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How 9-1-1 Mastered the Art of the TV Disaster
With the much-anticipated “bee-nado” upon us, let’s run through the season-defining disasters that built to this buzzworthy moment.
From the beginning, the show has taken the Grey’s Anatomy approach to large-scale disasters, conditioning fans to expect at least one grandiose emergency per season, and over the years has fine-tuned its tone, finding new and increasingly ridiculous ways to make us laugh, cry, and bug our eyes out of their sockets. (Think: Arizona losing her leg after the Grey’s plane crash, a devastating event that had ramifications for seasons to come, or Dorothy catching her ex-husband Stan canoodling with her sister, Gloria, during Golden Girls’ stwo-part hurricane episode “The Monkey Show.”) Buck and Chimney (Kenneth Choi) search for a crying baby and find a basement full of imprisoned pregnant women (long story), and Bobby and the team rescue a guy who professes his love to his roommate’s girlfriend while sinking into quicksand.
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