9-1-1 (2018–…): Season 4, Episode 1 - The New Abnormal - full transcript

NEWS ANCHOR:
Good morning, Hollywood.

And believe it or not,
it is a very good morning,

as the mayor's office
and the CDC are reporting

record low infection rates
for LA County and beyond.

It was an intense spring
and an even crazier summer,

but now that we've
reorganized our closets,

rearranged the pantry,

and sort of learned
how to make sourdough,

we are all dying to get
out there and see the world.

SINGER: ♪ Do you remember ♪

♪ The 21st night of September? ♪



♪ Love was changing the mind
of pretenders ♪

♪ While chasing the clouds
away ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Ba-dee-ya,
say, do you remember? ♪

♪ Ba-dee-ya,
dancing in September ♪

Baby, how many times
do we have to go over this?

That's why they call them
microquakes.

They're small.

SINGER:
♪ Ba-du, ba-du, ba-du, ba-du

♪ Ba-du, ba-du ♪

- Whoo-hoo!
- SINGER: ♪ Ba-du, ba-du ♪

(microquake rumbles)

(tense music)

(panting)



That does not go there.

(branches snapping)

Hey, Siri.

Call 9-1-1!

LINDA:
9-1-1, what's your emergency?

JANELL: The dam
at the Hollywood Reservoir.

It's coming apart!

The damn dam is coming down!

LINDA: Where is your location
right now, ma'am?

JANELL: Oh, God!
I'm not gonna make it!

- LINDA: Ma'am...
- JANELL: I'm not gonna...

(screams)

- (phone buttons beep)
- (siren whirs)

(dramatic music)

♪

MADDIE: You know what I miss?
I miss caffeine.

I mean, we're sleeping great.
The morning sickness is gone.

We're in the sweet spot,

I really need my cup of joe
in the morning.

Yeah, well,
that's no longer part

of your complete breakfast.

Peppermint tea. Delicious.

You are not drinking
peppermint tea.

That is coffee.
I can smell it, and give it.

Don't do it, Albert!
Don't you do it!

I'll make you coffee.

CHIMNEY: Maddie...

The doctor said one cup a day.

Yeah, well, she's the doctor.
Not the parent.

I think you mean
the hyper-parent.

Hey, go stick your face
in your own FaceTime.

BUCK: I should pull the plug
on yours 'cause

you should be bickering
with her in your own kitchen.

Eddie and Hen went back
to their kids months ago,

and you're the only one
still going all "World War Z."

Being cautious.
And we're not bickering.

We're bantering. Playfully.

Speaking of which,
shouldn't you be upstairs

talking to your new COVID crush?

She had to go,
and it's not like that with us.

No, she's just a woman
you talk to for hours at a time

through a webcam.

I don't know why
you won't tell us about her.

Wait, you met someone
in the middle of a pandemic?

What's your secret?

No I don't have a secret. Okay?

Now I am gonna go
and take a shower.

Shifts starts in an hour.
We leave in 30.

MADDIE:
You know, he's not wrong.

I mean, the point of moving in
was to live together.

We could be having our
pillow talk on actual pillows.

CHIMNEY: (sighs) I know.

I know, but hello,
global pandemic.

We need to be safe.

So we take precautions
like everyone else.

I mean, would it be so bad
if we both had to strip down

at the end of the day?

Is my brother still in the room?

ALBERT: Oh, uh, not listening.

(scoffs)

(laughs) Oh!

Good morning!

Is the baby kicking again?

Every morning like clockwork.
Maybe the kid likes coffee.

The kid's the size of a mango.

The mango doesn't get a say.

Yeah, well, Mango misses Daddy.

(sighs)

All right, I better get going.

Shift starts
in less than an hour.

I love you. Both.

Love you too, bro.

(device beeps)

Oh, he probably meant
you and the baby.

Hey, hey, hey. Don't worry.

Howard will be home soon.
He's just, um...

scared.

Isn't everybody?

(solemn music)

♪

(tense music)

♪ ♪

(man shouts)

(sirens wailing)

(sighs)

(knocking on door)

Okay, they're on.

