Plot Summary
A high-intensity procedural drama that follows the personal and professional lives of first responders in Los Angeles, including police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency dispatchers. The series explores the unpredictable and often dangerous situations these individuals face daily, while also delving into the emotional toll of their work and the complexities of their personal lives. At the heart of the story is a team of firefighters and paramedics stationed at a busy firehouse, who respond to a wide range of emergencies, from natural disasters and large-scale accidents to deeply personal crises. Each call presents unique challenges, often requiring quick thinking, teamwork, and bravery under pressure.
Alongside them are police officers who handle law enforcement situations and 911 dispatchers who serve as the critical first point of contact, guiding callers through life-threatening scenarios while coordinating emergency responses. The series balances action-driven rescues with ongoing character development. The first responders are portrayed as skilled professionals, but also as individuals dealing with personal struggles, relationships, and past traumas. Their experiences on the job frequently intersect with their personal lives, blurring the line between duty and emotional vulnerability. Friendships within the team become a crucial support system, helping them cope with the intensity of their work. As the narrative progresses, the series introduces large-scale emergencies that test the limits of the entire system, including earthquakes, fires, and other catastrophic events that threaten the city.
These moments highlight not only the physical dangers of the job but also the coordination required between different emergency services. The show also places strong emphasis on the human stories behind each emergency call. Victims are not just background figures; their experiences often reflect broader themes such as fear, love, loss, and survival. Through these encounters, the first responders are constantly reminded of the impact of their actions, reinforcing both the rewards and the emotional weight of their responsibilities.
Meet the Cast
Info & Stats
Creators: Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy
Categories: Drama, Crime, Action, Adventure
Stars:
Angela Bassett, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds
Age: PG14
Episode Duration: 43m
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Season 1
Episode List

Emergency response providers put their lives at risk to save others.

A night at an amusement park takes a deadly turn when a roller coaster malfunction leaves lives hanging in the balance; Abby reaches out to Buck; Athena and Hen respond to an unusual home invasion.

Bobby and his team respond to an emergency at a children's birthday party; the crew jumps into action after one of their own is involved in a devastating accident.

Bobby and the team race to help the survivors of a deadly plane crash; Athena deals with chaos at the airport; Bobby confronts his past demons; Athena is out for revenge against teen bullies.

The crew races to an emergency at an Indian wedding; Abby enlists Buck to help her find her mother; Abby meets Athena for the first time; Bobby confronts his past.

On Valentine's Day, a surprise marriage proposal goes awry with dangerous consequences; Athena attempts to help a desperate woman; Bobby and Chimney pull holiday duty.

A full moon keeps the crew busy with crazy calls; Athena investigates a potential home invasion; Abby helps investigate a caller's murder.

Bobby gets a surprising phone call from his doctor after donating at Chimney's blood drive; Athena confronts Michael after having a heart-to-heart with their kids.

The first responders race to help a homeless man crushed in a garbage truck, a mother and son in a crashed elevator, and extreme hoarders trapped in their house.

The first responders take calls involving an unusual domestic disturbance, a "death" at a psychic's place, and a motorcycle crash; Bobby dips his toes into the dating pool.
Season 2
Episode List

On one of the hottest days of the year, the first responders must deal with harrowing incidents all around the city; Buck gets a surprise visit from his sister.

A massive earthquake rocks Los Angeles; the first responders rush to rescue victims from a crumbling high-rise hotel; Athena must deal with wreckage from a collapsed freeway overpass.

The first responders continue to deal with the fallout of a massive earthquake; Athena tries to keep the peace as Bobby and team continue to rescue victims from a collapsing high-rise hotel.

The first responders race to rescue victims trapped in various tight spots; Athena contemplates accepting a promotion that will take her out of the field.

Maddie goes on a ride-along with Athena; Hen must figure out how to save her family from permanently falling apart.

The first responders unwittingly become the subject of an eager reporter's first on-air assignment; Athena prepares for May's homecoming dance.

Halloween finds the first responders racing to the rescue at a cemetery, a haunted hayride and a spooky parade; Maddie thinks she has received a "ghost" call from a missing hiker.

