‘9-1-1’ Ends With Shocking Cliffhanger for Eddie
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What To Know
- The January 29 episode of 9-1-1 ends with a shocking cliffhanger involving Eddie after he and Hen must face questions about a past call in court.
- Chimney struggles with anxiety about Harry’s safety as the new probie at the 118.
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for 9-1-1 Season 9 Episode 10 “Handle With Care.”]
Oh, if only Eddie (Ryan Guzman) realized the trouble he was stepping into the moment he tried to offer some advice to a teen the 118 previously rescued. Abigail (Fallon Heaslip), the young girl whose parents performed an exorcism on her when she had tetanus, returns in the Thursday, January 29, episode of 9-1-1.
Hen (Aisha Hinds) and Eddie both testify, with the latter’s history of anger issues coming up. Eddie says he used to be angry, but insists he isn’t anymore. After, outside the courtroom, Abigail approaches to thank them, then after Hen’s called away, asks Eddie how he learned to be less angry. Time, therapy, friends, and family helped, he tells her. She only has time; she can’t afford therapy, and she doesn’t have any family or friends. She’s aged out of the foster care system, and all her grandmother did was give her her car, which she’s now living in.
Eddie brings her back to the 118, and it’s pretty immediate that something‘s going to happen. She says she only remembers Eddie’s face from the day she was rescued. She looks to Eddie when Buck (Oliver Stark) says the family’s also the people you choose. She’s not happy when Eddie brings in Alex (Aimee Teegarden), a therapist from the LAPD’s SMART Team (Systemwide Mental Assessment Response Team), and Alex tells her about faith-based transitional housing she’s already gotten her a place in. She only agrees to accept Alex’s help (including an offer to buy socks) when Eddie talks to her. (Is anyone else wondering if they’re setting up Alex to be Eddie’s new love interest?)
Then, Abigail shows up at Eddie’s house while he’s sitting down for dinner with Christopher … and the firefighter doesn’t ask how she knew his address? Instead, he seemingly just lets her invite herself to dinner, during which she asks about Christopher’s age, questions if Alex is just a colleague to Eddie, and follows him into the kitchen when he’s cleaning up. There, she tells him that her parents were acquitted and hugs him, seeking comfort. When he brings up that it’s getting late and she has a long drive ahead of her, she thinks he’s inviting her to spend the night — on the couch, she’s quick to add. He makes it clear he’s not, but assures her she’s not alone as she leaves.
The episode then ends as we figured it would: Abigail goes to Christopher’s school and tells him Eddie’s busy at work and asks her to pick him up, and Chris gets in her car with her. And with that, we’re very worried about what’s going to happen next (and questioning if Eddie has told anyone about the warning signs that were very obvious).
Elsewhere in the episode, it’s Harry’s (Elijah M. Cooper) first day as the 118’s probie, and Chimney’s (Kenneth Choi) been having nightmares of everything that can go wrong and lead to his death, like getting hit by a truck at a call. We can’t blame him for being cautious after dreaming of Athena (Angela Bassett) warning him, “Don’t you look to me for comfort, you murdered my son!” But Chimney becomes too cautious, not letting Harry go on any calls or even pick up their coffee orders (“Coffee is the only work experience he has,” Buck points out) and instead having him stay back at the firehouse, all after the probie got to the 118 early on his first day and got to work immediately.
No one wants to talk to Chimney about this, but someone needs to, and who better than Hen? “Everyone’s concerned,” she tells him. It seems like he’s following in the footsteps of his old captain. “Bobby is a tough act to follow,” he points out. But she wasn’t talking about Bobby. She meant Gerard, who, in addition to giving Chimney mustache envy and making him scrub the bathroom, benched both of them and kept them out of the action so long they wondered why they signed up in the first place. Chimney’s not letting Harry be on the team.
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“Do you know what happened the first time Gerard let me on a structure fire? I lost a brother! Last year, we lost a friend! Hen, every time Harry looks at me with those probie puppy dog eyes, I can’t help it. I just see all the ways Bobby’s stepson, Athena’s son, could die on my watch,” he admits. But Hen reminds him that he’s his probie, and so what he has to do is either be his captain, who will show him how to stay alive or cut him loose so he can join another firehouse. “He belongs at the 118,” Chimney argues. And so he has to put him in.
That’s what Chimney does after sitting him down and sharing his own experience as a probie and bringing him on a call. And it’s a good thing he does. Not only does Harry come up with a solution, he also saves Chimney from getting hit by a car when the captain is too focused on trying to find the probie after he loses sight of him. Once back at the firehouse, Chimney officially welcomes him to the 118.
And when Harry heads home, he receives the gift Athena and May (Corinne Massiah) would’ve given him if he hadn’t gone in so early to work his first day: Bobby’s knife. “We wanted you to have a little piece of him to carry with you,” Athena explains. “He would’ve been so proud of you,” May adds. They also have what Bobby would’ve given him if he were there: his own knife, to let him be his own man.
