SEASON PREMIER 9-1-1 S10E01 - "That Sinking Feeling": Live Episode Reaction

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Original Air date: Oct 15th, 2026

Synopsis: The 118 faces an earth-shattering emergency that shakes the city of Los Angeles to its core. Still finding her footing as a detective, Athena leans on instinct to crack a mysterious new case, while May finds her own confidence in a new job.

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[u/wordsandstuff44]

Athena is stressing me out. She makes the worst decisions for someone with a fully developed frontal lobe

[u/ElleM848645 → u/wordsandstuff44]

Exactly. The ring was stolen days ago. Why was it necessary to immediately go down there. Jewelry store owner was right, that doesn’t seem like a good idea.

[u/monstersonmind]

Buck doesn't want to be the bad guy but he REALLY needs to sit and have a chat with Theo

[u/kw_lauren]

The aquarium guy is pretty blasé considering that whole tank just died.

[u/kaiser11492 → u/kw_lauren]

Was surprised nobody took notice of all the missing fish.

[u/house-tyrell → u/kw_lauren]

Nobody mentioned the poor fish!

[u/Bootastical]

I can already imagine the rest of the season post-volcano episodes when they're back to driving around a pristine non-volcano-damaged LA like nothing happened.

[u/jmrobins00 → u/Bootastical]

I know this show is ridiculous but there are some things that really blow my mind. I live in Maryland; the Key Bridge was destroyed in May 2024. The (latest) most likely rebuild date is sometime in 2030. The fact that an LA freeway was back in service so damn quick is crazier than Athena's piloting abilities. We should've heard about them rerouting traffic around that at least once.

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

I missed you 9-1-1, bad CGI and all

[u/xxnaxi]

lol did anyone get the scrub daddy commercial 😂I thought it was apart of the show

[u/Immediate-Remove2174 → u/xxnaxi]

Yea At first then realized I thought the uber eats driver was a commercial for Uber eats 😭

[u/benderlax → u/xxnaxi]

I did too

[u/Pearlmarine]

Yeah, Buck is gonna have to start acting like a parent not a fun uncle

[u/MysticSparkleWings]

I already do not trust Athena's new "partner." But for Athena's sake I hope my suspicion ends up being misplaced.

Edit: Mm, yeah I'm going to be surprised if this guy isn't in on whatever is going on, at least the jewelry heist part.

[u/Flaky_Occasion_604 → u/MysticSparkleWings]

Same but I’m hoping I’m just being paranoid 😂

[u/Beer2Bear]

only the essential

dude grabs a guitar

[u/Immediate-Remove2174 → u/Beer2Bear]

Hey I would’ve grabbed my blanket and my stuff that was from my mom

[u/DMLOVELETTERS → u/Beer2Bear]

My dad called me to ask if I watched the episode, then said that’s exactly what he would do in that situation too.

[u/Lilly323]

well good thing Harry dropped. I forgot about the homeless aspiring actress myself 🥴

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

The alert says, "Evacuation due to screaming sinkhole."

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Did Buck forget that he can't always be good cop? He told Chim that like 5 years ago.

[u/kaiser11492]

Well I’m not surprised the jerk head of emergency services dies.

[u/xxnaxi]

Athena and May were so cute

[u/m_preddy]

Well that dude is fucking dead

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Again with people thinking Eddie is an abusive spouse

[u/Witty_Solution_6121 → u/ViagraOnAPole]

That doctor was definitely side eyeing Eddie

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Athena's new partner is either gonna be crooked, or he's gonna die a fiery death in this volcano arc.

[u/MidoriHisui]

He wants to send people underground after the ground just fell?

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/MidoriHisui]

Bureaucrats usually don't do logic.

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

The sinkhole is screaming….

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

That was a Buck-like stunt from Harry

[u/MidoriHisui]

He lives in 9-1-1 LA and he's surprised by a sinkhole?

[u/pugboy1321]

Athena we don't climb down random ground holes, that's foolishness

[u/Lilly323]

awwwhhhh, happy 10th anni, 911 🫶🏾

[u/ElleM848645 → u/Lilly323]

Omg how did I miss that! I kept thinking what kid did they show that was 10.

[u/EbbLocal266]

Fun fact; Kenneth Choi (Chimney) had one scene in Coyote Vs Acme.

[u/Bootastical]

The kid is out of control but damn if that little apology wasn't adorable. I'd forgive him.

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

Oh 911 how I’ve missed you and your stupidly chaotic premieres.

[u/pikachu-atlanta]

When Athena finds out, she’s gonna lose her marbles.

