Previously on Fire Country...
CORY: This is Three Rock Con Camp.
We fight fires all over the state of California.
BODE: Are you and Jake together? RILEY: We were, yeah.
But we're not anymore.
I didn't want to tell you
or anyone until it got a little more serious,
but turns out Jake wasn't serious at all.
Hey!
Hey, are you crazy?
That's what you told Riley, isn't it? Huh?
After you dumped her the night that she died.
What? You were hooking up with Riley?
Does she know? About Riley?
Yeah, I'm in it with Gabriela.
I tell her everything.
I fought fire today.
I loved it.
There's a Cal Fire recruitment event
next weekend.
I think you should check it out.
Hi, Mom.
VINCE: He's in prison.
He is unable to follow basic orders.
I followed one order pretty well, didn't I, Dad?
VINCE: After Riley died,
I told him to leave and never come back.
Oh, my God.
MANNY: My guys did great work, especially Bode.
He's a liability, Manny.
Sharon has a hard time accepting that. I don't.
Have you made any decision about my son?
I'm gonna transfer him. Manny, I'm sick.
I have chronic kidney disease.
I was an inmate at this camp, too.
They let you do this job after that? Your mom did.
You're staying, Bode.
So it's up to you to decide
if you're gonna be the deadbeat your dad thinks you are,
or if you're gonna be the man
your mom and I both know you can be.
♪ ♪
I should've warned you.
You've been around Jake long enough,
you know that he's a player.
This is what he does, Riley.
He cheated on you. Can you stop texting him?
No, I need to go back and talk to him.
That's not happening. I'm taking you home.
Then I'm getting out. What are you doing? Stop. Riley, stop.
(grunting)
Riley, get back in the car!
(horn honking)
Hey, hold on! Hit the brakes!
I can't! I can't stop!
RILEY: Bode! (tires screeching)
(Riley screaming)
BODE: Riley. Riley.
Riley!
(inmates grumbling, muttering)
Not another nightmare. I'm sorry, guys.
Come on, man. Bode.
CHARLIE: Does the golden boy need
a bedtime story to have sweet dreams?
I gave up on sweet dreams a while back.
Sorry to disturb.
(indistinct chattering)
"Riley."
Your sister's name.
That's what you keep shouting in your sleep.
I appreciate you giving me a second chance here, Cap.
But I signed up for fire camp, not therapy.
They can be one and the same, Bode.
I used to have nightmares, too.
I'd come up here hoping the wind
would blow them out of my mind.
And now?
Now I sleep in peace.
You work this program, you'll learn to put out fires,
and not just up there in the mountains...
...but in here.
♪ ♪
You stole cars.
I crashed one with my sister in it.
You called it.
I have my dad's voice in my head telling me that
it should've been me who died that night instead of her.
I stuck a gun in an innocent man's face
so I could get high to escape that voice.
Of course, it didn't stop anything.
You robbing that liquor store
is what finally got you locked up.
But you were incarcerated
long before you ever went to prison, Bode.
You still are.
Look at me, Bode.
You're not the worst thing you've ever done.
JAKE: The four elements of fire?
GABRIELA: Oxygen, fuel, chemical reaction and heat.
What's the maximum flame length you can attack with hand tools?
Mm... Four feet.
And after that, we call for heavier equipment.
(whispering): The fun stuff.
Oh, yeah, you know, all the big guns. (chuckles softly)
Mm.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I'm proud of you, babe,
for clearing the air with Eve about dating Riley.
Mm.
Yeah. (chuckles softly)
Um...
I mean, that'll be... much harder to do...
(exhales) ...with Vince and Sharon.
Hey.
Hey, hey. Hmm.
You're family to them.
They love you, no matter what.
(blender whirring)
Kale...
cranberries, pea protein, bee pollen.
That is a chronic kidney disease cocktail right there.
According to some dude's blog.
(chuckling)
Ew... smells like front lawn. Thank you.
