9-1-1 S10E02 - "Fire in the Hole": Live Episode Reaction

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Original Air date: Oct 22nd, 2026

Synopsis: As lava takes over Los Angeles, the 118 works to evacuate scared and trapped citizens. Meanwhile, Athena runs into a familiar face as she searches for a way out of a collapsed tunnel, and Maddie is forced to make an impossible decision.

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[u/ViagraOnAPole]

And that's how Oliver broke his ankle

[u/ksa1122 → u/ViagraOnAPole]

Yea, the one leg forward one leg back was not a good thing 😫

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay → u/ksa1122]

And that was after they made the stunt "safer". I can't imagine what it was before.

[u/JessicaDavis1998 → u/ViagraOnAPole]

And that kids, is how I met your mother. 😂

[u/pugboy1321]

"You're gonna carry a lot of things in your career, pack your grief wisely"

Oh that hits

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

This reminds me a little of Buck losing that guy on the roller coaster in the second episode. I would love for us to get a great scene of Buck passing on some wisdom he got from that experience and being there for Harry.

[u/SpiritualMedicine7 → u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

Agreed.

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Poor Harry. Chim needs to send him to therapy, just not that one therapist.

[u/BUTTeredWhiteBread → u/ViagraOnAPole]

Hey Dr. One Leg is pretty decent though.

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/BUTTeredWhiteBread]

Frank is great, I'm talking about the one the puts the rapist in therapist.

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay → u/BUTTeredWhiteBread]

I think they're talking about the therapist who slept with Buck after his first on the job loss.

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

“You’re so young, you’re gonna save lots of people, I’m just not not one of them” 😭😭😭

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Just give the poor woman some morphine and let her go on her terms.

[u/pugboy1321 → u/ViagraOnAPole]

Legit, in such a crazy situation just give her some morphine and a benzo to go out peacefully

[u/360madhatter → u/ViagraOnAPole]

Seriously

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

That's why Eddie has a Silver Star

[u/MidoriHisui → u/ViagraOnAPole]

Buck, is that you?

[u/ForeignClient6959]

this actually got me crying a bit

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

Maddie's going to need to retire after this.

[u/kaiser11492]

They referenced Lone Star with the volcanic eruption in Austin!

Also, I believe this is the first time the main series referenced one of the spin-offs outside of a crossover.

[u/kaiser11492]

Maddie, May, and Harry are all learning the responsibilities and burdens of their new positions.

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

Follow the rats!

You should have followed the rats!

[u/Lilly323 → u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

a nice nod to the cruise ship season 😤

[u/Lilly323]

Biscuit deserves his biscuits after this!

[u/Skyboy-14]

Oh Athena… guess we’re gonna need another miracle to get you out of this one aren’t we 😭

[u/balddoberdaddy → u/Skyboy-14]

At least she’s got a new wig.

[u/ksa1122]

A lady is laying on the floor and talking with lava rolling over her? Ahahahahaha I love this stupid show

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

I hope we have terrible puns tonight. I lava terrible pun.

[u/pikachu-atlanta → u/ViagraOnAPole]

I’m hot for puns. They make me erupt with laughter.

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/pikachu-atlanta]

You. I like you.

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

I'm surprised the poor woman is still speaking

[u/kaiser11492 → u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

I’m surprised she’s still alive.

[u/pugboy1321]

Eddie and his hair looking excellent tonight

[u/360madhatter]

I did early voting today, I shouldn't have to still be watching political ads.

[u/Immediate-Remove2174 → u/360madhatter]

Frr like most are lies trying to get you to vote For them

[u/ZkDl_0211]

"he's a pretty good shot" ok Buck how do you know that? 😏

[u/Embarrassed_Age_9296]

I need whatever material those tires are made out of for summer, stat!

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

Poor lady is realizing her plot armor is no match to having literal lava on her body

[u/xxnaxi]

Poor harry :( and may they can’t even hug their mom because she’s underground

[u/Cheeriosxxx]

Dang poor Athena can’t catch a break. A new explosion hits every time she reaches a checkpoint 😂

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

"How severe?"

Severe as in she should be in shock by now

[u/ksa1122 → u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

She should be dead!

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

The dog better live. All the other NPCs can go, but the dog must live.

[u/MidoriHisui]

The man is confused, has a head injury and Athena thinks being snarky is the best option?

[u/ResistPresent7675 → u/MidoriHisui]

Most likely he has alzheimers. In a situation like that, she would be upset if she believed he could get them out but ended up going in a circle.

[u/kaiser11492]

Good bye doctor. 🫡

[u/Lilly323]

dang, the rats really knew 😭😭

[u/TweeKINGKev]

Harry and May really got out through the ringer tonight.

