‘9-1-1’ Showrunner on Finale Breakup and What Season 6 Holds for the Other Couples
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business Writer(SPOLER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Starting Over,” the May 16 season finale of “9-1-1.”)“9-1-1” gave its characters a well-deserved break with its Season 5 finale Monday.
Almost everyone got a happy ending of sorts, with the exception of Buck (Oliver Stark) and Taylor’s (Megan West) complicated relationship, which came to an end — but that means happier things should come for both of them.The episode, titled “Staring Over,” saw almost everyone doing just that in one way or another, with Bobby (Peter Krause) escaping his almost-relapse thanks to Eddie (Ryan Guzman), Bobby and Athena (Angela Bassett) deciding to take that honeymoon they’ve been waiting many seasons for, Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Chimney (Kenneth Choi) keeping the door open for each other, and Hen (Aisha Hinds) and Karen (Tracie Thoms) getting treated to a beautiful backyard vow renewal by Hen’s mother Toni (Marsha Warfield), who objected to their first wedding.
Variety broke down the “9-1-1” finale with co-showrunner Kristen Reidel, and chatted about how Season 5 ended for all the couples of the 118, and where the remaining crew is headed in Season 6.Why was Eddie the one to come and save Bobby from relapsing, without even knowing he was doing it?Bobby has been there for Eddie all along the way.
Not just this season, even going back to after Shannon died. In a lot of ways, Bobby and Eddie are somewhat similar. They have both experienced a death, a death of wives, and, in Bobby’s case, also his children.
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