Main spoilers for Hearth Nation Season 3, Episode 7 are forward! Should you aren’t caught up, you’ll be able to stream the CBS collection with a Parmount+ subscription.
Man, Hearth Nation actually determined to show up the warmth proper earlier than Season 3’s mid-season finale drops on the 2024 TV schedule in a approach I actually didn’t count on! Following Bode and Gabriela’s falling out (amongst different private points Stephanie Arcila’s character is having), she made a significantly sudden determination together with her Season 1 ex, Jake.
Yep, in Episode 7, Jake and Gabriela connected after they each had royally dangerous days, and I’m shook to my core over it.
So, right here’s the breakdown of what led to this second. Gabriela has been spiraling all season, nonetheless, we hit a breaking level in Episode 6 when Bode broke issues off together with her, and on the finish of it, it appeared like she may do one thing questionable with Camden. That didn’t occur. Nonetheless, Jared Padalecki’s character returning her ID from that evening to Sharon did get Gabs in hassle, and that solely added to the already horrible headspace she’s been in.
In the meantime, Jake remains to be mourning the dying of Cara and he’s struggling to mum or dad Gen. After Rick (her organic father) got here into her life and she or he came upon she had half-siblings, she’s spent a whole lot of time in Idaho with them. On this newest episode, he revealed that she desires to remain there too. So, that’s been the ever-present subject on his thoughts.
On the finish of Episode 7, the 2 wound up in the identical spot and have been lamenting about all the pieces they’d been going by means of. Then, in a second of spontaneity, they determined to hook up, and the episode ended with them in a steamy automotive.
As Gabriela admitted, it looks like she and Jake have been collectively “one million years in the past.” Truthfully, I forgot that they have been a factor contemplating Stephanie Arcila’s character has been with Bode, engaged to Diego, then again with Bode since then. So, reigniting this relationship is certain to have some critical implications on Gabs, Jake, Bode AND THE WHOLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, as a result of – ahem – actually all of them work there.
There isn’t any universe the place I can see this relationship being an excellent factor or lasting. In actual fact, I’ll be much more shook if that’s how this performs out.
Up up to now, it has felt like Max Thieriot’s, Arcila’s and Calloway’s characters have been all in a great spot, they usually’d put their previous behind them. Jake additionally appeared to completely settle for his finest pal and ex relationship. Nonetheless, this most up-to-date improvement is certain to topple these semi-healthy dynamics they’d constructed.
To not point out, Jake is a captain at Station 42, and each Gabriela and Bode work there. So, the difficulty of office romances and being with a superior (assuming this hook-up goes additional than only a one-night factor) will create drama that can doubtless contain Vince, Sharon and the remainder of the division too.
Total, I feel this was a wild alternative on Hearth Nation’s finish, and I’m having a tough time comprehending Gabriela and Jake sleeping collectively. I get that this spontaneous alternative was made as a result of each their lives have been shaken up dramatically. Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless exhausting to fathom the implications and drama this alternative is certain to trigger, as a result of odds are it would impression everybody they love in Edgewater.
Nonetheless, I’m excited to see how everybody reacts to this fling on the present, and we’ll doubtless get to search out out quickly as Hearth Nation continues to air on Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.