So, Eve's training recruits this morning.
That means I got to be on the engine with Jake.
You're not coming with me to see Bode?
You saw the red flag warning.
Saw it? I issued it.
Right. High winds, low humidity.
Fire is not gonna take the day off, neither can I.
Vince, you told him to leave.
I need you to tell him that you're happy he's here,
that we both know he can succeed.
Oh, my God, it smells like front lawn,
and then it comes back like compost.
Define "succeed," 'cause he's behind bars.
There's no bars at fire camp. Okay, so...
just like when he was a teenager,
I tried to tell you that he needs discipline
and consequence, and you just swoop in
and start coddling him.
And then you start barking orders at everyone
like we're all under your command?
This is not a battalion.
We're a family.
(scoffs)
We were a family.
(scoffs)
♪ ♪
I don't know how I'd ever forgive you
when you say things like that. Just being honest.
He was toxic back then,
and now he's an inmate, and he's got his mother
pulling strings for him with Manny.
He didn't ask me to do that.
I know.
He... he brings it out in you.
You helping him hurts you.
It could hurt your career, I mean...
you told-- you told Manny you were sick?
I am sick.
I don't want you getting any sicker.
My family, our family, is the best medicine that I have.
If you want me well,
go tell him that you're pissed or that you're hurt.
Whatever you are, just go talk to our son so we can heal.
♪ ♪
DISPATCHER: Battalion 1508.
Vegetation fire.
Old Saw Valley Road and Maynor Mountain.
♪ ♪
Great.
(exhales) Mayhem Mountain. Hippies.
Hippies are the least of your worries.
There's the hermits and the growers.
It gets dicey up there really fast.
Just be careful. Hey.
(sniffs) Mmm. Compost.
Have a good time with your son.
Our son.
DISPATCHER: Engine 1591, vegetation fire,
now approximately three acres.
What is your status?
VINCE: Engine 1591. We're hauling.
(siren wailing)
(clears throat)
Hey, look, Chief, are you all good?
Yeah.
I'm fine. Just--
You know. (sighs)
Bode being back... kicked up some stuff.
Yeah.
You know, um... (clears throat)
I, uh... I've been meaning to talk to you about it.
Uh...
You were right. About my shiner.
Bode did punch me. I know.
I don't understand.
Him throwing a punch at you? I mean...
You two were like brothers. We were.
And it's complicated.
On both sides.
Actually, I-- I do know why he hit you.
Look, Chief, I never meant to--
He's jealous.
You're who he wants to be.
He left...
and you became more of a son to me than he was.
♪ ♪
(horn honking) Whoa, whoa, whoa!
(siren wailing)
VINCE: Mayhem Mountain, hashtag "van life."
GABRIELA: I passed by Smokey's
and told Aydan the coffee was for you,
and she remembered your regular order.
She's just being polite.
Training time.
Line up! Recruit.
(scoffs)
Welcome to Cal Fire Station 42.
They call us the Fire Factory, where fire is a constant,
not an exception.
Maybe you're here because that sounds exciting to you.
Maybe you want to be a hero,
slay dragons, save the day.
Or maybe you're sick of your old job
and you want to try something new.
If you're here for any of those reasons,
you will flame out.
The only people who will make it through training hell
and onto the front lines in just two weeks
are those of us who consider this job a calling.
To protect our community, to protect each other.
It is an honor to train the future of Cal Fire.
Now, let's see if any of you are worthy of that title.
♪ ♪
(indistinct chattering)
VINCE: Hey.
You got everybody evac'ed up there?
Far as we can tell, past that brush line there,
it's all strong winds and flames from hell.
(dispatcher indistinct chatter) Confirm.
(man shouting indistinctly)
What do you think started it?
More concerned with the who than the what.
People actually live in those trees up there.
This wind changes direction,
the whole mountain's gonna go up.
MAN: Help!
Chief, is that a... (man moaning)
A burning man?