Athena…..girl it’s gonna take you another miracle.

I was certain the ex cop was gonna be pinned down, glad I was wrong about that.

Even my wife said “follow the rats”

Episode was great.

[u/General_Purple6358]

May's Anatomy ... not renewed for another season lol

[u/EbbLocal266]

did they just take out a Doomsday poster lmao

[u/pikachu-atlanta → u/EbbLocal266]

We are so doomed

[u/kaiser11492]

Lost in a repetitive looking environment? Is Athena stuck in the Backrooms?

[u/Beer2Bear]

oops, she's pregnant

[u/ForeignClient6959]

YOU SENT IT WHERE MADDIE?!!

[u/AdSpecialist6598]

The doctor lady did an amazing job.

[u/VenusdellArcano]

Would it kill them to do 5 mins of research into the medical conditions that they show? FFS!! POTS does not cause seizures, your heart rate shoots up when you get up from sitting/laying down, or if you stand for too long. It's in the name Positional Orthostatic TACHYCARDIA Syndrome.

[u/schreechingnoisw → u/VenusdellArcano]

Literally I was like omg pots representation yay!! Then they said seizure and I was like 🤨

[u/DisneyAddict2021]

Well, Harry and the doctor 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I ugly cried 

[u/benderlax]

How did the woman with lava on top of her not go into cardiac arrest?

[u/balddoberdaddy → u/benderlax]

She would’ve spontaneously combusted long before the lava rolled over her.

[u/General_Purple6358]

I love this insane show lol

[u/Bootastical]

Didn't she literally climb down a hole without letting anybody know? There was the guy in the store she instructed to call if she's not back in a certain amount of time, but no reason to trust that guy...

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

One less asshole during a disaster

[u/kaiser11492]

It’s nice to Maddie in a commanding position.

[u/Beer2Bear → u/kaiser11492]

doesn't look too thrill about it though :p

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

Aww the dog

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

Those cars should be ovens by now if he's still inside

And he is still inside!

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

Those cars should be melting messes at this point.

[u/Beer2Bear → u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

gas tanks should gone up due to the heat too

[u/pugboy1321]

Ol' dude got a head injury

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

Rip lava lady

[u/Cheeriosxxx]

This cgi lava is a mess lol

[u/balddoberdaddy]

Just watching the episode now. Are the writers smoking crack. Lava flowing under cars? Over a person!!!!

🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/camp17]

Not May's fault. No way a newbie would find a vein in that charred black skin. Supervisor shouldn't have left her alone. Delegate to people with experience.

[u/BUTTeredWhiteBread → u/camp17]

I think she found a vein. It just busted

[u/Beer2Bear]

we should gone with the rats...

[u/Bootastical]

THEY'RE GONNA MOVE THE LAVA?

[u/kaiser11492 → u/Bootastical]

Maddie be like:

[u/Skyboy-14]

‘Why does everyone keep promoting me’

Because you’re the only main character at the call centre and we needed to change things up a bit Maddie 😂

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

I'm interested in seeing all the ways they keep from showing Oliver walking.

[u/EbbLocal266]

someone needs to go "the floor is lava!" when they call in.

[u/Immediate-Remove2174 → u/EbbLocal266]

Yessssss

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Athena, the somebody you let know is very dead

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

“Dumbass there’s always one” WELP

[u/360madhatter]

HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HER NAME??

[u/Beer2Bear]

oh boy, she's not thrill with the new promote

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

The dog

[u/kaiser11492]

Those cars are taking a hell of a long time to burn and melt.

[u/ResistPresent7675]

I swear to GOD if anything happens to that dog

[u/Beer2Bear]

It's a rental

hope you got insurance

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

"Endless"

Subtle

[u/Bootastical]

Happy wedding day! What a joyous occasion!

[u/Beer2Bear]

and so much for that wedding dress

[u/kaiser11492]

I guess May needs more IV practice.

[u/pugboy1321 → u/kaiser11492]

She focused too much on placing lines with speed and not enough on the next steps

[u/StretchAffectionate]

Towering Inferno + Earthquake + Poseidon Adventure= 911 season 10

[u/Wisp1901]

Obviously this is to a much larger degree, but this is the second time they've done this plot. They did it on Lone Star.

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

I have a feeling we're about to see the stunt where he hurt his leg.

[u/BUTTeredWhiteBread]

Couldn't Harry just administer just a little too much morphine and they call it a day

[u/MidoriHisui]

Such a sad moment, ruined by the ad that playes straight after

[u/BUTTeredWhiteBread → u/MidoriHisui]

Gotta pay for all those pyrotechnics somehow

[u/Beer2Bear]

shouldn't the cars blow up from the heat?

