Season 2 is a long time from now.
The day starts off uneasy.
Captain Ripleys presence at Station 19 puts everyone on edge.
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Including enthusiastic girl power Dearborn from chief tryouts.
Suddenly dozens of pagers go off.
Theres a huge fire in a skyscraper downtown.
Every fire station in Seattle, except Station 19, has evidently been called to save the day.
The natives become restless, just waiting for their siren to ring.
Jack tells Andy that if he doesnt get chief, he going to transfer because he has regrets.
Low blow, Jack.
(That feeling by the way is L-O-V-E.)
The siren finally rings and everyone springs into action.
Captain Ripley has set up a command center four floors down from the inferno.
Evidently this is totally normal.
Guess whos been fighting the fire all day?
She is super stoked to show Captain Ripley what she can do in an emergency situation.
Oh yeah, and a huge piece of debris falls on her and now shes trapped.
The fire is closing in on them.
What will they do?
Why, throw an extinguisher sphere of course.
Youve seen those, right?
They look like metal balls that explode upon impact, conveniently extinguishing the fire.
Now, all we need is a billion more of those and we should be good to go.
Dearborn is too injured to continue, so shes benched for the time being.
Andy takes her back to command to be treated by Montgomery or Warren.
Rock meet hard place.
Lots and lots of flammable items.
Who cares what its doing there.
Jack immediately radios Ripley that the building must be evacuated immediately.
Its going to blow for sure if they cant contain the fire to the floor its already on.
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The radios arent working, so the team divides and conquers.
Herrera runs up to tell Victoria and Maya that they have to evacuate the civilians.
One guy flips out and Molly stands her ground and shouts right back.
Then she helps everyone into groups of 10 and begins the evacuation.
Molly blows her whistle and escorts group one.
Victoria gives Maya a funny look and asks, Do you hear that?
Maya doesnt respond because she cant hear from the explosion in the death garage.
Suddenly fire whooshes in front of the windows and explodes shards of glass everywhere.
The civilians do not remain civil and they all rush the stairwell in one big group.
Victoria and Maya choose to fight the fire instead of herding the cats.
Its a true miracle that Victoria kicked her fear right after the huge explosion.
Meanwhile, we find Warren and Montgomery on the ground.
Their floor exploded too and one huge chunk of window sticks out of Montgomerys chest.
Right where his heart is located.
Im dying right now.
Montgomery may be dying for real.
Why would they kill off Montgomery?!
The worst part is that he knows whats going on.
The same stairwell that has hundreds of crazy people flying down it.
Up above that floor, Jack and Miller find a victim with severe smoke inhalation.
Andy challenges him, shocked that he would leave the guy up there when they could save him.
I think she secretly wanted Jack to come down with the victim so she knows he is safe.
She takes the handy fire key from the chief and sends the elevator up to Jack.
Unfortunately what he hears is a faint whistle.
What is going on?
I cant handle this.
All of this is very bad.
Miller and Jack make it to the elevator.
Jack steps in while Miller tends to the guy.
He pushes the button for the command center floor and then steps out again.
Someone has to wrap up the fire doors or the whole place will go.
Miller screams for Jack to stop, but he doesnt.
At the same time, Chief Ripley snatches his key back from Andy and turns the elevators off.
Jack radios Andy to tell her they are on their way back.
Newsflash: They does not include Jack.
Andy barks at Jack through her radio.
She wants to talk face-to-face.
Smoke pours out and he looks down at Andy.
She begs him to find a way off the floor, but he knows hes trapped.
The stairs are blocked.
Plus, someone has to secure the doors to potentially save the building.
Jack is playing the hero and Andy slowly realizes that this might be the end.
Jack tells her that their entire team is still in the building.
And they havent heard from any of them.
He wont sacrifice losing any of them to save himself.
He promises Andy that he will keep her on the radio as long as he can.
Then he shuts the doors.
But not before he confesses that he lied before.
He has no regrets.
Especially his relationship with her.
This cant be happening.
And I havent even told you about Chief Herrera.
He experiences shortness of breath and calls Ryan to come help him.
Ryan is at the skyscraper, of course, and Chief Herrera makes him promise he wont tell Andy.
Ryan arrives at the fire station just as Miranda arrives.
The chief missed his appointment and Miranda was worried.
They find the chief on the stairs passed out.
Hes not breathing and Miranda begins CPR.
Lets take a quick roll call, shall we?
Chief Herrera isnt breathing.
Victoria and Maya are the only two fighting the huge fire.
Miller is stuck in an elevator with a guy who is about to die.
Andy is going into shock because Jack is no longer communicating on the radio.
My bet is on Dearborn, the victim in the elevator, possibly Chief Herrera, and maybe Molly.
Surely they wont kill off Jack and Montgomery.
They will find a way to stay alive.
Tell me Im right.