(grunting)
Stay still, stay still.
(groaning)
Hey, hey, listen to me. It's out. Okay?
But I need you to be still, okay?
(panting) Now, breathe. Just like that.
Again. One more.
Greencrest. Battalion 1508. Priority traffic.
Maynor Mountain.
Single patient with first and second degree burns.
Start an ambulance to this location.
Hey, kid, you start this fire?
We lit a joint. The wind kicked up.
(groaning)
That's a lot of weed for one joint.
He said "we." Who's "we"?
Me and my dude Caleb. I ran one way, he went another.
I ran past the fire, but I lost him.
So there's another kid in there.
And he's MIA, in the middle of a wildfire.
♪ ♪
SHARON: Oh. (chuckles)
Oh, my Bode Boy.
(grunts) Hi, Mom.
Oh. (exhales)
Your hair hasn't been this long since that Hanson phase.
(both laughing)
How's the food?
It's got to be better than the penitentiary.
It's still not your home cooking.
That's my boy. Yes. Okay!
And soon enough, you will be out of here
and you can come home, home
and I will make you anything you want.
And your dad's really upped his game in the kitchen
since you've been gone.
You know, I'm not sure I'm welcome at Dad's table.
Yeah, I know now that he, he told you to leave.
What a terrible mistake he made.
I'm gonna ask you to try to find
a little room in your heart to forgive him.
He called me a liability.
♪ ♪
He's afraid. (exhales)
He's afraid you're gonna break his heart again
or you're gonna break mine.
And you're not?
(chuckles softly)
No, I'm not.
I'm just trying to make Riley's death count for something.
Okay.
Mom.
I'm here to save as many lives as possible,
any way I can.
♪ ♪
You hear tones, that means somebody needs our help.
We're called to a wildfire, we wear Nomex.
If it's a structural fire,
we hustle to these turnouts.
We speed up by slowing down.
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
Five seconds. People say you can only
do things well or do things quickly.
(chuckles) Those people aren't firefighters.
Time!
Yep. Too slow.
All of you, go again. MAN: Wait.
We just finished. It's day one.
Day one of two weeks before you're face-to-face with a fire.
Training is your friend.
I need a break.
Fires don't break, and neither do I.
You need to build your stamina, speed, grit.
Oh.
Here we go! One down!
Look, we need probies, but we're not desperate
for anybody.
We're desperate for firefighters.
I want to learn.
Any tricks for slipping on this uniform faster?
This isn't a uniform.
It's armor.
You need to use it to understand it.
When you come out of this well-trained,
you will thank me.
(siren wailing)
(Jake grunting, breathing heavily)
JAKE: The visibility is awful.
VINCE: Every fire, somebody thinks they're invincible.
MAN (in distance): Help!
You hear that?
MAN: Help!
(alarm wailing)
All right, let's go, gents. I hate to cut
your visits short, but we got work to do.
Let's load up. Come on.
DISPATCHER: Greencrest. Vegetation fire.
Spread 50 acres, and a missing teen...
I'd better go oversee that mess at the station.
There's a missing kid up on Mayhem Mountain?
MANNY: Bode, let's go.
Things get sketch up there pretty quick.
Yeah, and I know you know that.
Bode, there is danger around every corner at this job.
So if you really want to prove your father wrong,
just don't go looking for it.
Plus, I cannot bear to lose another family member.
MANNY: No one on my crew is gonna go
looking for danger or trouble.
Ain't that right, Bode? No, sir.
Chief, I got him.
I know you do.
♪ ♪
(siren wailing)
MAN (in distance): Can anybody hear me?
Help! Hey!
This way.
♪ ♪
JAKE: Chief, uh...
Where the hell are we?
All that weed on that other kid,
I'm guessing this is where it came from.
Where is this kid? Hey!
Where you at? MAN: Down here!
♪ ♪
JAKE: Down where?
