Fire Country’s Midseason Twist Reveals Surprise Person Responsible for Vince’s Death

Fire Country returned with a midseason twist when a surprise character revealed they were at fault for Vince’s death.

The Friday, February 27, episode of the hit CBS show ended with Tyler (Conor Sherry) confessing that he was responsible for the fire that caused Bode’s (Max Thieriot) dad Vince’s (Billy Burke) death.
This came as a shock considering Tyler’s stepdad Landon (Josh McDermitt) was previously questioned — and presumed to be at fault — for arson. Before the show’s midseason return, showrunner Tia Napolitano hinted that the show’s story will be going through some changes.

“[You should] be worried [about the rest of the season]. We’ve got Bode and Tyler in a fire shelter in the middle of a blaze. Those things are built for one, there’s two lives in there,” Napolitano exclusively told Us Weekly in December 2025, one month before her departure from the CBS series was announced. “And we’ve got Jake and his brother over the side of a cliff. You see how many times that vehicle goes over and over. We see heads hit hard surfaces.”
Napolitano teased that “those are not easy things to come back” from, adding, “We’ll watch our people fight to get out of there.” She also revealed there is a “huge twist” coming in the midseason premiere, which airs on February 27.

“It’s going to change everything that hugely impacts Bode. He is going to really fight to continue to be on his path to progress and growth that we love to see him on. He has made those good choices — though he still struggles — and winning those struggles and really becoming someone who can continue to be someone Tyler wants to grow up to be,” she said. “Bode is a role model. Look how far we have come.”