‘9-1-1’ premiere recap: Come for the stars, stay for the headless snakes

“What’s your emergency?” asks the pilot of Fox’s new drama 9-1-1. According to the pilot, there are two types of emergencies: The first are personal emergencies, the ones the define our individual day-to-day, and the second are life-or-death Emergencies with a capital E, the kind that prompt you to dial those three numbers that the show is all about. On 9-1-1, a team of first responders in Los Angeles deal with both types of emergencies – at home and on the job – so there’s never a dull moment.

From Glee‘s Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, 9-1-1 stars Connie Britton as phone operator Abby Clark, the first voice and face we’re met with in the pilot because there is nothing more comforting than the proximate presence of Tami Taylor. Abby has a unique role in the emergency response process in that she’s the first to find out about something but also the first to be cut from the narrative; most emergencies end with her never finding out what happened. Read more…

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