9-1-1 Season 8’s Teaser Ends Any Concern I Had About The Show’s Future
- Posted on 20 September, 2024
The teaser for 9-1-1‘s opening disaster for season 8 eased my concerns about how the show would deal with ongoing disasters. Every new season of 9-1-1 begins with an over-the-top, multi-episode disaster. Season 7 of 9-1-1 saw the episode pay homage to The Poseidon Adventure with a capsized cruise-ship emergency as the season opener. As 9-1-1 enters its 8th season, I wondered if the show still comes up with new, believable disasters to start the season.
The cruise ship disaster was probably the series’ biggest spectacle to date. 9-1-1’s central couple, Athena (Angela Bassett) and Bobby (Peter Krause) were trapped on a boat that pirates hijacked before exploding off the coast of Mexico in the middle of a hurricane. The three-hour premiere felt like a movie, and the budget seemed sizable for network television. 9-1-1 attempts to open each season with a natural disaster movie. It would be difficult to plausibly go any bigger and still be about Los Angeles first responders in a series that touts its disaster episodes.
9-1-1 Season 8 Hints At A Disaster Involving Bees
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9-1-1 wisely chose an emergency that puts the 118 back on solid ground even as the threat buzzes around them. The teaser for season 8 hints that bees will play a significant role in the opening disaster. It’s a good change of pace, but it also elicits a good amount of fear. From My Girl to Candyman to Bridgerton, pop culture is full of instances of bees being the real threat.
The teaser for 9-1-1‘s opening disaster for season 8 eased my concerns about how the show would deal with ongoing disasters. Every new season of 9-1-1 begins with an over-the-top, multi-episode disaster. Season 7 of 9-1-1 saw the episode pay homage to The Poseidon Adventure with a capsized cruise-ship emergency as the season opener. As 9-1-1 enters its 8th season, I wondered if…