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Thursday’s new hour noticed the 118 and Nash’s spouse, LAPD Sergeant Athena Grant (Angela Bassett), race in opposition to time to discover a remedy for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, after Chimney (Kenneth Choi) was contaminated with the illness. Whereas he was given the antidote, viewers — and Nash’s colleagues — had been shocked to study Bobby had additionally been contaminated through the ordeal, however did not say something to make sure Chimney bought the one dose of the remedy. After saying goodbye to each Buck (Oliver Stark) and his spouse, Athena, he died on display screen, earlier than being pulled away in a physique bag.

A number of followers knew this was coming after set images leaked on-line from Bobby’s funeral procession, although many held out hope it might all be a large fakeout after Stark was caught on social media holding a script suggesting Bobby was trapped in his coffin, alive. That, it appears, could have simply been an April Idiot’s Day prank, in mild of the leaked images.

“Bobby’s useless,” showrunner Tim Minear advised The Hollywood Reporter in an interview posted after the episode aired. “The physique bag did not persuade you?”

When requested immediately by Deadline concerning the script web page, he added, “So far as that web page, I do not know the place that got here from.” Talking with The Wrap, Minear did add, nonetheless, that “Episode 15 shouldn’t be Peter’s final look this season.”

Making Bobby’s precise, closing loss of life all of the extra seemingly is the assertion Krause launched after the episode as nicely.

“I’ve heard that many followers are upset by this loss and so they have a proper to be. It’s a loss,” he wrote. “That mentioned, it was greater than a daring inventive selection on a daring present. Bobby Nash was written in sacrifice and he was constructed for this. First responders danger their lives on the job in order that others can see one other day. His story arc honors them. We at 911 salute all of the unbelievable women and men who do these harmful jobs and attempt to maintain us secure.”

“I’ll miss my beloved and unruly youngsters of the 118,” he continued, earlier than calling out his co-stars. “Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi, Oliver Stark, Ryan Guzman and Anirudh Pisharody: this can be a powerful goodbye. Keep unruly, however be skilled and get the job carried out. Misfit heroes want one another. That’s how we do it at our firehouse. Go it alongside to the following new man.”

Of Bassett, he added, “I’ll miss my companion, Angela Bassett. Her power and her sweetness, and us holding palms. We parted methods too quickly. A lot love.”

Talking with Leisure Weekly, Minear mentioned Krause was “nice” and “understood creatively” why they determined to kill off the character. Bassett, speaking to THR, mentioned she was one of many first to study the information, saying her response was, “‘What?!’ — as a result of it was inconceivable to me that it was Bobby.”

As for why it was time to off a beloved character, Minear defined that in the event that they did not, “In any other case, the following time I flip over a cruise ship, or land a airplane on the freeway, or take a metropolis out with a tsunami, you are simply going to be like, ‘Oh, everybody’s going to be fantastic.’ So it was time for there to be some actual tragic fallout from a narrative.”

Minear additionally mentioned the remainder of the solid was “shocked” by the choice, explaining he allow them to know one after the other after he cleared Bobby’s loss of life with Krause, the community and studio.

“I needed to begin calling the solid one after the other. Every of these calls was somewhat bit completely different, and none of them had been fast as a result of virtually no person believed me,” he added. “All of them thought I used to be punking them. Aisha Hinds — it most likely took me quarter-hour to persuade her that I used to be not joking.”

Plenty of the solid members reacted to the episode airing on social media, with Stark sharing a tribute to Krause studying, “My Pricey Buddy Peter, we miss you at work with us on a regular basis. You had been, and nonetheless shall be, our chief at all times.”

Jennifer Love Hewitt shared a display screen seize of Bobby and Athena’s goodbye to her IG Tales, including, “I’ve no phrases. I could not say goodbye as a result of you’re the greatest. I really like you, Peter. Thanks for at all times being a light-weight and to your hugs that would change a day for the higher anytime.”

In her Instagram Tales, Aisha Hinds merely wrote, “Shattered.”

Kenneth Choi, in the meantime, wrote, “Peter Krause, you’re the classiest man, essentially the most proficient of actors, and the loveliest human being. THANK YOU, PK. Love You Pal. ❤️”

Added Anirudh Pisharody: “The best mentor, and even higher good friend, Peter. Bobby Nash, our Cap. Without end. 💔”

Whereas Tracie Thoms shared, “Cap 💔. We love you, Peter. And we’re nonetheless not okay.”

Viewers, in the meantime, reacted with a mixture of unhappiness, anger and denial — see a few of their responses under!