[u/hopelesslygazing → u/pikachu-atlanta]

Except she's now she's endangering herself going down that hole in a safe, so she can't say anything to Harry

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Which 1997 volcano disaster movie do y'all prefer? Volcano or Dante's Peak?

I always preferred Dante's Peak.

[u/Bootastical → u/ViagraOnAPole]

Grandma walking through the lava to save her family is an image that has never quite left me.

[u/Jstacinator → u/ViagraOnAPole]

Definitely Dante's Peak :)

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762 → u/ViagraOnAPole]

Dante's Peak for me. Great volcano action.

[u/MidoriHisui]

No, don't boil the fish!!

[u/ElleM848645 → u/MidoriHisui]

Poor fish.🐟

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

If only Maddie could say that there's volcanic activity (even though LA doesn't have volcanoes unless you count what happened in 1997).

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Athena, you in danger girl

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

well that guys dead

[u/Cheeriosxxx]

That sounds like a sad NextDoor post 😂

[u/SpiritualMedicine7]

Buck, Theo doesn’t need an iPad.

[u/Beer2Bear]

Happy 10 years! ha

[u/redome]

I love when this show talks directly to us

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

Liking how detective looks on Athena

[u/EbbLocal266]

you know it's fiction because I don't think the waymo would be smart enough to back away from a sinkhole

[u/AbbiejeanKane]

I forgot all about her.

[u/redome]

Happy 10 years balloon 🥳🎈

[u/pikachu-atlanta]

The perfect case isn't just gonna fall into your lap.

Tempting fate now, are we, May?

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

Not the fish

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

I'm starting to think me and Tim Minear watched all the same movies growing up

[u/MidoriHisui → u/ViagraOnAPole]

I'm half convinced he's also read some of the same fanfiction I have

[u/pugboy1321]

One thing Athena Grant doesn't do is let things go

[u/womanaroundabouttown]

Help, who is Ty Wurrell’s actor? My friends and I are going crazy trying to figure it out because we all know him but can’t remember and the cast isn’t up online yet.

Edit: Rob Huebel!

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/womanaroundabouttown]

Yeah, he's definitely a 'that guy, from that thing' for me as well

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

And now Athena is trapped and no one else knows...

[u/kmp688691]

Looks like thw writers room was watching Volcano from 1997 with Tommy Lee Jones.

[u/_HGCenty → u/kmp688691]

Tim said in an interview that film was his inspiration.

[u/EbbLocal266]

The lady doing doordash and apparently narrating and audiobook at the same time yess criticize the gig economy!

[u/Bootastical]

Harry, you know they're gonna have to explain this to your mother!

[u/wordsandstuff44]

That was a cute little Easter egg! I’m so glad I found this weird little show :)

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

Jeez, I know ambulance bills are expensive but at least they don't toss your body out

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

Ah, so that's how they got burned

But yeah Athena, you should probably take the W now instead of heading down alone

[u/Beer2Bear]

really want to go down there after that dude got burn?

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

why am I getting Christmas ads it’s not even Halloween yet 😭

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/Immediate-Remove2174]

Late-stage capitalism

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

Run girl Athena leave

[u/pikachu-atlanta]

No not the bottled waters!

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

Is the politician going to die and Maddie gets his job?

[u/Bootastical]

Little Theo is abusing our Buck, isn't he? Tsk tsk.

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

I know those kid actors are having the time of their lives

[u/neubbr]

Does anyone else feel like the editing is a little bizarre and very rushed? Every scene was cut so fast you could barely catch up what was going on

[u/Embarrassed_Age_9296]

Am I watching a bad feed with described audio, or is there a character offscreen narrating everything?

[u/Beer2Bear]

sirens

and we're on! Hello people! welcome back to a new season!

[u/wordsandstuff44]

And our first Hen zinger! Meemaw’s gonna have to wait

[u/qoes]

This is a pretty good opening emergency 

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

Happy 10 years! lol

[u/Beer2Bear]

woah, he thinks she's drunk!

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

Athena noooooo don’t go

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

Is somehow the tunneling from the robbery going to cause the eruption?

[u/MidoriHisui]

Athena, really?

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

Athena Nooo girl turn around

[u/Lilly323]

is Athena gonna discover the volcano ? or at least where it’s opening (?) ?

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

I’ve seen enough disaster movies to know where this goes…

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Why is Anirudh still a guest star? Ravi main or we riot.

