9-1-1 followers are nonetheless reeling from that surprising demise — however are some other fundamental characters not returning for season 9?
The hit ABC sequence, which premiered in 2018, follows the skilled and private lives of Los Angeles first responders. Since 9-1-1 debuted, Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds and Kenneth Choi have made up the primary forged — with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ryan Guzman becoming a member of one season later.
After eight seasons, viewers thought their favourite characters have been protected till Krause’s character Bobby, was killed off in April 2025.
“I had been toying with the thought for a few seasons, really, perhaps even longer, feeling like in some unspecified time in the future I’m going to have to do that,” showrunner Tim Minear advised Deadline on the time about killing off a significant character. “After which as soon as I got here up with this concept for the lab leak episode, that’s when it solidified for me that it was time to do it, it felt like an actual alternative to offer any person an epic Wrath of Khan–like demise.”
He continued, “When it got here all the way down to deciding who ought to that be, I wished it to be a personality that affected all of the characters’ tales in a really particular and but alternative ways. There was just one man for the job, and it was Bobby.”
Followers have since expressed concern in regards to the remaining members of the 118 after Bobby’s demise popping out of nowhere. Hold scrolling to see which characters are formally returning in season 9 — and which could not:
Athena Grant-Nash
Whereas Bassett is returning within the wake of Krause’s exit, it isn’t clear how Athena will cope with her husband’s demise, however Bassett beforehand mentioned the significance of Athena and Bobby’s relationship on 9-1-1.
“I don’t even know what the present could be like with out them collectively,” she advised Individuals in March 2025. “It’s onerous to think about.”
Bobby Nash
Minear advised Selection in April 2025 that Bobby’s demise episode “shouldn’t be Peter Krause’s ultimate look this season.” It was additionally confirmed that the present shouldn’t be in a rush to seek out Bobby’s substitute.
“I’m not fixing that drawback immediately for the remainder of this season,” the manager producer advised TV Insider on the time. “There’s an interim captain there who shouldn’t be going to be the captain going ahead, however the final three episodes should not about who’s in Bobby’s chair. The final three episodes are about that chair is empty.”
Buck Buckley
Stark’s character is without doubt one of the individuals grieving Bobby as the remainder of season 8 prepares Us for the present’s subsequent chapter. Throughout an unique interview with Us Weekly, Stark described the remainder of Buck’s season 8 journey in three phrases: “Uncomfortable, alternative and devastating.”
Hen Wilson
Not solely is Hinds anticipated to reprise her onscreen function however hopefully the actress may have an opportunity to direct one other episode in season 9.
“I used to be nervous to movie your complete factor,” Hinds solely advised Us in March 2025. “Solely as a result of I simply didn’t have a gauge. I didn’t have a way of what it was that I didn’t know, as a result of I had by no means carried out it earlier than. So whereas everybody was very supportive and inspiring in telling me, ‘You recognize greater than you assume,’ I didn’t know precisely how these issues would manifest and the place the applying of the issues that I do know could be finest utilized in service.”
Chimney Han
Choi’s character survived the contagion (and a rebar to the cranium in season 1) however his failure to save lots of Bobby will hang-out Chimney.
“In loads of methods, Chimney’s the unique 118er; he’s been there longer than anybody,” Minear advised USA At this time. “I used to be pondering again to the episode the place Bobby was sharing his origin story with Chimney: how he had come to L.A. with a demise want, that he was going to attain his atonement after which be part of his youngsters within the afterlife. Chimney had been keyed into Bobby’s lore earlier and extra personally than some other character.”
He continued: “It was crucial for me that I had no less than three episodes after this occasion to be able to course of the loss and begin to put the items again collectively.”
Maddie Buckley-Han
If there’s anybody who’s returning for an additional season, it’s the character who actually survived having her throat slashed.
“I really feel just like the difficult factor about Maddie is that we met her in such peril and she or he’s been by means of a lot. And regardless that as viewers members, we would like her to seek out pleasure and love and happiness, who Maddie actually is is that this particular person,” Hewitt advised TV Information in March 2025. “She is a survivor. She is a fighter. And for higher or for worse, she’s made for these conditions. It’s actually enjoyable for me to play her in these conditions, and I feel it’s enjoyable for the viewers to observe, regardless that we hate-love it. Despite the fact that I really feel just like the viewers has a love-hate [relationship] with seeing Maddie in peril, it’s who she is. It’s the life that she has led, prefer it or not. So I used to be simply thrilled.”
Hewitt did trace that the primary responders on the present are “not protected from that trauma or that hazard” they save others from, including, “Everybody goes to be totally different as a result of these sorts of huge issues change you. I feel they are going to change Chimney, they are going to change her, however there’s a child on the best way — and that’s constructive. I feel Tim does a extremely lovely job of chaos and trauma and drama. There’s additionally nonetheless the likelihood for lovely moments of pleasure, so we’ll have these too. However yeah, that is an intense comeback for us and I simply hope [the fans] like it.”
Eddie Diaz
Forward of Bobby’s demise, Eddie went to Texas to repair his relationship with son Christopher (Gavin McHugh). Eddie wasn’t there to say goodbye to Bobby — however maybe this would be the cause he comes again to Los Angeles.
“Eddie skilled it differently. He wasn’t there,” Minear advised The Hollywood Reporter. “He received a telephone name. So in a method, I feel what Eddie’s feeling is, “Wouldn’t it have been totally different if I had been there?” In order that’s not going to be straightforward for him, however we’re going to see all that in these final three episodes.”
Tommy Kinard
Whereas Eddie’s romance with Tommy (Louis Jude Ferrigno Jr.) took a tough left flip, it stays to be seen if they are going to proceed to cross paths in season 9.
