Spoilers ahead for Episode 2 of 9-1-1 Season 8, called "When the Boeing Gets Tough...
" 9-1-1 always starts a new season with a particularly epic emergency, and the eighth has been no exception in the fall 2024 TV schedule . In fact, there was a bit of a bait-and-switch, as ABC went all-out in hyping a bee-nado as the big threat of early Season 8, only to deliver a twist when a small plane collided with a passenger plane in a bee-induced loss of control. (You can rewatch the premiere streaming with a Hulu subscription .
) The real crisis of Episode 2 and beyond is a mid-air plane crash, with Athena on board and rolling with punch after punch in the air. Just when it seemed that the crisis was averted, a twist made everything even worse. While there's nothing funny about what she's going through, I got enough of a chuckle out of Bobby 's reaction that I've already rewound and rewatched it a few times.
What Happened To Athena The passengers survived the initial collision, although with a considerable number of issues. The pilots weren't so lucky, with one immediately being sucked out of the cockpit and the other so worse for the wear that the task of flying the plane fell to Athena and a young boy. As fans undoubtedly expect after seven full seasons and that cruise ship crisis , Athena rose to the occasion and was doing pretty well, all things considered, with keeping the plane in the air with the help of experts over the phone.
But she – and everybody else – was relieved whe.