Previously on fire country...
You're gonna pop the question?
I'm gonna ask Cara to marry me.
What's going on?
Gen saw me get tossed by the C.O. today.
Cara's not letting her come visit again.
Gen needs stability, and I'm not sure
you can give that to her.
One of my new guys, Cole rodman.
No, rodman, no!
I'm not sure I like what I see.
I shouldn't have gone in, I know.
Your victim's family wrote the governor's office.
You're getting transferred.
You and Diego are starting your life together.
I have big life plans, too.
You met a girl.
Ever since she came into my life,
she's the only thing I can think about.
Gabriela?
I'm here, bode.
I love you.
What was that?
How is bode?
He's a little beat-up and bruised, but he'll be all right.
Cara's going with him to the hospital.
I never want to make gen or you feel scared.
But I really want to know her.
I-I can't make any wrong choices
when gen is concerned.
Watch out!
What's happening?
Greencrest, do you copy?
Accident.
We hit a tree.
Diego went off the road?
The tree was in the road.
Greencrest. Do you copy?
Diego, can you get out?
No. I'm pinned in here by the steering wheel.
I can't move.
You got to unlock me.
I would.
But I'm stuck.
Greencrest, come in!
Greencrest, do you copy?
I got to get the keys to unlock these cuffs.
Dorian! Officer Dorian!
Bode! Stop yelling.
He's not going to answer you.
Is he injured?
What's his status?
I think he means he's dead.
He's dead?
And he's got your keys.
I can't reach them and I can't raise dispatch.
What about your cell?
There's no signal. It must be the storm.
This is more than just a storm.
My god.
A fire tornado?
Vince, this is bad.
This is really bad.
42! Anybody else see that?
Yeah, I saw it. I wish I didn't.
Yeah, we saw it too, chief. Where'd it come from?
Burning embers from the chemical plant fire.
Must've blown up the hill and started
a secondary fire.
If that gets sucked up in the coastal winds, it...
Greencrest, battalion 1508.
In training, they showed us a video of that fire tornado
in Redding.
It spanned four football fields.
Winds up to 165 miles per hour.
Greencrest, battalion 1508.
Maybe the towers are down?
It's barreling southeast.
That's headed right for... home.
Cara, what's going on with you?
I'm impaled.
Right torso.
Don't move, leave it in.
It's stopping your blood loss.
Yeah, I know.
I know.
We got to get out of here.
We will, Cara, we will.
Hey! Hey!
I'm gonna get you back to Jake and your daughter.
Our daughter.
I thought you said me being involved was the wrong choice.
Things change.
Sometimes just like that.
Like a car accident out of nowhere, so just...
Roll with it.
Okay?
Diego? Diego:
Diego, I need you to get me those keys, bro!
I'm trying!
Hey, green crest, battalion 1508. Do you copy?
Battalions 1508, 1335, 2022.
Greencrest, respond.
Tornado conditions and wildfire
at dill canyon... That's north.
Route 98... And east.
Fire, massive spread on saddle back road.
And south and west. That's-that's fires everywhere.
All right, we'll head back to town.
Put out as many fires along the way as we can.
Prioritize people, not structures.
That's what we do. Not what I do.
Not anymore. Ain't that right, cap?
Sending my ass back to prison?
Send us all back!
We ain't fighting this thing.
Hell yeah. Send us all back.
Hey, you know what? Back up, have some respect.
Hey, captain, you got this, or you want me to step in?
Yeah, I got it.
Load up, everybody, let's go!
You heard her. Move your ass.
Listen, I can deal with oil in my boots,
but not all-out mutiny.
Look, they're just afraid they're gonna cook to death.
Are they wrong?
Here, Diego!
Here.
Look, I know that you heard what I said about being in love
with Gabriela, but I was injured and I
I was out of it.
Yeah.
I know.
That's generally when people tell the truth.
Bro.
Guys.
It's not the time, it's not the place.
Be careful!
You could be bleeding internally.
I can do it. Come on.
Come on!
Got 'em.
Yes, yes. Toss 'em.
No, no, no, don't, don't! No.
- Got 'em. - Cara.
Hey, chief, requesting permission
to send my crew back to camp.
I can't have them fighting Godzilla with pulaskis.
I'm not asking you to, but you can roll with us.
There's safety in numbers.
There's another fire I'm worried about.
Yeah? Which one's that?
I have an inmate convicted of murder
that I'm sending back to prison.
The crew's not happy about it.
- That's what the co's for. - No, I know that.
