9-1-1: Lone Star (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 10 - Austin, We Have a Problem - full transcript
Owen helps T.K. reconcile the past to help his future; Michelle learns the full truth about Iris.
(Fine Young Cannibals’
"She Drives Me Crazy")
♪ ♪
SINGER: ♪ I can’t stop ♪
Boba gets a bad rap
because it basically has
no nutritional value,
but most people
just don’t appreciate the fact
that it’s fun to drink.
I mean, yeah, the tapioca’s
sort of like blobs of snot,
but, uh, it’s delicious
blobs of snot.
♪ ♪
What?
You filibustered
a solid six minutes on boba.
(chuckles)
Before that
it was Billie Eilish,
the Cowboys’ running game,
and how underrated
was.
Well, Brad is magic
even as a baby, so...
How long are you going
to avoid talking about it, TK?
What?
The elephant in the juice bar.
(music fades)
-Us?
-(chuckles)
When I saw you
in that hospital bed,
not knowing
if you’d ever wake up again,
I had all these feelings--
strong feelings,
which is crazy because I still
barely know you.
(soft dramatic music)
I’m just confused.
What are we?
Are we even a "we"?
Honestly,
I have no idea, Carlos.
"I have no idea." Yeah.
That’s it.
Look, hey,
you think you’re confused?
I don’t even know
who I am anymore, all right?
I don’t know
if this is the life I want,
or I’m even in the right career
or in the right state.
I feel like I need
to figure that out first
-before I can--
-You can figure this out?
-I got it.
-(sighs)
I’m sorry.
I sound like such
a narcissistic dick right now.
-No--
-SERVER: Thank you.
You sound pretty reasonable,
actually.
Hey, look, at least
let me get it.
-No.
-Let me get it.
No.
From what you said, you’re
about to be unemployed, so...
(chuckles)
I feel like you’re bummed.
No, I’m good.
If it’s not meant to be,
it’s not meant to be.
Not like it’s the end
of the world.
(ominous music)
(TK sighs)
(device pops)
Ow--the hell?
-TK: You okay?
-CARLOS: Yeah.
(car alarm beeps)
-(scooter beeps)
-CARLOS: The hell is this?
-TK: Whoa, whoa.
-PEDESTRIAN: Oh, wow.
Hey, are you all right?
MAN: Help,
this thing won’t stop.
Oh, my God.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Watch it, hey, hey.
Hey, you all right?
♪ ♪
(distant popping)
CARLOS: Hey,
why are those lights green?
TK: What?
CARLOS: Those lights are green.
♪ ♪
(transformer pops)
-CARLOS: Whoa, whoa, whoa.
-TK: What the--
(truck horn blares)
(phone vibrates)
(hip-hop music playing)
♪ ♪
Hey, Mom.
THERESA: Hey, Michelle,
what are you up to, honey?
I’m just leaving the camp.
I have a shift.
What’s going on?
THERESA: Okay, so I know
you’ve been laying low
since we found out
about Iris, but I don’t know.
I was thinking it’s time we--
(car chirps)
Yeah?
THERESA: (voice distorting)
Take--a little--
-Mom?
-THERESA: I found this ador--
Mom, you’re breaking up.
THERESA: Air--listen--
(harsh tone)
Mom, can you hear me?
-(phone beeps)
-(sighs)
(keys clatter)
(ominous music)
(crows cawing)
♪ ♪
Hey, Doc, remember me?
(dramatic music)
(espresso machine
grinds and whirs)
Guys, I think we have
a problem.
(espresso machine grinds)
It’s not working, and now it’s
making this "krrsshh" sound.
Ooh, dude,
tell me you did not
just break
Cap’s espresso maker.
He had that custom-made
in Italy.
-It’s his prized possession.
-Think I don’t know that?
And besides, I didn’t break it.
Paul did.
MARJAN: Hm.
Mm-mm,
don’t even try it, Probie.
Thing was working fine
when I used it.
And you probably
packed the filter basket
with extra fine grounds
and ran it
on a high temp, didn’t you?
I enjoy a robust cup.
I’m not gonna apologize
for that.
How many times
do I have to tell you?
It puts a strain on it.
(sighs)
Probably overheated, threw off
the water conditioning system.
This is why I’ve been saying we
should just buy a coffee pot.
(groans)
(soft Western music)
(groans)
Hey, yeah, there you go.
Go ahead and whack it.
-That ought to fix it.
-(Paul laughs)
♪ ♪
Oh, God, what am I gonna do?
MARJAN: You’re gonna do
the right thing--
fall on your sword
and tell the truth.
Hello.
-Paul did it.
-Objection!
What?
See, I tried to make you
one of those Cap’s half-caf cap
like you like, but Paul
over packed the filter basket.
Again, wow.
No, it’s true.
I always try to warn him
that his grounds are too tight.
Throws off the calibration
and--he broke your machine.
(mouthing words)
So unplug it.
Get it serviced.
So you’re not mad?
At a coffee maker?
Who cares?
Did he really just
say "who cares"?
Did he really just call it
a "coffee maker"?
Yeah, whatever’s going on
with him this morning is--
It’s bad.
♪ ♪
I know how you feel, boy.
(sighs)
(tapping)
Hey, Cap.
Uh, can I help you guys?
Yeah, we were actually gonna
ask you the same question.
OWEN: Hey, if you wanna take
a crack at these
quarterly fire prevention
and training totals,
knock yourself out.
Look, I hope you’re
not expecting us to pretend
like we don’t see
those dark clouds
hanging over your head.
Dark clouds?
There are no clouds.
Those frown lines between
your eyes would beg to differ.
Has anyone ever told you
that when you do your thing,
it feels a little bit
like a violation?
Yes, all the time.
The therapy
that you forced me into--
my guy’s always saying
that the first step
to solving a problem is
admitting that there is one.
Is Cowboy Judd
really gonna force me
to talk about my feelings?
I’m as surprised as you are,
you know?
It’s TK.
He may not be coming back
after his medical leave.
Whoa, what--was there
a complication?
No, medically, he’s gonna have
a full recovery.
He just doesn’t know
whether he wants to do this.
The kid got shot, all right?
So you gotta give him a minute.
Yeah, as many as he wants,
but now he’s saying
he’s not sure
that he ever wanted to do it.
That’s crazy.
I mean, he was made to do this.
I agree.
Even if he doesn’t know
who he is right now, I do,
but I’m the one person
who can’t tell him.
Nobody can, Cap.
Yeah, it’s something somebody
has to figure on their own.
Exactly.
You want me to talk to him?
ROSEWATER: Sorry to interrupt,
guys, but Captain Strand,
is there any chance
you’ve spoken
with Captain Blake
this morning?
-No, why?
-She hasn’t come in.
We haven’t been able
to reach her all day.
That’s odd.
(electricity crackles)
What the hell is that?
Some sort of a power surge.
♪ ♪
(siren wails)
(Thomas Dolby’s "She Blinded
Me with Science")
Ow!
SINGER:
♪ Blinded me with science ♪
♪ ♪
SINGER: ♪ Science ♪
♪ ♪
-MARJAN: Are we being hacked?
-OWEN: I don’t know!
♪ I can smell her chemicals ♪
Judd, get up there
and secure that ladder.
♪ Blinded me with science ♪
OWEN: Paul, Marjan,
kill the batteries in the rig.
♪ Science ♪
♪ ♪
You take care of this, Johnny.
(ice cubes clattering,
kettle whining)
(blender whirring)
(ominous music)
♪ ♪
Cap, the espresso machine
is working.
OWEN: Must have reset
during the brown out.
♪ ♪
But it’s not plugged in.
♪ ♪
OWEN: Dispatch, FS-126,
you copy?
Hey, Cap, none
of the rigs are on.
As far as I can tell,
the sirens
turned themselves on,
which is just spooky.
MARJAN: The ladders too.
Talk about ghosts
in the machine.
No such thing as ghosts.
Well, either way,
this is weird.
(high-pitched tones)
(radio static)
Dispatch, FS-126, you copy?
DISPATCHER: Copy that, 126.
This is dispatch.
It’s good to hear your voice.
