Third Watch (1999–2005): Season 2, Episode 18 - Honor - full transcript

NARRATOR:
Previously on Third Watch:

LOMBARDO: Everybody knows Linda?
JIMMY: You coming to Walsh's for the--?

What's wrong with you?

What's wrong with me?
Why don't you tell everybody what you did?

You stay away from me, Jimmy.

- Linda's pregnant.
- I can't believe this is happening.

Jimmy, it's not yours.

The baby's mine.

When she told me
I was gonna be a father...

...first thing I wanted to do:
tell my best friend.

JIMMY:
In the movie Jerry Maguire...



...Tom Cruise woke up in a cold sweat
and decided to make a mission statement.

He felt that his life was out of control.

And in order to get it back on track,
he needed a plan.

Think that's what I need too:
a mission statement.

A plan.

And my plan includes
doing everything I can...

...to make up for the way
I've hurt the people I love the most.

Hey. Sorry I'm late.

- Did I keep you waiting long?
- Yeah, a bit.

Good.

- You look good.
WAITRESS: Can I get you some coffee?

- Oh, no, thanks. I'm not staying.
- Okay.

What do you want, Jimmy?

- I thought we should talk.
- About what?



- I love you.
- Oh. Don't even say it.

- But I do.
- Just shut up, Jimmy.

God.

[CRYING]

Damn it.

Brooke.

Hey, I want us to--

- I want us to be together.
- No.

- Look, I made a mistake. I know that.
- Look, I, um....

- I called a lawyer.
- No.

- No. Hey, listen to me, I'm sorry.
- He said that...

...because we weren't together
for very long...

- ...it should be no big deal.
- I promise you, Brooke.

- I promise you.
- I don't want anything from you.

Okay? I don't expect anything.
No alimony or anyth-- Just....

The apartment was mine
before we got together.

- So I wanna keep it.
- This won't happen again.

Okay?

I'm gonna, um....

I'm gonna have him send you the papers.

It's just, uh....

Just sign them, Jimmy.
Please, just sign them.

LOMBARDO:
Go out. Yeah, go out.

It's on the money.
The gun is working today.

- Yeah, but the game's tomorrow.
- Ah, don't worry about me.

- Hey, guys. Doc says dinner's almost up.
LOMBARDO: Few minutes, Ma.

Oh, great.

Look who came up out of the sewer.

- Hey, ladies.
- You lost, Knowlins?

I know the streets get very confusing
With all the big numbers and stuff.

- We're on our way back from fighting a fire.
- Get away from our house.

We're trying to be nice.
We brought some things for after the game:

Some Ben-Gay
for those broken, old bodies...

...little box of tissue for the tears,
and a telescope...

...so you can see us down the field
as we get further and further away.

Whoa, you can't give us your telescope.

How are you gonna find your johnson
When you're taking a leak?

How do you think
I learned to wrestle a hose?

Thought you learned how to wrestle
trying to keep your wife home.

WALSH: we'll see you tomorrow.
- Yes, you will.

Beat it.

I hate that jerk.

- Can't wait to get a shot at that guy.
- Yeah, me first.

- Ooh, Alex.
- You think, after that...

- ...I'm not gonna play?
- Can you rush the quarterback?

- No problem.
- You do know what that means?

You want me to knock you on your ass
right now and show you?

- Whoo. Keep that chip on your shoulder.
- Would you marry me?

D.K.: we can get kind of rough out there.
ALEX: Yeah, yeah. I have four brothers.

D.K.:
Oh, yeah?

LINDA:
Hey.

Joe's inside.

I wanna talk to you first.

ALEX:
Jimmy.

Come on, let's go.

- Dinner's ready.
- Yeah. I'll be up in a sec.

- Why?
- I had an ultrasound.

I'm actually four months pregnant.

That makes conception right around
the time of your engagement party.

Look, I love Joe.

He's a great guy.
But just in case he bails on me...

...because this kid winds up
With black hair and dimples...

...I want you to know.

I am not gonna be stuck raising it alone.

We do a fake end-around with--

- Jimmy's here. D.K.'s here.
- So I'm a ziti noodle?

