Fall Finales: Fire Country - Seasons One

Fire Country is only one of two new US network series I picked up this year. The other Gotham Knights. As a big Batman fan was always going to be one I took a look at. However Fire Country joins my growing list of fire fighter series. 9-1-1, Lone Star and Station 19 are all already on my dance card. Two of which have finished for the season already. Station 19 is delayed on Disney+ in Australia. BOO!

Created by lead Max Thieriot, Tony Phelan and Joan Rater and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Fire Country streams on Paramount+ in Australia, under the CBS brand.

I binged a pile of episodes after it premiered early October, last year. Early this year, the series was renewed for a second season.

So the story goes in California. But not LA, for a change...

Bode Donovan (Thieriot) is a young convict with a troubled past. Hoping to redeem himself and shorten his prison sentence, he volunteers for the California Conservation Camp Program in which prisoners assist the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire.

He ends up getting assigned to his hometown in Northern California where he must work alongside former friends, other inmates and elite firefighters putting out the huge fires that plague the region.

Alongside Thieriot, former True Blood hunk Kevin Alejandro stars  as Manny Perez, Gabriella’s (Stephanie Arcila) father and captain of Cal Fire where Bode is sent.

While hunky Jordan Calloway (Black Lightening) stars as Jake Crawford, fighting fires alongside Jules Latimer as Eve Edwards, Diane Farr as Sharon Leone and Billy Burke as Vince Leone, Riley’s father, Bode’s father and Cal Fire Battalion Chief.

The finale has not been a hit on the BLOG's. However the series has been one of the biggest this TV season. Even though it lives on Fridays.

With a mud slide, a parole decision, family secrets and more landing. Episode 22 "I Know It Feels Impossible" could never have been with the series getting extra episodes only weeks after it landed. It did have some flat, filler episodes throughout the season. However there was a large amount of action included in this particular episode.

Of all four fire fighting series out now, this one felt the most like a warm blanket. 9-1-1 is super soap, Lone Star is too but has loveable, diverse characters where Station 19 is super soap with main characters being popped off or sent to mother show Grey's hospital on the weekly.

It gives Virgin River vibes, with romance, a bit of drama, but nothing too heavy. If you want something lighter, with a sprinkle of action along with natural disaster style rescues. Fire Country could be your new show. New episodes incoming once the writers strike concludes. However long that will be?

So Paramount+ has landed this years surprise network TV hit. Where will it land on my RATED for Fall? That is coming next month..