Warning! SPOILERS about Fire Country season 3, episodes 19 and 20 ahead.
Fire Country is set to return with season 4 on CBS in Fall 2025, with its spinoff Sheriff Country also airing in the 2025-2026 season.
Fire Country season 3 ending with Bode being kept from entering the building engulfed by flames by Jake highlighted how defeated Bode felt, believing his family had all died. The lack of certainty over Vince, Sharon and Walter’s fates in Fire Country season 3’s last moments ups the stakes, as no answer would be available for audiences and characters until Fire Country season 4. However, updates about Fire Country season 4’s cast, external to what happened onscreen in season 3, undercut the impact of the shocking cliffhanger after two original cast members were revealed they wouldn’t return in season 4.
Vince Leone’s Fire Country Season 3 Finale’s Fate Is Confirmed By Billy Burke’s Future
Billy Burke Not Returning For Season 4 Decreases The Worry For Sharon & Walter
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Billy Burke not returning for Fire Country season 4 can only mean Vince Leone died in Fire Country season 3’s ending. The strength of Fire Country season 3’s cliffhanger ending was based on Vince, Sharon and Walter being equally in danger of dying in the fire, but Burke’s exit effectively decreases that danger for Sharon and Walter, as it would be wholly justified by Vince’s death. Between the high stakes of Fire Country season 3’s finale and the fact that Vince would never abandon Bode and Sharon, especially after reuniting as a family, Vince’s death is the only possible outcome.
What Losing Vince Means For Bode & Sharon For Fire Country Season 4
Bode & Sharon Will Have To Deal With Their Biggest Loss Since Riley’s Death
The loss would give Bode and Sharon the chance to grieve Vince together, [but] the circumstances of Vince’s death could also lead to Bode and Sharon feeling guilty or faulting one another for the tragedy, given they went in without the right equipment.
Vince’s death would not only mean more heartbreak for Bode and Sharon, but it could also upset their dynamics, as Fire Country season 3 proved the ease with which they got dragged into fights where they can’t see each other’s perspective. The loss would give Bode and Sharon the chance to grieve Vince together, something they couldn’t do with Riley. However, the circumstances of Vince’s death could also lead to Bode and Sharon feeling guilty or faulting one another for the tragedy, given they went in without the right equipment, making Fire Country season 4 particularly challenging for their bond.
