What if I told you,
you had a chance to harness the very power of the cosmos
with zero carbon footprint?
This university is one of a few in the world with its own nuclear reactor.
Here, today's brightest minds can solve tomorrow's biggest problems.
And it all starts with applying to our program.
Any questions?
You, young man.
What's your Wi-Fi?
I think I lost him at "Hello."
Steve Jobs I'm not.
It's not your fault, Dr. Chalmers. Nuclear just has a few branding issues.
I suppose you're right.
Oh. You hungry?
It's flan day in the North Dining Hall.
You're going all the way across campus for flan?
It's very good flan.
What do you say?
I should probably study for my thermodynamics final.
I'll bring you some back.
Good day, Bernard.
How you doing, Dr. C?
Asteroid alert.
One hour. Oh, my word.
- Caitlyn. - Dr. Chalmers, did you see the text?
Yes. I need you to call Dr. Spar
and tell her to hit the Scram button immediately.
I can't. She had a heart attack when she saw the text.
- Oh, dear. - Everybody's running out.
Should we be evacuating?
No, listen. This is very important.
You need to hit the Scram button
to shut down the reactor now
in case it gets hit by a meteor.
But it's tricky to find.
Don't worry. I'll walk you through exactly where it is...
Dr. Chalmers?
I lost you after "This is very important."
Hello?
Caitlyn, are you there? Caitlyn.
Hello?
Call Failed
Bloody hell!
Fifty-five minutes.
Heaven help me.
Excuse me.
I made it.
I can't believe it.
Dr. Chalmers.
Dr. Chalmers, you okay? Dr. Chalmers?
S...
- Scram. - Scram?
Oh, God.
Everybody, listen up!
Governor's declared a state of emergency with a city-wide curfew.
He's also deployed rangers
to help protect critical infrastructure around town. So Meet Ranger Reyes.
- Hello. - He's gonna ride this out with us.
Dispatcher Harris just got off the phone with Texas Emergency Management.
I'll let him fill us in on the latest on what to expect.
So, they're projecting the asteroid will definitely hit the atmosphere
in the next six minutes, but what it does after that is anybody's guess.
It could splinter into a million different pieces or--
Or become a state-wide extinction event.
Either way, last time one entered the atmosphere,
it created a significant shock wave.
How significant are we talking?
It blew out the windows across six cities in Russia.
Which reminds me. West Park and St. Rays have trauma teams standing by,
but do not send anyone to the hospital that's not an absolute medical emergency.
Good luck, everybody.
Hi, baby.
Hey, baby. Where are you?
I was assigned to the call center on an emergency detail.
Listen, I don't know what's gonna happen when this thing hits,
- but I just wanted to-- - Hey, hey,
no goodbyes. Okay?
I'm not calling to say goodbye.
I'm calling about Jonah.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah. I was talking to Judd earlier. Um...
He was saying how we can use all the energy
from the disappointment of the adoption agency rejecting us.
You know, using that as... as fuel to keep fighting for him.
I'm glad,
but I doubt working a shift through an asteroid strike
is gonna convince them we don't have high-risk jobs.
Yeah, I actually have the perfect response for that.
Oh, yeah? Let's hear it.
I'll tell you next time I see you, okay?
I love you, okay?
I love you too, Carlos.
All right. I gotta go.
- Hey, no goodbyes. - No goodbyes. Okay.
Everybody, under the trucks.
Protective gear on. Prepare for impact.
Let's go.
Son.
Dad.
Let's go.
You gotta be kidding me. Jax, what are you doing here?
If something bad is about to happen, I wanted to be somewhere I can help.
You said you could always use people with guts.
- All right. - Hey, who's this?
This is Jax. I told them I'd give them a tour to the firehouse.
Under the truck.
Incoming, ten seconds!
Whatever you're doing, under your desk! Now!
Get down. Get down.
You okay?
- Yeah. - Is everybody okay?
Call out if you have an injury, or you see one.
- I'm good. - I'm okay.
Do we have a backup power supply?
Gennies should kick on any second.
