9-1-1 Spoilers & Speculation

[Ohwell]

If they cover COVID-19 then I definitely won't be watching.  In fact, I wouldn't watch any of their episodes after that.

[Gramto6]

I would think "next season" whenever that may be would be too soon to portray the virus. There will still be consequences people are suffering from, from the whole experience. I don't think it would be a draw for viewers at that point.

[Irlandesa]

Old movies about pandemics have been trending on Netflix so there's an audience for it. 

I don't think they can ignore it completely but I don't want a "pandemic" arc.  If anything, I think seeing them incorporate extra safety measures in some of what they do when they interact with the public could be enough for it to be "of the times" without being heavy handed.

[AdorkableWitch]

I wonder if the Eddie Begins episode will have any shades of the Baby Jessica story 

[ESS]

 

 

 

[ESS]

Synopsis For 3x18: What's Next? (Season 3 Finale)

 

[ESS]

Here's the promo for the last two episodes (3x17: Powerless & 3x18: Now What? (season 3 finale)

 

[ESS]

Here's more spoilers for 3x18 the season finale:

9-1-1 Finale First Look: Brooke Shields Helps Athena Through Her Trauma — Plus, Meet Abby's New

[screengem]

Here's more spoilers for 3x18 the season finale:

9-1-1 Finale First Look: Brooke Shields Helps Athena Through Her Trauma — Plus, Meet Abby's New . . .

Shields is no stranger to the Ryan Murphy-verse, having previously appeared on Scream Queens and Nip/Tuck.

If Brook Shields somehow has a scene with JLH, the mascara and the tears will be flowing big time.

[ESS]

3 hours ago, screengem said:

Here's more spoilers for 3x18 the season finale:

9-1-1 Finale First Look: Brooke Shields Helps Athena Through Her Trauma — Plus, Meet Abby's New . . .

Shields is no stranger to the Ryan Murphy-verse, having previously appeared on Scream Queens and Nip/Tuck.

If Brook Shields somehow has a scene with JLH, the mascara and the tears will be flowing big time.

LOL I just posted this up as well, but thanks.

[Irlandesa]

Why is the author playing coy about the actor who is likely Abby's fiance?  They do know that was spoilered in the previews, right?

[gonzosgirrl]

I feel like Michael's "is this really happening?" is going to be news that his tumor is shrinking. The article mentions a hint of a surprise for Chim and Maddie but I'm not sure how they got that from the split second they are on screen. I wonder if she's pregnant. 

 

[AdorkableWitch]

9-1-1 may have a time jump in season 4

 

 

[lorbeer]

On 5/15/2020 at 1:42 AM, AdorkableWitch said:

9-1-1 may have a time jump in season 4

 

 

The idea described in the article it's actually not bad. It's truth that not covering the covid topic would feel weird espeacially for a show that sets it's reality so close to the world and time we live in. Shows like Riverdale which doesn't have specific timeline can easily omit covid and it still would feel consistent. In shows like 9-1-1 or Grey's Anatomy it would feel cheated a little bit. And time jump sounds like a good idea. I can bear some flashbacks about finding out about covid, disease's spreading and how they coped with that. I couldn't stand watching episode by episode every stage of the pandemic and reliving it.

[methodwriter85]

It'd be weird because they showed everyone having gatherings in May/June so the the timeline of the virus has to be tweaked a little.

[gonzosgirrl]

Preview for tonight's episode. There has been so much speculation in the episode thread for last week I'm not sure if any of this is a spoiler, lol.

It's funny that they don't like nicknames. Sure, everyone calls me Howard. Ha! Maddie still looks way more sad than the situation called for.

 

[gonzosgirrl]

So the next episode is Buck Begins. Interesting blurb in that it says that confronting his childhood 'answers why he is the daredevil he is today'. That doesn't really jive with the spec that he was a saviour baby. Hmm. Also, Maddie looks beat up (and sooty) and Buck has his arm in a sling in some of the photos. I wonder if they are part of the flashbacks?

https://tvpulsemag.com/tvphotos/911/911-season-4-episode-5-buck-begins-photos/

[Lady Calypso]

20 minutes ago, gonzosgirrl said:

So the next episode is Buck Begins. Interesting blurb in that it says that confronting his childhood 'answers why he is the daredevil he is today'. That doesn't really jive with the spec that he was a saviour baby. Hmm. Also, Maddie looks beat up (and sooty) and Buck has his arm in a sling in some of the photos. I wonder if they are part of the flashbacks?

https://tvpulsemag.com/tvphotos/911/911-season-4-episode-5-buck-begins-photos/

Those would be part of the flashbacks because of Maddie and Buck's hairstyles being different, and both of them looking years younger. Maddie has a wedding ring on in the photo where she's in the hospital and beat up, so that's most likely from Doug. And the photo of Buck in a sling also shows Maddie as an ER nurse. 

