Fire Country season 5: Max Thieriot on shorter episode order
We know that there have been a number of things said already about Fire Country season 5, but one of the biggest ones is quite simple: It is going to be far shorter than you likely anticipated it to be. There will only be thirteen installments of the show moving forward, which means that the writers are going to have to be a little more careful with how they put stories together.
With that being said, there may also be a small silver lining in all of this: The notion that you can tell more stories that are continuous as opposed to sprinkling in a ton of procedural elements designed just to make the story long.
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Speaking in an interview with TV Insider following the events of the season 4 finale, this is something that star / executive producer Max Thieriot even alluded to on some level:
I mean, I hate to say this, but when you do 20 episodes, it feels like whatever the show is, you end up having a couple that feel like a filler episode, for lack of a better term. They just don’t have the same weight as some of the other episodes. And I’m over here obviously reading them, so it’s easier for me to say that from afar. But I’ve been doing this long enough now where I get it, it’s 20 episodes. It’s hard to arc out story for 20 episodes and create 20 significant episodes in a season. That’s a real challenge.
And so, for me, one of the blessings of doing 13 episodes is that there’s less to be thinking about in the large scheme, so, you can arc out your season and each episode is that much more significant and that much more important. There’s times when maybe they feel a little packed with story or like you’re going through stuff quicker, but, at the same time, I think when you build a timeline that makes sense in the world, that doesn’t bump on you. But yeah, it gives us a chance to really dig in on the 13 best episodes. And so honestly, I’m excited about that.
We do think that creatively, there is a chance that season 5 is going to be the best one we’ve seen and if that proves successful, perhaps it could keep the show on the air longer? Nonetheless, it is still a risk — especially when you consider the possibility here that fewer episodes means that the audience could end up moving onto other things.
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