‘9-1-1’: Relationships, Emergencies & More Burning Questions for Season 7 on ABC

Oliver Stark, Peter Krause, Ryan Guzman, Kenneth Choi and Aisha Hinds in '9-1-1'
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9-1-1 doesn’t really do cliffhangers, and the latest finale was no different. Sure, there are some question marks, but everyone survived the overpass collapse (with injuries that we thought would be more serious than they were) and, thanks to a bit of a time jump, was back at work when “Pay It Forward” ended.

The good news is that wasn’t the end, though the first responder drama will be moving from Fox after six seasons over to ABC. (And with the writers’ strike, the network has leaned into unscripted programming for its fall schedule.) And we can’t help but wonder what that might mean for the show itself. Plus, there are the personal developments we saw in the montage at the end of the finale while Captain Bobby Nash (Peter Krause) led the 118 in a bit of meditation before the alarm rang for a call. Will that happiness continue into Season 7?

Scroll down to check out our burning questions for the 118’s future.

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Peter Krause, Ryan Guzman, Aisha Hinds and Kenneth Choi in '9-1-1'
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Will the move to ABC change anything?

After six seasons, we know what to expect from 9-1-1: emergencies (the lead-up to which we see, with flashbacks occasionally used) and personal drama. Will the balance of that stay as it’s been for the past six seasons, or will we get more of one than we have?

Annelise Cepero and Oliver Stark in '9-1-1'
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Will Buck and Natalia last?

To say Buck (Oliver Stark) hasn’t had luck with love would be an understatement, but while Natalia (Annelise Cepero) did back off after multiple interruptions during their dates — related to his past love interests and the friends for whom he was a sperm donor — she did return just in time to help him deliver Kameron’s (Chelsea Kane) baby. They’re giving it a try, and he’s even asked her to help him pick out a new couch, which he’s connected to girlfriends in the past. “I think that says everything, that he’s certainly interested in making her a permanent fixture in his life and seeing where this relationship can go. It’s an exciting thing for him,” Stark told TV Insider.

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Will Eddie find what he's looking for with Marisol?

Eddie (Ryan Guzman) spent the penultimate episode of Season 6 trying to make a meet-cute happen, hoping to recreate the magic he found with his late wife. Then he bumped into Marisol (Edy Ganem), whose brother the 118 had helped earlier in the season, at the hardware store, and she helped him find what he needed. But is she what he’s looking for? They did make plans for a date in the end-of-finale montage.

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Will disaster strike at Maddie and Chimney's wedding?

It took a bit of time, but Chimney (Kenneth Choi) and Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) got engaged and were planning their wedding (at home) by the end of the season. Considering the traumas they’ve both suffered — he was even impaled again in the collapse — we can’t help but think it’s impossible that their wedding will be drama-free. Let’s just hope whatever inevitably happens is not something that earns their home the previously false nickname of the Murder House.

Oliver Stark, Kenneth Choi, Ryan Guzman, Aisha Hinds, and Peter Krause in '9-1-1'
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What will be the big premiere emergency?

In the past, 9-1-1 has had a couple multiple episode disasters (the earthquake and tsunami) to kick off seasons. Might that happen again, especially as a way to welcome potential new viewers with the move to ABC to what the show can do? It sounds like Stark would be game. “I’d like some more big stunts. Those are the things that get me really interested and excited,” he told us. “I would love to start the season with something big and death-defying and maybe doesn’t quite go as planned and Buck can be injured for a little bit again. It’s my favorite thing to play. So yeah, plenty of pain and suffering.”

Peter Krause in '9-1-1' - 'Buck, Actually'
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Will Season 7 address who would take over if Bobby ever retires?

After Bobby sent Chimney to the academy to teach recruits (and bring back Ravi, played by Anirudh Pisharody) in Season 6, the first responder who once said “never again” to stepping in as interim captain might be ready for that day. “I personally think he would be a great captain. His problem has always been that he has a lot of self-doubt. One of the pieces that we addressed is the death of his friend Kevin, [and with] his relationship with his father, I think that’s been a big piece of the puzzle as well,” Choi told us. “[Recently] he sort of found a semi-resolution with his father. So I think those two big puzzle pieces being discovered, he can now move forward. So as far as being interim captain, I think that he’d accept the challenge more willingly, absolutely.”