As for Buck figuring out why he's a daredevil, if he was born just to save Daniel, it COULD make sense. But I guess the issue lies more with how Daniel would have had to die before Buck had any memories, so it wouldn't have mattered after that if he got injured or sick or whatever himself. I imagine the daredevil part is more with him trying to gain the attention of his parents? It could also be that, after Daniel's death, his parents didn't want to spend any more time in hospitals so they were only really careful on their children's safety. But I lean more toward Buck doing dangerous things to get the attention of his parents, just because it's not clear that their parents really cared for their safety and well being at any point. They seemed to AVOID those types of situations. 

Regardless, I think it's clear that Daniel died young from some sort of illness, since it's made clear that the Buckley parents dislike hospitals and that must have stemmed from Daniel being hospitalized more than once. Unless it's really just a result of Daniel dying from an accident, passing away in the hospital, and the Buckley parents being so traumatized from that that they avoided hospitals at all costs.

[Court]

I don't think the content of the secret is the explosive part. I think the fact that his entire family conspired to keep it a secret from him is the explosive part. I also definitely think there's more than a secret brother to it. 

If both Buck and Daniel were in the same accident and Buck survived, then daredevil fits because he may have internalized that he was supposed to die too. 

[ShortyMac]

2 hours ago, Court said:

I don't think the content of the secret is the explosive part. I think the fact that his entire family conspired to keep it a secret from him is the explosive part. I also definitely think there's more than a secret brother to it. 

If both Buck and Daniel were in the same accident and Buck survived, then daredevil fits because he may have internalized that he was supposed to die too. 

Plus, it could explain how he got his facial scars.

[Ailianna]

On 2/10/2021 at 5:32 PM, ShortyMac said:

Plus, it could explain how he got his facial scars.

Birthmark. Not scars.

[Azgard12]

On 4/5/2020 at 12:23 PM, Ohwell said:

If they cover COVID-19 then I definitely won't be watching.  In fact, I wouldn't watch any of their episodes after that.

I know it's been a bizarre 10 months since your post, but considering they are, have your thoughts changed?

I've also heard we'll have an episode (either here or in Texas) dealing with problematic experiences of anti-mask or misinformation.  My initial reaction is how divisive the episode could be.  I'm interested what others may think.

[methodwriter85]

I feel like we're going to get a "Maddie Begins" episode centered on her giving birth but flashing back through her relationship with Doug.

[Ailianna]

We've already seen so much of Maddie's relationship with Doug already though that I think that would be old ground. We've learned something new about each character in their Begins episodes and there's not much more to learn about Maddie and Doug, just misery to mine. I really hope they don't do that. Plus her intro in season two focused on her beginnibg, if you will. For EPISODES.

[gonzosgirrl]

Lots to unpack in this second-half-of-the-season preview, including one rescue I will definitely be skipping. *shudder* 🕷️

It will never not be weird for me to hear "Buck" speaking with his natural voice, especially when voicing-over a clip with Buck in it.

 

 

[anna0852]

2 hours ago, gonzosgirrl said:

It will never not be weird for me to hear "Buck" speaking with his natural voice, especially when voicing-over a clip with Buck in it.

 

 

No it will not. Oliver has nailed the American accent to the point his British one sounds fake to me

[kwnyc]

Buck is so fit and British, he ought to be in Ted Lasso! ;-)

[kwnyc]

It's also occurred to me that Bobby's unforgivable backstory might have been written because the show-runners 1) weren't sure the show would be on for longer than one season, and he could crash and burn; 2) if Krause wanted off, they could kill him quickly in some kind of redemption arc. 

(Since this is a topic that comes up so often: How can Bobby be the hero of the show if he's responsible for hundreds of deaths?)

[KatWay]

On 4/7/2022 at 5:29 PM, kwnyc said:

It's also occurred to me that Bobby's unforgivable backstory might have been written because the show-runners 1) weren't sure the show would be on for longer than one season, and he could crash and burn; 2) if Krause wanted off, they could kill him quickly in some kind of redemption arc. 

(Since this is a topic that comes up so often: How can Bobby be the hero of the show if he's responsible for hundreds of deaths?)

I think the show has pointed out why Bobby didn't face charges either, because while the fire started from his radiator, it would not have gotten that big that fast if not for the building being shoddily built. Any electrical appliance malfunctioning could have led to that disaster.

but I also think the plot wasn't well thought through. A disaster of that scale would have Wikipedia entries and documentaries about it, Bobby's name would be out there for sure. The Grenfell Tower disaster in the UK "only" killed 70ish people and that was international news.

[fastiller]

10 hours ago, KatWay said:

I think the show has pointed out why Bobby didn't face charges either, because while the fire started from his radiator, it would not have gotten that big that fast if not for the building being shoddily built. Any electrical appliance malfunctioning could have led to that disaster.

but I also think the plot wasn't well thought through. A disaster of that scale would have Wikipedia entries and documentaries about it, Bobby's name would be out there for sure. The Grenfell Tower disaster in the UK "only" killed 70ish people and that was international news.

Seriously! Has nobody heard of FIRE RATED CONSTRUCTION?  Fire doors?  Firestopping?  (Why yes, I do work in a construction-adjacent field, why do you ask?)

