Spoilers ahead 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 3, Episode 2 “Thin Ice.”
The icestorm continues to slam 9-1-1: Lone Star’s third season and the second episode was an emotional one for multiple reasons. In a storyline that’s been teased as far back as November, T.K. While rescuing a child from a freezing lake, T.K. broke through some ice and became severely hypothermic. He later fell into a deep coma. T.K. T.K.
T.K. fans have been through similar experiences. He has been to the hospital before in times of health crises. Why is it that poor T.K. keeps getting this kind of thing?? Lone Star Tim Minear, the boss, explained it to TV Insider why the firefighter-turned-paramedic is being put through the wringer, even comparing it to T.K.’s 9-1-1 danger magnet counterpart, Buck:
It’s going to affect them a lot. I know that I’ve seen a little bit online — I get this on 9-1-1 too with injuring Buck [Oliver Stark] constantly — and the decision for this to happen with T.K. It was not something I took lightly. It’s not that I wanted to hurt a character just to have some story for an hour or two. I didn’t want to give it any short shrift. It’s funny. It was like Season 1 when T.K. got shot. It was like Season 1, when T.K. was shot. He was admitted to the hospital. The next episode showed that he woke from his sleep and was fine. One thing I’m trying to do this year is to let these stories breathe a little bit and not just rush through them.
T.K. seems just like Buck. is always getting hurt, whether that’d be physically or emotionally. Fans will be in for an exciting ride, even though it appears that there will be more to this hypothermia storyline.
T.K. While T.K. Tim Minear has a preview of the next episode, which will be just as intense and heartbreaking.
So what you’ll find is we’re really spending time on these things that happen. We’re trying not to lose what the ramifications might be when something serious happens. T.K. He’s going to have to experience a lot to survive. We’re gonna sort of go into his head a little bit and he’s gonna learn something about himself and it’s gonna absolutely affect everybody around him. Tommy is his captain. Owen is his father. Carlos is his love. T.K. considers everyone else his family. T.K. So T.K.
It will be interesting watching what happens in each episode. It seems like we’ll be getting a look inside T.K.’s head, while Owen, who has been in the hill country, ex-boyfriend Carlos, and the rest of T.K.’s chosen family will be waiting for any good news. One T.K. (hopefully) gets better, maybe Tim Minear and the writers will give him a break because I don’t think I can stand any more trauma from this show.
The new episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star On Monday, January 24, at 8 p.m. ET on Fox, the program will air! Check out CinemaBlend’s 2022 winter and spring TV schedule to see what else to look forward to.