SPOILER ALERT! This story accommodates particulars from the season finale of Hearth Nation on CBS.
It’s turn into a well-worn trope in TV weddings; a heartsick man (or girl) is caught in a pew whereas he watches the love of his life trade vows with another person.
However the one ‘I do’ viewers heard within the Could 17 episode of Hearth Nation got here from the mouth of Gabriela’s dad Manny (Kevin Alejandro). It wasn’t uttered by Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) or Diego (Rafael de la Fuente) on the altar.
Right here, Thieriot addresses the cliffhanger and whether or not there’s nonetheless an opportunity that Bode and Gabriela could have a future in season 3.
DEADLINE Speak in regards to the choice to finish the season with the marriage cliffhanger. Clearly, there needed to be plenty of viewers within the viewers who wished Bode to object, don’t you suppose?
MAX THIERIOT It was an enormous group choice and one thing I do know that Tia Napolitano, our showrunner, was actually enthusiastic about having. It’s humorous since you begin making an attempt to anticipate what the viewers needs or expects. There’s additionally this sense that whereas it will be satisfying, you additionally wouldn’t be absolutely happy as a result of that’s the factor you simply imagined was going to occur and then you definately’re left feeling nearly too snug. You see Bode wanting so badly to say to her ‘no, don’t do it.’ The complete buildup, how he goes into the church … what’s enjoyable about it’s you see him lastly being at peace along with his choice, and his choice is, ‘I must be a firefighter. I have to do one thing.’ However we’re additionally residing it in a spot the place we don’t know if Gabriela and Diego ever mentioned ‘I do.’
DEADLINE That’s proper!
THIERIOT I used to be an enormous fan of the choice to go away it a bit obscure. Persons are going to be upset both manner, proper? It’s such as you’re happy with the end result if he breaks it up, however then you definately’re additionally left feeling prefer it’s simply wrapped up and completed. Conversely, you need so badly for them to be collectively that if she does say ‘I do’ to Diego, he’s gone. Leaving it obscure, with every thing the place it’s at, the load of the state of affairs, was the strongest transfer.
DEADLINE Is Bode even the sort of man who would have interrupted a marriage?
THIERIOT I believe impulsively, yeah. However at this second and even within the scenes with Gabriela’s mother on the gala, we see that he’s had plenty of development this season as a personality. We see him beginning to attempt to rationalize issues a bit of extra. When he had that dialog, he says ‘a very powerful factor to me is her happiness.’ Finally he cares about her a lot that he actually needs the most effective for her. It’s an enormous internal wrestle for him emotionally. However I positively suppose the previous Bode would 100% cost proper in and be like, ‘nope, not taking place.’ They usually’d hop within the automotive and drive away.
DEADLINE If you first launched the drama, did you may have an thought of how lengthy you wished Bode to be within the jail launch program and when it will be time to spring him?
THIERIOT That was all the time an enormous query that we had. There’s a lot to discover with him getting out and being again house and free along with his household. However on the identical time, the inmate firefighter program is such a key piece of the present, so the wrestle was extra about determining how can we proceed this essential ingredient as soon as he’s out. We went forwards and backwards for some time. The start of the third season is an efficient place as a result of we are able to watch all people proceed to develop.
DEADLINE What’s the state of affairs in actual life for the blokes who’re on this program? Have they got a tough time turning into actual firefighters?
THIERIOT Sure, in plenty of metropolis departments. It’s not very onerous to go and get employed on by the Forest Service. There are plenty of former inmates who work as hotshots on the hand crews. There are alternatives. It simply depends upon what degree and for which group you’re working for.
DEADLINE Is it going to take Bode a short while earlier than he achieves that objective within the new season?
THIERIOT Working for Cal Hearth would be the greatest hurdle, however I believe there are many methods to have him combating hearth a lot sooner, which I believe the viewers will miss if we don’t have him doing one thing on this planet.
DEADLINE Have been you concerned in these discussions to spinoff the present with Morena Baccarin?
THIERIOT I’ve been arising with spinoffs in my head since earlier than this collection ever launched. We had been all the time curious about exploring extra of Edgewater and different jobs which are locally.
DEADLINE We clearly obtained the firenado this season. Is there one other huge catastrophe that you just hope to deal with in season three?
THIERIOT I hope to do extra stuff with floods. These are clearly fairly large and I grew up in an space that was not removed from the Russian River, which might flood at occasions. The hearth departments are intimately concerned in coping with that. I believe could be enjoyable to do if we are able to determine do it in an enormous scale. As a director, it’s positively one thing I’ve been eager to do. I’ve thought by plenty of completely different ways in which we are able to accomplish a few of these scenes with out it getting too loopy costly, however nonetheless have it really feel like an enormous scale.
DEADLINE They made you are taking your shirt off within the second to final episode. Any probability you’ll be able to add a clause in your contract going ahead that limits what number of occasions it’s important to strip down on digital camera?
THIERIOT I can strive, however I don’t suppose they’ll ever approve that clause. I may most likely ask for lots of different issues earlier than I obtained that one.
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