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The following contains spoilers from the Season 2 finale of CBS’ Fire Country.
Fire Country was heading for a wedding with its Season 2 finale. And a wedding was in fact had, with nary a hitch, despite a newly freed Bode (played by Max Thieriot) RSVPing with some intention to disrupt things.
Instead, following a run-in with Manny (Kevin Alejandro), Bode decided to let Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) exchange vows and pursue happiness with Diego (Rafael de la Fuente). And as the finale drew to a close, Bode was determined to find his own happiness, as a firefighter – regardless of CAL FIRE’s bearish POV on hiring ex-cons.
Elsewhere, Sharon (Diane Farr) avowed her intention to reclaim her job from Luke (Michael Trucco), while Jake (Jordan Calloway) learned that a sus high school acquittance named Rick (“the king of everything you didn’t want your parents to know about”) might be Gen’s biological father.
TVLine spoke with Fire Country showrunner Tia Napolitano about Bode’s wedding day restraint, Jake’s heartbreak, and the plan for a “really fun” Season 3.
TVLINE | How hard did you have to hold back from having Bode actually break up the wedding? I have to imagine there was some back and forth…
We went back and forth on that. It felt like the obvious move, it’s what you’re expecting, so we wanted to find a different path. When Bode sees Manny and comes to believe that Gabriela might be happy [with Diego], that this is right for her, it just feels selfish to take it away from her. He puts other people, and her especially, above himself and represses the urge, which I felt was so much more interesting.
TVLINE | If he doesn’t run into Manny, things play out differently?
Things play out differently. And I don’t think he was going to sweep her away; my intention with what was going through his mind is he owes her a conversation. He owes her the question before she decides the rest of her life. More than he was going to do some convincing, he was going to say, “Look me in the eye. Truth be told, is this what you want to do? Or do you want to run away with me? I have a car out back.” [Laughs]
TVLINE | Do you think Gaby was hoping he might?
Yes. Especially [with] that look back. She sees him and then she looks back again, hoping he’s going to stand up.
TVLINE | Speaking of Manny, getting led away by the sheriff’s department after walking his daughter down the aisle… Where was Mickey?
That’s a good question. No comment!
TVLINE | To be clear, there is a path for Vince (Billy Burke) to return to firefighting now that he’s had surgery?
Yes. He had a curative procedure, so we’ll get him back in the fire station quickly.
TVLINE | Can Sharon simply reclaim her job as Division Chief from Luke, or is that going to be a whole thing?
What I love about Sharon is she’s so confident that she can. [Laughs] She said to him, “You’re renting that title,” so we’re going to have to see the reality of how that goes. Our people have switched titles and positions and kind of done whatever they want, and I think CAL FIRE might notice that next season. People have been swapping hats left and right!
TVLINE | Rick from high school, the bad egg who’s says he’s no longer a bad egg…. What’s the plan for Jake vs. Rick next season, because that was obviously the last thing Jake wanted to hear.
If Rick’s been incarcerated, just like Bode has, and is claiming to be clean now, just like Bode, it tests our people’s belief in redemption. Is redemption just for Bode or is it for all people? Is Rick redeemable? Can we open our hearts to him? But Jake’s heart is going to break over and over. This Gen thing just got settled, and for it to be ripped open by Rick’s presence is going to be heartbreaking for him. Jake looks at Genevieve just sipping that milkshake and he knows this bullet is coming for her, and he can’t protect her from it.
TVLINE | Is there anything else you’d like to say about Season 3?
I’m considering it a season of wish fulfillment. We finally get to see Bode out, after wanting it since the pilot. It’s such a long time coming, and the fun of getting to see him in places where all our characters have been this whole time will be a fresh engine for Season 3, and a really fun, aspirational place for us to tune in every week.
TVLINE | His first days of freedom weren’t especially joyous, I felt bad for him being almost regarded as a pariah when sitting at Smokey’s.
Our goal is to have a lot of fun with him next season and really let him in on the fun that Eve and Gabriela and Jake have as young single people. Yeah, we really want to bring some levity and joy to Bode.
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Looking forward to next season.
Terrible. Get a new showrunner. All she does is write horrible unsatisfactory season finales. Gabriela marrying Diego is a story I have no interest in seeing. They just ruined a good show.
True I agree with you about this.
I agree!
Love this show. Writing is excellent
All they did was drag this Gabriella/Bode angst into next season. Typical soap opera crap 🤦🤦
About sope opera crap I agree with you about this
I wish they’d ride the show of the Bode/Gabriella dynamic. Find both Bode and Jake new love interest.
