Fire Country is going on hiatus and will leave us clutching our pearls until the show returns at the end of January. Another campaign fire breaks out in the winter finale, which separates the team to try to get all of these mysterious “zombie fires” under control. Bode (Max Thieriot) and Audrey (Levin Rambin) team up, as it’s their first day as officially part of the Ladder 42 family. Their desire to prove themselves quickly lands them in hot water — or should I say hot woods? Sharon (Diane Farr) would love to see Bode put his troublesome behavior behind him for good, but she and her rookie firefighters learn in this episode that saying you’re going to change and actually changing are two very different things.
Gabriela Isn’t Listening To Anyone in ‘Fire Country’ Season 3 Episode 8
Breaking the car windows is sanctioned by Cal Fire because it allows the firefighters to get to the hydrant they need to access. Siphoning gas is just a straight-up crime, and Gabriela should know better. Her heart is in the right place, but her execution is so far off. Unfortunately, it’s Jake who calls her out on crossing the line. He’s so heated that he compares her blowing off her wedding to him losing Gen, and that officially sends her over the edge. Losing your surrogate daughter is pretty rough, but the situations are apples and oranges. Anyone with common sense could have told Jake that line of argument wasn’t going to get him anywhere good.
Gabs decides she’s also going to blow off work. She takes off her work jacket and storms off like a pissed-off teenager who has just been grounded for breaking curfew. She’s so mad that she doesn’t pay attention to her surroundings… in the middle of a wildfire. Before she knows it, Gabs has walked down a road that becomes completely engulfed in flames. There’s no way out for her, and she ditched most of her protective gear back at the truck during her temper tantrum.
Let us all cross our fingers that if Gabriela makes it out of this fire, this near-death experience is enough to make her genuinely look at the correlation between her life and her choices.
