"Look, Ryan Murphy knows what the world needs, and he keeps giving it to us. Season two of Fox's 9-1-1 went beyond telling us the everyday stories of our first responders and began fleshing out each character by giving insights into why they are the way they are. Watching the growth of Bobby (Peter Krause) and Athena's (Angela Bassett) relationship, learning how Hen (Aisha Hinds) began her journey and battled her first station leader's bigotry, meeting Eddie (Ryan Guzman) and his son, Christopher (Gavin McHugh) — it all made each character come to life in significant ways. Even alongside the wild situations that the first responders found themselves dealing with, nothing felt extravagant or too much. Murphy isn't afraid to have any of his shows tackle issues like racism and discrimination, and that makes 9-1-1 feel more real despite the outlandish emergencies." — MP