(panting)
Thank God. You found me.
(indistinct chattering)
MANNY: Copy.
All right, gentlemen.
There's a lot going on right now.
Battalion 1508 is conducting a search and rescue.
The engine crews are knocking down this fire.
We're doing a six-foot cut with a four-foot scrape.
And with this winds, fire could move further east.
Let's make sure that does not happen.
You copy? BODE: Hey, Cap.
You said that my dad's crew's on search and rescue up there?
Yeah. You not listening?
Can I have a word?
Make it quick.
This area's run by a guy named Mojave.
I-I know him from back in the day.
If he thinks his business is under attack from thieves
or cops or even firefighters, it'll be bad, Cap.
What kind of business are you talking about?
The weed game. Mojave's an outlaw grower.
I was running. I tripped.
This thing swallowed me.
What the hell is this place?
JAKE: Just take it easy, okay?
We're gonna get you out of there.
He's losing consciousness. Hey.
Don't go to sleep. Stay awake, all right?
(panting)
Hey, Chief, what the hell is this medieval nonsense?
Greencrest. Battalion 1508. (engines rumbling)
Y'all lost? Fire's that way.
Yeah, well, he's down here.
We're here to help. Oh, no.
Yeah, don't move. Don't move. Don't move.
Stay off the radio.
Mayday.
Off the radio, man.
♪ ♪
Battalion 1508, confirm your status.
Battalion 1508?
Was that a mayday and a gunshot?
Greencrest.
I need a status report on Engine 1591.
Contact air attack.
I need eyes on Maynor Mountain.
DISPATCHER: Patching you through to air attack for a visual.
♪ ♪
(line ringing)
Detective, it's Division Chief Leone.
We have a situation.
Firefighter distress call during a search and rescue.
And Vince is MIA on Mayhem Mountain.
(indistinct radio chatter)
(indistinct radio chatter continues)
DISPATCHER: Responders in distress.
We have responders in distress.
"Mayday"? You sent out a distress signal?
Shouldn't have done that.
You don't want to talk about what people shouldn't be doing.
You have a kid in a pit.
That's my security system, for thieves and cops.
The kid was stealing crops from me.
That's the only reason they come up here.
He's taking food out of the mouth of my family.
That ain't right. Where is your family?
I sent them down the mountain already.
Okay, and why didn't you go down with them?
'Cause I'm not gonna give up on my crop
or my freedom.
(Caleb groaning)
How bad is it? Hmm? His leg.
Well, I won't know until I assess him.
But you have to untie me. No, I don't have to do anything.
You don't really want a dead kid on your hands.
Yeah, no, of course I don't, man.
Look, I get I'm not like you, okay?
Kids don't dress up as me for Halloween,
but this is how I put food on the table.
He was trespassing.
And so are you. JAKE: Okay, hey, how about this?
You let us get him out of here, and we're gone.
Leave you be, go back to fighting the fire
that might even destroy all your crop,
never mind the little bit that this kid was stealing.
Fire's not coming up here.
Wind's taking it down the mountain.
We cut our own line.
We don't need outsiders coming up here
acting like you're gonna save the day.
We're not trying to save the day.
Just this kid.
(siren wailing nearby)
Oh, is that your sheriff buddies, huh?
From the Mayday that you called in?
See? See? As soon as you walk out of here,
they're gonna storm in here,
they're gonna rip out all my crops.
They're gonna throw my ass in jail!
JAKE: Hey, here's the bottom line.
You have an MIA kid and two MIA firefighters.
They're coming up here whether you like it or not.
It'll be a whole lot worse if you don't let us help him.
Don't push me, fireman.
♪ ♪
Okay. Okay. Okay.
What I'm gonna do...
Show me how to use this.
♪ ♪
What are you gonna say?
I'm gonna tell them I'm not up here with three MIAs.
I'm up here with three hostages.
See? I'm not going to prison.
I want a deal.
