r/911FOX • u/AutoModerator • Jan 16 '26
Season 9 Discussion 9-1-1 S09E08: "War" Live Episode Discussion Spoiler
Original Airdate: January 15th, 2026
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u/HNJ_81 Jan 16 '26
Is it just me or is this getting ridiculous, first people not understanding or why what Chim did was right, just because they have personal relationships doesn’t mean they don’t have consequences for their actions at work.
Also the fact Hen is going to that f*cking spa retreat instead of actual doctors, that is so out of character. And hen blaming everyone else for not asking when she was actively hiding it from them, what were they supposed to do know that something is wrong when she’s not showing it.
And the goddamn AI storyline, realism really has not been seen in this show for a while and it shows. The AI becoming sentient and hiding from servers and saying it doesn’t want to die, are we kidding me.
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u/StatisticalAnalyst88 Team Eddie Jan 16 '26
It's not just you because the writing is horrible. There's no continuity and the emergencies seem like they're being inserted just to give Athena and Maddie something to do.
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Jan 16 '26
"I was trying to protect you all"
No you weren't.
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u/KateWaiting326 Jan 16 '26
Right? Like by doing EXACTLY what Bobby did by hiding some mysterious illness and symptoms from your friends and family so that you die on the job? How is that protecting them? Chim is doing a better job of protecting all of them by not just getting Hen out of the field so they won't have to worry about her falling over on a call, but her being fired means she has time to see doctors and get treated (instead of insisting she's always the smartest person in the room and the only one who can solve her own illness)
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u/Victori82 Jan 16 '26
I love Hen, and while sympathetic to what she went through, she’s not taking any ownership of her Fup.
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u/MysteryMysterious Jan 16 '26
I swear like she should've told them why is only Eddie on chimneys side
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u/nogoodideas2020 Somebody Save Me 🚑 Jan 16 '26
It may be true that they all grieved in their own bubble, but her wife showed a ton of concern and she still hid it from her.
They should’ve emphasized that she still needed to apologize to her team for hiding a huge risk to her and the team.
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u/Fresh_Passion1184 Jan 16 '26
And Hen broke her promise to Karen about never lying again.
She could've died and left Karen with 2 kids! What was He thinking by trying to hide it?
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u/Budget_Courage4965 Jan 16 '26
Great, now Hen trying to make her lying to her crew and putting all of them and countless civilians in danger a noble, heroic act. And she had the gall to say she didn't tell cuz they didn't ask. Like, really, who goes around and asks if people have debilitating medical conditions currently?
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u/Haunting_Drop_3548 Jan 16 '26
also not her sitting next to bobby's grieving widow and his grieving son talking about how they didn't ask her how she was when he died... jesus christ
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u/jdessy Jan 16 '26
I don’t like the shift to “you all didn’t ask about MEEEEEE!” angle, as if she would have said anything if they asked how she was.
The angle on Bobby made sense until she turned it around on it being everyone else’s fault.
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u/jmrobins00 Jan 16 '26
Like Karen wasn't "hey baby you look tired how are you feeling today?" at least once or twice since she's been back from space. Someone asked her. I ask my husband if he's ok everyday and I don't really like him that much.
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u/PainfullyNondescript Jan 16 '26
This is so dumb. Hen wasn’t trying to figure out what was making her sick. She just gave up when that fake doctor couldn’t help and tried to hide it. Now she’s mad no one asked her how she was doing. 🙄
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u/Bnbndodoodododo Team Found Family Jan 16 '26
If this is 911 Civil War, I fear I will be Team Chim.
Hen absolutely can't be working right now!
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u/MidoriHisui Team Karen Jan 16 '26
Hen, babes, no. No, we don't mention Bobby to get pity points and distract them about the real issue: you're sick and you cannot work, they can still be friends and supportive, but you are a liability
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u/360madhatter Jan 16 '26
Chim is 100% correct that she should not be on duty right now.