But we also saw Buck step up in a big way to help rescue everyone in the finale, after Bobby had told him he wasn’t ready to fill in for him while he was away at the beginning of the season. “[He] was told that he had to go out and live some more life. I think we’ve seen him do that this season, and he really stepped up when he needed to in this finale. I think he’s on the cusp of being ready to assume that kind of role,” Stark said, though he added, “I don’t think Buck is in a rush. He’s still at the start of his career and there are very strong arguments that there are many other people at the 118 that would be ahead of Buck in that queue.”

Tracie Thoms and Aisha Hinds in '9-1-1'
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Will Hen and Karen adopt?

A fostering situation might actually lead to adoption for Hen (Aisha Hinds) and Karen (Tracie Thoms)! In the finale, Karen told her wife that they were going to foster a baby girl whose grandmother changed her mind about taking her. If after a few months her grandmother doesn’t decide she wants her, they can adopt her! This comes just as they’d given up on the idea of this happening, but will it work out this time?

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Will Bobby and Athena have a relaxing vacation?

Bobby and Athena (Angela Bassett) are finally taking that cruise they’ve been trying to for quite some time now. When we suggested to Krause earlier this season that even if they got that vacation, there would probably be a murder on board, he agreed: “Maybe there’ll be a crime to solve on the ship. It’ll be like Agatha Christie or something.”

Kenneth Choi, Ryan Guzman, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, and Oliver Stark in '9-1-1'
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Will anyone from the 118 die?

Don’t get us wrong, we’re very happy that no one died in the finale, but considering Hen didn’t stop to take care of her concussion until after they’d gotten to the hospital, Chimney was impaled and lost a lot of blood, Eddie was trapped under a fridge, and Bobby was at the bottom of the collapse, it seemed almost miraculous they all survived or weren’t recovering longer than they were. And sure, Buck died for three minutes earlier in the season after he was struck by lightning, but he lived. Considering their jobs and traumas they’ve faced in the past, it is surprising they haven’t lost anyone yet.




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    OliveLocomotive

    I said it before i said it again. First of all they need to fire Kirsten Reidel. She was a decent writer, but as a showrunner she is a disaster. She has ruined every character on this show and if she is allowed to continue its over for us and the show.

    Then they need to get rid of Marisol/Natalia. Nobody asked for them, nobody wants them. Make them go away during the hiatus. There is plenty of time for that. I don‘t want to waste a single minute of Season 7 with these characters. Nope.

    Make Ravi a main character. The actor is cute, talented and intriguing. And the best thing he fits into the teams dynamic so perfectly.

    Give Eddie some better storylines (than that dating horror show that was Season 6). Ryan Guzman is so talented and funny. He needs more screentime he is a fan favorite.

    As much as it hurt me to say, i need less Buck on my television. This season made me dislike his character so much.

    I need to see May and Linda again. Where were they?

    Bring back exciting emergencies, because this season there were non.

    (And maybe consider to let Buck and Eddie finally fall in love, because i still want that. They are soulmates.)

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    OrangeGuitar

    The sixth season finale was so poorly written and paced and all the storylines were rushed in an attempt to give these characters a so-called happy ending. The emergency wasn't as impactful and emotional as it should have been especially with nearly all of the 118 injured.

    Although, I am happy that Athena and Bobby are finally going on their honeymoon, Hen and Karen adopting a child and Maddie and Chimney planning their wedding, I wish more time had been given to show how the characters injuries may have caused some problems for them along with their happiness. As for Buck and Eddie, there was no need for them to be paired up with random bland love interests (yet again). It clearly appeared as if it was created as nothing more than to avoid putting them together in a meaningful relationship. I hope these "relationships" don't last long or they could simply write them off in a similar way that Ali Martin had been. The way Eddie and Buck have been written they are perfect for each other but the showrunner doesn't seem to want to explore a romance between two 30-something men but would rather continue to pair them up with lackluster love interests instead.

