it doesn't go like that.
if you do it like that it'll open in the fire. then you'll get burned and
brian. he's not doing it right, dad. he never does it right.
and die!
fireman shit?
firehouse.
dad!
well, look what we have here. nice costume. rent it?
so you're going to fight fires now, huh?
doesn't work on you. see ya around, little brother.
well, see you're wrong already. had a talk with chief fitzgerald, and we decided in the interest of brotherly love, that maybe you shouldn't be way over on the other side of town. so starting tomorrow, your assigned to company 17. my company. one case of scotch, you're getting cheap in your old age, brian.
got a cause?
the glory boys just want to finish their report so they can go home.
it's comin' along.  want a beer?
it's old stuff adcox gave me that the department was going to throw out anyway. still good enough though for this tub.
what, you've never seen one before?
it works.
people actually used to pay you for this?
sheep don't count.
that was never proved.
why'd you come here, brian?
what is it with you, man, huh? how do you manage to keep coming up with new and amazing ways to screw up? that scotch bullshit? am i really supposed to believe you came crawling back home because you suddenly felt heart strings moan for the family biz? you were bankrupt, man.
i know you cold, brian. the scary thing is, you probably could have faked it for awhile. but you see, in this job there's no place to hide. isn't like selling log cabins. you have a bad day here -- someone dies. and that's not fucking good enough. want another beer?
big bad brother is going to treat you like any other probie -- that i don't think is going to make it.
thanks for the speakers.
yeah, you know. you know what it felt like.
i think you're gonna find out, brian. don't be late tomorrow.
you're too late, probie.
call in another alarm. we're gonna need some back-up.
be gentle.
hey, probie! how 'bout it, huh?
you're doing it wrong.
stay beside me.
no, we'll hit the son of a bitch head on.
nah, listen to it. it's a pussy. it'll just steam on us. it won't flash. go high in the ceiling.
i knew you were a pussy! c'mon! steam us! let's go!
ya love it, probie?
hook us up to a stand-pipe.
jesus, how 'bout man, huh? we're gonna loose this!
hey otis, is it?
goddamn it, where's our backup? where's the second-in companies?
dig in!
dig in, goddamn it!
you're gonna love this.
adcox! take tim and do a search.
don't you fold on me now, man.
clear the hose for me.
you all right?
y'know, you got an awful short memory for direct orders. i told you to stay beside me.
-- you split the team, man. and what was that crap with the standpipe? you'd think you and a hose were never introduced before.
-- i told you to stay next to me!
what you did was drop the ball, probie. get that right.
bet 30,000 dollars a year and twenty two days a month off sounded pretty good twelve weeks ago, huh?
c'mon ladies, let's roll some hose.
hey! swayzak!
we almost lost a whole company up there, swayzee buddy. isn't any back- up since you closed '33. and we really appreciate it, the guys and me. honest. i know you've got my vote for mayor.
oh yeah, your famous task force.  three guys have already died this year because of the cuts made by your "task force".
if anybody's light's gonna blink, it's yours.
tim, fill out the alarm card. clean the pipe poles, wipe down the ladders and hang some hose.
better be good.
bye, boys.
clean the toilets.
okay, company dismissed. -- see ya guys tonight at fitzgerald's retirement party.
you want a ride?
brian -- -- see ya tonight.
hey.
i gotta change the view.
y'know, i think it's a union bylaw that if a guy gets in the paper -- especially if it's bullshit -- he owes the company a drink. in fact.  . i'll have a double. on the hero.
whatever.
uh, helen, i wanted to talk to you a second about sean.
jackson.
what's wrong with right now? he's your son for christ's sake. he's --
yeah?
you can't talk about my brother like that.
leave me alone!
no. i need a drink.
i'm okay.  leave me alone.
nah, he's nothin'. it's just sometimes.  sometimes you just gotta punch somebody out, y'know?
i don't think i can get up.
look, brian, a photographer. maybe i can get on the cover of life magazine, too.
adcox, those guys. they don't get it.  it isn't the goddamn promotion.  or dad.  i'm not my old man, y'know? no fire's gonna get me.  i don't give a shit about being a captain.  it's just.  it's just they don't trust me anymore.  . they don't trust me anymore.
if you'd get out of my fuckin' way. i could take my own goddamn shoes off.
you're such a pain in the ass.  you've always been a pain in the ass.
jesus, it's too damn bright in here.  like a goddamn spotlight.  i'm goin' blind.
yeah.  too bright.
they don't know.  they don't know what i hear in there.
this boat could be okay, huh?.  take it out weekends.  sean 'n me.
hey! knock it off!
nah, we just about got it.
yeah, it's bullshit. so what? fuck swayzak. fuck 'em all. we don't go into fires for them. you know that. christ, you taught me that.
you know knowlton pretty well?
kind of an asshole, wasn't he?
we're gonna be okay, man.
alright.  go!
go!
that isn't a football, probie. get it on your shoulder.
you're not breaking any records, brian.
