9-1-1 ’s Bobby Nash is gone but far from forgotten. The fire captain died in Season 8 as actor Peter Krause left the cast of the Fox show, but his presence will still be felt in Season 9 , according to costar Oliver Stark .

“I think it’s not gonna be a linear path of healing, as I don’t think grief is,” Stark, who plays Evan “Buck” Buckley, explained to Deadline at ABC’s End of Summer Soirée on Friday, September 5. “There are episodes that maybe feel lighter and like we’re moving directly past it and then, as grief does, it sneaks up on you again. So I don’t think it’s an overall down feeling of the show. I think it’s looking to move forward, but in a way that is respectful to the memory of the Bobby Nash character and finding creative ways for him to still haunt the narrativ

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