    9-1-1 truly needs a new showrunner because whatever vision Kristen Reidel has it's not doing anything but ruining the show. Also, as much as I like Buck, he had so much screen time this season (that resulted in very little growth) and it would be good to go back to balancing the storylines among the ensemble cast.

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    GoldCocktail

    If they don't get rid of the showrunner who is incapable of stringing a coherent story together, if they don't go back to writing this show that we all loved instead of the soap opera Kristen Reidel has turned this into, and if they don't remember they have an entire ensemble cast instead of just Buck? ABC you might as well just change your mind and cancel 9-1-1 already. It isn't worth it. The ratings have tanked since Kristen took over, she has no interest in anything but Buck, and our beloved firefam just deserves a million times better.

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    CyanPumpkin

    ABC needs to take note about where this once phenomenal show has fallen short and that begins and ends with Kristen taking over as showrunner. She doesn't understand these characters and what drives them (Eddie is looking to recapture the magic he had with Shannon? We all saw their relationship was awful for both of them! Buck, our resident bleeding heart is fine giving away pieces of himself with no emotion or struggles? What?), and she doesn't seem to care about most of the actual main characters, just Buck and how many different women she can throw at him.

    This season committed the ultimate crime: it was BORING. And the cast is fighting their hardest and doing the most but they can only do so much with bad scripts and arcs or no screentime. I would not bat a single eyelash if Natalia and Marisol disappeared between seasons. We don't need to take MORE time away from the main characters developing them (s5 did that with Taylor and it was HORRIBLE), they added nothing and quite frankly both actresses and the chemistry with Ryan and Olver were so cringy and bad they were unwatchable.

    Also, this show is built on hope and LIFE. They do NOT need to kill off ANY main characters to stay interesting or relevant or "shock" the audience. They need to go back to good emergencies and the heart and depth this show used to have. Get Kristen out and go back to the early seasons format. We miss the voiceovers and our characters talking to each other not 800 random side characters.

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    RedHat

    Hopefully the new season becomes less of the Buck show. I need my firefam back and more screen time for the other character. Get rid of Natalia, she is literally the same as Taylor except with no personality. Buck accepting her back is just showing us he as not learn anything. The ending should have been him accepting being alone and buying his own couch. They way they introduced her also didn't endear me to her and when that happen, there's no coming back from that. (Death is cool, running away and then coming. Still don't understand him but I like you. Really?? You want me to believe that.) Also please there was no chemistry and it was so cringe to watch them. (Yep this season made me dislike Buck and I don't really care for him in the future)

    Give me back my show by getting rid of the showrunner and adding arcs for all the other characters. I need more Eddie and Christopher, Henren, Bathena and Madney.

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    OliveBandAid

    I only comment on Buck‘s possible relationship, because Eddie‘s dating storyline leads nowhere. He is gay and he is going to realise this next season.

    As for Buck, oh my did they do his character dirty this season. Terrible storyline after terrible storyline with the absolute highlight (in a bad way) at the season finale. I hate the doula, i absolutely, because i'm sorry if I don't like buck's relationship with somebody who thinks him dying is "cool". What was that? And who wants to bet that she only came back in the finale cause she saw the bridge collapse and seeing that he had another somewhat near death experience and then decided to "apologize" to him for running out. Buck is that stupid that he doesn‘t see it.

    I just hate that the show is wasting their last season with this soulless relationship and bad acting if we could have Buck and Eddie killing it if they were allowed to get together.

    Kirsten Reidel needs to go…..

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    RedFlask

    I don‘t know, but to me Eddie Diaz is a gay man and i would love for the show to finally address this. It could become one of the most exciting storylines next season.

    All the signs are pointing into that direction. Give it a go.

