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‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ Chief on Married Tarlos, Writing Grace Off and Plans for Series Finale Emergency: ‘We’re Going “Last of Us” With a Little “Chernobyl”‘


"9-1-1: Lone Star" showrunner Rashad Raisani breaks down the Season 5 premiere of the show and plans for Carlos and T.K. heading into series finale.

Owen (Rob Lowe) is turning to Tommy (Gina Torres) to deal with his brother Robert’s death all while having to pick a replacement for Judd (Jim Parrack), who has left the 126 during the time skip, and both Marjan (Natacha Karam) and Paul (Brian Michael Smith) vying for the open lieutenant position. It was uphill, but my feeling was always, I want to end this series in a way that gives you a beautiful sense of a journey and close for these characters — but doesn’t necessarily mean it couldn’t have new life, if by some bounce of the ball, that was able to happen. The challenge was, how do you explain her absence in a way it doesn’t involve just sort of mindless killing her off, which I think would have just been a travesty, or doing something like, she left Judd, divorced him, or something kind of gross like that, which I think nobody would believe.

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