[Willie K's "Christmas Island"]
♪
- ♪ How would you like to spend Christmas ♪
♪ On Christmas Island
♪ How would you like to spend the holiday ♪
♪ Away across the sea
♪ How would you like to spend Christmas ♪
- Let me get this straight.
So she just lives there?
- Yeah.
- And you're not--
- No, we work together.
She needed a place.
It's actually working out great.
- Yeah, OK.
If you say so.
- Yeah. I got to go.
♪
Hmm.
Mm, ah!
- Um...
- Oh! Hey!
I--I thought you were going straight to work!
- Nope.
- ♪ Christmas Island
♪ You will never stray for every day ♪
♪ Your Christmas dreams come true ♪
♪
[light snoring]
[phone buzzes]
- [sighs]
[tropical music]
♪
- Morning.
- Good morning.
- What do you got for the kids?
- Uh, fins, loads of them, and T-shirts from Lei Lei's.
Uncle Ian gave me a huge box.
- Of course. [both chuckling]
- I'll see you inside.
["We Wish You a Merry Christmas" playing]
[indistinct chatter]
Hey.
Merry Christmas.
- Where were you last night?
I needed someone to talk me out of hitting the bar.
- Oh, you know, just crashed early.
- You don't quit, do you?
- Yeah, well, I'm known for my stamina.
- All right, everyone, bring it in.
Hey, uh, mahalo for helping with donations
for our holiday toy drive.
Look, there's a lot of local families
that are struggling out there, and this is our chance
to make their holiday a little better.
All right? Em.
- Yeah.
So let's try to make sure every bag is roughly equal.
We don't want anyone feeling left out or shorted.
- No kid getting a $100 pair of surfboard fins
is gonna be feeling left out.
[laughter]
- Uh, noted.
OK.
Let's get to it.
- All right.
- So what's Christmas like in Australia, big guy?
- Uh, it's pretty low-key, really.
You guys go wild over here, mate,
with the decorations and the gifts.
- It might work out for you.
Julie might go big and get you
a new truck or something.
Hmm?
Hey, what about you?
What's on the Christmas list?
- Ooh, I don't know.
Maybe a time machine?
- Hmm.
- Hey, what's Kenji doing here?
- Kenj?
- Hope I'm not too late.
- How you been, brah?
- Good.
Thought I'd stop by, drop these off for the kiddos.
- Ah!
- Get the lay of the land.
- Lay of the land?
- Chief told me you're retiring.
I'm replacing you.
- [scoffs]
- My bad if you're hearing this for the first time.
- I'm recommending Em to replace me as captain.
- [chuckles]
I didn't mean any disrespect.
- None taken.
[soft music]
Hey, um, thanks for the gifts, though.
The kids will love it.
♪
- Yeah.
Anytime.
♪
- Everything OK?
- Yeah.
[dramatic music]
♪
- ♪ Ah, ah, ah
- Welcome to the North Shore.
- District 7.
[dramatic music]
♪
- Getting dangerous.
- ♪ Ah, ah, ah
- Go, go, go, go, go!
♪
[Mark Alberts' "Yukulala Hey"]
- Whoo-hoo!
♪
- ♪ Yukulala, yukulala, yukulala, yukulala hey ♪
[indistinct chatter]
♪ Yukulala, yukulala, yukulala, yukulala hey ♪
- Tutu, hurry.
- No tell me to hurry.
- Please?
We need to get the good bags.
- OK, let's go.
- Yes!
- Happy holidays. - There you are, mate.
- Hi.
One for you.
- What do you say?
both: Thank you.
- Aw.
You're welcome.
- [laughs]
- Can I have another one?
- Uh, yeah, sure.
- Knock yourself out.
There you go. - There you go.
- What about that one?
- [chuckles]
- Moku.
- Uh, you know, that looks like a good one.
OK.
[soft music]
- Thank you.
- Mahalo, you guys. Merry Christmas.
- Gonna grab a couple?
- While I still can.
[chuckles]
♪
- Whoo, yeah!
♪
- OK, enough already.
I saw you naked.
We live together.
It was bound to happen.
- So if you dropped towel in front of me this morning,
you'd be totally cool?
What are they doing?
- Looking for trade-ups.
Take whatever the lifeguards give out
and see what you can trade up for.
Sticker for a leash, leash for a pair of fins,
fins for a bodyboard.
- Wanna trade?
- You gotta be kidding.
- Sky's the limit.
I once saw a kid go from a sticker
to a pretty decent used board once.
- Let me guess.
The kid was you.
