Fire Country Review
In this article, Karlee Cornell talks about the series Fire Country, the reasons behind the drama, love interests, grumpy bosses, and fire.
Fire Country Review
By Karlee Cornell
*Warning* Spoilers, father issues, dead girlfriends, Aydan slander, and rizz
About The Series
Fire Country is an action drama series, in which the main character, Bode Donovan begins in jail. The first episode starts off with Donovan in prison attire, not even wearing handcuffs, while just having sad puppy laser dog eyes, just staring at the wall while begging a random voice to let him out. We find out in the second episode that Bode had gone to jail for killing someone that was on the team's girlfriend in a car accident. This is when we meet the father and the mother. The mother literally just gives Donovan a hug and is like bye bye, and the grumpy dad is all of a sudden the main boss of a firefighter department and says, “I’ll let you out if you agree to being a firefighter with no trouble.” Get ready for this whirlpool that is surrounded by obnoxious, action-packed scenes that do not concern most people.
This series explores dangerous city fires and forest fires, without leaving anyone behind. Relationships, loyalty, and individuality are put to the test for this team, including issues that their boss cannot even handle because Vince is the definition of The Grinch. Hmm: I wonder why Rotten Tomatoes gave this series a 50% approval rating?
IMDb features reviews of the show, which include comments like “this show definitely has hopes for the future.’’ It makes viewers question if that reviewer was a paid actor, as they gave the show a two-star rating at the same time. Another reviewer gave the show a four-star rating and all that was left to say was: “Thanks for the soap opera,’’ a comment which is ironic for a show about firefighters that barely go inside.
The characters in this series seem created out of an eight-year-old fanfiction story. What is really off-putting is that this series turns into a try-not-to-laugh challenge, with country music playing while people are strutting for no reason at all. Though “country” is in the title, the settings in this show are weird. First, it is set in a fancy bar that is next to a prison. Then, the setting is moved to a bootcamp that actually turns out to be an abandoned camping place with a bunch of mean inmates. Finally, it features the inside of a fire truck that looks more like another bar than anything else having to deal with fire. Fake it until you make it, I guess.
Bode Donovan is a golden retriever-like, energized man who keeps on running as if trying to avoid a strange, weirdly, intimidating, animated villain– except that the only villain the crime fighter/firefighter is running from is his social skills around older men.
Donovan has the weirdest character development ever. He is nice around women but, when it is another male, it is like watching that one Zootopia scene of the fox acting, except there is no girl applauding Donovan. He struggles with male dominance. Many fans wish Bode could apologize for not really listening to any of his crewmates and parents. Then, perhaps he would not be the real reason for the drama, making everyone happy and allowing viewers to sleep when this is over. I will do so intentionally this week if they choose to make the main character appear to be sane. After all, Fire Country is a firefighter show– not a Russian roulette spin-off with most of Bode's enemies like Jake.
Jake Crawford has worked as a firefighter just as long as his friends have. It seems that Crawford is in love with fellow firefighter and best friend Eve Edwards, but does not want to admit it because of Edward’s bisexuality. This tension results in many tiny arguments when both Eve and Jake fight. The “I love you but I don’t know how to tell you” look in Crawford's eyes is so obvious that even the dramatic transitions don't want to move on. Don't be shy, dramatic transitions. You can move. You won’t hurt anything. You do that to Bode’s mom all the time for no reason at all, but you still make Jake a lot of transitions and can't decide if he's better off as a side character so you just add children around him to give the accurate human being but not so accurate main character, the energy of being the first main character. Speaking of becoming part of a children's cult.
In the first episode, it is cute and sweet how Crawford is around little kids. Viewers tend to love a family man. The way he puts all the drama aside in the fires, even though Bode is being a massive pain in the drain, is what most people likely want to see in this show. The chemistry in this show may be the only good part about it. Unless Eve does another wholesome deed.
Eve Edwards has become one of the favorite characters of the show. Eve is a part of the LGBTQ+ community, and the way she is nervous around the character Ayden is something that many viewer's can relate to, even if you can’t feel it yet. Eve is a powerful woman, giving viewers the character that the director’s created. However, she is a little scary when she is exhausted because her panic attack seems so real.
The character development for Eve was a lot more planned out. It went from teenage feelings, to oh snap. We are alive, feeling glorious, and groovy everyone. Let's do a fire themed fist bump. Just kidding because our boss is scary, and brings out way too many flames in our lives and we might get needy if our hands get burnt to a crisp and turn into something from the underworld. Speaking of feeling like you are in the underworld.
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Vince Leone is the boss of the place. Leone wants nothing to do with Bode because of Donovan's infamous incident that is causing luck to fade back and forth around the place. The whole entire series is composed of Vince’s facial expressions saying, “I need a raise.” me, too, man. me too.
The relationships and problems with Leone are a little rushed with no further explanation but, hey, look on the bright side. At least Vince’s son Bode is not the boss of the place. The fire station would become so hard-core. Now, the next character that's the last one. Thankfully, it's Aydan Sato.
In all honesty, Aydan Sato is such a Pick-Me girl. The way Sato played with Eve’s feelings in the first episode was insulting. Don't say, “Try again later” when someone asks you out and looks like the sweetest person in the world. Keep calm and hold back anger, unless Aydan gives you the smolder. No more TV with feelings for me.
The way Sato also poses like Robin Buckley from Stranger Things is upsetting because no one from the series can copy off the same positions and make it worse. The counter even looks like the same one where Buckley's posing. How is everyone else not mad? This element of the plot is just weird. I'm glad I finished this crazy show and i can finally add my conclusion.
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Would I watch this series again if the world was ending? Probably– so I can ignore the fact everything is falling apart. Would I recommend this show? If you are a viewer who likes to believe in fake adrenaline rushes, sure.
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