HARRY: Can't talk for long, Mom.

I got a Zoom homeroom
in, like, ten minutes.

ATHENA: Well, what's up
with the jacket and tie?

Your dad forget
to do laundry again?

Excuse me?

The laundry is done,
thank you very much.

Little Man just wanted
to get dressed up today.

What's her name?

Tiana.

- Oh, you guys suck.
- Language.

You know what?
I like you all dressed up.

Maybe letting you go live
with your dad after quarantine

wasn't such a bad idea
after all.

Exactly. (chuckles)

ATHENA: Oh, no.
I take that back.

Put some pants on!

Morning, Athena. Bobby.

Good morning.

Hey, how's everything
in the ER, David?

You still overwhelmed?

Actually, I'm about to go in

and do a regular,
old brain surgery today.

And then he's going to the ER
to help out.

Gotta go.

Have a great first day back,
Athena.

First day.

Still feels a little sudden.

Sudden?

It's not like I haven't
been cooped up in here

for six months.

I heard it was going good.

You got yourself
a little herb garden.

- (chuckles)
- That was my idea.

Yeah, well, we got enough
mint and basil

to last seven quarantines.

I'm ready to go back to work.

MICHAEL: Well, at least
they're not putting you back

on patrol right away.

Desk duty, right?

Yeah, it is.

Although it sounds like
you already knew that.

MICHAEL: So where's May?

Early shift?

Well, you know your daughter.

She couldn't wait to get
out of here this morning.

Gotta go, Michael.
Talk to you later.

Uh...

- Eh, we still had ten minutes.
- Yeah?

Well, maybe I should've
left you on with him.

Keep talking about me
behind my back.

I didn't tell him about the
desk duty or the herb garden.

We are worried about you.

Well, I don't want anyone
worrying about me.

I'm okay. I'm ready to go back.

- How do you know that?
- Because I know myself.

This last year
has been nonstop for everyone

with the virus, and
the protests, and the fires.

And maybe you should
just talk to the therapist.

Bobby, Bobby, it's all right.

I'm just gonna be shuffling
paperwork for a while.

I promise, I'll be all right.

- All right?
- All right.

All right.

- Love you.
- Love you.

(suspenseful music)

(car horns honking)

♪

(elevator dings)

I'd hardly call it an emergency.

You should've looped me in.

KEITH: Ashley,
he's our biggest client, okay?

- He's got millions with us.
- 29.3.

I know this because I'm the
primary on the account, Keith.

- Is that far enough?
- For what?

For you to feel safe enough
to remove that mask.

I wanna see your face
when I ask my next question.

(tense music)

Thank you.

I know what you're gonna ask me.

You're gonna ask me if I have a
problem working for you because

you're a woman or because
you're younger than me...

How many transactions
came out of that meeting?

(sighs) Transactions?

You know, the ones
we get commissions on.

Ash, I didn't loop you in

because the client insisted
on coming here, okay?

He's like a freaking pre-boomer.

He hates Zoom meetings.

That's why Jake and I
took the meeting without you.

Intern Jake?

Jake, who still doesn't shave,
Jake?

Ash, it's wealth management.

We have to project
stability and strength...

Keith, I realize that you have
a master's in mansplaining,

but please,
I don't want a lecture.

Then what the hell do you want?

I want my commissions.

From every transaction
that came out of that meeting.

- Now how many were there?
- (laughs)

I don't think that
Jake is gonna like that.

Jake can cry into his sippy cup.

100% of the commissions,

and next time,
don't throw me under the bus.

(bus horn honking)

I did not throw you
under the bus...

(tense music)

♪

BOBBY: I don't know what to do.

I don't think she's ready.

Michael says he's seen her
go through rough patches,

but never like this.

Bobby, what happened to Athena
was devastating.

It made her
question everything...

Her ability to do the job.

I mean,
that can't be a easy thing

for a woman who counts
on nobody but herself.

Mm.

There's a reason
she drives the L-car, Bobby.

No partner.

