Fire Country Season 3 Episode 16 is One of the Best Episodes, but One Main Character Vehemently Disagrees

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Okay, I feel everybody would agree that Hearth Nation delivered one among their greatest episodes but. There was a bit of little bit of all the pieces for everybody on “Soiled Cash,” and now we have to speak about how good it was.

I wasn’t kidding both about there being a bit of one thing of all the pieces. For a quick a part of the episode, we legit had ourselves a homicide thriller.

I’ve stated it earlier than, and I’ll say it once more: Hearth Nation Season 3 has been one of the best to this point. The writing, from plotting to character growth, has skyrocketed in high quality.

To not point out, the instances not really feel like a rinse-and-repeat from one disaster to a different.

Earlier than we get to the a number of juicy components of Hearth Nation Season 3 Episode 16, we have to get some minor plots out of the best way.

Truthfully, as a lot enchancment because the present has made, there are nonetheless issues that the writers do this make me scratch my head in confusion.

The Hearth Nation Writers Have Made Huge Enhancements, however They Nonetheless Give Characters Like Jake Crawford the Rush Remedy Regardless of Altering Gears for One other Character

Let’s kick issues off by speaking about Cal Hearth’s personal firefighting Superman, Jake Crawford. Now, here’s a (principally) well-adjusted and scorching younger man with a vibrant future forward of him.

Sadly, Jake seems to endure from short-sightedness as he frequently makes decisions that appear a bit rushed.

Does anybody recall how Jake clung to Kara after just a few episodes and one depicted date throughout Hearth Nation Season 1? It seems to be like Violet is getting the identical remedy.

We simply met the woman all of three episodes in the past, and now she and Jake are boyfriend and girlfriend? At this fee, Jake will ask Violet to maneuver in by the season finale. It would occur.

So, as nice because the writers have been, Hearth Nation nonetheless suffers from inconsistencies in tone and character interactions.

Jake and Violet being boyfriend and girlfriend after just a few episodes? That’s no huge deal. Finn shopping for Gabriela a brand new cellphone after figuring out one another for roughly the identical period of time? That’s so freaking bizarre.

The place’s the consistency, CBS? To be clear, I additionally discover Finn shopping for Gabriela a cellphone extraordinarily odd. Nonetheless, it’s a lot much less of a giant deal than if he instructed her she was his girlfriend.

My level is you’ll be able to’t throw logic out the window through the first half of an episode for one character’s arc simply to deliver it again for the sake of one other’s.

Both approach, possibly discovering out Vince plans to cross the station on to Bode will gentle a hearth underneath him to focus extra on his profession.

Though, I’m a bit of confused about how that works. Does Vince (Billy Burke) get to decide on his protege? I suppose it is smart, contemplating the tasks the Battalion Chief has.

Who higher to select the following individual than the one already doing the job? Truthfully, I’m stunned Jake was mad in regards to the place and never about how he sees Vince as a father determine.

It was clear that Jake was going to have a problem with Vince’s phrases to Bode, however I assumed it was as a result of he felt like he wasn’t a part of the household.

And on a present like Hearth Nation, there’s loads of household drama to go round. Simply ask Mickey Fox.

Whereas Wes Fox Suits the Invoice of the Deadbeat Dad Trope, The Character Nonetheless Presents a Nice Story for Each Hearth Nation and Its Spinoff

In case you learn the Hearth Nation Season 3 Episode 16 Spoilers, you recognize we weren’t positive how W. Earl Brown would painting Wes Fox or how the writers would depict the character.

All we knew was that he married Sharon’s mother however that it ended badly with an FBI drug raid. A minimum of nobody can say the person is boring.

Now we all know he’s not solely solely within the unlawful marijuana business however that he’s an important businessman who treats his workers nicely.

He’s your primary Don Draper, Jon Hamm‘s character from Mad Males. At work, Wes is a superb man that everybody loves. At house, he’s a bit of crap who’s a horrible father and husband.

On the one hand, that type of characterization is admittedly cliche and a complete trope. Alternatively, it makes him a layered character that audiences received’t all the time be capable of predict.

For instance, after all the pieces that occurred, I assumed he was going to decide on Mickey over the medicine and cash. Wes mainly instructed Mickey, “This outdated tiger can’t change his stripes.”

Yeah, nice businessman, horrible father – and I suppose horrible grandfather, too. He had Max Theriot’s (SEAL Crew) Bode, his lately paroled grandson, working for him at his extraordinarily unlawful drug farm.

What that tells me is that Wes is a delusional character who believes himself to be a great man so long as nobody will get bodily harm. Emotional harm doesn’t even register for the person.

After which he’s planning to will his felony enterprise to his granddaughter whether or not she desires it or not? That man is unhinged.

Additionally, how is it worthwhile to have an unlawful marijuana enterprise in California? Leisure use is authorized all throughout the state. Is it cheaper to promote illegally?

What sort of individual would select attainable jail time when there’s a completely authorized choice? I’m speaking about Wes and his clients, too.

