The actress dives into what Liam means to Sharon what she hopes viewers dont take away from the storyline.
Liam (Jason OMara) was not a welcome surprise in Edgewater.
DIANE FARR: I was a little nervous.
Diane Farr as Sharon and Jason O’Mara as Liam on ‘Fire Country’.CBS
Its clear that he and Sharon have very different takes on the time they spent together.
What does Liam mean to Sharon and what did their time together mean to her from your perspective?
Sharon may have been a little bit of denial over what an emotional affair is.
Diane Farr as Sharon Leone and Billy Burke as Chief Vince Leone on ‘Fire Country’.CBS
Our writers really touched on this thing.
That any form of intimacy is then translated into something sexual.
Sharon and Vince end the episode in a much better place.
How much can I lean into my husband?"
The fire truck scene was hard on every level.
We were in there for 12 hours.
The camera just kept moving around us the whole day in the fire truck.
There were six scenes and I could not get them in my head.
I dont work really hard at learning lines, but I spent the whole weekend.
There was so much going on there emotionally and physically.
Sharon has stepped away from a leadership role to get back in the field.
What does that change say about where Sharon is as a person?
Its making [Sharon] look honestly at where she is here.
Im grateful to see where she ends up, but its a fun ride letting her figure it out.
You wrotean essay forEntertainment Weeklyabout age paritythat highlighted what Vince and Sharon bring to TV.
Similarly, Sharon herself, by stepping back into the field, is doing something similar.
Can you talk about the character in that respect?
This character is such a gift as an actor to play at 54 because shes a fully realized person.
Shes not just somebodys mom or just the boss.
The pilot was one of the best written pilots Ive ever read and I didnt see the ending coming.
We just dont get to see it enough for women my age.
This is how we replicate it.
When one couple in their 50s is working hopefully next season well see another.
Each time we give television permission to let someone else be of interest, then it opens the arena.
Whats ahead onFire Country?
This whole season is about redemption and each of these characters are figuring out their thing.
In 204, theres a chemical fire and then in 205 the whole town gets put under this microscope.
The episode feels like a turning point for who theyre all going to be going forward.
Its the most exciting episode Ive shot yet.
Fire Countryairs at 9pm ET/PT on CBS.
