There was plenty of chaos in the first-responder dramas' season-ending episodes.
Warning: This article contains spoilers about Monday’s season finales of9-1-1and9-1-1: Lone Star.
It’s not been an easy ride for the 118 and 126 crews, though.
Oliver Stark on ‘9-1-1’.Jack Zeman /FOX
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Let’s start with9-1-1.
I really thought Eddie was dead at the end of the penultimate episode and was very stressed about it.
Did you tease Ryan Guzman with that at all?
Rob Lowe on ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’.Jordin Althaus/FOX
So in fact that script did go out and I forgot to call him.
He calls me and he goes, “So, um, are you killing me?”
I was like, “Oh, well, let’s see how you behave this week.”
He was a little concerned there for a moment.
So they actually had the same reaction that the audience did probably Guzman more than anyone.
Did you see much of the fan reaction online?
I mean, it’s all anyone can talk about that Eddie was shot in front of Buck.
Those are some of my favorite moments in the finale.
Buck’s been on an emotional roller coaster this season.
How did Oliver respond to this episode?
The scene with him breaking down talking to Christoper really got me.
It was one of my favorite moments.
Where did the idea for a sniper come from?
Was that something that had come up earlier and you saved for the finale?
That was Kristen’s idea.
and I’m like, “Tell me more.”
How challenging was the9-1-1finale to shoot especially that scene with the huge crane?
We didn’t even have a crane.
We couldn’t find a crane.
So yeah, that was a big challenge.
Did Oliver have to run up a ton of stairs?
The other big story line is Maddie [Jennifer Love Hewitt] dealing with postpartum depression.
Did it feel important to deal with that very real, human issue?
It’s a heavy topic.
A lot of these stories will come through Jennifer’s character the domestic abuse story line.
So it’s just something that we want to do.
I think that’s where they are now.
Let’s talkLone Star.
The dust storm was wild.
Where did that idea come from?
Again, was that something you were saving for a finale?
So kudos to Carlos.
It felt like it could be a finale.
What did you do to make it seem like they were actually in a dust storm?
But a lot of that is practical.
That’s great for the cast.
Was this finale more challenging than9-1-1?
They’re both very tricky.
Then we shut down for about a week because we simply ran out of scripts.
I pretty much cut that in three days.
I had every editor on the staff working on the show.
I joked that it was like hosting the Jerry Lewis telethon.
“And now we have our editor Christine, what have you got for us today?”
“Julie, what have you cut for us today?”
I still feel I’ve been hit by a truck because we only finished mixing it yesterday.
Then I wanted to talk about it first thing Monday apologies.
How excited was Julian Works for this episode?
Mateo gets a lot of screen time.
I have to tell you, I got the sweetest texts from him.
I’m so excited to be on set tomorrow.
It feels amazing being me right now."
The gratitude from him.
The sweetness of that character is absolutely something that Julian brings because that’s him.
That’s so lovely to hear.
Okay, I can’t not ask about Charles' death.
Why, Tim, why?
I saw a lot of that online, and I get it.
It’s very difficult to find a great story for them.
It just felt like a way for me to give Gina a lot of story.
I mean, just look at episode 13: Gina Torres carried that thing without speaking.
Yeah, she’s incredible.
I can see why you want to put her through it.
Okay, the cliffhanger ending.
What’s going to become of the 126 now it looks like the firehouse it being shut down?
It’s going to be the story of how they’re going to not take no for an answer.
