Spoilers forward!
One may say that the eighth season of 9-1-1 has been a blast of a loopy trip because the starting, and this wouldn’t be a lie. Nonetheless, the episodes that aired this 12 months are even crazier than typical — 8B has delivered banger after banger, and Sick Day, the primary a part of 9-1-1: Contagion, is not any exception. This time, the present is doing one thing a bit of bit completely different placing an enormous two-parter emergency in the course of the season (not within the finale the place we’d count on it), and even when that is the primary half that units the stage for insanity to occur subsequent week, beware: Sick Day may be very more likely to trigger you misery.
The episode opens with Chimney (Kenneth Choi), Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt), and Jee-Yun (Bailey Leung/Hailey Leung) having lunch with Hen (Aisha Hinds), Karen (Tracie Thoms), Denny (Declan Pratt), and Mara (Askyler Bell). The 2 households are having a good time, and Jee-Yun is tremendous excited to search out out the gender of her sibling, so Maddie and Chimney order a cake only for Jee to have her second. That’s a humorous, gentle scene that reveals how shut these two households are, and the way excited everyone seems to be for the brand new baby becoming a member of the household. If something, remembering this cute little scene that opened the episode makes me unhappy contemplating how the hour ends.
“Sick Day” – 9-1-1. Pictured: Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie, Kenneth Choi as Chimney, Aisha Hinds as Hen, Tracie Thoms as Karen. Picture: Christopher Willard/ABC © 2025 Disney. All rights reserved.
The episode continues with the 118 coping with a “typical” multiple-vehicle collision — and for typical I imply a demanding and thrilling emergency that works as a possibility to permit Ravi (Anirudh Pisharody) and Bobby (Peter Krause) to be within the spotlights. When saving a sufferer, Ravi doesn’t see her child at the back of the automobile — there’s a motive for this, because the scenario was very distressing and all the pieces may explode any time, so Ravi needed to hurry up. When the sufferer wakes up and requires her child, nevertheless, it’s clear that the kid continues to be trapped within the automobile, so Bobby dangers his personal life to avoid wasting the child. Oh, man, I used to be certain Bobby wouldn’t die like that, however the scene was so unsettling (and superb) anyway. The child and her mother are saved in the long run, and Bobby’s simply high-quality, however Ravi feels terrible concerning the scenario.
That is nice as a result of, for the primary time in years, we’ve got the chance to observe a glimpse of a Ravi-centered storyline, as later he talks to Buck (Oliver Stark) about feeling responsible and considering of possibly leaving the 118. I cherished this fast second between these two as a result of Buck additionally suffered lots with the insecurities of this job in earlier seasons. As proven by 8×11, he was by no means notably near Ravi earlier than Eddie’s (Ryan Guzman) departure, so this dialog between them is rewarding due to these implications: they’re nearer now, so Buck can mentor Ravi.
“Sick Day” – 9-1-1. Pictured: Oliver Stark as Buck, Anirudh Pisharody as Ravi. Picture: Christopher Willard/ABC © 2025 Disney. All rights reserved.
In any case of this, the “Contagion” half begins with a mad scientist “creating” (if I acquired it proper, she makes an existent virus worse) a virulent disease. She additionally develops a treatment, however by making a lethal factor even deadlier, she is rightfully fired. Livid about this, the scientist assaults one in every of her colleagues and units the lab on hearth. The 118 is then known as to the analysis lab due to this incident till the scenario will get a lot worse and the lab turns into a biohazard.
Buck was saving one of many scientists when the lab entered quarantine after an enormous explosion, which implies that for an enormous a part of the episode, Buck is separated from the 118. Due to this, he and Athena (Angela Bassett) be part of forces with the Military to discover a solution to save their pals and family members. Oh, have I discussed that Maddie is the dispatcher guiding the staff by the entire thing? Because of this possibly for the primary time shortly, we’ve got an emergency that includes virtually everybody equally, which may be very thrilling, but additionally very scary.
This time, the members of the 118 at risk are Hen, who had her lung collapsed after the explosion, and Chimney, who was uncovered to the lethal virus and has his organs failing. This places everybody out of their consolation zone — Chim can’t function Hen as a result of he’s sick so he has to information Bobby by it (and Hen clearly can’t assist as a result of this time she’s the one who wants assist). Buck and Athena can’t do a lot at first — however as soon as the Military discovers concerning the lethal virus and decides that the 118 has to die to not unfold the illness (even after they hear concerning the treatment), they’re fast to take issues into their very own palms.
“Sick Day” – 9-1-1. Pictured: Kenneth Choi as Chimney. Picture: Christopher Willard/ABC © 2025 Disney. All rights reserved.
Truthfully, I’ve been penning this virtually each week since 9-1-1 returned with Sob Tales in March, however WHAT!! AN!! EPISODE!! I used to be on the sting of my seat, I used to be biting my nails the entire time, I used to be feeling sick and nervous and GOSH this was intense!!! Once more, it’s been some time since we had an emergency this large involving virtually each most important character (possibly the final one was the bridge collapse within the season 6 finale?), and with Maddie listening to all the pieces and Buck and Athena becoming a member of forces and guiding Ravi to the treatment, everybody had their time to shine. This complete solid is superb, and what they obtain right here each individually and collectively is insane and unbelievable! Props to director Karla Braun and the entire staff for delivering this huge hour of tv; I will be without end grateful for the Peter Gabriel’s My Physique Is A Cage needle drop in the direction of the top, a strong music for a placing scene!
The episode ends with Ravi discovering that there’s no treatment within the lab anymore as a result of the mad scientist took it along with her, so we’ve got to attend for the following week to find how the 118 will escape alive this time… Perhaps that is what’s going to deliver Eddie and Christopher (Gavin McHugh) again to L.A.? Solely time will inform, and subsequent Thursday higher come quicker so we will all see how this emergency ends.
Now inform me how you’re feeling about this episode! Be happy to depart a remark along with your impressions and theories, and thanks for studying!