    As for Buck? Well i don‘t know. Natalia is sooooo boring to me. I‘m not interested in learing more of her character or see her together with Buck, because they are awful in their scenes together. I don’t buy them as a couple. Something is missing here.

    Taylor (while awful) at least was interesting.

    Season 7 doesn‘t look promising to me 🤷🏽‍♀️

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    RedRocket

    I still cannot believe that the people who create this show hate their audience so much that they would rather put Buck and Eddie together with random women without personality (who they had two scences with) instead of cashing in on the fact that Buck and Eddie are exactly what they look for in a partner. This is so stupid. It‘s 2023 and yet they chose this uninspiring route for their characters instead of the exciting one. Such a shame.

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    BlueCone

    Huuuuuuuge hell no to Natalia and Marisol. Just drop them, no one is going to complain or miss them.

    Because you know what? Love is a nuanced and wild thing. Let’s explore that, especially with everything Buck and Eddie have built between them over this whole time. Not another cute and perfectly mundane female love interest out of the blue for Eddie or that weird death doula groupie they forced on Buck this season out of nowhere.

    I‘m all in for the show to FINALLY address the elephant in the room and that is Buck and Eddie‘s love for eachother.

    Bring on all the drama, the longing, the refusal, the acceptence at the end. I waited 5 years for that it‘s time. I want my amazing and epic love story to finally come true.

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    GoldHammer

    This show needs to go back to focusing on the main characters and their relationships together and being the found family they keep insisting they are without showing us. Oh, Bobby is Buck's dad? Where? He wasn't the one to take Buck home or help him pick out a couch or come over during his recovery and Buck wasn't allowed near Bobby and his investigation, in fact they barely spoke the rest of the season and had one 1-on-1 scene after 6x11. Buck was always my favorite character but Kristen has ruined him. Let Oliver do some big cool emergencies and be the support for other characters next season and take a back seat from the focus. They set up 4-5 storylines for him and didn't cash in or show the emotional journey on a single one. And we KNOW Oliver can bring the emotions! They wasted his coma dream not letting the firefam talk to him and ask him to come back to them, instead it was all about the Buckley parents being good now? His best friend didn't get to say a word to him? He was worried about going back to work and then just forgot the second he met a woman? Eddie has been right there seeing what Buck needs to feel heard and supported and loved but he hasc coffee once with someone and she "sees" him? When she herself says she doesn't understand why he's doing something? She thinks him dying is COOL when the firefam was DEVASTATED? She can leave over the hiatus, the chemistry was awful.

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    RedPalmtree

    I just want to forget Season 6 in its entirety. If there are no changes i guess they could cancel it immediately.

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    BlueChefHat

    I‘m demanding that Marisol and Natalia are written off during the hiatus and never be seen and heard of again. I 200% am not interested in watching a second more of this nonsense

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    Tania

    This season was seemingly about Buck finding contentment and feeling at ease with who he was. Then one of his final scenes was him asking his new love interest (who we do not know and care even less about) to buy a couch with him? That made me rage. I didn’t completely buy into the couch theory being about Buddie (even though there was certainly evidence pointing to it) but it was most certainly about BUCK.

    Having it resolved by throwing him into a new relationship with a random woman was extremely unsatisfying. It felt like a story we have seen before (Taylor Kelly anyone) and not a good one. His character doesn’t seem to have grown or learnt anything from his experiences this season and it just feels like he’s going in circles.

    Throwing a random woman at Eddie was even more ridiculous. It’s saddening to see these writers/show runners care so little about a large part of their core fanbase.

    They have shown this wonderful emotional connection with Buck and Eddie over the years that would be so satisfying and heartening to see it come to its natural conclusion. That connection has been completely ignored in these last few episodes, just to force them into relationships with women we care very little about and that seemingly have no substance or purpose, other than the fact that they are female.

    The writing has felt disjointed all season but that fact was glaringly obvious in this finale. If this was meant to possibly act as a series finale, it would have been very unsatisfying.

