Ready to fly?
- Why are we doing this again? - I tried surfing.
It's your turn to try my thing. - Not a fair trade.
You like the ocean. Heights freak me out.
At least there's no sharks up there.
Come on, it's insane--
like those flying dreams you have when you're a kid
but for real. - Yeah, I never had those.
You see? It's not so bad.
Whoo!
Isn't it so beautiful up here?
It really is.
♪ They
♪ They were waiting in the water ♪
- Whoo-hoo! - I told you.
♪ Flames
♪ Flames were getting hotter
♪ The night was getting cold
That's not funny.
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
♪ But they did not give up the hope ♪
♪ They were waiting in the water ♪
♪ Hold on
♪ Sisters and brothers
Kurt? What's happening?
It's a downdraft.
Kurt? - Hold on! Hold on!
[whimpering, screaming
Welcome to the North Shore.
District 7.
Getting dangerous.
Go, go, go!
Kurt. Kurt?
Kurt! Kurt!
- Morning, Chief. - Morning.
- Ah. - You're welcome.
- Thanks. - Not for the coffee.
For your new tower.
Uh, that was me, not you.
Hiring the mayor's son paid off.
Yeah, it did.
Kid's turning out to be a decent lifeguard, too.
I'm glad it's working out.
Of course, if it didn't, I would have fired you.
- Nah, you wouldn't have. - Try me.
I'm gonna save you the trouble, Chief.
I'm retiring.
It's time.
I want Em to take my job.
She's the best guard I've ever seen, all right?
A little rough around the edges, but she'll learn.
Look, plenty people are going to want your slot.
Kenji would take it in a heartbeat.
It should be Em.
You played your political hand already.
I got backs I got to scratch, too, Sonny.
Take my advice, for once.
Accept the certificate of appreciation
the county is gonna give you
and go fishing.
Whoa, Kainalu Emerson?
- Malika. - Hey.
- Hey, how you been? - Great.
Just, you know, school, work, life.
- Yeah, law school, right? - Yep.
We're at my parents' summer place for a couple days.
I-I heard you're getting married?
I am.
To Forrest, of all people.
Yeah, kind of just happened.
I hear you're lifeguarding?
Uh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Uh, well, I'm off today. They got us on 4 10s now.
So... - That's amazing.
Hey, we're having lunch at the club in a couple hours.
You have to stop by.
Come on. I'm only here for the weekend.
I got a clerk position for Kagan,
and I leave in two days.
Forrest will be there, the whole gang--my mom.
She'd love to see you.
I think she took our breakup harder than I did.
Yeah, for sure.
You still have my number, right?
- I do. - Well, just text me.
Yes.
Can't wait.
Hmm.
Not where it goes.
Fridge, or it gets moldy.
It dries out in the fridge.
Lasts about five minutes around here anyway, so...
don't worry about it.
You know, I figured you guys
would've worked this stuff out when you were living together.
All right. Tough room.
Morning, Cap. - Morning.
Careful. Trouble in paradise over there.
Dispatch to District 7.
Uh, District 7.
A driver on Farrington Highway
reported a paraglider with a yellow canopy
getting into trouble somewhere near Naehu Point.
Okay.
That's all we got.
10-4.
Yeah, paragliders--you'll never catch me doing that.
Yeah, bet they say the same about us.
So we're gonna check it out?
Yeah, they could be anywhere out there.
We'll take two trucks, cover more ground.
You and me--
I'll--I'll take Will to the west end.
You take Em to the east.
Trust me. Just trust me.
Okay.
You see anything?
Nope.
Is, uh, everything with you and Will okay?
Fine.
Why?
You seem a little tense this morning.
Why do you care?
Well, I'm just asking about my team.
It's duties of a captain.
We're good.
You want to double back, keep searching?
Yeah, let's do it.
- How'd your date with Jenn go? - Solid.
Got her home before 9:00.
Doesn't sound like you.
I'm trying out a new game plan.
Oh, yeah? What plan is that?
It's, uh, playing it long and taking it slow.
Really?
Yeah, I can pivot.
Is, uh, you and Em doing all right?
Uh, she's not happy with me
at the moment. - Hmm.
Julie doesn't want to invite her to the wedding.
Hey, can you blame her?
- Got a visual on anything? - Negative.
Just an empty ocean on a windy day.
- False alarm? - Yeah.
Probably landed safe on the field somewhere.
All right, let's head back. - Yep.
Em.
Yeah?
See that?
- Where? - Inch below the horizon.
- Yellow canopy. - Yeah.
Hey, we got something.
Hey!
I got somebody under the canopy.
Rescue 2 to Mobile 1. We got a somebody.