And I'm not saying
that she doesn't need you,

or me, or Michael.

I'm just saying that
for this particular thing,

she has to figure it out
by herself.

And if I know Athena,
she's tired

of talking about it.

In her mind, there's
only one thing left to do.

Get back out there.

(solemn music)

♪

Captain.

Oh, Sergeant Grant.

It's good to see you.

Sorry we can't hug anymore.

Did we before?

Oh, I'm gonna need some time

to get the hang
of these protocols.

Well, those are the guidelines
right there.

A little bit
of light reading for you

- while you're on the desk.
- Perfect.

I promised my family I'd
be doing a lot of paperwork.

(chuckles) And what about you?

You okay not being
on the street?

I, um...

I'd like to ease my way back in.

I was surprised
when I got your call.

Elaine, I was beat up.

It wasn't the end of the world.

No, but everything
that's happened since,

I mean, it does kind of
feel like maybe it could be.

You sound like my daughter.
(chuckles)

(chuckles) How is May?

Is USC online for the semester?

Taking a gap year.

You don't seem very happy
about that.

Well, it's more about what
she's doing to fill that gap.

9-1-1, what's your emergency?

9-1-1, what's your emergency?

Are you practicing
answering calls?

I'm trying to get that calm
and authoritative voice down.

Hey, I had a question on this...

Hey, stop reading ahead.

You're gonna cover it next week.

MAY: Well, I was thinking of it
like extra credit.

Are you sure that you wouldn't
rather be in college,

- instead of...
- MAY: Sitting at a screen?

Which is basically
what college is right now?

Right. Sit.

Really?

Mm-hmm. It's Duet Day.

I'm lead singer, and you're
gonna play the keyboards.

(sighs)

I'm gonna talk while you type.

Oh, okay.

Okay, you ready?

Yes.

9-1-1, what's your emergency?

SINGER: ♪ Ba-dee-ya,
say, do you remember? ♪

♪ Ba-dee-ya ♪

Baby,

how many times
do we have to go over this?

That's why they call them
microquakes.

They're small.

No, I'm in Hollywood
at the reservoir.

They got some weird readings
downtown,

and I'm running a check.

(microquake rumbles)

Yeah, I wish this year
was over too.

But hey, it's September.

How much worse could it get?

(phone buzzes)

Honey, I got a call. I gotta go.

I gotta go. It's my boss.

VANESSA: CJ!

I was hoping
you'd be back today.

Hybrid scheduling
has been implemented

in special education programs
across Southern California.

I have class today.

I'm working on my eye contact.

And you look real sharp
doing it.

You're a senior this year,
right?

Yes, I am, Vanessa.
Just like you.

(chuckles) You had to go there,

huh, kid?

CJ, you're back! Ah, corona hug!

Hybrid scheduling
has been implemented

for special education programs
across Southern California.

- I have class today.
- TRACY: Oh, thank God.

I've missed you.

You're wearing your pink apron.

TRACY: It is Pink Day, right?

I've been trying to keep it up
while you were gone.

♪ ♪

I know, Mr. Cruz.

I would've been
up there yesterday,

but we had that system crash
up in Sylmar.

(ducks quacking)

I'll take a look,
and I'll call you back.

(music swells)

♪ ♪

Welcome to the 23 line,

with service to Hollywood
and Downtown Los Angeles.

Forward seating is reserved for
mobility-challenged passengers

and members
of the elderly community.

If somebody gets on, I'll move.

Sir, CJ here is very special.

- I'm a proud Aspie.
- Yeah.

He likes everyone
to sit in a certain spot.

You know, I've been out of a job

ever since the world stopped.

I'm trying
to find a new one today,

so if it's all the same to you,

I'll mind my business,
he can mind his.

(water trickling)

(ground rumbling)

What was that? A four?

Eh, it felt like a dud.

I wouldn't put it
at any more than a three.

Hey, no cheating.

Caltech's been tracking
microquakes the last few days.

Thousands of them.

That didn't feel micro to me.

Listen up, people.

That one was a little bigger.
Calls will be coming in.

