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Buck! Buck Buck!
Come on, come on. Get up! Get up!
-Is Charlie okay? -I feel like I should be asking you that question.
I'm no expert but I think it's the fire
we need to outrun now!
The wind's changed direction.
We gotta get out of here.
Come on! Come on!
Arrgghh!
What's wrong?
It's my leg.
It's definitely a bad sprain.
May be broken.
We need a new plan.
We're not going to outrun this.
I can't outrun this.
[ducks quacking]
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[airplane engines]
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[Martin] Thank you, Captain.
I really appreciate the lift.
Must be great living in a place like this.
Yes sir.
Born and raised out here.
I come from a long line of forest rangers and bush pilots.
Wow.
So you come by that stubble honestly.
It's been a busy season for brush fires so
I haven't had much time to renew my shaving club membership.
[chuckles] Yeah, yeah!
Hold on.
Huh?
[Buck] You should stay for some fishing. Best in the state.
[Martin] Course it is.
[Buck] Hopefully going with my cousin Amara.
But the season isn't over yet.
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Mr. Lamont. Good to see you sir.
We got everything set up for you.
I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name?
Buck Thompson.
Forest supervisor, and pilot today for
our esteemed guest here.
Stanley Garson, project manager.
[Stanley] Just this way, sir, up around the bend.
[Stanley] The stability report definitely supports
my analytics for the rehabilitation of the mine.
That's good.
You're resurrecting the mine here?
Well not so much rehabilitate,
as to lay claim to.
You claim the mining rights and therefore the land.
Think about it.
Who wants to buy the land
when for a few dollars a year and some soil samples
you can file the land claim without
all the taxes and sunk in capital.
Land claims.
That's pretty old fashioned thinking for a tech guy.
It's right out of Warren Buffet's playbook, really.
"Last puff of the cigar" kind of thing.
We're just waiting for two more helicopter loads
and then we can start the crew bunker builds.
You know another old fashioned notion
that a lot of us locals know,
is that this mine was closed down because
a major fault line was discovered here.
Might be pretty dangerous for a crew this size.
That can't be right,
I mean, I...
I ah... It seems it's
possible that my numbers might be a bit off.
Well, if we can't move it,
we'll just have to send all these people home.
Well we did lay claim to several thousand acres.
Oh, great. We'll just move it.
Maybe over the next ridge.
There's an abandoned ranger station.
Might save you some of that money
on temporary shelter builds for the crew.
Sounds good. Let's go there.
I can run you up there right now.
Perfect!
All right people, listen up!
Change of plans. We're moving the site.
Pack everything up!
[tractor back up beeping]
[liquid gushing]
[Buck on radio] Hey Amara.
I'm still on charter.
Can you grab my fishing tackle from Mom's?
[Amara on radio] Copy that.
[door closes]
Hey Aunt Janine.
Buck asked me to pick up his fishing rod for him.
Oh!
So now he's sending you to avoid coming to see me?
No. He's doing a private charter for Roma this morning.
Some wealthy tech dude needs to go to the upper lake.
Well, I have phoned him several times.
And he has yet to call me back.
It has been all hands on deck at the ranger station.
Well.
Perhaps I'm just feeling a little out of the loop.
To be honest, I'm struggling a bit,
not being part of the day to day.
Really because that stuff looks pretty day to day.
I've been compiling some data so you guys have the time
to keep watch for real danger.
After my overseas tours
I went straight into the ranger station.
I got to work with you and my kids every day.
For years.
I just never realized how much I'd miss it.
Well at least we're all in the same city now.
I do hope Buck is up for some family time.
I know when he's avoiding me that something is up.
Well listen, if you need anything,
anything at all, reach out.
All right?
I'm good for much more than muffin service.
[laughs] Thanks Chief!
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[Martin] You're ex-Army, right?
[Buck] Afghanistan. Two tours.
[Martin] Afghanistan! Me too.
Actually my nephew.
Really wonderful kid. Terrific.
[Buck] I bet. It was an honor to serve.
I'm sure your nephew feels the same.
The ranger station should work for you.
It's been empty for years.
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[Buck] Yeah, just right over here.
[Charlie barks viciously]
Whoa!
[Charlie continues barking]
[Jessica] Charlie, it's okay.
You did a good job buddy. [Dog whines]
You're okay.
Hey, are you okay? [Charlie growling]
[Buck] Yeah, I'm fine.
I mean, he's just protective of me.
[Charlie barks]
You could have knocked!
We just landed a plane which is usually
enough of a warning.
This place has been vacant since
my Grandfather was posted here.
Well as you can see, this place has been occupied
by me and Charlie here for several months.
I'm completing a research grant.
I'm in my final stages of a dissertation on the
Proterozoic eon of the Precambrian...
Studying layers of rocks.
You could have just said that.
This place is perfect, Buck.
Wait, I'm sorry. Perfect for what?
[Martin] My new venture.
I'm Martin Lamont.
The ML Intercontinental Group.
Okay...
I'm Jessica.
That's my pilot, Buck.
Well, I'll be outside.
Martin! That's the...
[Martin] That's the bathroom.
So it appears that that man and his backers
have secured all the local mining and land claims and
intend to mine all the resources with their new technology
in order to line their bank accounts.
He is not a man.
He is an intercontinental corporation.
Yeah.
[scoffs] -I'm going to look into it.
At least give you a timeline.
Look, I'm really sorry.
I had no idea that you were set up here.
Last time I was out here was years ago when my Dad and I
flew in to go brook trout fishing with my Grandfather.
I didn't want anybody to lose their jobs.
