9-1-1: Lone Star

9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starwas lie with for its high - octane disasters and talented ensemble cast , but some storylines the Texas spinoff almost engage would have send the procedural off the rails . Part of what attracted9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Star ’s sizeable audience was the mix of overstated medical emergencies and found theatrical role work , but the lines occasionally get crossed.9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Star ’s vivid rescueswere a dependable reservoir of tension , shock , and machination , butthe procedural take risk to guarantee the storytelling never go dusty . While that philosophy led to some of9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Star ’s best episode , it also inspire some baffling decision .

Throughoutevery season of9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Star , there were standout consequence for good and for worse . Even the veryending of9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starwas deeply controversial , with the most egregious snubs only becoming more apparent with prison term . Yet , for all the stumble in the series finale,9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starcould have hit all - clip lows with many tale forks in the route . Whether the plot line would have derail a character ’s exploitation , interrupt the overarching narrative , or simply feel wrong,9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starnarrowly avoided mistakes that could have proved irreparable .

7Tommy Almost Dated Her Brother-In-Law

Season 3, Episode 17

When Gina Torres appeared in9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starseason 2 as paramedic police captain Tommy Vega , her grapheme ’s comer felt like a missing puzzle piece finally falling into place . Tommy and her doting married man , Charles ( Derek Webster ) , even seemed sweet enough to cursorily link the ranks of thebest duet in the9 - 1 - 1franchise . Rather than permit Tommy and Charles live in that domesticated bliss permanently,9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starsuddenly killed Charles off at the end of season 2 . The true fumble came in the next season , when Tommy ’s blood brother - in - law , Julius ( Nathan Owens ) , comes to township .

If Tommy moved on from Charles with his brother , it would have ruined their relationship and call her very persona into doubt .

Although Tommy is ab initio incompatible towards Julius , she bond with him over their mutual grief , but their commiserating takes a perplexing crook when the two snog in9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starseason 3 , episode 14 . Three episode later , Tommy and Julius slumber together , with he even claim he“loves”Tommy . Thankfully , he leaves by the end of the episode . If Tommy moved on from Charles with his brother , it would have ruin their family relationship and called her very character into inquiry . The pass was virtuously confutable already , but at least the children never had to call their uncle their pace - dad .

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6TK Almost Relapsed After His Mother’s Death

Season 3, Episode 8

After a tense touch - and - go catamenia forCarlos and TK ’s kinship in9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Star , the couple played by Rafael L. Silva and Ronen Rubinstein , are fox a curveball when the latter ’s mother all of a sudden dies . Along with his father , Owen ( Rob Lowe ) , TK is meant to wing to New York immediately for her services . Before they leave Texas , however , TK find himself alone in the ambulance alcove and eyes the station ’s drug provision . fortuitously , he never had the chance to take anything , butTK ’s heartbreak nearly be him his gravity .

Buck and Eddie have been best friends since 9 - 1 - 1 season 2 , but their relationship could bloom into something more in the wake of Lone Star ’s end .

Throughout9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starseason 3 , episode 8 , TK ’s plane ride is juxtapose by memories of his mother flying him to a rehabilitation facility . In that sense , TK nearly retrogress makes sense thematically , but him really following through with his urges would have seriously set back his developing . Such a important part of TK ’s character is base in his perseverance and loyalty to sobriety . It ’s raw for people who have struggled with addiction to have highs and lows in their sobriety , buthaving TK relapse would have jeopardized his joband , consequently , his purpose in the overall series .

TK looking serious in the 911 Lone Star Season 4 Premiere

5Carlos Almost Got Shot By The Same Man Who Killed His Father

Season 5, Episode 8

When Gabriel Reyes ( Benito Martinez ) was shockingly murdered just ahead of the9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starseason 4 close , it sent shockwaves throughout the consultation and the eccentric in canon.9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starseason 5 picked up with Carlos take up his Father of the Church ’s mantle as a Texas Ranger , but the unresolved mystery of Gabriel ’s death consider hard on him . Carlos was so consumed by his father ’s open guinea pig , it put a strain on his relationship with TK and send off the newlyweds to couples counseling . Just as Carlos agreed to intone down his sleuthing , he found an unconvincing lead within the Rangers .

Carlos suspects his partner , Sam Campbell ( Parker Young ) , but he turns out to be a red herring set up by the real perpetrator : the corrupt Chief Bridges ( Alan Autry ) . Bridges leads Carlos into privateness under the pretence of help him take down his father ’s sea wolf , but after Carlos realizes the truth , Bridges charge a grease-gun at him . If it were n’t for Campbell ’s quick rescue , Carlos would have met the same fate as his Church Father . While that cyclic moment would be poetic in a Shakespearian dramatic play , it would ’ve been way too saturnine for9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Star .