Buck jumps back into the dating scene but fears he will return to his old ways; a woman goes to great extremes on a freeway overpass to get the attention of her husband.

Hen relives her evolution into the firefighter she is today as she recalls the first times she met Chimney and Athena.

During the holidays, the first responders must deal with a stampede at a toy store, a mistletoe stunt gone awry and neighbors competing in a Christmas light showdown.

Bobby meets Athena's parents for the first time; Maddie attempts to end her marriage for good, causing Doug to insinuate himself even deeper into Chimney's life.

Chimney's history at Station 118 is explored as he works hard to become the paramedic and firefighter he is known to be.

The first responders rally together to search for a missing Maddie.

The call center is hit with a system-wide power outage and must go old school to respond to emergencies.

When a going-away party for a bank manager turns into an emergency, the first responders are accused of pulling off a daring heist.

After his devastating family tragedy in Minnesota, Bobby Nash moves to Los Angeles to start over, where he becomes captain of the 118 and meets Athena Grant for the first time.

The first responders deal with a calamity at a chocolate factory; a mail bomb explosion; Eddie receives some surprising news from Shannon; Maddie contemplates her future in the call center.

A stunt driver is caught in a hairy situation; a teenage social influencer is bugging out; the city is on high alert after two mail bombs go off; Eddie's family comes to town.
Season 3
Episode List

A teenager speeds out of control on the freeway; a routine traffic stop uncovers a shocking kidnapping; Buck struggles with his recovery.

A massive tsunami hits the Santa Monica Pier, jeopardizing the lives of both Buck and Christopher.

A massive tsunami hits the Santa Monica Pier; Buck fears the worst when Christopher goes missing.

The team races to save workers in a high-rise during a fire drill, car accident victims, and siblings fighting over a family heirloom; Buck gives Bobby surprising news.

The 118 races to help protesters at a slaughter house and a wife who finds herself trapped in a "rage room" with her husband's mistress; Athena takes action after Michael.

Athena and the 118 respond to bizarre emergency calls on Halloween, including a flock of crows terrorizing a field trip.

When a murder weapon from a case close to Athena in the early '90s resurfaces, flashbacks to 1989 show how Athena joined the LAPD and became the police officer she is today.

A skating mishap at an ice show; an accident involving a self-driving car; a fulfillment warehouse robot goes rogue; Eddie's after-hours fight club gets out of control.

The 118 responds to debris from a meteor shower crashing into an apartment building and a deadly fire caused by a hazardous waste truck crash.

Holiday-themed incidents include a shopper pushed over the edge, a woman who is literally having a "Blue Christmas" and a luggage handler accident on a tarmac.

The 118 responds to a skydiving trip gone wrong; a bank rep is injured in a home repossession; a lovestruck assistant's lunch run ends in disaster.

The 118 responds to a viral stunt gone haywire, a disaster at a couple's fishing trip and an epic first date fail; Athena investigates a woman who doesn't remember being shot in the head.

Accidents happen at a bowling alley and a home renovation; Athena pursues a car thief; Bobby and Michael take Harry camping.

Maddie fears for herself and her co-workers when the call center is taken hostage.

Eddie's journey to rescue a boy from a well turns into a mission to save himself from his past.

The 118 fights an apartment building blaze and attempts a daring rescue of a blind woman trapped inside; Athena discovers a potentially sinister crime.

The 118 races to rescue a little girl in a runaway hot air balloon and help with a city power outage caused by a hijacked tree-trimmer truck.

The 118 rush to save lives in the aftermath of a massive train derailment.
Season 4
Episode List

When the Hollywood Reservoir dam breaks, Bobby and the 118 race into action to save passengers on a city bus that has crashed into a building several stories in the air.

In the aftermath of the dam break, massive mudslides wreak havoc throughout Los Angeles; Athena fights to save herself and an agoraphobic woman after her house collapses.

The team races to save a man under siege by his high-tech smart home; a yoga teacher loses her vision; Athena hunts down a bank robber disguised by COVID-19 protocols.

