Generally there’s simply an excessive amount of story to inform in a single hour.
When 9-1-1 co-creator Tim Minear started mapping out the season 7 premiere, he wished to supply closure on a serious storyline that arose within the ultimate episodes of the earlier season: Buck’s (Oliver Stark) burgeoning romance with loss of life doula Natalia (Annelise Cepero).
“I solely had a lot actual property on this first episode, and I wasn’t actually curious about happening the highway with Natalia,” says Minear, who took over solo showrunner duties in season 7 from Kristen Reidel (who stays on as an govt producer). “Buck form of mentions [in the premiere] that every one this speak of loss of life was sort of boring to him, and I believe that will have been me speaking just a little bit. I felt prefer it was time for Buck to begin dwelling and cease dwelling on loss of life.”
“Buck is discovering this aspect of himself that simply pursues pleasure,” Stark provides of his character. “He is simply on the lookout for his happiness. He is prepared to place himself on the market once more and be open to feeling issues. He simply desires to be completely happy.”
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However it wasn’t simply inventive causes that led Minear to jot down Natalia out of the image in a passing point out between Buck and his finest pal Eddie (Ryan Guzman).
“I assumed that [Oliver and Annelise] had been nice collectively,” says Minear. “However, I believe after the lengthy strike and after the pandemic… [Annelise] is predicated in New York, and it was partially her resolution to not return for this premiere. I initially had an enormous story in there with that character. However, to be trustworthy, I am unsure I might have match all of it in. You may see how rapidly that actual property goes. And I simply sort of wished to discover different avenues with Buck this yr.”
So Buck is single once more — however Eddie appears to be going regular with ironmongery shop flirtation Marisol (Edy Ganem).
“Eddie’s discovering out who Marisol is,” Guzman teased to EW forward of the premiere. It appears viewers will probably be discovering out too.
9-1-1 airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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