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On Friday, Fire Country ended its season with three of its stars’ lives in danger. Now, we know two of the cast members are not coming back.
Billy Burke, who plays Battalion Chief Vince Leone, his wife, Sharon (Dianne Farr), and his dad, Walter (Jeff Fahey), were all in Walter’s assisted living building, which was engulfed in flames. Bode (Max Thieriot), who had just escaped, watched as the roof collapsed down on his family, leaving us to wonder who, if any of them, will be back in the Fall.
Deadline is reporting that Burke has fought his last fire, but the people at CBS will not confirm his departure.
However, they did confirm that Stephanie Arcila, who plays Gabriella, an EMT and firefighter,
will not be returning as a series regular. Executive Producer Tony Phelan explained, “It was really a decision that came out of the dynamic between Bode and Gabriela; we felt like those two characters needed a reset. We love Stephanie, and we are committed to saying that the Bode-Gabriela story does not end here, it goes on.
“We’re hoping that we can bring that character back, because we think that they have such great chemistry, and the audience is really invested in the two of them. But we felt, with everything that’s happening in the finale and moving on into the next season, that it was time for that character to discover what’s next for her.”
These departures make me nervous for season 4. Burke was a big part of what kept this grounded. I hope they didn’t make a mistake.
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