Athena investigates a mysterious murder during a neighborhood block party; the 118 rush to save lives endangered by a bomb threat.

The 118 races to save the lives of workers trapped in a factory fire; Maddie reveals a painful family secret that causes Buck to confront his childhood and answer why he is the daredevil he is today.

The 118 has a day from hell with a never-ending series of bizarre emergency calls; a man tapes himself to a freeway billboard; a restaurant manager destroys his own business.

A man gets pinned under a Humvee; a garage band rocks out too hard; Michael notices strange behavior at a nearby apartment.

The 118 are called to the tarmac when a flight attendant reaches her limit with her flight's passengers; Eddie worries Christopher will not accept him dating.

Athena and the 118 race to save lives after a drunken driver causes a deadly pileup on the freeway; Maddie goes into labor.

The 118 responds to calls dealing with parents and their children, including a disastrous birthday party thrown by a mommy blogger.

The members of the 118 rush to the site of a hit-and-run that leaves a familiar face in critical condition; with Buck's help, Athena investigates the case of a missing woman.

When a famous mystery writer dies, Athena, Bobby and the 118 respond to the chaos caused by a citywide manhunt for buried treasure the author left behind.

The members of the 118 make calls to save a bridezilla at a disastrous wedding; Hen plays medical detective when her mother falls ill.

Athena and the 118 are on high alert when a sniper is targeting members of the LAFD; Maddie makes a life decision.
Season 5
Episode List

A series of ransomware threats leads to emergencies for the 118, including a helicopter crash at a hospital and an air traffic control tower system failure.

The 118 springs into action when a citywide blackout and a record heat wave causes mayhem in Los Angeles; Chimney confides in Hen about Maddie's condition.

As the citywide blackout continues to cause mayhem in Los Angeles, Athena races to save her family from a tragedy; Eddie must make a difficult choice about his future.

A truck crashes into a high school homecoming parade; Athena and Michael try to help Harry in the aftermath of his kidnapping.

A man over-exerts himself exercising; a groundskeeper is cut by his chainsaw; an explosion occurs at a retirement community; May gets an emergency call from a suicidal teen.

Responding to a fire at a prison, Bobby and the 118 find themselves trapped in a deadly riot.

A man claims he was carjacked, shot and buried alive; a homeowner thinks her roommate is a ghost; Hen receives a visit from the past.

Bobby and the 118 race to save lives after an explosion rocks the hospital where Dr. David Hale is performing surgery; Michael makes a life-changing decision.

An abandoned oil well erupts and causes a massive sinkhole in downtown LA; Athena investigates a 30-year-old cold case involving a casino robbery.

The members of the 118 are called to a series of emergencies around Christmas Eve; Eddie struggles with an emotional Christopher.

Athena, Bobby and the 118 must rescue a family whose pick-up truck has been rigged with a pipe bomb that will detonate if the vehicle slows down and goes under 55 mph.

Chimney is determined to find a missing Maddie amongst the chaos of St. Patrick's Day.

Athena investigates a robbery at a gas station; Bobby and the 126 race to rescue a novice diver who panics while in a shark cage; Eddie reaches his breaking point.

The members of the 118 race into action when a woman falls over her balcony; Athena investigates when a bike rider is impaled on a stop sign.

A social media influencer has an accident in a sauna; an emergency at a reality show wedding; a tragedy when a mother and her daughter go hiking.

The 118 races to the rescue when the call center goes up in flames; Bobby risks his life to save a trapped May and Claudette; Buck and Eddie must help an injured electrician.

After a mysterious death, Hen and Chimney put their lives in danger when they suspect that someone is playing God to make themselves look like a hero.

Members of the 118 attempt to rescue a wellness retreat guru after his followers turn on him; an emergency call at an upscale hair salon; Maddie contemplates returning to work.
Season 6
Episode List

When a blimp suffers mechanical failure and its engine catches fire, Athena and the 118 must rescue victims both inside and outside a packed sports stadium.

