Spoiler alert! This story incorporates spoilers for the March 28 episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star, “Sellouts.” Be sure to’re caught up earlier than you proceed studying.
Anyone who’s watched 9-1-1: Lone Star for any period of time is aware of that Owen Strand doesn’t all the time have one of the best of luck with ladies. This season he already misplaced a possible love curiosity, when FBI agent Rose Casey was killed in an explosion, and final season he and bought right into a bunch of hassle with Catherine Harper, when he first {accused} her of getting an AARP fetish earlier than the couple was stalked by a serial killer. With the hearth captain getting concerned with a brand new love curiosity in “Sellouts,” it appears all however assured for issues to fly off the rails, and co-creator Tim Minear confirmed as a lot.
Owen (Rob Lowe) met Kendra Harrington (Michaela McManus) at a most cancers fundraiser, the place he mistook her for a bartender. She was truly a billionaire heiress, however both manner, issues bought flirty they usually rapidly ended up again at his place. Tim Minear spoke to EW about what’s to come back, confirming that there’s “going to be slightly bit extra” to Kendra that we’ll uncover in episodes to come back. He stated:
It is type of a Murdaugh-like household. And Owen goes to enter that world and see that typically there is a seamy underbelly of the glitzy, ritzy exterior of the super-rich.
There’s definitely by no means a boring second on 9-1-1: Lone Star, particularly if it has to do with Owen and his love life. Even earlier than we be taught extra about Kendra and her household’s seedy underbelly — and the captain turns into what Tim Minear referred to as “blue collar arm sweet for this type of socialite” — the connection began off with a basic Strand misunderstanding.
After their steamy hookup, Kendra snuck out early, forsaking a card and a verify for $100,000. His fellow firefighters have been all too amused with the thought of the captain in an American Gigolo state of affairs, however that bought simpler to consider when she despatched him one other $40K after their second date. After all in the long run, she clarified that the cash was a donation to charity. The co-creator stated that they had enjoyable with that story, and it appears like issues are going to get thrilling for Owen as he navigates this new world. Minear continued:
As quickly as I noticed Michaela and Rob collectively…. They’ve such nice chemistry, they give the impression of being nice collectively, and she or he’s humorous. She has a critical presence onscreen, however she’s enjoyable, and so I needed Owen to form of enter right into a world that he wasn’t used to, which is that this world of wealth. And, hilariously, he thinks she is perhaps paying him for intercourse, which simply made us all snigger.
As all the time I can’t wait to see what Owen will get himself into subsequent, and I’m to see if Kendra shall be his date to that Tarlos marriage ceremony that hopefully is simply across the nook! 9-1-1: Lone Star will return at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday, April 4, on Fox. Be sure you try our 2023 TV schedule to see what different premieres are coming quickly.