Let's go, gentlemen. Pick up the pace.
(sirens wailing)
Hey. Hey, what's going on up there?
That wind's not helping.
No, no, I'm not talking about the wind.
I mean these cops.
We're staying on task, Bode.
We're letting the cops stay on theirs.
Get back to work.
MOJAVE (over comms): Listen up.
I have your firefighters and a missing kid up here.
That's Mojave.
MOJAVE: Hello?
Is this thing working?
(phone ringing)
MOJAVE: Somebody better answer me!
Are you hearing this, Chief?
Pull your crew.
Bring them back to the camp. Right now.
Manny, keep Bode out of this one.
Copy.
All right, pack it up. We're going back to camp.
That's a mistake.
We're gonna let the sheriff handle this one.
Come on. Cap,
fire is one thing, but Mojave's always armed.
Okay? My dad and Jake aren't, not to mention this kid-- Bode!
Our chief gave me a command, and I'm giving you one. Go.
"You're not the worst thing you've ever done."
What you said last night.
What about it?
The worst thing that we could do right now
is leave my dad and Jake up there unsupported.
Look, th-they have no idea how to navigate a guy like Mojave.
We're not the cops, Bode.
Yeah, exactly.
We're supposed to protect life, right?
These cops go up there, this becomes a fire
and a firefight.
Mojave will only listen to guys like us.
You and me.
You're still a pain in my ass, you know that?
Come on.
No. No. No.
Greencrest, confirming that you copied my traffic.
I released Three Rock Crew Four.
(line ringing)
Come on, Manny, pick up.
Pick up.
30 seconds. Coat next.
Jacket.
Fasten before helmet.
I remember.
EVE: Chief?
Uh, training's over. You're with me.
What? Chief, where are we going?
Maynor Mountain.
The search and rescue?
It's more than that now.
Vince and Jake are in a hostage situation.
They're the hostages?
Your dad and Bode are on their way up there, too.
Eve, now.
The rigs are all out.
Yeah, that's why we're taking a copter.
♪ ♪
(helicopter whirring)
♪ ♪
Picked this spot for a reason.
Copters can't see through these trees.
Yeah, you might be able to hide from the deputies,
but you're not gonna be able to hide from this fire.
Wind's pushing it up the mountain now.
I told you. Dug our own line.
It'll go around us and my plants.
You're the grower. I'm the firefighter.
I'm telling you, your line's not gonna hold.
He's in danger of bleeding out.
He needs a tourniquet, my friend.
I'm not your friend! VINCE: Think about your own family.
This kid...
he's somebody's son.
(rustling)
What's that? That the cops?
Hey, whoever's coming up here, you're about to get blasted.
BODE: Hold up. We're not cops.
Look, we-we don't want any trouble.
Please, don't shoot. That's my son.
That's your son?
In name only.
You're making a bad situation worse, Bode.
Wait.
Bode?
I came to reason with an old friend.
BODE: Look, man, this fire's getting closer.
I want to help you try and figure this thing out,
without cops. Of course, you two know each other.
Bro, I thought you were dead.
(scoffs) Kind of was.
I'm finding something to live for.
Being locked up is hardly living.
MANNY: Bode's not just an inmate.
He's a firefighter.
Oh, who are you? His life coach?
He's my captain.
Used to be a guy like us.
Hear him out?
Swap the two of us out for the three of them.
That way, the kid can get medical attention.
There's no way. Bode's an inmate.
They don't care what happens to him.
Then at least let these guys
try and stop this kid's bleeding.
That's what we've been asking him since we've been here.
And now I'm asking.
Come on, bro.
(scoffing): We were...
We were young and dumb like him once.
Hell, we-we did even crazier things.
Trust me.
You don't want someone dying on your conscience.
You'll never forgive yourself.
♪ ♪
Untie them.
Oh. Chief's here.
I'll let them know. Chief's on the ground.
Gregory? Anything?
The good news is we know who we're dealing with.
