Holy Mother of God

Aisha, the TALENT AND CREATIVITY YOU HAVE! I already knew how brilliant you are as an actress, but you knocked out out the park! This season has been been a RIDE and gotten off the tracks I feel like, but MA'AM, YOU PUT IT BACK ON TRACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!

From Bobby and his mom and brother, to Athena and conquering that cruise, to Ravi the snarky Prince that he is, and then Buck and Tommy!! Two lonely and yearning for each other ships, passing in the night!

Now I kinda want to see what the other cast members would be in the directors chair!! I will personally dust off the directors chair for you Queen Aisha!

Aisha Hinds absolutely smashed it! Honestly, this was one of the best episodes of the show for me. Aisha did such an amazing job at directing, at no point did my eyes leave the screen. I would love love love for her to direct another episode because this was just amazing.

Having Anirudh and Lou back on my screen in the same episode was honestly such a gift. Ravi was so funny and I adore him and Tommy absolutely broke my heart. He's so sad but I love it and I really hope we get a proper exploration of his backstory. Lou and Oliver have such amazing chemistry and they both did so well. I loved the angst and the fluff and the drama and I cannot wait to see how their story continues!

Bobby and his lore is so funny to me. The casting of Charlie as his brother was perfect and I actually really enjoyed the storyline. Maddie did feel out of character to me, again, but she has done in almost all of her scenes with Buck lately. Not sure what's going on there but I'm not a fan of it.

Overall this episode was funny, angsty and really reignited my love for the show. I really hope it continues and I hope to see Aisha in the directors chair again!

Aisha Hinds delivered this episode. Was she one of the lucky ones that got their debut to be with people they've worked with for years and consider friends/family? Yes. But that's not the reason this shined.

There was not a static moment in the entire 42 minutes of the episode. There were no extras awkwardly existing in the background. Every scene felt not as if you were just looking at a slice of life, but rather that you were *in* it. The church scene (not a spoiler, this was in the preview) felt like you were in the pews with the parishioners.

The cinematography was top notch.

The writing had laugh out loud moments. The conversations between certain characters act as a voice of communication directly to the audience.

The acting in this episode was amazing. Oliver Stark and Lou Ferrigno, Jr. Shine from their microexpressions to their body movements. We've seen Stark grown over the past eight seasons and he still ceases to amaze me.

I can't wait to see what else Aisha brings to the table in her future. I will definitely tune into her directorial journey.

This is one of the best episodes of 9-1-1 in a long time. Aisha Hinds KILLED it in her role as director. I would love to see her do this more often!

The story in this episode was cohesive. I liked the parallels between Bobby's parents & his relationship with them to the couple on the call. I like seeing the team work together on the calls and I hope we can see more of that in future episodes.

I'm also excited to see where Buck's love life goes from here. The episode left it open-ended and wanting more! I hope to see Buck talk on the phone with Tommy, or maybe in person! No matter where their relationship goes from here, they still have some unresolved conflict to talk out.

This was so far the best episode of the season! The story was well paced and narratively satisfying. Can't wait to see what happens next for Buck and Tommy and to finally see Bobby and Athena's house when it is finished. I always love getting to see the Buckley siblings together.

I hope Aisha is able to direct more episodes in the future. It is clear that she has a clear vision and how to execute it.

My only gripe is that the found family vibes of the early season of the show has been lost. It would be great to actually see the team all together hanging out again and maybe switch up scene partners occasionally.