Warning! SPOILERS about Fire Country season 3, episode 13 ahead.

Bode really needed his loved ones’ support in Fire Countryseason 3, episode 13, and the firefighting drama teased Gabriela’s new role in his life as Bode faces major struggles related to his firefighting job. After Fire Country season 3 briefly pushed Bode and Gabriela back together via their no-strings-attached hookups, the two quickly realized they wanted very different things from their relationship. Bode’s focus on becoming a firefighter and wanting to share it with Gabriela as romantic partners while she wasn’t ready ended any romantic possibility in their foreseeable future, stopping them from spending time with one another altogether.

Gabriela focusing on getting better and rebuilding her life after almost dying in Fire Country season 3, episode 8, when she left in the middle of a call, forcing Manny to leave Three Rock to find her, meant she immediately realized how Bode losing his first patient could crush him. Gabriela proved how well she could read Bode, along with making the right call to tell Luke about Bode’s nightmares, in Fire Country season 3, episode 13, and her intuition helped Luke support Bode exactly when he needed it. This can finally turn Bode and Gabriela’s relationship into something new.

Gabriela & Bode Are Developing A Real Friendship

Bode & Gabriela Were Never Friends Throughout Their Relationship

Although Gabriela and Bode lied to themselves when they first met because they didn’t want to betray Jake, they were always drawn to one another. Their bond also clearly didn’t let them think straight, as Gabriela dove off a bridge to save Bode and Bode left a patient alone not to lose Gabriela in Fire Country season 1, episode 9. Even when Gabriela and Jake weren’t together anymore and she and Bode could explore their romantic feelings for one another, their relationship was packed with grand gestures and unilateral decisions, flaming out before they could experience it outside Three Rock.