Max Thieriot‘s Bode Leone is no longer the only firefighter flying by the seat of his pants in Edgewater. Jared PadaleckiFrom Camden Casey came to town.

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On Friday, November 15, department Land of FireViewers realized who Camden (Padalecki) was when he arrived in the Smokies wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers jersey, shorts and flip-flops.

“That was intentional,” said Thieriot, who plays Bode in addition to co-creating the series. Us Weekly In Camden’s Southern California wardrobe on Wednesday, November 13. “(We) see the contrast between the stereotypical SoCal firefighter and the NorCal firefighter.”

The actor said that Camden was written for his long-time friend Padalecki, even though they all do the same job (fighting fires). Camden is not like the others One of the Edgewater crew that Bode grew up with.

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Thieriot, 36, called Camden “a square peg in a round hole” and made clear from day one that there was an unspoken rivalry between north and south – a rivalry made clear by the Dodgers’ commitment to his group’s love of the North appeared. California’s own San Francisco Giants.

“I always joke about North Cal being like brawlers and Ben Davis shirts, and SoCal being like tank tops and flip-flops,” Thieriot said with a laugh. said Thieriot, noting that it was “Giants and Dodgers.” That’s competition.”

Camden may be rooting for the wrong baseball team, but he’s a firefighter through and through. In his first scene in the Smokies, Camden hits one man with his flip-flops and throws salt and pepper in the eyes of another during a bar fight after the men try to pick a fight with Bode.

After a few minutes, he realizes that he is Bode’s new training officer. Viewers quickly learn that Camden and Bode have many similarities.

“They both have the same instincts and a bit of a wild side. “They are both willing to jump into the fire in different ways,” Thieriot said of the duo. “They have mutual respect and understanding for each other. They see each other a little better everyone else is doing it.”

While Bode and Camden feed each other It is necessary to take big risks — Camden allows Bode to climb on top of a crashing plane and save the passengers, even though it’s dangerous — Not everyone in Bode’s life is happy with the new man’s tactics.

“He’s constantly ruffling everyone’s feathers, including Jake,” Thieriot said. We Camden meets Bode’s best friend and fire captain Jake Crawford (Jordan Calloway) is worried about the reckless side of his new boss.

“This is business, and it’s also personal for Jake,” Thieriot explained. “There are many different layers to this.”

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He also teased that fans will see Camden and Bode “head to head a little bit” throughout Padalecki’s three-episode, adding, “It’s not always going to be easy.”

Over time, viewers will also see how Camden evolves into a firefighter while becoming “a huge part of shaping Bode” in his own career.

“At the end of this kind of intersection, the two will leave a lasting impact on each other, and I think that’s something Camden didn’t expect,” Thieriot added.

Land of Fire It airs Fridays at 9pm ET on CBS.