Have any idea what’s going on?
DISPATCHER: Looks like
we just had a--
(radio announcer
speaking Spanish)
TRUCKER: 10-4, Big Papa Jay,
look out for smokeys--
PAUL: I told you it’s spooky.
Guys!
Guys, check this out!
NEWSCASTER: Waves
of solar energy began hitting
Texas and much of the central
time zone an hour ago.
We’re told it’s the largest
solar storm to reach Earth
since an event in Quebec
in 1989 which wreaked havoc
on the power grid
for 12 hours.
Joining us via satellite
from Los Angeles
is astrophysicist
Dr. Isabelle Wali.
Dr. Wali, what are we
dealing with here?
The waves of energy
currently battering our plane
are a result
of a coronal mass ejection
or CME--an explosion
on the surface of the sun
which has released
powerful bursts
of electromagnetic energy
into the solar system.
So what can we expect?
DR. WALI: Well,
it’s been 150 years
since we’ve experienced
an event this powerful,
so we’re not really sure,
but it will likely--
created--lar--
(electronic dance music)
(laughter)
♪ ♪
DISPATCHER:
9-1-1, what’s your emergency?
FEMALE CALLER:
I don’t know what happened.
It just started acting up.
MALE CALLER:
The power’s going out--
I assure you, sir,
if it was a nuclear attack,
you and I would not
be speaking right now.
The power drill came to life?
No, it doesn’t sound insane.
You’re the third call
I’ve gotten--
CALLER:
"There will be signs
"in the sun
and moon and stars.
And on the Earth, distress
of nations in perplexity."
Sir--
CALLER:
"People fainting with fear
"of what is coming,
for the powers of the heavens
will be shaken."
Luke 21.
"But concerning that day
and hour, no one knows,
not even the angels in heaven,
but only the Father."
Matthew 24.
Now, I could go all day, sir,
but I do not have all day.
Do you have
an actual emergency?
CALLER: We all do.
Judgment is near.
Okay, well, it sounds like
you are all ready for it.
Good-bye now.
9-1-1, what’s your emergency?
CHUCK: This is Chuck Granger
of AirMed 0-5 niner romeo.
My nav systems,
instruments, radio,
everything went haywire.
Okay, Chuck,
let me try to get
Austin-Bergstrom ATC
on the line.
They can help you make
a visual approach to land.
It’s a little late
for that, ma’am.
(dramatic music)
♪ ♪
(sirens blaring)
Whoa, somebody
did not stick the landing.
OWEN: All right, let’s deploy
the rescue cushion.
Dispatch, can you hook me up
with the pilot?
DISPATCHER: I’m on it,
Captain Strand.
(electricity crackles)
Thought you said they turned
the power lines off.
Yeah, they did.
That must have something
to do with the solar storm.
Those added electrons
in the air
need a way to get
to the ground.
Okay, thanks, Professor,
now help me with the bag.
Sorry.
DISPATCHER:
I’ve got you patched in
with the pilot now,
Captain.
This is Captain Owen Strand,
Austin FD.
-Who am I talking to?
-CHUCK: This is Chuck Granger
Chuck, how many people
you got up there?
Three souls, sir.
OWEN: All right,
we’ve deployed a rescue pad
directly underneath you.
I need you to open your door.
Captain,
this is an AirMed flight.
One of my patients
is seriously ill.
OWEN: Yeah,
I understand that.
Just don’t have many options,
and we’re running out of time.
♪ ♪
Oh, my God.
OWEN: It’ll be over
before you know it.
Now, I need you
to hand the phone
to the next person and jump.
All right, all right.
Listen, you take the phone.
Just do what they say,
all right?
♪ ♪
PAUL: All right, sir.
All right, we’re just gonna
take you over to medical,
all right?
Get you checked out--come on.
ROSEWATER:
Yep--how do you feel, buddy?
Who am I talking to now?
-KIM: This is Kim.
-OWEN: Hi, Kim, your turn.
I can’t.
I know it’s scary, but you saw
how easy it was for Chuck.
That’s not it.
My husband needs
a liver transplant.
That’s why we were flying in.
The fall could kill him.
This can’t be the only option!
We’re in the middle
of a solar storm.
These lines could go hot
at any second
with a lot more power than they
were designed to handle.
It would be worse
than the fall.
Believe me.
Can’t leave him.
(soft dramatic music)
You have kids, Kim?
Two boys--Tyler’s eight.
Blake’s six.
♪ ♪
Jump for them and do it now.
(sobs)
I give you my word
I’ll come up there myself
and get your husband down.
Hey, you have to jump.
KIM: No.
Tell the boys I love ’em.
I love you.
Okay, okay, okay.
(dramatic music)
♪ ♪
JUDD: She good?
-MARJAN: Yeah, she’s good.
-PAUL: She’s good.
MARJAN: She’s good.
All right, Mateo,
rubber gauntlet gloves
and two harness packages.
MATEO: Yeah, Cap.
JUDD: What--you ain’t
going up there.
Gave her my word.
No, you did what you had to do
so those two boys
could grow up with a mom.
I gave her my word.
And I respect that, but look,
we can’t get this truck
anywhere near there without it
turning into a lightning rod.
OWEN: I’m not putting
the ladder up.
Cap, ever since that storm hit,
those surges
have been coming through
every few minutes.
Well, then it’ll be quick.
♪ ♪
OWEN: Hold on, friend,
I’m on my way.
♪ ♪
MATEO: Nice on up, Cap!
(electricity crackles)
You must be Rick.
I’m Owen.
Put this on you.
Oh, shouldn’t be difficult.
All right.
There you go.
(grunts)
I--I can’t, my legs.
-OWEN: Yeah, let me help you.
-RICK: Ah, thanks.
RICK: It’s a hell of a thing,
cirrhosis.
I don’t even drink.
Lung cancer--don’t even smoke.
(chuckles)
Know if today
has taught us anything,
it’s that everybody’s gonna get
thrown a curveball.
(grunts)
Oh, I’ll say.
You good?
All right.
He’s coming down.
♪ ♪
(electricity crackling)
♪ ♪
-MARJAN: Hey, hey.
-PAUL: Come on, come on.
-All right, buddy.
-It’s okay.
Hey, hey, hey,
we got you, okay?
All right,
just gonna unclip you.
MATEO: These look okay, just--
(electricity crackling loudly)
MATEO: We gotta go.
We gotta go.
-Cap, you gotta jump now!
-MATEO: Go, go, go, go!
PAUL: Let’s get him
out of here!
Go, move it!
-Come on, Cap!
-Cap, jump!
(electricity crackling loudly)
♪ ♪
-MARJAN: Cap!
-PAUL: Cap!
(soft dramatic music)
Holy crap, Cap, you all right?
Yeah, never better.
Yeah, well, I give you a two
for style and a ten for timing.
♪ ♪
(car alarms blaring)
(dramatic music)
TK: Hey, just--hey, you good?
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
CARLOS: Police--
stay on the sidewalk.
-TK: Hey, you guys okay?
-CARLOS: Stop, stop, stop!
I think we’re all okay,
but the driver--she’s stuck.
Hey, come on, come on, come on.
Hey, sir, come on.
Grab my arm.
All right.
Hey, I’m coming for you.
Everybody get off okay?
Yeah, everybody’s fine.
What the devil’s going on?
-TK: What’s your name, ma’am?
-Ellen.
Ellen, okay.
Ellen, I’m TK.
I’m here to get you out,
all right?
♪ ♪
My back’s wet.
It’s not blood, is it?
No, it’s just some water.
You took out a hydrant
when you flipped.
(grunts)
Ellen, are you
in a lot of pain?
Fair amount--
I’m pretty sure
both my legs are busted up.
Can you wiggle
your toes for me?
All right, good--I don’t think
there’s any spinal damage.
(strained grunt)
Are you a medical student?
No, I’m a--I was a firefighter.
Well, that’s convenient.
Yeah, it’d be convenient
if I had some equipment.
♪ ♪
(strained grunt)
Um...I’ll be right back, okay?
I’ll be right here.
♪ ♪
(inaudible)
-Hey, Carlos!