There's not a lot of work around here.
Well if this project falls through,
I have to inform my researchers in town
that they don't have jobs anymore.
Look, Buck, is it?
Thank you.
I think you've done enough for today.
Come here Charlie. Come.
By the way.
I do like dogs.
[Jessica] Well that still doesn't help me in any way.
He is cute, though.
But not as cute as you.
[Amara] I absolutely told you
that was that billionaire dude!
You could have asked for just about anything
to fly him around in.
Maybe I should have but
I not the type of guy to rip folks off, cousin.
Billionaires aren't "folks".
They're people who know the value of everything
but the price of nothing.
I think that's the other way around.
Whatever. [thunder rumbling]
Oh, looks like we'll have a lot of lightning rolling in
with the storm today.
[Amara] I have Luis up in the tower
watching for any fires that spark.
[Buck] The Cessna needs a tune-up.
And radio upgrade.
All those water dumps on the Athens tract blaze wore her out.
Let's hope that was the biggest fire this year.
Hey, can you get me the main number
to the State Forestry Department?
There's one of their tenants that I want to look into.
O-kay?
I was up at the old Mumford Ranger Station.
There's a geologist working there.
She might be losing her excavation site
to Mr. Warbucks, so...
Oh! A she?
Buck Thompson, I can feel you blushing from here!
Hey, Couz... I don't blush.
Okay.
But I'll make you a deal.
I'll get you that number if you talk to your Mom.
Aunt Janine says you haven't even been returning her calls.
Deal. But are you sure she's not returning my calls?
Yeah, I'm sure.
Fine.
[phone beeps off] Cool.
[Martin on phone] Yeah, I'm going to pull the plug here.
I've got Stanley already running the numbers on the new site.
[Martin] Hey Stanley, can we regroup back in town.
Somewhere with less... Nature.
I agree.
We should head back into town.
The wind's starting to blow up and reports say
that lightning is coming in.
I can take you two.
Great.
Hey Martin.
Is there any way that you can let Jessica stay
and complete her studies?
Eee...
You know I would really like to help out.
My lawyers are right in front of me on this one.
They've already severed her lease.
So, my hands are tied. Okay?
Stanley!
Of course they are.
I'll meet you guys back at the plane.
[Abi] Could there be a mistake?
Maybe there's some confusion about the site?
No. I highly doubt it.
A forest ranger named "Buck", of all things, pointed out
that this location would be a great substitute.
At first they were trying to build at that mine
on the fault line.
Hey, I met "Buck" at the firefighters' auction.
I think he might have actually been up for auction
that night.
His sister Roma says he one of the
most eligible bachelors in town.
Well, I already emailed the State,
hoping all that pro bono work we did
will buy us some good favor.
[message beep] And it did not.
Jess, I think I'm going to leave you to it.
Let me know if you want me to fly in and help pack up.
No, it's okay.
Let's just wait it out.
Maybe this tech guy's short attention span will take him on
to the next big scheme and leave us to our research.
Let's hope.
See ya.
Bye.
What kind of name is Buck anyway?
Buck Thompson...
Okay wait. What am I doing?
[phone buzzing]
Well hello stranger.
Hey Ma.
How're you doing?
Catch many fish this week?
I catch more fish than the rest of you put together.
Sounds like a challenge.
Well if you come to the remembrance dinner,
I'll get you out in the boat and we can see about that.
Thank you for the invitation, but...
I'm training a group out of town that weekend.
You don't think this gathering would be a bit helpful?
[Janine] I'm worried about you.
Your cousin and sister tell me you haven't been sleeping.
You know that I don't need to be in a room full of veterans
to remember.
I remember my time overseas every day.
You can talk to me, Buck.
I have a client, Mom. I got to go.
[door banging]
[door bangs closed] Thank you.
[thunder rumbling]
[lightning sizzling]
[thunder cracking, lightning zapping]
Oh man.
Amara to Buck.
Amara!
I just dropped Martin and his minion off at their cars
and they are heading back into town.
Good. Out of harm's way.
Glad you're not flying in this electrical storm.
You know I enjoy thunder storms as much as you do.
What's up?
Ah, I see smoke rising.
[Buck] How bad?
[Amara] Hard to tell.
Looks like it's near Martin's initial site.
[Buck] The forest is too dry right now.
Any fire's going to spread fast.
[explosion]
[Buck] What was that?
You'd better get back quick.
I think that was some kind of an explosion.
You'd better sound the alarm and call the volunteers.
I'll be back in thirty minutes.
I need to fuel up and then I will be back in the air
to help out.
[fire crackling]
[Buck on radio] Buck returning to base.
I can confirm that all crew from the construction site
have been evacuated.
Jessica!
[Buck on radio] Buck to base 5 ranger station.
Do you read me? Over.
No thank you. [clicks off]
Buck to Jessica, come in.
Buck to base 5 ranger station.
Do you read me? Over.
Buck to base 5 ranger station.
Amara?
If anyone can hear me, I'm turning back to retrieve
a woman from the old Mumford Ranger Station.
Out.
[plane motor in distance] [Charlie barks]
Charlie.
[plane motor getting closer]
What does he want?
If he thinks he can just come here and apologize,
well I don't think so.
I'm with you Charlie. Let's let him grovel a bit.
[phone buzzing]
Buck.
Amara!
Are you all right?
I'm okay. Park's burning fast.
It's already about a mile around.
[Buck] I saw it from the air.
Just get back here in one piece.
[static]
Hello?
The geologist.
I'm going to pick her up and I'll be right there.
[static]
You're where?
The geolo...!