There you go. For a minute there, I thought it was all over.
Me too. I'm pretty sure that was just a shock wave.
I wonder how bad it was for everybody else out there.
Hopefully, it's a good sign our boards aren't lighting up with calls.
- Or a really bad one. - What do you mean?
I think our hard lines are down.
The system should switch over to 5G as a backup.
It should, but it's not.
Does anybody else have cell service?
- No. - Me either.
Our network is crawling too. I'm trying to pull up 6-1-1's server.
Oh, no.
What? What is it?
So these cell towers here handle most of the calls we get at the call center.
But they're all down. That's us, right in the middle.
So we're in the dark.
Along with everybody else at our side of town.
So anybody out there who needs help right now--
Isn't gonna get it.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I can't get through.
Why won't it go through?
Hi, T.
Charles,
did I cross over?
Not quite.
So, what was that?
Nothing for you to worry about.
It sounded like a bomb went off.
Well, the emergency alert says it's...
"Asteroid threat"?
I think one hit Austin.
Oh, no. I-I...
Where you going?
I gotta help.
God knows how many people need help.
- T, look at yourself. - Oh, God.
You can barely stand.
But I can stand. And if I can stand, I can help.
Why would you put yourself through this?
Because it's what I was put on this earth to do.
Even if I don't have much time left on it.
If you go out there, it will not end peacefully.
You're going to suffer.
I understand.
I don't want that for you.
- Neither do I. - Then just stay.
You knew I was a fighter when you married me.
I'll see you soon, T.
Everyone okay?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Yeah.
Man, that shock wave was no joke.
So, do we know if that was a direct hit or a near miss?
Well, we'll know when those tones start going off.
Yeah. Brace yourselves for crazy in three, two, one...
Huh.
I guess I'll grab a broom.
Yeah. Do that.
Help! Help, please!
Help, please! I need a medic! I've been in an accident!
- Is anybody else involved in the crash? - No, I was alone.
- I fell off my bike. - Okay. I got you.
Oh.
- Can I get a gurney? - All right.
Let's start clearing a path for the rigs.
Make sure the O2 is up and ready to go. 126, be ready.
Here we go.
- All right. What's your name? - Tripper.
All right, Tripper. I'm T.K. This is Nancy.
We're gonna check you out. All right?
- You know what day it is? - Yeah. Armageddon.
Or Tuesday the 10th.
Hey. Follow the light.
- Does your head hurt? Nick pain? - No.
- Back pain? - No.
All right. C-spine's clear, Captain.
Okay. Tripper, can you do me a favor
- and get on this side for me? - Yeah, yeah.
We're gonna wash your wound out.
Do you normally ride your motorcycle in shorts and flip-flops?
Uh, no, but I saw that texts about the asteroid
and jumped on my bike and tried to book it,
but that crazy-ass wind blew me over.
Okay. Well, maybe next time when they say shelter in place,
- maybe shelter in place. Yeah? - Yeah. Well,
they didn't answer the phone, so screw them.
What do you mean they didn't answer?
I called 911, and it went straight to voicemail.
I didn't even know 911 had voicemail.
Dispatch, this is Captain Strand, you copy?
Copy you, Captain Strand.
Yeah, is everything good with the communications?
We had a walk-in tell us he tried to call 911, nobody answered.
Our hard lines are down.
And all the towers from the call center are out.
We radioed for Verizon's tactical,
humanitarian and operations response vehicle.
THOR. Good.
It's the best name ever.
Thanks for coming so fast.
The city's falling apart, and we're blindfolded with our ears plugged.
That's why we're here.
It's like you brought your own cell tower.
The mast should provide you with a strong 5G signal
for you guys to get your comms back online.
Are we operational?
We will be in three, two...
- 911, what's your emergency? - 911.
I guess we're back.
911, what's your emergency?
Every window in my house is shattered.
Is anybody injured?
- No, but the chandelier... - Okay, can you please hold?
911, what's your emergency?
I'm on 6th Street, and my back windows just blew out.
- Is anybody injured? - No, but my insurance needs...