But we're talking ten guys
and one set of handcuffs in a fire tornado.
Hey, chief, what if I roll back with three rock?
Help Eve keep the peace and make sure the boys
Manny.
I have this.
Look, take the help.
You get caught out on the road in this,
that buggy, everybody in it gonna be toast.
Twister gets anywhere near you,
you shelter wherever you can, you hear me?
Copy, chief. Copy, chief.
Battalion 3607,
structure fire at Porter hill mall.
Battalion 2701, structure fire at community health clinic.
Battalion 1508, wildfire
at greer canyon road at route 4.
- That's a lot of blood. - How bad is it?
It's not great!
It's fine.
It's just a through-and-through.
I-I just need some gauze and some scissors.
Go help Diego, hurry.
I need to see. Bode!
Help me get out of here? Yeah, I'm coming, I'm coming!
Here, get it on there.
Looks like a war zone.
Do we see any victims?
No.
- The car is empty. - Turn on the radio.
Homes in the banner Ridge neighborhood
were demolished by fire and high wind.
The seven Springs shopping center has been decimated
by wind and fire
and memorial hospital is in the direct path...
That's where bode is.
Yeah, Cara's there too. With Diego.
Can we steer clear of the what ifs,
and just stick to what is?
This "what is" looks like the end of the world.
But it's not.
It can't be, you're getting married.
You're both getting married.
Wait, what?
He's gonna propose to Cara.
Why didn't you say anything? Because it's complicated.
It's really not, though.
No, but it really is.
'Cause Cara isn't Genevieve's sister, she's her mom.
And bode might be gen's dad.
And I'm, I'm not sure where any of them are right now,
and it sure as hell looks like the world's ending,
so I just needed someone to... To-to know.
What?!
All right, come on, guys!
We're gonna shelter in place here!
All right, no one leaves this room!
I want you guys sitting at these tables. Understood?
Yo, can we shoot some pool?
Sitting at the tables! Let's go!
I don't like it.
There's too many exits. I can't be everywhere.
There's no way we're making it back to three rock.
Did y'all feel the wheels come off the ground?
The wind almost tipped the buggy over.
These men are my responsibility.
We're not getting back on the road.
We're gonna stay here and stay safe, okay?
You're not staying here.
I'll have no looters here. Now get out!
- Hey, hey, hey, hey. - Drop it!
Hold on. Drop the gun!
Get the hell out, now!
Diego, hey.
Hey.
Hey, cover your face. I'm gonna break the window.
You good? Can you get the bottom.Yeah.
Reach down.
Got to get under something...
Listen... What I said back there doesn't matter.
I'm not a threat.
Yeah, not to me. I'm not jealous, bode.
I'm protecting Gabriela. You hurt her.
And you make her happy. That's all I want for her.
Come on.
Help me out.
There.
Why don't we both make her happy
right now, get you the hell out of here?
Okay? Okay?
Got it? I'm good.
I'm out. Yeah. Get your arm.
Hold my hand.
Ready? Yeah.
Got it. Okay.
Put the gun down!
Hey, Don.
Is that you?
It's me. It's Manny.
We-we're not looters.
Th-these are inmate firefighters from three rock.
Well, I don't want any criminals in here.
Bro, you can't hit all of us at once.
Shut up. Back up.
Put it down! Come on, man.
Hey, you, get back.
Whoa, hey. You know what? Nobody move.
Don.
You don't want to do this, man.
You don't want to hurt anybody.
Hey!
Don't shoot me, Murphy.
Just trying to de-escalate here.
Please don't shoot.
You, sit down.
Rodman, up.
Up!
Over here, now.
All right, three rock, butts in seats. Let's go!
And everybody just chill out.
All right? Ames: Yo, you really
gonna send Cole back to prison, cap?
Yeah, after he saved bode's life?
He just saved our asses.
Hey. What did she say?
What did she just say?
I'm sorry I overreacted.
This place is home for me.
Look, I-I didn't want to just leave and then
come back and find this place flattened.
So, I thought, "go down with the ship."
Well, let's hope we don't have to.
Greencrest 42.
A downed phone pole is blocking laramie street.
Re-routing through Tyson park.
So, bode's a father.
Might... be.
But, yeah, probably.
This is what bode meant
when he said there was another girl.
You're telling me that Genevieve is Cara's daughter?
Vince, you need to catch up.
Look, chief.
Two o'clock.
There's an electrical box right next to that equipment shed.
Okay, if that explodes, we got a bigger fire
and we got a power outage.