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    OrangeBucket

    This season was disappointing overall, and I say this as a big fan. The characters were messily handled, the pacing was kinda all over the place, fewer 911 calls were memorable compared to past seasons, and the finale was definitely rushed. To some degree 911 was had an issue of "telling and not showing," but this season was especially bad about this. Athena and Bobby were practically sidelined the whole season, Athena in particular. The journey to Maddie and Chimney's happy ending was both rushed and scattered. The storyline of Denny's bio father coming back was done in poor taste. The messaging came across as: the two wonderful lesbian mother's aren't enough for their son. Eddie in many ways was sidelined, too. His "main" storyline about being lonely was, I think, clumsily handled and rushed. His "happy ending" was calling a woman he originally met on a 911 call, someone he and the audience barely knows. Buck had about 5 storylines, and 3 were never concluded. The show mostly told use he grew this season, but didn't do a great job of showing us this growth. Just like Eddie, Buck was given in the last 3 episodes a love interest who was only that, a love interest, when romance had never been part of Buck's overall season 6 story. Buck's love interest is barely a character, and it was forced in because apparently Buck being happy and content alone isn't an option.

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    CyanPopcorn

    I agree that Kristen Reidel should be replaced, because the show has declined in quality. That said, I really hope that it isn't the studio (Disney/21st Century) pushing for some of these unpopular stories - such as "the Buck show" with excessive focus on his love life - and vetoing popular stories - such as deeper focus on characters like Karen, Hen, Bobby, Ravi and Chim instead of one episodes only. Also the Buck/ Eddie relationship being greatly diminished and again backburnered due to forced "love interests" with whom there is no chemistry or appeal.

    I was always befuddled by Tim Minear relinquishing control over a show where he worked so hard and did such a tremendous job. Again, I truly hope the "big bosses" didn't try to exercise creative control in a way that he didn't like, resulting in Kristen taking over because she liked many of their ideas.

    It's 2023, and LGBTQ representation on 911 has taken a serious hit (Josh a side character who rarely appears, Karen a side character who rarely appears - PAY the wonderful actress so that she's not "in the other room" - Michael/David are gone). If Disney actually wants to be perceived as tolerant and welcoming of equality, they have the ability - through studio 21st and network ABC - to make positive changes to the show. Particularly by showcasing what would be a revolutionary story of same-sex friends-to-lovers on broadcast TV.

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    GreenWrench

    I want Natalia gone (the actress doesn‘t even know how to act. It‘s awful to watch). Period. Marisol is already forgotten. I doubt we are going to see her again. Maybe the show can finally address that Eddie doesn‘t mind being single or alone, since he has a great circle of friends and family. I wasn‘t under the impression that he was unhappy.

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    RedQuill

    ABC i only need 3 things:

    Kirsten Reidel gone from the show

    Buck and Eddie in love with eachother

    Amazing emergencies like during the old times

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    PurpleAnchor

    I want Buck to take a backseat next season, because i‘m simply tired of his character and the annoying storylines he get all the time. Season 6 did harm his character so much that i was hoping for him to go on a extendend vacation to Italy.

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    EL

    Honestly don't feel an ounce of excitement for s7 if it's going to continue the same trajectory of the last 2 seasons (I believe kenny mentioned everything would be 99% the same despite a network change - well that doesn't sell it to me at all 😭). The foundations laid at the beginning of s6 had no pay off. Everything surrounding buck was an incohesive mess & sends my head into a spin - how did it even happen? I get there are different writers each episode, but the overall themes just did not connect at ALL. Felt like they were just all separately throwing things at a wall and not one stuck. The emergencies have been lacking so badly, it's laughable to see how much effort & money is spent on some & they are so incredibly forgettable (that blimp? the rubbish dump? firetruck off the cliff? & now a bridge collapse), yet the early seasons could make such memorable, impactful calls. The only call that made me feel anything in the last 2 seasons was the mother who fell.

