Stephanie Arcila. Sergei Bachlakov/CBS
Stephanie Arcila is rather like Us and was completely stunned by Fireplace Nation’s season 2 premiere proposal — regardless that it concerned her character, Gabriela Perez.
Warning: Spoilers beneath for Fireplace Nation season 2, episode 1.
“I used to be in shock, however then, on the similar time, not,” Arcila, 33, solely informed Us Weekly of Gabriela’s engagement. “As a result of, I imply, if Bode wasn’t in jail, would they be getting married? Their relationship occurs so rapidly, too!”
Arcila confessed, “I believe Gabriela — a very good Latina — is a romantic. [She] needs love and may be very passionate in expressing it in how she is along with her buddies, along with her household, along with her associate.”
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Through the Fireplace Nation season 1 finale, which aired in Might 2023, Bode (Max Thieriot) falsely confessed to bringing medication into Three Rock convict camp, so his pal Freddy (W. Tré Davis) would get a deal and be let loose. On the time, Bode informed Gabriela to not look ahead to him.
When the present picks up for season 2, viewers study that Gabriela and Bode broke up after he headed again to jail. Through the season premiere on Friday, February 16, Bode is six months into his jail keep and Gabriela has discovered love with another person: paramedic firefighter, Diego (Rafael De La Fuente).
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After celebrating their four-month anniversary within the episode, Diego proposes to Gabriela, and she or he accepts. “Eve, I’m engaged! I proposed and he did too. It was spontaneous and so us,” Gabriela says within the closing scene.
When Gabriela turns her head, she realizes that Bode is again at Three Rock. “I’m so pleased for you,” Bode says earlier than the episode ends. Earlier within the premiere, Bode’s former enemy, Sleeper (Grant Harvey), agrees to admit to being the true drug smuggler, which permits Bode the chance to get out of jail and as soon as once more work at Three Rock to knock day off his sentence.
“I used to be positively in shock, as a result of I don’t prefer to anticipate issues. I prefer to be stunned,” Arcila informed Us in February of the bombshell engagement. “Once I learn it, I known as a few of my different castmates and I’m like, ‘Did you see that? I’m engaged! We’re engaged!’ What is that this?’”
The actress defined that as season 2 unfolds, viewers will see how Gabriela processes the proposal and Bode’s return to Edgewater. “We’re going to see and learn the way that develops and the way she feels even when she doesn’t say how she feels,” Arcila teased.
Arcila informed Us that she hasn’t “came upon but” if there will likely be a love triangle involving Gabriela, Bode and Diego. “I believe what we’ll see is that love that she nonetheless has for Bode,” she revealed. “And [Gabriela] attempting to battle and work out what’s finest for her. You’ll positively really feel it and also you’ll positively see it, however on the finish of the day, they each need one another to genuinely be pleased they usually each need the most effective for one another.”
Arcila famous that there’s “such a deep love” and a “stunning connection” between Gabriela and Bode, so Gabriela will “all the time love him” on some degree.
“I believe there will likely be a shift in her maturity as properly that folks will see,” Arcila informed Us, including, “I believe [that] her coronary heart is attempting to simply construct again up from these million little items that have been damaged within the final season.”
Fireplace Nation airs on CBS Fridays at 9 p.m. ET.