All right, let's knock it down.
Stand by. On my call.
Ready water!
Hit it.
You're live.
You look worried.
I think I thought I'd be happier
to find out I'm a grandparent.
Yeah, it's a little weird finding out
you've been one for 12 years.
I'm scared.
With all the things that have happened to our kids...
It's scary. You're not scared?
Honestly... Kind of a dream come true.
Yep. Keep that backside. Clean her up.
There you go.
Good. Nice.
Nice, nice, nice. Good job.
Their fire's out.
All right, let's get back on the road.
- Jake, we have to move. - Yeah, hold up.
Hold up.
Hey, I-I hear something.
Hey. Hey, we've got kids over here!
We got kids in here!
Okay, Cara.
I'm gonna need you to be very still, all right?
No, no, no.
No, I'm-i'm-i'm... I'm okay. I just need to go.
I need to get to the hospital. No, no, no. Listen.
We sit tight. When dispatch
realizes we didn't arrive, they'll send someone.
C-Cara's right.
We should, we should head out, you know?
W-We'll run into somebody on the road who can drive us...
No one's out on the road in this, bode.
Besides, if Cara tries to walk, she'll bleed out.
I'll carry her. I can carry her. Can you stop needing to be the hero here?
This is what I do.
Okay?
Wait, bode, you think we should go?
Listen, Cara.
We're staying here, okay?
I'll pack your wound, we can start an iv,
bolus you with fluids, keep that blood pressure up
until we can transfuse you at the hospital.
Diego, I have to go now.
Look.
How long's it been like this?
Since the crash.
I must've lost consciousness for a little bit,
but I have been completely lucid ever since.
What-what is it?
Her pupil's blown.
I was hoping it would go back to normal, but...
But now my head hurts and I'm nauseous.
I don't understand.
What-what are you saying? What-what do you mean?
Best guess, I have... An epidural hematoma.
It's bleeding inside my brain.
Unless we get her to a hospital,
she could die without warning.
No. No.
That's not gonna happen.
Do you understand me? It's not gonna happen.
It was fine earlier when we started practice.
But then the wind got bad.
We lost the goalposts and everything.
I didn't know what to do, so I brought them all in here.
Then I lost cell service. Hey, you did the right thing.
How are you guys doing? Are you okay?
Hey. My name's Sharon.
What's your name?
Can you call my mom?
As soon as we have phone service.
In the wizard of oz, dorothy's whole house flies away.
Right. But there's also
monkeys with wings in that thing.
So it's fake?
Have you ever seen a monkey fly?
Gather in. Cover your head.
You said it was fake.
Come on. Just gather in, everyone. Come on.
Come on. Stay close.
My daughter was terrified of thunder at your age.
She used to cry
in the bed through the whole storm.
You know what I used to say to her?
What?
Every storm passes.
The sun always comes back out.
It really always does.
You know that?
This storm's gonna pass, too.
Everything's gonna be okay, I promise.
Okay?
All right, gentlemen.
Let's try to cover every possible window.
Sorry I can't help, boys. I am still in solitary.
For real. She did you dirty, bro.
Hey, cap, can I talk to you real quick?
Yeah.
Everybody keep going.
I'm worried for you.
You're losing this crew.
They're all pissed you're sending Cole back.
You know who else is pissed?
The family of the man that Cole murdered.
And if it were up to me,
he wouldn't have been sent here.
What is Cole's story?
His story is, is he's the only inmate
that I have with a murder on his record.
No, Eve.
That's his jacket.
Did you ever actually ask him?
His victim's family wrote a letter, isn't that enough?
And they could go to the press.
Then three rock gets shut down, then that's my
I'm worried that three rock's gonna shut you down.
You have no authority with these men,
and that's a dangerous place to be.
Cole is going to get transferred.
Because what am I supposed to do?
Change my mind so that I look weak as hell?
The doc's gonna think I'm an idiot.
And then no one ever respects me.
You don't worry about the doc right now.
You have to worry about getting the respect of these guys
before that ship sails.
It's here!
This structure's untenable. It's not gonna hold.
We wait here until it dies down.
Make a run for the engine.
What if it doesn't die down?
Pretty soon there's not gonna be a "here" here.
Okay, we only have one priority, to keep the kids safe.
This ain't gonna do it.
We can make a run for it. But can they?
All right, everybody up. Come on.
We're gonna get some sprint work in, okay?
Hey.
You okay?
Bode... I was wrong.
I was scared.
