We choose up proper the place we left off final season; the constructing was collapsing with Vince, Sharon, and Vince’s father, Walter, nonetheless trapped inside. They discover Sharon and Walter first, and after they stated they discovered Vince I had this small little bit of hope however I knew. Man, I used to be actually hoping this is able to be a faux out (although the sneak peek trailer confirmed the route they had been stepping into) however Vince Leone is gone. The look on Bode’s face when Manny broke the information to him almost broke me. It’s like he and his household had been lastly coming collectively. Bode was out of jail, on probation, and headed in the suitable route by becoming a member of Station 42– now this?
My goodness and that funeral? Bode’s eulogy for Vince was so becoming; Bode doing one thing he wasn’t speculated to and Vince exhibiting him the best way to do it the suitable method. That stubbornness of his by no means left him however Vince, although most instances pissed off, all the time tried to indicate him the best way to do issues the suitable method and preserve him on the straight path. I don’t understand how they’ll get previous this loss– Vince, to me, was the guts of Station 42.
“Goodbye for Now” – FIRE COUNTRY, Pictured: Jules Latimer as Eve Edwards, Max Thieriot as Bode Leone, Jordan Calloway as Jake Crawford, Stephanie Arcila as Gabriela Perez, and Kevin Alejandro as Manny Perez. Picture: Sergei Bachlakov/CBS © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
One factor I didn’t like was how Jake was instantly gunning to take Vince’s spot. I’m sorry, weren’t you in your method out, Jake? In all equity, sure, Jake could be the plain selection, he was captain in spite of everything, however one thing about this feels flawed to me. Bode after all overhears Jake’s thought on this and goes off. His response was legitimate – there’s a time and place for this and that second wasn’t it. Nevertheless, Bode was flawed right here. Although Station 42 is his legacy, he nonetheless has work to do to rise up to that stage.
Sharon places an finish to it; she suspends energetic responsibility for Station 42.
Two months later Station 42 remains to be out of service. Sharon just isn’t doing okay. Manny stated he has to place the meals in her face to make her eat. She doesn’t wish to hear something about Station 42. Luke stopped by and cooked for Sharon, and usually I’d be like “oh that’s candy” I can’t neglect how he tried to make a transfer on Sharon, so him being there’s sus to me. To make issues worse, he invitations Walter over. This units Sharon off, as a result of she believes he’s the rationale Vince is gone. She tells Walter she was the best rating officer there and Vince was her duty – he shouldn’t have taken her out. What broke me was that she stated it ought to’ve been her as an alternative of Vince.
“Goodbye for Now” – FIRE COUNTRY, Pictured: Jules Latimer as Eve Edwards and Max Thieriot as Bode Leone. Picture: Sergei Bachlakov/CBS © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Luke stops by once more to apologize for bringing Walter round. Whereas there, Luke’s radio goes off and Sharon hears that Station 42 is at an incident. Whereas ready for Cal Hearth to cease by to reprimand her for one thing that I don’t consider is her fault (it doesn’t matter what she believes), she ought to’ve centered on what Station 42 wanted: their Division Chief to step up.
On the incident, Bode learns that that is Gabriella’s final shift with Station 42 (too many individuals have left this man at this level and I can’t take it anymore). They later meet to speak about it, which I admire Gabriella for. She tells Bode about her plans and why she’s leaving and actually, it’s an ideal alternative for her. That is the place she tousled although; why would she inform Bode she loves him when she’s leaving? Woman, come on now. If I’m being trustworthy, I don’t look after Audrey, by no means did and by no means will. I needed Gabriella and Bode to be endgame, so what I’m keen to simply accept is that this actually is a ‘goodbye for now’ with them.
“Goodbye for Now” – FIRE COUNTRY, Pictured: Stephanie Arcila as Gabriela Perez and Kevin Alejandro as Manny Perez. Picture: Sergei Bachlakov/CBS © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Every time this man has a redeeming second he turns round and ruins it– sure, I’m speaking about Luke Leone. When Sharon instructed him that she was anticipating Cal Hearth to indicate up at her door, why would he then take it upon himself to succeed in out to them? This now rushes people at Cal Hearth to fill the open Battalion place at Station 42 and so they fill the place. After all it is with the person Sharon can’t stand (and who Vince additionally couldn’t stand), Brett Richards.
I loved this episode however I would be mendacity if I stated I wasn’t nervous in regards to the new route of the present. No Vince? No Three Rock? No Gabriella? An excessive amount of of what I liked in regards to the present is gone, however you realize what? I’m selecting to belief the imaginative and prescient.
EPISODE RATING: 8/10
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