The 118 race to the rescue when a structure collapses at a convention; Athena's father suffers a stroke; Hen stretches herself too thin with test prep and her new responsibilities at the 118.

While in Florida caring for her ailing father, Athena and Bobby investigate the disappearance of her childhood friend from 45 years ago.

The 118 races to the rescue when a birdwatcher is trapped under a tree; Chimney is in for a wild ride when he tends to a drunken driver.

Athena investigates when the same house is hit with two home invasion 911 calls within hours of each other; the 118 race to the rescue when a man is trapped in an attic.

Hen fears for Karen's life when an explosion rocks her science lab on the day she brings Denny to work with her.

Athena and the 118 race to the rescue when a fading movie star is plagued by a series of near-death experiences.

The 118 race to the rescue to a renaissance faire; an overbearing boss is poisoned; Athena fears for May's life when she encounters a disturbed young man.

The Santa Ana winds bring in a variety of weirder-than-usual emergencies; a family dog retrieves a severed hand; a young woman sleep-drives into the station.

A dry thunderstorm rolls over Los Angeles, bringing in a series of lightning strike emergencies for the 118 and leaves a first responder's life hanging in the balance.

As Buck's life hangs in the balance, he dreams of a world where he never became a firefighter, for better and worse.

Despite the case being closed, Bobby is determined to prove his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor was murdered and bring his killer to justice; Buck struggles with his post-traumatic stress.

The 118 faces emergencies at a spin class and a hair salon; a husband and wife find themselves in a compromising position; Buck discovers new cognitive abilities.

The 118 race to emergencies at a commercial bakery and a bodybuilding competition; Bobby's annual performance reviews send Chimney to the firefighter academy.

A fire breaks out in an accountant's office and a car crashes into a "living funeral"; Athena is shocked when a suspect dies in her custody minutes after she arrests him.

The 118 race to rescue two roommates desperately trying to find a needle in a haystack at a landfill, and help a woman whose nightmare dream suddenly becomes a painful reality.

A wedding proposal tragically intersects with a bank robbery; a bride is literally stuck on her way to the altar; Athena talks a victim through her grief.

A series of freeway car accidents leads to a catastrophic overpass collapse that endangers the lives of civilians and members of the 118.
Season 7
Episode List

Athena and Bobby set off on their honeymoon cruise, but when duty calls, their vacation is put on hold; a fighter jet traps a civilian; an unusual incident leaves a couple stuck together.

The disastrous cruise continues when Bobby and Athena respond to the ship's explosion, racing to aid injured passengers.

With each moment becoming critical as the ship flips upside down, Athena and Bobby take charge, seeking methods for rescue while navigating efforts to guide survivors to safety.

Upon her return to shore, Athena's son finds himself in trouble with the law; Buck grows envious as Eddie forms a close bond with someone else.

Hen and Karen welcome a new addition to their family; a call unfolds involving a person's limb that's taken on a mind of its own; Eddie and Marisol take a closer look at their relationship.

After years of anticipation, Maddie and Chimney's long-awaited wedding day arrives; when the groom mysteriously vanishes, the 118 races against time to ensure he doesn't miss the most crucial day of his life.

Maddie and Athena investigate a case surrounding an abducted mother and child; Hen and Karen learn more about Mara's family history.

After a victim of the apartment fire that changed Bobby's life resurfaces, he searches to make amends; driven by his need to right past wrongs, Bobby delves deep into memories of his childhood.

The 118 and Tommy are presented with the Medal of Valor for their work on the cruise ship rescue; Hen and Karen encounter an unforeseen hurdle in their foster care journey.

Following the devastating fire at the Nash home, Bobby's fate remains uncertain; Athena embarks on a mission to uncover the truth; Hen and Karin engage in a heated custody battle.
Season 8
Episode List

A trailer with millions of bees crashes on the streets of Los Angeles, unleashing a swarm.

Athena is tasked with safely delivering a prisoner to testify on a high-profile case; a light plane is hit by a swarm of bees and careens into a passenger plane.

Athena's only chance of surviving and saving everyone on the flight is to attempt to land the plane before it crashes and call on the 118 for help.