Ah!
[Charlie barks]
Down! Miss Alaway...
Look, I know why you're here, and honestly it's fine.
We'll just move locations. No need to apologize...
Jessica! I'm not here to apologize.
There's a forest fire and we need to
evacuate you immediately!
-What? -There's not much time!
We need to get you and Charlie out!
I I need my things! I need to...
No, leave it! We have to go!
This is my work!
[Jessica] There's some food on the counter.
Haven't you ever heard of the cloud?
Really! Jokes?
Now! We need to go now!
Okay. Charlie!
Charlie come with me. Let's go!
[Buck] She's going to want this hard drive.
[Buck] Follow that path! The plane's at the dock.
[Buck] Oh no!
[explosion]
Let's go.
Charlie come on!
Charlie!
Go go go!
This way.
The old logging road doesn't go through to the town but
it should get us away from these flames.
Thank you. Okay.
If I'd left everything behind,
it would have set me back five years.
I imagine you getting killed would have been
a lot worse for your research.
I'm trying my best. Okay?
I'm sorry.
I've seen too many people lose the fight to the flames.
I intend that not to be us today.
Watch out!
Yes, I know. I can drive!
[Amara on radio] Base 5 to Roma...
Your brother estimated it to be about a mile wide
twenty minutes ago.
So we can only assume it's doubled since.
How fast can you get airborne?
[Roma] I'm two minutes from take off.
We're fueled up and ready to go.
I'm going to drop a line of fire retardant
between the fire and the ranger station.
[Roma] All right.
I want smoke jumpers ready to go!
We're not going to let this one get out of hand.
Got it?
Go!
Yes, ma'am. Go, go, go.
Charlie's warming up to you at least.
Oh come on, he's too cute to resist.
It's not Charlie.
I have a history with dogs.
I served with them overseas.
It's hard for me to see them in civilian life.
Take this. Here.
[Amara on radio] Base 5 ranger tower to Buck.
Come in Buck.
Where are you, Buck?
We need backup.
[ringing dial tone]
Aunt Janine. It's Amara. We have a situation.
I need your help. Call me back a-sap.
♪
Oh no!
What?
-Come on! -What?
My phone!
I must of dropped it loading up all this really important stuff.
Here. Take mine.
Take it!
[ringing dial tone] I'm sorry.
I'm mad at myself. Okay?
I'm trained to be calm in situations like this.
Yeah, I can see that.
[out of service beeps]
There's no connection.
What?
The fire must've taken out the nearest cell tower.
[tree creaking]
[Buck] Watch out!
[tree creaking, smashing]
[brakes squeal] [crashing]
[Roma] I have a visual on the camp.
I'm going to drop a line behind it,
buy everyone a little time until the ground rescue unit
comes in. Okay?
[Amara on radio] Copy that Roma.
[Camp Counselor Jake] All right everyone.
Just like the drills we practiced.
Head into the main mess.
[Amara on radio] Once you make that drop,
we'll need you to head to the upper ridge.
[Amara on radio] You're the best, Roma.
Never forget it. [chuckles]
[Roma] Circling back to the upper ridge.
Ground crews might be flagging.
[Jessica panting]
[Buck] Are you okay?
[Jessica] I think so. Are you?
[Buck] Banged up. But nothing broken.
[Jessica] Wait!
Where's Charlie?
Charlie!
-Charlie! -Charlie!
Come!
Why would he have jumped out?
He's usually so protective. He never leaves my side.
Dogs are primal.
They know how to get to safety.
Charlie!
Here. This way.
[Buck] Charlie!
[Jessica] Charlie!
Come here boy. Charlie!
Shhh.
[Charlie whining]
[Jessica] He's afraid.
We have to snap him out of it.
Make him focus on us.
Come!
[Jessica] Come here.
Oh Charlie, you scared me.
You scared me.
K-9 unit?
Let's get back to finding safety.
Come on Charlie. Come on. Let's go. Let's go.
-Good boy. -Come on. Let's go.
Charlie. Charlie. You scared me boy.
[Buck] Come on!
[Jeep engine sputtering]
Come on!
[Jessica] Augh!
[Jeep engine sputtering]
[Buck] Are you okay?
I think so. My ribs are a little tender.
I think I have something for the pain.
No no. It's okay. I'll be all right.
[Jessica struggles]
[engine hissing]
But this Jeep's not going anywhere.
Come on.
Thank you.
I hope you like hiking.
Because it's our only chance now.
But I think we made some good distance
between us and the fire.
Okay well, you know these forests.
Just point us in the right direction
and Charlie and I will lead the way.
Just a wild guess but, you like to be in charge, huh?
I wouldn't say I like being in charge.
I just usually end up being in charge through people
failing before me.
Not sure how I should take that.
Charlie come. Shall we?
We shall. But we're going this way.
Okay.
Boss the second.
Who's the first?
Charlie, of course!
Well we're on foot now.
We need to get to a radio.
My family has an old hunting cabin.
It's the best chance we have
but it's about a 16 mile hike.
[Buck] You up for it?
What?
Are you sure we should be traveling that far
from where we came from?
Won't people be looking for you by now?
Maybe even me.
You're right.
But I'm not sure if Roma and the aerials can contain this fire.
It might have already spread to the tract of this forest.
With no Jeep,
the only way we're going to get through this is that cabin.
This is now officially a rescue.
Okay. Let's go.
Up in Wayne Forest today, our firefighters
just can't seem to catch a break.
If you've been outside you've seen that
it's gusting from a couple of different directions.
So no surprise, this latest bush fire
seems to have a mind of its own.
