After hinting that Bode might be struggling along with his sobriety, Fireplace Nation had him slip up — for 10 seconds.
In the course of the Friday, October 24, episode of the CBS sequence, Bode (Max Thieriot) was struggling after father Vince’s (Billy Burke) dying. Station 42 then needed to cope with a change in management when Brett (Shawn Hatosy) arrived to evaluate how a firefighter received killed within the line of obligation.
Bode, who thought he deserved to take over in his father’s place, wasn’t thrilled to be working with Brett and went in opposition to his orders a number of instances. However by the top of the episode even Bode’s mom, Sharon (Diane Farr), agreed that Brett wasn’t within the incorrect — Bode was.
This led to the episode’s last scene the place Bode went to his locker the place he had saved the drugs he claimed to have thrown out. As an alternative, Bode appeared to fall off the wagon for a really temporary period of time.
Bode took the painkiller and in precisely 10 seconds he was throwing it again up. The ultimate scene was Bode coming to phrases along with his choice regardless that it remained unclear whether or not this was his all-time low or not.
“Bode is a recovering addict. That’s one thing that he struggles with and we’ve seen him actually efficiently put that within the background for lots of our present,” showrunner Tia Napolitano defined solely to Us Weekly. “With Vince’s passing and Gabriela leaving, it felt like that’s an actual problem that an individual experiencing dependancy issues would face. We needed to honor that authenticity and watch him wrestle. It gained’t be simple and we’re going to root for him to essentially overcome it and be on that roller-coaster with him.”
Napolitano famous that Brett’s look at Station 42 would solely make issues worse for some.
“He actually walks a line of letting us marvel if he’s a superb man or a nasty man. We get to know him and we could have him for some episodes. We are going to see him later within the season as nicely,” she teased. “We actually need to make investments on this character. We get to know him over the course of the arc. Folks need to know who is that this man and what’s his agenda? Can we belief him?”
Napolitano wouldn’t give away Brett’s true motives, saying, “The issues that we’ll uncover about his fashion, about the place he’s from and what his backstory is will shock us as we dole out these little breadcrumbs to determining who Richards is.”
Season 4, which premiered earlier this month, picked up after Vince’s surprising dying and Gabriela’s (Stephanie Arcila) choice to go away Edgewater. The CBS sequence stunned viewers with the shakeups, which Napolitano defended.
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“It’s a hearth present. Anybody can go at any time,” she stated concerning the character deaths and departures. “However when it comes to shedding individuals, we’re additionally including some actually enjoyable visitor forged. It’s a revolving door of individuals from Sharon’s previous and new faces which can be thrilling to carry battle and secrets and techniques and twists and turns.”
Whereas “actually spicing it up” this season, the present needed to stroll a “superb line” of nonetheless paying tribute to the loss skilled on display screen.
“What we’ve finished is actually thread the needle of honoring — particularly Vince — as a result of Gabriella is gone however she’s gone to a cheerful and profitable life. She’s nonetheless on the market. However we actually stroll this line of honoring Vince whereas additionally discovering hope relatively shortly,” she famous. “Wanting ahead, the theme of the season is rising from the ashes and restoration.”
Napolitano continued: “How do you recuperate from one thing like this and we’re actually going to see everyone rise to the event. In celebration of Vince, of his life and in honoring the sacrifice that he made.”
Fireplace Nation airs on CBS Fridays at 9 p.m. ET. New episodes might be streaming the following day on Paramount+.
In case you or somebody you already know is combating substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Psychological Well being Companies Administration (SAMHSA) Nationwide Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