When it finally looks like Hen and Karen may get their foster license back, they are hit with another obstacle; the 118 races to the aid of a cheerleader involved in an infield collision.

The 118 is once again working on the spookiest night of the year and missing out on all the tricks and treats; Buck's Halloween decorations become a little scarier than he had hoped.

When a toddler falls down a pipe and becomes trapped, the 118 must rely on more than their skills to rescue him; old wounds are opened when members of the 118 race to the aid of a man dealing with a divorce.

When Athena is assigned a rookie to mentor, she begins to question her own abilities.

Things get messy for the 118 following a massive pipe explosion; Athena investigates the brutal beating of a man found behind a grocery store.

The 118 responds to a fire at a local animal shelter and races to evacuate all the animals; Maddie takes a 9-1-1 call that sets her on a quest for answers.

Following Maddie's mysterious 911 call, Chimney returns home to find his daughter alone and Maddie nowhere to be found.

The 118 responds to a call at a megachurch, where Bobby runs into his estranged mother; Buck is looking to expand his social circle now that Eddie has left.

Maddie's return to work proves to be more triggering than expected, as she may have returned too soon; Eddie struggles to adapt to his new surroundings.

After the 118 responds to several calls from the same person, Hen steps in to offer them advice; Eddie confronts his parents and takes a big step in his relationship with his son.

The 118 is called to a research lab that has been set on fire and becomes a biohazard.

Athena and Buck are in a race against time to rescue the rest of the 118 following the fire in the biolab.

Following the tragic events at the lab, the 118 must come together to lay their fallen hero to rest; despite her own grief, Athena re-investigates the death of a child to help a grieving mother.

Following an earthquake, the 118 races to the scene of several unusual fires and must figure out their cause before anyone else is hurt.

The 118, still reeling from their recent loss, is dispatched to a mass casualty event after a high-rise apartment building collapses; Athena and Chimney have to work together to save a familiar face.
Season 9
Episode List

In honor of Bobby Nash's sacrifice, the 118 comes together to dedicate the firehouse in his memory; when a billionaire tech giant is involved in a life-or-death emergency, the team must race to his aid.

As a geostorm ravages Earth, Athena and Hen's space mission teeters on the edge; on the ground, the 118 battles chaos when technology goes rogue.

Athena and Hen face increasing dangers in space as friends both near and far try to get them home safely; the 118 continues to help victims of the geostorm and falling debris.

As Athena and Hen navigate their way back home, Athena will be forced to confront what it means to live without Bobby.

The 118's beliefs are put to the test as they respond to emergency calls involving a jack-o'-lantern and a few more jump scares than they were expecting on Halloween.

Athena must revisit a painful part of her past when answering a call for help; the 118 takes a big step forward.

Hen's attempts at keeping her mysterious health issues private are starting to impact more than just her physical well-being; Buck and Ravi decide Eddie needs a night out on the town.

Following Hen's firing, Chimney grapples with his decision and how it has affected the team; a new AI call center assistant, meant to help, has begun to create more complications.

Hen continues to seek out a diagnosis for her mysterious symptoms; Harry hits a wall in his attempts to complete the academy firefighting exam and looks for some much-needed motivation.

Harry's first day as a probie proves to be more challenging than Chimney expects; Eddie and Hen are called into court over a former patient that brings back some old demons.

The 118 hosts an LAFD charity bachelor auction that brings up a few concerns from Buck.

Maddie and Buck are blindsided by some unexpected news that turns their world upside down; Buck and Eddie head to Nashville when they are selected to participate in the national firefighting games.

Eddie and Buck's flight back to Los Angeles is cancelled following the National Firefighter Games; hoping to be home for Hen's birthday.

Buck tries to manage the trauma following his kidnapping on his own; May tries to secure her first law internship without the help of her mother.

Athena is pulled into a mysterious murder investigation when a man arrives at the station to report his own death; the 118 races to the site of a car crash involving a mother and son.

The 118 must account for every decision made during a recent fire call when the team's actions are investigated for possible mistakes.

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