Spoilers forward!
After I realized just a few months in the past that this season’s catastrophe was going to be a “bee-nado”, I didn’t know precisely what to anticipate. Perhaps some (greater than common) over-the-top emergencies, possibly goofy stuff, maybe a sequence of larger and unrelated to one another emergencies attributable to the bees. And yeah, a model of each single considered one of these occurred.
However the half I didn’t see coming, one of the best half, is that this catastrophe is principally about revisiting Athena’s (Angela Bassett) foundational tragedy in ways in which lastly enable her to maneuver on. Identical to the season 7 last arc was about Bobby (Peter Krause) confronting his previous errors (and his childhood traumas) due to Amir (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) — the person whose life was ruined by Bobby —, right here Athena is caught with Dennis (Glenn Plummer), the person who destroyed her life. By the point Amir met him, Bobby was a completely totally different particular person on the lookout for redemption and doing his finest to make amends together with his previous; right here, Dennis can also be on his strategy to turning into a greater particular person. The redemption he’s searching for is immediately tied with what’s going to be Athena’s largest sigh of reduction but — the second she finds her internal peace. The airplane catastrophe attributable to the bees, together with the trafficker’s storyline, are simply the way in which they each are getting there.
“Final Approach” – 9-1-1. Pictured: Angela Bassett as Athena. Picture: Kevin Estrada/ABC © 2024 Disney. All rights reserved.
After Athena discovers nobody can flip the airplane anymore, LAX is now not an choice for touchdown. On their strategy to the airport, Bobby is helped by Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and finds a strategy to speak to his spouse. This second was so good; Bobby acted like a person able to something to convey Athena again to him safely. And that’s precisely what he does, the not possible, as Bobby, Buck (Oliver Stark), and Brad (Callum Blue) (their names all beginning with Bs — this’s the bee season for actual) clear the 110 freeway so the airplane can land there.
There are such a lot of good pictures in these “clearing the freeway” sequences; Buck driving the motorbike, Buck shaking these purple lights whereas the airplane flies over him (the scene in LAX with the remainder of the 118 watching the airplane fly over them is so superbly shot too), and clearly, Bobby ready on the highest of the hearth truck because the airplane approaches. Callum Blue’s comedic allure, Stark’s fiery efficiency, and Krause’s passionate performing all come collectively to raise this phase and make it each tense and enjoyable.
With Gem’s (Carter Younger) assist, Athena efficiently lands the airplane — and her dialogue with Bobby at this second is so good and convincing, reminding me why they’re the 9-1-1 couple. After this, the opposite fireplace stations (and Brad… kinda) assist disembark the passengers, whereas Bobby and the 118 assist Athena with the co-pilot state of affairs, and a hearth that begins after the touchdown occurs.
“Final Approach” – 9-1-1. Pictured: Oliver Stark as Buck, Peter Krause as Bobby, Callum Blue as Brad. Picture: Kevin Estrada/ABC © 2024 Disney. All rights reserved.
Then, it’s time for the ultimate act. The Attorneys are on the lookout for Dennis, however not all of them have good intentions. Athena senses that Dennis could be in peril, so she decides to take issues into her personal arms, teaming up with Bobby and Dennis. They go to the LAX automobile park, on the lookout for the e book that has all of the details about the individuals concerned within the trafficker’s schemes. Simply as they discover it, Asst. US Lawyer Spencer (Sean Hemeon) seems and divulges himself as one of many names within the e book. The final episode gave me this sense that the US Attorneys had been being too bizarre, and I wasn’t solely fallacious; Spencer needs the e book, and when he shoots in Bobby’s course, Dennis takes the bullet for him, later utilizing his makeshift knife to defeat the Lawyer.
Case solved, the airplane landed, and (nearly) everybody survived — it’s time for Athena’s largest sigh of reduction. And it comes on this last second with Dennis on the hospital — he’s nonetheless recovering from the bullet, however he’ll reside — and after a considerate dialog, Athena offers him her blessing to take the deal and the early launch. It’s a second wherein Angela Bassett shines as soon as extra with an excellent efficiency, as she all the time does, supported by Plummer’s nice performing. Lastly, the episode ends with Gerrard (Brian Thompson) again to the 118, nonetheless the worst boss ever to everybody… Apart from Buck, who’s now, to his and everybody else shock — being taken “under his wing.”
Total, Remaining Method was an amazing finale for the “bee-nado/plane crash” arc. For me, it appears like they upped their sport this season, creating an emergency that had a lighter, funnier tone at first, however was additionally allowed to develop as a refreshing, unnerving, and intimate story for Athena, and a compelling strategy to begin the season for Bobby and the remainder of the 118. It’s my favourite massive catastrophe for the reason that tsunami in season 3, and it made me optimistic about what’s coming subsequent.
Now you inform me! What do you consider Remaining Method and the Bee-Airplane arc as a complete? What are your expectations for this season? Be happy to go away a remark along with your impressions/theories, and thanks for studying!