Our brave rangers have been evacuating residents all day.
But with two counties left to go,
they won't be getting much sleep tonight.
Let's pray for rain
and for the safety of our first responders.
Now for some good news coming out of this fire.
All of our little summer campers are safe and sound.
Thank you, Captain Roma Thompson, head of the aerial
fire fighting squad for leading that charge.
I'm Amber Thorne and I'm reporting to you live
from the ranger station.
[Buck] So, why rocks?
Of all subjects you could have chose.
[Jessica] Are you knocking my life's work?
I'm just curious.
I've never met a geologist before.
Well, the simple reason is I like following the clues
of what the Earth was like before.
Like where lakes and volcanoes were.
I like learning from the past.
It tells us a lot about now.
[Buck] That's the simple version?
[Jessica chuckles]
What's the complex reason?
My parents are artists.
Mom's a photographer, Dad's a watercolor painter.
They raised me and my brother in the city,
which I love.
Always something to do,
always other kids to play with.
But...?
But, they love the country
just as much as they love the city.
So on weekends and summers,
they would take us to these wild green places.
They'd work a bit, we'd have a picnic.
You know, they never complained about putting
two little muddy kids in the backseat of their car.
[Buck] Mud equals fun in my world.
[Jessica chuckles] Yeah.
Look.
I'm really sorry about getting defensive earlier.
I'm working on a few things.
That's okay.
I'm sorry too.
From now on, I will embrace having two captains.
[Charlie barks]
Make that three.
Good.
Hey look, if we need to do a few more miles, I can do it.
I'm good.
Okay.
Come on Charlie.
Okay, do you think she is still
at the old Mumford Ranger Station?
For sure not.
She's used to living in the woods.
And she has her truck.
I think her and Charlie would be trying to outrun the fire.
I hope not!
The fire has gone way past that ridge.
The damage is extensive.
Well, I'll let you know if she sends me a message.
[Amara] She is on the ground crew's missing list.
I should be getting an update
within the next couple of hours.
We'll let you know.
Okay.
I'll... I'll stand by.
[Amara's phone buzzes] Hey, Chief.
[Janine] Hey. Get me up to speed.
[Amara] This fire broke out about three hours ago.
I put the forward rate of spread
at three to four miles per hour.
Where's Buck? He was out there.
I... lost contact with him.
How long ago?
What was his last known location?
He called. It was really static-y.
I couldn't get his coordinates.
He's supposed to give you that first off.
What was he thinking?
He might not have been thinking clearly.
They were doing an eviction.
She was at the old Mumford Ranger Station.
Oh. So there's a girl involved?
There may be.
All right. So he's a man in uniform.
And if they are up by the old Mumford Ranger Station,
that means they're making their way to the hunting cabin.
I'll have Roma meet them.
[Janine] No. No.
We need Roma in the air
and we can't afford to take any of her team away.
But, if he's headed there...
If he's headed there, he'll get there.
And when he does he'll radio us and I'll go pick him up.
Understood.
How soon before the ground unit gets in?
I can have them there in eight minutes.
Great. Great.
I'll meet them on the highway
and take them through the back.
That way they can draw from the lake, push the fire back.
That's a great plan.
I'll let them know you're on your way.
[Amara] I got to get up in the air. I can't just sit here.
[Janine] Well let me know what you see.
And stay safe.
You too.
The fire's bringing the trees down,
especially with this wind.
[Amara] Eight minutes!
[Jessica] Owwww.
[Buck] We have to make camp soon.
No, it's okay. I'm fine.
Jessica, you're not fine.
Don't even think about babying me!
You got banged up in the car.
You don't see me cooing over you.
Okay. Let's just take a few minutes break.
And let me clean this up.
That looks really bad.
It's just a scratch.
Look at you.
You remembered to bring a first aid kit, nature boy.
You don't grow up in my Mom's house and not know the basics.
Sounds like she was strict about that.
She used to send me into the woods overnight with
nothing but a pocket knife and a first aid kit.
How old were you?
Not very.
That was her way of showing me that she cared.
Here, I'll... I'll help you.
Though I am no expert in the medical field,
ironically I am a doctor.
A rock doctor?
No, I have my PhD.
I'm a doctor of science.
Officially, Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences.
Okay doctor science,
before you hurt yourself with any more letters
behind your name, night's coming.
We need to find shelter.
At the base of the mountain there is a bunch
of rock formations that could maybe give us some shelter.
Would that work?
I guess all that research of yours
has some practical use after all.
Well actually, I have a whole bunch of papers and diplomas
that could keep a fire going all night.
Okay, show off.
Let's head for the hills.
Okay.
So, what next Charlie?
[barks and growls happily]
[Jessica laughs]
If you say so boss.
[laughs]No.
Come on.
[Buck] Okay. We're going to need a fire.
Well, the wind's died down here, at least.
That's a nice find, doc.
You said your cabin
is on the other side of this mountain, right?
Yeah.
What if we go through the cave?
It could literally save us hours.
I don't know. I've never tried.
But with your ribs and my arm,
we should stick to the path I know.
Old school tracking.
Yeah, old school sounds a lot like stubborn to me.
I suppose it does.
But with the fire the way it is, we can't risk it.
This fire's not slowing down.
How long on that ground unit?
Transporting them in as we speak.
Mom!
Amara brought you out of retirement huh?
Ah! Retirement is a bit of a myth, darling.
A mother's work is never done.
We're happy to have you back, Chief.
Oh and don't dump any of that red stuff on my truck.
I just washed it.
No promises.
[fire crackles ferociously]
[Buck] Dinner is just about done.