    If they abandon the buckley-diaz dynamic even more next season then all hope is lost. A show runner who sees them as platonic best friends/family but won't even let them hug after one literally died? Right. And hard agree - all the perilous situations they put the 118 in are so exciting until they amount to nothing. Bobby has been crushed in s5&6 without any long term impact? Jonah stopped Chimney's heart & we never had that mentioned again? Buck died & we swiftly moved on? Does Eddie still go to therapy? Sigh

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      EL

      OH and ABC if you are listening - PROMOTE THE DAMN SHOW. Use your entire cast! Let them do more than a few post mortem print interviews. Stop only having predominantlyone actor have to answer for everybody. Have a new photoshoot - it's been YEARS (outside the people mag sexiest men special). Fox put zero effort into promoting season 5 and 6 and the results spoke for themselves.

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    PurplePopsicle

    The questions about Buck and Natalia and Eddie and Marisol are so deeply unserious and ridiculous, especially to long-time viewers who’ve sat through former love interests and can already tell that these will rank among the worst. And NO offense to the writer of this article for asking, she’s just doing her job and trying to work with the material given. The problem is, the material is beyond subpar. It’s very much a show running and writing problem.

    I enjoy when Bobby and Athena play detective but that is just because Peter Krause and Angela Bassett are so fantastic that I would happily watch their characters go to the grocery store. Alas, the tone of those episodes feel more like an SVU or crime drama rather than 911. However, given the steady decline of 911 over the past two years, that’s not entirely a bad thing.

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    CyanController

    I hope that when the show returns that Buck finally wakes up from his coma and so ABC can erase the horrow show that was the second half of season 6. it‘s that simple. That‘s all i want and need.

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    GreenCloud

    I‘m still recovering from that awful season finale, so it‘s maybe too earlier for these questions, but all i want to say is this:

    Give us Buddie or you damn well can re-cancel the show.

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    OliveFlower

    Well I didn't hate the season as much as many here but I didn't like it. 911 always was my favorite show but it keeps falling short. Emergencies not as good. When we got Bobby and Athena it was amazing but they were few and far between and it not fair when their big stories only get an episode while Buck is everywhere all the time. I can't stand Bucka nymore unless he is with other characters like his sister or Bobby or Eddie and Christopher. On that note I was never a "Buddie" shipper but at this point it would make more sense than what they keep throwing at the characters. I never hated Buck's other girlfriends but this new one is TERRIBLE. And as I said Buck gets too much airtime so either put him with Eddie who we actually like or keep them single and spare us the drama. Just plase fix what has been missing going forward and give Bobby and Athena what they deserve.

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    GreenQuill

    The last 20 minutes of the Season 6 finale managed to destroy all the love i had for this show. I realised that the people who make this show doesn‘t give a damn about their viewers and fans. You want Buck and Eddie together. No chance in hell they are better off with two nice looking women, ok they may have no personality, but didn‘t they look good together? The message has been received. I feel cheated and insulted by their move. Never in my life i felt so angry and sad at the same time. Sure ABC has the possibility to reverse all of this, but the damage has been done and i doubt they are doing this, because any women forced at Buck and Eddie is better than letting these two wonderful men become a couple. 6 years wasted for this rubbish. Shame on you 911.

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    GreenHat

    I love the program but it does feel like it's lost it's way. It used to be an ensemble show with a character centric episode every so often. I love Buck but even I thought there was too much focus on him with no actual character growth. The Firefamily suffered as a whole. 6a wasn't bad but 6b was rushed, disjointed and it was like they were trying to wrap everything up before they were cancelled. It was also like they forgot all previous character growth and just shoehorned stuff in.

    Eddie just floated and popped in and out this season and then suddenly there's a love interest who when introduced they showed no attraction to each other at all was just weird, you could tell different writers or directors were trying different things and definitely not working from the same page.

    Please go back to Season 3/4 way of working.

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    OliveFlower

    I also really want to say, between Kristin and Tim we've also seen a lack of interest on their parts to listen to fans. Unless the backlash against something they put out there, like Buck cheating with Lucy, is really bad.

