Over the two seasons that Fire Country has been on the air, we’ve seen many unexpected developments, including for lead star Max Thieriot, who plays Bode Leone.
As the second season comes to a close, we finally get some resolutions and closure to situations that we didn’t get with the first season finale.
Fire Country Season 2 Episode 10 is the event of the year that Bode fans have been dreading.
Gabriela’s wedding day. To paramedic Diego.
But will Gabriela really go through with the union after she and Bode had such a powerful conversation to clear things up in Fire Country Season 2 Episode 9?
Fans have waited all season to witness this interaction. Was this done in time to change things between them?
And that kiss they shared? Wow! Talk about fanning the flames.
Gabriela insists it was a mistake, but didn’t she already say that about her relationship with Bode in season one? So why go back?
The relationship triangle between Gabriela, Bode and newcomer Diego played an important role in the plot of the second season.
Both Bode and Diego are in love with Gabs. And it’s clear she still loves Bode. But with him in prison for who knows how long, she chose to move on with her life.
Only, it seems that Bode will no longer be locked up.
Thanks to his heroism in saving Vince’s life during the latest episode of Lazarus Fire, Bode earned Extraordinary Citizen credit, which took 12 months off his 11-month sentence.
So, does that mean we’ll see Bode at Gabriela’s wedding?
And what about her other ex-boyfriend, Jake?
The two have become good friends, so it would be out of character not to see him and all of Station 42 at the nuptials.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to expect to see him there with Genevieve as his date. Gene told Bode during the Fireman’s Ball that she wanted to visit him before Three Rock closed.
Will the two connect now that Bode is released from prison, even though he’s not her biological father? Before she passed away, Cara told Bode that she wanted him to be Gene’s guardian. But Jake doesn’t want that to happen.
Now that Bode is in the real world, will he try to grant Cara’s request? Or will he step back and let Jake be the father figure he was when he was dating Cara?
The bond between Gene and Jake has strengthened since Cara’s death. Would it be fair to remove the pre-teen girl from the family she is trying to start and place her with strangers?
Why does Bode have to live if he doesn’t have the girl he thought he had or the girl of his dreams?
Even Bode doesn’t seem to know what to do with his life on the outside. In a promotional trailer for the second season finale, he feels sorry for himself now that he is no longer a firefighter.
Will Bode have a career as a firefighter in season 3 of Fire Country? Or are his hero days over now that he’s been freed? He doesn’t seem ready to stop saving lives, whether he’s a firefighter or not.
And speaking of released inmates, Bode’s best friend Freddy pays a surprise visit to check in with Bode upon his release.
We haven’t seen Freddy since Bode took out his drug charges so he could get early release in season one.
Most fans agree that seeing Bode falsely return to prison was the worst way the first season could have ended.
So having Freddy back for a visit now that Bode is away is the perfect way to wrap up the shortened and rather stale second season. Freddy was always the only person who could reach Bode when he wasn’t thinking clearly.
Quite a contrast to Bode’s current sidekick, Cole, who is more of a rebel. He doesn’t hold Bode responsible for breaking the rules, which Bode does. A lot.
Only, it seems Freddy is still in favor of a Gabriela-Bode reunion. If he tells Bode to go get his girlfriend, will Bode listen? Will Bode finally break off Gab’s relationship with Diego for good?
We know there will be a wedding. All that remains is to wait impatiently to find out which couple will get married.
And speaking of weddings, can we expect the father of the bride to attend?
Things are a little unclear regarding Manny’s future. In the previous episode, we saw him walk away, leaving everything behind, after learning that a warrant was out for his arrest.
There are two theories about Manny’s future.
The first is that he is going to be present at Gabriela’s wedding. He is sentenced to prison, which he completes at Three Rock as a model inmate firefighter.
A second theory is that Manny’s disappearance means he’s leaving the show for good.
In an interview with TV Insider, Max Thieriot said of the season 2 finale: “I think episode 10 will be really exciting and rewarding. But I think it’s also a pretty heartbreaking episode and there has a bit of devastation too.
Wait, Thiériot! What kind of devastation are we talking about here? Are we going to say goodbye to a series regular?
Vince just resigned from CalFire, pending medical clearance, after having heart problems due to his electrocution in Fire Country Season 2 Episode 7.
Will his heart problem lead to an exit from the series for Billy Burke, who plays Vince? He’s already said he doesn’t know where he’ll be next year.
Foreshadowing?
Fire Country has rather managed to maintain a steady cast of characters with very few traumatic deaths on screen.
Cara was the most notable loss of Fire Country Season 2 Episode 5. But Rebecca from Fire Country Season 1 Episode 15 deserves an honorable mention.
But just because we’re keeping a lot of regulars doesn’t mean we won’t experience another character removal for the season finale before season three.
The show set up the storyline, so we could say goodbye to Vince. Or to Manny, who could be a wanted criminal by the start of season three.
Then again, the plot perfectly points to an exit for our baffled Bode best friend, Jake Crawford.
Jake decided to raise Gene instead of Bode, despite what Cara told Bode on her deathbed.
Gene made Jake promise not to die last episode, which haunted him during the Lazarus Fire.
The story could unfold with Jake deciding that being a firefighter was too dangerous now that he’s Gene’s father. She has already lost two sets of parents.
Be sure to tune in to the season two finale to find out how our favorite firefighters end up ahead of season three.
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