‘Fire Country’: Would You Watch a Jared Padalecki-Led Spinoff? (POLL)
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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Fire Country Season 3 Episode 7 “False Alarm.”]
When Jared Padalecki was first cast as Camden on Fire Country, it was said that there was potential for him to get a spinoff. Now that his three-episode arc has wrapped, it’s easy to see how he’s been set up for just that.
Camden came to Edgewater as Bode’s (Max Thieriot) Phase 3 training instructor, and from the start, he’s rubbed people the wrong way; notably, Jake (Jordan Calloway) and Sharon (Diane Farr) weren’t exactly pleased with how he went about things on Bode’s first call, sending him on top of a plane on fire. Then, in the second episode, he clashed with Vince (Billy Burke) when it came to a fire threatening an eagle’s nest. In fact, Bode choosing to stay and help his father and friends almost led to him not graduating. But after Bode and Camden—along with cadet Audrey (Leven Rambin)—survived a hostage situation together, and words were exchanged, Bode graduates.
It was in Episode 6 that we learned that Camden’s younger brother died in a fire 10 years ago. Vince told Camden about Bode losing his sister, and that while it’s taken time, he’s finally crawling out from under the loss; while the pain will never go away, he’s all in, honoring his sister by doing everything he can to heal himself. Camden wasn’t ready to hear it.
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Then, in Episode 7, during the hostage situation, Camden called Bode Patrick while saying he was his responsibility and his idea to grab the guy’s gun was “how I keep you alive!” After, Bode called him out on it, and Camden shared that his brother died working with him. Hearing that, Bode could see how they have more in common than he thought—and not the loss of a sibling. Bode pointed out that Camden wanted to hold his entanglements against him and said his family would hurt his career, but he made him his surrogate brother. He couldn’t convince him that his relationships were holding him back when he couldn’t move past his own.
“Camden is able to take away a lot personally from Bode and Bode is able to take away professionally and personally things from Camden,” Thieriot told us earlier this season. “So they both certainly leave an impact on each other.”
Then, at the reception for the cadets’ graduation, Camden shared he was heading back to SoCal, closer to the beach, and he had unfinished business. Now if that doesn’t scream spinoff potential…
The door certainly seems open for one or for him to show up on Fire Country again. And executive producer Tia Napolitano had certainly teased that possibility ahead of the season.
“Bode is definitely going to help Camden. I think by the time we say goodbye to Camden this season, at least, all of our people and all of Edgewater will have really left an impression that Camden’s going to bring forward with him when he leaves us for now,” she shared with us. “When we say goodbye to Jared this season, it’s definitely not goodbye forever. You get the feeling that it’s a revolving door and he’ll be back again.”
Now, should that be on a spinoff—joining the upcoming Sheriff Country in expanding the universe—seeing him dealing with his past while continuing to help cadets in SoCal? Should that be, perhaps first, through more visits to Edgewater? Let us know in the poll and comments section below.
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I’d love a Fire Country spinoff focusing on Jared Padalecki’s character! He has such a great backstory
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I'm a big fan of Jared so I'll watch anything with him 😍
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Camden made the whole season so much better for me! I love how deep his character goes and feel like there is a lot worth exploring that hasn't been yet.
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i would love an spinoff! i feel like camden has so much main character energy; it would cool if they can explore his relationship with his younger brother and how it felt to lose him (along with the rest of his crew), i thought that was super sad 🙁
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Yes! Camden was great and I can't wait to watch another show with Jared.
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I loved Walker, so I'd love to see what a team Padalecki assembles could do with the FC concept. Of course, I respect the man has done enough years work until I'd expect it to film in Texas--so there'd be a little matter of editing in the SoCal shore. LOL
I don't need another procedural/disaster of the week, so the Surfside character-driven vibe sounds more promising to dovetail with what the mothership already provides me.
Camden Casey, heroic and swaggering, rebuilding his life? That's a story a good writers' room might be able to slowly unwrap. With Blue Bloods going off, we could use a family drama like that.
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Anything Jared Padalecki is in I will watch. He's a great actor.
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I need this spin off now! Jared is fantastic as Camden and I can't wait to learn more about him. I so hope we get the spin off and we get it soon.
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We need to learn more about Camden's story. He's a fascinating, complex character. So, yes please. A spin off right now💕
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Yes! We need the spinoff now. More JP as Camden please!
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That's the great thing free will. You don't have to watch it whereas the rest of us happily will.
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Definitely. Camden ist amazing and I would never get tired watching him🥰
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If that’s all that on your mind, you need some help
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That person is obsessed with their own bowel movements. I think they might need to see a doctor.
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Absolutely I'd watch Jared in a spinoff! I was heartbroken when walker didn't renew!!!!! We loved Jared and his walker family!!!!!!!
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I'd watch Jared Padalecki in anything and everything💜
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I definitely wanna see more of his character. Every scene with him was really interesting and fun to watch and I believe a spin-off about him is a really great idea. He has too much potential for his story to end right here! We definitely need more.
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If Camden deals with his issues first, yes. Gabriela's becoming unlikable, though. She's self destructing for literally no reason. Bode broke up with her, because she couldn't give him a definitive answer on if or when she'd ever be ready to be in a real relationship. She was jealous over Audrey when she had no right to be, only wanted an FWB arrangement with him and stopped hanging out with her friends. Did Gaby really think he was going to wait around forever? Drinking and insubordination isn't going to fix anything. Her attitude towards Sharon would get her fired by anyone else.