Prepare for the deluge.

Oh.

Come on, 2020,
don't do me like that.

(dam crackles)

MADDIE: Understood, sir.

If it's a water main break,
we'll notify Water and Power.

JANELL: The dam
at the Hollywood Reservoir.

- (dam crashes)
- It's coming apart!

The damn dam is coming down!

Oh, God! I'm not gonna make it!

Where is your location
right now, ma'am?

- JANELL: I'm not gonna...
- Ma'am!

JANELL: (screams)

What was that?

She said the dam broke.

CJ: Forward seating is reserved

for mobility-challenged
passengers

and members
of the elderly community.

Look, I get that you've
been hit hard by everything,

but that does not
give you the right...

...and members
of the elderly community.

(dramatic music)

Think we are all going
to get hit hard.

Holy mother of God.

Vanessa? Vanessa!

(sirens wailing, horn honking)

♪ ♪

CHIMNEY: That does not go there.

JOSH: As soon as LAFD
has a command center,

direct your resources there.

And recognize that
the area of impact will grow.

This water's gonna wanna
keep going past Hollywood.

We'll keep a list of flooded
streets on the whiteboard.

(tense music)

May, Duet Day is canceled.

I want you to tap
into the general line,

eavesdrop on as many calls
as you can.

Listen for streets
that are flooded out...

And put them on the board.

-Gold star.

DISPATCHER:
9-1-1, what's your emergency?

CALLER: I can't find my dog.
No, you're not listening!

DISPATCHER:
9-1-1, what's your emergency?

CALLER: Hey, listen,
all of a sudden,

there was mud all over my lawn.

CALLER: Just looked outside,
and there was all this water,

and now it's all gone.

NEWS ANCHOR: Coming to you live,

Channel Eight
with breaking news.

We are here
at an incredible scene

near the 101 in Hollywood.

Folks, you are not going
to believe this.

A Metro bus traveling
on the freeway

was apparently struck by the
debris flow and ended up here.

We do not have any word
about how many people

have been injured
or the amount of casualties.

It appears that LAFD and LAPD
are rushing to the scene.

(elevator music playing)

♪ ♪

BUCK: Oh, hey.

Hollywood Reservoir is,
like, 2 1/2 billion gallons.

Where's all that water gonna go?

My mom survived the dam break
in the '60s.

Baldwin Hills.

Water only ever wants to go
in one direction...

Out to sea.

(elevator dings)

(tense music)

♪ ♪

BOBBY:
This is definitely our stop.

Hey, at least
it's not a tsunami.

Right?

Over here!

Behind.

She's alive. I got her!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
I'm LAFD.

- Can you tell me your name?
- Ashley.

Ashley.
Understatement of the year,

there's been an accident.

Oh, my God, Keith.

- PERSON: In here, help!
- PERSON: Hey, we're trapped!

PERSON: Help!
Get us out of here!

LAFD!
We will get you out of there!

(bus creaks)

Everybody, stop! Don't move!

Don't move!

I've got people on the roof
working to stabilize this.

(device whirs)

(Eddie grunting)

- Ma'am, can you hear me?
- Yes.

How we doing in there?

My shoulder's pinned pretty bad.

But I'm okay.

Any neck pain?

No, ma'am. (sobs)

Stay right here, okay?

I'm just gonna go check
the other passengers.

Okay.

CJ: Welcome to the 23 line,

I'm Hen. What's your name?

Connor Jared.

People call me CJ.

Tracy won't wake up.

Is Tracy a friend of yours?

ZEKE: Help! It hurts!

Sir, try and remain calm.

- (yelps)
- HEN: We'll be in there soon.

ZEKE: It hurts too much!
I can't take it!

Sir, don't touch the wound.
Sir...

- (grunts)
- HEN: Sir?

We got a femoral bleed!

(screaming)

CJ, just stay seated.

What the hell are you doing?

CJ, what are you doing?

In the event
of extreme bleeding,

applying a tourniquet
is essential.

(screams)

That's right, CJ.
As tight as you can.