-CARLOS: Yeah?
We got a gas leak here.
Keep everybody back.
Everybody back!
Everybody stay back!
Please, everybody stay back!
♪ ♪
That’s my bumper?
Well, it’s no Jaws of Life,
but it should do.
-Oh.
-TK: Okay, okay.
Honey, you’re bleeding.
Huh?
Oh, that’s nothing.
It doesn’t look like nothing.
I got shot.
And I thought
I was having a bad day.
No, not just now, earlier.
One of the stitches
must have come off.
(strained grunt)
Oh, yes, we’re good.
We’re making progress.
Okay, okay.
I need to move you.
Can you move your leg?
(strained grunt)
No.
Sorry, sorry.
TK: The water level is rising.
We gotta get out of here!
(Ellen screams)
Whoa, uh, is there
a fire extinguisher?
There!
Okay, okay.
(coughing)
♪ ♪
Oh, come on.
Honey, honey, honey...
You’ve done everything
that you can.
You need to g--go.
No, no, no, hey, hey, hey,
no, no, no.
Hey, no, no, no!
Hold your breath!
(breathes deeply)
(soft dramatic music)
♪ ♪
(X Ambassadors’ "Unsteady")
SINGER: ♪ Daddy, I’m alone ♪
♪ ’Cause this house
don’t feel like home ♪
♪ ♪
♪ If you love me,
don’t let go ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ If you love me,
don’t let go ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Hold, hold on ♪
♪ Hold on to me ♪
♪ ’Cause I’m
a little unsteady ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Little unsteady ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Hold, hold on ♪
♪ Hold on to me ♪
♪ ’Cause I’m
a little unsteady ♪
OWEN: Whoa, whoa.
Hold on right there.
♪ Little unsteady ♪
(Ellen laughing)
♪ Mother, I know ♪
♪ That you’re tired
of being alone ♪
Go on.
You too, son.
Thank you.
Thank you.
You saved us.
Think everybody
saved everybody here today.
Go on, get in there.
He’s an impressive guy.
He’s my son.
♪ Hold on ♪
(eerie music)
♪ ♪
MICHELLE: What?
(sighs)
What happened?
You got conked,
but I saved you.
♪ ♪
Iris?
(soft dramatic music)
Oh.
Oh, my God, you’re alive.
Mmm.
Oh, I’ve missed you so much.
We thought
you were in an accident.
(chuckles)
Wade missed the turn.
Mandy moved her mouth,
but no words happened,
so I left.
How long have you
been living here?
What day is it?
Uh, Monday.
I don’t know.
Have you seen me here before?
You come alone.
It is not good.
So why haven’t you
said anything?
They wouldn’t like it.
They said dead, dread, red
if they can, and they--
They prefer it
when distance satisfies.
Iris, I’m so sorry
that I wasn’t there for you
when you needed me,
when you tried
to call me that night.
I’m so sorry.
What night?
You know I’d do anything
to protect you...
From anyone, even them.
You can’t, and it’s okay.
♪ ♪
I chew gum sometimes.
Iris, will you take
a ride with me?
Just for a little while.
Uh, no, I would, but I can’t.
I can’t, um--
Iris, trust.
But that junkie stole your van.
What?
MICHELLE: You know, you got me
arrested, like, 15 times.
What?
How did I get you arrested?
Dustin filed
a restraining order
to avoid talking
to me about you.
Dustin, what a jerk.
I was a little bit pushy
with him sometimes, but--
Yeah, that I believe.
(laughter)
You know, I have to say,
I’m mad at Carlos
for not keeping you
out of trouble.
Who do you think
kept arresting me?
Oh no, he did not.
Oh, yes he did.
I’m gonna have words with him.
(laughter)
(soft dramatic music)
♪ ♪
Look at you,
my beautiful baby girl.
Hi, Mom.
I have been praying
for this moment
every day
for the past three years.
Oh, honey.
I love you so much.
I love you too.
Your sister tells me you’ve
been living under a bridge.
Um, in a tent.
THERESA: You did it.
You found her
just like you said you would
Mm, incorrect.
I found her, actually.
That’s true.
(laughter)
Well, however it happened,
it happened.
It’s a miracle,
and you look so good.
MICHELLE: The doctor
gave her some medicine
to calm her nerves.
They’d like to keep her
overnight for observation.
Well, okay,
but tomorrow morning,
you’re coming home with us.
We’re gonna put some meat
on those bones.
What--wait, wait, what?
Don’t worry, I can cook now--
no more frozen pot pies.
A lot has changed
since you’ve been gone, girl.
I can rue.
I can stew.
I can cook up a storm.
She’s been taking classes.
No.
No, I’m not going
anywhere with you.
I have a home.
Well, you don’t think
we’re gonna let you continue
to live under some overpass,
do you?
It’s not safe for you there,
my love.
Maybe not for you,
but that’s where they want me.
THERESA: They?
Who’s they?
The ones.
The ones.
I know--I know
you wouldn’t understand,
but if I don’t listen to them,
it’s very bad.
-Iris, there is no "they."
-IRIS: No.
You need help, honey.
Tomorrow
you’re coming with us...
-MICHELLE: Mom...
-End of discussion.
Go easy, okay?
You--you lied to me.
You said--you said
that we were
just going away
for a little while!
You lied!
You lied, lied, lied!
Iris, I did not lie.
-Don’t touch me!
-I’m sorry.
Where are you going?
I have to go home!
Call--we should call security.
MICHELLE: We can’t
make her stay
if she doesn’t
want to, Mom.
I know where she’s going.
(eerie music)
♪ ♪
Iris Lynn Blake,
stop right there!
(tender music)
♪ ♪
If you’re gonna go back,
at least take this.
And some money.
♪ ♪
Please take care of yourself.
♪ ♪
Yes, it’s probably related
to the solar storm, ma’am.
I need you to stay back
and tell me where you are.
CALLER:
We’re on the east side of--
(signal crackles)
(woman speaking Chinese)
Hello, who am I speaking with?
(woman speaking Chinese)
Hey, I think
I got Beijing this time.
(signal crackles)
TOM: Please, can you read me?
Is anyone there?
Hello?
Hey, sir, I’m here.
Houston, thank God,
thought I’d lost you.
Oh, sir this isn’t Houston.
It’s Austin.
TOM: Austin, Texas?
Yes, sir, Austin 9-1-1
emergency services.
TOM: (chuckles)
Perfect.
We’ve been having
some kind of solar event
that’s been scrambling
all our lines.
TOM: No kidding.
(coughs)
You think it’s bad there?
You should see it
from up here.
Sir, who am I speaking with?
TOM: Tom, Tom Scanlon.
Okay, Tom,
where you calling from?
TOM: The International
Space Station.
(soft dramatic music)
♪ ♪
You’re calling
from outer space?
TOM: Wish I were--
low Earth orbit...
Which is pretty much
the problem.
We were in the path
of the solar flares
when the storm hit.
I was reporting
to mission control
when I got transferred
to you.
Well, let me see
if I can get you reconnected.
(harsh beep)
No, I’m sorry.
I can’t.
If you give me a few minutes,
maybe I can try again.
I’m not sure
I have a few minutes.
What’d you say
your name was, Austin?
GRACE: My name is Grace.
Tom, you wanna tell me
what’s going on up there?
Is there anything
I can help you with?
Not unless you can cure
acute radiation syndrome
from 300 miles away.
♪ ♪
GRACE: Radiation--sir,
I’m so sorry.
Don’t worry,
everybody down there’s
got the atmosphere
to protect them.
GRACE: Well, Tom, I can’t get
through to Houston,
but maybe you can
if you wanna hang up--
No, please don’t hang up.
Okay.
Grace...
there is one thing
you can do for me, actually.
GRACE: You name it.
(phone ringing)
MELISSA: Scanlon residence.
-Hi, Melissa Scanlon?
-MELISSA: Yes.
Hi, my name is Grace Ryder.
I’m in Austin, Texas.
Mrs. Scanlon, I have
your husband on the line.
MELISSA: That’s impossible.
My husband’s in--
TOM: Melissa.
MELISSA: Tom?
