Co-creator Tim Minear dishes on the animals overrunning Hollywood Boulevard as the Fox drama preps its return Monday.
We always knew things can get pretty wild on9-1-1, but the season 5 premiere is literally a zoo.
Yes, you read that correctly.

Kenneth Choi, Ryan Guzman, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, and Oliver Stark in the season 5 premiere of ‘9-1-1’.Jack Zeman /FOX
“It was just the thing I always wanted to do.
I wanted something striking.
And don’t expect this mayhem to all be resolved by episode’s end.
Warns Minear, “The Jurassic Park is even more Jurassic Parky in episode 2!”
“But I’m very pleased with the way it turned out.
“It really becomes an Athena thriller by episode 2,” says Minear.
Things become very personal by episode 3.”
Athena’s not the only one struggling to cope.
Maddie’s (Jennifer Love Hewitt) postpartum depression continues to worsen this season.
“The first three episodes are a great thriller.
[And] episode 4 is going to be incredible really emotional and devastating in some ways.”