Fire Country Season 2: Latest News, Release Date, and Everything Else to Know

It's all about second chances in Edgewater, Calif., and fans of Fire Country have been patiently waiting for a second chance to watch the CBS series. And for good reason: When Season 1 ended, it left viewers with numerous cliffhangers. Not only was Bode (Max Theriot) sent back to prison, but he also claimed he was a drug dealer within Three Rock, and his high school sweetheart revealed he may have a secret child.

With all those open storylines, it's felt like an eternity as fans wait for the most watched new broadcast series of 2022-2023 to return. Although primetime series traditionally come back in early fall, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes delayed production and filming. Now that the both strikes have ended, we're getting closer to Fire Country Season 2 returning. Read on to see when it will premiere, who will be in it, and everything else we know so far.

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Fire Country Season 2 latest news

The Fire is spreading! On Jan. 24, Deadline reported that CBS is developing a potential spin-off of Fire Country, with Firefly's Morena Baccarin as the lead. Baccarin will appear in a Fire Country Season 2 episode focused on Mickey, a sheriff's deputy of Edgewater who's extremely familiar with the town and its citizens. Though not a definitive backdoor pilot, we may as well treat it like one as CBS is expected to make a decision on the spin-off based on audience reception of the episode. It's unclear what the spin-off would be about, other than focusing on Mickey, or how two series would exist in the same town.  

Fire Country Season 2 release date

CBS announced that Fire Country Season 2 will premiere on Friday, Feb 16 at 9/8c. It will air between S.W.A.T. and Blue Bloods.

What will Fire Country Season 2 be about?

"There will be fire… and there will be country," co-executive producer Anupam Nigam jokingly told Deadline about Season 2. Beyond that, showrunner Tia Napolitano added: "My goal is... the first time we see each and every character, the audience will gasp and be shocked, [and] everyone's story will be very, very surprising from the moment you see them."

Although the showrunners and producers did not share specifics, we know Season 2 will have to address all the cliffhangers that the Season 1 finale left open — the biggest being how Bode Donovan (series co-creator Max Thieriot) will get back to the fire prison camp Three Rock. 

At the end of the first season, Bode was approached by someone from the state's attorney's office who was investigating drug activity at Three Rock. She'd set her sights on Bode, and if he didn't confess, his friend Freddy Mills (W. Tré Davis) wouldn't be released. Because Freddy has a wife and baby on the outside, Bode copped to leading the drug ring and was sent back to prison. 

Fire Country Season 2 will have to address how Bode gets back to Three Rock — if he does — and what this means for his relationship with Gabby (Stephanie Arcila). "I'm really excited for Gabriela's new moment and for her to be a little more present in her life," Arcila told TV Guide when the Season 1 finale aired. "She's releasing a lot of expectations and control that she's used to having."

It might not help that Bode's high school sweetheart Cara (Sabina Gadecki) told his best friend Jake (Jordan Calloway) that she had a baby in secret when she was 19 and her parents raised the child as her sister. The timing means it could be Bode's.

Finally, Season 2 will also need to resolve what's going on with Bode's mom, Sharon Leone (Diane Farr). She was sent to the hospital after she collapsed during the mudslide rescue. She was forced to come clean with her husband, Vince (Billy Burke), that his brother Luke (Michael Trucco) is a donor match for her kidney.

Fire Country Season 2 cast

Although Season 2 of Fire Country hasn't been fully written yet and new casting hasn't been announced, it's likely that much of the cast will return for the second season because there weren't any deaths or departures in Season 1.

Fire Country main cast:

• Max Thieriot as Bode Donovan
• Kevin Alejandro as Manny Perez
• Jordan Calloway as Jake Crawford
• Stephanie Arcila as Gabriela Perez
• Jules Latimer as Eve Edwards
• Diane Farr as Sharon Leone
• Billy Burke as Vince Leone
• W. Tré Davis as Freddy "Goat" Mills
• Michael Trucco as Luke Leone
• Sabina Gadecki as Cara
• Morena Baccarin as Mickey (possible guest star)

Where to watch Fire Country

All 22 episodes of Fire Country Season 1 are available to stream on Paramount+ with a subscription. You can also purchase the season on Prime Video or Apple TV.