Melissa, I don’t have
a lot of time,
so I need you
to listen, okay?
Now, remember,
all the insurance
and bank information’s
on the computer.
MELISSA: In the folder named
"boring crap," I know.
What’s going on?
Why are you--
(Soko’s "We Might Be Dead
by Tomorrow")
Oh, Tom.
Yeah.
EVIE: Is that Daddy?
MELISSA: Yep,
come say hi, honey.
EVIE: Hi, Daddy!
Hi, Evie.
EVIE: I miss you!
I miss you too, baby.
EVIE: When are you
coming home?
♪ ♪
I’d give anything
on Earth to be down there
with you right now.
You know that, right?
EVIE: (chuckles)
But you’re not even on Earth.
(laughs)
You’re so funny.
Evie, can you
make me a promise?
Promise you’ll do
whatever Mommy says.
Always give her a hand
when she needs help.
EVIE: I promise.
TOM: Good.
I want you to know
I love you both so much--
-more than anything.
-EVIE: Mommy’s crying.
MELISSA: I’m not.
I’m not crying.
SINGER:
♪ Without saying good-bye ♪
TOM: Look out the window
and wave up at the sky.
EVIE: (giggles)
Why?
We can’t see you.
But I can see you,
and I want you to know
I’ll always be up here...
looking over you, okay?
EVIE: Yes, Daddy.
I’m waving!
♪ ♪
I’m waving back.
EVIE: (laughs)
You’re silly.
Daddy, are you there?
Daddy?
Daddy?
♪ ’Cause soon enough
we’ll die ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ’Cause soon enough
we’ll die ♪
♪ ♪
(soft dramatic music)
♪ ♪
(truck engine roars)
MATEO: Aquaman,
back on dry land?
What are you doing here?
How’d it go at the hospital?
Nothing crazy--they just added
a couple extra stitches.
I’m good.
Why do you look like you’re
about to jump off of a cliff?
TK: Hey, guys?
Uh, I wanted to talk to you
about something,
and, um, if you could,
bear with me
’cause it’s kind of a lot.
PAUL: Mm.
♪ ♪
-I’m an addict--
-TK.
No, Dad, I need to do this.
Please?
It’s opioids,
and a few months back,
in New York, I had a relapse--
pretty bad one.
I OD’d and my dad--
well, my captain--he found me
unconscious.
My heart had stopped, and,
well, he did what he does best,
and he saved my life,
and the only reason
I came down here
was ’cause he forced me to.
You know?
What I’m trying to say is,
I never really chose this
for myself.
Any of it.
Not even
becoming a firefighter.
And, uh...
-Well...
-Hey, hey.
Whatever you gotta say
right here, say it,
-TK: All right.
-Yeah?
He’s right, man.
We got you, fam.
Yeah, well, that’s the point
’cause today
at that intersection
when that woman was dying,
I would have given her
everything I had to save her,
and I did give her
everything I had,
but it wasn’t enough...
Until you showed up.
All you guys.
TK: And I knew in that instant
that not only
was she gonna be okay
but I was gonna be okay too
because this is what I wanna do
for the rest of my life.
And, at least for now,
this is where I wanna do it--
With you guys, so...
I choose this family...
Because this is--
this is where I belong.
(tender music)
So, um...
No, that’s...
(chuckles)
That’s all I got.
Aw, hey, well, group hug.
I don’t think that’s ne--
ooh, ooh, Mateo,
stitches, dude.
Ow.
Ooh, someone’s ripe.
JUDD: That’s me.
TK: I’m guessing that’s Judd.
Yeah, well,
that’s what you get
for showing up at the end
of a shift, man.
-Proud of you.
-Hey, thanks, man.
All right, everybody,
hit the showers.
Proud of every one of you.
Don’t you mean
"every one of y’all"?
OWEN: Yeah, that too.
Hey, are you sure about this?
It’s been a traumatic day,
an emotional time,
you do not have to make
this decision right now.
Dad, I’ve never been more sure
about anything
in my entire life.
All right, I got some paperwork
I’m gonna finish up,
then I thought maybe--
How many life decisions
did you make today?
One step at a time, Dad.
I’ll see you at home.
♪ ♪
(TK sighs)
♪ ♪
OWEN: Hey.
Your texts just came through--
all of ’em.
-Yeah, it’s a crazy day.
-Yeah.
You were out
in the middle of it.
-Sort of.
-Whoa.
What happened to you?
I found my sister.
She’s alive.
That’s amazing!
And then I lost her again.
And I came here.
I don’t really know why.
I know my shift’s over, but--
(sighs)
OWEN: Well, tell me.
What’s going on?
♪ ♪
She’s been living on the street
this whole time.
She’s sick--
has untreated
schizophrenia.
We realize now that she was
showing signs of it
the whole time
before she disappeared, but--
I’m so sorry.
She’s been living
in this homeless camp
where I volunteer
twice a week.
For years I have been searching
heaven and Earth for her,
and the whole time she was just
right there in front of me.
I mean, how many times did
I just walk right past her?
Well, you’d never walk past
somebody who needs help,
so she probably
didn’t wanna be found.
Maybe.
My mom and I tried
to get her to come with us,
but she refused.
So what now?
Oh, I have no idea.
I could try
and get her committed,
but she’s been out
there for three years.
It’s hard to argue she can’t
take care of herself.
Yeah, that’d be difficult.
Well, I’ve recently learned
that you can’t make anyone
do anything even if it’s
for their own good.
Particularly if it’s
for their own good.
So what do you think
I should do?
Keep the door open.
Keep the light on.
Keep trying.
Love her the best way you can.
♪ ♪
TK’s lucky
to have you as a dad.
Iris is lucky to have you
as a sister.
(chuckles)
(laughter)
Judd could not get out of here
fast enough, could he?
It’s ’cause he’s got someone
to go home to.
Yeah, true that.
I don’t know about y’all,
but something about
facing down Armageddon
has given me
a ferocious appetite.
-You guys hungry?
-I could eat.
You could always eat.
Wow.
It’s incredible.
What is that?
That might be
the most beautiful thing
that we will ever see.
(Lord Huron’s
"The Night We Met")
♪ ♪
MATEO: Wow.
MARJAN: Let’s go eat.
-JUDD: Hey, girl.
-Hey.
That’s amazing, isn’t it?
Out of chaos comes such beauty.
JUDD: Mm.
I spoke to somebody
up there today.
Yeah, I think we all did.
Literally, he was, um--
he was an astronaut.
Oh, he was an astronaut?
SINGER: ♪ I am not
the only traveler ♪
JUDD: Are you for real?
Yeah.
So what did he want?
He wanted to say bye
to his family.
To his wife and his daughter.
And that was a tough one.
Mm.
Can you imagine being that far
from the people you love?
But y’all bring ’em together.
♪ ♪
♪ And then I can tell myself ♪
♪ ♪
♪ What the hell
I’m supposed to do ♪
What are you thinking?
I’m thinking...we make
a pretty good team.
♪ And then I can tell myself ♪
♪ ♪
We really do, don’t we?
Afraid so.
♪ I had all
and then most of you ♪
♪ Some and now none of you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Take me back
to the night we met ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don’t know
what I’m supposed to do ♪
♪ Haunted by
the ghost of you ♪
Thought you could use
some supplies.
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, take me back
to the night we met ♪
♪ ♪
Thanks.
You’re welcome.
♪ ♪
♪ And your eyes
were filled with tears ♪
Well,
I’ll see you soon, okay?
♪ When you
had not touched me yet ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, take me back ♪
Goodnight.
♪ To the night we met ♪
(whispers)
Michelle.
♪ ♪
♪ I had all and then most
of you ♪
It’s a nice night
for a picnic, huh?
♪ ♪
♪ Take me back
to the night we met ♪
Yeah, it is.
♪ I don’t know
what I’m supposed to do ♪
♪ Haunted
by the ghost of you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Take me back
to the night we met ♪
(whistles and clicks)
♪ I don’t know
what I’m supposed to do ♪
Go for a walk?
♪ ♪
♪ Take me back
to the night we met ♪
♪ ♪
Oh, boy, you seeing this?