- See?
We are learning so much about each other today.
[both chuckling]
[Stick Figure's "Heartland"]
♪
- ♪ I got a smile on my face
♪ It's a beautiful day
♪ I smile to the world
♪ I smile today
♪ Ain't nothing wrong
♪ I can't complain
♪ This love is so strong from playing this game ♪
♪ Nothing but love here, in peace and harmony ♪
♪ Nothing but love here, it's our destiny ♪
♪ Oh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh
♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, oh, oh
- [grunting]
[panting]
[dramatic music]
♪
- Hey.
Does he look like he's in trouble?
- Yep.
Tower 71, Emerson and Alexander 10-7 rescue.
♪
- Grab the board!
♪
- All right, lift him.
On my count.
Three, two, one, down.
- EMS and fire are on the way.
OK, let's roll him.
Three, two, one!
Get him up.
Three, two, one!
- No pulse, no breathing.
- Did you see what happened to him?
- Kicked out of the wave, paddled a couple times,
and just stopped.
- Find his kids and get them back to the tower.
♪
And don't let them watch!
♪
- What happened?
- Come on, let's go to the tower.
- Five, six, seven, eight.
[counting indistinctly]
- Everyone, back up!
Give us some space, please!
Three, two, one!
[grunting]
- Where's our grandpa?
♪
[somber music]
♪
- Hi, you two.
- Did my grandpa die?
- No, he's just sick.
But he did have to go see the doctor.
The good news is that that means you two
get to hang out in the tower a little longer.
Yeah?
- Hey, come on.
You guys can help me watch the beach.
- [sighs]
They don't know where the grandpa hides his car keys,
and his phone is in the truck.
- And they don't know their parents' numbers.
- No.
- [sighs] Keep an eye on them, OK?
Thanks.
- Look, Em's a great lifeguard.
- She did well in the interview process, right?
- She did, but the new captain of District 7
will report to me, and I'm gonna choose who I want.
- Well, it should be Em.
She's earned it.
- You told me yourself she's a hothead.
- In a good way.
- There is no good way.
Kenji it is.
He and Em will get along fine.
And if not, I'll find her another captain to work under.
Got it?
[disconnect tone]
♪
[engine rumbling]
- Oh, how you been?
- Good, till I saw Sonny this morning.
- Why? What happened?
- Keep this on the down low.
Sonny's retiring.
- What? - Yeah.
Chief told me I would be the replacement,
but apparently, Sonny's pushing Em.
- Right. - Sucks.
Dude, my wife was looking forward
to being out here near her parents.
- Thanks for letting me know, brah.
- Easy.
See you around.
- Yep.
♪
[mellow music]
[cheering, laughter]
♪
- Can I see your board?
- No.
- What's up? - Hey, little dude.
What's up?
- Is that your board?
- Yep.
- Can I see it?
- Why?
- It looks cool.
- I'll trade you these fins for it.
- What? No.
- Why not? These fins are brand new.
Your board's already used.
- I said no, kid. Now beat it.
- Any luck?
- No, but I still got all day.
[music playing faintly]
- I'm hungry.
- Me too.
- All right.
You guys can split my lunch.
- What is it?
- Can we get a plate lunch?
- You got any money?
- No.
- Uh-uh. He's not giving you any money.
He just offered you food.
- His lunch is disgusting.
- All right.
You and your brother go pick trash up off the beach.
I'll give you $0.50 for each piece.
You can buy lunch with that.
Come on, get going.
- Pretty hardcore.
- No, it wasn't.
- It's not their fault that they didn't
pack a lunch before their grandpa
had a heart attack.
- No, but they need to learn
you don't just get stuff for free.
Plus they need something to do.
- I think I know what you need--
a hug.
[quirky music]
- [scoffs]
- [chuckles]
- There's some stuff just in here.
- Blisters on both feet.
- Yeah, it happens, especially when the sand's hot.
All right.
Take these, and then just rinse the blisters off
before you cover them, OK?
You don't want it to get infected.
- Why is the sand so rough here?
And it just sticks to me.
It's not like this in Miami.
- Well, I've never been to Miami.
I don't know.
- You should go.
- I'll put it on the bucket list.
All right. You take care.
Hey, there.
I thought Mobile 1 wasn't
supposed to hang at the towers.
- Oh, you know, I was in the neighborhood.
- Mm-hmm.
- Is everything OK?
- Oh, yeah, blisters, and apparently,
it's nicer in Miami.
- Ah.
I've heard that.
- Any word on the guy this morning?
