Fire Country
Fridays 9:00 PM on CBSManny Perez Quotes
Eve: Listen, I may or may not be your Captain, but I'm going to talk - when was the last time you hit the shower trailer?
Manny: I worked a 16 all day. Just leave me alone.
Eve: I know. You were working while everyone else was off. That's what guilty people do. You know, you're putting up this front like justice was served. But you know you're in the wrong. And you're ashamed. Because Three Rock, they don't just look up to you, Manny. You are the blueprint. Not just on how to be a firefighter. But how to turn your life around. Become a good person. What you're showing them right now, is that if you ever make a mistake, just go ahead and hang that up. Is that what you want to show them? Hmm? Is that what you want to show Bode? Or your daughter? Or me? Take a shower, Manny.
Eve: You heard from the board yet?
Manny: Still here, ain't I?
Eve: Well, don't convict yourself before they do man.
Manny: I'm not. I stand by what I did.
Eve: Really? You stand by starting a fire at 42, man? Do you hear yourself?
Manny: Look, I regret the fire. And I regret that it may have cost me my job. But I don't regret punching Luke. He deserved it. And besides, what I did got Three Rock here, so get off my back.
Eve: And you really believe that?
Manny: I don't need a lecture, Eve. You're not my Captain.
Eve: Okay. I'm not his Captain.
Eve: Manny, I need you to calm down.
Manny: He lied, Eve. He lied to all of us. And he played you. He had us jumping through hoops, knowing that we don't have any hope. Ain't that right, Luke?
Luke: Manny. Hey pal. Um, I don't think this is really the right time or the place to get into this.
Manny: Naw, I think this is the perfect time and place. Look these men in the face. And you tell your nephew that you're the reason, you're the reason that Three Rock's getting shut down. Tell them. And then you tell these men why you got their hopes up for nothing.
Manny: I'm living proof the program works.
Luke: I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation, okay? It's not just Three Rock that's under threat. It's the whole fire camp system. And you and I both want the same thing. We want Three Rock to stay open. Remain strong.
Manny: Hell, it's not even Three Rock anymore. You've taken away all their basic privileges, bro. You put up a fence. These guys feel like prisoners all over again.
Protester: Is that guy really entering the hot zone?
Manny: Yeah. They're inmate firefighters. This is what they volunteer to do.
Manny: Hey, listen, man. I just want to get something off my chest.
Vince: Hmm. Alright. Lay it on me.
Manny: I can't shake the feeling that all of this is my fault. If I wasn't fighting with that protester in the middle of the road and caused that truck to swerve, you wouldn't be here right now.
Vince: If I'm mad at you, I got to be mad at Luke. For putting up the stupid fence. And then I got to be mad at the electric company -- well, I'm always mad at them. It's dumb luck bro. Plain and simple. It was just dumb luck. Alright? And dumb luck has given me as much as it has taken. So, I'm good. We're good.
Manny: Yeah?
Vince: Yeah.
Manny: Alright. Get some rest.
Vince: Yeah. You go do some hero stuff.
Eve: Gabs, your dad said the daddiest dad joke of all time. I go good job putting out the fire. He said...
Manny: We fame to please.
Eve: He -- no. Boo.
Gabriela: Stop.
Manny: What do you think, Jake? Does that joke belong in the Hall of Flame?
Eve: Oh no.
Gabriela: No.
Manny: Come on.
Eve: Boo.
Manny: Come on. That was good.
Gabriela: Dad.
Manny: That was good.
Gabriela: No.
Jake: Yo, Eve. You and your crew are on mopup, okay?
Manny: Guess he doesn't like my jokes.
Eve: I'm a little worried about Jake. You know, it's been like a month since Cara passed. And he hasn't taken any time off.
Gabriela: That's how he's dealing with his grief.
Manny: Listen. It looks like these DOC guards are sticking around. And there's a petition to shut down Three Rock.
Eve: Yeah, I, uh I saw that. Look, I think when everything settles, people will realize that Rudy didn't kill the Sheriff.
Manny: Naw. It doesn't matter. They look at us. All they see are convicts.
Eve: So we have to do better at defending ourselves.Talk about the programs and how it helps these guys.
Manny: Eve. Eve. Eve. I made my own daughter okay with my incarceration. Now we gotta do the same thing to this town. We gotta flip the narrative. Make them proud to be associated with people who are fighting to turn their lives around. Three Rock doesn't make this town dangerous. Three Rock makes this town great.
Eve: You think they'll believe that?
Manny: Absolutely. Cause it's true.
All this Bode baggage that you're carrying around, mija? It's heavy. And the sooner you let it go, the better you're gonna feel.
At the end of your shift, you get to go home. They don't. You see your friends; you see your family. You come back here. You suit up; you boss 'em around. But that's the gig.
Gabriela: You being able to own your own issues and work through them, Dad, that's what I admire most about you.
Manny: Well, that's good because here's a big one. Your mom didn't abandon us.
Gabriela: Dad, that's not--
Manny: She left me. Not you.
Something's coming for him in there. And he is eager to meet it.
