SPOILER ALERT! This story comprises particulars from the season finale of Fire Country on CBS.
It’s turn out to be a well-worn trope in TV weddings; a heartsick man (or girl) is caught in a pew whereas he watches the love of his life trade vows with another person.
But the one ‘I do’ viewers heard within the May 17 episode of Fire Country got here from the mouth of Gabriela’s dad Manny (Kevin Alejandro). It wasn’t uttered by Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) or Diego (Rafael de la Fuente) on the altar.
Here, Thieriot addresses the cliffhanger and whether or not there’s nonetheless an opportunity that Bode and Gabriela may have a future in season 3.
DEADLINE Talk concerning the resolution to finish the season with the marriage cliffhanger. Obviously, there needed to be a variety of viewers within the viewers who needed Bode to object, don’t you suppose?
MAX THIERIOT It was an enormous group resolution and one thing I do know that Tia Napolitano, our showrunner, was actually enthusiastic about having. It is humorous since you begin making an attempt to anticipate what the viewers needs or expects. There’s additionally this sense that whereas it might be satisfying, you additionally wouldn’t be absolutely glad as a result of that’s the factor you simply imagined was going to occur and then you definately’re left feeling nearly too comfy. You see Bode wanting so badly to say to her ‘no, don’t do it.’ The whole buildup, how he goes into the church … what’s enjoyable about it’s you see him lastly being at peace along with his resolution, and his resolution is, ‘I need to be a firefighter. I need to do something.’ But we’re additionally dwelling it in a spot the place we don’t know if Gabriela and Diego ever stated ‘I do.’
DEADLINE That’s proper!
THIERIOT I used to be an enormous fan of the choice to depart it a bit obscure. People are going to be upset both method, proper? It’s such as you’re happy with the end result if he breaks it up, however then you definately’re additionally left feeling prefer it’s simply wrapped up and accomplished. Conversely, you need so badly for them to be collectively that if she does say ‘I do’ to Diego, he’s gone. Leaving it obscure, with every thing the place it’s at, the burden of the state of affairs, was the strongest transfer.
DEADLINE Is Bode even the sort of man who would have interrupted a marriage?
THIERIOT I feel impulsively, yeah. But at this second and even within the scenes with Gabriela’s mother on the gala, we see that he’s had a variety of progress this season as a personality. We see him beginning to try to rationalize issues a little bit extra. When he had that dialog, he says ‘the most important thing to me is her happiness.’ Ultimately he cares about her a lot that he actually needs the perfect for her. It’s an enormous internal battle for him emotionally. But I undoubtedly suppose the previous Bode would 100% cost proper in and be like, ‘nope, not happening.’ And they’d hop within the automobile and drive away.
DEADLINE When you first launched the drama, did you could have an concept of how lengthy you needed Bode to be within the jail launch program and when it might be time to spring him?
THIERIOT That was all the time an enormous query that we had. There is a lot to discover with him getting out and being again dwelling and free along with his household. But on the identical time, the inmate firefighter program is such a key piece of the present, so the battle was extra about determining how can we proceed this vital ingredient as soon as he’s out. We went backwards and forwards for some time. The starting of the third season is an effective place as a result of we are able to watch all people proceed to develop.
DEADLINE What’s the state of affairs in actual life for the blokes who’re on this program? Do they’ve a tough time changing into actual firefighters?
THIERIOT Yes, in a variety of metropolis departments. It’s not very exhausting to go and get employed on by the Forest Service. There are a variety of former inmates who work as hotshots on the hand crews. There are alternatives. It simply depends upon what degree and for which group you’re working for.
DEADLINE Is it going to take Bode a short time earlier than he achieves that purpose within the new season?
THIERIOT Working for Cal Fire would be the largest hurdle, however I feel there are many methods to have him preventing fireplace a lot sooner, which I feel the viewers will miss if we don’t have him doing one thing on this planet.
DEADLINE Were you concerned in these discussions to spinoff the present with Morena Baccarin?
THIERIOT I’ve been arising with spinoffs in my head since earlier than this collection ever launched. We have been all the time serious about exploring extra of Edgewater and different jobs which are locally.
DEADLINE We clearly bought the firenado this season. Is there one other large catastrophe that you simply hope to deal with in season three?
THIERIOT I hope to do extra stuff with floods. Those are clearly fairly large and I grew up in an space that was not removed from the Russian River, which might flood at instances. The fireplace departments are intimately concerned in coping with that. I feel could be enjoyable to do if we are able to determine how you can do it in an enormous scale. As a director, it’s undoubtedly one thing I’ve been eager to do. I’ve thought by means of a variety of totally different ways in which we are able to accomplish a few of these scenes with out it getting too loopy costly, however nonetheless have it really feel like an enormous scale.
DEADLINE They made you are taking your shirt off within the second to final episode. Any likelihood you’ll be able to add a clause in your contract going ahead that limits what number of instances it’s a must to strip down on digicam?
THIERIOT I can attempt, however I don’t suppose they’ll ever approve that clause. I may in all probability ask for lots of different issues earlier than I bought that one.
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