4Grace Almost Died In The River Crash

Season 2, Episode 9

With 9 - 1 - 1 season 8 ’s midseason premiere nearing , the ABC procedural has a few notes it can take from its sister serial , 9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Star .

WhileSierra McClain left9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Stareventually , her character was lively to the story and arguably the gum hold the ensemble together . Consequently,9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starseason 5 felt palpably different without Grace ’s direction . If Grace had n’t survived the car crash,9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starwould have been doomedto fail much earlier . Given that Judd ’s character was already consumed by Survivor ’s Guilt follow the ruinous chance event that claim the old 126 gang , losing his married woman in the car crash would ’ve sent his character down a disconsolate path without his titular“Saving Grace”to commit him out of it .

3Mateo Almost Let His Insecurity Ruin His Relationship With Nancy

While9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starhad many sweet , established couples from the commencement , the procedural premise a workplace romance in season 2 by pairing Mateo Chavez ( Julian Works ) and Nancy Gillian ( Brianna Baker ) . Their human relationship starts off strictly sexual , much like Carlos and TK in9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starseason 1 , but they steadily grow more affiliated to one another . In9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starseason 3,Mateo need to keep their relationship privatewhile Nancy need to differentiate their coworkers and make their condition public . When Mateo pushes back and bilk her question , miscommunication go to Nancy reconsidering their arrangement entirely .

The rest of the 126 encourage Mateo and Nancy to send their grievances , which prompts him to admit his insecurities regarding their relationship , including their noticeable meridian difference . Nancy easily assure him that he is the one she wants , and after some sufficiently honest communication , the pair was off to the backwash . Admittedly , the ultimate fate of Mateo and Nancy ’s relationship was leave as anunanswered question follow the9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starfinale , but there would be no possibility of a glad ever after if he had n’t been upfront with her about his vulnerability .

2Marjan Almost Went Back To Her Arranged Fiancé

Season 4, Episode 8

Despite Natacha Karam ’s Marjan Marwani being a cardinal member of the9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starcast of grapheme , she was n’t often devote solo storylines.9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starrevealed Marjan had a fiancé named Salim ( Mena Massoud ) in time of year 2 , clarifying thattheir marriage ceremony had been arranged when they were 12.Salim ( and his family relationship with Marjan ) practically vanish until9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starseason 4 , when Marjan ’s reservation about their marriage come to spark and lead to a breakup . After some reflection , however , Marjan claims she genuinely get laid Salim and tries to rekindle their family relationship .

9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Star may have ended , but the next form of address in the Ryan Murphy first respondent franchise is in danger of being overshadowed anyway .

There was another cleaning woman , however — one Salim assure Marjan he was hop to marry . When Marjan admit her intuitive feeling , Salim is quick to abandon his devotee at a moment ’s notification to travel along through with their original arrangement . The way Salim easily toss away the womanhood he swore he loved was enough to shake Marjan out of her stupor and double down on their dissolution . While9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Stardidn’t show enough of their relationship for the consultation to root for or against it , the marriage would have commit Marjan to Florida . For the 126 ’s sake , Marjan could n’t have tie Salim .

Buck and Eddie dirtied and pulling faces in 9-1-1 season 7

1Judd Almost Gave Up Firefighting

Season 5, Episode 1

As the only outlast member of the original 126 , Judd was designate for a leading place at the station from the beginning . After his son , Wyatt ( Jackson Pace ) , is injured in an fortuity at the close of9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starseason 4 , Judd sacrifices his career and cashes in his retreat to pay for in - home care to oversee Wyatt ’s recuperation . Though Wyatt acclimated to using a wheelchair and moved into his own place at the origin of9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starseason 5 , there ’s no direction for Judd to give to his lieutenant post at the 126 since he officially retired .

It was inevitable that Judd would finish up as the 126 captain , as evidenced by the 9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Star finale ’s time - jump , but Judd ’s ego almost drove him aside from his one true occupational group .

Due to his pride , Judd explore other options and insists he ca n’t go back to the 126 , as he would have to bug out over as a probationary firefighter and move up the social rank again . Judd even interviewed for a job drive commercial-grade trucks and seemed poised to take on it before a derailed train literally derailed his trial tally . It was inevitable that Judd would cease up as the 126 captain , as evidenced by the9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starfinale ’s time - jump , butJudd ’s self-importance almost drove him away from his one true vocation . Thankfully,9 - 1 - 1 : Lone Starwised up just in time .

Ryan Guzman as Eddie Diaz looking at a disaster in 9-1-1’s crossover episode with 9-1-1: Lone Star

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