Audrey James was introduced in Fire Country season 3, episode 2 – here is who Audrey is, how her character interacts with Bode, and how their alliance can open Bode to a new and better future. If Fire Country season 2 ended with Bode earning his freedom after receiving an extraordinary conduct credit, setting up his future life away from Three Rock, season 3 needs to let Bode work toward building his new life, which he decided would be about firefighting. Trying to join Cal Fire is Bode’s biggest challenge and the training program in Fire Country season 3 showed why.
Bode’s actions after earning his freedom proved his issues with patience. Between his heroic save at the construction site in Fire Country season 2’s finale and his choice to go with Gabriela to the helicopter pilot in season 3’s premiere, his tendency to jump into danger was evident. However, a more troubling stance was highlighted when Bode decided to cut Gilmore’s medical alert necklace to protect Gabriela from potential repercussions. Fire Country season 3 hinted that Bode’s reasons for choosing firefighting might be misguided, but the tide might turn after being paired with Audrey in drills inevitably taught Bode accountability.
Audrey James Is An Ex-Con Now Working With Bode
Audrey Challenged Bode Before Pairing Up With Him On A Drill
Audrey James is introduced in Fire Country season 3, episode 2, “Firing Squad,” right before Bode’s test to join the Edgewater training program for ex-inmate firefighters who want to work as firefighters for Cal Fire. Audrey is immediately taken aback by Bode’s privilege to be assessed via the hotwash of an incident right as they started the training phase two, as Bode’s success would mean he’d avoid the phase the other trainees had to withstand, making Audrey become Bode’s biggest Fire Country season 3 challenge. Audrey consistently contests Bode’s explanations during the hotwash, trying to catch him in a lie.
While the hotwash puts Audrey and Bode one against the other, Jake forces them to cooperate and trust each other in Fire Country season 3, episode 3. The drills inevitably highlight the similarities between Audrey and Bode, as firefighting as inmates put them both on the right path. What brought them to prison was different, but discovering their passion for firefighting was similar. Indeed, Fire Country season 3, episode 3 reveals how Audrey found herself enjoying fighting fires, as through it, she discovered people were grateful to them for saving their properties, not seeing them as inmates but as saviors.
How Audrey Impacts Bode’s Future In Fire Country Season 3
Audrey Already Taught Bode A Key Accountability Lesson
Audrey’s past that saw her taking the shortcut which landed her in jail also threatens Bode’s dream in Fire Country season 3, episode 3. Indeed, knowing where the training dummy was already put them in trouble, but Bode coming clear with it is the proof Jake needs not to trust him, as Bode let him think it was his idea to use Walter’s insider tip. Audrey telling Jake the truth about how it was her call to choose the shortcut not only saved Bode’s dream by letting him stay in the program but also taught Bode how counterproductive lying was.
Bode progressively let the accountability [Audrey and Bode] learned at the inmate fire camps become less of a focus, heroically putting himself in danger to save others in Fire Country season 2.
Bode’s heroics only got worse after the issue with Freddy’s conviction in Fire Country season 1’s ending, prompting him more often than not to take matters into his own hands, as he did with Gilmore’s medical alert necklace. However, Audrey coming clean about the hand she played in cheating during the drill reminds Bode of the accountability learned by both of them at the inmate fire camp, something he practiced when at Three Rock with Manny but that progressively became less of a focus, instead tending to heroically put himself in danger to save others in Fire Country season 2.
Audrey and Bode getting paired up in Fire Country season 3, episode 3 inevitably strengthens their bond, especially after Audrey’s choices would have gotten Bode kicked out had she not told Jake the truth. Between the similarities of their past and Gabriela’s decision to distance herself from Bode, Audrey could also become more than a fellow firefighting trainee for Bode. Given how rumors about her potentially becoming Bode’s love interest in Fire Country season 3 surrounded the announcement of Audrey’s arrival, Bode and Audrey’s newfound balance could easily mutate their bond into something romantic if an earth-shattering crisis involved them.
Where You Know Leven Rambin From
Audrey James is played by Leven Rambin in Fire Country season 3. Born in Houston, Texas, Rambin is known for her work in All My Children from 2004 to 2010. Rambin famously played Mark Sloan’s daughter he knew nothing about until she tracked him down, Sloan Riley, in both Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice. On the big screen, Rambin played the District 1 tribute Glimmer in The Hunger Games and Clarisse La Rue in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. Apart from Fire Country season 3, Rambin recently starred in The Big Ugly and Last Night on Earth.