Like I mentioned before, there is no fire in this episode,

but there’s still nightmare fuel. Three Rock makes

a pit stop at 42 to enjoy some air conditioning after finishing

a brush-clearing job. While they’re there, Vince gets a call that a local office building is experiencing a power outage which leaves multiple clients and customers stuck in the elevator. The teams pair up to tackle the call, forcing Gabi and Manny to ride in the same rig together. It’s painfully awkward for everyone else stuck in the truck with them.

This incident is also the final step in Phase 2 of Bode’s training. If he can get through it without incident, Jake’s approval will mean that Bode can officially be assigned to Ladder 42 full-time. However, Jake still has not forgiven Bode for lying during the hot wash and cheating during the dummy test. Bode is a liability out in the field and Jake wants him to prove that he can follow directions rather than being the hero all the time. Not jumping immediately into the action proves to be a major trial for Bode during the preliminary steps of the incident.

When they get to the building, Vince is immediately incensed that almost nothing is up to code, including the backup generator and the building fuse box that would allow Vince to override power to the elevator. Without the override, the team has to force the elevator doors open where it’s stuck between floors and help the stuck victims climb out. Manny and Gabi end up jumping into the elevator to help get the people out, and make it to the last two people before the power cuts out again and the elevator drops another several floors. The estranged father and daughter are then stuck in the elevator with a freshly divorced couple.To make things even more stressful, they are in an express elevator, and it drops to a floor without a main door in the building. This means that Jake has to strap on a harness, climb down to the elevator from an upper floor, and help pulley people out through a maintenance hatch. It becomes a two-man job when Gabi radios that the woman in the elevator is diabetic and her sugar is bottoming out. She needs an emergency sugar dose, and it’s going to take multiple people to help out. Jake reluctantly allows Bode to strap up with him and warns that if Bode does anything that Jake doesn’t instruct him to do first, he will fail the incident and his chance of joining his parents’ fire station will be dashed.