Basically,there’s no excuse for the show’s last season being such a disappointment.

This means thata lot of the letdowns related to the storytelling have to do with rushed plot points.

While some storylines have felt brushed aside, other plots have received a lot of airtime unnecessarily.

Rob Lowe sitting at a desk in 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 5 Episode 11

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Several episodes have explored their decision to adopt him and then to go through the adoption process itself.

That brings us to Tommy (Gina Torres).Tommy is diagnosed with breast cancerearlier in Season 5.

So far, we don’t even have confirmation that she’s actually passed away.

Sierra McClain and Jim Parrack in the 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 4 finale

A spin-off series of 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Lone Star is an action-drama series created for Fox. The series follows Rob Lowe as Owen Strand, a firefighter from New York City who, after having rebuilt a team in the aftermath of September 11th’s attacks, is brought in to form a new one in Austin, Texas.

However,this was also handled pretty poorly.

Grace leaves to go on a mission (inexplicably leaving her young daughter and husband behind).

In this week’s penultimate episode, the 126 Firehouse learns thatan asteroid is heading for Austin.

9-1-1 Lone Star TV Series poster

A spin-off series of 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Lone Star is an action-drama series created for Fox. The series follows Rob Lowe as Owen Strand, a firefighter from New York City who, after having rebuilt a team in the aftermath of September 11th’s attacks, is brought in to form a new one in Austin, Texas.

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9-1-1: Lone Star