Fire Country season 2 marked a difficult moment for them, as she refused to acknowledge him when he came back to Three Rock given how Bode ignored her letters upon returning to prison. Gabriela eventually decided to bury the hatchet to promote cooperation, especially considering how often Three Rock and Station 42 collaborated. Cara’s heartbreaking Fire Country season 2 death only pulled them closer, prompting them to admit how they will always be important to each other, but the Lazarus fire’s threat to life eventually forced them to face what they always left unspoken – the aftermath of Bode’s prison return.

After everything that almost but in the end didn’t happen in Fire Country season 2’s finale between Bode and Gabriela, the addition of Leven Rambin’s Audrey to Fire Country season 3 could make things even more difficult for them. While it’s not confirmed whether Audrey will be Bode’s new romantic interest in Fire Country season 3, Audrey as a former fire camp inmate makes it more likely for her and Bode to connect over their shared past.

Fire Country season 1 already let Bode and Rebecca, another fire camp inmate, connect romantically, and such a connection could be easily repeated between Bode and Audrey in season 3. Bode moving on from his feelings for Gabriela would let him focus on his future after Fire Country season 2’s finale let him share his intention to become a firefighter within Cal Fire, and a connection with Audrey could spearhead such a focus, after he spent the best part of season 2 pining over Gabriela while affirming nothing could be done about his feelings for her.