04-04-2025
Fire Country Video: Max Thieriot Talks #Bodiela ‘Challenges,' Spinoffs, and the Importance of Inmate Firefighters
What hot water has Fire Country's Bode Leone gotten him into this time?
When last we tuned into the third-season CBS drama, Bode's P.O. (played by 24 alum Roger Cross) showed up on the former inmate's doorstep to confront him about associating with 'known criminals.' At the start of the TVLine video Q&A above (and below), series lead and co-creator Max Thieriot sheds some insight on his character's questionable side hustle.
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Thieriot then further tees up this Friday night's episode, which marks the second appearance by upcoming Sheriff Country spinoff star Morena Baccarin, as Sheriff Mickey Fox, and introduces W. Earl Brown as Mickey's father, Wes. Thieriot talks about reuniting with Brown, who played a small but memorable figure on A&E's Bates Motel back in the day — and whom you might not realize starred in There's Something About Mary!
After Thieriot talks a bit about next Friday's episode (which finds Station 42 responding to an accident at a ski resort, and with which Mother Nature did not quite cooperate), the topic turns to the roller coaster that is the Bode/Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) romance. I recap a mere fraction of the pairing's highs and lows, and invite Thieriot to weigh in on their endgame status and the 'challenges' in moving that story forward in fresh ways.
We also talk a bit about what Audrey (Leven Rambin) brought to the party this season, after which Thieriot answers a very direct reader question about #Bodiela's future.
At the 8:30 mark, Thieriot and I talk about how Fire Country's midseason two-parter eerily mirrored the L.A. wildfires that broke out during the hiatus, and how important it was for real-life prison fire camps to get some attention as they helped battles those California blazes.
The video Q&A then wraps with me asking what's what with Fire Country's other, potential spinoff, that would be led by Season 3 guest star and Supernatural vet Jared of TVLine
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