Fire Country’s Diane Farr Addresses Whether Sharon Will Move On After Vince’s Death, Teases Shawn Hatosy Chemistry

After Vince’s shocking death on Fire Country, Diane Farr opened up about Sharon’s grieving process — including the chances of her finding love again.

“[Before the season started], I said I really would not like to have a love interest,” Farr, 56, exclusively told 

Vince was subsequently killed off in the season 4 premiere. As Sharon continues to grieve, Farr is open to anything with enough time devoted to honoring her marriage.

“We’ll see how it goes. But I love where it is so far. She’s really working through this right now. But also it’s this idea [of falling in love so young]. This isn’t my own life — I didn’t meet my partner at 20 years old,” Farr explained. “I’ve never shared my life with just one person. I’ve shared my life with so many. So just trying to explore what it’d be like to be a one when you’ve been part of a two for more years than you were ever single.”

Despite not looking for Sharon to find love, Farr did share scenes with newcomer Brett (Shawn Hatosy) that could hint at something more — several seasons into the future.

“I love this so much. Shawn is such a good actor. He’s really fun to work with,” she gushed. “But when he came on, I was like, ‘Oh God, please don’t give me a love interest yet.’ But he has plenty of other people to pick on, so it’s OK.”

Sharon’s story in season 4 is also expected to explore her history with her mother. At the end of the Friday, November 14, episode of the hit CBS series, Sharon revealed that her estranged mom was to blame for the suspicious note that Vince hid from her.

“My mother is coming to town, and Christine Lahti is playing her. I learned so much with Christine Lahti every day. She’s amazing, and she’s just so vibrant,” she told 

“Sharon is not as honorable with her mother and her sister. She is at work, but her mother has seen the worst sides of her. I have had the stupidest arguments with my siblings — things you would never do with people that you would take less for granted than maybe your smallest circle,” she teased. “That was a pretty big story line to have to uphold that Vince would have paid this woman money to stay away from Sharon. It’s so heightened.”

Fire Country airs on CBS Fridays at 9 p.m. ET. New episodes will be streaming the next day on Paramount+.

It is the dawn of the Manny (Kevin Alejandro) era at Station 42 on Fire Country as the former Three Rock captain officially takes over Vince’s (Billy Burke

) Battalion Chief position. Richards (Shawn Hatosy) gave Manny the job because he wanted to keep the job in the family, but when Manny starts changing things like the coffee in the break room and getting involved in scene incidents, it starts to go wrong. It’s not the crew that has an issue with Manny making some changes though. It’s Sharon (

Of course, Sharon isn’t just worried about Manny taking Vince’s job. She’s also stressing about how to tell Bode (

If anyone knows that there is no replacing Vince Leone, it is Manny Perez. So he’s not trying, but approaching Battalion Chief from his own perspective immediately puts Sharon on the defensive. It starts with Manny changing the coffee in the station break room to a Venezuelan roast instead of “Leone Muck.” I love Sharon, but it sounds like Manny might be onto something here? Let’s not ask people to run into burning buildings caffeinated with something with “muck” in the name, even if it is a joke. The bickering between the two continues when Manny chooses his own route to get to the fire at the local drive-in theater. Sharon gets back at him by taking over the scene and micromanaging his crew before Manny can even assess the situation.

These are the two adults on the show, so you think they’d just take a step aside and squash the beef like Manny and Jake did last week. But nope! Manny takes matters into his own hands and goes into the fire to save the owner of the theater instead of delegating to one of the junior firefighters. I guess no one wanted to remind him that the previous Battalion Chief insisting on going into a scene is how the job became open in the first place. It is like absolutely no one listened to Richards 

Manny makes it out of the building with the owner of the theater. He and Sharon get to work out their differences while directing the volunteer crew of movie-goers to put out spot fires. Sharon’s stepfather, Wes, who was at the drive-in for a show, manages to put his two cents in to help Sharon realize she’s bulldozing and make Manny remember that Sharon is not someone you want to piss off. Wes is a character, but he does give out really good advice to the Fox and Leone families. The fire is put out. 

I know, I know! I’m as stunned by the subhead as you are. We are giving Bode a break this week, though. He starts the episode by breaking into Sharon’s house to investigate the note from Vince’s guitar case and he manages to find a P.O. Box key. He thinks it may be the clue to what Vince was hiding before he died — Bode is on team “Vince did not have an affair,” which is objectively the correct team — but Jake (

Wes intervenes when he and Bode run into each other at the drive-in. Bode is stressed because Jake is insisting on telling Sharon, but Bode wants answers first. Wes gives him direct advice about handling someone resorting to blackmail, which is to go on the offense

, but take your team with you. That includes Sharon, who Wes insists will not be destroyed by a piece of paper (See? He’s so good), and Jake because true friends tell you what you need to hear instead of what you want to hear. I agree, Wes, but I just need Jake to be more consistent with the advice.

Anyway, Bode does come clean to Sharon at the end of the episode. She tells him about the potential arson in the Zabel Ridge fire, and he takes the news calmly (for now). He then hands her the note from Vince’s guitar case. She’s shocked by it, but not for the reason Bode fears. She immediately recognizes the handwriting and the signature. It’s not Renee (

It isn’t all bleak news in this week’s episode. Eve is stashing chickens for her girlfriend at Station 42, which brings some much-needed comic relief to the episode. Parmesan and Bridget are little troublemakers, but they bring joy during an otherwise stressful episode of 

We are now a quarter of the way into the season, and it is still going to take a minute before the new Three Rock is up and running, but this sounds like a promising new beginning for the program. We need to have some hope somewhere, and it’s good that Eve is making her way through the Sacramento bureaucracy to get Three Rock back up and running.

Fire Country continues Fridays at 9PM ET on CBS. Episodes are available the next day on Paramount+.