Another week, another traumatic episode of Fire Country on the 2025 TV schedule. While the episode, on the whole, wasn’t terribly disastrous, it did end on a tragic note, as Birch, one of the Three Rock inmates, died in the final moments. After watching it, the short scene really left an impact on me, and it has me incredibly worried about three characters as they cope with this loss.

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So, here’s what happened: Birch was sick at the start of the episode, and when Manny asked if he needed to go to the prison infirmary, he said no. Then Kevin Alejandro’s character said he’d help his fellow inmate.

Eve and Manny then went back and forth about the best ways to support the Three Rock inmate in a way that didn’t make him feel like a criminal. In the end, they had Birch stay in his bed, and when his symptoms got worse, they decided to send him to the infirmary in the morning, which he was upset about. However, when they went to wake him up, he didn’t, and when Bode and Station 42 arrived, they couldn’t save him.