Oh, and a fun guest appearance from Mike Farrell from M*A*S*H as an 87-year-old man whose son worries when he goes missing, only for him to be driving the lawn mower to the airport to pick up his girlfriend he met online — and yes, she does exist. His son was just being too overprotective, but he’s delighted to find out that his dad wasn’t being catfished.
What did you think of this episode? Did you see that ending coming? Let us know in the comments section below.
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C
Time for 9-1-1 to end. The show and the storylines are getting old. Show is not the same without Bobby Nash.
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G
The segment with Mike Farrall was cute and funny but that was it for the show. That was the third garbage was used. Are you running out of subject matter. Harry getting Bobby’s knife was appropriate but it would have been better if Bobby did it Abigal was pegged right from the start .That storyline might keep interest . Still is there anyway you can bring Bobby back.
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I can't believe they are having Eddie make yet another dumb decision when it comes to a woman. I know he is not romantically attracted to Abigail, but it is obvious that she is infatuated with him. How can he not see that? And yes, at age 15, Christopher is too old to just get in the car with a girl he met once.
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This whole season is nothing but pointless episode after pointless episode. They really have no clue what they are doing since making the ridiculous decision to kill Bobby. While Harry joining the 118 is nice it would have been better with Bobby. Chim is so indecisive as a captain it’s like he can’t even decide what to have for lunch. Hens illness was a wasted story since there has already been BTS pics of her back at 118, she is somehow magically ok. The move to ABC killed this show and its characters. Time for it to end.
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J
But that's precisely the story with Chim, how he comes into his own as cap. Bobby was already experienced when we met him, this is a different story, quite frankly, I'm glad, I would hate for Chim to rehash Bobby's story, as they are different people. The fact that most of Chim's insecurities stem from Bobby's death is good characterization too. I expect, when season 9 ends, Chim will have shown himself a competent and self-assured cap with a different but equally good leadership style 😉
Also, Harry & Chim are a better option for probie/cap. Bobby already went that route with Buck, now we get to see how Chim reacts and Harry deals with the job. And Buck has the chance to grow as a mentor too!
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I'm still a bit confused by Hen's illness and if she will be able to go back to work. The teaser with her and Karen in the car has me worried for another 9-1-1 death. The adoration Abigail has toward Eddie was predictable and how did no one else see that she was hero worshipping Eddie? How is Christopher only 15? I thought he was older or the same age as Harry? It was great seeing Mike Farrell, but where's the shout-out for Jason Gray-Stanford (Lt. Randy Disher in Monk)? Finally, can we PLEASE go back to last season and show that Bobby has been in a medically-induced coma and will awake?
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Aisha showed BTS pics on her Instagram of her back at that 118. And so did Ryan. He shared a pic of him and a crew member and Aisha is in the background in her firefighter turnout. Hen will somehow magically be all better. The storyline was pointless
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I think they're gonna handwaive her illness and she'll be back in an ep or two. The car crash is a total nothingburger, the revealed in BTS pics that nothing's gonna happen to them and they'll be helping others in that scenario.
Christopher was 7 in s2. By s9, makes sense he's 14-15. Harry was always the eldest after May.
I think Bobby is very dead, and I'm sad, but I think the fandom needs to let him go and either abandon the series or move on and enjoy 911 without him.
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G
I knew that chick was trouble from the get go It will be interesting to see how that develops
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J
I loved Harry here, he was just adorable. I knew what Chim's plotline was gonna be and I expected a reminder of his own benching as a probie. The conclusion was cute, even if the trash fire was shot a bit chaotically. The knife segment though was weird. When have we ever seen Bobby with a knife?
I liked the old man's story but felt it was a bit too long.
I am intrigued but confused about the Abigail storyline. I feel it's the least interesting place they could take her, making her as crazy as her folks. I'm not loving Eddie's actions either, not asking where she got his address, and I also dislike that Chris, a sensible and mature 15 year old, got into the car of a girl he'd only seen once after she dropped by unannounced.
I dislike the idea of Alex as Eddie's new love interest, but I can definitely feel the vibes. Everything hinges on her role in the next episode, but also Buck's. If his involvement is the same as Chim's and Hen's, Buddie is definitely over, whatever role Alex plays. If they are both equally involved, could go either way. If Buck is more involved, I am still not discarding that she could get with Eddie, cause Buck's relationship with Chris is its own thing
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I can’t wait for the show to be over!! That bigmouth female “supercop” is the most annoying and just full of themselves character on the show!! I mean, I guess she’s the only officer in California! Based on how she’s always at a major crime scene!! And always “saves the day” 🤯🤬🤯🤦🏻♂️ I actually don’t like the actress who plays the part either! Everything she has been in she has to be the center of attention!!! And it’s very annoying and just plain stupid! I mean what normal person would believe all the 🗑️ she gets into??