Uh, possibly this can assist repair what’s damaged between Athena (Angela Bassett) and Chimney (Kenneth Choi)? That could be the one excellent news we are able to consider with regards to the 9-1-1 Season 8 finale emergency, glimpsed on the finish of the penultimate episode and seen intimately within the promo that aired instantly following.
In Season 8 Episode 17, Athena’s return to work after her husband Bobby’s (Peter Krause) heartbreaking loss of life led to her encountering Graham, a.okay.a. Cart Cop, once more (he appeared in “Wannabes” earlier this season), and this time, he was going after individuals in his new constructing for shirking their laundry. After her second time known as to the scene, he was final seen operating again to the laundry room, so positive the place a lacking merchandise of clothes was. Athena, in the meantime, returned to her automobile just for the constructing to come back down moments later.
Now, the promo for the Season 8 finale, titled “Seismic Shifts,” begins with Athena’s name to 9-1-1 to ship everybody. The 118 is, in fact, known as to the scene, and Ravi (Anirudh Pisharody) wonders how anybody may survive it. “That’s our job,” Buck (Oliver Stark) says.
Chimney finds Athena inside. She discovered two trapped individuals, and one is bleeding out. Because the scenario turns into unstable, Gerrard (Brian Thompson) orders the 118 to evacuate, however Athena and Chimney are trapped, as are Buck and Ravi. Watch the promo above.
That is clearly going to be the best way that Athena and Chimney begin speaking once more. After Bobby gave Chimney the one dose of the anti-viral, he died; nobody knew on the time he’d been contaminated. She’s been scuffling with taking a look at Chimney and never seeing the person who didn’t survive, her husband.
The logline for the episode reads, “The 118, nonetheless reeling from their current loss, is dispatched to a mass casualty occasion after a high-rise condominium constructing collapses. Then, Athena and Chimney should work collectively to save lots of a well-recognized face.”
Earlier this season, showrunner Tim Minear informed TV Insider that there could be “an actual 9-1-1 emergency finale,” and seeing this now, that’s true. “I believe now we have a enjoyable conceit in Episode 17, sort of a factor we haven’t actually performed earlier than, which is able to then result in a mass casualty occasion,” he mentioned. “And even of their grief, they’re first responders, they received to place that apart and work collectively to save lots of individuals. So I believe what you’ll see within the final three episodes, sure, grief, love, loss, disappointment, and rallying and victory.” That quote about working collectively to save lots of individuals? It’s going to clearly be true of Athena and Chimney.
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9-1-1, Season 8 Finale, Thursday, Could 15, 8/7c, ABC