Huh?
♪ ♪
And I thought the lights
in Manhattan were beautiful.
♪ ♪
"She Drives Me Crazy")
♪ ♪
SINGER: ♪ I can’t stop ♪
Boba gets a bad rap
because it basically has
no nutritional value,
but most people
just don’t appreciate the fact
that it’s fun to drink.
I mean, yeah, the tapioca’s
sort of like blobs of snot,
but, uh, it’s delicious
blobs of snot.
♪ ♪
What?
You filibustered
a solid six minutes on boba.
(chuckles)
Before that
it was Billie Eilish,
the Cowboys’ running game,
and how underrated
was.
Well, Brad is magic
even as a baby, so...
How long are you going
to avoid talking about it, TK?
What?
The elephant in the juice bar.
(music fades)
-Us?
-(chuckles)
When I saw you
in that hospital bed,
not knowing
if you’d ever wake up again,
I had all these feelings--
strong feelings,
which is crazy because I still
barely know you.
(soft dramatic music)
I’m just confused.
What are we?
Are we even a "we"?
Honestly,
I have no idea, Carlos.
"I have no idea." Yeah.
That’s it.
Look, hey,
you think you’re confused?
I don’t even know
who I am anymore, all right?
I don’t know
if this is the life I want,
or I’m even in the right career
or in the right state.
I feel like I need
to figure that out first
-before I can--
-You can figure this out?
-I got it.
-(sighs)
I’m sorry.
I sound like such
a narcissistic dick right now.
-No--
-SERVER: Thank you.
You sound pretty reasonable,
actually.
Hey, look, at least
let me get it.
-No.
-Let me get it.
No.
From what you said, you’re
about to be unemployed, so...
(chuckles)
I feel like you’re bummed.
No, I’m good.
If it’s not meant to be,
it’s not meant to be.
Not like it’s the end
of the world.
(ominous music)
(TK sighs)
(device pops)
Ow--the hell?
-TK: You okay?
-CARLOS: Yeah.
(car alarm beeps)
-(scooter beeps)
-CARLOS: The hell is this?
-TK: Whoa, whoa.
-PEDESTRIAN: Oh, wow.
Hey, are you all right?
MAN: Help,
this thing won’t stop.
Oh, my God.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Watch it, hey, hey.
Hey, you all right?
♪ ♪
(distant popping)
CARLOS: Hey,
why are those lights green?
TK: What?
CARLOS: Those lights are green.
♪ ♪
(transformer pops)
-CARLOS: Whoa, whoa, whoa.
-TK: What the--
(truck horn blares)
(phone vibrates)
(hip-hop music playing)
♪ ♪
Hey, Mom.
THERESA: Hey, Michelle,
what are you up to, honey?
I’m just leaving the camp.
I have a shift.
What’s going on?
THERESA: Okay, so I know
you’ve been laying low
since we found out
about Iris, but I don’t know.
I was thinking it’s time we--
(car chirps)
Yeah?
THERESA: (voice distorting)
Take--a little--
-Mom?
-THERESA: I found this ador--
Mom, you’re breaking up.
THERESA: Air--listen--
(harsh tone)
Mom, can you hear me?
-(phone beeps)
-(sighs)
(keys clatter)
(ominous music)
(crows cawing)
♪ ♪
Hey, Doc, remember me?
(dramatic music)
(espresso machine
grinds and whirs)
Guys, I think we have
a problem.
(espresso machine grinds)
It’s not working, and now it’s
making this "krrsshh" sound.
Ooh, dude,
tell me you did not
just break
Cap’s espresso maker.
He had that custom-made
in Italy.
-It’s his prized possession.
-Think I don’t know that?
And besides, I didn’t break it.
Paul did.
MARJAN: Hm.
Mm-mm,
don’t even try it, Probie.
Thing was working fine
when I used it.
And you probably
packed the filter basket
with extra fine grounds
and ran it
on a high temp, didn’t you?
I enjoy a robust cup.
I’m not gonna apologize
for that.
How many times
do I have to tell you?
It puts a strain on it.
(sighs)
Probably overheated, threw off
the water conditioning system.
This is why I’ve been saying we
should just buy a coffee pot.
(groans)
(soft Western music)
(groans)
Hey, yeah, there you go.
Go ahead and whack it.
-That ought to fix it.
-(Paul laughs)
♪ ♪
Oh, God, what am I gonna do?
MARJAN: You’re gonna do
the right thing--
fall on your sword
and tell the truth.
Hello.
-Paul did it.
-Objection!
What?
See, I tried to make you
one of those Cap’s half-caf cap
like you like, but Paul
over packed the filter basket.
Again, wow.
No, it’s true.
I always try to warn him
that his grounds are too tight.
Throws off the calibration
and--he broke your machine.
(mouthing words)
So unplug it.
Get it serviced.
So you’re not mad?
At a coffee maker?
Who cares?
Did he really just
say "who cares"?
Did he really just call it
a "coffee maker"?
Yeah, whatever’s going on
with him this morning is--
It’s bad.
♪ ♪
I know how you feel, boy.
(sighs)
(tapping)
Hey, Cap.
Uh, can I help you guys?
Yeah, we were actually gonna
ask you the same question.
OWEN: Hey, if you wanna take
a crack at these
quarterly fire prevention
and training totals,
knock yourself out.
Look, I hope you’re
not expecting us to pretend
like we don’t see
those dark clouds
hanging over your head.
Dark clouds?
There are no clouds.
Those frown lines between
your eyes would beg to differ.
Has anyone ever told you
that when you do your thing,
it feels a little bit
like a violation?
Yes, all the time.
The therapy
that you forced me into--
my guy’s always saying
that the first step
to solving a problem is
admitting that there is one.
Is Cowboy Judd
really gonna force me
to talk about my feelings?
I’m as surprised as you are,
you know?
It’s TK.
He may not be coming back
after his medical leave.
Whoa, what--was there
a complication?
No, medically, he’s gonna have
a full recovery.
He just doesn’t know
whether he wants to do this.
The kid got shot, all right?
So you gotta give him a minute.
Yeah, as many as he wants,
but now he’s saying
he’s not sure
that he ever wanted to do it.
That’s crazy.
I mean, he was made to do this.
I agree.
Even if he doesn’t know
who he is right now, I do,
but I’m the one person
who can’t tell him.
Nobody can, Cap.
Yeah, it’s something somebody
has to figure on their own.
Exactly.
You want me to talk to him?
ROSEWATER: Sorry to interrupt,
guys, but Captain Strand,
is there any chance
you’ve spoken
with Captain Blake
this morning?
-No, why?
-She hasn’t come in.
We haven’t been able
to reach her all day.
That’s odd.
(electricity crackles)
What the hell is that?
Some sort of a power surge.
♪ ♪
(siren wails)
(Thomas Dolby’s "She Blinded
Me with Science")
Ow!
SINGER:
♪ Blinded me with science ♪
♪ ♪
SINGER: ♪ Science ♪
♪ ♪
-MARJAN: Are we being hacked?
-OWEN: I don’t know!
♪ I can smell her chemicals ♪
Judd, get up there
and secure that ladder.
♪ Blinded me with science ♪
OWEN: Paul, Marjan,
kill the batteries in the rig.
♪ Science ♪
♪ ♪
You take care of this, Johnny.
(ice cubes clattering,
kettle whining)
(blender whirring)
(ominous music)
♪ ♪
Cap, the espresso machine
is working.
OWEN: Must have reset
during the brown out.
♪ ♪
But it’s not plugged in.
♪ ♪
OWEN: Dispatch, FS-126,
you copy?
Hey, Cap, none
of the rigs are on.
As far as I can tell,
the sirens
turned themselves on,
which is just spooky.
MARJAN: The ladders too.
Talk about ghosts
in the machine.
No such thing as ghosts.
Well, either way,
this is weird.
(high-pitched tones)
(radio static)
Dispatch, FS-126, you copy?
DISPATCHER: Copy that, 126.
This is dispatch.
It’s good to hear your voice.
Have any idea what’s going on?