- Please hold. - I understand it was loud,
but I can't send an ambulance for ringing in your ears.
You can't shoot anyone, not on your property.
911, what's your emergency?
Oh, thank God you're there! You need to send everybody that you can.
- Right now! - What's going on?
I'm at Travis State. A meteor hit some of the buildings.
They're on fire! It's chaos out here.
Uh, ma'am, could you stop talking for a second and hold your phone up,
so I can hear the siren?
Uh-huh.
Oh, no.
Wait. [stammering] What does it mean?
It means it's nuclear.
God!
That was a big one.
Rescue 126, respond. Nuclear threat at Travis State.
Uh, sir. I'm sorry, sir, but we need to go right now.
Go? Aren't you gonna take me to the hospital?
Uh... There's a nuclear threat across town. So, no.
And your injuries aren't life threatening, so no hospital will take you anyway.
But I still have glass and gravel. Gravel. It's in... It's everywhere.
I-I can help.
- Wait-- - And you are?
This is Jax, our new volunteer. Started two minutes before the meteor hit.
Jax, are you willing to remove glass from this man's skin?
I got lots of experience picking it out of my own. So sure.
Jax's what you might call a daredevil.
All right, you are hired.
This for you. This for you.
Okay, once you're done with the back, irrigate the wound,
and then move on to the butt.
The... [stammering] The butt?
Hi.
Hey, is it weird we left a patient with a complete stranger?
No weirder than a flaming space rock falling from the sky.
Right.
Watch out!
Oh.
Cap?
Room for one more?
Always.
Hit it.
Anybody else getting End of Days vibes?
"And it caused fire to come down from the heavens to the Earth."
Mateo,
start taking readings.
And we'll put out these spot fires.
Yes, sir.
Captain Strand on scene. What are we looking at here?
Pretty bad. According to the reactor's interface,
the pressure in the cooling tank is too high, so the core is heating up fast.
How much time do we have?
At this rate, we're looking at a total meltdown in less than ten minutes.
There's gotta be a shut-off valve somewhere.
There is. It's called a Scram button. It's a big red button--
I know, but where is it?
Best guess is somewhere in or near the control room,
but we're still trying to get ahold of someone who can tell us for sure.
Well, let's start with whoever's in charge here. Who is that?
His name is Dr. Keith Chalmers. But so far, he's still unaccounted for.
Is there a Dr. Chalmers here?
Anywhere! Dr. Chalmers!
All right, 126. We're going in.
We're looking for the shut-off valve
or this place is uninhabitable for the next 10,000 years.
All right. But no pressure.
Captain, can your team come inside with us?
Yeah, but I'm not captain today.
Captain Vega. It's good to see you.
Just for the day anyway. We'll meet you inside.
Golly.
- Cap, you okay? - Yeah, I'm fine.
- Are you sure you don't want to go-- - She said she's fine.
Uh, he's gone.
Looks like shrapnel. One, two, three...
Hey, I got a pulse.
Hey, sir, can you hear me? Hey, can you hear me, Mr...
Cap, it's Dr. Chalmers!
He knows where the shut-off is.
Medical, we need to get him talking.
Copy.
- T.K., vitals. - Copy.
Dr. Chalmers, can you hear me? Dr. Chalmers?
His pulse is thready. Breath is shallow, Cap. We're losing him.
- Give him a sternal rub. - Okay.
Dr. Chalmers, can you hear me?
Dr. Chalmers?
Flan.
- Dr. Chalmers? - Hey.
- Cap, he's not breathing. - What's wrong with him?
One of his pupils is blown. He must've hit his head when he fell.
And his brain is swelling up in his skull.
- What can we do about it? - Nothing.
We can't do anything without an OR.
Who on your crew has a drill?
Mateo, bring the kit. We need the drill.
Cap, what are you doing?
A craniostomy.
Tommy, that's totally illegal, okay?
If he dies... When he dies, that's manslaughter.
If we don't drain this bleed, it's a death sentence for all of us.
Okay.
Cap.
Here we go.
