Note: This story contains spoilers from the “9-1-1” season 6 finale.
Filming the season 6 finale of “9-1-1” pushed Oliver Stark to the limit, and he likes it.
The first responder drama took a massive swing at Fox with its final episode, which involved a massive overpass collapse that endangered the lives of Station 118’s entire crew. A minorly injured Buck (Stark) – who earlier this season found his life hanging in the balance after being struck by lightning – had to help save his teammates, which included performing an elaborate stunt where he One went back and forth to rescue those trapped. An ambulance hanging from a broken piece of highway.
“That was a long time!” Stark shared with TheWrap. “I was so bruised and battered and tired by the end of the day, but also felt so accomplished and it was so much fun [to shoot],
“Physical set pieces like this are the things where I feel really accomplished and excited.”
Stark shared that he did most of the episode’s elaborate stunts himself during filming, but praised the drama series’ stunt coordinators for keeping them safe and stepping in a few scenes – including the sequence where Buck rescues Chimney (Kenneth Choi). was done by the stunt artist. Mike Ferragamo.
Despite this traumatic event, all members of 118 survived the incident. But the action only started from there, as Buck also fathered his friends’ baby—whom he helped father by donating his sperm—on his living room couch. His new love interest Natalia (Annales Ceparo) showed up just in time to help him with the delivery, and the pair decided to kickstart a new romantic relationship by the end of the eventful hour.
The hour also ended when Hen (Aisha Hinds) decided to adopt another child with his wife (played by Tracy Thomas), Eddie (Ryan Guzman) began a new relationship, Chimney and Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) ) begin planning their upcoming wedding, and Bobby (Peter Krause) and Athena (Angela Bassett) are leaving on an impromptu cruise honeymoon.
The Season 6 finale marks the end of an era for “9-1-1”. The show is set to move to ABC for its seventh season, which will see the series reach 100 episodes.
Stark said that moving to ABC would not make much difference to the way the show is produced or appears on screen. But he sees the potential for the show to garner large numbers of viewers, and said he’s ready for whatever obstacles Buck will have to face in the coming episodes.
“I want to see Buck in pain. I want to see more trauma. I want to see him put through this. I want to see him circling the sewers of death again,” Stark said. stuff.”
All episodes of “9-1-1” are available to stream on Hulu.
