Yahoo Lifestyle “9-1-1: Lone Star” to end with upcoming season 5 on Fox
"We’re set to give it the high-stakes send-off it deserves," says Fox president Michael Thorn.
Rob Lowe will soon hang up his fictional firefighter helmet.
Fox announced Thursday that the upcoming season 5 of 9-1-1: Lone Star will be the last of the series, extinguishing long-simmering uncertainty over the fate of the drama centered on the lives of first responders in Austin, Texas. The series co-created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Tim Minear will return for its final season on Sept. 23 with 12 episodes.
Michael Thorn, president of Fox Television Network, thanked Murphy and co. for "creating one of the most action-packed dramas anywhere" in a statement, calling the trio "one of the greatest teams in all of television."
“From the start, fans have followed the heroic and deeply moving stories of the men and women who make up Austin’s 126," Thorn said. "Now in our final season of the show, we’re set to give it the high-stakes send-off it deserves, complete with breathless rescues, insurmountable odds, and relatable personal struggles thanks to our incomparable stellar cast led by Rob Lowe and Gina Torres.”
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A continuation of flagship series 9-1-1, Lone Star follows Lowe (also an executive producer) as Owen Strand, a New York firefighter who relocates to Texas with his son T.K. (Ronen Rubinstein) to rebuild and captain Austin's 126 Fire Department. Gina Torres, Jim Parrack, Natacha Karam, Brian Michael Smith, Julian Works, and Brianna Baker round out the cast.
Season 4 concluded with the nuptials of T.K. and partner Carlos (Rafael Silva). Per a synopsis, their marriage will be put to the test this season when Carlos becomes obsessed with solving his father's murder. Elsewhere, the 126 team race into action when a catastrophic train derailment endangers several lives, including some of their own.
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Rumors that the upcoming season 5 would be the last began to catch fire in recent months, fueled in part by news that Sierra McClain, who starred as 911 dispatcher Grace, would not return as a series regular. But most notably, Lowe recently told Variety that the cast and crew "all went into" season 5 "pretty much knowing that it was going to be the last season, so that affected everything we did."
"We wanted to really show everybody what is still possible in network television if people have the appetite to do it," he said.
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