Mojave Sutton.
He's got priors for growing.
He's anti-cop.
Moves camp every so often to avoid location.
The bad news?
A guy like this and his crew
are going to be heavily armed.
Unlikely to surrender.
And we still don't know where they are up there.
(exhales) That's a lot of bad news.
Well, Captain Perez and my son might be able to help.
They're up there now trying to defuse the situation.
Sharon.
Hate to state the obvious. Bode's an inmate.
This isn't a prison break. This is a forest fire.
BODE (over comms): Division 1501?
Oh, that's Bode. Thank God.
This is Division 1501.
Where is Battalion 1508?
Here with me.
Fire's your jurisdiction, Sharon.
Hostage situation-- that's mine.
Yeah, but this call came over a Cal Fire radio, so...
I'll be handling it. How is our civilian?
BODE: They're checking vitals now.
Please tell me he's alive.
We got a pulse.
(sighs): Oh, God. Thank God.
Hey, you did the right thing, bro.
You want to keep doing the right thing, let my captain
get on the radio and let the ground know what's what.
Yeah.
MANNY: Patient's lost a lot of blood.
He needs medical attention beyond our scope.
Hey, Chief, what do you think?
Should we shoot a signal over to the hospital?
Let them know he's gonna need surgery and a heat pack?
Copy you on the heat pack, Cap.
Signaling the hospital and a heat pack?
That-that doesn't make any sense.
Yeah, I think it's a code.
Because they've got a fusee flare up there.
I think they're trying to tell us where they are.
Okay, we're ready to medevac.
We just need to know where you are.
What does Mojave get in return?
He still wants immunity.
All right, Caleb, you're gonna feel this.
(weakly): Please don't cut off my leg.
Don't move, and I won't.
Once we cut this spear down, we can lift you
the hell out of here.
(Caleb groaning, screaming)
Set? Set.
(grunting)
All right, you got him? I got his leg.
MANNY: Got his leg? Go.
(grunting, muttering)
Coming after you, Chief.
Good job, good job. Gonna stay with me, right?
Mojave, fire's already jumped the line.
You tell them no cops near my goods.
And no charges.
No cops, no charges, and everybody walks out alive.
What the hell is that?
Fire.
SHARON: Look, look, look!
Right there. Okay, come on, let's go.
Let's go get our patient.
(helicopter whirring)
SHERIFF (over speaker): This is the Sheriff's Department.
Come out with your hands up.
You burned me, Bode? Huh?
You tipped them off where we are?
What the hell, man?
BODE: No, hey, no.
I would've burned you if I let you
and everybody else up here die.
JAKE: Once again,
interfering with all your outlaw crap.
Nothing's changed.
At least I own what I am.
Can you say the same?
Okay, everybody, huddle together!
You're my cover now! VINCE: No, no.
We can't stop the pressure, all right?
He's gonna bleed out. MOJAVE: Damn it. Screw this!
Mojave!
You can't run forever.
Put down the gun, and we go peacefully,
and you got a shot at being where we are
later down the road.
JAKE: Chief, his-his rate is dropping.
He's fading fast. We're gonna lose this kid!
(fire crackling)
MANNY: Come on, we're trapped.
JAKE: All right, come on, buddy.
Come on, Caleb, come on.
(coughing)
Chief, what do you think?
Deploy fire shelters?
We don't have enough of them.
I don't want to die, Bode,
but I don't want to go to prison!
My family, my son.
You should see my son. Mojave!
My sister died because of my bad choices.
Somebody told me I'm not the worst thing I've ever done.
And you aren't, either.
MANNY: Mojave!
You want to go to prison?
Or you want to burn alive and take all of us with you?
Those are your choices, bro.
VINCE: Trust me.
You want to see your kids again.
MOJAVE: Okay, okay.
How do we get out of here?
Well, we can't on foot.
Does that thing run?
