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9-1-1 Puts Eddie Diaz’s Faith in Focus in Día de los Muertos Episode

Critics say the holiday-themed hour leans on grief beats at the expense of deeper character work.

Overview

  • The Season 9 installment frames Eddie’s reflections on life and the afterlife through Día de los Muertos rituals and imagery.
  • High-concept Halloween-style emergencies provide spectacle as the 118 balance personal burdens with on-the-job crises.
  • Buck wrestles with unsettling moments in his new home as he processes the loss of Captain Bobby Nash.
  • Athena navigates family tensions as questions about first-responder careers resurface at home.
  • Early reviews, including from Collider, call the episode tonally uneven and a missed opportunity to advance Eddie’s developing arc.