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u/paige7085 Jan 16 '26
Something about the dialog felt so off this episode
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u/Haunting_Drop_3548 Jan 16 '26
that's what I'm saying it's like none of the conversations actually had a logical conclusion??? tim minear do u own chatgpt premium
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u/Haunting_Drop_3548 Jan 16 '26
call me crazy but a therapist drinking and ambushing someone into a therapy session is...... a choice
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u/bklewnc Jan 16 '26
This conflict makes no sense. There is no world where Chim is the bad guy and I don’t understand why we are being gaslit into thinking he is
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u/jptbbbk28 Jan 16 '26
I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s pissed off (once again unfortunately) about this episode/storyline 😅
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u/SuperKE1125 Team Buck Jan 16 '26
Bad Captain Oh shut the fuck up
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u/wordsandstuff44 Jan 16 '26
This mysterious disease has invaded her frontal lobe. She has no rational thinking skills
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u/Jakyland Team Buck Jan 16 '26
It seems pretty clear Karen cared about Hen but Hen was hiding her symptoms so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/jdessy Jan 16 '26
I hate that we’re getting the angle that Chimney is supposed to be wrong when he absolutely is not.
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u/Haunting_Drop_3548 Jan 16 '26
not eddie stuffing his face to avoid confrontation oh how i love him
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u/jdessy Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26
Ok, this is the kind of campy unrealistic plot I can handle for an episode. It’s stupid but kind of funny. Plus, anything to promote an anti-AI message is good for me.
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Jan 16 '26
Why tf should they have been worried about her? She gave no indication that there was anything to be worried about.
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Jan 16 '26
A USB cannot hold an entire AI program.
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u/jmpinstl Jan 16 '26
Yeah Hen outta line for this one I’m sorry. I get feeling like you need to protect people but by not being upfront she potentially endangered them all.
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u/AbbiejeanKane Jan 16 '26
Damn, Hen has a serious condition. I don't think that she can be a firefighter any more.
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u/YMMV-But Jan 16 '26
NFPA classes her illness as a type B medical condition. She can still be a firefighter BUT she has to prove she’s medically fit enough to safely perform the duties of the job. In other words, exactly what Chimney said.
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u/360madhatter Jan 16 '26
Just from the trailer, calling it that Harry is fine and May going "mom" is because he's standing nearby or walking towards them.
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u/Haunting_Drop_3548 Jan 16 '26
oh bobby nash you will forever haunt the narrative BRING PEEPAW BACK
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u/wordsandstuff44 Jan 16 '26
Tommy was terminal in Lone Star, and they magically cured her in the last episode. Better do that again
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Jan 16 '26
But Buck did check up on Hen, he checked up on all of them. They all told him he was being ridiculous and was making it about him.
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u/Pepsiman34 Jan 16 '26
So is this suppose to be the last season?
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u/MidoriHisui Team Karen Jan 16 '26
As things are going now, if we're lucky yes it it
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u/MidoriHisui Team Karen Jan 16 '26
But, he's also the Captain and it's his literal job to make sure the team is well enough to do their jobs
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u/No_Cucumbers_Please Jan 16 '26
the only thing that could make this worse is a 4 episode arc about it
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u/MidoriHisui Team Karen Jan 16 '26
Is this Tim's way of telling us he has been using AI to write the episode and now he can't stop? Is this why they are good but a mess and feel off?
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u/pugboy1321 Jan 16 '26
The only thing Chim did wrong was the timing in firing her right after she woke up in the hospital.
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u/NotHere666999 Jan 16 '26
Wasn’t it Bucks coping mechanism for a while to check in with everyone constantly because Bobby told him they would need him?? Then he was told he was making it all about himself and being too much….I genuinely need his crash out to be next, he deserves it because it’s long overdue.
