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Spoilers for Fire Country Season 3, Episode 9 are ahead! You can stream the installment with a Paramount+ subscription if you are looking to get caught up.

Oh, it’s a happy day when I get to write about a relationship in Fire Country that’s on the mend! For the first half of Season 3, Gabriela and Manny’s relationship has been wounded and fragile. However, their big breaking point in the intense yet healing mid-season premiere that involved Stephanie Arcila’s character calling her father out was game-changing. Now, Kevin Alejandro has told me how his character’s relationship with his daughter will evolve in the upcoming episodes, and his comments give me a very specific hope about the role he’ll play in Gabs and Bode’s relationship.

Kevin Alejandro Told Me How Manny And Gabriela’s Relationship Was Impacted By Their Reconciliation

Let’s recap real quick. In Episode 9, we finally saw Gabriela open up about her wedding and confront her dad about how he handled her breakup with Diego. Plus, the two sort of came to terms with their situations, as Arcila’s character addressed her wrongdoings this season and Manny realized how his being at Three Rock has impacted his daughter. This was cathartic for them and the audience, and by the end of the episode, they were in a significantly better place.

So, when I interviewed Alejandro about this, I asked him how he thinks this healing moment might impact Manny and Gabriela in the episodes of Fire Country that will air on the 2025 TV schedule. Noting that he isn’t sure about exactly what is coming, he did explain that calmer waters are ahead for the pair, telling CinemaBlend: