Spoiler alert! This story comprises huge spoilers for the April 4 episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star’s Season 4 episode “Double Bother.” Think about your self warned!
Early in Season 4 of 9-1-1: Lone Star, creator Tim Minear promised some “cross-pollination” between the Austin, Texas, sequence and its West Coast flagship, if not a large crossover. Followers obtained that in “Double Bother,” as Julian Works pulled double obligation as each Mateo and his “twin cousin” Marvin. The episode resulted in tragedy, although, with Marvin shedding his life in a wreck after stealing one other automobile, and an enormous secret about Mateo’s previous was delivered to gentle. The trauma isn’t over but, both, as Works teased extra tough occasions to come back within the 126 firehouse.
“Double Bother” kicked off with Mateo getting a FaceTime name from his cousin Marvin, who was asking for bail cash after being arrested once more for grand theft auto. Whereas Owen (Rob Lowe) cautioned Mateo towards enabling his cousin’s lifetime of crime, Nancy (Brianna Baker) was fast to Venmo her boyfriend upwards of $24K (as a result of, positive, we’ve all obtained that money mendacity round). Nevertheless, solely hours after Mateo despatched the cash, he obtained a name informing him that Marvin had been killed in a wreck.
It was a tragic approach for 9-1-1: Lone Star to tie up that free finish. Julian Works had portrayed Marvin on 9-1-1 in a Season 2 episode earlier than being forged as Mateo within the spinoff. Whereas followers had hoped to see the 2 worlds collide once more — after the 118 helped their Texas counterparts with a raging wildfire in Season 2, and 9-1-1’s Athena (Angela Bassett) was concerned in a mini-crossover final season — this was probably not the crossover they had been hoping for.
Solely after Marvin’s demise did we study precisely why Mateo felt so indebted to his cousin, because the present used a Patty Duke-esque sitcom format to relay the transformative occasion that had formed each cousins’ lives once they had been 13. It seems Mateo had snuck out one night time and burned down his center faculty. To maintain Mateo from getting deported, his similar cousin Marvin took the autumn and was despatched to juvenile detention. That led to a lifetime of crime that finally resulted in his early demise.
Owen helped Mateo see that his actions as a firefighter proved Marvin’s sacrifice wasn’t in useless, and from what Julian Works informed TV Insider, his character shouldn’t be going to have the ability to dwell on the previous for too lengthy. Chatting with what’s nonetheless to come back for the 126, the actor revealed:
As a household, as a unit, we transfer ahead in coping with what’s to come back for another person. There’s going to be a traumatic expertise for another person. And I feel at this level, Mateo’s simply obtained to be there and be sturdy for his household.
The crew has already been via a lot this season, with Carlos (Rafael Silva) being held hostage by a serial killer, Owen getting concerned with a home terrorism case and Marjan (Natacha Karam) being saved from a assassin by a hallucination of her youthful self. One can solely think about what traumatic occasions are but to come back for the Austin first responders. And God assist them in the event that they mess with that Tarlos marriage ceremony we’re all ready for!
9-1-1: Lone Star will return at 8 p.m. ET subsequent Tuesday, April 11, on Fox, and within the meantime, try what different exhibits are premiering with our 2023 TV schedule.