- Are you okay? - Okay. Uh-huh.
Here it goes. That should drain the pressure.
Come on.
Come on. Come on.
Hey. There we go.
- Yeah. - Okay.
Sir, you're probably in a lot of pain. Just stay still.
Where we at?
Where's the Scram button?
Where's the button?
Second utility closet.
In the control room.
East, behind the wall.
Behind the east panel wall.
All right, 126, let's roll!
Nancy, cover his wounds.
- Copy. - T.K., intubate.
- Copy. - God.
- Cap? - Cap?
- Hey, hey. What's going on? Are you okay? - Hey.
You gotta go.
Yeah. She's right.
Judd, we got her.
Just breathe, Tommy.
Come here, Cap.
Captain Vega.
Go.
Just breathe for me, Tommy.
The pressure in the cooling tank is literally off the charts.
- It could blow any second. - What happens when it does?
With nothing moving the steam off the core, it'll melt down in seconds.
So, it's the last domino.
Dispatch, this is Captain Strand. We know where the button is.
Good, 'cause you got less than three minutes to hit it.
Well, we're in the main hallway. We need directions to the control room.
Yeah, it looks like you can make your next left to the exterior stairs.
Go up one floor. It is just past the reactor room.
But the steam lines in there could rupture any second.
We'll take our chances.
All right, let's get the hose on this.
Yeah. On it, Cap.
Cap, it's coming from the gas line.
- We need to shut it off. - All right. Give me a wrench.
Let's go.
That thing sounds angry.
Captain Strand, you need to hurry. The cooling tank's about to blow.
All right, 126. Let's hustle! Come on!
Let's go!
Tank rupture?
126, do you copy?
126, are you there?
Meltdown imminent.
Does anybody copy?
Core temperature too high. Meltdown imminent.
Shut down reactor immediately.
126, do you copy?
Core temperature too high. Meltdown imminent.
- 126, sound off. - Shut down reactor immediately.
Strickland here!
Marwani!
- Yeah, I'm good. - You're hit!
You are too.
Mateo!
We're all hit.
- Oh, God. - Nobody panic.
Okay, remember your training.
When you compress each other's wounds,
nobody bleeds out!
Core temperature too high. Meltdown imminent.
What about you?
Core temperature too high. Meltdown imminent.
Somebody's gotta turn this off.
Shut down reactor immediately.
Engine 126, do you copy?
Core temperature too high. Meltdown imminent.
On my way to the button.
Core temperature too high. Meltdown imminent.
Thank God.
Yeah, we thought you guys might have been hurt.
We are. Send help.
Copy.
I'm so cold.
Yeah, me too. Me too. Me too.
Core temperature too high. Meltdown imminent.
Shut down reactor immediately.
Core temperature too high. Meltdown imminent.
Need help.
Core temperature too high. Meltdown imminent.
Shut down reactor immediately.
East wall.
Core temperature too high. Meltdown imminent.
I don't know how much longer I can go.
Hey, don't y'all do that.
Don't do that. Come on, come on. 126, let's dig deep.
Do it for the people that you love.
And I don't mean outside this room.
I'm talking about the people that you love right here in this room.
Right here now, okay?
I love each and everyone of y'all, like you're my own brothers and sisters.
I love you more than I love my own brothers. Now, hang on. Come on.
I love you, old man.
I love you too, brother.
126 forever.
- 126 forever. 126 forever. - Yeah.
Shut down reactor immediately,
126 for ten more seconds.
- Mateo, shut up. - Shut up.
Core temperature too high. Meltdown imminent.
Shut down reactor immediately, or nuclear meltdown in
ten,
nine...
- Come on, Owen. - ...eight, seven,
six, five...
SCRAM
...four, three, two, one.
Fission reactor terminated.
What? What happened?
That son of a bitch did it.
That son of a bitch did it, boy!
Fission reactor terminated.
He hit the Scram button!
All units, the reactor has been shut down. It is now safe to enter.
We have at least five first responders, code 3 critical.
It's okay. We can take over.
Help Cap.
He's in the control room.