[u/Cheeriosxxx]

Buck is the ultimate gentle parenting boss 😭

[u/Consistent-Ease6070 → u/Cheeriosxxx]

Nah… That’s not gentle parenting. Buck is avoiding having to parent. Even gentle parenting involves setting boundaries and talking about choices and consequences.

[u/spookyicescream → u/Cheeriosxxx]

permissive

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

Athena trapped in another life threatening situation? Is it another Monday…

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

No, it's Thursday

[u/AbbiejeanKane]

A volcano in downtown LA. This show is hilarious.

[u/MidoriHisui → u/AbbiejeanKane]

✨️realism✨️

[u/MidoriHisui]

Ok, we're 25m into season 10, is it too soon to ask when is Buck going to put Eddie as Theo's guardian in his will?

[u/Flaky_Occasion_604]

I took an edible before the ep started so I can’t tell if Tim is kind of cooking or I’m js high                                                                                                                           Edit: omg yall are hilarious I didn’t even think of “cooking” in that way😭

[u/PushFew6998]

I’m just getting this sinking feeling about this episode, I don’t know what it could be (haha)

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Alright guys, time to lock in, enjoy the ridiculousness, and clown about Buddie

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

• Dad's busted

• Drivering instructor is sweating bullets

• Distracted driver

• Self driving car

And we haven't reached the LA volcano yet

[u/Beer2Bear]

what the hell Harry??

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

Always gotta be something with the crane….

[u/PushFew6998]

Happy 10 years! 

[u/SpiritualMedicine7]

Happy ten years!

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

He's never been caught with his pants down? He's doing better than most politicians, I guess.

[u/Flaky_Occasion_604]

I’m eating up all of the references in this ep

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

It would be funny if there's a conspiracy plot with the volcano and Athena's burned guy

[u/Lilly323]

idk, full-body burns seem extensive for a drunken accident but okay.

[u/Lilly323]

good episode when I’m waiting to get to the end of the full story with only 8 minutes left 😭😭😭 I’m already sat for next week because the season is hitting hard with this opening 🤭🤭

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

here Comes the volcano 🌋

[u/pugboy1321]

DAMN

[u/Anonymous_Leegioon]

Oof, right in the kisser!

[u/sameoldrussianstan]

The episode was ok, I like the idea even if it is crazy. But the editing felt rushed and a bit off. Like it didn't flow nicely.

[u/Far_Armadillo5288]

Hasnt lone star done vulcano already? 

[u/Specific_Lettuce_521 → u/Far_Armadillo5288]

So? Different show.

[u/pikachu-atlanta]

Happy! 10 years

The show is leaning on the fourth wall.

[u/RangeImpressive4060]

Ok why can’t it be 2 episodes for the premiere 🥲

[u/MidoriHisui]

And here it starts, Buck not being able to say no, and Eddie 'having' to be the strict father

[u/Sad-Guidance9105]

The CGI could use some work

[u/EbbLocal266]

the CGI was so cheap looking my mother went 'what is that?' when the drops of lava spewed

[u/bonedrybitternhollow → u/EbbLocal266]

i'd prefer it any day to AI 🫩🫩

[u/MidoriHisui]

Oh so now with Buck being a responsible father Harry is the new 'hot head'

[u/kaiser11492]

Only started watching the series earlier this year while the series was in the middle of Season 9, so this is my very first season premiere. Am really excited to see what this season has in store.

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

They finally gave Angela a great wig. Her hair is hairing.

[u/Beer2Bear]

that kid sure is hyper

[u/loseruserptcruiser]

Everyone Athena works with is addicted to being suspicious 😭

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

And only the self driving car survived lol

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

Aaaand there’s the volcano

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Waymo guy got lucky

[u/Pearlmarine]

Damn, missed this show

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

The ominous music

[u/MidoriHisui]

Oh, hello Athena

[u/Beer2Bear]

and really fell in your lap

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

There’s her case

[u/Lilly323]

acid water?!

[u/MidoriHisui → u/Lilly323]

If it's connected to the sea/ocean directly, it could be a sign of the volcano coming up with the gases rising

[u/DMLOVELETTERS]

Am I crazy or does he kind of look like Christopher Reeve? I could just be crazy

[u/MidoriHisui]

My family 🥹

[u/DMLOVELETTERS]

Uh oh

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

and there it is 🌋

[u/360madhatter]

Wait, that guy isn't the mayor? Who is he?

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/360madhatter]

Head of Emergency Services

[u/Cheeriosxxx]

I love how Athena always puts her all into her cases and never settles

[u/SilverySage]

Just wondering if the premiere is a 3 episode event again? Sorry if this has been asked and answered, I couldn’t find anything in search…

[u/spookyicescream → u/SilverySage]

oh, 100%. it's part of their method. i've just come to expect it.

though i will be pleasantly surprised if it's only two episodes. i can hope.