Copy that, Rescue 2.
Unresponsive.
Go! - 10-4.
Single unresponsive victim recovered--male.
Drop-off location-- Naehu Beach.
ETA, two minutes.
Uh, Mobile 7-1, request fire and EMS support
for unresponsive male at Naehu Beach.
10-4, Mobile 7-1.
Available units responding.
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Ready, ready, come on.
All right.
All right, take the shirt off.
Nice. Okay.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Clear.
Go.
Two, three...
All right, Em.
Unresponsive--no idea how long he's been out for.
Clear.
Oh!
- Sit him up. - We got him.
- One, two, three. - Yep.
Oh, nice.
Yeah, man.
Sir, sir? Nothing.
Let's go.
I told you paragliding was dumb.
Hey, you good, Cap?
Yeah.
So are we out of here, then?
Yeah.
Hey, hey.
Hey, yourself.
Oh, it looks fun out there.
Yeah, good enough to get wet on my day off.
I figured you weren't working today.
We had a big one this morning. I didn't see you.
Yeah, if you would've called, I could've just told you.
Right, I know.
Well, see, I'm restraining myself,
trying to be respectful, you know?
Yeah, playing it cool, that sort of thing.
Exactly, yeah.
I like that.
Yeah, that's the idea.
Anyway, I, uh...
I better get out there.
Right. Yeah.
I will call and ask you out to dinner that I pay for.
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it.
Oh, what?
Juiced!
Did you finish off the cereal?
- Yeah. - How? There's no milk.
You don't need milk for cereal.
Yeah, you do.
You've been brainwashed by Big Milk.
Hey, uh, you got any plans today?
Obviously.
- Come to a party with me. - What?
I mean, it's not really, like, a party, really.
It's more like a lunch thing.
A lunch thing?
Yeah, couple people from high school.
Sick club-- it's right down the road.
A Punahou lunch thing.
Oh, let me think.
Um, no.
Come on.
The girl that's throwing it is a family friend.
And if I don't go, then it'll get back to my family,
and I don't want to have to deal with it.
What do I get out of it?
It's catered, guaranteed.
Fine.
But I'm not dressing up. - Shoots.
Em.
Got a minute? - Yeah.
Hey, uh...
you know, Will missed his re-cert the other day.
Oh. News to me.
Yeah, he hasn't called to schedule for another time.
Well, he's been really busy
with his new surf-lesson business.
Might have just forgot. - Okay.
Either he gets it done by the end of the week,
or you write him up.
Let him know.
Don't you...
normally do the disciplinary stuff?
Yeah, but I'm asking you to.
It's been a little...
complicated between me and Will lately.
Okay, well...
uncomplicate it.
Is that a problem?
Not a problem.
I'll handle it. - Okay.
- Not bad. - Told you.
All right, you ready?
Ready? Rich people from town love me.
Watch. - Okay.
You're the one who looks nervous.
I'm not.
Yeah, you are. We drove my car.
Hey.
You busy?
You, um, here to talk it out?
No.
Uh, you missed your re-cert.
Yeah, damn, I, um--
I spaced it. I had a lesson that morning.
Well, you need to get it done this week.
Mm-hmm.
Or you're getting written up.
"Written up."
Are you serious?
Right.
This 'cause you didn't get invited to the wedding, huh?
- Mm, nope. - Sure.
Whatever you say, Em.
Look, I'm your lieutenant,
so it actually is whatever I say.
I couldn't care less about your wedding.
You found a sugar mommy, great. I'm happy for you.
But I need you to do your job here, got it?
- Thank you. - Mm-hmm.
You don't know what I'm talking about, do you?
Look, it's basically a Bitcoin exchange,
but the commerce is definitely there.
We did 320 in revenue last year.
320,000?
Million.
Whatever. - Whoa.
I'm really about the BioDeg work right now.
- The what? - BioDeg.
It's the environmental nonprofit I founded.
It actually came out of the senior research project
we did on biodegradable microplastics, remember?
And you turned that into an environmental nonprofit?
Yeah. You should've paid more attention.
It's a really special project.
When I finish up at the Court, I'm coming on as head legal.
You know, I'm still trippin' seeing you guys together.
How'd that go down? - Oh, you know, Paris.
Frites at Parcelles.
We've known each other since middle school.
But, you know, all of a sudden, it's like, hey.
How long have you two been dating?
- Oh, we're not dating. - Oh.
Um, yeah, we just work together.
And we live together.
Um, but not dating.
Uh, so I hear you're lifeguarding now?
Yeah.
- Your dad pissed or what? - Forrest.
Come on, it's a killer job, right?