- No, Emerson and Alexander are still with the kids.
- [sighs] Man, I hope he makes it.
I'd hate for them to lose their grandfather
right before Christmas.
- Well, we got to him quick, but I don't know.
- So, um, were you really just in the neighborhood?
- Nope.
- Well, we should take our fitness break, Lieutenant.
Kalani's got the tower covered.
- OK.
Where?
- The van.
- [scoffs] What, are we in 10th grade?
- Spent a lot of time in the back of vans in 10th grade,
did you? - Oh, yeah, OK.
Don't judge. [phone buzzes]
- [laughs]
Oh, shoot.
I gotta go.
Cap needs me back at HQ.
- What for?
- Probably tower schedules?
- Yeah, well--
[soft music]
♪
[sighs] Bye.
- Bye.
[phone buzzing]
[engine starting]
♪
- ♪ O'er the hills we go
♪ Laughing all the way
♪ Bells on bobtails ring
♪ Making spirits bright
♪ What fun it is to laugh and sing ♪
- Hey, Cap? - Hey.
- Are you busy?
- What are you doing back here?
- Lunch break, and I drove over here to see you.
- [sighs] What's up?
- Oh, there's a rumor going around saying
that you're retiring.
- [chuckles] Rumor, huh?
- Yeah.
You know, coconut wireless.
- [chuckles]
[sighs]
- Is it true?
- It's true.
But it's not official yet,
which is why I haven't told the team.
- Why all of a sudden?
You're still going strong.
I also heard that, uh, you're trying to make Em captain.
- Yeah.
- So that means there's gonna be a lieutenant slot open?
- There is.
- I'm gonna apply.
Is that OK with you?
- Well, you should do what you think is right,
although I have a feeling Em may want Will for that.
- Yeah.
I got your support, though, right?
- [sighs]
You're not ready.
- Why not?
- You're very good at this job, Laka, one of the best.
But the drinking, late nights?
[somber music]
♪
I'm sorry.
But you asked.
- [breathes shakily]
OK.
I should get back to the tower.
- Yeah, sure.
♪
- Hey.
What are you doing up here? - Nothing.
- [sighs]
- What was that about?
♪
[suspenseful music]
- I saw him move a tiny bit, I swear.
♪
- I didn't.
- Let's give him 10 more seconds.
- I got it.
- [sighs]
[dramatic music]
♪
- What the hell?
- Sorry. Sorry, sir.
Um, sorry.
I was just checking.
Merry Christmas. - Ugh.
- [snickering]
[laughs]
- He looked pissed.
- Yeah, he was.
- They gotta move, man.
Give us a twitch or something.
- Where are the kids?
- What kids?
- They were collecting trash.
- Go.
- Couldn't have gone far.
[tense music]
♪
- All right.
How does this sound?
"In recognition of her exceptional bravery
"and dedicated service in the line of duty,
"I hereby recommend Lieutenant Emily Wright
for the mayor's commendation for valor."
What do you think?
I mean, that's-- that's just the last part.
- That's good.
Nice use of "hereby."
- I thought so, right?
Ah, we'll do a press conference.
I've already cleared it.
- Why?
- "Thank you" is what you want to say right now.
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
- But why?
- [sighs]
Chief is pushing back on you for the captain job.
He promised it to Kenji.
He thinks you're a hothead, and he's wrong.
Once I make you captain,
Chief will accept it and move on.
He's got seven districts to deal with.
- So a commendation is meant to change his mind
and make me captain?
- It's supposed to force his hand.
- [scoffs]
- Look, just take the commendation, OK?
You'll have something to hang on the bathroom wall.
- Thanks.
- Don't thank me yet.
♪
[children giggling]
- Hey, wait for me!
- Hey!
What are you doing way over here?
- Looking for trash.
- Where's your brother?
- Playing with the other kids in there.
- What, he crawled in?
- Yeah. - Why?
- They were going in and out when we got here.
- Moku, come out!
Moku!
- He didn't go in through there.
He went in up there.
- Hey, stay with her.
[suspenseful music]
♪
Moku! Moku!
- Help! I'm stuck.
- I can hear him.
He says he's stuck.
I'm going to get him.
[dramatic music]
♪
Moku!
- Help! I'm stuck!
- What happened?
- I tried to climb in, but I got stuck.
♪
- [grunts]
He's stuck in a grate.
I can't get him loose.
See if you can get him from your side.
- Stay here, OK?
Don't move.
♪
- Hina!
Hina!
I can't get his leg out from under the grate.
See if you can push him towards me from that side.