I am a proud Aspie
and a Wilderness Ranger.

HEN: You're doing great.

(screaming)

And I'm working
on my eye contact.

- (radio static)
- Diaz, be advised.

Buck's about to touch down.

Once he's there,
I'll send down the webbing

to secure the bus.

(rope squeaking)

(rope whirring)

(bus creaking)

Whew.

BUCK: I've landed. Not too bad.

Should be able
to get this thing stable.

(sniffing)

- (radio static)
- Got some good news, Cap.

Automatic exfil's working on
the natural gas tanks up here.

At least we know this thing's
not going to explode.

At least we got that going
for us.

Hen, put this on.

Secured or not, nobody gets on
without a tether.

As long as we get on, Cap.

She's waking up!
She's waking up!

(groans)

- (radio static)
- Gentlemen, where are we at?

BUCK: Second tie-down point
is secure.

Heading for the middle.

- Second hook's in, Cap.
- We're secure up here.

Cap, there's someone else
down here!

Oh, my God. Is that... Keith?

Cap, let me take a look.

- BOBBY: Come on, Chim.
- CHIMNEY: I'll get in.

He's got a pulse.
We got a live one, Cap!

How do we get these people
off this bus

with him underneath it?

I don't know.

Keith!

Ah, no! Still too many beams.

Too much bus.

Can't even get a backboard
under there.

- (bus creaks)
- Probably a fractured pelvis.

Pulse and BP aren't great,
but he's holding up.

Oh, my God, Keith!

Ma'am I need you to stay back.

- Ashley?
- Try not to talk, sir.

No, I have to. Ashley...

- Keith, not now.
- KEITH: You were right.

I kept you out of that meeting
on purpose.

He said he didn't want a woman
running his money.

And I caved. I caved!

(bus creaks)

(screaming)

Maybe you guys
can have a sidebar

after we get the 30,000-pound
teeter-totter off of you, okay?

That's it.

It's a seesaw.

Also known as a teeter-totter.

So the front end lifts up
so we can get to Keith.

Cap, the bus is already secured
to the building.

- It's stable.
- BOBBY: I know.

But I need it to move.

Let's put it on the heavy winch.

Meantime, we get everyone
off the bus,

we let it rock back,

and then, we pull Keith out
from underneath.

HEN: As plans go, it is one.

All right. Go, go, go!

All right, gentlemen,
welcome to triage.

My girl Vanessa here probably
has a dislocated shoulder,

but check for a break.

Splint and bind her arm
to her chest.

Zeke here has a femoral bleed
and needs a tourniquet.

Run a line. Run it wide open.

Back there, there's some
multiple lacerations,

and I'm pretty sure
a bilateral fractured radius.

BUCK: Got it.

Okay, tourniquet
going on right now.

CHIMNEY: Got a minor laceration
of the head.

How are you doing
with that tourniquet?

- ZEKE: (groans)
- BUCK: Tightening!

BUCK: All right.
He's good to go.

Let's go. Let's go.

(groans) Hey, kid.

(panting)

Thanks for saving my life.

Forward seating is reserved for
mobility-challenged passengers

and members
of the elderly community.

(laughs) It won't happen again.

TRACY: (coughs)

(radio chatter)

Okay, let's get you out of here.

VANESSA: (whimpers)

Okay, Tracy, don't move.
Don't move yet.

I'm Hen.

I need you
to keep your head up, okay?

(whimpering)

Okay, can you get up?

CJ, can I borrow your backpack?

CJ: Yes.

Today's Pink Apron Day.

It sure is.

Tracy, do you know
what year it is?

Don't make me say it out loud.

Here's what I need you to do.

Open up your eyes wide

and just look up at the ceiling
for me.

Cap, I'm pretty sure
it's a cerebral hematoma.

If she's not in surgery
in the next 20 minutes,

the swelling's gonna start
pushing her brains

out of her eye socket.

We need to extract her,
but not on a bodyboard.

We gotta keep her at 30 degrees.

- Hey, Buck...
- 30 degrees, I got it!