I don't want to put down your academic way of life, Jessica,
but us mountain folk, we always cover the basics.
Shelter.
Water.
And we always hunt for food.
And when did you have time to hunt?
In the old Mumford Ranger Station.
I hunted it in the wilds of your fridge.
[chuckles] Okay.
Well, I guess then I provided the shelter,
the water, and the food.
True.
But I am a great cook, and you're injured
so you can't leave me behind.
Thank you.
Okay.
I am going to go soak this in the river that we passed.
It's not ice but it is cold enough.
It'll help with the swelling and
make you feel more comfortable.
No, Buck, please. Eat first.
No ma'am. You come first.
Buck. Please. Eat.
Fine.
Five minutes. And then I go.
Well, I doubt we're getting much sleep tonight.
Here Charlie.
[Buck] Speak for yourself.
Looks like Charlie is tired enough to sleep in a puddle.
[laughs]Yeah. [laughs]
It's nice to hear you laugh.
I thought you might have broken your funny bone.
Oh, well, laughing's overrated
when you've hurt your ribs.
Plus, I think I just needed to hear something funny.
Do you not know how jokes work?
Apparently not.
[Jessica laughs]
[Amara on radio] This is Amara.
Just dropped water on the south fire.
I'll reload and go for another pass.
[Amara on radio] Buck. Buck.
You out there?
Where are you, Buck?
I need you to be okay.
[Roma] We cut the fire off in the east.
Thanks for the assist, Mom.
If you didn't predict how the winds would change,
we would all be battling in different directions.
[Janine] Oh please.
We both know it's the heroic men and women down there
doing all the heavy lifting.
[Janine] It's a young folks' game.
Take the compliment.
How are the other rangers holding up?
Beat up.
They're tired from loading up the sandbags.
Well, I'll pick up the sandbags and run 'em down to
the team when they need resupplies.
Speaking of resupplies, I'm heading back.
[Roma] Any word from Buck?
[Amara] There's no sign of Buck, just yet.
No he's probably hanging out in some safe zone.
His training would have taught him that.
You and Uncle Walt taught us all that.
[Amara] Okay, I'm circling back.
Gotta relieve the new guy.
[Jessica] Hey look.
I'm so sorry you had to come rescue me.
Your parents must be worried sick.
My Mom's too tough to be scared.
Dad's not with us anymore.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Yeah, he passed.
And he fought hard.
Never gave up.
He was stronger than all of us put together.
You know my Mom, she didn't tell me when the end came.
I didn't get to say goodbye to him.
I still can't get past that.
And every day, I think about all the things that I want to
tell him that I did or saw.
Still light a candle for him.
Every Sunday.
Of course.
I'm sure he's still watching over you.
He definitely wasn't watching over me
when I made this food.
I am so sorry. This is garbage.
[laughs]
Look, I didn't want to say anything.
You should have. -[Charlie growls]
You were so proud.
Not even raccoons would like that.
[Charlie barks loudly]
[Jessica] What's that?
[bear growling]
Sounds like it might be a bear.
[Charlie barking]
[Jessica] We have to get out of here.
[bear snorting and growling]
You're going to pack up your stuff, quietly.
We're going to go back the way we came and circle around.
I think if we go through this crevasse
we could there just as quick.
Maybe even quicker.
The deeper into that cave and we'll find
the rest of the bear family.
I read Goldilocks.
[bear growls]
[Jessica] Charlie come.
I know this is your area, but look,
the smoke is flowing this way.
There is a passage through here.
[Buck] Jessica, don't move.
[bear panting]
Run.
[bear roaring ferociously]
-Run! -Charlie, come!
Run!
[sizzling]
[bear growling]
There's more air flowing through this passage!
Jessica! Come on!
This is the way out!
-I can see the light. -Trust me!
[bear growling]
Charlie, come on!
Charlie, come!
[Buck] You were right about the short cut.
There's the trail to the cabin right there.
[Jessica] Are you okay?
I mean,
it must be super embarrassing I found your camp for you.
You think my ego's that fragile?
[Jessica chuckles]
I have a sister. She still beats me up.
♪
Amara, I'm sure Buck is just fine.
You focus on your crew.
One: Buck is my crew.
And two: Why hasn't he reached the radio yet?
A 16 mile hike is a walk in the park for him.
Tell Roma to buzz by the cabin again.
If she sees any sign of them, we'll take it from there.
Copy that.
I've known you long enough to know when you've got
something to say, so let's have it.
Janine, you have literally raised me like one of your own.
And I am so grateful for everything.
It's okay to do your job and be worried for your son.
I know he's capable,
and I know if anyone can get out safe, it's him.
But I'm still scared.
And I've played enough poker with you
to know when you're bluffing.
I'm scared to death, Amara.
But I'm trying to keep it together.
So I can help him, help everyone out there.
If you can't keep a cool head,
it eats away at your focus.
You know that.
You're right. Okay.
[Amara] Good night.
All crews in Wayne Forest, come in.
This is Captain Roma Thompson.
My brother's out there in this mess.
If you see any signs of him, call it in.
[Roma] It's been too long.
[plane motor in the distance]
[Pilot on radio] Sorry to hear it, Captain. On it.
Appreciate it.
Out.
[plane motor] Sounds like Roma.
[Jessica and Buck] Hey hey hey!
-No! -Come on!
No!
Sounded like it was Roma.
We need to get to the radio.
See if I can get her. Come on!
[Jessica] Charlie! Charlie!
Good boy.
[Buck] Ah!
[Jessica] What? What's wrong?