Captain.
Baby.
No.
- It's time to wake up. - No. Five more minutes.
We did five minutes already. We're on the fifth time.
T.K., I was on a stakeout until 3:30 so I just...
Okay. Well, you're gonna force my hand then.
Okay, come on. Come on. Get him.
Wake up. Wake up.
- You brought the big guns, huh? - Oh, yeah.
- Come here, you. Come here. - Oh, yeah. Not messing around.
We wanted to get breakfast with you before you went for your shift.
We made chocolate chip pancakes.
Well, I made them.
This little one just ate all the chocolate chips.
Can I have some more?
Mmm.
One more. Okay. One more handful, but don't spill them.
I will, Papa-Bro.
Okay, go get 'em. I'll be right there. Go, go, go. Go.
Save me some, okay?
Papa-Bro?
Uh, yeah. We're still searching for a better moniker.
- Then keep searching. - Yeah.
So, where are you guys off to today?
Well, first up is the zoo,
then we're meeting up with the porcupine zookeeper.
Then we have a playdate with Denny, then it's the Gymboree.
And all that is happening before lunch.
- Yeah, I'm exhausted just hearing it. - Mm-hmm.
But that's the life I signed up for.
Still no regrets?
Mm-mmm.
No regrets.
I'll be right back. All right.
Wait. You only talked about before lunch.
How are you feeling about what's happening after?
- The firehouse thing? - Yeah.
It's fine. Yeah. Yeah. It's fine. Really. I, um...
You don't have to come with me to that.
I'm going.
Campbell already said he's gonna cover me.
I can imagine it must be hard for you going back to the firehouse.
Yeah, 'cause the last time I was there,
I decided to quit and be a stay-at-home dad.
Because you've never been there without your dad.
Yeah.
Thanks for taking the time, baby.
Always.
Papa-Bro, I spilled the chips.
- Can I still eat them? - Yes,
but let me check them out first. Hold on.
- Duty calls. I love you. - Okay.
You might wanna still work on that name though.
I kinda like "Papa-Bro." Do you like "Papa-Bro"?
I like "Papa-Bro."
Your Honor, the defendant was involved
in a savage altercation,
during which, he showed wanton disregard for the safety of an officer of the law
and the public in general.
That is why the government's position is he be deported
to his home country immediately.
Thank you, Mr. Smith.
The defense may now present its case.
Mr. Chavez, that's you.
Um...
Thank you, Your Honor.
I've considered all my options before today.
The government's offer to leave and reapply for citizenship.
My girlfriend's to hire an expensive lawyer to fight it in this hearing.
I've even considered asking her to marry me just so I could stay.
This is her, by the way.
Her name's Nancy, and she's awesome.
Hi.
The thing is,
she doesn't believe in the institution of marriage.
So it would be a sham wedding.
Exactly. And that's why we wouldn't do it.
And objection for talking over me.
Sustained.
Does that mean that I win or does he?
It means you can keep going.
She may not believe in the institution of marriage,
but there is an institution that we both believe in:
America.
The prosecution said earlier that I should be deported back to my home country.
This is my home country.
I mean, since I was a baby,
I've always been proud to be an American.
I've been hiding my whole life.
My DACA status, my dyslexia,
the time I burned down a school and let my cousin take the fall for it.
You don't have to tell 'em everything.
No, it's okay, Nance. I'm done living in fear.
See, the prosecution earlier said that I have a disregard for public safety.
I've dedicated my whole life to protecting it.
I almost died to protect it.
As a firefighter,
I mean, I've saved thousands, if not millions of lives
if we're including the nuclear fallout.
I've earned my seat at the table.
And if my Captain were still here today...
he'd say: "If that's not enough for you,
respectfully,
you can kiss my ass."
In my entire career, I've never seen a case of pseudo-progression like yours.
Tumors swelling not because they're growing stronger,
but because the therapies were killing them off.
This is your scan from four months ago when the tumor was right on your heart.
And this is from this week.
They're all gone.
Congratulations. You are officially in remission.