- OK.
[both straining]
♪
- Water's getting higher.
Tide's coming up.
- We're gonna get you out of here, OK?
- OK.
- See if you can lift the grate.
♪
- [grunts]
♪
[dramatic music]
♪
- [grunting]
♪
- Come on, come on!
It's moving a little!
- Almost!
That's it.
- [grunts]
Go! Go!
- Go, go.
- There it is.
Grab that first one.
One, two, three!
- Is my brother OK?
- Yeah. Come on.
- Thanks, you guys.
[soft music]
♪
I'm still hungry.
- I'll buy you lunch on one condition--
never do anything that stupid again.
- OK.
- Come on.
[upbeat music]
♪
- Mm.
[sighs]
Hana hou. Keep 'em coming, my braddah.
- You got it.
- See, the thing is, is you think you know somebody, right?
And you look up to them,
you give them all the respect in the world,
and then they give you nothing back.
- Mm-hmm.
- And I take my job serious.
But you gotta work hard, and you gotta play hard.
You know what I mean?
- For sure. - Hi.
- [sighs]
Afternoon.
- It is.
You look like you're getting an early start.
- Rough day.
- Oh. - Yeah.
Let me guess--you guys are on vacation from somewhere cold,
wanting to spend Christmas with some blue skies
and palm trees, huh?
- I'm impressed.
- Yeah. - [laughs]
- Well, it's not my first rodeo.
- Feel like another one of those?
- As a matter of fact, I do. Yeah.
- Oh.
I think it's our lucky day.
[laughs]
- All right.
- Huh? Huh?
Look at us now.
- Thank you. - Mm-hmm.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
Cheers.
Love it.
Mm-hmm.
[upbeat percussive music]
♪
[laughter]
♪
[both sighing]
- We're alone.
- We are.
[soft music]
♪
Here?
- Yeah.
Here.
♪
[laughter in distance]
Oh.
- Em?
- Kimmy.
- Hey. - Hey.
- What are you guys doing here?
- Hiking to a waterfall?
- Yeah.
- That's good.
- Yeah.
- Um, this is Tanya, Lauren.
This is Em and Will.
They're lifeguards.
- Well, we should get back.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
Bye.
- Nice to meet you guys.
[Slander Tongue's "Goin' Down"]
♪
- ♪ I want you to know
♪ I'm gonna give it a go
♪ Yeah, I don't need you around here ♪
♪ To turn me upside down
♪ There ain't no need to stare ♪
♪ I don't need to shed a tear ♪
♪ I'm gonna have a good time
- Be gentle.
- Don't worry.
- ♪ But I'm going down
♪ I know
- [snoring]
- That took longer than usual.
- [sighs]
[suspenseful music]
♪
Oh, vintage.
He's got good taste.
- Here.
- [grunts]
♪
Ooh, valet ticket.
Nice.
♪
- Sorry, beautiful.
Merry Christmas.
♪
[upbeat music]
♪
- He's late.
- Smile.
Relax.
- [clapping]
Congratulations.
Kevin, Chief of Staff.
Mayor Emerson sends his regrets,
but he asked me to be here in his place.
- OK.
- Uh, are we ready?
All right.
[clears throat]
Uh, mahalo to all of you
for gathering on such short notice.
We're here to present Lieutenant Emily Wright,
a 15-year veteran of ocean safety,
with a commendation for exceptional service
from the office of the Mayor
of the City and County of Honolulu.
[cheers and applause]
Lieutenant Wright is one of only three women
in ocean safety history to achieve her rank,
and I'm told she's on track
to become the first woman captain in department history.
[cheers and applause]
And so, Lieutenant, on behalf of Mayor Emerson,
I commend you for your service, your bravery,
and your dedication to lifesaving on our island.
[cheers and applause]
Here we go.
Lovely. - Thank you.
- Let's get a photo. Here we go.
- OK.
- Yeah, congratulations!
[cheers and applause]
Mayor Emerson wanted me to make it clear
that he considers his past obligations to you fulfilled.
Wow, congratulations.
What a treat. What a treat.
- [clapping]
- [snoring]
[soft music]
♪
[groaning]
[suspenseful music]
[groans] No.
No. No.
♪
[sighs]
- Mahalo, guys. You guys take care.
- Thank you so much.
You got your ticket?
- No, brah, I don't.
- What's your car look like, brah?
- I got a--I got a '06 blue Tacoma
with lifeguard stickers.
- Yeah, two wahines left in it at the start of my shift.
They had the ticket.
- Can I use your phone?