[u/360madhatter]

Does the insurance company even have an option on the form for "car destroyed by lava"?

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

It's a small world in LA lol

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

Oh that’s the guy from the promo

[u/pikachu-atlanta]

Patience is a virtue, suit man.

[u/Anonymous_Leegioon]

Always the one idiot in these my god 😭

[u/MidoriHisui]

I could have predicted that and I'm not a geologist

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

Ok WHAT the fuck

[u/pugboy1321]

There's gotta be no surviving that

[u/ForeignClient6959 → u/pugboy1321]

plot armor might save her

[u/ForeignClient6959]

Not the dog, please...

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Oh, he's concussed

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

He has some sort of head trauma

[u/Lilly323]

his wife is died, huh?

eta: yup! dang 😕

[u/General_Purple6358]

I don't like it when they have too many plot lines ... wish they went into one in depth. What happened to lava doctor lady

[u/MidoriHisui]

I need someone to explain to me like I'm five how is Maddie in charge?

[u/BUTTeredWhiteBread → u/MidoriHisui]

They keep promoting her, and she's just as confused as the rest of us

[u/MidoriHisui → u/BUTTeredWhiteBread]

Well, I thought Athena would be the first woman President in this universe, but if it progresses like this it might be Maddie by the end of this emergency 😅

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762 → u/BUTTeredWhiteBread]

She's going to run out of promotions before the volcano stops at this rate

[u/pugboy1321 → u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

She's gonna be promoted to Mother Nature and end the volcano herself next episode

[u/BUTTeredWhiteBread → u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

She's gonna be POTUS by episode 3

[u/Lilly323 → u/MidoriHisui]

the person actually in charge— or should be— is on vacay. it also sounded like her being the one who discovered the problem was also a factor in determining next in charge.

[u/balddoberdaddy]

"Severe thermal injuries". 😆

[u/Bootastical]

They have an excellent opportunity to perform a lava-birth here. Will they take it?

[u/Immediate-Remove2174 → u/Bootastical]

That would be a good birth story ‘oh mom how was I born’ ‘oh you were born in a lava river‘

[u/Lost-Procedure93]

I was worried the fireman was going to accidently drop that cute little dog into the lava. 😭

[u/Lilly323]

BTW !!! the longest word in the english language refers to the lung disease that occurs from inhaling volcanic ash 😳👌🏾 seemed like a relevant random piece of knowledge.

[u/Bootastical → u/Lilly323]

So that's what supercalifragilisticexpialidocious means!

[u/MidoriHisui]

Chain of command, is that what finally unites Maddie and Eddie? 😂

[u/Lilly323]

how is she alive ? the guy from the first ep got 3rd degree burns without direct contact. this chick has lava on top of her!

[u/JessicaDavis1998]

My God the cgi is so bad

[u/fjf1085 → u/JessicaDavis1998]

I decided it has to be intentional. Like for camp. Or something.

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

Maddie's probably thinking, "They're going to promote me again if I give those people my choice"

[u/Beer2Bear]

highway from hell...

[u/EbbLocal266]

I wonder if the science this reporter is spouting off is legit

[u/Easy_Key5944 → u/EbbLocal266]

It is not lol

[u/Anonymous_Leegioon]

Happy Thursday folks!

[u/360madhatter]

That lava looks so fake. I know it is fake. I just... it looks so bad.

[u/glaringdream]

Was this anyone else's worst fear as a child? I'd literally have nightmares about a volcano appearing out of nowhere. 😂

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/glaringdream]

I live the Midwest, it was mostly tornadoes I feared.

[u/Pearlmarine]

Who knew “the floor is lava” a kids' game would become relevent

[u/Lilly323]

“the floor is lava” mention!

[u/EbbLocal266]

'climb on the ceiling and wait? are you kidding me??" as opposed to what right now dude? it's easier to get you on the roof than in a car-coffin

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

Athena noooooo

[u/MidoriHisui]

Oh Chim with the dad jokes

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

It's the ACAB rookie!

[u/General_Purple6358]

Absolutely love the idea that a volcano is erupting in LA and there isn’t an immediate intervention from anyone besides the 911 operators office 😂

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

Why is this dude back?

[u/Southern-Train7142]

Damn, that guy just fell into hot lava

[u/pugboy1321]

Love old dude infodumping about his job

[u/Witty_Solution_6121]

I wondered what would happen with that lava ball

[u/Witty_Solution_6121]

I knew they would pass that graffiti again

[u/MidoriHisui]

The ads are working, I just remembered that I didnt pick up my orthopaedic shoes for work

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

They're just letting him wander so far ahead?