What do you mean?
In high school, when we were together.
Before the injuries, the drugs, all of it.
I thought you were such a good guy.
I never wanted to hurt you.
And you're still a good guy.
You're still you.
You never changed.
And so, yesterday.
I just saw you as a prisoner,
and I got,
and I got scared.
And it stopped me from seeing who you've always been.
I'm sorry.
It's fine.
It's fine, it's okay.
It's okay.
I'm saying that Genevieve's... She's gonna need you.
She's gonna need you... and Jake, and every
good person she can find.
Be there for her when she needs you.
Hold her hand when she's hurting. Just... Be you.
Okay?
Hey. Hey.
Cara?
We need to keep her awake. Hey!
Hey, hey.
Please stay, stay with me, okay?
I'm, I'm just, I'm so, so sorry
that you had to go through all of that alone.
But right now, gen needs you.
She needs you, so you can't give up.
I need for you to stay on this path, bode.
Be there for her.
Promise me.
Promise me that you won't give up right now.
Promise me.
I promise, but...
No. No, no, no... Cara...
Blood pressure's skyrocketing.
There's too much blood in her skull.
It-it's putting too much pressure on her brain.
Just do something.
Bode, stay calm.
Do you hear me?
She's not dying. She's not dying!
I know you were a combat medic. Can you...
Can you do something?
I'd need a drill to make a burr hole in her head.
And even if I had a drill, it'd be insane
to try to do it in the field.
Sitting here right now is insane.
I'm going on foot to get help.
I'll carry her all the way to the hospital.
Bode. Five-plus miles?
In the middle of a fire tornado?
You'll both die out there.
Listen to me. She still has a pulse.
Okay?
We're gonna do everything we can.
Look at me! Everything we can.
Stay with me.
Okay! And when we run, how fast do we run?
Super fast! Gabriela: As fast as we can!
Okay, and what do we look at?
- The fire engine! - That's right.
Keep your eyes on the prize.
We run towards that engine and we don't look back.
What do we do with our hands?
We don't let go! We stay with the team!
Hold on to your reinforcements.
Prop up what you can, hold on to what you have to.
How 'bout a little help here!?
Hey, get my back!
Cole, you good?
Move your hand. Let me look at it.
Yeah.
He's bleeding.
Let me guess... Back to my chair? No.
I need to patch you up.
And we need to talk.
Her pupil's fully dilated now.
Not good.
What can I do? I need you to breathe for her.
In.
Out.
10 to 12 ventilations per minute.
Yeah. Yeah, I got it.
I got it. You're her lungs now. Okay?
What are you doing?
This a three-percent saline bolus.
Hopefully it'll pull some fluid from her brain,
buy us a little more time.
We're not giving up.
Thanks.
I was wrong about you, too.
Gabriela's having some kind of misgivings
about coming over to my station,
and when you said what you said
when you were knocked out, I... it's true.
I'll always love Gabriela.
But that's no one's problem but mine.
She loves you. And I understand why.
You're good for her.
She's in v-tach. What do we do?
What do we do?
The only thing we can. Yeah?
Defibrillate.
Don't stop. Slow and steady.
Greencrest, do you copy?
Greencrest, do you copy!?
I'm almost done, but this is gonna sting a bit.
Yeah. Don't worry about it.
I
I read your victim's family's letter
protesting you being at fire camp.
So third-degree murder.
At a high school?
Yeah.
You don't got to tell me my record.
Caught the live show.
My... my parents moved us to edge water when I was nine.
It was for a lot of reasons, but the big one was
because my cousin was walking home and he got robbed.
They took his phone and his wallet.
And then, for no reason, just 'cause...
He shot him.
He died, and they never found the guy.
And that's where I'm coming from.
I know what's on your record.
But you tell me what happened.
I
I was at my kid's basketball game.
And
this guy... another parent
started grabbing my son by his arm.
He was screaming at him about his defense.
He put his hands on my boy.
So I shoved him.
He fell
he hit his head,
and he died at the hospital
later, and it turns out he...
He had an underlying condition, but...
That doesn't matter. I never should have shoved him.
You don't end up in a-block on accident.
My anger isn't a one-off.
I've been working on it.
I worked on it when I was locked up.
And that's what got me to three rock.
Where you've still been working on it.
Yeah.
But a record's a record.
A record of your past.
Look, your... victim's family wrote a letter.
They have that right.
I'm gonna write a letter, too.
About... what you did at the chemical plant
and here today.
I'm gonna tell the doc that I made a mistake.