Well, at least you're not
a piece of garlic bread.

This is not you. This is garlic bread.

- Right. where am I?
D.K.: You're nowhere.

What, Taylor's playing, and I'm not?

It's fire against fire.
I don't get to play either.

Oh, come on, guys. I--
You know, I can play.

We could use some cheerleaders.

[CHUCKLING]

All right, I drop back,
Jimmy comes off the line...

...I flip it back to him,
I run out to the flank, bingo.

Come on.
That razzle-dazzle crap never works.

- That's why we lost the last four games.
- You got something better?

Yeah. why don't we overload to one side
and send Jimmy on a fly?

Oh, my future wife speaks.

Honey, take the noodle
and show the chumps how to play.

LOMBARDO:
Jimmy.

- We're working on a game plan.
- Yeah, I'm gonna grab a shower first.

You guys work out
What we're gonna wear tomorrow...

...and when I get back,
We'll plan some strategy.

- Done with your strategy session?
- Oh....

Look, it's really none of my business...

...but you might wanna rethink
being alone with Linda.

You're right.

It's none of your business.

Jimmy.

You're gonna need a towel
if you're gonna take a shower with me.

Why do I even bother?

All right. You wanna know?

Linda came to tell me
that the baby might be mine.

She just wanted to give me a heads-up.

- What are you gonna do?
- I'm sure as hell not gonna tell him.

You don't think she will?

She says she loves him. I don't think
she's gonna try to mess that up.

- You better tell him first.
- No.

I almost lost my best friend.
I am not taking that chance again.

[ALARM SOUNDS]

So much for a shower.

Wow.

I gotta tell you, man, firetrucks are cool.

- You should try washing one sometime.
- Okay.

- Must be cool being a fireman.
- It has its moments.

I hear there's a guy at this station
they say is one of the best in the city.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

His name's Jimmy something.

- Doherty.
- Yeah.

- Jimmy Doherty.
- Yeah, that's it.

Is he around? I'd like to meet him.

You just did.

- What's this?
- Divorce papers.

You're served.

It is a really cool truck.

LOMBARDO:
How long you been down here?

Oh....

You scared the hell out of me.

You been up long?

Yeah, a while.

Can I ask you a question?

It's important.

Yeah.

- Do I snore?
- What?

Ever since I moved in, Linda's been saying
I snore, but I think it's a load of crap.

- D.K. just kicked me. Said I woke him up.
- Ha.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, you snore.
- Come on.

- Do I really?
- Like a foghorn.

What are you talking about?
Ask anyone in the squad.

- The whole squad knows?
- I'm sure the whole neighborhood knows.

Oh, man. Now I'm gonna have
to tell her she was right.

Again.

I guess I should just get used to it, right?

Did I tell you, um,
I'm building a firetruck bed?

Yeah, the front of the bed
is gonna be the engine...

...and the body of the truck, the bed.

Don't let the guys know
you two are sleeping in a firetruck bed.

It's for the baby.

Something on your mind?

Yeah.

How's that arm?

You just worry about
getting your tired ass open.

That ball's gonna be there.

I'm gonna hit the rack again.

- Daddy.
JIMMY: Hey, champ.

KIM: Hey.
- What's going on?

He got tired of sitting at home.
He asked to come and watch.

Is that okay?
I mean, is, uh, Brooke gonna be here?

- Doubt it.
- Can I go play, Mom?

Yeah. Just stay close.

- Turn around. Oh, good catch.
- Nice.

Everything all right?

- Fine.
LOMBARDO: Yo, come on, Jimmy. Let's go.

Let's go.

- Well, gotta get out there.
- Okay.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[CHEERING]

- Almost had you there, pretty boy.
- Not even close.

KNOWLINS: All right, ready? Break.
- Let's go.

What do we have,
the cheerleader's playing football?

- It's okay. She's playing with the girls.
- Just snap the damn ball.

MAN:
Red three. Red three. Hut, hut.

Go, girl.

She thinks she's one of the boys.

I hear she is, you know?

