes. Yes, I do.
- I don't want your... - [Eddie grunts]
Gimme that.
- Do you believe now? - In what? "The curse."
- Yes, the curse. - No, I don't believe.
But I suggest you book an appointment with the dermatologist.
I think we both know this is beyond the scope of any dermatologist.
Look, Buck,
I think you just need to focus on the bright side.
Oh, I should just focus on the bright side?
What possible bright side could there be?
You won't need a Halloween mask this year.
Oh...
- Aw. How sweet is that? - Mmm.
Bittersweet.
Our little girl is off to see The Wizard and I'm here.
I'm almost looking forward to the chaos to take my mind off of it.
Careful what you wish for.
It's 6:55 p.m.
Nautical twilight ends.
Nautical twilight?
Darkness will officially enshroud LA, unleashing a burst of crazy
that'll sweat this low-effort costume right off my lap.
- [phone rings] - Oh.
[sighs]
- Sun's down. - Well,
buckle up.
An incendiary device. Can you describe it?
- A brown flaming bag of stuff. - Right.
I'm sure they're out here watching. They want me to stomp on it.
Look, these kids do this to me every year.
- I'm not falling for it again. - I see.
- Do you have a fire extinguisher? - No.
How about a garden hose?
How about you send the police?
Sir, it's Halloween night. I can't send the police for a flaming bag of...
- stuff. - Fine.
And you know what? I will just let it burn.
And if it burns down whole neighborhood, it burns down. Huh? How's that?
[disconnection tone beeps]
I'm so sick of it.
- I am vice principal at Valley High. - Mmm.
And they pull this prank crap every year,
with the eggings and the toilet paper... It's too much.
Good to go, Cap.
- Happy Halloween. - Happy Halloween.
[♪ "Werewolves of London" playing]
Who's gonna stop these clowns from doing it again?
Okay, sir. Let's get out of the car.
- That guy was pissed, huh? - Yeah.
- [roars] - [Chim screams]
[Eddie chuckles]
[zombie growls]
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Poke your nose. Left.
- [horn honks] - Right.
- [horn honks] - Left.
[squeaks]
I think you've had too much, Bozo.
9-1-1, what's your emergency?
It said, "Take one." Clearly labeled.
But he swiped the whole bowl.
You called 9-1-1 for stolen candy?
I'm not calling about the candy, I'm calling about the thief.
[Chim] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait for it.
Bet you his next victim doesn't scream like a baby.
[zombie screams]
[Chim] Ooh!
All right, let's go check on that zombie.
Copy that.
Okay, everybody out. Come on.
He's over here. He stole my candy.
[chokes] It wasn't me.
- I can't breathe. - Uh-huh.
- [constricted breaths] - Are you allergic to peanuts, son?
♪ Ah-hoo, werewolves of London ♪
♪ Ah-hoo... ♪
[Hen] Quick poke, Alfie.
There you go. Deep breaths, buddy.
Did you eat peanuts too?
♪ Ah-hoo... ♪
9-1-1, what's your emergency?
Is this the 9-1-1 operator I spoke to earlier?
I don't know. Who are you?
I called about the flaming bag of stuff on my porch.
Sir, I dispatched the fire department to you.
They came back.
- The fire department? - No, the miscreants.
They egged my house this time. I need the police.
My advice, make a report in the morning
and maybe turn on your sprinklers. That way if they come back...
I'm not at home. I am following them.
- You're chasing them? - Yes.
They just turned on Dover in Eagle Rock.
Y-You need to stop what you're doing and pull over.
Not a chance! I'm not taking my eyes off them until the police get here.
If I send the police, I'll be sending them for you. [stammering]
There are children and families out on the streets right now.
- You need to stop. - I am making a citizen's arrest.
- I'm giving them detention. - [disconnection tone beeps]
- 9-1-1, what's your emergency. - You have to help us.
- He's out of control. - Slow down. Who's he?
Mr. Pearson, he's chasing our car.
We threw eggs at his house. He got in his car and started chasing us.
It was just a stupid prank.
[tires screech, horn honking]
Do you know where you are?
Dover Street in Eagle Rock.
Okay, I see police in your area. They're headed to you now.
You said his name was Mr. Pearson. Do you know...
Watch out! He tried to run us off the road.
I'm going to direct you to the nearest police station.
Just maintain a safe speed--
- [driver screams] - [crash]
Hell-- Hello?