W. Earl Brown’s (Hacks) Wes Fox is one fascinating character, however no less than he was keen to offer Sharon fifty thousand {dollars} for her father-in-law. She virtually took it, too.

Hell, I didn’t promote the medicine, so the cash isn’t soiled to me. I might have saved it. Mickey Fox be damned.

Though, we should always get used to seeing the sheriff round.

“Soiled Cash” Establishes That There Will Need to Be a Truthful Quantity of Crossing Over Between Hearth Nation and Sheriff Nation to Be Plausible

It’s been a reasonably lengthy await Sheriff Nation, all issues thought of. The sequence’ backdoor pilot aired throughout Hearth Nation Season 2.

Lastly, TV Fanatic has realized that the present will premiere through the 2025-26 broadcast tv season.

Whereas now we have half a yr to go, if it’s something like how Hearth Nation Season 3 has formed up, it’ll be well worth the wait.

Since Sheriff Nation may even happen in Edgewater, there’ll doubtless be loads of overlap and crossovers between each reveals.

Edgewater doesn’t strike me as the largest city, and contemplating how usually cops and firefighters find yourself on the identical crime or accident scene, it could be bizarre if there wasn’t some overlap between characters.

If I’m being trustworthy, once I watch Sheriff Nation, it’ll be due to Morena Baccarin. She was completely wonderful on Hearth Nation Season 3 Episode 16.

Her chemistry with the opposite actors felt actual. To not point out the best way she dealt with the emotional rollercoaster the character went by together with her father was chef’s kiss perfection.

A lot occurred on this one episode simply because just a few further people have been within the story. I now perceive why Hearth Nation wants a derivative. There’s simply an excessive amount of story to inform.

Contemplate how a lot we’ve already mentioned about this exceptional episode, and we haven’t even touched on the juiciest a part of all: Oxalta getting their asses handed to them.

After Sharon Dealt with the Oxalta Folks with Grace and Talent, Bode Had the Audacity to Come at His Personal Mom with His Shortsighted and Infantile Angle

First, we should give an enormous shout-out to the Hearth Nation writers and Diane Farr (Probability) for that unbelievable scene on the finish with the Oxalta folks.

The best way she stated, “Is that basically your response?” after catching the corporate red-handed with 4 different deaths on their ledger was epic.

Watching them sit again down at Sharon’s demand was so satisfying that I might be satiated for months. That’s what I imply in regards to the writing getting so significantly better.

Granted, it was the knowledge from Violet that sealed the deal. So, in that character’s case, I’m formally on Crew Violet. I might imagine she and Jake are shifting too quick, however she’s now established as an actual one and a great egg.

The most effective deal with of all from “Soiled Cash” is that Manny (Kevin Alejandro) is lastly free and out of jail. I’m nonetheless a bit of misplaced as to how that labored out, however a clever man as soon as stated, ” Don’t look a present horse within the mouth.”

There have been so many milestones to the plot, and a lot was completed on this action-packed episode that it felt like we should always have watched it in a theater.

Nonetheless, I take nice umbrage with one factor specifically. The place the hell does Bode get off speaking to his mom like that?

I don’t care how outdated he’s or if he’s not dwelling underneath their roof. Bode had completely no proper laying into his mom, who has solely ever cherished and cared for him.

It reveals how infantile Bode is that he sees issues so black and white. Sharon did terrific with the Oxalta negotiations. She bought Manny out of jail and Oxalta to pay to completely restore Three Rock.

Did Bode actually suppose a bit of hearth station would have been capable of go up towards an enormous company like Oxalta?

The corporate could have gone down ultimately, however they might have stalled issues till the hearth station was flat-broke and sure in critical debt, simply attempting to cowl the authorized prices.

Somebody wants to inform little boy Bode to look at an episode of Matlock so he can see that taking an organization to courtroom isn’t a cut-and-dry case.

I’d like to see Sharon set him straight within the subsequent episode. Perhaps even toss in a bit of perspective about working for his drug-supplying grandfather. Gabriela was proper about Bode pondering he’s invincible.

This was really the most effective episodes of Hearth Nation Season 3. It was extremely entertaining in virtually each attainable approach.

I’ll go away you with a thought to ponder as we anticipate the following episode of this present. How low cost of a care facility did Sharon and Vince put Walter in if the companies are a la carte?

Poor Walter was getting charged to have his blood stress taken. I’m sorry, what? Is {that a} widespread factor? Is that the place we’re healthcare-wise as a nation?

Though, I wouldn’t thoughts a humorous scene of Walter moaning and groaning across the facility’s halls. You possibly can see it, proper?

He’s sneaking whiskey that he hides in a tall potted plant earlier than an orderly discovers him and escorts him again to his room.

Whereas strolling again, Walter hits the orderly with the traditional, “Have you learnt who I’m? I used to be the firefighting chief for 100 years, and blah, blah, blah.” Truthfully, the scene writes itself.

What do you consider Bode’s response to how Sharon dealt with Oxalta?

Are you going to look at Sheriff Nation when it premieres?

Please drop a remark under to let me know what you suppose, and be part of me once more once I overview one other episode of Hearth Nation!

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