MAN:
Blue two. Blue two. Hut, hut.

Yeah!

What was that?

Not bad.

- Oh, way to go, baby.
- Only the beginning.

It's all right. Come on.

WOMAN:
Go, baby.

Now, that's a return, pretty boy.

MAN:
You go. Let's go.

LOMBARDO:
Hey, hey.

Hut, hut.

[GROANING AND YELLING]

Hey.

- That's what I'm talking about.
- Are we hitting now?

- Hey, I was just going for the ball.
- Going for the ball, my ass.

- Someone needs to teach you manners.
- I'm standing here.

All right, knock it off. Knock it off.

- All right, Knowlins. This flag crap's over.
- It's about time.

No more flags, fellas.

They're gonna kill each other.

I'd say you're about half right.

MAN:
Hut, hut.

- All right, huddle up. You okay?
- Yeah.

- All right. How much time's left?
- We end at 2:30 regardless of the score.

- It's gotta be the last play.
- You wanna sit on it and go for the tie?

Don't tell me
I got my ass kicked for a tie.

All right. In honor of Alex,
let's just go for the win.

Alex, you go in motion.

I'll flip it to you.
Paddy, everybody, go long.

- Ready? Let's go.
- Break.

Break.

MAN 1: Let's go.
MAN 2: Let's go.

LOMBARDO:
Forty-two.

Hut, hut.

ALEX:
You all right?

Can we discuss this next Tuesday
When I can breathe again?

Come on.

Is there any aspirin left?

I would never let a guy
point his finger in my face like that.

CARLOS: Somebody better get that girl
boxing gloves.

Why is everything in here
an extension of the first grade?

JIMMY: What's going on?
- Lombardo's getting chewed out.

At least it's got nothing to do
With you this time, huh?

LINDA:
Calm down.

Calm down.

WALSH: Yeah, well....
CARLOS: Yeah.

Yeah, I was gonna....

If I knew you were all interested
in my domestic squabbles...

...I'd have tried to sell tickets.

[ALARM SOUNDS]

MAN [OVER SPEAKER]: Squad 55,
there is a report of smoke coming...

...from a warehouse
corner of 186th Street and Wadsworth.

See you.

JIMMY: You're all right, right?
LOMBARDO: Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

Arguing with Linda about the kid.
She bought this book.

She wants to name him something unique,
like Hunter or Oliver.

Oliver? That's a cool name.
You could call him Ollie for short.

Get out of here.
That's no firefighter's name.

Hey, Ollie, go get the 6-foot hook.

- I already decided. It's gonna be Joe.
- That's creative.

My grandpa's Joe. My father's Joe.
I'm Joe. My kid's gonna be Joe.

So "Joe," that's a firefighter's name?

Yeah. Don't make fun.
You're ragging on Jimmy's kid too.

- What?
- Yeah. "Joey."

- You named your kid Joe too.
- So, what if it's a girl?

Aha. Another Lombardo tradition.

- First kid's always a boy.
- And if it isn't?

Then I hope she can play football
like Taylor here.

[CHUCKLING]

LOMBARDO:
I don't even see any smoke.

- They didn't need to call a second engine in.
- Probably a rubbish fire.

- Let's check it out.
- At least we beat them here, huh?

You sure you don't wanna wait
and let us make sure it's safe?

JIMMY:
We'll take care of it.

Have your guys hook up to the hydrant.
We'll make a search.

- All right.
JOHNSON: Yo, over here.

Taylor, Doherty, D.K.,
take the other end...

...continue to the third floor and up.
We'll finish this end and the second.

I don't think anybody's been in here
in a long, long time.

JOHNSON:
Let's do a clean sweep.

Cam 55 to Squad 55,
We've got nothing yet.

We're gonna miss the Knicks game
for a bogus call.

JIMMY: You know, my uncle used to work
on one of these piers.

I can't remember which factory,
but on the 4th of July...

...We'd all get on the roof
and watch the fireworks.

ALEX: I was always stuck eating bad waldorf
salad at my crazy aunt's in New Jersey.

JIMMY:
You guys smell smoke?

