‘Fire Country’ Season 4 Episode 4 Recap: Bode Is Becoming a Powder Keg for Station 42, and I’m Seriously Worried
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Manny Sticks Up for His Boy in ‘Fire Country’
It’s hard to believe that last season Manny (Kevin Alejandro) was begging Vince (Billy Burke) and Sharon (Diane Farr) to keep Bode away from his daughter. Now, he’s willing to risk his own restarted career to give Bode a second chance. He confronts his former charge about his stashed pills at the beginning of the episode and knows Bode is lying to him about why he has them, and whether he’s tried them. Still, even knowing that Bode is lying, Manny advises Sharon not to tell Richards about it. And when Sharon insists on Richards being in on the loop anyway, Manny takes personal responsibility for Bode on the scene that day. Bode’s rapid drug test comes back clean, but that’s still a massive risk on Manny’s part.
Manny has a lot of empathy for Bode. He sees a lot of his younger self in the probie firefighter. So you get why he’s the one willing to reach out to Bode, but risking his own career when he knows Bode is lying? Gabs (Stephanie Arcila) would not approve. Manny has worked so hard to get to this point and he’s putting it at risk for someone who isn’t telling him the truth.
Three Cheers for Audrey in ‘Fire Country’ Season 4 Episode 4
There is at least one person at the station willing to say Bode has some trust rebuilding to do. That’s Audrey (Leven Rambin), who spends most of the episode putting up with Bode’s temper tantrum after he finds out she told Manny about the drugs in his locker. You also lied to her face, dude! As a fellow addict, she recognizes the sign and stepped up to make sure someone she cares about gets taken care of.
She wants Bode to earn her back, which may be difficult because she’s moving to another station. We’re losing another competent female firefighter because being around Bode is too hard, and they need to focus on themselves. And we still think Richards is out of line for saying that Bode is the problem? It’s getting really frustrating to see character after character pay the price for Bode’s actions and that price once again is leaving the show. At least Audrey isn’t being killed off, and there’s always a chance to bring her back in the future (but would they do that instead of Gabriela? Probably not). Audrey deserves more. Her relationship with Bode deserves more. It sucks to see another good character exit, especially when the show is setting Bode up to continue on his spiral.