The thinning of Edgewater’s resources was combated by Bode deciding not to follow orders after his grandfather Walter called him and asked him for help convincing his facility managers to evacuate the building. While Bode’s disobedience saved lives, as Walter and Bode had evacuated everyone from Buena Vista before the Zabel Ridge fire got to them, it also endangered them, as Vince and Sharon would have never gotten into the Buena Vista building if it wasn’t to save Walter in Fire Country season 3’s ending. This inevitably affected Fire Country season 3’s biggest tragedy, overshadowing another monumental twist.
Fire Country Season 3’s Ending Destroys Three Rock After The Fire Camp Survived Multiple Threats
The Zabel Ridge Fire Got To Three Rock & No External Help Was Available
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Although every life at Three Rock was saved, the inmate firefighters and their leader all lost the fire camp because resources needed to be diverted to Buena Vista. Jake was even on his way to Three Rock when dispatch sent him to Buena Vista. The final capitulation of Three Rock to a fire getting too close to it came after multiple threats to the fire camp. Ever since Fire Country season 1, Three Rock has been threatened by something, but the fire camp has also always survived.
The killing of the sheriff falsely attributed to an inmate firefighter caused Edgewater to revolt against the fire camp, with Luke Leone considering closing it to save the others, but Station 42 eventually rallied Edgewater together and saved Three Rock.
How Fire Country Season 4 Can Continue Focusing On The Inmate Firefighters
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Three Rock being destroyed by fire would mean that its inmate firefighters would be temporarily moved back to prison, as few fire camps could accommodate them, and slots didn’t open as easily or often. This could mean that if Fire Country season 4 wanted to continue focusing on them, it would have to follow Ames, Big Mike and the others to prison. This wasn’t something that happened in Fire Country season 3, when Oxalta was fixing its damages to Three Rock’s well.
Despite Bode not being part of Three Rock anymore, Fire Country season 3 told Birch’s heartbreaking story, and even greatly focused on Cole and how being first saw made it easier for him to parole.
Can Fire Country Season 4 Still Bring Back Three Rock?
Rebuilding Three Rock Could Be The Season’s Big Project
Eve’s speech as she and the crew abandoned Three Rock while the flames engulfed it focused on how they were the ones who made Three Rock, not the buildings. While the sentiment was beautiful, it didn’t cancel the real problem that Three Rock’s destruction posed. If Cal Fire already considered shutting down Three Rock for much less in Fire Country season 2, a fire having destroyed it could make the end of Three Rock definitive, as rebuilding it would need resources Cal Fire might not have to spare or that they wouldn’t want to use on something so potentially controversial.
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