    If I could give advice to the powers that be at ABC. I'd say this, don't forget that this is you selling people entertainment. You've got to give people what they want and not let a producer/showrunner/whatever's ego get in the way of that. Otherwise you keep getting a character no one cares about coming back, taking up screen time for characters that people do like, but are already being shafted.

    There's not enough room to go over more, I think everyone else really hit the nail on the head with what didn't work for season 6. I just want to point out the problem started before this season. But hasn't been addressed. And if fox wasn't owned by disney. I'd like to point out this cancelation? Would have been it. So let's keep in mind the people in charge of 911 since season 5 got the show canceled. You want to get more than one extra season out of this on ABC? Rework who is in charge and really listen to the fans watching the show. Maybe a lot of us will even come back!

    I know I'm not going to tune in for season 7 if it's just going to be the repeats of story lines I've seen before. I'll just read the comments for now before, well, wasting my time.

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    OliveFlower

    First I would like to point at the numbers, there's clear support in the data that networks collect that supports every single comment posted before mine. A decline in ratings that can be traced back to season 4, which yeah, four seasons in there's going to be a decline. But you can track the first time the ratings dipped bellow 1.0 at the end of the season when I believe Kristen Reidel stepped into the show runner sans Tim

    Then looking at season 5 we see that the ratings never went above 1.0 again. Season 5 was bemoaned by fans with major complaints towards the pacing and story telling. I for one have major issue with Kristen's interviews were she would tell what happened in the story after the episode aired what happened off screen. This right here is the first major strike against her in this role. The general audience isn't looking for her interviews. I only see them cause people share them online to complain. I would have been left wondering how plots were clued up, and why characters that hated each other on screen one episode, suddenly were best kind two episodes later without her explaining it to me and that's bad writing.

    5 also highlighted the inability of the showrunner and their team in being flexible enough to handle issues in production. As well as negative response to story lines. And this all carried over into season 6 cumulating in the lowest rated final. I wasn't surprised that 911 was canceled this year, I was surprised that ABC wanted to save it.

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    RedCloud

    i think season 6 was really good UNTIL the finale. it seemed to backtrack on every character progression and development they spent the last season building, ESPECIALLY with buck (does what he learnt in his coma mean nothing now???). it really felt like they were building up to something good but then all that got threw in the fire in the last 20 minutes. so confusing. and now we’re going in circles again with this storyline that seemingly similar to season 4 🙄

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    GoldCorn

    This season is truly a mess in pacing. Bobby's sponsor was introduced out of nowhere and then died in the same episode as when he first appeared, Maddie and Chimney's proposal that kind of dragged out, Hen and Karen's mixed messages with their subplot with Nathaniel, eddie barely having nothing noteworthy aside from forced romance, finale that has no stke and seemingly no repercussion, and of course Buck's thousands of subolots taking others' screentime that are resolved unsatisfyingly and somehow makes Buck's character go in circle.

    My wish:Demote Kristen Reidel. While 9-1-1 has bad habit of telling stories instead of showing them, she seem to embrace it and put it on her wall as an accomplishment. Add her weird fascination with Buck and we have a recipe for disaster for an ensemble cast show.Stop adding unnecessary subplots for Buck, especially ones that don't make him learn anything. He didn't have any repercussion from the cheating, sperm donor is there as a catalyst for buck to date his latest love interest, the near-death experience was used to introduced a desth doula as love interest rather than someone he could confide to, and the couch only symbolizes that he's going nowhere. Give him one or two and then just focus on that.Oliver Stark to shut up. You already have way too many scenes his season and you want Buck to get hurt to have a plot when your co-star had almost nothing to work with this season? Not the brightest bulb around, aren't you?

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    OrangeBus

    What happened to Lucy I like her character and she was only on about 2 minutes hopefully she's returning

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      OliveFlower

      I think the actress landed a movie during the airing of season five or after it. Plus with like not a lot of people liking Lucy and and all the apparent cuts to her scenes. I think Ariel was like, well then, on to better things!