SPOILER ALERT:This story contains details from the season finale ofFire Countryon CBS.
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DEADLINE Talk about the decision to end the season with the wedding cliffhanger.
It is funny because you start trying to anticipate what the audience wants or expects.
Max Thieriot as Bode LeoneSergei Bachlakov/CBS
You see Bode wanting so badly to say to her no, dont do it.
I need to do something.
THIERIOTI was a big fan of the decision to leave it a bit vague.
People are going to be upset either way, right?
DEADLINE Is Bode even the kind of guy who would have interrupted a wedding?
THIERIOTI think impulsively, yeah.
We see him starting to try and rationalize things a little more.
When he had that conversation, he says the most important thing to me is her happiness.
Ultimately he cares about her so much that he really wants the best for her.
Its a huge inner struggle for him emotionally.
And theyd hop in the car and drive away.
THIERIOTThat was always a big question that we had.
There is so much to explore with him getting out and being back home and free with his family.
We went back and forth for a while.
The beginning of the third season is a good place because we can watch everybody continue to grow.
DEADLINE Whats the situation in real life for the guys who are in this program?
Do they have a hard time becoming real firefighters?
THIERIOTYes, in a lot of city departments.
Its not very hard to go and get hired on by the Forest Service.
There are a lot of former inmates who work as hotshots on the hand crews.
It just depends on what level and for which organization youre working for.
DEADLINE Is it going to take Bode a little while before he achieves that goal in the new season?
DEADLINE Were you involved in those discussions to spinoff the show with Morena Baccarin?
THIERIOTIve been coming up with spinoffs in my head since before this series ever launched.
We were always interested in exploring more of Edgewater and other jobs that are in the community.
DEADLINE We obviously got the firenado this season.
Is there another big disaster that you hope to tackle in season three?
THIERIOTI hope to do more stuff with floods.
The fire departments are intimately involved in dealing with that.
As a director, it is definitely something Ive been wanting to do.
DEADLINE They made you take your shirt off in the second to last episode.
THIERIOTI can try, but I dont think theyll ever approve that clause.
I could probably ask for a lot of other things before I got that one.
