Under the recently installed leadership of Vince Cable, freshly returned as an MP in 2017 and viewed as
an experienced elder statesman of British politics, the party is currently doing its utmost to pick itself up from some major recent political setbacks.
Duane Steinbrink (Jeff Bridges), the town's fire chief, is the
elder statesmen, and Eric repeatedly leans on the man's wisdom and
experience, particularly when trying to strategize ways to get his crew's hotshot certification (they eventually become the Granite Mountain Hotshots).