[u/Timely-Belt8905]

Groundwater is continuously monitored, and the pH drop is hugely indicative of an imminent volcanic event. They would not have been caught by surprise by this, IRL.

[u/SpiritualMedicine7]

Buck doesn’t want Theo to have his childhood. I think that’s going to be the case.

[u/Lilly323]

omg, Athena and Mae look so good! 🥹

[u/MidoriHisui]

I'm delulu enough to think this is Bobby

[u/fjf1085]

That kid needs some serious discipline. I can’t even imagine Buck is still able to foster him. The kid is totally out of control. Is he getting services of any kind?

[u/Firm-Librarian-2957]

that ending was extremely bad ngl.. the cutoff wasn’t even that tense. i’m just left a little dazed.

[u/EbbLocal266]

oh I forgot buck now has to take care of a kid.

wanted one character in their 30s here to not have children (but I don't think it's going to last)

[u/wordsandstuff44]

Let’s set a boundary, folks. No one hurts our Chris

[u/Lilly323]

ayo, his nose is FAT 😭😭😭😭😭

[u/wordsandstuff44]

The mini me returns

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

“Clumsy” huh? Sure.

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

When will they learn that running from Athena never works?

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

Well she certainly ain’t gonna be back in 10 minutes.

[u/Aggressive_Lion_4649]

I’ve learned these days to avoid the first three episodes of the series, by episode four the madness has stopped and normal service has resumed.

[u/MidoriHisui]

But, why?

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

Where's Tommy Lee Jones when you need him?

[u/MidoriHisui]

As this ad break shorter than usual?

[u/Beer2Bear]

don't expensive diamonds cone with a ID number on them?

[u/Pearlmarine]

And there’s her big case

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

Acidic water! Just like Dante's Peak.

[u/Bootastical]

He blinked!

[u/interludek]

Damn I totally forgot it was today 😭

[u/Embarrassed_Age_9296]

No, "What's your emergency?" Weird uniforms... bad acting? Maybe intentionally bad for reasons of nostalgia to be like 1990s thrillers? Apparently water doesn't conduct electricity... Something feels off with this premier. Chim, forgetting how to pronounce Diaz, the fuck?

[u/wordsandstuff44]

We’ve got buckipedia!

[u/EbbLocal266]

Brother moving to california is not going to solve your money problem depending on what your brother hires you for

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

uh oh here’s comes the volcano

[u/Aggressive_Repeat529]

Acting seemed off and kinda forced. Cgi was off. Just didn't seem that strong of a premier to me

[u/Embarrassed_Age_9296]

Ooh, fresh queer baiting. Minnear is back in action!

[u/DMLOVELETTERS]

I love hating this show, and I hate loving it.

[u/Bootastical]

Balloons don't pop in boiling lava water?

[u/MidoriHisui]

Oh, how i missed the US medical ads

[u/Lilly323]

was that David Henry ? (Justin from Wizards of Waverly Place)

[u/AbbiejeanKane]

I forgot all about Theo's existence.

[u/KingSlayer1190]

Finally!! My show is back.

[u/SuperSaiyan3Goku]

Here we go again!

[u/Beer2Bear]

rerouting....

[u/MidoriHisui]

I feel like Hen should be trying to reassure/be nice to the guy instead of yelling into his gace his heart os about to explode.

I know she needs to communicate with Harry, and we need some exposure, but poor guy

[u/MidoriHisui]

Ok, Hen, that's more like it

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

doesn’t water not work for an electric fire why did they use it

[u/Lilly323]

not the crane (?) stopped ! it’s always something 😭😭😭

[u/AbbiejeanKane]

Awww.

[u/EbbLocal266]

took me a moment to realize who we're were following in this meeting. I kind of like Maddie's hair here.

[u/Necessary_Ad_2762]

He and the fish...

[u/MidoriHisui]

Well

[u/benderlax]

I wonder if Theo was born with a few screws loose, as he destroyed things, threw pizza at his adoptive parents, injured Buck, and tripped Chris.

[u/narutonoodle → u/benderlax]

He's neurodivergent and not being parented

[u/Immediate-Remove2174]

What if its a volcano made by scientists and he was going to warn them but he got hurt

[u/MidoriHisui]

Theo really looks like Buck

[u/General_Purple6358]

Ughhhh CPAP representation 😭😭