Ever since Fire Country season 3’s premiere, Manny has been

openly campaigning against Bode and Gabriela being romantically

linked, but season 3, episode 5 proved he was right at last – despite

being so for the wrong reasons. Fire Country season 2’s finale showed Bode willing to confess his feelings for Gabriela, being at peace with crashing the wedding if it meant Gabriela finally knew the truth he had been keeping secret since he returned to Edgewater. Manny succeeded in stopping Bode, kickstarting his firefighting journey, but Gabriela’s choice in Fire Country season 3’s premiere eventually showed she couldn’t marry Diego.Working together in the aftermath of the helicopter crash showed Gabriela both the good and the bad of her and Bode’s bond. Indeed, Bode was the most supportive when she had to treat the helicopter pilot in unstable circumstances, but Bode’s choice to cut Gilmore’s medical alert necklace to protect her also highlighted how volatile they always made the already difficult situations Bode and Gabriela found themselves in. This prompted Gabriela to ask for some distance, which only worked until Fire Country season 3, episode 4’s ending, when Bode and Gabriela hooked up in Vince and Sharon’s Airstream trailer.