Relief It Is

**Relief It Is** is the 18th episode of Season 3 of California City Show and the 106th episode of the entire series overall. It aired on May 5, 2020 on CCTV Network.

## Synopsis

Lamar is commissioned by Kirti Mang and Ezekiel Palmer to testify over which of the eleven ATBW Blog companies have started a fire near the fire station while in ATBW City, and each of them giving a story to the start of it. Shequan informs him not to attend as he does not need to be involved, though he nonetheless goes anyway.

Kirti Mang is stationed at a fire station in ATBW City, alongside Jon Woodlief, David Pittsman, Brandon Turnin, Aaron Cleetus, Jim Weston, Caleb Jern, Matthew Quartz, Danny Anguilla, and Jim Randolph, who are all turned into firefighters in order to end a longtime battle against each other as well as reduce their competition as part of ATBW Blog. They do not get along well, as Mang remains the only wise thinking person alongside Jim Randolph, as the others constantly fight each other.

They drive near the ATBW Copyright Agency to inspect a nearby fire hydrant, but it fails after David strips the top bolt and Brandon turns the wrench the wrong way. Aaron eventually swings the fire hydrant, causing it to shoot water upwards and cause a problem. They are fined by the company as they end up having to pay for a new one. Back at the fire station, Kirti decides to call it a night, but is bombarded as Aaron, Matthew, Jim, and Caleb play a game of ping pong downstairs. He is eventually tired of hearing it and he goes down and crushes the ball, while Danny smashes Kirti Mang's phone, causing him to become angry as it was an expensive phone. Kirti Mang eventually chases him around the station and Danny ends up getting his leg stuck in one of the stairs. Mang eventually goes back to bed replying "good night!" to everyone and switching his light off, but it is bombarded again after they play ping pong using the ball Mang smashed earlier, to which he becomes frustrated and snatches the ball from them, with Weston pointing his paddle at him. They are eventually told that John Langile passed away. Eventually, Lamar arrives as he promised, but is immediately escorted out after security discover his Cadillac Escalade parked in the parking lot at the Copyright Agency department.

Eventually, the guys find the fire station burning upon return from their job and they retreat back to a different station. However, they are eventually apprehended by ATBW City's fire team under the arms of it's chief fire marshal, who shows no hesitation of charging them with arson after an old neon sign forcibly sparks a fire. All eleven of them are forced to explain it. John Woodlief and David Pittsman blame this on Jim Weston, who forcibly set his portable foot heater too close to the recliner, in which they blame was the cause of the fire, though Weston himself eventually counterclaims it and blames the fire on the two, stating that Woodlief forgot to turn the stove off. Caleb eventually blames the fire on Brandon who denies any of it, but Caleb then claims that Brandon had plugged in a pink 300w incandescent light bulb that started the fire, though the latter denies it and blames the fire on Aaron, though a fight escalates after Aaron becomes angry in the foolishness that the guys are causing. Kirti Mang eventually points the truth that he turned off all electrical components, removed all fire hazards, and changed the smoke detectors, as well as taking all safety precautions that would definitely prevent the fire in the first place before they left the station. But when pulling out however, he noticed a reddish light coming from the window of the lounge and blamed the vintage 1940's ATBW Neon Sign logo for the cause of the blaze and he blames it on John Langile. The fire marshall is not amused, but is shocked to learn the truth, as he (and many other ATBW executives) had told him more than a dozen times not to plug in the sign, though he did anyway. As such, he lets the guys go free.

## Trivia

* This episode depicted John Langile's death even though this episode aired before his real death, which was October 4, 2020, some several months after this episode first aired.
* This is one of the few instances where Kirti Mang is the main focus in an episode of the series, and the one of the few episodes taking place in ATBW City
* Lamar, the show's main character, only makes seldom appearances in this episode.