9-1-1: Lone Staris sadly coming to an end with season 5, meaning that the writers only have 12 episodes to wrap up the show’s and characters' stories. The Fox procedural drama TV series, created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Tim Minear, serves asa spinoff to9-1-1, which moved to ABC following its sixth season and is set to air its eighth in the fall of 2025-07-25-1: Lone Starfollows the lives of first responders,including police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency dispatchers, in Austin, Texas. Unfortunately, fans will soon have to say goodbye to them.
9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5 consists of 12 episodes and is scheduled to premiere on Monday, August 08, 2025, at 8 pm ET on Fox.
Followingthe eventful9-1-1season 4 finale,Station 126 and co. are adjusting to various iterations of a new normal when season 5 opens.Owen is reeling in the wake of his half-brother’s death; TK and Carlos are adjusting to married life; Carlos is haunted by his father’s murder; and Grace will be absent from the TV show.9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5 has a lot to address and not a lot of time to do so. Hopefully, though, the season was crafted with the fact that it might be the end in mind, meaning many storylines will be nicely wrapped up.
7Sierra McClain’s Grace Has A Satisfying Sendoff
The 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 4 Finale Was McClain’s Last Episode
As previously reported,9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5 will lose an original cast memberin Sierra McClain’s Grace Ryder. McClain was unable to come to a resolution with Fox while negotiating her contract for season 5. As a result,Grace will sadly not appear in the final episodes.While the actress' exit is devastating to many, it is an unfortunate reality that the writers will have to deal with in9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5. However, they must give Grace a satisfying ending that feels right for her character.
9-1-1: Lone Star Season 5’s Original Star Departure Creates 1 Big Problem
One major character will not return for 9-1-1: Lone Star season 5, which implies that the Fox show’s upcoming episodes will face a significant issue.
When9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5 premieres and Grace is nowhere to be found, the show should have a good explanation for her absence. And, no,killing off Grace is not the answer just because it’s the easiest solution.The excuse also shouldn’t be that Grace is around but just offscreen throughout the 12 episodes. Perhaps a career opportunity pulls Grace away from Texas. Or she leaves to tend to a sick family member. Whatever the case,9-1-1: Lone Starneeds a satisfying and believable sendoff for McClain’s character (which also doesn’t include a divorce between Grace and Judd).
The reasoning behind Grace leaving should appease the audience, while also honoring McClain’s “irreplaceable” character.
The good news is thatviewers will reportedly learn why Grace is absent right away during the9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5 premiere.Showrunner Rashad Raisani toldTVLinethat the reasoning behind Grace leaving should appease the audience, while also honoring McClain’s “irreplaceable” character. Raisani teased, “People are allowed to feel the feelings they have about it, but I would say that we did all we could to protect [Grace].”
6Carlos Solves His Father’s Murder
Gabriel Reyes Died In 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 4, Episode 17
The penultimate episode of9-1-1: Lone Starseason 4 featured an unknown figure murdering Carlos Reyes' father, Gabriel Reyes. After trying on his tux for his son’s impending nuptials, someone rang Gabriel’s doorbell. When the older man opened the door, the person shot and killed Gabriel. So,Carlos had to attend his father’s funeral in one episode and get married to TK Strand in the next,all while letting the knowledge that Gabriel’s killer was still out there stew in his mind. Consequently,when9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5 is released, Carlos has to find out who murdered his father.
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Unfortunately, Gabriel made a lot of enemies over the course of his career as a Texas Ranger. So, solving his murder will be quite difficult. If anyone can do it, though, it’s Carlos as he is set to follow in his father’s footsteps andbecome a Texas Ranger in9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5. Unfortunately,Carlos' pursuit to find Gabriel’s killer might come at the expense of his marriage.Raisani previously teased that Carlos' obsession with solving the case creates “interesting and compelling drama” in Carlos and TK’s relationship in the upcoming episodes.
5The 126 Finds Judd’s Replacement
Judd Steps Away From The 126 In 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 5
Following Wyatt Harris' devastating injury in9-1-1: Lone Starseason 4,Judd Ryder resigned from Station 126to care for his son. With him gone, Owen must find Judd’s replacement on the squad. But Rob Lowe’s character won’t have to search outside the 126 to find his new second-in-command. During his interview withTVLine, Raisani teased thatMarjan Marwani and Paul Strickland will compete for the lieutenant position in9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5,and it likely won’t do their friendship any favors. The competition could cause some tension between the two characters, while Owen contemplates the difficult decision.
Judd’s son, Wyatt, will serve as Grace’s replacement as a dispatcher at the 9-1-1 call center in9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5. Wyatt initially wanted to be a firefighter like his father, but his accident in season 4 killed that dream.
Meanwhile,Judd is going through a lot in9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5. Of course, the episodes must address who will replace Judd in the 126, but they also have to explore how he is dealing with quitting and Grace’s absence. Raisani revealed thatGrace’s exit and Judd’s resignation results in a time of significant “complexity"as Judd becomes “adrift” in a “deep place of isolation.” Judd is also forced to confront “uncomfortable feelings he doesn’t want to admit to himself.” Despite his struggles, the hope is still that Judd returns to the 126 before9-1-1: Lone Starends.
