9-1-1: Season 5
9-1-1 Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 18 episodes. The season explores the ongoing challenges faced by the emergency response personnel, encompassing a variety of high-stakes situations and crises that test the resilience, teamwork, and personal lives of the characters involved. Throughout the 18 episodes, the team navigates complex professional demands alongside their individual journeys, maintaining
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series follows an ensemble of emergency response personnel including firefighters, dispatchers, and police officers.
- Characters face high-stress emergency situations that test their physical and emotional endurance.
- Personal relationships and team dynamics among the responders form a core part of the ongoing narrative.
- The ensemble continues to operate out of their respective stations and dispatch centers to handle citywide crises.
Season overview
9-1-1 Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 18 episodes. The season explores the ongoing challenges faced by the emergency response personnel, encompassing a variety of high-stakes situations and crises that test the resilience, teamwork, and personal lives of the characters involved. Throughout the 18 episodes, the team navigates complex professional demands alongside their individual journeys, maintaining their dedication to protecting the community and responding to emergencies whenever they arise.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Panic
Sep 20, 2021
A series of ransomware threats leads to an overabundance of emergencies for the 118, including a medevac helicopter crash at a hospital and an air-traffic control tower system fail
Desperate Times
Sep 27, 2021
The 118 springs into action when a city-wide blackout and a record heatwave causes mayhem in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Chimney confides in Hen about Maddie's condition, and Athena's
Desperate Measures
Oct 4, 2021
As the citywide blackout continues to cause mayhem in Los Angeles, Athena races to save her family from a tragedy. Meanwhile, Eddie must make a difficult choice about his future, a
Home and Away
Oct 11, 2021
The members of the 118 arrive on the scene after a truck crashes into a high school homecoming parade. Meanwhile, Athena and Michael try to help Harry in the aftermath of his kidna
Peer Pressure
Oct 18, 2021
A man over-exerts himself exercising; a groundskeeper is cut by his chainsaw. An explosion occurs at a retirement community. May gets an emergency call from a suicidal teen.
Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1
Nov 1, 2021
Responding to a fire at a prison, Bobby and the 118 find themselves trapped in a deadly riot
Ghost Stories
Nov 8, 2021
The members of the 118 race to rescue a man who claims he was carjacked, shot and buried alive. Then, they arrive at a home where the owner thinks her roommate is a ghost, Hen rece
Defend in Place
Nov 15, 2021
Bobby and the 118 race to save lives after an explosion rocks the hospital where Dr. David Hale is performing surgery. Meanwhile, Michael makes a life changing decision.
Past Is Prologue
Nov 29, 2021
Bobby and the 118 race to the rescue when an abandoned oil well erupts and causes a massive sinkhole in downtown LA. Athena investigates a 30-year-old cold case involving a casino
Wrapped in Red
Dec 6, 2021
The members of the 118 are called to series of emergencies around Christmas Eve. Then, Eddie struggles with an emotional Christopher.
Outside Looking In
Mar 21, 2022
Athena, Bobby and the 118 "speed" to the rescue to save a family whose pick-up truck has been rigged with a pipe bomb which will detonate if the vehicle slows under 55 miles an hou
Boston
Mar 28, 2022
Chimney is determined to find a missing Maddie amongst the chaos of St. Patrick's Day.
Fear-O-Phobia
Apr 11, 2022
Athena investigates a robbery at a gas station that takes an unexpected turn when the would-be victim turns the tables on her assailant. Meanwhile, Bobby and the 126 race to rescue
Dumb Luck
Apr 18, 2022
The members of the 118 race into action when a women falls over her penthouse balcony. Meanwhile, Athena investigates when a bike rider is impaled on a stop sign, Eddie begins his
FOMO
Apr 25, 2022
The members of the 118 race to the rescue of a social media influencer when she has an accident in a sauna, then to an emergency at a reality show wedding, and finally a tragedy wh
May Day
May 2, 2022
The 118 races to the rescue when the 9-1-1 Call Center goes up in flames. Then, Bobby risks his life to save a trapped May, and Claudette, Buck and Eddie work together to help an i
Hero Complex
May 9, 2022
After a mysterious death, Hen and Chimney put their lives in danger when they suspect that someone is playing God to make themselves look like a hero. Meanwhile, Eddie visits Texas
Starting Over
May 16, 2022
Another day in the life of the 118, as its members race to rescue a cliffside wellness retreat guru after his followers turn on him. Then, they respond to an emergency call at an u