'Fire Country' Season 3 Episode 11 Recap: A Ren Faire Goes Up in Smoke, But Two Romances Heat Up

It’s all hands on deck to cover the litany of hazards at the fair. Sharon (Diane Farr) oversees Three Rock because Eve is off duty and tries to make sure Manny (Kevin Alejandro) follows the rules and stays out of prison. Vince (Billy Burke) is on incident command, but is distracted when he finds out that Sharon and Bode (Max Thieriot) are taking his father for neurology tests behind his back. Jake (Jordan Calloway) tries to mend the deteriorating fences in his found family, but new emerging fires keep him busy trying to secure the scene. Despite the tension in the episode, everyone is still acting like an adult for the second week in a row. I don’t know what’s gotten into the water on this show, but I love it. And our reward for being patient with these hot heads was not one, but two romances emerging at the end of the episode. The Ren Faire may have gone up in smoke, but Fire Country is cooking up the good stuff now.

Vince Is No Longer in Denial in ‘Fire Country’ Season 3 Episode 11

Billy Burke with a hand on hip while wearing his firefighting gear

Vince does not take the development well, immediately starting to freeze Bode out. He snaps at Sharon on the scene and is dismissive of Jake, who tries to offer some really sound advice about Vince needing to listen to his family instead of insisting he knows best. Nothing really penetrates until Vince has to triage on a Ren Faire knight who was impaled by his own sword during the chaos. The knight refuses to give Vince his real name because he feels that his real life is too pathetic, and he wants to die as the brave knight he pretends to be at the Faire. Vince has a good heart-to-heart with him about bravery and what it means to face the scary things in life.

Manny Joins the Adult Club in ‘Fire Country’ Season 3 Episode 11

Stephanie Arcila smiling at Kevin Alejandro

Manny does the responsible thing and goes to get help instead of taking over himself. This is what we call growth! Unfortunately, it takes several extra minutes to find a medic who could help, and they’ll have to see if the extra time caused any permanent brain damage. Manny clearly hates prioritizing not going to prison over saving the woman, but both Gabs and Sharon reiterate that he did the right thing. His situation is temporary, and he needs to show that he can follow the rules if he ever wants to make it back to being a captain or even a full-fledged firefighter again. He and Gabs have another heart-to-heart about it, and she still encourages him to strive for early parole. In the meantime, she’s on the lookout for a new hobby. She’s recognized her toxic pattern of making things she cared about her entire personality, and she wanted something she could enjoy that would give her some work-life balance. It’s astounding to hear this coming out of her. Both Gabs and Manny are doing so well! Cross every appendage you have that they keep it up.