‘Fire Country’ Co-Creator on Plans to ‘Build Out a Franchise’ and Mixed Reactions From Cal Fire Firefighters

variety.com:

Emily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the Season 2 premiere of “Fire Country.” “Fire Country” is ready to change everything with its sophomore season.

For Season 2, which launched with its explosive premiere on Feb. 16, executive producer and co-creator Tony Phelan says that they wanted to “shake up everything” on the CBS procedural, which began with a six-month time jump from the last season’s finale.

Every character is in a new place. “Some of them have changed jobs. Some of them have changed relationships. It was a big reset,” he says.

Many viewers may have been shocked (and sad!) to see that not only did Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) start dating someone two months after Bode (Max Thieroit) left — she originally visited him in prison and he refused to see her, plus her letters went without a response — but that she is engaged to her new boyfriend, Diego (Rafael de la Fuente), by the end of the first episode. “There was always so much turmoil around her relationship with Bode.