Fire Country Season 1 Episode 16 Review: My Kinda Leader

That was riveting!

We dived into an action-packed hour on Fireplace Nation Season 1 Episode 16 because the group traveled to a neighboring county to assist put out an enormous hearth began by the mysterious arsonist we now have been conscious of.

After such a disappointing flip of occasions on Fireplace Nation Season 1 Episode 15, this episode was such a welcome improve, and it was nice from the start to the tip.

Aptly titled “My Kinda Chief,” it targeted on management and what these underneath them anticipate of a pacesetter. Many characters grappled with their position as leaders as they confronted new challenges and reeled from occasions previous. 

Up first, we had Bode.

Bode is just not a pacesetter formally however has that high quality that makes individuals wish to observe him. Reeling from the occasions resulting in Rebecca’s dying, he questioned himself as a pacesetter and what extra he may have carried out to forestall Rebecca’s untimely dying.

Bode has all the time been laborious on himself. He holds himself to a better commonplace than most individuals do as a result of he has been starved for affection for a very long time. It is solely pure that he desires to face out so that folks discover and like him extra.

Rebecca’s dying felt like he let down her and himself. When it reaches some extent the place Freddy has to step in and lead, one thing should have been off. Can we admire how a lot Freddy has grown as an individual?

Freddy: Hearken to me, Bode. I used to be there. Cap’s proper. Typically it is no person’s fault.
Bode: However you stepped up after I ought to have.
Freddy: You possibly can’t all the time be the hero, dude. However now you bought an opportunity to step up her, proper? Givin the eulogy …
Bode: I am fourth era Cal Fireplace. I ought to have recognized higher. I ought to have been higher.
Freddy: You probably did your greatest then, and also you gotta deliver your greatest now.

From the scared inmate firefighter who wished to run away from his first hearth to a full-on chief and nice pep discuss giver.

The Drake County hearth was simply the chance Bode wanted to show to himself and everybody that he was not a loser.

Whether or not by good or unhealthy luck, he met one other chief who shared his bravado to a fault.

Management is a singular trait that’s completely different for each particular person. Some individuals get too drunk with it, some take it to an excessive diploma, and others do not take it with the seriousness it deserves.

The Drake County Lieutenant did not match any of those classes, and he additionally suits all of them.

I’ve recognized hearth to be a damaging aspect to not be messed with, however I’ve by no means considered it as a residing factor — a respiratory, feeding, and dangerous organism.

As a pacesetter, it’s nice to push individuals underneath you, particularly when a lot is at stake. However additionally it is sensible to know when to name it quits, which was one thing “Mr. Organism” did not do.

His angle towards preventing fires was too literal.

Being in the midst of two overzealous leaders, Manny needed to step again.

Manny is a superb chief who is aware of learn how to stability all the pieces. Even underneath such blatant insubordination from Bode and being challenged by the Drake County Lieutenant, he stored his cool and understood that they have been each going by means of one thing.

There’s a distinction between heroism and stupidity.

Manny

I am unable to say I understood how he managed that as a result of if I have been in his place…

Sharon returned to work and was confronted with an accusation about her firefighters that had her questioning her actuality.

It was nice to see the fireplace investigator do her job for as soon as. She nonetheless had that laisez-faire angle when coping with Station 42 that we noticed when she investigated the notorious bridge rescue on Fireplace Nation Season 1 Episode 9, however she put her foot down this time.

Such an accusation was wild, however she had the proof to again it up. The arsonist case is a curious one that we’ll discover subsequent.

In the end, management is about making the very best resolution in your individuals, even once you aren’t thrilled.

Pelham would have most popular to maintain battling the fireplace, however he understood he could be risking his life.

The gang leaders would have most popular to maintain their individuals preventing till the strongest survived, however they understood that the fireplace was stronger than all mixed.

Typically, forgiving your self for making errors generally is a problem as a pacesetter.

Eve struggled with accepting that one thing tragic had occurred on her watch. She was able to take depart, however when responsibility referred to as, she answered.

She hasn’t gotten over the incident, and it will likely be fascinating to see how she copes, hopefully not by emptying bottles of beer.

Manny knew and accepted that generally, issues go mistaken and that it is nobody particular person’s fault. Rebecca’s dying was tragic, and the tragedy was sufficient by itself. There was no have to play the blame sport.

The arsonist’s case was on the forefront of the hour, with them escalating to large forest fires.

The operating idea was that Colin is the arsonist. His actions this hour did nothing to assist his case.

If one have been to look deeper at him, one would see a boy struggling to see underneath their lifeless father’s blinding highlight. One would see a younger man barely holding on as a result of he pressured himself into one thing he wasn’t excited about within the first place.

One would see a person whose again was breaking underneath the load of a household legacy he needed to uphold.

However I get it. Your dad died a hero. You realize, the stress to observe in his footsteps and save the day it is simply crushing. And when you’ll be able to’t, I totaly…

Colin

Coming from a legendary firefighting household, he is aware of all the pieces there’s to learn about fires. It would not be a stretch to assume he has some fire-starting and preventing tools inside his attain, even away from the station.

In his twisted manner, lighting fires and taking a entrance seat have a look at them burning and other people failing to place them out is a manner for him to regain management or give a large center finger to the world for placing him on this place.

And he isn’t silly. He is aware of what would occur if he have been caught, so he has a fall man in Jake.

His interplay with Jake appeared pressured from the primary try to bro as much as the dialogue about Jake’s first arson. He was on the lookout for an angle; he certain obtained it.

As Sharon put it, Jake was the personification of an arsonist, however that did not make him one.

I additionally, ONCE as a child, began a hearth and watched it burn, however that did not make me fall in love with torching issues up. Typically, youngsters do silly issues. It is of their blood.

I am 99% certain Colin is the arsonist, and it will not be simple for him to get caught.

“My Kinda Chief” was a loaded episode that balanced progressive storytelling and motion will. It is without doubt one of the greatest episodes this season. Some season-long storylines, like Sharon’s kidney illness, needed to take a again seat in order that the arsonist storyline might be explored, and the outcomes have been improbable.

Tahmoh Penikett, who portrayed Pelham, did an important job with the character; he was a pleasure to observe.

What did you assume? Are you satisfied that Colin is the arsonist?

Was it as hilarious for you when Jake pulled a Will Smith on the Oscars with the quote beneath?

You wanna bro up? You retain my identify out of your Google Search.

Jake

Extra importantly, what did you consider the episode?

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