BODE (over comms): Division 1501. Battalion 1508. Do you copy?
Good to hear your voice, Battalion Chief 1508.
Better to see your face. Where are you at?
Doing a little off-roading.
Chief. (engine rumbling)
This definitely ain't no wildland engine, Chief.
Hashtag "van life."
Hey, hold on, Caleb. All right?
We're almost there.
(Caleb panting)
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Thank you. JAKE: All right, everybody!
Find something and hang on!
(yells)
SHARON: Let's get this kid to the copter.
We're gonna need a spine board.
(indistinct clamoring)
MANNY: Let's go, let's go!
♪ ♪
And up.
MANNY: Mojave?
You do your time,
maybe we can get you in at Three Rock Con Camp.
Yeah, sure.
I told you. Manny's one of us.
♪ ♪
GABRIELA: So, a fire became
a search and rescue, became a hostage situation,
and then more fire?
That's insane.
That was "slow is smooth."
"And smooth is fast."
I'm glad you stuck around.
We need more women in the department.
Yeah, but I would've never been able to handle
what you all did today.
You won't know everything in two weeks.
You're always learning on the job.
I never trained for a hostage situation.
Or a burning van filled with your boyfriend,
my chief and...
...Bode.
Bode.
I know who he is to Jake.
Who is he to you?
I know who he was to me.
I'm still trying to figure out who he is to me now.
I think we all are.
You're off-shift.
Hug your dude.
(chuckling)
(sighs)
♪ ♪
Long day?
Not compared to yours.
MANNY: Bode.
You got a visitor.
Why does this guy get all the special privileges?
Lights aren't out for another hour, Charlie.
It's not privilege. You're just unpopular.
(inmates laughing)
(inmates chattering)
Who's here so late?
You'll see.
Unorthodox methods with the fusee today, Cap.
It was a smart move.
But let's not make a habit of defying orders.
Going off book was all me, Chief.
Bode was just following my lead.
But he did convince me of it.
Manny, I would like my son to be more like you.
Do not let Bode inspire you to be more like him.
I got to admit,
he is a little bit inspiring. (chuckles)
Our kids, man, huh?
I don't know if I spend more time loving him
or worrying about him. (chuckles)
I saw Gabriela today,
at the training for Cal Fire.
She showed up, huh?
I thought the recruitment event
would have turned her off the department.
(shushing) Look at this view.
("Old Habits" by Rag'n'Bone Man playing)
Didn't expect you here.
Didn't think I'd ever see you here, either.
I'm a disappointment.
I get it.
I'm the problem, like always.
I shouldn't have told you to go.
(scoffs)
♪ We should meet somewhere in the middle ♪
♪ Get some solid ground beneath our feet... ♪
I'll regret that for the rest of my life, but...
should've been you.
Who died that night instead of Riley.
I know. I know.
No, believe me, I know. No, no! No, Bode.
You're fourth-generation Cal Fire legacy.
It should be you... with me at Station 42.
You should be my right-hand guy.
I saw you out there today.
(chuckling): You were born for this.
But you, you never wanted anything to do with it.
And Jake did.
(scoffs softly)
Guilt's a funny thing.
What does that mean?
Ask Jake. No, I'm asking you.
I'm asking my son.
You heard me.
You're my son.
Up on the mountain, you told Jake
that at least you owned up to what you did.
What-what-what did he do?
He broke Riley's heart.
The night of the accident, the last thing she felt
before she died was pain.
♪ ♪
You...
You're telling me that-that Jake and Riley were...?
Oh, he-he didn't tell you that, either.
He didn't.
♪ With the best of intentions... ♪
I-I'm not perfect, okay? I know that.
And I know that Mom wants her family back, but...
(scoffs) ...from where I'm standing,
you all made a family without me while making me be the bad guy.
You can tell Mom I'm sorry,
but I don't want back in on that.
♪ And I could never give you up ♪
♪ 'Cause old habits die hard. ♪