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Station 19 - S1E1 - "Stuck"

  A woman is on her laptop in bed, cyber stalking her ex-boyfriend. She calls her friend who convinces her to log off the computer. She puts the lid down, while keeping the laptop on her pillow, and goes into her bathroom. Sparks begin to fly from the power cord … and the pillow ignites. A voice-over begins in a woman’s voice. This is the first clue that we have entered Shonda-Land! Fire engines are racing to the scene in all their fire-engine glory. They arrive at a home with smoke billowing out while the voice over continues, talking about the legendary fire pole that we all imagine fire fighters slide down with every call. The crew rushes to put the fire out, while Captain Obvious orders, “Contain the flames and get the hell out!” I could have called that play, and I don’t even have any fire training. He barks some other orders and assignments for his team to pair up. The crew enter a smoky house looking for the victim and the source of the flames. Quite naturally, they find the c