DISPATCHER: Looks like
we just had a--
(radio announcer
speaking Spanish)
TRUCKER: 10-4, Big Papa Jay,
look out for smokeys--
PAUL: I told you it’s spooky.
Guys!
Guys, check this out!
NEWSCASTER: Waves
of solar energy began hitting
Texas and much of the central
time zone an hour ago.
We’re told it’s the largest
solar storm to reach Earth
since an event in Quebec
in 1989 which wreaked havoc
on the power grid
for 12 hours.
Joining us via satellite
from Los Angeles
is astrophysicist
Dr. Isabelle Wali.
Dr. Wali, what are we
dealing with here?
The waves of energy
currently battering our plane
are a result
of a coronal mass ejection
or CME--an explosion
on the surface of the sun
which has released
powerful bursts
of electromagnetic energy
into the solar system.
So what can we expect?
DR. WALI: Well,
it’s been 150 years
since we’ve experienced
an event this powerful,
so we’re not really sure,
but it will likely--
created--lar--
(electronic dance music)
(laughter)
♪ ♪
DISPATCHER:
9-1-1, what’s your emergency?
FEMALE CALLER:
I don’t know what happened.
It just started acting up.
MALE CALLER:
The power’s going out--
I assure you, sir,
if it was a nuclear attack,
you and I would not
be speaking right now.
The power drill came to life?
No, it doesn’t sound insane.
You’re the third call
I’ve gotten--
CALLER:
"There will be signs
"in the sun
and moon and stars.
And on the Earth, distress
of nations in perplexity."
Sir--
CALLER:
"People fainting with fear
"of what is coming,
for the powers of the heavens
will be shaken."
Luke 21.
"But concerning that day
and hour, no one knows,
not even the angels in heaven,
but only the Father."
Matthew 24.
Now, I could go all day, sir,
but I do not have all day.
Do you have
an actual emergency?
CALLER: We all do.
Judgment is near.
Okay, well, it sounds like
you are all ready for it.
Good-bye now.
9-1-1, what’s your emergency?
CHUCK: This is Chuck Granger
of AirMed 0-5 niner romeo.
My nav systems,
instruments, radio,
everything went haywire.
Okay, Chuck,
let me try to get
Austin-Bergstrom ATC
on the line.
They can help you make
a visual approach to land.
It’s a little late
for that, ma’am.
(dramatic music)
♪ ♪
(sirens blaring)
Whoa, somebody
did not stick the landing.
OWEN: All right, let’s deploy
the rescue cushion.
Dispatch, can you hook me up
with the pilot?
DISPATCHER: I’m on it,
Captain Strand.
(electricity crackles)
Thought you said they turned
the power lines off.
Yeah, they did.
That must have something
to do with the solar storm.
Those added electrons
in the air
need a way to get
to the ground.
Okay, thanks, Professor,
now help me with the bag.
Sorry.
DISPATCHER:
I’ve got you patched in
with the pilot now,
Captain.
This is Captain Owen Strand,
Austin FD.
-Who am I talking to?
-CHUCK: This is Chuck Granger
Chuck, how many people
you got up there?
Three souls, sir.
OWEN: All right,
we’ve deployed a rescue pad
directly underneath you.
I need you to open your door.
Captain,
this is an AirMed flight.
One of my patients
is seriously ill.
OWEN: Yeah,
I understand that.
Just don’t have many options,
and we’re running out of time.
♪ ♪
Oh, my God.
OWEN: It’ll be over
before you know it.
Now, I need you
to hand the phone
to the next person and jump.
All right, all right.
Listen, you take the phone.
Just do what they say,
all right?
♪ ♪
PAUL: All right, sir.
All right, we’re just gonna
take you over to medical,
all right?
Get you checked out--come on.
ROSEWATER:
Yep--how do you feel, buddy?
Who am I talking to now?
-KIM: This is Kim.
-OWEN: Hi, Kim, your turn.
I can’t.
I know it’s scary, but you saw
how easy it was for Chuck.
That’s not it.
My husband needs
a liver transplant.
That’s why we were flying in.
The fall could kill him.
This can’t be the only option!
We’re in the middle
of a solar storm.
These lines could go hot
at any second
with a lot more power than they
were designed to handle.
It would be worse
than the fall.
Believe me.
Can’t leave him.
(soft dramatic music)
You have kids, Kim?
Two boys--Tyler’s eight.
Blake’s six.
♪ ♪
Jump for them and do it now.
(sobs)
I give you my word
I’ll come up there myself
and get your husband down.
Hey, you have to jump.
KIM: No.
Tell the boys I love ’em.
I love you.
Okay, okay, okay.
(dramatic music)
♪ ♪
JUDD: She good?
-MARJAN: Yeah, she’s good.
-PAUL: She’s good.
MARJAN: She’s good.
All right, Mateo,
rubber gauntlet gloves
and two harness packages.
MATEO: Yeah, Cap.
JUDD: What--you ain’t
going up there.
Gave her my word.
No, you did what you had to do
so those two boys
could grow up with a mom.
I gave her my word.
And I respect that, but look,
we can’t get this truck
anywhere near there without it
turning into a lightning rod.
OWEN: I’m not putting
the ladder up.
Cap, ever since that storm hit,
those surges
have been coming through
every few minutes.
Well, then it’ll be quick.
♪ ♪
OWEN: Hold on, friend,
I’m on my way.
♪ ♪
MATEO: Nice on up, Cap!
(electricity crackles)
You must be Rick.
I’m Owen.
Put this on you.
Oh, shouldn’t be difficult.
All right.
There you go.
(grunts)
I--I can’t, my legs.
-OWEN: Yeah, let me help you.
-RICK: Ah, thanks.
RICK: It’s a hell of a thing,
cirrhosis.
I don’t even drink.
Lung cancer--don’t even smoke.
(chuckles)
Know if today
has taught us anything,
it’s that everybody’s gonna get
thrown a curveball.
(grunts)
Oh, I’ll say.
You good?
All right.
He’s coming down.
♪ ♪
(electricity crackling)
♪ ♪
-MARJAN: Hey, hey.
-PAUL: Come on, come on.
-All right, buddy.
-It’s okay.
Hey, hey, hey,
we got you, okay?
All right,
just gonna unclip you.
MATEO: These look okay, just--
(electricity crackling loudly)
MATEO: We gotta go.
We gotta go.
-Cap, you gotta jump now!
-MATEO: Go, go, go, go!
PAUL: Let’s get him
out of here!
Go, move it!
-Come on, Cap!
-Cap, jump!
(electricity crackling loudly)
♪ ♪
-MARJAN: Cap!
-PAUL: Cap!
(soft dramatic music)
Holy crap, Cap, you all right?
Yeah, never better.
Yeah, well, I give you a two
for style and a ten for timing.
♪ ♪
(car alarms blaring)
(dramatic music)
TK: Hey, just--hey, you good?
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
CARLOS: Police--
stay on the sidewalk.
-TK: Hey, you guys okay?
-CARLOS: Stop, stop, stop!
I think we’re all okay,
but the driver--she’s stuck.
Hey, come on, come on, come on.
Hey, sir, come on.
Grab my arm.
All right.
Hey, I’m coming for you.
Everybody get off okay?
Yeah, everybody’s fine.
What the devil’s going on?
-TK: What’s your name, ma’am?
-Ellen.
Ellen, okay.
Ellen, I’m TK.
I’m here to get you out,
all right?
♪ ♪
My back’s wet.
It’s not blood, is it?
No, it’s just some water.
You took out a hydrant
when you flipped.
(grunts)
Ellen, are you
in a lot of pain?
Fair amount--
I’m pretty sure
both my legs are busted up.
Can you wiggle
your toes for me?
All right, good--I don’t think
there’s any spinal damage.
(strained grunt)
Are you a medical student?
No, I’m a--I was a firefighter.
Well, that’s convenient.
Yeah, it’d be convenient
if I had some equipment.
♪ ♪
(strained grunt)
Um...I’ll be right back, okay?
I’ll be right here.
♪ ♪
(inaudible)
-Hey, Carlos!
-CARLOS: Yeah?
We got a gas leak here.
Keep everybody back.
Everybody back!