Girls, are you there?
Girls?
- Hey! We're the ones who were on 9-1-1. - Can you tell me what happened?
We at this guy's house. We tried to drive away, he chased us for several blocks.
He's still in there. People tried to help get him out,
but I think the door's jammed.
Okay. Do you know if he hit anybody else?
A trick-or-treater. He's pinned against the car.
Okay, let's get these two checked out.
Eddie, you're with me. We're gonna extract the driver.
Han, Chim, first aid on that kid.
Everybody else start shoring up that roof. Let's move that car. Let's go!
- Jee? - Daddy, Daddy.
Jee, Mara, what are you--
Karen?
Hen. Wait, Hen!
Oh, my God. Karen!
Hen, wait!
- [Karen] I-I tried. I couldn't-- - No, no, no! Denny!
- [Chim] You okay? - Mama?
Mama's here, okay?
Is Mara okay?
She's fine. She's with Jonesy. She's okay.
I slapped her really hard. I didn't mean to slap her so hard.
He pushed her clear. He saved her life.
[coughs]
Sir.
No, he's gone.
Isn't this the guy from the flaming bag call?
Yeah, looks like.
Let's get a sheet on.
- It hurts. - You're doing so good.
- [groans] It hurts, Mama. - Oh... All right.
- My leg hurts. - O-Okay.
Okay, okay.
I'm gonna start a line. Can you grab me two mills of morphine?
Hen, maybe you should step back.
He's my son, Chim. Give me the damn morphine!
Some morphine. Gonna check on the Lifepak.
Mommy's gonna be here, baby.
Hang in there, D. Hang in there, buddy.
- Hey, Cap? - Yeah?
Should she really be the one up there? It's her son.
Are you gonna be the one to drag her away from him?
Buck, our job is to make sure that structure does not collapse on him,
so let's shore up that porch and get the car off Denny.
- Copy that. - All right.
- [Denny groans] - [Hen] Okay.
- Captain! - Yeah, right here.
We gotta get this thing up off him!
Buck! What's the timing on that shoring?
Uh... Like ten minutes, Cap. Roof's still unstable.
- If we move it too soon-- - Copy that.
How does it feel? Is the medication working?
Yeah. It doesn't hurt anymore.
- Now I'm just cold. - Okay.
Can you wiggle? Wiggle your arms and your legs?
Denny, can you do that for me?
Okay, good news. Okay.
It's not a spinal injury.
[Denny screams]
[Hen] Wait, wait.
No! Wait! Wait, wait, wait. Is it your leg again?
- [Denny] No! - What? What, baby? What?
It... It's my stomach!
Denny, what's happening? What's happening to him?
Chim!
BP's falling off the cliff.
[Hen] His stomach! His stomach is warm!
He's bleeding internally, Cap!
- Damn it! - He's in shock!
- Cap, we need blood! - Come on! Come on!
Dispatch, we need whole blood on scene now!
[Maddie] I'll have an RA unit there in 15 minutes.
I don't think we have that long. All right, let's double-time it. Let's go!
[Buck] Okay, let's go! Let's go.
No, you're okay. You're okay. Mama's here. Mama's here.
Hang in there, Denny.
Mama?
- Mama? - Here I am, baby. We're both right here.
You have to stay awake. You have to stay awake. You have to keep fighting!
I-I love you.
We love you. We love you too, baby.
Come on. De-- Denny! Denny!
BP's stopped registering.
[Hen] Cap!
How long before the blood lands?
- Fifteen. - Damn it!
[Karen] Oh, God! Oh, God.
Hen... Hen, you have to do something.
Hen!
You have to do something!
No, no. You do.
- What? - Your blood.
Your blood is A negative and so is his.
You thinking field transfusion?
That kit's risky. How are we gonna control the blood flow?
We can improvise.
Copy that.
On three. One, two, three.
[♪ "Dancing With Ghosts" playing]
Let's go.
[no audible dialogue]
♪ I will be gone ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
Now, Eddie.
♪ Everything's done ♪
♪ For a while ♪
[monitor beeps]
We lost his pulse.
Are we too late? Are we too late?
Eddie, Eddie. Keep the blood flow.
I'm starting compressions. Come on, baby.
Come on, baby.
♪ And you will be silence ♪
Okay. All right, easy.
All right, fellas. Let's get that winch in here.
