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THE GOOD DOCTOR’s Freddie Highmore To Direct FIRE COUNTRY Episode in Vancouver

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Freddie Highmore is prepping to direct a season 3 episode of his Bates Motel brother Max Thieriot’s hit show Fire Country in Vancouver.

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The Good Doctor star has experience behind the cameras: he directed one episode of Bates Motel while co-starring in the series and five episodes of The Good Doctor.

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The Good Doctor wrapped seven seasons of production in Vancouver last April.

But Fire Country is a unique production, as Fire Country star and first-time director Diane Farr put it:

Creating a feeling on a moving master while B & C cameras get all the needed coverage of 2 stars in 1 setup over 8 pages of dialogue while actual fire is burning? That is a skill I admire — Diane Farr to The Hollywood Reporter.

Fire Country season 3 returns on January 31st with Part 2 of its “biggest episode” yet directed by another Fire Country star Kevin Alejandro.

What’s Fire Country about?

Seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, convict Bode (Max Thieriot) joined an inmate firefighting program called Three Rock in season one that returned him to his small northern California hometown Edgewater, where he and other inmates worked alongside his parents (Billy Burke & Diane Farr) and other elite Cal Fire firefighters from Station 42 to extinguish blazes across the region.

At the end of season 2, Bode got an early release from prison and after graduating from the Edgewater training program last Fall is now one of Cal Fire Station 42’s firefighters.

Fire Country Season 3:

Episodes: full season.

BC filming dates: July 11 2024 – March 03 2025.

Related: Fire Country Starts Shooting Season 3 in Vancouver With Full-Season Order

Creators: Tony Phelan, Max Thieriot.

Showrunner: Tia Napolitano.

Cast: Max Thieriot, Kevin Alejandro, Billy Burke, Diane Farr, Stephanie Arcila, Jordan Calloway, Jules Latimer, Michael Trucco, Tye White, Leven Rambin.