The battery's dead.
[Buck shouts] Come on!
[Charlie whines]
There's no gas in the generator.
Okay, look.
We're safe. Okay?
That's all that matters right now. Right?
Right.
You're safe, I'm safe.
Charlie's safe.
No way of sharing that with anyone.
What do we do now?
The main road is five hours away.
But we both need some rest.
Do we have time for that?
Yeah, we do.
The wind's calming down for the night.
Besides if we don't rest, we're gonna lag,
and it's going to take us twice as long.
I'm worried all that running made your ribs worse.
Not gonna lie.
They do hurt.
[Buck] In that case...
Instant ice pack.
Thank you.
And also, this.
Remind me to thank whoever packed that first aid kit.
Probably Roma.
She believes chocolate is medicine.
But...
You can thank me for this.
Granny blanket?
Uh huh.
Funny story.
I can't wait.
Not my Gran's, mine.
I met a girl, I was a teenager.
Everything was going great and I decided to learn how
to crochet to impress her.
I feel like this somehow doesn't end in marriage.
She said that was the sweetest thing
anyone's ever done for her.
But?
She said real men don't crochet
and dropped me like a hot potato.
[laughs] What?
That's probably why I enlisted the next day.
No.
No. It was a few months later.
Actually, my whole family served.
It's great training to get into emergency services.
So you and your whole family are in rescue services?
Every one of us.
Wow.
You must all have the angel gene.
More like my Mom's genes.
What about you?
Is there a fella waitin' on you?
No.
What about you?
Is anyone worried about you?
Just my sister Roma, my cousin Amara,
and probably my Mom.
Amara come in.
[Janine on the radio] Hey.
She's tucked in for some sleep.
Mom?
Just checking in.
I buzzed the cabin.
And?
[Roma] No sign of them.
Appreciate you checking.
I wish I had different news.
I love you.
Okay. You should get some rest.
I'll take first watch.
Okay. Just wake me up in a few hours.
-I can take second watch. -That's okay.
I don't sleep much anyway.
Just a few hours here and there.
Because of the fire?
No.
It's pretty much every night.
Do you want to talk about it?
No... Just, no.
Okay.
Hey Buck.
Thank you.
For everything.
You should get some rest.
[door closes]
It's just you and me, bud.
We are thinking of our neighbors
directly north of us here.
The evacuation zone keeps getting bigger
and folks from four more towns will be moving out.
Please be very careful on the roads out there.
We'll have footage for you at 11.
[Amara] We are getting another two hundred sandbags.
Chief Janine will run them up to you
as soon as they're available.
[Fire Marshal on radio] Appreciate it.
You got it.
Aunt Janine?
Any word?
No.
He hasn't contacted me either.
No one gives you a handbook after they're born.
You get nine months to prepare
and then all of a sudden you're a mother.
And the closest thing you have to rules
are the ones used on you.
Right or wrong.
Well Buck is the most noble man I know.
So whatever you and uncle Walt did, you did it right.
He used to be afraid of the dark.
He'd climb into bed with us
after he thought we'd fallen asleep.
Walt was right.
sometimes all you kids need is a hug from Mom.
No one knows this land like Buck does.
He will come back.
And when he does, you can give him a big hug and
tell him all kinds of mushy stuff.
[chuckles and sobs] I hope so.
You can take him fishing, cook your catch on the fire.
I'll make those chocolate chip cookies you both like.
You can arm wrestle for the last one again.
Okay, sounding weird when you put it like that.
He knows you love him.
Really good work out there, by the way, kiddo.
I'm proud of you.
I love you, too.
[Charlie snuffling]
I'm going to buy you a toothbrush, buddy.
Good morning.
I'm glad you had a good sleep
because I've been super busy.
Ta da! Look!
I realize that you were trying to make a big...
Remember when you crammed a bunch of stuff
into a pack at my lab while you were saving my life?
Thank you again for that, because...
You packed my solar panel!
Are you serious?
We can radio for help?
As soon as we get enough juice in it.
We can radio for help.
Okay.
What's this?
It's a battery gauge.
Once it's full, we'll have enough power.
Not bad.
Not bad?
You are a genius!
Well, fixing things is my way of fighting the man,
thumbing my nose at global corporations.
They've managed to destroy some of my favorite places
but they won't destroy me.
So I do things my own way.
That, and you can thank a very under funded grant
for keeping my re-use skills sharp.
Thank you, under funded grant system,
college for earth sciences.
[they both laugh]
Okay. So we just have to wait?
Yeah, we just need enough...
[together] Power.
Yes. Exactly.
Buck, I need to thank you for saving my drive.
You literally saved my life. And my work.
You have no idea how much this means to me.
It's important to you.
Well, the fire is still pretty far off.
We got a little bit of time.
That's good.
I mean it really shouldn't take long anyway.
That's great.
How are your ribs? By the way.
Oh. Um, they're still sore but better, I think?
Good. That's good. Good.
Yeah. Yeah.
[beeping]
Look at that! One bar!
One bar!
[Charlie huffs]
[Charlie growls and barks]
-[bear bellows] -Oh no. Oh no.
[bear growls]
Stay.
[bear huffing and snorting]
[bear growls]
[bear huffing]
[Buck] Looks like a three year old bear.
Must have followed us here from last night.
[Charlie barks loudly]
[whispers] What do we do?
[quietly] We just have to wait it out.
[Fire Marshal] Amara, come in.
This is Amara. Go ahead.
[Fire Marshal] We're locked down at the anchor point,
but this wind is shifting the spread north.
Copy that.
I'll have Roma and her team focus on the north.