♪ We will be dancing like ghosts ♪
♪ Apart ♪
♪ Will you be dancing tonight? ♪
Come on!
[beeping starts]
- We got his pulse back! - Oh!
[Hen cries]
[Denny] Hi, Mama.
- Hi, baby. - Hi, baby.
[music continues playing]
All right, start up the winch.
♪ We will be dancing like ghosts ♪
All right, let's get that gurney up here. Let's go!
Come on!
♪ Dancing ♪
Yeah, there should be another box of brownie mix in the pantry.
All right, I will.
Okay. I love you.
Brownies for breakfast, huh?
Maddie's doing what she has to to comfort Jee and Mara.
How are they holding up?
Jee-Yun's doing fine. She's so little. It seems like Mara's taking it harder.
Well, I'm sure she'll feel better. Once her big brother comes home.
Hope so.
Stop picking.
- I wasn't picking. - You were picking.
Sir, have you been checked in yet?
Oh. Uh, this is just my face.
[phone chimes]
Yes. Hey!
Whew.
- What just happened? - Hen sent a text to the group chat.
Denny's surgery was a total success. He's gonna be okay.
That's great.
He's still sleeping, but she wants us to hang around and sign his cast.
It's a beautiful thing, isn't it? Having a crew like this behind you,
even when things go wrong.
Especially when things go wrong.
Oh, my God. That's it.
- What? - I know how to break the curse.
[sighs]
- Hey. - Hmm?
Those are the two girls who egged the car that got into that accident.
You got to be kidding me.
Can I help you?
We heard the boy who was pinned by the car last night was taken to this hospital?
- Is he here? - [nurse] Are you family members?
We know that he probably didn't get to have his candy last night,
so we brought him ours.
Is that supposed to be an act of atonement?
Hey, you're the cop who came to talk to our school.
You said we shouldn't do something stupid on Halloween.
Lot of good that did.
We're so sorry. If there was any way to take it back, we would.
That's the thing about stupid. It usually sticks.
But there may still be a way that we can make some good come from this.
Commissary wasn't open yet, but nurses took pity on me.
Shared some of their pot.
God bless 'em.
How's he doing?
He, uh... He seems good.
Peaceful.
How about you?
Less good.
I keep thinking about what you said.
How I've missed so many of the important moments in his life.
I just... I don't wanna leave his side again.
If I had just taken last night off like you asked,
maybe I could've been there to keep this from happening.
Maybe.
You know, when he got hit, I called you.
It went to voicemail.
Karen, I'm-I'm so sorry.
I'll-I'll never forgive myself.
No, I'm not saying that to make you feel bad.
I mean, the only reason you wouldn't answer the call
was because you were already answering a different one.
Yes, you have missed some moments.
But you were there for the most important one in this boy's life.
You saved him.
We saved him.
When you were doing CPR, before he opened his eyes,
it was one thought that kept going through my mind.
Over and over.
What was that?
That thank God you were at work.
[sighs, chuckles]
You know I've been cursing your name since the day I learned it, Billy Boils.
Or should I say William James McCurdy,
according to the Temecula city execution records.
But to be fair, you cursed me first.
Tried to take out my arm, which was a dick move.
Now you have me looking like a leper, and my own boyfriend won't even kiss me.
Oh, that's not true.
You see what you did.
I have every reason to hate you right now.
But the more I read about you, Billy,
the more I start to wonder if maybe this isn't so much a curse
as it is a cry for help.
Your posse abandoned you when you needed them most.
I can't imagine how scary that must've been for you.
It's our people that are what make life worth living.
You make memories with them.
[all laugh]
- [Chim] Aw! - [Buck] You share memories with them.
- Aw! - [Maddie laughs]
- Stop it! - Aw!
They keep you on the right path.
We thought it was supposed to be the most fire Halloween ever, you guys.
But it wasn't fire.
[students gasp]
And that's no cap.
- Want more candy, baby? - [Denny] Yes, please.
[Buck] They pick you up when you fall down.
- [Karen] Glad we have good dental. - [Hen laughs]
Truth is, I can't imagine anything more painful
than going through life alone.
Except maybe one thing.
Going through death alone.
Your days of bouncing around unknown and forgotten are over.
'Cause I'm in your posse now.
I hope you can finally rest easy, Billy.
And, hey, maybe lift this curse.
Please lift it.