D.K.:
I smell a little something.

ALEX:
There we go.

D.K.:
I'll check this side.

Cam 55, Squad 55, we need a line
on the third-floor rear. We got--

[STATIC CRACKLES OVER RADIO]

--a line on the third-floor rear.
We got fire. Repeat, we got fire.

Squad 55, where's that line?

[STATIC CRACKLING OVER RADIO]

Where the hell's the line?

ALEX:
Jimmy, let's put our masks on.

LIEUTENANT: There's nothing
happening here. Pull in over there.

ALEX:
Jimmy, your leg.

JIMMY: where the hell's my line?
WOMAN: Somebody help us, please.

D.K.:
We got people inside.

JIMMY: Cam 55 to Squad 55,
We got people inside the--

Man, did you see that three-pointer?

[STATIC CRACKLING OVER RADIO]

- Whose radio is that?
- Stupid taxis.

They need to find their own line.

JIMMY:
Repeat, we have people in the building.

WOMAN: Help!
JIMMY: we need some help up here.

JIMMY: Fire department. where are you?
WOMAN: Over here! Help!

JIMMY: what happened here?
WOMAN: My husband was lighting the stove.

It blew up and knocked him unconscious.

D.K.: why didn't you people get out of here?
WOMAN: The fire came up too fast.

Where's Danny? Where's my son?

D.K.: You got a boy?
WOMAN: My boy. where is he?

D.K.: You guys see another kid?
JIMMY: No.

ALEX:
Get the rest of them out of here.

- We'll find him.
D.K.: How old is he?

WOMAN: He's 9. Please.
D.K.: Stay calm, all right? Stay calm.

WOMAN: Please find my boy.
ALEX: You got him?

WOMAN: Danny?
JIMMY: I got him.

WOMAN: Danny?
ALEX: Danny?

Danny?

- You coming?
- No, man. I'm tired. I hung out all night.

I'll be out there if it's something big.

- Hey, Doc.
- What's up, guys?

Nothing.

JIMMY:
I need EMS!

- Kerosene stove blew up.
- Carlos!

Where's the damn line?
We got fire on the third floor.

There's still another kid in there.
I called three times for a hose line.

Never heard your message.
Get another radio.

Taylor's still inside looking for the boy.

Squad 55 to Battalion, make this a 1075.
I need another engine and ladder.

Hey, Lou, start venting.

CARLOS:
I need some burn dressing.

ALEX:
Danny?

Danny?

Danny?

CARLOS:
Keep the mask on, buddy.

- Transport him.
WOMAN: what about Danny?

He's okay.
They're gonna get your kid out.

ALEX:
Danny? Danny?

- Danny?
- I'm here.

[DANNY COUGHING]

Just breathe. Breathe. Okay.

You're okay.

Taylor to Squad. I found the boy,
but I'm not sure where I am.

Hold tight, Taylor.
We're coming back in to get you.

You're gonna be okay.
Come here. You're okay.

JIMMY: We've got squatters in there.
There's about three or four.

Lombardo, get Taylor and the kid.
Doherty, get a 2-and-a-half line.

Go up to the third floor.
Take 86's if you have to.

D.K. and Walsh, get our hose.
Go up to the third.

- Let's knock this fire down.
- The smoke in there is not right.

- It's feeding off something.
- I'll check it out. Let's go, Lombardo.

Hey, what the hell are you doing?
You got my line. I've got nozzle.

Look, Taylor's in there.
I know where the fire is. Just back me up.

Got it.

ALEX: We're gonna be okay.
We're gonna be okay.

Just breathe, breathe. That's good.
See? Just keep being brave.

Mom's outside waiting for you.

LOMBARDO:
Taylor?

- Taylor?
- Over here!

Over here!

LOMBARDO: Taylor?
ALEX: Lombardo, I'm over here!

LOMBARDO: Taylor, keep banging.
ALEX: Lombardo!

LOMBARDO:
She's over there.

[GRUNTS]

LOMBARDO: You okay?
- You all right, boss?

JOHNSON: Damn it. Yeah, yeah.
LOMBARDO: You sure? You need a hand?