Everybody stay back!
Please, everybody stay back!
♪ ♪
That’s my bumper?
Well, it’s no Jaws of Life,
but it should do.
-Oh.
-TK: Okay, okay.
Honey, you’re bleeding.
Huh?
Oh, that’s nothing.
It doesn’t look like nothing.
I got shot.
And I thought
I was having a bad day.
No, not just now, earlier.
One of the stitches
must have come off.
(strained grunt)
Oh, yes, we’re good.
We’re making progress.
Okay, okay.
I need to move you.
Can you move your leg?
(strained grunt)
No.
Sorry, sorry.
TK: The water level is rising.
We gotta get out of here!
(Ellen screams)
Whoa, uh, is there
a fire extinguisher?
There!
Okay, okay.
(coughing)
♪ ♪
Oh, come on.
Honey, honey, honey...
You’ve done everything
that you can.
You need to g--go.
No, no, no, hey, hey, hey,
no, no, no.
Hey, no, no, no!
Hold your breath!
(breathes deeply)
(soft dramatic music)
♪ ♪
(X Ambassadors’ "Unsteady")
SINGER: ♪ Daddy, I’m alone ♪
♪ ’Cause this house
don’t feel like home ♪
♪ ♪
♪ If you love me,
don’t let go ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ If you love me,
don’t let go ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Hold, hold on ♪
♪ Hold on to me ♪
♪ ’Cause I’m
a little unsteady ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Little unsteady ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Hold, hold on ♪
♪ Hold on to me ♪
♪ ’Cause I’m
a little unsteady ♪
OWEN: Whoa, whoa.
Hold on right there.
♪ Little unsteady ♪
(Ellen laughing)
♪ Mother, I know ♪
♪ That you’re tired
of being alone ♪
Go on.
You too, son.
Thank you.
Thank you.
You saved us.
Think everybody
saved everybody here today.
Go on, get in there.
He’s an impressive guy.
He’s my son.
♪ Hold on ♪
(eerie music)
♪ ♪
MICHELLE: What?
(sighs)
What happened?
You got conked,
but I saved you.
♪ ♪
Iris?
(soft dramatic music)
Oh.
Oh, my God, you’re alive.
Mmm.
Oh, I’ve missed you so much.
We thought
you were in an accident.
(chuckles)
Wade missed the turn.
Mandy moved her mouth,
but no words happened,
so I left.
How long have you
been living here?
What day is it?
Uh, Monday.
I don’t know.
Have you seen me here before?
You come alone.
It is not good.
So why haven’t you
said anything?
They wouldn’t like it.
They said dead, dread, red
if they can, and they--
They prefer it
when distance satisfies.
Iris, I’m so sorry
that I wasn’t there for you
when you needed me,
when you tried
to call me that night.
I’m so sorry.
What night?
You know I’d do anything
to protect you...
From anyone, even them.
You can’t, and it’s okay.
♪ ♪
I chew gum sometimes.
Iris, will you take
a ride with me?
Just for a little while.
Uh, no, I would, but I can’t.
I can’t, um--
Iris, trust.
But that junkie stole your van.
What?
MICHELLE: You know, you got me
arrested, like, 15 times.
What?
How did I get you arrested?
Dustin filed
a restraining order
to avoid talking
to me about you.
Dustin, what a jerk.
I was a little bit pushy
with him sometimes, but--
Yeah, that I believe.
(laughter)
You know, I have to say,
I’m mad at Carlos
for not keeping you
out of trouble.
Who do you think
kept arresting me?
Oh no, he did not.
Oh, yes he did.
I’m gonna have words with him.
(laughter)
(soft dramatic music)
♪ ♪
Look at you,
my beautiful baby girl.
Hi, Mom.
I have been praying
for this moment
every day
for the past three years.
Oh, honey.
I love you so much.
I love you too.
Your sister tells me you’ve
been living under a bridge.
Um, in a tent.
THERESA: You did it.
You found her
just like you said you would
Mm, incorrect.
I found her, actually.
That’s true.
(laughter)
Well, however it happened,
it happened.
It’s a miracle,
and you look so good.
MICHELLE: The doctor
gave her some medicine
to calm her nerves.
They’d like to keep her
overnight for observation.
Well, okay,
but tomorrow morning,
you’re coming home with us.
We’re gonna put some meat
on those bones.
What--wait, wait, what?
Don’t worry, I can cook now--
no more frozen pot pies.
A lot has changed
since you’ve been gone, girl.
I can rue.
I can stew.
I can cook up a storm.
She’s been taking classes.
No.
No, I’m not going
anywhere with you.
I have a home.
Well, you don’t think
we’re gonna let you continue
to live under some overpass,
do you?
It’s not safe for you there,
my love.
Maybe not for you,
but that’s where they want me.
THERESA: They?
Who’s they?
The ones.
The ones.
I know--I know
you wouldn’t understand,
but if I don’t listen to them,
it’s very bad.
-Iris, there is no "they."
-IRIS: No.
You need help, honey.
Tomorrow
you’re coming with us...
-MICHELLE: Mom...
-End of discussion.
Go easy, okay?
You--you lied to me.
You said--you said
that we were
just going away
for a little while!
You lied!
You lied, lied, lied!
Iris, I did not lie.
-Don’t touch me!
-I’m sorry.
Where are you going?
I have to go home!
Call--we should call security.
MICHELLE: We can’t
make her stay
if she doesn’t
want to, Mom.
I know where she’s going.
(eerie music)
♪ ♪
Iris Lynn Blake,
stop right there!
(tender music)
♪ ♪
If you’re gonna go back,
at least take this.
And some money.
♪ ♪
Please take care of yourself.
♪ ♪
Yes, it’s probably related
to the solar storm, ma’am.
I need you to stay back
and tell me where you are.
CALLER:
We’re on the east side of--
(signal crackles)
(woman speaking Chinese)
Hello, who am I speaking with?
(woman speaking Chinese)
Hey, I think
I got Beijing this time.
(signal crackles)
TOM: Please, can you read me?
Is anyone there?
Hello?
Hey, sir, I’m here.
Houston, thank God,
thought I’d lost you.
Oh, sir this isn’t Houston.
It’s Austin.
TOM: Austin, Texas?
Yes, sir, Austin 9-1-1
emergency services.
TOM: (chuckles)
Perfect.
We’ve been having
some kind of solar event
that’s been scrambling
all our lines.
TOM: No kidding.
(coughs)
You think it’s bad there?
You should see it
from up here.
Sir, who am I speaking with?
TOM: Tom, Tom Scanlon.
Okay, Tom,
where you calling from?
TOM: The International
Space Station.
(soft dramatic music)
♪ ♪
You’re calling
from outer space?
TOM: Wish I were--
low Earth orbit...
Which is pretty much
the problem.
We were in the path
of the solar flares
when the storm hit.
I was reporting
to mission control
when I got transferred
to you.
Well, let me see
if I can get you reconnected.
(harsh beep)
No, I’m sorry.
I can’t.
If you give me a few minutes,
maybe I can try again.
I’m not sure
I have a few minutes.
What’d you say
your name was, Austin?
GRACE: My name is Grace.
Tom, you wanna tell me
what’s going on up there?
Is there anything
I can help you with?
Not unless you can cure
acute radiation syndrome
from 300 miles away.
♪ ♪
GRACE: Radiation--sir,
I’m so sorry.
Don’t worry,
everybody down there’s
got the atmosphere
to protect them.
GRACE: Well, Tom, I can’t get
through to Houston,
but maybe you can
if you wanna hang up--
No, please don’t hang up.
Okay.
Grace...
there is one thing
you can do for me, actually.
GRACE: You name it.
(phone ringing)
MELISSA: Scanlon residence.
-Hi, Melissa Scanlon?
-MELISSA: Yes.
Hi, my name is Grace Ryder.
I’m in Austin, Texas.
Mrs. Scanlon, I have
your husband on the line.
MELISSA: That’s impossible.
My husband’s in--
TOM: Melissa.
MELISSA: Tom?
Melissa, I don’t have
a lot of time,
so I need you
to listen, okay?
Now, remember,
all the insurance
and bank information’s
on the computer.
