911 Episode – Panic
Overview: A series of ransomware threats leads to an overabundance of emergencies for the 118, including a medevac helicopter crash at a hospital and an air-traffic control tower system failure. Meanwhile Athena must revisit her traumatic attack when the case of the realtor serial rapist goes to trial, Eddie suffers a health scare and Maddie’s postpartum depression worsens.
Air date: 09/20/2021
Directed by: Bradley Buecker
Guest Stars: Tracie Thoms as Karen Wilson, Bryan Safi as Josh Russo, Megan West as Taylor Kelly, La Monde Byrd as David Hale, Gabrielle Walsh as Ana Flores, Sasha Roiz as Lou Ransone, Marsha Warfield as Antonia “Toni”Wilson, Noah Bean as Jeffery Hudson, Aline Elasmar as Dr. Salazar.
This season starts out with all kinds of problems. When ransomware take over critical systems in L.A., everyone is on call. From gps units sending people in a canal, to aircraft systems going blank, so people’s phones randomly calling 911. Everyone is working to figure out what is going on. While all of this is happening, the man that left Athena for dead has made a motion to represent himself and to suppress any evidence that Athena provided. He also will now have the opportunity to question his victims. The chaos going on around the city is not making this process go better either.
Overall, this again felt movie quality. It has action, story development, and a lot going on. It actually felt like it was impossible to fit that much into an hour episode. As soon as this ends, you need to see the next episode as you want to know what is going to happen next. The episode ends with a bunch of story threads open.