Stretch this out too long and eventually people will just become annoyed.

All I’m saying is: Give us something,9-1-1!

If you take the timing out of this episode, it offers yet another illuminating backstory.

He’s going to be so pissed when he finds out Snuggies are a thing.

He wants a calling bigger than running karaoke at a dive bar.

Just when he’s at his lowest, a calling finds its way to him.

Ladies: Don’t stand right in front of flaming shots, okay?

Thankfully, Chim doesn’t panic.

He saves the woman, he gets everyone out of there, he is a hero.

And just like that, he immediately goes and signs up to join the LAFD.

The man has been called.

Chim’s best friend felt the same calling.

It is right here that I went: Oh, so Kevin’s going to die.

Sorry, Mrs. Lee.

Also similar to Hen’s experience, 118 is less-than-welcoming when Chim first shows up.

He’s relegated to clean-up duty and is never allowed out on calls.

At least he uses the downtime to bone up on his training.

He’s very proactive that way!

Still, no one cares.

He’s practically invisible.

Sure, he spends the shift getting barfed and bled on, but it could be worse!

I can’t think of how right now, but believe me, it could be.

Eli tries to explain to Chim that he shouldn’t take things personally in the station.

Firefighters aren’t looking to make new friends unless they’ve proven they can trust them.

What a way to live your life!

Eli is very wise and now I’m worried about what happened to him.

Where are you, Eli?!

Chim is dealing with more than feeling degraded at workhe’s been feeling degraded most of his life.

His father married a younger woman, had a kid with her, and basically forgot about Howie.

Thank the lord for Mrs. Lee and her what look to be excellent hugs.

And then it arrives.

The huge apartment fire that’s so big, the captain can’t bench Chimney any longer.

It’s also the one he probably would’ve wanted to sit out because guess who else is there?

In this instance, I’m very sorry to be right.

Of course, after he does this, Kevin falls through into the fire below.

Even though I knew it was coming, Kevin’s death is pretty awful to watch.

You guys, he walks out, shakes his head, AND THEN LEAVES.

Was he even a doctor?

We’ll never know.

He is gone, like the wind.

After Kevin gets a hero’s funeral, Howie returns to work right away, surprising everyone.

He’s definitely not handling his best friend’s death well.

He saves that guy’s life even though Tommy had been a true dick to him earlier.

That’s just the kind of guy Chim is.

Eli the Paramedic still has one more lesson for Chimney to learn.

Even after that huge save, Eli can see Chimney is hurting.

He reminds him that yes, Kevin died, but Tommy lived because Chimney was there.

In this job, you oughta “hand it off.”

If you carry around too much guilt, you won’t be able to help anyone.

Eli is basically a paramedic Oprah.

Just spouting off truths, trying to make us all better people.

Mrs. Lee also helps ease the turmoil Chim is feeling.

Mrs. Lee swings by Chimney’s new place to apologize.

Kevin was the happiest she had ever seen him, firefighting gave him a purpose.

She loves Howie…and Mr. Lee will come around.

Okay, now I also need to know where Mrs. Lee is.

Can we get a welfare check or something on this lady?

She is too precious.

And so ends the origin story for our everyday hero Howie “Chimney” Han.

Can’t a man just live his life?

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