4Tommy & Trevor Take The Next Step In Their Relationship
Trevor Mentioned Marriage During The 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 4 Finale
Gina Torres’Tommy Vega has been through a lot in9-1-1: Lone Starand she deserves a happy ending.Hopefully, Tommy’s ending in the Fox procedural drama TV series involves her and Trevor Parks taking the next step in their relationship.9-1-1: Lone Starfirst introduced Trevor, a pastor, during the season 4 premiere. Sparks immediately flew between Tommy and Trevor, and they began officially dating in season 4, episode 7. Trevor accompanied Tommy to Carlos and TK’s wedding, where he entertained the idea of her becoming a pastor’s wife, and Tommy didn’t shut him down.
If anyone deserves a satisfying and heartwarming ending, it’s Tommy.
Before9-1-1: Lone Starends after season 5, Tommy and Trevor should get married. It doesn’t have to be an extravagant event, especially because it would be both of their second marriages and the Fox procedural drama just had a big wedding during the season 4 finale.Perhaps Tommy and Trevor have a small ceremony at their churchsurrounded by their close loved ones. If anyone deserves a satisfying and heartwarming ending, it’s Tommy.
3Liv Tyler Reprises Her Role As Michelle Blake
Tyler Exited 9-1-1: Lone Star After Season 1
It has been a long time since viewers have seenLiv Tyler’s Michelle Blake in9-1-1: Lone Star, but season 5 should change that. As many will recall, Tyler was a member of the9-1-1spinoff’s original cast in season 1. Michelle was the paramedic captain at Station 126, but she left her job sometime between seasons 1 and 2, and the other characters had to explain her absence.Michelle quit because she wanted to dedicate her time to helping mentally ill, homeless people,like her sister, and she hasn’t appeared in the series since.
Unfortunately,Tyler’s return in9-1-1: Lone Staris more of a pipe dream.It will be truly surprising if the actress makes a special guest appearance in one of the upcoming episodes to reprise her role as Michelle. Nevertheless, since9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5 is the Fox TV show’s last, it should feature several callbacks to previous seasons, special guest appearances (like Lisa Edelstein’s cameo in the season 4 finale), and more as a gift to the fans.
2Another 9-1-1 Spinoff Is Set Up
ABC Is Reportedly Considering Greenlighting A Spinoff
When Fox announced that9-1-1: Lone Starhad been canceled, the report also said thatABC was contemplating developing a9-1-1spinoff taking place in a different city,like Las Vegas. Nothing has been confirmed, but given the show’s popularity and9-1-1’s success on ABC, a spinoff seems like a no-brainer. Perhaps since9-1-1: Lone Staris ending, one character (or two) can continue on in the proposed spinoff.
Real-Life Doctor Drags 9-1-1: Lone Star’s Paramedics For Their Field Procedure
A real-life doctor criticizes 9-1-1: Lone Star’s paramedics for their field procedure, such as making assumptions or unrealistic diagnoses.
Even if ABC hasn’t greenlit a9-1-1spinoff yet,season 5 leaving some characters' stories open-endedcould allow them to move out of Austin and to Las Vegas (or wherever this theoretical spinoff takes place). Carlos and TK are two ofthe9-1-1universe’s most beloved characters. It would be smart to continue their love story after9-1-1: Lone Starends during the 2024–2025 season. Maybe the married couple adopts TK’s younger half-brother, Jonah, and moves out of Austin, Texas, to wherever ABC takes the9-1-1franchise next.
1One Last Intense & Thrilling Disaster
9-1-1: Lone Star Season 5 Begins With A Train Derailment
It just wouldn’t feel right if9-1-1: Lone Stardidn’t have an outrageous emergencyduring its final season. Thankfully, one is already set in stone as a multi-episode intense disaster has already been teased inthe trailer for9-1-1: Lone Starseason 5. The first responders of the 126 are on the scene ofa horrifying train derailment during the procedural drama’s premiere.Season 5’s premise reveals that the emergency endangers numerous lives, including the main characters.
Hopefully, the train derailment will live up to the thrilling9-1-1: Lone Staremergencies that came before it, like the volcano eruption in season 2 or the ice storm in season 3.
The final season of9-1-1: Lone Starliterally begins with a bang (as it should).Since it’s their swan song, the cast and crew should go all out concerning the disasters that the characters must respond to, making them as memorable as possible. Hopefully, the train derailment will live up to the thrilling9-1-1: Lone Staremergencies that came before it, like the volcano eruption in season 2 or the ice storm in season 3.
9-1-1: Lone Star
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A spin-off series of 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Lone Star is an action-drama series created for Fox. The series follows Rob Lowe as Owen Strand, a firefighter from New York City who, after having rebuilt a team in the aftermath of September 11th’s attacks, is brought in to form a new one in Austin, Texas.