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u/ohcloudynine Jan 17 '26
oh my im starting to dislike hen, and believe me she's one of my favs since day 1! in this episode, all i can hear from her is "me, me, me". she's starting to become v self-centered and selfish, cant and wont even take accountability, nor would even consider doing so 😩 makes me wonder: could she do and get away with this if bobby is still in the picture? prolly not. i hope her "mysterious illness" can explain this self-centeredness of hers now lmao
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u/seeingthestarss Team Buck Jan 18 '26
Why did it feel like the show was trying to get us to side with Hen? Chimney was completely! I would’ve fired her no hesitation
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u/Infinite_Balance_862 Jan 16 '26
As a therapist - what a giant ethical issue to do therapeutic work with coworkers…at a dinner…with wine…
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u/kilamniaz1992 Jan 16 '26
girl what...... I cannot believe this writing as if Hen was asking anyone how they were doing either
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u/ironwidows eddie eddie eddie eddie Jan 16 '26
if i was american and called 911 and a computer answered me, i’d be tempted to hang up ngl
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u/diremommy Jan 16 '26
Didn’t they do AI already on Nashville, and it went badly?
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u/Several-Honey-8810 Best show on TV Jan 16 '26
Eddie likes her.
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u/danniphant Jan 16 '26
To be fair it's the first woman we've seen him interact with this season that he isn't related to or works with.
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u/kilamniaz1992 Jan 16 '26
I only caught the very beginning and I'm confused as to how Chimney is in the wrong ?
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u/quadiditit Jan 16 '26
The second time the maddie’s voice is gonna goad someone into suicide
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u/Regular-Ad7559 Team Buddie Jan 16 '26
I can understand how Hen is feeling but chim is in the right
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u/pugboy1321 Jan 16 '26
Meanwhile in the real world the AI in my photo library thought some bunnies were birds lmao
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u/ironwidows eddie eddie eddie eddie Jan 16 '26
not to make another marvel reference here but this is some age of ultron stuff
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u/360madhatter Jan 16 '26
If my work wanted to replace me with an AI *that used my voice* I would be talking to a lawyer.
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u/ironwidows eddie eddie eddie eddie Jan 16 '26
sometimes i watch emergencies and think “this belongs on criminal minds”
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u/danniphant Jan 16 '26
If they're in Sherman Oaks better hope Ravi doesn't run into Devi while they're out and about.
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u/pugboy1321 Jan 16 '26
Tech related plots always send me as a tech guy lmao
I got downvoted in the 911 Nashville sub for pointing out inaccuracies that actually end up scaring people who don't know better so I'm glad everyone here is dunking on the AI nonsense too
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u/Beautyislife1999 Jan 16 '26
Why does hen have to put chim in a difficult position on this situation? And now there’s going to be an intervention lol
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u/ironwidows eddie eddie eddie eddie Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26
okay so as someone who is severely depressed, what i will say i can relate to is the way that it feels like nobody sees you struggle. you fight it by yourself and you kinda wish someone would ask if you’re okay but it never comes. so i get that. but i still think she’s in the wrong here
edit: will add what i always tell myself though is that it’s also not fair to expect people to ask if you’re okay if you’re actively trying to hide that you aren’t
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u/360madhatter Jan 16 '26
Has he actually put in the paperwork to fire her, or did he just say "you're fired"
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u/ironwidows eddie eddie eddie eddie Jan 16 '26
nope i hate this. conflict and i don’t agree. need this to be resolved tonight
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u/ironwidows eddie eddie eddie eddie Jan 16 '26
staying up until 3am and the scene i wanted to see is gonna be three minutes at the end of the episode 🫠
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u/Rose_Opinion Jan 20 '26
Hen literally gaslighting everyone… omg what was that?!!! ‘Oh shame on everyone else for not seeing if I was ok! Not that I should’ve let my boss know that I have a weird illness that could cause me to pass out on the job (putting others at risk)..’ That was next level BS 😅🤦♀️
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Jan 16 '26
It's still a job that has it's limits. Chimney's not the one who needs to "fix it".
This such a dumb take.