And to your second point, yep, too.  There are fires that killed "just" dozens which got national/international press at the time and some of these are remembered w/ Wiki pages or similar.

 

[agathapenny]

Total speculation here, but given the horrible storyline on Lone Star of them foisting a kid on TK and Carlos, and the showrunner's apparent love of retreading old storylines (in the most soap opera fashion possible in the last two seasons), I'm now just waiting for them to remember that Buck fathered a kid, and have the kid's parents (or at least the dad) die offscreen in a car accident or some such and suddenly Buck's raising a toddler. 

I've been watching some old episodes over the holidays and I have to say that's maybe my biggest beef with the state of the show in last season and this (though this season has been more watchable, in my opinion). The work/first responder storylines could veer into fantasy territory (earthquakes, a tsunami, landslide etc.), but the personal storylines were always very rooted in reality, which really grounded the show in an important way. Hen had an ex who was a drug addict, who complicated her current life, Bobby is an addict, dealing with the past and present of that reality (his story was the most outlandish in the first few seasons), Athena navigated her divorce from a husband who turned out to be gay and then singlehood and a new relationship, Abby navigated a life while taking care of her mother with dementia, Buck was trying to find his place in the world, Chimney's insecurity with himself caused him to sabotage his relationships, Maddie was running from an abusive husband, Eddie was trying to figure out life as a single dad of a son with a disability and coming to terms with his military service and past marriage. I could go on endlessly. These were all relatable and interesting storylines that aren't often tackled on shows.

Then they went completely off the rails with Eddie's doppelgänger storyline which was utterly far-fetched and totally unrelatable, and we're still not done with the fallout of that stupidity. There was no grounding in reality at all and it was just bizarre. And rather than just drop it like the flaming bag of excrement it was, we now have to endure Eddie moving to El Paso and begging to be in his son's life? Is anyone, anywhere looking forward to that in any fashion, because I can tell you I'm sure not.

And the less said about Hen's storyline with the stupid corrupt official the better. Total over the top soap opera. Gone were the people relating to each other like actual adults, which was one of the things this show did so surprisingly well, rather than taking the cheap dramatic avenue.

And i don't think they learned a lesson from all that nonsense. So I'm expecting more soap opera crap, but hoping I'm wrong....

[anna0852]

I wonder if all the wildfires in LA will figure into future storylines.

[Crashcourse]

I hope not.

[Raja]

On 1/11/2025 at 10:08 AM, anna0852 said:

I wonder if all the wildfires in LA will figure into future storylines.

They've done tsunami flooding Santa Monica. Just a wildfire in itself I can't figure how their fiction can beat reality.

If anything do like Third Watch, which returned a month after 9/11 handled it. End an episode with police and firefighters getting the alarm and ending.  Then with future episodes dedicated to fall out and recovery of the cast of characters with their normal lunacy getting added back in.

Or the show gets canceled.

 

[anna0852]

3 hours ago, Raja said:

They've done tsunami flooding Santa Monica. Just a wildfire in itself I can't figure how their fiction can beat reality.

If anything do like Third Watch, which returned a month after 9/11 handled it. End an episode with police and firefighters getting the alarm and ending.  Then with future episodes dedicated to fall out and recovery of the cast of characters with their normal lunacy getting added back in.

Or the show gets canceled.

 

Given the devastation, I’m wondering if cancellation is the way to go. If nothing else so much of the city has been impacted, it’s going to be very difficult for them to be able to do their location shoots. And they are very location shoot heavy.

[Irlandesa]

I don't see them canceling the show.

I imagine we'll probably get fewer outdoor rescues and more scenes that can take place in the fire station, the call center, Buck's loft, Madney's house and Eddie's house.

[Raja]

On 1/14/2025 at 11:59 AM, Irlandesa said:

I don't see them canceling the show.

I imagine we'll probably get fewer outdoor rescues and more scenes that can take place in the fire station, the call center, Buck's loft, Madney's house and Eddie's house.

It is an old show and has already jumped networks to save it the spinoff is about to get canceled. Look at it like the CSI or ,Criminal Minds franchises going away.

[Irlandesa]

9 hours ago, Raja said:

It is an old show and has already jumped networks to save it the spinoff is about to get canceled. Look at it like the CSI or ,Criminal Minds franchises going away.

But ABC is actively developing another 911 spinoff.  Even if 911 weren't one of ABC's top rated shows in both overall viewers and the demo (which it is, especially with streaming), I have a hard time seeing ABC going from looking to expand the franchise to getting rid of it completely.  They're looking to expand because they see money in it.

I do think the original may be closer to an end but that will be because of cast salaries and/or Peter or Angela deciding to leave. But I'm willing to bet that won't be for another season or 2.

And who knows, if they start rotating out the cast, it may go on longer than that.

And Criminal Minds is still around. If networks find a way to cut costs, they know there's value in long running procedural shows.

Edited January 16 by Irlandesa