Stay safe.
[bellows]
[quietly] It's okay. It's okay.
[Charlie growls]
[Jessica whispers] It's okay Charlie. It's okay.
[bear huffing] [crashing sound]
[Buck] How's the radio.
It's still one bar.
No.
Must have knocked it loose.
Maybe it moved on.
[banging] [Charlie barking]
He wants the food in here!
Get out the back. Get Charlie and go!
-I'm not leaving you! -Jessica!
[bear banging at door] [bear bellowing]
Hey! Hello! This is Jessica Alaway and Buck Thompson!
Can anyone hear me? [sound of wood splintering]
Can anyone hear me?
[Jessica on radio] We're at Buck's hunting lodge.
Can anyone hear me? We're at Buck's hunting lodge.
Jessica, this is Amara. Are you with Buck?
Where are you?
[Jessica] Can anyone hear me?
We're at Buck's hunting cabin. Can anyone hear me?
[banging]
[Amara] Jessica! Jessica!
I couldn't get their location.
It's the hunting cabin!
It's got to be the radio at the hunting cabin.
[Janine] Roma!
You've got to get us eyes on the cabin again.
I'm low on fuel but I'll stay as long as I can.
Have a helicopter standing by for evacuation.
Roma, we need clear visual evidence of them
before we can authorize the chopper.
Amara will know when we can re-deploy.
Understood.
[Janine] Over and out.
[bear bellowing, smashing at door]
It's now or never!
[Charlie barking] [bear smashing door]
[Buck] Go!
[wood splintering, bear bellowing]Charlie! Come!
You'd better be right behind me!
[wood smashing]
Charlie go! Charlie go!
[wood splintering, bear bellowing]
Amara, are you still there? Come back.
Tell me you have good news.
I wish I did.
Is Buck...
No sign of Buck or Jessica.
The place is torn apart. Probably a bear.
Are you saying...
I don't know.
But I mean a bear would only attack for food.
So they must've been there.
Listen, is Mom there?
I'll tell her.
Thanks.
Buck! Buck!
Buck Buck! Come on, come one.
Get up! Get up!
[Buck] Are you okay? Is Charlie okay?
I feel think I should be asking you that question.
I'm no expert but I think it's the fire
we need to outrun now!
The wind's changed direction.
We gotta get out of here. Come on! Come on!
Arrgghh.
-What's wrong? -My leg.
It's definitely a bad sprain.
May be broken.
We need a new plan.
We're not going to outrun this.
I can't outrun this.
There's an abandoned lookout.
It's unmanned, but it might have some old equipment.
Okay. Okay. I got you.
[both panting, struggling in pain]
[Jessica] Yes! Yes!
Go!
[Buck] Maybe there's an emergency pack.
I think I can get this going if there's fuel!
Ah!
[Amara] We are almost out of supplies.
And I've called for back up, but they will be fighting
on their own for a couple hours.
We might not need it.
Huh?
[Janine] Look up.
Rain?
[Janine] Yes!
And judging by that cloud, lots of it. Whoo!
Roma!
[Roma] No sign of them yet, Amara.
I've circled back for one last look
but I have to go back to re-fuel.
Roma! Look!
It's just what we needed. Thank the heavens.
I have never been happier to see rain in my entire life.
[Buck] That rain isn't going to reach us in time.
♪
We have to try and get to the river.
Is there a path?
There's a clearing over here.
[ATV motor sputtering]
Hopefully there's a trail.
[ATV motor sputtering]
You know how to hot wire?
Let's just say I went through a bit of
a bad boy phase in my teens.
I don't think I would have been your type back then.
Good thing I got out of that phase.
You saying you'd go on a date with me?
Full disclosure? I actually thought this was a date.
It's probably the best one I've been on in years.
Wait till our second date.
There's a nice little hurricane
that I want to take you to.
[Jessica] You really know how to spoil a girl.
[Jessica coughs]
[ATV motor starts]
Yes! Yes! Yes!
[motor sputters and stops]
[Jessica] It's empty.
What did you find?
Flare gun.
One flare.
-[Jessica coughing] -The smoke is too thick.
I don't hear anybody out there.
Jessica! Jessica!
[tree cracking]
Watch out!
[cracking, smashing]
[Charlie cries out]
Charlie! Charlie!
[Charlie whining and crying]
Buck, Buck. It's heavy.
Buck you have to help me, please!
Buck!
It's too heavy! Please Buck!
[Charlie whining]
[Jessica] What are you doing?
[bombs going off] [dog whining]
It's okay.
You did a good job.
You found that bomb before anybody could get hurt.
It's okay. It's okay.
[Charlie crying]
Buck? Please, what are you doing? Please help me!
Charlie needs you!
It's okay Charlie. It's okay.
-You ready? -Yeah.
[both struggle]
-Jessica. -What?
You're going to take this.
You're going to get further from the fire.
What?
Charlie and I can't make it out.
And I need you to be okay.
No!
I'm going to stay with Charlie.
He can't walk and I can't carry him.
No, I can't. I can't.
No, I can't.
Hey.
This has been the best first date that I've ever had.
Aside from the ending.
Stop it!
We can get out of this.
We have to try. We have to try.
We have to figure it out...
Go. Go.
I'm not leaving you.
[flare gun fires]
[explosion]
The battle's not over yet, but I think if we...
Are you guys seeing this? North northeast.
Buck!
I'll drive over and meet you there!
[Roma] No Mom. You stay put!
It's still too dangerous! Okay?
Roma, can you get to him?
I'm 12 minutes out.
