SPOILER ALERT! This story comprises plot factors from Friday’s episode of Fire Country on CBS.
Morena Baccarin made her debut as deputy sheriff Mickey on Fire Country — a job that would result in a derivative sequence if the TV (or CBS) Gods deem it worthy.
In the episode “Alert the Sheriff,” Mickey enters the scene in Edgewater by way of helicopter; she’s in pursuit of a cash launderer who finally ends up dumping $50,000 in money over the convicts whereas they whereas they’re working within the woods. Viewers shortly be taught that Mickey just isn’t solely the step-sister of Sharon (Diane Farr), she additionally performed an unlucky function in placing Sharon’s son Bode (Max Thieriot) behind bars earlier than he joined the Cal Fire firefighting program.
Mickey and Sharon have been estranged, however the girls use the episode to heal outdated wounds. Sharon additionally leans on Mickey for help when she learns that Bode just isn’t the daddy of Cara’s daughter, Genevieve. (Before she died in episode 5, Cara requested Bode to take care of the woman).
“Our backstory is that Mickey’s dad was an original resident [in Edgewater] and he got busted for growing weed,” says Joan Rater, who wrote the episode with Tony Phelan that was directed by Thieriot. “And if you’re a kid who has that kind of chaos happen early in your life, it would make sense to us that you would want to avoid chaos at all costs. You would want to believe in order and rules and law and order. And so she’s a person who likes order, but she knows everybody in town. It gives her a unique perspective.”
“Because of her unique background, she’s somebody who firmly believes in the law as a force against chaos, and she deeply cares about this community,” provides Phelan. “She’s grown up here in a very real sense, the community saved her when her parents ran into trouble early on. So I think a lot of her journey is in discovering her own power and her own ability to take care of these people.”
As as to if Baccarin will get her personal sequence, Phelan says it’s as much as CBS and what their wants are shifting ahead. Friday’s episode just isn’t thought of a backdoor pilot; the mission is anticipated to undergo one other improvement stage earlier than a possible sequence order could be made.
“We think there are more stories to tell in Edgewater, and I think the audience has reacted to the idea of this small town and a small town where a lot of the people in town are first responders,” says Phelan. “I think that’s one of the things that makes Fire Country special.”
CBS’ determination to discover a Fire Country spinoff isn’t a surprise, given the truth that the drama ranked as probably the most watched new broadcast sequence final season, averaging 8 million viewers per episode, 10 million in stay+35 multi-platform viewing. And CBS President and CEO George Cheeks hinted at the opportunity of a Fire Country spinoff throughout a dialog with Deadline’s Peter White final June on the Banff World Media Festival.
“We are focused on mass-appeal franchises,” Cheeks mentioned on the time. “This season’s number one show was Fire Country, which completely lends itself to building out a whole new universe… It became very clear that not only was the show special, it really felt like this could be a great example of us building together a franchise from scratch. And so I’m like, ‘you guys, congratulations, you got your back nine. Now let’s start talking about ideas for new extensions.’ They’ve already come up with some great ones.”