The Big Chill

"**The Big Chill**" is the first episode of the third season of *9-1-1: Lone Star,* and the twenty-fifth episode overall. It aired on January 3rd, 2022.

## Synopsis

An unexpected arctic cold front brings an ice storm to Austin and a variety of weather-related emergencies.  Meanwhile, Owen deals with the fallout of the 126 closing, as Tommy, T.K. and Gillian settle into new employment and Judd and Grace prepare for the birth of their first baby.

## Cast

* Gina Torres as Tommy Vega
* Ronen Rubinstein as TK Strand
* Sierra McClain as Grace Ryder
* 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)*
* Jack Conley as Captain Jack Tatum
* Eric Pierpoint as Chief Bowman
* Michelle C. Bonilla as Sara Ortiz
* Bo Kane as Captain Andrews
* Cindy Drummond as Carol
* Harry Groener as Joe
* Kyle Davis as Sergeant Vincent Thompson
* Ken Palmer as Major Garrett
* Angel Oquendo as Manuel
* Adam Ray as Jacques
* Carly Dutcher as Lindsey Robertson
* Cooper J. Friedman as Abe
* Billy Burke as Billy Tyson

Co-Starring* Raff Anoushian as Mark
* Skyler Bible as Brodie
* Nina Concepción as Bree
* Lisa Donahey as Kathleen
* LaSaundra Gibson as Cheerful Weather Person
* David Haley as Greg
* Montelle Dwayne Harvey as News Reporter at Gym
* Joel Heyman as Joel
* Albert Kong as Zach
* Frederick Lawrence as Foreman
* Dominique Morton as Devin
* John Posey as Cole
* Mark Anthony Williams as Jailer

## Trivia

* The episode's title was first revealed on Ronen Rubinstein's Twitter on September 7, 2021.
* Owen's full name is Owen Marshall Strand.
* The ambulance that Tommy, Nancy and T.K. work out of at Paragon is the 119.
* Carlos and T.K. broke up between the time jump.
* Grace mentions that the baby is a girl by referring to the baby as 'she' when she finds Judd painting the nursery.
* Carlos' mentions that this isn't the first time he's had to arrest Marjan.
* Marjan had poured sugar in a bulldozer's gas tank and cut the hydraulic lines of a crane.
* Owen mentions that he has been in the hill country for a month and a half, so roughly mid November.
* Grace drinks chamomile tea when she's ill.

### Cultural References

* The cold front in Travis county is a reference to the 2021 Texas power crisis, when three severe winter storms swept across the United States, that caused a massive electricity generation failure in the state of Texas, leading to resource shortages for two weeks.
* Marjan mentions Jamie Lannister, a character from Game of Thrones.
* Judd mentions Elsa's Frozen Place from Frozen (2013).

### Continuity

* 8 months have passed since the events of "Dust to Dust".
* Mateo is seen to have a better respect from his temporary captain and firehouse, presumably due to his heroics in "Dust to Dust".
* Marjan tells Billy she regained 7.1 million followers back on Instagram. She had previously lost a couple thousand due to the incident she was blamed for in "Slow Burn".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.spoilertv.com/2021/10/911-lone-star-episode-301-307-known.html
2. ↑ https://www.foxflash.com/releases/view/week-of-jan-2-9-2022
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/RonenRubinstein/status/1435316992869683203

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