But where much is given, much is expected.
There's no "but" about it. It is a killer job.
He saved three people's lives last month,
which is three more than your plastic environmental nonprofit
ever will.
We should bounce. I got stuff to do.
Thanks for lunch. - Yeah, thanks.
$320 million trading fake money.
I'm taking his booze.
Hello.
Do you by chance have any sunscreen?
Yeah, it's, uh-- it's up in the tower.
If you stop by, though, we can help you out.
Do you work with a lifeguard named Laka by any chance?
I'm... Laka.
Do we know each other?
Mm-mm.
You remember Sarah Mitchell?
Long blonde hair from Tucson?
Yeah. How's she doing?
- Great. - Good.
She told me I should find you when I'm out here.
Said you were, uh, worth the trip.
Tucson, huh?
Mm-hmm.
You know, thanks, but I-I got to go.
What?
I came all this way.
Yeah, got it.
How was it?
- I had fun. - Yeah?
- Looks like you did, too. - Oh, no.
I'm--I'm gonna throw this away.
I was just not trying to be rude or anything like that.
Come on.
You loved it.
The Laka legend grows.
Jenn, I--
You know what? Just stop.
I liked you.
But I'm looking for someone a little more serious...
about everything.
How did it go with Will?
Uh...
not great.
Why'd you ask me to pull rank on him like that?
Because I didn't want to.
Hey, this is Sonny.
Yeah, okay.
What?
Our paraglider victim just woke up in the hospital.
That's great.
- He wasn't alone. - What?
He was flying tandem with a female friend.
She went down with him.
- What happened to her? - No one knows.
All right, Cassandra Dillard--
35, single, former collegiate swimmer.
Family and friends say she lives an active lifestyle--
surfing, hiking, running.
She's fit.
So she could have made it to shore.
Maybe. We know she got out of her harness
so she wasn't knocked out on impact.
She left her friend and swam for it?
Well, maybe she thought he was dead
and couldn't swim him in.
Okay. So now what?
Uh, HPD is checking her phone records.
Maybe she had something on her phone.
If they went down right after the call came in,
the tide was filling in pretty fast.
The way the current moves down the coast,
she probably ended up around here.
Okay, HPD got a signal from her smartwatch.
Last pinged here.
Watch couldn't make it to shore that fast by itself.
Yeah. Okay, let's prep for a rescue and recovery, yeah?
Let's get going.
All right. This it?
Yep.
- Cassandra! - Cassandra!
Yell out if you can hear us!
Damn it.
Hey, wait.
What if she's underneath them?
You know, the caves run pretty far underneath the shelf.
What if she got washed in?
Well, then it is a recovery,
and we can wait for the tide to drop.
I don't know--I think we should jump in,
check out the caves.
There's plenty of pockets she could have slipped into
that would still have a little air, even in this tide.
It's true.
Right. You know your way around down there?
Yeah, we dive them in the summer.
Cap...
we got to try before the tide comes up.
When those pockets fill up, she'll drown.
We can jump in, check the spots we know--
in and out real quick.
All right, I'm down. Let's do it.
Yeah, me too.
She's right. We should try.
Okay.
Two people go in.
Two people stay on top, just in case we have to pull you out.
- I'm going. - Yeah, I'm with her.
I knew if I volunteered first,
you'd end up doing it.
All right, channel 9. In and out.
You hear me?
Stay together and stay safe.
Wrong line of work, Cap.
Trail you a body length?
Ah, it's a maze down here.
Yeah.
- You good? - Yeah.
Yep.
Let's keep looking.
Okay.
Yeah?
Yep, after you.
Cap, you got comms?
Rescue 2, come in.
Cap, we're good.
Nothing yet. Couple more spots I want to check.
Uh, 10-4, couple more, then out.
Yeah?
Em?
It was always a long shot.
Em?
Damn it.
I was hoping this is where she was.
So many ways in.
And it's a lot harder to get out.
Yeah. Okay.
Radio Cap, tell him there's one more spot I want to check.
What spot?
Remember, there's that tunnel down by the right?
Ah...
Em. - Just do it.
Rescue 2 to Mobile 1.
Yeah, 10-4, Rescue 2.
What's going on?
Where's Em? - We're good.
She's just checking one more spot.
What?
The tide's coming up fast.
Get out now.
Yeah, 10-4.
You got your people down there?
Yeah.
You heard Cap, all right? Don't.
We're here. I'm going.
It's tight up there, all right?
You might not be able to turn around.
Well, then I can scoot my way back.
Hey.
It's okay.
We're gonna get you out of here.
How?
Take this fin...
And this mask.
Okay? And then we're gonna swim out together.
