9-1-1 was decided to go away viewers feeling hopeful after the stunning and tragic demise of Captain Bobby Nash.
Warning: Spoilers under for the season 8 finale of 9-1-1:
The Thursday, Could 15, episode, titled “Seismic Shifts,” featured your complete 118 — sure, together with Ryan Guzman’s Eddie Diaz — banding collectively to assist save civilians after a constructing explosion left them trapped in rubble. After the profitable rescue resulted with zero fatalities, Chimney Han (Kenneth Choi) made it clear that the staff was not going to interrupt aside and smash Bobby’s (Peter Krause) legacy any time quickly.
“All people simply cease. You’re not getting on a red-eye. And no one is transferring out and no one is staying in Texas. That is our firehouse. That is the 118. And it’s not only a quantity. It’s us,” Chimney declared. “And also you’re proper, Buck, issues are by no means gonna be the identical once more as a result of Cap is gone. However leaving gained’t change that. It gained’t make you’re feeling any much less unhappy. It simply signifies that you’ll be unhappy on their own.”
He continued, “Bobby died in order that I may reside, and it has screwed me up in ways in which I cannot totally specific, however the fact is he would have finished that for any one in every of us. You see, he knew that simply coming into work each day there’s an opportunity that a number of of us wouldn’t make it house, and his job above every thing else was to make it possible for we did. And we’re all standing right here proper now due to him. This staff, we’re his legacy. So we are able to miss him and we are able to mourn him and we are able to even curse his title, however we’re not going to disrespect him by throwing away what he constructed proper right here. So that you grasp up your turnouts, you hit the showers, you go house and also you get some relaxation, as a result of we’re all going to see one another on our subsequent shift. Collectively. Understood?”
The episode concluded with the 118 reunited and dealing towards a brand new regular following Bobby’s passing. Preserve scrolling to see the place every character ended season 8 earlier than season 9 premieres later this fall:
Athena
After witnessing a constructing explosion — not too completely different from the explosion that occurred earlier than her husband’s demise — Athena (Angela Bassett) headed into the rubble to save lots of as many individuals as she may. After being joined by Chimney, the 2 discovered themselves caught with out an exit. When it was revealed that one of many civilians had been maintaining his accidents a secret with a purpose to save the opposite (an echo of what Bobby did for Chimney), the pair had been capable of put aside their variations and in the end save each males.
“You’re a really succesful paramedic and a fantastic chief,” Athena informed Chimney earlier than they embraced. “He’d be so happy with you.”
Athena ended the episode by deciding to promote her newly renovated house and headed to the hospital to satisfy Chimney and Maddie’s (Jennifer Love Hewitt) new son, Robert Nash Han.
“Hey, Bobby,” she cooed whereas holding the toddler in her arms.
Chimney
When arriving on the emergency with the 118, Chimney obtained wind that Athena was inside and headed in to assist her. Whereas within the midst of helping injured civilians, a second collapse left them caught contained in the rubble. Collectively, the duo managed to save lots of two injured males, working by way of their variations over Bobby’s demise. (Bobby hid his signs after contracting a lethal virus in order that Chimney could be given the one anecdote, in the end resulting in his demise.)
Again on the station, Chimney misplaced his cool after realizing the staff was capable of save everybody — which means zero fatalities — however nonetheless felt fractured. He then jumped right into a passionate speech that impressed Eddie to remain in L.A. and Buck (Oliver Stark) to refuse his switch so they might all keep collectively because the 118 was meant to be.
Chimney ended the episode on the hospital, welcoming his son, Bobby, who he launched to Athena.
Eddie
Eddie started the episode with plans to return to Texas along with his son, Christopher (Gavin McHugh), to start out his job as an El Paso firefighter. On the 118’s goodbye lunch, the staff introduced him his turnouts to take with him to his new station.
Nevertheless, as he packed up at house, Christopher alerted him to the information of the 118’s emergency, and Eddie instantly headed to the location to assist. Whereas Gerrard (Brian Thompson) wished to go by the e-book for the rescue, Eddie discovered a unique means to assist Buck and Ravi (Anirudh Pisharody) escape, zip-lining them from one constructing to the subsequent. He credited the concept to Bobby, who taught him there’s “all the time a alternative.”
After Chimney’s emotional speech on the 118 later within the episode, Eddie determined to remain in L.A. with Christopher, and the duo moved again into their house.
Buck
Buck (Oliver Stark) started the episode by revealing that he put in for a switch, claiming that the 118 is “only a quantity now.” He then headed to the emergency with the 118, saving residents with Ravi earlier than a second collapse left them trapped. He and Ravi in the end escaped, because of Eddie’s fast considering, and the trio headed again into the constructing to save lots of the remainder of the staff.
Buck later took Chimney’s speech to coronary heart like everybody else, selecting to not switch. He ended the season by on the lookout for a brand new place — one which feels “lived in,” like Eddie’s house did.
Maddie
Maddie’s important focus within the finale was determining who was caught contained in the collapsed constructing so she may talk what she discovered again to the 118. She ended the episode by giving beginning to her and Chimney’s son, Robert Nash Han, named in honor of Bobby.
Hen
Hen (Aisha Hinds) began “Seismic Shifts” by saying to the remainder of the staff that she handed on taking up as captain after it’s revealed that Gerrard deliberate to step down and return to his TV consulting function.
She then took to the bottom after the explosion with the remainder of the crew. After returning to the 118 safely, she by chance referred to Chimney as “Cap,” probably hinting that he could possibly be stepping up into the function for season 9.
Hen and her spouse, Karen (Traci Thoms), ended the episode by formally adopting their foster daughter, Mara (Askyler Bell).