The 126 crew responds to a military tank on the loose in downtown Austin and a human pile-up at the roller derby. Meanwhile, new paramedic captain,
TOMMY Vega, joins the team and Owen is reunited with his ex-wife and T.K.'s mother, Gwyneth (guest star Lisa Edelstein), and receives an update on his cancer in a special encore of the "Back in the Saddle" season premiere episode of
9-1-1: LONE STAR airing Saturday, Jan. 23 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (NLS-201) (TV-14 D, L, S, V)
FOX's #1 drama, 9-1-1, expands its reach to the city of Austin, TX, with its first-ever new installment.
Nearly 20 years ago, OWEN STRAND (Emmy Award nominee Rob Lowe, "Parks and Recreation," "The West Wing") was the lone
SURVIVOR of his Manhattan firehouse on 9/11. In the wake of the attack, Owen had the unenviable task of rebuilding his station. After a firehouse in Austin experiences a tragedy of its own, Owen, along with his troubled firefighter son, T.K. (Ronen Rubinstein, "Dead of Summer"), takes his progressive philosophies of life and firefighting down to Texas, where he helps them start anew. On the surface, Owen is all about big-city style and swagger, but underneath he struggles with a secret he hides from the world - one that could very well end his life.
Once in Austin, Owen meets the brilliant and wry chief paramedic MICHELLE BLAKE (Liv Tyler, "The Leftovers"), as well as police officer CARLOS REYES (newcomer Rafael Silva). He then begins to assemble his new team of diverse and qualified candidates for Firehouse 126, including MARJAN MARWANI (Natacha Karam, "The Brave"), an adrenaline junkie and badass firefighter who also is a devout Muslim; PAUL STRICKLAND (Brian Michael Smith, "Queen Sugar"), a transgender male firefighter, who bravely decided to transition on the job in Chicago and has a gift for observation worthy of
SHERLOCK Holmes; and rookie firefighter MATEO CHAVEZ (Julian Works, "American Crime").
Owen's toughest challenge may be JUDD RYDER (Jim Parrack, "The Deuce," "True Blood"), who, like Owen, was the
SOLE SURVIVOR of Austin's original 126 house after a rescue call ended in tragedy. A gruff cowboy to his core, Judd is married to GRACE (Sierra McClain, "Mindhunter"), a
9-1-1 call center operator, and struggles with PTSD, unsure if he ever can be the firefighter he once was.
9-1-1: LONE STAR is produced by 20th Century
FOX Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear are creators, executive producers and writers on the series. Bradley Buecker is an executive producer and directed the series premiere. Alexis Martin Woodall, Rashad Raisani and John J. Gray are executive producers, with Rob Lowe also serving as co-executive producer.