I can't. I can't.
I hit the reef. I thought I was drowning.
I can't. - No, you can do it.
You made it this far. I know you can do it.
My partner is just on the other side of that tunnel.
We just have to get to him.
Hey, hey, hey, hey. Look at me.
If you stay here, you'll die.
We have to do this.
Me and you, we got this.
- Okay. - Okay.
Deep breath.
One more.
Radio up top.
Rescue 2 to Mobile 1. We got her.
She's alive.
Yes.
Copy that, Rescue 2.
She's cut up and hypothermic.
All right, 10-4. Uh, EMS and fire standing by.
Laka, they found her alive. They're coming to you.
Copy.
- Okay? - Okay.
You ready? - Yeah.
- Okay. - Okay.
One, two, three.
You did it.
Good job.
Yeah, hell of a job.
Well...
Thanks for letting me keep looking.
"Let you"?
Uh, that is not how I remember it.
- Fair. - Uh-huh.
- Please don't be mad. - I'm not mad.
Uh, I'm just here to give you a heads-up.
There is a bunch of reporters at the end of the road.
Huh.
You should put a hat on.
Well, they don't want to talk to me.
They want to talk to you.
I didn't think we could get it.
It's the most popular wedding venue in Santa Barbara.
Well, that's awesome.
It's more than awesome. It's a freaking miracle.
People wait five years for the Miramar.
Sweet.
You okay?
Uh, yeah.
Yeah, just, uh...
uh, we had a little miracle here today, too.
Two people should be dead, and we got them.
That's amazing.
It was crazy.
I'm still tripping out a little bit, to be honest.
I was--
Baby, hold on a sec. The venue's calling.
I got to go.
Okay.
- Love you, love you. Bye. - Yep.
- So how are you feeling? - Physically okay.
- And your boyfriend? - Kurt?
He's going to be okay.
Kurt was rescued offshore after the accident,
but you were found in an underwater cave.
Is that right? - Yes, I was washed in.
I thought nobody knew where I was or how to find me.
I was waiting to die.
And then Em showed up.
You mean Emily Wright,
a lieutenant with Ocean Safety?
Yes. She was amazing.
They all were.
I'll never forget them.
And I can never thank them enough.
Oh, my gosh.
Hey. Thank you. - Nice work.
Thanks.
You're nuts. You know that?
No, in a good way. - Uh-huh.
But for real, that was one of the most badass things
I've ever seen in my entire life.
So, respect, yeah.
I appreciate that. Thank you.
Your friend Jenn, though?
Oh, no. What?
Cold, mean, not cool.
What happened?
I'll tell you later.
Deal.
- Let's take a walk. - Yeah.
Not bad out there.
Thanks.
Only one I know who would have done that was,
ah, me way back when.
Now, see? That...
that's a real compliment.
I'm proud of you...
and what you do here.
I mean that.
You dying or something?
Nope.
Good.
Just retiring.
Come on.
No, I mean it.
I don't have an exact timeline, but, uh...
soon.
But all the new stuff we're getting--
the new equipment, the new tower, the new hire.
Always leave a place better than you found it...
which I hope you do as a captain.
Yep.
You're up.
You've tamed a little of the attitude.
The stuff with, uh-- with Will--
well, now that's the past.
That's why you wanted me to talk to him
about the re-cert.
Just keep it quiet for now, okay?
Congratulations.
Go home and get some sleep.
Let's make some cocktails or something at least.
No, why?
Because it's 150 bucks a bottle.
Yeah, then why mix it? Just drink.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
Ahh.
Ooh!
That's next level.
See? The scene ain't that bad.
No, it is.
So you think I'm a good lifeguard, huh?
Oh, here we go.
I was making a point, okay?
Don't get all puffed chest on me.
All right, all right.
Hey, mahalo for going with me, though.
It was kind of fun.
So...
that was your ex-girlfriend?
And those were your friends?
Mental. - Ah.
Road not taken, I guess.
Yeah.
Better road, better friends.
Mm.
All right, one more.
Nope, I got work in the morning.
I'm going to do an early run-swim if you're up for it.
- Let's do it. - Okay.
See ya. - Okay.
Hey, wait up.
Are you out of here?
Yeah, yeah. Big day.
Yeah.
What's up?
Uh...
I owe you an apology.
For what?
I get why Julie doesn't want me at her wedding.
I mean, I'd probably feel the same way.
I'm sorry.
Appreciate it.
Hey, hey, wait.
Uh...
things are about to change between us.
I-I mean, I know that now, and I...
I'm okay with it, I think.
What are you talking about?
I had my chance, and I blew it.
Get in.