Dispatch, this is Captain Nash.
118.

Please advise Hollywood General.

We have an ambulance en route,
severe brain bleed.

We need a neurosurgeon
standing by.

Okay, CJ, it's time to go.

(intense music)

- TRACY: (coughs)
- HEN: Okay, okay.

Tracy, I got you.

- HEN: Easy, easy.
- (bus creaking)

Okay.

- It's Pink Apron Day.
- Spinal fluid.

BP's too high. Hey, Buck!

(drills whir)

- BOBBY: Okay, guys, come on!
- Gurney's here!

Get on this side.
Come on, let's go, let's go.

It's Pink Apron Day.

BUCK: Three, two, one. Up.

(grunts)

BOBBY: All right, everyone else,

it's time to get off the bus.
Let's move!

Come on, let's go.

Okay, CJ. Time to go.

I can't. It's Pink Apron Day.

How's he doing?

Remember how you asked him
to stop talking?

He stopped. That's not natural.

(grunts)

- (radio static)
- Cap, we need to do this now!

Hang on there, Keith! All right.

- It's Pink Apron Day.
- BOBBY: Eddie.

Be ready to tilt on my signal.

- EDDIE: Everyone off the bus?
- BOBBY: Just do as I say.

- Ready when you are.
- BUCK: Hey, hey, Cap.

You're supposed
to get off first, come on.

I got it, Buck.

It's Pink Apron Day.

Come a little closer, CJ.

- CJ: It's Pink Apron Day.
- BUCK: Cap!

- Hey, CJ, CJ.
- CJ: It's Pink Apron Day.

Listen to me.
I know how you feel.

These people that you love,
Tracy and Vanessa,

they're hurting.

And when someone you love
is hurting, it's scary.

I know because I'm scared too.

But I know
I'm gonna get through this

because I'm not alone.

(bus creaking)

We can ride this out, CJ.

All you gotta do is hang on.

♪ ♪

- (radio static)
- Okay, Eddie, now.

(bus creaking)

- BUCK: Go, go, go, go!
- CHIMNEY: Let's get in there.

On three. Ready?

BUCK: One, two, three!

CHIMNEY: (groans)

One, two, three!

(radio static)

KEITH: I'm so sorry, Ashley.

Jake and I should've
never done what we did.

- It was sexist, stupid...
- Keith.

I'm still not giving you
my commissions.

50/50?

70/30?

Okay, bring it back, Eddie.

Copy.

(rope creaks)

(bus creaking)

You did it, CJ.

I'm working on my eye contact.

(bus ceiling cracks)

EDDIE: Hey, Buck,
everyone off that thing?

I think it's venting fuel.

I don't like that smell.

I don't like that either.
Let's go.

Cap! Cap!

(fireball whooshes)

(grunts)

(panting) Cap!

Cap!

Cap!

(dramatic musical sting)

- (hopeful music)
- (sighs)

You okay, CJ?

I would like
to get off the bus now.

- (chuckles)
- (sighs)

DISPATCHER: 9-1-1,
what's your emergency?

CALLER: My dog was swept away.

DISPATCHER: 9-1-1,
what's your emergency?

CALLER: Just looked outside,
and there was all this water,

- and now it's all gone.
- (overlapping phone chatter)

No, the reunification center
shouldn't be at the school.

It's in the path
of the debris flow.

Use the Durant Library
on Sunset.

(sighs)

They are not thinking
on their feet out there.

It's more like their elbows.

MAYNARD: Got an alarming call

from the Emergency
Operation Center.

They think those microquakes
might have damaged

more than just the dam.

They're worried
about a landslide

east of the reservoir.

East of the reservoir?

Well, that's all residential.

You're gonna need
more boots on the ground,

people to knock on doors.

And someone to supervise
the scene.

Look, I know you said
you wanted to ease in,

but I need you back out there.

(sighs)

(line trilling)

The water from the dam break,
it brought me here.

I think it might be a... a pipe.

(groans)
I think my rib is broken.

Pretty sure my ankle is too.