your shoulder. like this!
come on! pick it up!
run, damn you!
roll the hose.
you heard me.
you got a problem with drilling, probie?
roll the hose.
well, thank god for fires.
don't take that kind of shit from it! don't let it know you're scared! come on!
ready?
listen to it, brian.  jump when i say.  it won't get us.
now!
you okay?
that's not what it's about, brian. the point is there was a kid in there. and what if there'd been two? i went in because that's what i do. it's my way. it's dad's way. it isn't everybody's way.
you said you wanted to know something, brian. what did you learn today? what do you say, brian, huh? time to move on?
that's just about enough, guys, okay?
here. dry yourself off.
look, you are sorta making yourself fair game.
brian, look --
hey, bri.  rimgale's okay. i don't get half the shit he's talking about, but then everybody says the same thing about me. who the hell knows?
fixing my roof.
where's sean?
oh yeah? how's he doing?
give up, babe. you can't fight it. believe me, my mom tried.
i just wanted to, i don't know, not exactly apologize for the other night -- especially since i don't remember much of it --
yeah.  i just thought i should say, i don't know, something.
sorry i hit jackson.
he treats you okay?
i treated you better.
coffee? nah, i gotta go.
he's out.
y'know, i treated him better than any other probie i ever had. he probably hates my guts, but i did the best thing for him. i made him finally look in the mirror.
hey, i'm the first one to admit when i'm wrong.
in a fire? never. look, i'm his brother. i care about him, y'know? he was going to get himself killed. maybe not today, maybe not in a year, but it would've happened. and i couldn't -- i just couldn't.
you know what i realized today? i can't remember my dad's face anymore. there's pictures of him staring at me everywhere i go, but the guy behind them.  he's gone.
i'll see ya around, helen.
where is it?
wonderful.
if the doors open and it's hot, don't get out.
it's here.
want to learn something?
adcox, go with pengelly and check the other side.
-- what the hell's the matter with you? you always check the other side. i haven't got time for bullshit right now, okay? we got a job here.
goddamn it adcox! just do your fucking job!
oh, you're so very sly, but so am
lotta smoke, but it isn't rolling.  that means it's hiding.  staying sleepy.  one of these doors.
easy.  no hurry.  you're not going anywhere.
did you check the door for heat, tim?
tim?
tim!
hey, stevie.
not now, brian.
i had that fire. he didn't listen!
fuck you.
he's gonna live. maybe not much else, but he's gonna live.
i'm busy.
-- i'm busy goddamn it, okay?
what, they don't knock on your planet?
i'm working on it.
he wasn't listening to the right thing.
you don't know.  nobody knows.
it knows us. this one knows us.
tim-went-to-the-fire-and-now-he- doesn't-have-a-face.
i'm sorry.  i.  couldn't sleep.
cook and i are almost finished here. have a seat.
look, i'm sorry i --
-- he's gettin' good on those eggs. and y'know, he told me he actually likes the piano.
hey.  sean-man, your dad blew it. i forgot i had to work this morning.
next time, huh? we'll do it up big. promise.
hey, what are you doing here?
so hello.
well, long as you're here you can help clean up a little. i've got a guy coming to look at this in a few minutes.
yeah, it's just another memory in my life right now. and i got way too many of them.
yeah? what have you got to do? look at you. look at your face. all the things you must be thinking. man, you must really hate my guts. well, you know what? it's okay.
-- okay, so you don't like me. you don't like everything i've done. what, because i wasn't such a genius the way i raised you? jesus christ, dad was gone, what was i supposed to do? you tell me, what the fuck was i supposed to do?!
-- i tried, y'know? helen's right. i don't have all the answers, but goddamn it, i've got some. look, you're gonna do what you have to, and maybe i shouldn't have gotten in the way. i'm your brother, not your father. go on. you gotta go somewhere? go.
saw what?
everybody did.
jesus, you been carrying that around for twenty years? for christ's sake, you were seven years old! you think he could have heard you in there?
maybe i do. . what a fuckin' mess, huh? people can change brian.
i don't know, brian.  i don't know.
-- what are you doing here?
i know.
i knew when you came looking for the chemicals. looking for me.
they were for the fucking boat, brian.
i'll be there.
i'll be there, goddamn it!
anything else?
i'll handle it.
i'm his lt. he's my responsibility. i'll handle it. me.
brian?
-- what the fuck were you thinking, huh? burning people? you're a fireman.
-- knock it off!
shut up!
there's a fire. we've got a job here. let's get on with it.
jesus christ brian, run! run goddamn it!
you crazy son of a bitch, why couldn't you stay behind a desk where you belong?
oh shut up, huh? i think i broke my goddamn arm.
you stupid son of a bitch! what the fuck are you doing!
let it go! goddamn it let it go!
you go, we go.
wait for another hose team.
wait for the goddamn hose team!
that's my brother! that's my brother goddamn it!
you are such a pain in the ass.
don't tell them about adcox.  don't let 'em.
who's your brother?