Phone.
[rock music]
♪
- ♪ Up on the housetop
♪ Reindeer paws
♪ Out comes good old
- Hey. Congrats.
- Oh. Thanks.
Appreciate it.
- Hey, Frank.
Now they're happy for you.
- Think so?
- Yeah, of course.
- It kind of feels like they're being nice to me
'cause I might be their boss someday.
- Hmm.
All right, come on.
- [sighs]
Uh, a little early, don't you think?
- It's just one.
We are celebrating.
[both chuckling]
- OK. - OK.
For you.
To new beginnings.
[mugs clinking]
both: Whew!
- So how are you feeling?
- Uh, kind of gross.
- Huh. - [laughs]
I mean, the guy made it sound like I'm only being considered
because I'm a woman.
- You're getting this job because you deserve it.
And you deserve it not because you're the best
female lifeguard, but because you're
the best lifeguard, period.
[soft music]
I never expected to see myself
in a haole surf girl from California, but I do.
♪
- Is it always like it was today?
- What do you mean?
- The dealmaking, the politics.
- Yeah.
- Great.
- Mm.
Gets lonely too.
I mean, your friends work for you.
And you have to create some distance, more than you think.
Can you handle that?
- Yeah.
No problem.
- Good.
- Ah. Thanks.
- All right.
[sighs]
[chuckles]
- So what happened?
- I don't want to talk about it.
- All right.
No wallet, no phone, no car.
[laughs] Did you get robbed, mate?
- What, do you think this is funny?
- No, I don't.
But I think it's about time you learnt your lesson.
- My lesson?
What lesson is that?
- [sighs] That you need to leave the ladies alone
and get to bed at a decent hour once or twice a week.
All right?
- Hmm, OK, yeah.
So I'm getting morality advice from the guy banging his ex
a month before his wedding?
You don't think I know?
Listen, it's none of my business,
but you're gonna tell me to grow up, look in the mirror.
- [sighs]
Yeah, you're right.
- OK, then.
Thanks for the shirt.
♪
- ♪ Deck the halls with boughs of holly ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la ♪
♪ 'Tis the season to be jolly ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la ♪
♪ Don we now our gay apparel
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la ♪
- Jarrah.
Ocean.
Come help.
[soft music]
♪
Well, uh, it was the last one.
I had to drive all the way to Pearl City for this.
- Aw, it's beautiful.
Ocean's just getting out of the shower,
and we got all the decorations out.
♪
- Hey, howzit, Jarrah?
How you been?
- Hanging in there.
- Give us a couple minutes.
- I saw your press conference.
- Yeah, well, it was my last card with the mayor,
and I played it.
- I hope it was worth it.
- It was.
You know damn well Em deserves it.
- Look, you're trying to back me into a corner
so I have to put Em up as Captain.
I don't appreciate it.
She better be squeaky clean, 'cause if she isn't,
this is gonna be miserable for her.
- Hey, Chief.
Merry Christmas.
♪
- You know, when you don't text me back,
I already know you're guilty.
- Guilty?
- Are we gonna pretend like I didn't catch you with Will?
- [sighs]
- Dude--
- I don't know how.
It just happened.
- Happened or happening?
There's a difference.
He's getting married, Em.
- Well, they've been together six months,
and we were together three years.
- OK, and you broke it off with him, remember?
And you were a barely functioning mess after.
- Yeah.
- OK.
[Vana Liya's "Round n Round"]
♪
- ♪ No matter where I go
♪ No matter where I go
♪ That feeling follows me
- Good news.
That was Moku and Alohi's dad.
Their grandpa's gonna be OK.
- Pretty good Christmas gift right there.
- [chuckles]
[clinking]
- I still can't believe you saw me naked.
- [laughs] It seems like you hated it way more than I did.
Uh-oh. Empty.
- Well, there's more in the fridge if you want to get 'em.
- Me? - Yeah, you.
I bought the beers.
- [scoffs] Ugh, fine.
- Oh, hey, grab the poke!
- What?
Look at us, back at the scene of the crime.
♪
- Are you sure?
["We Wish You a Merry Christmas" playing]
♪
- No.
- ♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪
♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪
♪ And a happy New Year
- ♪ Good tidings we bring
♪ To you and your kin
♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪
♪ And a happy New Year
[laughter]
♪ Now bring us some figgy pudding ♪
♪ And a cup of good cheer
Ho, ho, ho! [laughs]
♪ No, we won't go until we get some ♪
♪ We won't go until we get some ♪
♪ We won't go until we get some, so ♪