MADDIE: Okay, what's your name?

- Janell.
- Okay, Janell.

Do you have any sense
of your location?

JANELL: Just a big pipe.

(groans)

Wait. (grunts)

There's some writing
on the wall.

(grunts)

S-W. (groans)

The rest is covered in graffiti.

S.W.
I think that means spillway.

Are you in water or sewage?

JANELL:
It doesn't smell that bad.

I'd say it's just water.

(chuckles weakly) Lucky me.

Okay, hang on.

We're gonna get you
out of there.

I've got a woman who's
caught up in the debris flow.

She's trapped in a storm drain,
and she's in rough shape.

Storm drain.

These are water mains
and storm drains together.

You said you were talking
to DWP.

Maybe they've got a better map?

I'll call them now.

But she can't be
that far underground

if she has a signal, right?

Right, but she's underground.

The same ground they just
told us is about to tumble

- down the side of the hill.
- MADDIE: Yeah.

If we don't get to her,
she'll be buried alive.

(gentle piano music)

♪

Hey.

How was the ride?

STEVE: Great.

Wind in your face
and a stretch of open road.

A cure for whatever ails you.
(chuckles)

(phone chimes, buzzes)

Shelter in place order?

For how long?

Probably just a few days.

(doorbell rings)

Thank you.

- (doorbell rings)
- JANELL: Leave it on the porch!

Leave it by the mailbox!

Hey, how was your ride?

STEVE: (grunts, wheezes)

JANELL: Oh, my God.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Yes, hi, it's Janell Hansen.

I was... I was just calling
to check in on my husband.

(somber music)

Oh, my God.

♪ ♪

No, it's okay, Mom.

I had to... I wouldn't want you
traveling right now anyway.

(sighs)

I'm doing okay.

I guess. (strained laugh)

(sighs)

No, I haven't left the house.

I mean, where...
Where would I even go?

(sniffles)

(hopeful music)

(chuckles)

(grunts)

STEVE: Wind in your face,
stretch of open road.

A cure for whatever ails you.

(Earth, Wind & Fire's
"September")

♪

SINGER: ♪ Do you remember?

- (ground rumbling)
- (panting)

That does not go there.

(branches snapping)

- Call 9-1-1!
- LINDA: 9-1-1.

- What's your emergency?
- JANELL: The damn dam!

It's coming down!
I'm not gonna make it!

(screams)

This is what I get
for starting a corona hobby.

- So you're new to cycling?
- JANELL: Yes and no.

My husband was obsessed.

And then I lost him...

to the virus.

(sighs) I'm so sorry.

JANELL: He fought hard.

But they just... they couldn't
stop the blood clots.

And I promised him
that I would start riding.

For him.

Ride or die.

I guess now it's die.
(inhales shakily)

(exhales) Everything hurts.

- Okay, stay with me, Janell.
- JANELL: (whimpering)

I'm losing her. What do we have?

A real-time map
of the storm drain system.

These are spillways.
Red for closed, green for open.

Spillway. Janell?

Janell?

- JANELL: I'm here.
- Okay.

The grating you're against,
is there a junction box?

Or a switch? Or anything?

(groans) Yeah, there's a box.

MADDIE: Okay, do you think
you can get to it?

(groaning)

Yes, I think I can make it.

MADDIE: All right,
see if you can get it open,

and if you can, flip the switch.

(grunting)

It won't open.
There's a padlock.

Do you keep tools with you
to fix your tires?

- JANELL: Yes.
- Good.

Now try and use it
to smash the box open.

(grunting)

(crying)

I can't do this.

No, Janell, you can do this.

I... I miss him.

I miss him.

MADDIE: Have you been alone
since he died?

JANELL:
My family's in Wisconsin.

I haven't seen them
in almost a year.

We talk, but it's
not the same, you know?

MADDIE: Yeah, I do, but you're
going to see them again.

Things will get better.

- JANELL: How do you know that?
- Because I'm still here.

And so are you, Janell.

Janell, it's not your time.

(crying)

Janell?

(panting) I'm still here.

