9-1-1’s Bobby Nash is gone however removed from forgotten. The fireplace captain died in Season 8 as actor Peter Krause left the solid of the Fox present, however his presence will nonetheless be felt in Season 9, in response to costar Oliver Stark.
“I believe it’s not gonna be a linear path of therapeutic, as I don’t assume grief is,” Stark, who performs Evan “Buck” Buckley, defined to Deadline at ABC’s Finish of Summer time Soirée on Friday, September 5. “There are episodes that possibly really feel lighter and like we’re transferring immediately previous it after which, as grief does, it sneaks up on you once more. So I don’t assume it’s an general down feeling of the present. I believe it’s trying to transfer ahead, however in a approach that’s respectful to the reminiscence of the Bobby Nash character and discovering artistic methods for him to nonetheless hang-out the narrative.”
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As for Buck’s mindset as Season 9 picks up, Stark stated, “We undoubtedly come again to a extra settled Buck, not trying to depart, and as an alternative — I’d say, in all probability — trying to put down safer roots, if something. He was clearly in a darkish place on the time, and I believe that has washed over him and will effectively come again once more, however, for now, I believe he’s discovering increasingly causes to wish to keep.”
Talking of the 118’s late captain, Stark instructed TV Insider in Might that Bobby and Buck have been almost pitted towards each other in a love triangle with dispatcher Abby Clark (Connie Britton), due to the machinations 9-1-1’s Season 1 writers.
“That is going to be an enormous throwback,” he stated. “Do you keep in mind in Season 1 of the present? I used to be in a hospital mattress. [Abby] was at my bedside. And, R.I.P., Bobby Nash walks in, and the unique plan was that there was going to be a little bit love triangle there. My robust emotions for that have been, I keep in mind on the time being like, ‘No, what do you imply? No, that’s Buck and Abby. You possibly can’t.’ I used to be actually, prefer it was my very own relationship, towards it, so I’m glad it didn’t work out. I’m glad we by no means went down that highway.”
9-1-1, Season 9 Premiere, Thursday, October 9, 8/7c, ABC