The next time someone calls for help on 9-1-1: Lone Star, they’ll hear a surprising (yet familiar) voice on the other end of the phone. A new promo for the Fox procedural’s upcoming fifth (and possibly final) season includes footage of Judd’s son Wyatt working as a new dispatcher, a job held by Judd’s wife Grace since the series…
Summary Judd resigns as a lieutenant at 9-1-1: Lone Star, creating a leadership vacuum. Owen must decide on a new second-in-command between Marjan and Paul amidst tension. Judd’s departure significantly affects the firehouse dynamics and family dynamics. 9-1-1 Lone Star has not been on the air in over a year, but the 126 has undergone massive…
The 126 will be down another key member when 9-1-1: Lone Star returns for its fifth season on Monday, Sept. 23 (Fox, 8/7c). (See all of Fox’s freshly announced fall premiere dates here.) As revealed in the official logline for Season 5, Judd (Jim Parrack) will be “resigning from the 126 to take care of…
Procedural drama 9-1-1: Lone Star, airing on Fox, is a spin-off of 9-1-1 and follows the team of Austin’s 126 Fire Department as they respond to emergencies of all sorts. The series premiered in 2020 and will end with Season 5, set to premiere in late September with 12 episodes after being delayed due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. The…
Co-creator and showrunner Tim Minear breaks down the midseason finale of the hit ABC procedural drama, including his decision to have Oliver Stark’s Evan Buckley explore his attraction to a former male firefighter: “This part of him has been coded into the show at least since season two.” For seven seasons on 9-1-1 and five seasons on…
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…
9-1-1: Lone Star is kicking off its fifth and final season with a massive emergency: a train derailment (and other rescues) over its first three episodes. It’ll have been about 16 months since the Season 4 finale aired (the strikes delayed the drama’s return), and about a year in-show when the action picks up, and Owen (Rob Lowe)…
EXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing more of Wyatt in the upcoming season of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Jackson Pace, who has recurred as the character since Season 3, has been promoted to series regular for Season 5. Pace has appeared in nine episodes of the series through its most recent Season 4 and will appear in all…
As 9-1-1: Lone Star co-showrunner Rashad Raisani puts it, you would not be reading about the Fox first responder drama if it wasn’t for Sierra McClain, who spent four seasons on the series as 911 call center dispatcher Grace. “If not for her, we wouldn’t be talking right now,” Raisani told Entertainment Weekly last week while previewing the upcoming fifth and…
Co-showrunner Rashad Raisani shares what’s in store after actress Sierra McClain’s unexpected departure and the death of Carlos’ father. The key to an easier start of a 9-1-1: Lone Star season? An ambitious season finale. “It was a bit self-serving, but we intentionally left season 4 making sure that we had big stories to explore in season…
