Oh, what might have been. 9-1-1: Lone Star ended its five-season run on February 3, and over the course of it, there was just one main crossover with the mothership (within the spinoff’s second season). However what about what might have been? TV Insider needed to discover out simply that from co-showrunner Rashad Raisani.
He admitted that “fantastic” crossover with 9-1-1 in Season 2 “was so troublesome logistically due to monetary points with actors and we have been stealing the actors from one another’s productions that we type of cooled on doing it for lots.”
There have been some minor crossovers and references over time — notably Angela Bassett showing as Athena in a Lone Star episode, a point out of the rebar by way of the top that Chimney (Kenneth Choi) survived on 9-1-1, and Erin Karpluk assembly each the 118 and 126 on emergency calls. However they did have a pair concepts in thoughts for larger occasions.
“One was to have an L.A.-based emergency the place the 126 would’ve proven up in help of the L.A. forged as a result of we’d already executed one the place they’d come to assist us. And the second factor, which I at all times wished to do, there’s this factor known as the Worldwide Firefighting Video games the place firefighters from all around the world ship their greatest to do virtually like an Olympics or a Squid Video games, no matter you wish to name it, of firefighting competitions,” Raisani detailed. “And I at all times thought it will’ve been actually enjoyable to ship a few of the 126 and have them meet up with a few of the 118 from L.A. after which have an actual emergency occur whereas they have been doing that enjoyable factor and see all of them work collectively.”
Once we spoke with Rob Lowe, he’d additionally talked about, “There was one the place we have been going to have Owen coming to Los Angeles and interacting with Angela and the group on the mothership. We had an entire factor for that that by no means got here to fruition that may’ve been actually enjoyable and actually thrilling.” Once we identified it might nonetheless occur and he might seem on 9-1-1, he mentioned, “They know the place to search out me, that’s for certain.”
Would you may have preferred to see both of the crossovers Raisani detailed? Are you continue to hoping to see one or each on 9-1-1? Tell us within the feedback part under.
9-1-1: Lone Star, Streaming now, Hulu
9-1-1, Midseason Return, Thursday, March 6, 8/7c, ABC