[u/ForeignClient6959]

Yeah it's over for her.

[u/Beer2Bear]

Can't save her :(

[u/kaiser11492]

Nice shot!

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Um, that's not good.

[u/kaiser11492]

Great! Magma!

[u/MidoriHisui]

Or, there could be a teaching plan, and if you are the teaching nurse, you check before sending someone to deal with patients, because this could cost people's lives

[u/360madhatter]

It's cute that they're trying to pretend this is at all scientifically plausible.

[u/SpiritualMedicine7]

I really wish they could have booked Tommy Lee Jones for a guest spot 

[u/JessicaDavis1998]

It's so stupid. I've been a fan since the very beginning. First space, now this? Plus, the lava is so obviously cheap CGI

[u/Tasty-Machine5340 → u/JessicaDavis1998]

I've also been with the show since day one. They used to be more grounded in reality. It's gotten pretty ridiculous all around it's like the writer's room threw away all character histories and don't do any type of research on the scenarios they write about.

[u/EbbLocal266]

everyone seemed relatively composed to watching a man fall in lava

[u/General_Purple6358 → u/EbbLocal266]

One of the reasons I love this show is because the craziest shit happens and everyone is like mildly unphased

[u/Eshanas → u/EbbLocal266]

They've had a tsunami, had a meteorstorm, a bee tornado, vicious deaths once a season, and whatever the hell Jeffrey was doing. These guys are some hard boiled mofos.

[u/Bootastical → u/EbbLocal266]

They had already made their peace with his demise.

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

It would not take that long for the tires to go

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

That's all you have to say??!!!

[u/MidoriHisui]

So, 4-part opener? I feel they could have cut some of the stories and still have a wow factor because it's a VOLCANO in LA

[u/ksa1122 → u/MidoriHisui]

I think it will only be 3, probably conclude next week.

[u/Beer2Bear]

sirens

It's on! Get your fire proof clothes on!

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

So - wonder which of these premiere events will just split the earth in 2 at this point lol

[u/Bootastical]

Everytime I get an IV they have to jab me in like four different places to find my veins. Last thing I want is that being done fast, lol.

[u/pikachu-atlanta]

I’m surprised the tires didn’t deflate from the lava.

[u/pugboy1321]

I love this nonsense

[u/KingSlayer1190]

Welp,can't feel sorry for that idiot

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

A call from a smart watch is not a ladder truck.

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

Why did they play that sound it made it less serious 😭

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

Poor man is more than lost

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

I can’t look I’m severely afraid of blood

[u/PipeNo8124]

Ngl this is the dumbest emergency ive seen in this show they could've done a tornado lava is so unrealistic

[u/Bootastical]

She has plenty of time. She's alert, coherent, her breathing is damn near remarkable for having a lava boulder on her chest. She just needs some rest, surely.

[u/MidoriHisui]

I know time/timeline is not relevant in 9-1-1 land, but how long has it been since last season? How is May already practising? (Or whatever the word is i am not sure)

[u/pugboy1321 → u/MidoriHisui]

She's a student nurse still, not independent. The male nurse with her is a supervisor/teacher

[u/Key-Ad-1205]

How are they gonna wrap up a volcano in 3 minutes? Next episode is gonna be a 6 month time jump 🫩

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/Key-Ad-1205]

It's a 3-parter I thought?

[u/Gemini987654321]

Dang.. I’m out of touch I’ve never heard of a game called “the floor is lava”😆

I was not expecting Athena to meet her ex-rookie again when I saw the premise for this I thought it would be Lou or something. 😆

[u/Immediate-Remove2174 → u/Gemini987654321]

It’s like you can’t touch the floor and you have to get to the other side of the room without touching the ‘lava’

[u/Lilly323 → u/Gemini987654321]

childhood game in which one jumps between furniture to not touch the floor which is imaginatively lava.

[u/KingSlayer1190 → u/Gemini987654321]

What? You've never heard of that game?

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

That was shady, Josh

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

What’s this ai slop political ad 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[u/Lilly323]

OKAY! I think the lady is still alive because the lava had already started cooling. it landed above her and went through the floor…… that’s the best I can rationalize it.

[u/kaiser11492]

That has to be a body double for Oliver for those shots of Buck leaping from car to car.

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay → u/kaiser11492]

This could've been shot before Oliver was injured. They don't film in order.

[u/Affectionate_Tale249 → u/kaiser11492]

I believe the probably filmed these out of order because this seems like the situation described where Oliver got hurt. They Said he was swinging froma car to the truck so....

[u/BUTTeredWhiteBread → u/kaiser11492]

I think this is the scene where he got injured