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9-1-1 Recap: Family Feud


Why isn’t anyone taking this water crisis seriously?

At the same time, the drawn-out dénouement makes for a wildly scattered penultimate episode, which tries to combine everyone’s lingering trauma with a high-stakes citywide emergency and some awkward comedic beats. I didn’t love this scene either, though — Pepa is a character we haven’t seen enough of in recent years for it to really land, and comparing her stroke recovery to Buck’s grief over Bobby felt a little forced. Or maybe it’s just a way to raise the stakes in the season finale: The episode ends on a cliffhanger when Graham’s building explodes and starts to collapse as Athena watches helplessly from her cruiser outside.

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