Get rid of Trucco. He’s a waste of space.
Agree with you about this
Does including Gabriela with the “young single people” give away the cliffhanger resolution? Or am I reading too much into it?
They didn’t show the wedding finish. Gabby could still walk away.
I was thinking the same thing. You didn’t actually see the wedding finish and the I do’s so many she may change her mind and run…..
In an episode titled “I do,” we never hear that phrase from her but her father. It felt like an intentional title midlead.
*Mislead
I was thinking that too. I hope she runs out of the church to Bode, before saying her vows of course! They are meant to be together.
I hope after Gabriella saw Bode’s face in church at her wedding that she couldn’t marry Diego and now she can get back together with Bode
Let Bode get Gabriella! He darn sure deserves her!!
No! Gabriela is too flaky. In 2 seasons she has been in love with 3 men. She can’t make up her mind! And now she is marrying a man she doesn’t love as much as Bode. I don’t trust her.
Because her parents relationship was so tumultuous, she is afraid and choosing what is safe. That became obvious when she was debating outdoor (her heart wanted it more) or indoor (safer in case rain) wedding. Her father gets brought up and how maybe he is giving her a gift to be able to postpone her wedding, but she instead recalls how another big moment was negatively impacted by her parents. She then goes the safe route for location, indoors, and the safe route to try to protect herself, continuing on with the wedding.. at least up to the points we saw. We never saw if she finished or decided to walk away. But even if she did proceed with the marriage, her heart will still yearn for what/who it really wants.
After two seasons of actors and producers gushing about Gabi and Bode having a fairytale like unbreakable love, and magnetic pull to each other I am tired of being lied to. I’m done with this show. She marries the guy who seduced her while she was a trainee under his supervision? (Come on even for TV that’s just wring) Without them together the show is just another run of the mill action adventure.
Season was too short!
It had to be short because of the strikes. A handful had 13 episodes but most did only end up with 10 episodes this season. A couple other number exceptions. But next season should be more normal, assuming a good deal with IATSE.
Love fire country. Wish Gabrielle says no and doesn’t get married so she can be with Bode.
Don’t take apart Gens life again.
She should stay with Jake and the fire house as family includes bode. You cant have cal fire inmates risk there lives fighting fire then abandoned them when they get out.
The ending was all wrong. Bode should have made stand for Gabriela.
Watching the episode my heart broke for Bode. Finally put and able to now start living normal but so many things are barred from him. First fire fighting, then Gabriella. To watch the woman you love stand up there marrying someone else knowing she loves you too, I can’t imagine. It made me ask, why doesn’t Gabriella just call off or postpone the wedding if her hearts not in it? If she has doubts of marrying Diego?
I appreciated that Bode came on at the end saying I know you all wanted more because we did but he was very reassuring and made a great plug for season 3. Great job. Good drama. 👍
I’ve been a fan since day 1 and I hope to see Bodie get what he wants.
Fire country is it coming back on tv when it is coming back
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Overall I thought it was a weak finale but I will continue to watch. I think Gabby doesn’t deserve Bode as they aren’t a good fit. He needs to ease back into life, connect with being free and rebuilding with his parents after incarceration. I want him to try different jobs and keep trying to claim his status as a firefighter after going through legal channels. I want to see him enjoy life and his friendships.
Ok I’m really getting tired of the Gen storyline. Sometimes they get like a dog with a bone and will not let it go!!
I love the show and look forward to seeing it each week , I love bode he’s a wonderful young man ,and I think he is a good fireman. He is a great Actor
I want bode and gabby back together, that’s why I watch. They have a chemistry that you don’t see often. Please bring them back together and let them have the love that Vince and Sharon do
Crazy part is if Jake would have just went to Gabriella’s wedding, then he would have never spoken to Rick and he could have just kept up the life they built until Rick came knocking.
I don’t quite get why he didn’t go.
This finale was a half baked reprise of the season 1 finale. Just instead of Bode intending to go away from Gabriela for life, Gabriela is intending to go away from Bode for life, It’s not smart. If she and Diego get married that’s it for me.
I would have preferred for Bode to stand up and fight for Gabriella; You could see that she was still in love with him. I was very disappointed in that part of the ending otherwise enjoyed the season finale. Thank You
I love Fire Country! Look forward to watching every week. Well casted & written.