Remember, survivor's guilt is natural and very common after cancer.
Don't worry.
It won't be my first brush with it.
I'd still wanna see you every two months for the next year.
But for now, I hope you go celebrate.
I plan to.
- Goodbye, Tommy. - Goodbye, Dr. Collins.
Well,
it looks like it's gonna be a little while longer before we can be together again.
You still don't get it, do you?
We've never been apart.
Hey, T. It's okay if I come in?
Juddy, yeah.
Yeah, sure. Come on.
I know you had your appointment today.
I've just been thinking about it, making myself crazy. So...
Oh, no...
The doctor gave you bad news?
Happy tears, Judd.
Happy. I'm fully in remission.
- Really? - Really.
Come here. Oh, my God.
I knew that you'd do it too.
- I knew it. - Thank you.
This is a hell of a way to start your first day back, ain't it?
- Yes! Right? - Right.
And I've ruined my mascara.
I'm gonna have to do it again for later today.
Yeah. Don't remind me. Uh...
I still can't believe somebody else is moving in to Owen's office...
much less who.
Yeah. I can't believe that I'm still here, and he's not.
All good things must come to an end.
It's a bitter truth few know better than the people in this room.
But I've learned another truth in my life:
sometimes something good must end so that something great can begin.
And I believe that's about to happen here as I swear in your new captain.
Judson Ryder...
would you raise your right hand?
Do you swear to support the Constitution of the United States
- and the great state of Texas? - I do.
Do you swear to faithfully discharge the duties of the Austin Fire Department
according to the best of your abilities?
I will.
Then congratulations, Captain Judd Ryder of the 126.
Perfect. Good job.
Yeah!
We did it, kiddo!
Big chair, man. Very well deserved.
Yo, I don't know about that.
What I do know is I got some big shoes to fill.
You will.
I'm hungry.
Thank you. See you.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh. Listen, I don't want you to worry.
I have my videographers here to take the whole thing for Grace.
Hey. I appreciate that, ladies.
Yeah, Mom was gonna film it herself but...
Her framing is trash.
Yeah, don't listen to them. Drink your punch.
You, come here. Congratulations, Judd.
Or should I say Captain?
Oh, boy.
Look,
I'ma have to get used to hearing that word.
Mm-hmm.
We'll see how soon it goes to your head.
Hey. How'd your hearing go?
He told the judge to kiss his ass in open court.
You did not.
I did.
What are you, Captain Strand?
I learned from the best.
So, what'd the judge say?
She fast tracked his citizenship
because of his courageous service as a firefighter.
- I'm not getting deported! - Yeah!
Yes!
- Good. - C'mon.
Here we go again. Baby's excited and wants to say hello.
- May I? - Yeah, yeah.
Okay. Oh, yes.
There's that little flutter.
Oh, my God. You have a busy little bee in there.
Mm-hmm. Somebody gets it from they mama.
I know. So Joe and I are screwed.
- Dad. - Yo.
Charlie wants to know who the guys in all the photos are.
- Mmm. - Mmm.
It's just...
You wanna know who them boys in the photos are?
Come here. It might be time for you to find out.
All right.
So, these are Daddy's brothers.
And this is Captain Braxton.
That was Daddy's first captain.
Now you're the captain?
Yeah. Now I'm the captain.
And that is the Chef.
He made the best oatmeal cookies you've ever had in your life.
And the secret ingredient was lard.
What's lard?
So, you wanna say hi to the new captain?
Maybe another time.
- You wanna say bye to these two? - Try one. Try one.
- Let's try o-- Okay, I'll take it. - Who's this?
Later, Owen.
Bye, Carlos.
All right, Dad. You stay warm up there, all right?
I love you.
Love you too, Son.
Hey, Chief. They need you out there.
What's going on?
- A crane blew over in Midtown. - Okay.
And the F-train jumped the track in Brooklyn.
- Oh, boy. - And a runaway horse carriage
is tearing up Times Square.
God I missed this town.
A ride will pick you up across the street. Should be landing any second.
Thank you.
Have fun, Chief.
I always do.