‘Fire Country’ Season 3 Episode 10 Recap: This Is What We Call Growth
The boys earn the A storyline by taking Walter (Jeff Fahey) on a fishing trip to test out his memory. The excursion mends some fences between Vince (Billy Burke) and his brother, Luke (Michael Trucco), but it also illuminates that Walter’s memory issues can’t be brushed off as sloppy calendar keeping or a few beers too many. Meanwhile, Sharon, Audrey (Levin Rambin), and Gabs hunker down at the station. Gabs has been suspended but is conveniently around when a newborn is dropped off at the station, wrapped in a blanket with only a sticky note with his name written on it. The arrival of the baby stirs up a lot of feelings for both Gabs and Audrey, but it makes for a great teaching moment for Sharon. We’ll go ahead and tell you that the baby made it through as well. It’s a happy ending for a relatively low-key episode, but it was the reset that Fire Country needed. Someone will probably be back to doing something stupid next week, so we need to enjoy this while we can.
A Leone Fishing Trip Has Mixed Results in ‘Fire Country’ Season 3 Episode 10
Everything is going great until Walter announces that Luke has a new job that will require him to move. I don’t know how many times these people need to learn not to tell Walter anything you don’t want the rest of the family to know. He’s been spilling secrets for at least two seasons now. Vince flips out, since Luke hasn’t discussed it with him first — because Luke’s move means Vince will have to be in charge of Walter. Luke righteously argues that it’s time for him to have his own life and that this is the first opportunity he’s had since Shannon took her job back. The fighting upsets Walter, and Bode makes everyone go to bed so they can calm down.
Of course, a boys’ trip wouldn’t be a boys’ trip on Fire Country if there wasn’t an emergency, as Walter wanders off in the middle of the night. Luckily, Bode catches him and follows him on the walk where they discover a man who has been stuck in his crashed car for days. They all band together to pull a Leone “Swiss Army Job” — using the tools on hand to free the man from the car and get him some help. It’s a great salve for Vince and Luke’s brotherly wounds, but it’s also an eye-opening experience for Bode. He realizes that Sharon is right; something is very off with Walter. His dad and uncle just refuse to see it.
Abandoned Babies Call for Trauma Bonding in ‘Fire Country’ Season 3 Episode 10
Meanwhile, it’s an uneventful night at the station until a newborn is dropped off in the “baby box,” as Station 42 is a safe house for new moms who want to give up their babies within the first 72 hours of them being born. Sharon, Audrey, and Gabs find themselves taking care of an infant named Calvin until the Department for Children and Family Services can arrive and find him a new home. Audrey is shaken that such a thing could be possible and immediately questions what kind of parents would be able to abandon their child like that. Meanwhile, Gabs and Sharon are just excited to have a newborn around to spoil. It’s all peachy until the baby’s mother shows up and demands her baby back. She’d been overwhelmed after giving birth and made a mistake, but she can’t live with letting him go.
