CBS this Friday invited you to Fireplace Nation, its new drama co-created by and starring SEAL Group vet Max Thieriot. Did TV’s newest firefighter collection ignite your curiosity?
Fireplace Nation stars Thieriot as Bode Donovan, who’s at the moment serving time for tried theft/holding a liquor retailer proprietor at gunpoint. When Bode loses his newest attraction for parole, his lawyer nudges him to think about the inmate firefighting program, the place in trade for serving to Cal Fireplace battle blazes you get time shaved off your sentence. (You additionally apparently get $5 a day only for displaying up, plus an additional $2/hour when combating fires.)
Max agrees to enter this system, however en route within the jail bus discovers that he’s being stationed in Edgewater, California — the hometown he years in the past left. “For a cause.” Upon arriving at Three Rock, Bode tries to name his lawyer, however is advised there aren’t any telephone privileges for every week, so he duties his ADD buddy Freddy (W Tre Davis) with chatting up a supply man. We then meet Manny (Kevin Alejandro), the Cal Fireplace chief in charging of instructing the inmates; Manny was beforehand noticed when the jail bus passes by an area ceremony the place his daughter Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) was being gifted a “key to the town.” Extra on her in a bit.
In Edgewater correct, we see fireplace chief Vince (Billy Burke) attempt however fail to safe metropolis funds for a brand new Caterpillar that may assist shortly clear foliage from the paths of fires. In the midst of his failed presentation, Vince lobs a barb at police chief Sharon (Diane Farr), whom we later notice he’s actually married to. (No nice shock there, oldest trick within the TV pilot e book!)
On their first evening at Three Rock, Bode and Freddy sneak out to fulfill up with supply man “MVP,” to safe a burner telephone. However earlier than that rendezvous occurs, Bode involves the rescue of Gabriela, an area celeb of kinds (the Olympian is the 14th finest diver on the earth!) whose automobile occurred to interrupt down proper the place the blokes had been ready. Gabriela is cautious of Bode in his jail orange tee and whips out a pistol from her purse, however in the end lets him get her up and operating once more. In the midst of serving to Gabriela, Bode clocks a photograph of her with boyfriend Jake (Jordan Calloway) — whom Bode clearly acknowledges.
Jake, together with Eve (Jules Latimer), work at Cal Fireplace with Vince. The 2 had been good pals with Riley, whom we come to surmise was Vince and Sharon’s dearly departed daughter. Vince overhears Jake and Eve speaking about studying to maneuver on from that years-ago tragedy; later, he laments to Sharon that the 2 of them, alas, won’t ever be capable to do this.
Manny finds the telephone Freddy obtained from MVP, however Bode jumps in to assert it’s his, since a 90-day jail sentence add-on is on the road. In non-public, Bode explains to Manny he had no intention of being stationed in his hometown. He additionally talks of how the liquor retailer proprietor had written the parole board a letter saying that he sees an opportunity for Bode to finally “succeed.” With that in thoughts, Manny invitations Bode to swing into motion when a random automobile accident triggers an enormous forest fireplace.
Whereas Bode, Freddy et al “reduce strains” (i.e. dig trenches that kind a barrier between the fireplace and the city), Jake and Eve discover themselves surrounded by flames on a excessive ridge, and the previous is pinned down by a fallen tree. In opposition to Manny’s orders, however quoting the fireplace captain’s handout — “Hold calm, assume clearly and act decisively” — Bode grabs a chainsaw and makes tracks for the ridge. He finds and frees Jake, all of the whereas concealing his face, after which saves Jake’s life when the fireplace consumes them and they should duck inside Bode’s moveable shelter. After the fireplace passes, the blokes emerge from the shelter and Bode reveals himself… after which slugs Jake!
As Eve tries to interrupt issues up, we study by means of the gents’ shouted accusations that on the evening Riley died, Bode had gone to select her up from Jake’s and located her sobbing. When Riley tried to leap out of Bode’s automobile to return and speak to Jake, Bode reached for her, and in doing so he misplaced management of the automobile — resulting in a deadly crash. “It’s my fault that she died,” Bode tells Jake, “but it surely’s on you that she died with a damaged coronary heart!” Bode says he got here to rescue Jake and Eve partly as a result of he couldn’t let Jake die a hero.
On the hospital within the aftermath of the blaze, Sharon realizes that Bode is the person who rescued Jake and Eve. She clears his hospital room after which offers her son an enormous hug. Vince arrives a second later to ask, with a upset look on his face, “Bode, what the hell are you doing right here?”
What did you consider Fireplace Nation‘s debut, and can you keep tuned?
