In the Unlikely Event of an Emergency

"**In the Unlikely Event of an Emergency**" is the eighth episode of the third season of *9-1-1: Lone Star* and the thirty-second episode overall. It aired on February 28, 2022.

## Synopsis

When TK's mother, Gwyn, has an emergency, Owen and TK travel to New York. But the flight is anything but smooth when the plane experiences a mechanical failure. Meanwhile, TK reflects back on when Gwyn helped get him into rehab years ago.

## Cast

* Gina Torres as Tommy Vega
* Ronen Rubinstein as TK Strand
* Sierra McClain as Grace Ryder *(credit only)*
* Jim Parrack as Judd Ryder
* Natacha Karam as Marjan Marwani
* Brian Michael Smith as Paul Strickland
* Rafael Silva as Carlos Reyes
* Julian Works as Mateo Chavez
* Brianna Baker as Nancy Gillian
* Kelsey Yates as Isabella Vega *(credit only)*
* Skyler Yates as Evie Vega *(credit only)*

Guest Starring* Juliette Jeffers as Genevieve
* Kelly Schumann as Passenger 1
* Laura Niemi as Mary-Lynne
* Quinn Coughlin as Passenger 2

Co-starring* Rich Grosso as Cabbie
* James T. Lawson II as Ronnie
* Dan Sachoff as News Anchor
* Michael Sasaki as Steve
* Katherine Tokarz as Lucy

## Trivia

* This episode marks the final appearance of Lisa Edelstein as Gwyneth Morgan, although she did appear in a hallucination in "A Bright and Cloudless Morning".
* The episode opens with the 911 call from the bicycle rider who rode into Gwyn and it is shown as blue soundwaves instead of orange to represent a new city.
* Gwyn died on Broadway South 114th Street.
* At the end of the 911 call, we hear a baby cry which would have been Jonah.
* The flashbacks to Gwyn and T.K. in New York are set in 2017, which is 3 years prior to the first season of the show.
* This is the first time we hear Carlos say 'I love you' to T.K.
* T.K. had elephants on a mobile above his crib, when he was a baby living in an apartment on 86th Street.
* T.K. was working at the 252 during the time of the 2017 flashbacks and would be approximately 22/23.
* Aero Blue Flight 391, was Owen and T.K's flight.
* T.K. and Gwyn flew with Wayfare Airlines.
* The flashback at the end of the episode is set at the beginning of season two, when Gwyn first came to Texas.

### Cultural References

* During the flashback in the plane, Gwyn sings the neshama, a prayer to the soul to TK which is something she used to do when he was a baby.

### Continuity

* This episode takes place the day after "Red vs. Blue".
* Nancy mentions how her and Tommy were at TK's first year anniversary of sobriety where he got his chip, which happened in "Bad Call".
* Mateo has cuts and bruising around his lip from the fight in "Red vs. Blue".

## References

 **Season 6** | "Let the Games Begin" • "Crash & Learn" • "The Devil You Know" • "Animal Instincts" • "Home Invasion" • "Tomorrow" • "Cursed" • "What's Your Fantasy?" • "Red Flag" • "In a Flash" • "In Another Life" • "Recovery" • "Mixed Feelings" • "Performance Anxiety" • "Death and Taxes" • "Lost & Found" • "Love Is in the Air" • "Pay It Forward"

 **Season 4** | "The New Hotness" • "The New Hot Mess" • "Cry Wolf" • "Abandoned" • "Human Resources" • "This Is Not A Drill" • "Tommy Dearest" • "Control Freaks" • "Road Kill" • "Sellouts" • "Double Trouble" • "Swipe Left" • "Open" • "Tongues Out" • "Donors" • "A House Divided" • "Best Of Men" • "In Sickness and In Health"