Tommy survives the fire set by Sheila, but hazy memories of that night’s events have put him at the center of an arson investigation. Facing the loss of his job and even jail, he delicately arranges for Sheila to have custody of Janet’s baby. Struggling to maintain his relationship with his daughter, Tommy battles impotence as he’s pursued by the sexy female firefighter who rescued him from the beach house blaze. With the arrival of a cocky rookie recruited to jump-start their basketball team, the men of 62 Truck face trials that include Lou’s romance with a nun, Sean’s stormy marriage to Maggie Gavin, and a disappointing return to duty that ends in Jerry’s suicide. And when Mike is transferred to a crew with a reputation for drinking on the job, Tommy tries to keep him out of harm’s way by secretly joining them on calls dressed in his dead cousin Jimmy’s bunker jacket.