Jake's regressing, because he can't deal with the fact that Gen wants to be with her biological father Rick. He knew this was coming. The only reason he had custody of her was because Cara died. Gen chose to stay with him over Bode, since she actually knew Jake. Now she wants to be with her bio family and half siblings, as she should. A drunken Jake and Gabriela hookup is so predictable. I saw it coming as soon as they started reminiscing over their relationship. Gaby's spiraling and shutting everyone out when it's HER fault Bode left her. She doesn't know what she wants, and he got tired of waiting. Jake's depressed. Clearly, Bode will hook up with Audrey now that her boyfriend dumped her. Love triangles galore. lol
I was relieved when Bode broke up with Gabriela two episodes ago. He deserves better. Until she gets it together, I don't want her with him. The girl needs therapy.
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You're not the only one, that Gabriela is so off base maybe she will leave the show with Jake in tow so they can be together. Alcohol makes you make bad decisions, and last week it could have been Bode trainer, I knew she was weak minded but beauty and no pride. Bode was trying to prove that he was all in, she was the immature one. i liked her in the beginning but now she can catch a "Greyhound Bus"
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Gabriela has been unlikable almost since the beginning. She's a total flake, very wishy-washy, has no character.
I'm a Padalecki fan (mostly just SPN though) but I didn't end up liking his character on this show.
I think this show needs new writers and/or producers.... it's such a hot mess of a soap opera, with everyone sleeping with everyone else, and then starting over again. That's not what I wanted to see when the show started.
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Yes, absolutely I would watch Jared as Camden! His backstory caught my interest and I want to know more! I will always watch anything Jared is in; he’s a phenomenal actor and always gets to the heart of any character he’s playing!
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want to see Jared Padalecki in spinoff for sure
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I gave up on fire country this season as I was bored. Came back to watch Jared, and if he stayed in the show (Camden), I would have continued watching. His character is interesting. Hope he gets a spin off.
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I absolutely adore Jared and his versatility, and would love to see him in this new light; learn more about his character to expand upon this amazing show (I don't watch much modern TV, but absolutely love Fire Country)!
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He ALMOST outshines Bode. Yeah, would definitely watch a spin-off.
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Heck yes!!!
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Yes I would. I hadn't seen him in anything except Walker since Supernatural that I loved
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I’d love to see a spinoff with Jared as Camden. I want to see what it’s like for him when he goes home and reconnects with his past. In just a few episodes, I’ve become connected to Camden and interested in his past. I want to know more details about what happened in the fire where he lost everyone, if he can get past it and see more of his life. Jared’s so great at portraying characters with depth, trauma and loss. I’m hoping for more.
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A few antis seem to be very very mad that people are voting yes on this poll but to them, no worries! You don't have to watch the show if you don't want to 🙂 no need to take an opportunity from us to watch a great actor in a great role.
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fear there isn't anything I wouldn't watch jared in at this point... but, anyways, camden was so interesting and it did feel like they were setting up a spin off when he said he had unfinished business. i would love to see him make amends with his family and deal with all that trauma. jared has done such a great job over the years of portraying characters with deep trauma and grief. give us the spin off now!
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Don't watch Fire Country. I only tuned in for the three eps Jared was in. Didn't find the show interesting to go back. I am however on board for anything that involves Jared Padalecki. He's an incredible actor and has true star power.
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I think Jared is a talented actor and with theright doretor and writers it would be a good show to watch. So my vote is yes if you put ot together it will be a tv show, the first since 2019 Iwill tune in.
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Need to see much more of Camden 🥰
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Anything Jared is in I will watch. His acting range is amazing. I feel like there is such a back story and more to explore with Camden! Come on CBS…don’t lose him!
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Loved the show before Jared but, I would absolutely love to see more of Capt. Casey and a spin off would be wonderful.
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I would definitely watch a spinoff with Jared as Camden. It's an interesting character, and Jared would rock in it. He is very good in roles with an edge (e.g. "Soulless Sam" in Supernatural), and Camden's backstory deserves exploration.
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Jared Padalecki is an action adventure natural, but doing a spin-off directly related to "Fire Country" would be a big mistake. For starters the 'fighting forest fires universe' is just too small to support two programs. Fire Country's ratings are not robust, and a new competitor might seal the fate of both of them. And, there's a wild card in the mix: what happened in that last night of hours-long drinking with FC character Gabriella Perez? Nothing? Or, nothing good? One much better possibly, in my limited imagination, that fits Jared's persona perfectly: a lead role in a Coast Guard-oriented series. Saving lives during dramatic rescues in daunting circumstances aplenty, of course. But, the training challenges for cadets is unreal. Only a small fraction of the original starting class makes it to graduation (no women made it in last year's class, as I recall). As a result, human interest stories seem limitless, whether physical, intellectual, or emotionally oriented-- on land and at sea. And, there's an added bonus: every Season there will be fresh faces as new cadets check in for training.
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I'd probably watch but i doubt I would enjoy it. I'd like to see Jared in something more intriguing and much less soapy.
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his character was horrible, his acting is terrible, he brought nothing to the show, I felt nothing for the character and no interest to get to know him anymore, personally I wouldn’t watch him in anything he’s that bad, but if getting a spinofff means he won’t return to fire country then yes go for it
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The actor was awful - no thanks for a spin off
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You don't have to watch it. We happily will.
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I ask myself why people that don't like an actor (your right of course) care to answer a random poll. 🤷
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