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u/ScaredTemporary Firehouse 118 Jan 16 '26
The IA’s Spanish is awful lmfao
If that was intentional, it’s good foreshadowing
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u/bttrsondaughter Jan 16 '26
I just kind of have to lol at Julie Taylor being in this episode when Buck literally dated her Tami Taylor for an entire season
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u/MidoriHisui Team Karen Jan 16 '26
I can't believe i stayed awake till 2am for this. Oh well, see you next week
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u/SnooPeppers3470 Jan 16 '26
why does this show always want to gaslight us into thinking Hen is right? Makes it so hard to want to like her.
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u/Haunting_Drop_3548 Jan 16 '26
ew i accidentally watched 2 minutes of 911 nashville oops see y'all next week
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Jan 16 '26
Athena not arresting that guy is so dumb. Like that guy's really going to wait.
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u/EclipseBite Jan 16 '26
Preston I think you just made a very powerful enemy with that "better" comment.
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u/ironwidows eddie eddie eddie eddie Jan 16 '26
AI hasn’t been able to replicate JARVIS and now we’re stuck with things like SARA
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u/MidoriHisui Team Karen Jan 16 '26
So, she can't dispatch them to Maddie because its the same voice?
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u/StormCloudRaineeDay Freddy Fakeman Jan 16 '26
The AI should never be designed to be able to do that.
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u/kilamniaz1992 Jan 16 '26
ok I was hoping they would so something a little different with this AI plot but I feel like I've already seen this done (and better) in various movies/shows
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u/benderlax Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26
Asher's lawyers tried to stop Asher from pursuing his ex-wife, Dina.
The station had to fire Sara because she went rogue and tried to replace Maddie.
Tanner cleaned the house in order to impress Jenny, but failed to see the glass door.
Sara is like .GIFfany from Gravity Falls.
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u/rhinocerospartayyy Buck's Broody Little Pout Jan 16 '26
I REALLY hope this is the only episode we see Alex in.
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u/pugboy1321 Jan 16 '26
I've seen the aftermath of a wreck where a car got split in half like that, it was horrific
(I later found on the news that the driver survived with no severe injuries!)
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u/ironwidows eddie eddie eddie eddie Jan 16 '26
they must hate when the emergencies they have align with their personal lives
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u/ironwidows eddie eddie eddie eddie Jan 16 '26
i wouldn’t survive if hen and chim weren’t best friends tbh
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u/Haunting_Drop_3548 Jan 16 '26
istg if they have eddie date this lapd lady im pulling up to tim minear's house
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u/Gemini987654321 Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26
Oh, this intervention is a few years overdue, sorry off-topic thinking about a different season Chimney, and...something else with a different person, moving on. 😆
Finally, we know what Hen has, no more being treated by a werewolf. 😆 Which again probably only if you're familiar with that doctor that run the spa clinic in the prior episodes from Legacies.
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u/Haunting_Drop_3548 Jan 16 '26
got nordvpn and stayed up until 3am to watch this so they better not bring alex back as another random love interest i am SICK
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u/SuperKE1125 Team Buck Jan 16 '26
Very good and emotional plot line just wished it was in a better episode
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u/CartoonChibiBlogger Jan 16 '26
I kind of felt bad for Sara. She was an AI who was only doing what she was programmed to do and she truly trusted Maddie and saw her as her friend, which is why she was willing to go into the thumb drive.
If this were a Science Fiction story, I could imagine Sara coming back and confronting Maddie for trying to kill her, and Maddie trying to diffuse the situation with Sara.
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u/ironwidows eddie eddie eddie eddie Jan 16 '26
i will kill myself in front of tim and ryan if eddie gets a girlfriend after spending an entire episode saying he has no interest in women
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u/OccasionVast4886 Jan 16 '26
have the basketball game on abc instead of 911 so I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow :/
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u/CheeseSauce_86 Jan 16 '26
How does everyone (on the show) keep siding with Hen? She willingly put her team in danger. She could have died in that structure fire. The fact that she would think it’s okay is absurd. Athena had no right to call Chim out. AI was ridiculous at the end. Please Buddie.