[Amara on radio] Too long. I'm on my way.
Copy.
Charlie's mom was our family dog.
He's been with me his whole life.
When I was in the K-9 unit overseas
I got really close to them.
It's really hard to shake
some of the things I saw happen to them.
Some of our bravest dogs.
And some of our bravest soldiers.
[helicopter whirring]
[Amara] I see a clearing. I have room to land.
Buck! Buck!
Buck!
♪ [uplifting music begins] ♪
♪ Nobody left behind ♪
♪ I'll stand with you and fight ♪
♪ Cause we are stronger together ♪
♪ I'll never turn away ♪
♪ No I won't let you break ♪
♪ Know that you've got me forever ♪
♪ Take my hand ♪
♪ We will rise up We came to win ♪
♪ You got my back and I got yours until the end ♪
♪ No matter what When the darkness rolls in ♪
♪ We'll stand together be united till the end ♪
♪ We're united ♪
♪ United ♪
♪ We're united ♪
♪ United! ♪
♪ I'm so much braver now ♪
♪ I'm never backing down ♪
♪ Cause I know you're in this forever ♪
♪ Don't matter where I go I'll never be alone ♪
♪ Cause warriors stand together ♪
♪ Take my hand ♪
♪ We will rise up We came to win ♪
♪ You got my back and I got yours until the end ♪
♪ No matter what When the darkness rolls in ♪
♪ We'll stand together be united till the end ♪
♪ We finally feel alive We're standing in the fire ♪
♪ We're stronger than we've ever been ♪
♪
[Amara] Hey team.
Just wanted to let you know
I have a geologist and our forest supervisor on board.
I am bringing them home!
We're about fifteen minutes out.
Nice rescue, little cousin! Whooo!
It's a good thing I taught her how to fly.
[Amara] Ha! You wish!
Buck! I thought I'd lost you there.
A little banged up, but I'm good!
[Janine] Now you listen to me.
I swore that if you came out of this alive,
that I would apologize to you every day
for not letting you say goodbye to your Father.
I am so sorry.
Thank you, Mom.
That means a lot.
I couldn't let you lose focus in Afghanistan, Buck.
I just couldn't put you at risk.
[Janine] I couldn't bear losing my son.
I'd just lost my husband.
And I needed you to come home safe.
That's why I kept you in the dark
about your Dad's last days.
[Janine] I'm so sorry, son.
I'm sorry, too.
I wasn't ready before.
But I'd like to talk, if we could.
[Buck] There's somebody that I want you to meet.
[laughs] You've got a deal.
We're about 15 minutes out.
Amara, how goes the battle?
Between the rain, Roma and the firefighters,
I think we can call this one beat.
♪
[Buck on radio] Mom, please.
I know how to fish up at Jenkins Pond.
You don't have to give us instructions.
What he means is thank you.
[Janine] All right, all right.
I'm just saying if you'd like,
I'm happy to meet you and Jessica there.
[Janine] Maybe help tie some flies?
[whispers] Sorry.
Mom's going through a bit of a 'sappy phase'.
Ever since the fire,
she discovered helicopter parenting.
Never too late I guess.
Well, I'm sure your Dad would be happy about that.
But tell her to come meet us later.
And bring us some batter because
I am going to fill up that frying pan!
If you're sure.
Yeah.
Sounds great, Mom!
Jessica and I are gonna drop off supplies at the geology center
and then we'll meet you at the lake.
[Buck] She says to bring your famous batter.
[laughs] All right.
I love you.
I love you too, Mom.
Well, new digs for us, buddy.
[Jessica] This is gorgeous!
Of course it is!
Nothing but the best
for my new consultant of sustainable land usage.
Thank you, Martin.
I'll be starting that review with you on Monday.
I look forward to seeing the results.
Buck.
Martin.
Well, onto bigger and better!
[Buck chuckles]
[Buck] Martin Lamont...
Mr. International Conglomerate who knows nothing
about fault lines, has leased you this place.
Yes.
I wanted to show you.
But he actually listened to my proposal.
Minimize impact on the land, maximize local jobs.
Plus he's funding my next research project. So...
Charlie, did you hear that?
-[Charlie barks] -[Jessica laughs]
Congratulations, Dr. Jessica Alaway.
You're amazing.
Thank you.
[Charlie barks happily]
Hey.
Can I ask you a question?
Ask every question you have.
Have you ever
thought about talking to someone about your service days?
Every question but that one. [chuckles]
Ah. Veterans' Services has reached out a few times.
I just thought I could conquer this one on my own.
You know, you do a lot of saving of everyone else.
It's okay to ask for a little help.
Right again, doc.
First thing Monday morning I'm going to call,
and make an appointment.
Good.
And Charlie and I will be here to support you.
That's good.
Because I'm going to need a lot of support.
Daily support, even.
Daily support? [chuckles]
I gotta show you this place.
Yes! I can't wait. It's amazing.
-Charlie, come on! -Come on!
♪ [uplifting music begins] ♪
♪ So I'm leaving the light on ♪
♪ For you So you know ♪
♪ I'm keeping the light on for you ♪
♪ Till you come back home ♪
♪ Same skies
♪ Are over us tonight
♪ Even though
♪ We see different skies
♪ Distance
♪ Why do you prove so hard
♪ Sometimes
♪ It can be so dark
♪ So I'm leaving the light on for you ♪
♪ So don't let go
♪ I'm keeping the light on for you ♪
♪Till you come back home ♪
♪
♪I'm leaving the light on for you ♪
♪ So don't let go
♪ I'm keeping the light on for you ♪
♪ Till you come back
♪