(groans) I'm still... here.

(grunts) I!

Really! Hate!

This! Year!

(chuckles, screams) It's open!

It's open!

- (spillway gate whirring)
- There!

JOSH: She's not anywhere
near Hollywood.

I guess the water does go
where it wants to.

Janell, we found you.

Help is on the way.

(sirens wailing)

(truck horn honking)

(radio chatter)

(hopeful music)

(sighs)

Why do I smell the ocean?

(seagulls cawing)

(tense music)

(sirens whoop)

♪

DISPATCHER:
West traffic and Hol...

Traffic and Hollywood,

727030. On scene.

- WILLIAMS: Sergeant Grant?
- Well, well.

Decided to kick it out here
with the yard dogs?

Well, somebody's gotta
keep you puppies on a leash.

(chuckles)
What do we got up here?

A few pack rats
about to pull out,

but who's over in that house
won't come to the door.

Neighbors say
somebody lives there,

but nobody seems to know who.

I'll wrap it up here.
You two get up to Skyview.

Copy.

It's good to have you back,
Sergeant.

You waiting for a treat? Go.

(eerie music)

♪ ♪

LAPD. Anybody in there?

LAPD! I know someone's home.

I saw you in the window.
Open up!

- How could I help you, Officer?
- Sergeant Grant.

This neighborhood's under

Of course.

I got the texts
and the phone calls.

I'm just getting ready to leave.

Thank you.

Wait, well, you can't
just come in here.

I have to make sure you're
not under any kind of duress.

I live alone.

You said you were
just about to leave.

How? Don't see a car out front.

Yeah, I'm getting a ride
from a neighbor.

Which one?

None of them seem to know you.

Yeah, I keep odd hours.

What do you do, Sylvia?

Uh, a consultant
in the medical field.

ATHENA: You work from home?

Oh, doesn't everyone these days?

Listen, I have rights.

You can't force me to leave
before I'm ready.

Then go get ready.

I'll wait.

You'll need shoes.

Have these ever been used?

I told you that...

When's the last time
you've been outside?

I... I can't leave.

If I do, I'm gonna have
a panic attack.

I'll hyperventilate.
I could go into cardiac arrest.

How long?

Seven years.

You weren't going to evacuate,
were you?

It's not safe out there.
(sighs shakily)

- Don't be scared.
- MAY: But she's out there.

Right where they're saying
there could be a landslide.

She's probably just
helping out with evacuations.

Aren't you worried?
It's too soon.

BOBBY: Hey, your mom
is doing her job.

And I'm sure she'd want you
to be doing the same.

Actually, that's a lie.
She still wants you to quit.

(chuckles)

(computer beeping)

Oh, Bobby, I gotta go.

BOBBY: Okay, you take care.

You know, today was
my first day back on the job.

Six months since
I last put on this uniform.

What happened?

I was... injured.

Line of duty.

Took some time to heal.

Not everything heals
in six months.

You're right about that.

My arm's fixed,
but the rest of me?

I even lied to my husband
this morning.

Told him that
I would be all right.

Didn't mention that
it took everything in my being

to get out of that bed
this morning

and pick up this badge.

Then I lied to my captain.

Hell, maybe I've been
lying to myself.

What do you think
those shoes are?

And this outfit? And the makeup?

(sighing) It's the same lie.

It's a game
that I play with myself

that someday...

maybe... I will go out there.

(sniffling)

And then I never do.

But now you really need to,

because this hill is about
to come down on itself

and take you with it.

Maybe I should let it.

You got up this morning.

And put on makeup.

(chuckles)
You're still in the game.

It's the motion sensor
on Mount Lee.

- Mount Lee?
- Hollywood Hills.

Our comm towers are out there.

So is my mom.

Wait, is that another quake?

JOSH: I'm not feeling it.

But we have cameras there
in case of trespassers.

Okay, there's the sign.

- Is it moving?
- MAY: Oh, my God.

(tense music)

You got this, Sylvia.

♪ ♪

I'm sorry.

(ground rumbling)

(dramatic music)