You're not going anywhere.
Everybody ready?
One, two, three!
Let's go!
Come on, come on!
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
Come on, come on!
Keep moving.
Keep going, keep going!
Move forward! That's it!
Let's go!
Come on.
Go, go, go, go. Let's go. Move!
Get to the engine, come on!
Vince!
I got you. Come on.
Up. Let's go.
Come on, let's go. Don't stop.
Come on.
We're not gonna outrun it!
Or get these kids in the cab!
We got to get underneath the engine!
Wait, no, we can't! It's too exposed.
Won't we get cooked alive?
That's the only place we won't... I hope.
Let's go under the engine.
Underneath, underneath. Now, go, go!
- Go, go, go, go. - Crawl, crawl, crawl.
Box them in!
Cap, you're up. Come on. Everybody, get in the middle.
Perez.
Chief, you're good? Yeah, I'm good.
Hold on. Hold on.
Keep your heads down. Come on.
Everybody together in the middle.
Like you're blocking a free kick!
All right, 42.
Hold on.
Here it goes. Stay close.
This is something to tell the grandkid.
You really think
we're gonna get to tell her anything?
Hey. None of that.
No, seriously,
if this is all the time that we get...
Hey, come on.
No eulogies. No, I spent so much of our marriage
chasing after bode, and, lately, chasing myself,
and you were there the whole time.
You're the best decision I ever made.
You know that?
You're the love of my life
and whatever comes after this.
Okay, now your turn.
All right.
If this is it, this is where I want to be.
I mean, not here, under this truck, but...
With you.
You're where I want to be.
I love you.
Here. Come on.
There we go.
Radios are back.
All units, be advised.
Tornado system has dissipated.
All right, we're good, we're good, we're good.
Expect gusty conditions let's go. This way.
For the next few hours, but immediate danger has passed.
Greencrest. Battalion 1508.
We need transport and ambulance
for one adult and seven minors.
Copy, 1508.You see, kiddo?
You're okay. You did it.
You guys are a real champion squad.
So are you.
You saved all our lives.
Greencrest? Emergency traffic.
I repeat,
emergency traffic. That sounds like Diego.
Diego, come in.
Okay, coach.
Help is on the way.
We got to get to our team. All right?
All right, guys. Come on.
Hey.
You was dead wrong about Cole.
Reversing your call?
That was real.
Respect.
Nice work, cap.
Can you read me? Greencrest?
Diego, it's chief Leone.
What's your status?
Chief, we crashed on the way to the hospital.
Cara has acute injuries.
We need to get her to a higher level of care, now.
What, acute injuries?
What injuries, Diego?
Is bode okay?
Bode's all right.
Cara is not.
Diego, let me talk to her.
Jake, she can't. She's unconscious.
Cara's had an epidural hematoma.
Listen, the storm's passed back over the mountains.
We can get a medevac to you right now. We're coming.
Yeah. All right?
Hurry!
Damn it.
Okay, I'm gonna charge.
Charging.
All clear.
Come on, baby. Come on.
Charging.
Cara, do not leave me.
Hang on, hang on, baby.
D, hey, listen to me, man.
You-you need to keep her alive.
I-I have to ask her... Charging again.
All clear.
Cara!
Listen
Cara, I was a different person before we fell in love,
and now...
Listen, I was going to tell you all this tonight.
Hey, don't stop!
Come on!
And I was gonna just tell you thank you...
For loving me.
I love you, baby.
I'll always love you.
Come on.
And
it's okay.
I'm right here, baby.
Come on, Cara!
It's just you and me.
- No, no. - No, hey, don't stop!
Don't stop. We can't stop.
I can't... I can't stop!
I... no, I can't... I can't stop.
Bode.
It's okay.
Jake.
Pull over.
She's gone.
I've decided something.
Out of all the family I've had,
I think the people at 42...
Will be the ones I'll always have.
You're staying at 42.
I understand.
I do.
They need you.
But... Then I'll have you to come home to.
I always thought you'd be a great girl dad.
You know?
All of it?
That gen was the other girl you told me about?
Yeah.
I might be her father.
But ever since I found out, I've felt like I am.
Like I've got something to push for.
It just feels like... Right? True?
I hope it is.
She'd be very lucky to have you as a father.
You're lucky, too.
You found the right guy. He deserves you.
Listen.
What I said when I came to in the triage tent...
Was true.
I love you too, bode.
We're family.
We always will be.
And right now, we could use
all the love we can get.
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