Christmas Spirit

"Christmas Spirit"
Episode Information
Season 3
Episode 10
Airdate	December 2, 2019
Viewers	6.74 million
Written by	Andrew Meyers
Directed by	Alonso Alvarez-Barreda
Episode Chronology
Preceded by	"Fallout"
Followed by	"Seize the Day"

"It wasn't easy, but I'm really glad I did it. And I finally feel free."

—Maddie to Chimney after visiting the place where Doug died.

"Christmas Spirit" is the tenth episode and winter finale of the third season of 9-1-1, and the thirty-eighth episode overall. It aired on December 2, 2019.

Synopsis

The 118 responds to holiday-themed incidents, including a shopper pushed over the edge, a woman who is literally having a "Blue Christmas" and a luggage handler accident on a tarmac. Meanwhile, Maddie revisits her past to embrace her future and Bobby receives shocking news.

Cast 

Starring Angela Bassett as Athena Grant Peter Krause as Robert Nash Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Buckley Oliver Stark as Evan Buckley Aisha Hinds as Henrietta Wilson Kenneth Choi as Howard Han Ryan Guzman as Edmundo Diaz Rockmond Dunbar as Michael Grant Corinne Massiah as May Grant Marcanthonee Jon Reis as Harry Grant Gavin McHugh as Christopher Diaz Guest Starring Tracie Thoms as Karen Wilson Seth Carr as Leo Eddie McGee as Frank Ana Mercedes as Isabel Diaz Chrystee Pharris as Leo's Mother Erin Karpluk as Pepper Phoebe Neidhart as Lorna Ashley Jones as Holiday Traveler Jeremy Glazer as Ben Watson Gonzalo Menedez as Airport Officer Faline England as Donna

Co-Starring Biff Wiff as Santa Claus Thomas Daniel Smith as Darrell Daniel Curtis Lee as Rude Handler Nanrisa Lee as Ticket Agent Mark Jacobson as Young Dad LaNissa Renee Frederick as Mom Marcel Nahapetian as Little Boy Amari McCoy as Little Girl Michelle Bernard as Officer Carol Branford Blake Bergman as Rude Teen Brandon Papo as Store Employee Declan Pratt as Denny Wilson Uncredited Brian Hallisay as Doug Kendall (archive footage)

Trivia

Continuity

• Darrell would later reappear in "Breaking Point".
• The character Pepper would later reappear in the 9-1-1: Lone Star episode "Bum Steer", having relocated to Austin, Texas after the events of this episode.

Cultural References

• Lorna's emergency of her turning blue from the toothache medicine was based on a real-life incident of a woman turning blue from the same situation.
  • Lorna makes a reference to the movie Avatar when she says she looks like one after turning blue.
• The catering cart losing control at the airport was also based off a real-life incident that happened in Chicago in October 2019.

Important Events

• Bobby's medical problems that had become a concern to the team and his family that sprung up after the fire in "Fallout" was cleared.
• Michael tells Bobby at the end of the episode that he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor.
• Maddie is handed a check from Doug's assets. She later gets closure from Doug after visiting the place where he died.
  • A deleted scene and subplot shows what Maddie did with the asset money.
• Hen and Karen make a decision to begin fostering children.

Multimedia

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