“I did not see that coming at all,” Arcila exclusively tells Parade of her stalker storyline. “At the same time, I was excited to be able to bring awareness to something like that.” She hopes that it encourages people to watch out for red flags like love-bombing, which Finn does to Gabriela, before it escalates to something more dangerous. “People need to trust their guts, because we have good guts, and they're connected to our brain, so we need to listen,” she says.
Gabriela’s new love interest goes bad
By the start of Episode 18, the texts have stopped, and Gabs thinks it’s over. She notices someone watching her, but she assumes it’s a spy from Oxalta, the chemical company, keeping an eye on Bode and Manny as they work to help organize a class-action suit. And when Station 42 responds to a fire call at what turns out to be Finn’s house, they don’t suspect anything is amiss. It’s a small town, so you’re bound to get calls from people you know.
Finn seemed to have hurt his back when he had a pot on the stove, which led to the fire. Not too weird. But what is weird is the darkroom full of sneaky photos he took of Gabriela that Jake (Jordan Calloway) and Eve (Jules Latimer) find when the fire spreads to his basement.
Stephanie Arcila as Gabriela Perez and Blake Lee as Finn in 'Fire Country' Season 3Sergei Bachlakov/CBS
Finn is a stalker
Arcila says that Lee, who plays Finn, is not scary at all in real life. “I got to know Blake through this show, and he's such an incredible artist and completely, like, completely opposite to Finn,” she says with a laugh. “He’s one of those people that anybody talks to him about anything because he just makes people feel safe. The duality of seeing that and seeing him shift into his character was really beautiful to watch.”
She can’t say much about what’s coming up with Finn in next week’s two-part Fire Country finale, but would like to remind viewers that Gabs got her gun back in Season 1 when she first met Bode. “It’s coming full circle and now continues to be used as some form of protection that her dad taught her and brought her up on, even if she doesn't fully believe in using these things.”
Max Thieriot as Bode Leone in 'Fire Country' Season 3Sergei Bachlakov/CBS
When will Bode and Gabriela get back together?
Aside from a brief romantic reunion early in the season that Gabriela quickly put a stop to, Gabriela and Bode have not been together all season — and for once they’re not even trying to be. Bode is with Audrey (Leven Rambin), and Gabriela is working on herself. She’s actually become good friends with both of them. Arcila thinks Gabriela and Bode’s friendship is a healthy place for them to be right now because if they ever do get back together, they’ll be on firmer ground. She says that Bode and Gabs rushed into it before, and so finding a way to “backtrack” and build a friendship will be good for them if they ever do date again, “because isn't that the basis of every good relationship?”
“Because all of the fun and then exciting stuff fades eventually, and then what do you have left if you haven't created a good, firm foundation for it?” she continues. “So what the future holds for them, I don't know. I think that it is very healthy, though, for them to be seeing other people, especially if they haven't dated much in life. They get to know themselves through that, grow, mature, feel and then see where they're at in the future.”
Leven Rambin as Audrey James in 'Fire Country' Season 3Sergei Bachlakov/CBS
Gabriela’s new best friend
Conversely, seeing Gabriela’s intense discipline has been good for Audrey. Gabriela and Audrey both had difficult childhoods, but took very different paths to get where they are now. Audrey did things to survive that Gabriela did not. But her friendship with Gabriela can help show her a different way to be that may serve her better in her post-prison life. “She doesn't have to lean into that toughness anymore. She can just breathe a little and soften up a little,” Arcila says. “Not everybody is out to get her, you know?”
The two-part Fire Country Season 3 finale airs Friday, April 25, at 9/8c on CBS and streams the next day on Paramount+.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( 'Fire Country' Star Stephanie Arcila Goes Inside Gabriela’s Stalker Storyline (Exclusive) )
Also on site :