After paying homage to “The Swarm,” the ABC drama will tribute “Airport 1975.”
9-1-1showrunnerTim Minearknew he wanted to getAngela Bassett’s Athena on a plane he just wasn’t sure how.
“And I knew I wanted Athena on that plane.
Angela Bassett on the ‘9-1-1’ season 8 premiere.Disney/Christopher Willard
The answer: Literally smash a plane into the"bee-nado"and then into another plane.
But what gets Athena on the plane?
“She’s taking him to possible freedom.
That’s a huge conflict for her and that just felt like a story worth telling.”
“But it’s an important struggle.
She’s still carrying around a lot of unresolved anger and grief over that.
“And there is a plane currently without a pilot, by the time we land into episode two.
And how is she going to get home to the man that she loves?
9-1-1season 8 airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
