The New Abnormal

**The New Abnormal** is the first episode of the fourth season of *9-1-1,* and the forty-seventh episode overall. It aired on January 18, 2021.

## Synopsis

When the Hollywood Reservoir dam breaks, Bobby and the 118 race into action to save passengers on a city bus that has crashed into a building several stories in the air. Maddie must first locate, and then rescue, a trapped cyclist, and Athena helps an agoraphobic woman evacuate her home.

## Cast

* Peter Krause as Robert Nash
* Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Buckley
* Oliver Stark as Evan Buckley
* Aisha Hinds as Henrietta Wilson
* Kenneth Choi as Howard Han
* Ryan Guzman as Edmundo Diaz
* Rockmond Dunbar as Michael Grant
* Corinne Massiah as May Grant
* Marcanthonee Jon Reis as Harry Grant
* Gavin McHugh as Christopher Diaz *(credit only)*
* John Harlan Kim as Albert Han
* La Monde Byrd as Dr. David Hale
* Claudia Christian as Captain Elaine Maynard
* Lilli Birdsell as Sylvia Mays
* Nikki DeLoach as Janell Hansen
* Annie Chang as Ashley Ryerson
* Charlie Bodin as Kurt Willits
* Oliver Vaquer as Steve Hansen
* Ty Parker as C.J.

Co-Starring* Chiquita Fuller as Linda Bates
* Chris Wu as Officer Williams
* Ross Gallo as Officer Vargas
* Charles Emmett as Hector Silva
* Marcus Ashley as Zeke Millstein
* Corey Clifford as Tracy Dawson
* Thea Camara as Vanessa Hubbard

## Trivia

* This episode takes place during the month of September 2020.
* Maddie is now 5 months pregnant, indicating 5 months have passed since the events of "What's Next?".
* This episode aired on January 18, which can be written as 1/18. This is probably a pun off of 118, their station number.

### Continuity

* May is taking a gap year from college and is now temporarily working at the call center, revealing what she had discussed with Maddie about in "What's Next?".
* Eddie mentions that the bus disaster was at least "not a tsunami", referencing the events of "Sink or Swim".

### Cultural References

* Hen mentions her mother surviving the Baldwin Hills Dam disaster in 1963, when the dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir in Los Angeles suffered a catastrophic failure and flooded the residential neighborhoods surrounding it.

## Multimedia

### Videos

First Look- The Team Is Back - Season 4 - 9-1-1The Hollywood Dam Breaks - Season 4 Ep. 1 - 9-1-1The Team Rescues People From The Bus - Season 4 Ep. 1 - 9-1-1The Team Arrives To A Crashed Bus - Season 4 Ep. 1 - 9-1-1Bobby Talks To CJ - Season 4 Ep. 1 - 9-1-1Athena Returns To Work - Season 4 Ep. 1 - 9-1-1Athena Gets Pulled To The Front Line - Season 4 Ep. 1 - 9-1-1Maddie Trains May - Season 4 Ep. 1 - 9-1-1
## References

1. ↑ http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-monday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-18-2021.html
2. ↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20210104fox02/
3. ↑ https://tvline.com/2020/12/01/9-1-1-season-4-spoilers-buck-childhood-secret/

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