MELISSA: In the folder named
"boring crap," I know.
What’s going on?
Why are you--
(Soko’s "We Might Be Dead
by Tomorrow")
Oh, Tom.
Yeah.
EVIE: Is that Daddy?
MELISSA: Yep,
come say hi, honey.
EVIE: Hi, Daddy!
Hi, Evie.
EVIE: I miss you!
I miss you too, baby.
EVIE: When are you
coming home?
♪ ♪
I’d give anything
on Earth to be down there
with you right now.
You know that, right?
EVIE: (chuckles)
But you’re not even on Earth.
(laughs)
You’re so funny.
Evie, can you
make me a promise?
Promise you’ll do
whatever Mommy says.
Always give her a hand
when she needs help.
EVIE: I promise.
TOM: Good.
I want you to know
I love you both so much--
-more than anything.
-EVIE: Mommy’s crying.
MELISSA: I’m not.
I’m not crying.
SINGER:
♪ Without saying good-bye ♪
TOM: Look out the window
and wave up at the sky.
EVIE: (giggles)
Why?
We can’t see you.
But I can see you,
and I want you to know
I’ll always be up here...
looking over you, okay?
EVIE: Yes, Daddy.
I’m waving!
♪ ♪
I’m waving back.
EVIE: (laughs)
You’re silly.
Daddy, are you there?
Daddy?
Daddy?
♪ ’Cause soon enough
we’ll die ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ’Cause soon enough
we’ll die ♪
♪ ♪
(soft dramatic music)
♪ ♪
(truck engine roars)
MATEO: Aquaman,
back on dry land?
What are you doing here?
How’d it go at the hospital?
Nothing crazy--they just added
a couple extra stitches.
I’m good.
Why do you look like you’re
about to jump off of a cliff?
TK: Hey, guys?
Uh, I wanted to talk to you
about something,
and, um, if you could,
bear with me
’cause it’s kind of a lot.
PAUL: Mm.
♪ ♪
-I’m an addict--
-TK.
No, Dad, I need to do this.
Please?
It’s opioids,
and a few months back,
in New York, I had a relapse--
pretty bad one.
I OD’d and my dad--
well, my captain--he found me
unconscious.
My heart had stopped, and,
well, he did what he does best,
and he saved my life,
and the only reason
I came down here
was ’cause he forced me to.
You know?
What I’m trying to say is,
I never really chose this
for myself.
Any of it.
Not even
becoming a firefighter.
And, uh...
-Well...
-Hey, hey.
Whatever you gotta say
right here, say it,
-TK: All right.
-Yeah?
He’s right, man.
We got you, fam.
Yeah, well, that’s the point
’cause today
at that intersection
when that woman was dying,
I would have given her
everything I had to save her,
and I did give her
everything I had,
but it wasn’t enough...
Until you showed up.
All you guys.
TK: And I knew in that instant
that not only
was she gonna be okay
but I was gonna be okay too
because this is what I wanna do
for the rest of my life.
And, at least for now,
this is where I wanna do it--
With you guys, so...
I choose this family...
Because this is--
this is where I belong.
(tender music)
So, um...
No, that’s...
(chuckles)
That’s all I got.
Aw, hey, well, group hug.
I don’t think that’s ne--
ooh, ooh, Mateo,
stitches, dude.
Ow.
Ooh, someone’s ripe.
JUDD: That’s me.
TK: I’m guessing that’s Judd.
Yeah, well,
that’s what you get
for showing up at the end
of a shift, man.
-Proud of you.
-Hey, thanks, man.
All right, everybody,
hit the showers.
Proud of every one of you.
Don’t you mean
"every one of y’all"?
OWEN: Yeah, that too.
Hey, are you sure about this?
It’s been a traumatic day,
an emotional time,
you do not have to make
this decision right now.
Dad, I’ve never been more sure
about anything
in my entire life.
All right, I got some paperwork
I’m gonna finish up,
then I thought maybe--
How many life decisions
did you make today?
One step at a time, Dad.
I’ll see you at home.
♪ ♪
(TK sighs)
♪ ♪
OWEN: Hey.
Your texts just came through--
all of ’em.
-Yeah, it’s a crazy day.
-Yeah.
You were out
in the middle of it.
-Sort of.
-Whoa.
What happened to you?
I found my sister.
She’s alive.
That’s amazing!
And then I lost her again.
And I came here.
I don’t really know why.
I know my shift’s over, but--
(sighs)
OWEN: Well, tell me.
What’s going on?
♪ ♪
She’s been living on the street
this whole time.
She’s sick--
has untreated
schizophrenia.
We realize now that she was
showing signs of it
the whole time
before she disappeared, but--
I’m so sorry.
She’s been living
in this homeless camp
where I volunteer
twice a week.
For years I have been searching
heaven and Earth for her,
and the whole time she was just
right there in front of me.
I mean, how many times did
I just walk right past her?
Well, you’d never walk past
somebody who needs help,
so she probably
didn’t wanna be found.
Maybe.
My mom and I tried
to get her to come with us,
but she refused.
So what now?
Oh, I have no idea.
I could try
and get her committed,
but she’s been out
there for three years.
It’s hard to argue she can’t
take care of herself.
Yeah, that’d be difficult.
Well, I’ve recently learned
that you can’t make anyone
do anything even if it’s
for their own good.
Particularly if it’s
for their own good.
So what do you think
I should do?
Keep the door open.
Keep the light on.
Keep trying.
Love her the best way you can.
♪ ♪
TK’s lucky
to have you as a dad.
Iris is lucky to have you
as a sister.
(chuckles)
(laughter)
Judd could not get out of here
fast enough, could he?
It’s ’cause he’s got someone
to go home to.
Yeah, true that.
I don’t know about y’all,
but something about
facing down Armageddon
has given me
a ferocious appetite.
-You guys hungry?
-I could eat.
You could always eat.
Wow.
It’s incredible.
What is that?
That might be
the most beautiful thing
that we will ever see.
(Lord Huron’s
"The Night We Met")
♪ ♪
MATEO: Wow.
MARJAN: Let’s go eat.
-JUDD: Hey, girl.
-Hey.
That’s amazing, isn’t it?
Out of chaos comes such beauty.
JUDD: Mm.
I spoke to somebody
up there today.
Yeah, I think we all did.
Literally, he was, um--
he was an astronaut.
Oh, he was an astronaut?
SINGER: ♪ I am not
the only traveler ♪
JUDD: Are you for real?
Yeah.
So what did he want?
He wanted to say bye
to his family.
To his wife and his daughter.
And that was a tough one.
Mm.
Can you imagine being that far
from the people you love?
But y’all bring ’em together.
♪ ♪
♪ And then I can tell myself ♪
♪ ♪
♪ What the hell
I’m supposed to do ♪
What are you thinking?
I’m thinking...we make
a pretty good team.
♪ And then I can tell myself ♪
♪ ♪
We really do, don’t we?
Afraid so.
♪ I had all
and then most of you ♪
♪ Some and now none of you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Take me back
to the night we met ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don’t know
what I’m supposed to do ♪
♪ Haunted by
the ghost of you ♪
Thought you could use
some supplies.
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, take me back
to the night we met ♪
♪ ♪
Thanks.
You’re welcome.
♪ ♪
♪ And your eyes
were filled with tears ♪
Well,
I’ll see you soon, okay?
♪ When you
had not touched me yet ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, take me back ♪
Goodnight.
♪ To the night we met ♪
(whispers)
Michelle.
♪ ♪
♪ I had all and then most
of you ♪
It’s a nice night
for a picnic, huh?
♪ ♪
♪ Take me back
to the night we met ♪
Yeah, it is.
♪ I don’t know
what I’m supposed to do ♪
♪ Haunted
by the ghost of you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Take me back
to the night we met ♪
(whistles and clicks)
♪ I don’t know
what I’m supposed to do ♪
Go for a walk?
♪ ♪
♪ Take me back
to the night we met ♪
♪ ♪
Oh, boy, you seeing this?
Huh?
♪ ♪
And I thought the lights
in Manhattan were beautiful.
♪ ♪