JOHNSON: No, I'm fine.
Let's get the hell out of here. Come on.

Come on.

Danny!

- He's okay.
- Lady, are there any more people inside?

- I don't know. I don't think so.
- I got him. I got him.

- How's your leg?
- We gotta continue searching.

- There may be more people.
LIEUTENANT: What's going on?

It's burning real hot and way too fast.
D.K., Walsh, you hear me?

- You all right?
- D.K., Walsh, you hear me?

D.K.: It's breaking down.
You can't see a damn thing.

D.K., Walsh, how are you guys doing?

Levine and Rush,
check that rear stairwell for D.K. and Walsh.

JOHNSON: D.K.
RUSH: We're on it. Right away.

You gotta get somebody
to check out that leg.

JOHNSON: Get back in there, Taylor.
ALEX: You might have a break there.

JOHNSON:
Get back inside.

Nice and easy.

Good breath sounds.

JIMMY:
Over there in the corner.

Left. Left. To the left.

- Knowlins, we're gonna need another line.
KNOWLINS: No, Doherty. We got this.

Doherty, up on that ledge.
Put some up on that ledge.

Watch the support beam.
It's about ready to go.

JOHNSON:
Check the water side, all right?

LIEUTENANT: Roof is open.
- Stand by, guys. You got roof ventilation.

Chief, command post is over there.
We made that Exposure 1.

- Fire was nothing, now it's an inferno.
- Accelerant?

Looks like it.

KNOWLINS: Line's getting tight.
JIMMY: We're running out of line.

- No. I need more pressure.
KNOWLINS: we lost our hose. It won't turn.

JIMMY: Something's wrong with this fire.
It's burning Way too fast.

We need more pressure. Urgent!
We lost our hose. The fire got behind us.

We have a backup line
headed to your position.

Where's Levine and Rush?
86 sent them to get you.

We could've passed by them.
You can't see nothing.

We need another rescue team.

Squad 55 to Battalion.
We need another rescue team.

JIMMY: Engine, we're backing out.
We're backing out of here.

The fire's too hot.

[THUDS]

Lombardo, where are you going?

We got guys in there.
Doherty's in there. I'm going in.

[KNOWLINS SCREAMING]

JIMMY:
Knowlins?

KNOWLINS: Doherty! Come on!
JIMMY: Knowlins, where are you?

KNOWLINS:
My leg! Help me!

JIMMY:
Knowlins?

I got you. I got you.

You ready?

KNOWLINS:
I can't move my legs. They're burned.

JIMMY:
Come on.

I got you.

[KNOWLINS GROANS]

KNOWLINS: Just get me out of here.
JIMMY: I'm gonna get you out.

MAN [ON TV]: This is Captain Don
in Skycopter 3 with a breaking story.

The New York Fire Department
is battling a tremendous blaze...

...in a long-abandoned factory
on the East River.

The building has become an inferno,
burning out of control.

Battalion commanders on-scene have just
radioed for a fourth and fifth alarm.

According to F.D.N. Y. sources...

...a family of squatters
was found trapped in the blaze...

...by the initial fire teams on the scene...

...and the father of that family
has been pronounced dead....

CHIEF: why don't you get somebody
to look at that leg, lieutenant?

I haven't seen anything this bad
since the Saint George Hotel.

Lieutenant 60 said the building
could have old cork insulation.

- That's why that smoke's so thick.
- Yeah, we got 32 firefighters in there.

Anybody comes out of a window, a door,
or a ladder, I want them accounted for.

You got it.

Hey, Search.

LOMBARDO:
Jimmy?

Jimmy?

DOC:
Get some saline.

Here we go. Here we go. Hold on.

[DEVICE BEEPING RAPIDLY]

Jimmy?

JIMMY:
We're almost there.

[COUGHING]

Hold on, man. Hold on, man.
We're gonna get you out.

Hold on, Knowlins.

[GRUNTS]

JIMMY: Help! Help! Get the ladder!
- That's Doherty.

JIMMY:
Come on. Come on.

Bring it up.

