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9-1-1 Season 10 Opens With a Sinkhole That Reveals a Volcano
9-1-1 begins its tenth season with a sinkhole emergency involving people on the road and the Los Angeles fire crew known as the 118.
Athena, May and Maddie have taken on new jobs, bringing the hospital, detective work and emergency management further into the story.
The episode first shows the 118 rescuing everyone affected by the collapse.
At a review meeting, Maddie spots a 20% rise in calls near the sinkhole in the two days before it appeared, but an emergency manager dismisses her concern.
A worker is later burned by unusually acidic water at an aquarium, and Maddie and Chimney connect the incident to the sinkhole.
The strange events build to a volcano erupting from the sinkhole, after the 118 rescues people nearby.
The premiere sets up a new season focused on connected disasters and the personal and work conflicts facing the first responders.
9-1-1’s Season 10 premiere, “That Sinking Feeling,” begins with a sinkhole that later erupts with lava and is revealed to be a volcano.
The 118 responds to the initial collapse and saves everyone affected.
Maddie finds that emergency calls in the surrounding area had risen by 20% in the two days before the sinkhole appeared.
She later connects the sinkhole to other unusual incidents, including unusually acidic water at an aquarium.
The premiere also introduces new jobs for Athena, May and Maddie.
- Who
- The 118, including Athena, May, Maddie and Chimney, respond to the emergencies.
- What
- A sinkhole grows and erupts with lava, revealing itself as a volcano.
- When
- In the Season 10 premiere, three months after the events of the previous season.
- Where
- The sinkhole’s location is not stated. Another emergency takes place at an aquarium.
- Why
- The cause of the sinkhole and volcanic activity is not stated.
Maddie
Ty Worrell
Warning signs
Maddie
Maddie identifies a 20% rise in calls in the surrounding area in the two days before the sinkhole and later connects other incidents to it.
Ty Worrell
Worrell focuses on the sinkhole’s damage to the city and dismisses Maddie’s concerns about a pattern of unusual incidents.
Athena, May and Maddie have started new jobs.
Calls in the surrounding area rise by 20%.
Maddie attends a post-mortem review led by Ty Worrell.
The 118 responds to an aquarium employee burned by unusually acidic water.
The 118 investigates a noise from the growing sinkhole, which erupts with lava and is revealed as a volcano.
- Season
- 10
- Premiere episode
- That Sinking Feeling
- Emergency responders
- The 118
- Call increase
- 20% in the surrounding area in the two days before the sinkhole
- Office of Emergency Management representative
- Ty Worrell, played by Rob Huebel