[s3e13] Fire At | The Fire Station
When the Bravest Become the Butt of the Joke: A Look at "Fire at the Fire Station"
In the world of firefighting, there is no greater sin than letting your own house burn down. In the Season 3 finale of the hit truTV comedy , the crew of Station 24 faces exactly that nightmare in an episode aptly titled " Fire at the Fire Station ". Plot: The Ultimate Irony [S3E13] Fire at the Fire Station
The episode features veteran actor Joe Pantoliano as Eddie Penisi, Sr., and Jim Rash as CEO Frank Drake. The End of an Era? When the Bravest Become the Butt of the
Originally aired on December 9, 2021, this finale served as a high-octane conclusion to a season filled with bizarre calls and workplace antics. While the show would eventually return for a fourth season, "Fire at the Fire Station" remains a standout for how it tested the crew’s bonds by putting their actual home—and careers—on the line. The End of an Era
The following article covers the Season 3 finale of the comedy series , titled " Fire at the Fire Station " (S3E13).
The stakes quickly shift from professional embarrassment to personal crisis when the blunder leads to a hunt for a scapegoat. The episode's tension peaks with the looming threat that one of the crew members will have to pay the price for the incident with their job. Cast and Production Kevin Heffernan Writers: Mike Culbert and Mike Pellettieri Starring: Kevin Heffernan as Chief Terry McConky Steve Lemme as Captain Eddie Penisi Eugene Cordero as Andy Myawani Hassie Harrison as Lucy McConky Marcus Henderson as Granville "Granny" Smith Gabriel Hogan as Ike Crystal
While the crew is out responding to a routine call, a fire breaks out back at their own station. For a team that usually spends its days in rain-soaked Tacoma searching for ways to stay entertained, this literal "fire at the fire station" turns them into the laughingstock of the town.
- Posted by DrBob at
11:31am on
26 March 2025
I hate this movie with a passion. I went to see it because a friend told me it was the greatest (and scariest) film ever. I was bored witless. It finally started to get interesting... and then ended 5 minutes later. Three cretins more deserving to die in the woods I have never seen in a film. Water flows downhill! There is only one river on the map you are using! I also hated it because I worked in TV and kept thinking things like "Well the reason you've run out of cigarettes is because that rucksack must be jammed full of film cans and videotapes, so there's no room for ciggies". The bit where 2 of them are having an argument with the 3rd filming it... then one of the 2 picks up a camera so there's footage of person 3 joining the argument... no, no, no! Human beings arguing do not pause to film someone else!
- Posted by chris at
12:50pm on
26 March 2025
Luckily, since I saw it shortly after it came out and therefore when it was still being talked about, I did not feel in the least cheated: I had no expectations in the first place.
My main reaction was "goodness, don't they know any more interesting swear-words than THAT? What boring little people. And what on earth will they have left to say if something does suddenly rise up and rend them limb from limb, now they have used up the only emphatic they know?"
- Posted by RogerBW at
02:58pm on
26 March 2025
As far as I recall, mostly "gluk" as the camera cuts out.
- Posted by Robert at
05:03pm on
27 March 2025
My memories of this are entirely bound up in the spectacle of the event.
I saw it in a crowded theatre the week it came out at the insistence of friends with a large group of friends.
It was a boring watch and it was dumb and “follow the river” and “maybe just burn the house” were expressed among my friends as it was watched.
All that said the atmosphere in the theatre was genuinely tense in a way I’ve never experienced before or since and quite a number of folks were genuinely shaken as they left the theatre.
I can’t imagine anyone ever wanting to re-watch it and the effect of the film on people I knew well absolutely puzzled me.
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