Hurry up. Come on. Hurry up.

- You got him?
MAN: I got him.

Turn him around.

JIMMY: A beam fell across him.
He couldn't move his legs.

MAN: He's not breathing.
DOC: He's not breathing.

Alex, give me a hand over here.

CARLOS: All right, all right.
Let's get him to the bus.

LOMBARDO:
Jimmy?

Jimmy?

Jimmy?

[SCREAMS]

LIEUTENANT:
Hey, chief.

Chief.

It's impossible.
We couldn't get up the stairs.

They're gone. Floors are dropping.
There's fire throughout the building.

The whole damn thing's coming down.

That's it. We're backing out.

DOC:
Come on, Knowlins. Come on.

Damn it. Let's move him.

Carlos, I'm gonna help them
load Knowlins into that rig.

- You stay with Jimmy.
- Okay.

- Deep breaths.
ALEX: We're going to get Lombardo.

- What? Joe's in there?
ALEX: He went in after you.

CARLOS:
Wait, Jimmy, you need more oxygen.

ALEX:
He was with three guys.

- They came out.
JIMMY: what floor is he on?

ALEX: I don't know.
JOHNSON: Hold up.

Hold up, guys.

- No one else goes back inside.
- What?

- Like hell.
- That's an order.

The whole building's falling in on itself.
I can't risk losing any more men.

- Joe's in there.
- I know. I'm sorry.

CHIEF:
Battalion 24 to all units. Urgent. Back out.

We are commencing an exterior operation.

All right. Start the horns.
Give me a roll call of all the personnel.

What are you doing?
We don't give up. We can't.

- Jimmy.
- We're going in.

- No. No.
- It's over.

It's done.

MAN:
Help!

Guys, help me!

Come back! Please!

MAN:
It's Lombardo!

ALEX:
Get a stretcher!

Partial-thickness burns to chest
and extremities times four.

JIMMY: Hang on, Joe.
DOC: Maybe 30 percent.

Full-thickness burns to left arm,
about 8 percent.

Oxygenation improved with 15 liters
via nonrebreather.

Singed nasal hairs. Two liters saline in.

BP, 100 over 50. Pulse, 120. Breath, 24.

Fractured left humerus, right tib-fib.

- Everybody ready?
- Yeah.

One, two, three.

NURSE: Let's get the burn dressing.
MICHAELS: All right, everybody, get back.

- Get back.
NURSE: More saline.

We got him out soon enough.
He's gonna make it, right?

I gotta get back to the fire.

- Knowlins?
- I don't know.

How's he doing?

Mask got cut.

Couldn't get any air.
Took a lot of smoke.

- He's tough.
- Yeah.

How are the other guys?

Knowlins didn't make it.

Died in the ambulance.
They couldn't get him back.

Brass are telling his wife right now.

Mrs. Knowlins,
We're very sorry for your loss.

Thank you for getting my husband out.

I'm sorry.

[SOBBING]

Hey, doc,
he's gonna be all right, isn't he?

The burns and the fractures
aren't life-threatening.

It's the smoke inhalation
I'm Worried about.

He's asking for Linda.
He said you'd have the number.

It's a bit premature,
but he wants the chaplain as well.

Hey.

Thanks for coming after me.

That's what we do.

Yeah.

Listen, Joe.

Come on, you're gonna be okay.
There's no need for a priest, all right?

I want the baby to have my name.

My benefits.

- What?
- I'm gonna marry Linda.

Joe.

- You don't have to--
- Don't say it, Jimmy.

- The baby, Joe--
- Shut up.

I wanna marry her.

It's all I got.

CHAPLAIN:
"I take you with all your...."

JIMMY: Life's not about hanging on
to someone because you care about them.

Excuse me, you got a pen?

Sometimes if you care about someone,
you have to let them go.

Thanks.

Three firefighters died that night.

Some of them I knew,
some of them I had never met.

Some went back into an inferno
to try and find me, and never came out.

They didn't ask if I was a good guy
before going in.

I think my mission statement starts
with living every day...

...of the rest of my life
like I deserve what those men did for me.