May Day

**May Day** is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of *9-1-1*, and the seventy-sixth episode overall. It aired on May 2, 2022.

## Synopsis

The 118 races to the rescue when the 9-1-1 Call Center goes up in flames. Then, Bobby risks his life to save a trapped May and Claudette, Buck and Eddie work together to help an injured electrician and Chimney and his brother team up as firefighters for the first time.

## Cast

* Peter Krause as Bobby Nash
* Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Buckley *(credit only)*
* Oliver Stark as Evan Buckley
* Aisha Hinds as Henrietta Wilson
* Kenneth Choi as Howard Han
* Ryan Guzman as Edmundo Diaz
* Corinne Massiah as May Grant
* Marcanthonee Jon Reis as Harry Grant *(credit only)*
* Gavin McHugh as Christopher Diaz *(credit only)*
* Tracie Thoms as Karen Wilson
* Vanessa Estelle Williams as Claudette Collins
* Debra Christofferson as Sue Blevins
* Bryan Safi as Josh Russo
* Megan West as Taylor Kelly
* Arielle Kebbel as Lucy Donato
* Bryce Durfee as Jonah Greenway
* Alex Loynaz as Terry Flores
* Samantha Smith as Captain Pamela Shore
* Nick Cafero as Carson Hayes

Co-Starring* Chiquita Fuller as Linda Bates
* Donny Carrington as Antoine Banks

## Trivia

* Claudette dies on the way to the hospital after being left in the quiet room with May Grant during the call center fire. May is able to get Claudette out of the building, and at triage, Hen treats her for smoke inhalation. Hen is shocked later when Claudette is pronounced dead, because she was fine when she left triage. Jonah claims that Claudette's "pressure bottomed out" on the way to the hospital and went into cardiac arrest while in the ambulance, although Hen would later discover the death as an act of Jonahs sabotage. This is the last appearance of Vanessa Estelle Williams as Claudette Collins.
* This episode features multiple resonances and callbacks to previous episodes and prior incidents in characters' lives: Howard Han has a scare with Albert Han while venting the roof that mirrors the death of Kevin Lee; Robert Nash is terrified to discover that his step-daughter May Grant is in danger during the call center fire in an incident that mirrors the deaths of his family; and Claudette Collins confronts her biggest fear, dying in a fire, which apparently had happened to her before.
* In addition, Josh Russo asks Sue Blevins if his new love interest, Carson, has been through a background check before pursuing him, referencing the events of Fools.
* The dispatch center that had been used since Season 2 was completely destroyed by a fire, and it had to be relocated temporarily for the rest of Season 5 until repairs were made. The renovated dispatch center is seen for the first time in the Season 6 premiere "Let the Games Begin".

## 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"