WOW! 9-1-1: Lone Star definately performed much better than it's parent show 9-1-1 which also concluded this week. While 9-1-1 was awful, such a end of TV series, finale, finale, swan song off onto a cruise ship. Lone Star turned up the drama, turned up the romance for a wedding even the Bachelor or MAFS would be jealous of.
Unlike the parent series moving to ABC, FOX (one of only two dramas I will watch on the network next season, the other The Cleaning Lady) for a fifth season earlier this month.
The double episode got off with a shocking bang before the long-awaited #TarlosWedding.
Tommy (Gina Torres) also got to sing a show tune at the wedding. Which was actually a beautiful moment. However this came after SPOILER a man down in the order of Carlos's dad, Gabriel Reyes.
This lead to a tragedy (in episode 17) before the wedding was meant to take place in episode 18, the finale. Let's just say my prediction is both 9-1-1 seasons will not get 18 episodes next season due to the ongoing writers strike.
For now. This has been a fairly decent fourth season overall of the FOX series. Where 9-1-1 felt stale, Lone Star managed to keep interesting storylines flow, while only running January to May. With close to no breaks. Unlike the spilt in two 9-1-1 sixth season episode run.
Carlos and TK really make the perfect gay TV couple while TK's dad Rob Lowe had a truly touching last scene in episode 18.
Overall this was a real improvement on recent lazy network TV in the USA. As an Australian, how there can be no sex or swearing, however so much violence on a network show, just shows how violence is a real issue in the USA. We currently have no mass shootings in Australia in 2023. Not sure about the USA? On average one a day still?
Anyway this really was the network TV moment of the season. With HBO and Showtime delivering solid gold back to back in 2023, the network TV stations really need a little more Lone Star and a little less trashy storylines like that awful last scene on All American. Jesus, Mary and Joesph. Until next time...
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