Defend in Place

Defend in Place is the eighth episode of the fifth season of 9-1-1, and the sixty-eighth episode overall. It aired on November 15, 2021.

Synopsis

Bobby and the 118 race to save lives after an explosion rocks the hospital where Dr. David Hale is performing surgery. Meanwhile, Michael makes a life-changing decision. ^[1]

Cast

Starring

Angela Bassett as Athena Grant
Peter Krause as Bobby Nash
Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Buckley (credit only)
Oliver Stark as Evan Buckley
Aisha Hinds as Henrietta Wilson
Kenneth Choi as Howard Han (credit only)
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 (credit only)

Guest Starring

Vanessa Estelle Williams as Claudette Collins
Bryan Safi as Josh Russo
La Monde Byrd as Dr. David Hale
Dorian Harewood as Rupert
Julie Zhan as Maya
Jaylen Moore as Cliff
Lucian Perez as Parker

Co-Starring

Anirudh Pisharody as Ravi Panikkar
Chiquita Fuller as Linda Bates
Ashlee Marie McLemore as Callie
Christopher W. Brantley as Darren
Stacy Rose as Hospital Manager
Annie Lee as Claire
Michael Andrew Baker as Theo
Rachel Daigh as Daniels
Valentina Garcia as Renata
Ulysses Morazan as Male Nurse
Shira Scott Astrof as Female Nurse
Joseph Callari as Salesperson

Trivia

Rockmond Dunbar (Michael Grant) departs the series in this episode.^[2]

Multimedia

Gallery

Videos

9-1-1 5x08 Promo "Defend in Place" (HD)

References

9-1-1 Episode Guide
Season 1	"Pilot" • "Let Go" • "Next of Kin" • "Worst Day Ever" • "Point of Origin" • "Heartbreaker" • "Full Moon (Creepy AF)" • "Karma's a Bitch" • "Trapped" • "A Whole New You"
Season 2	"Under Pressure" • "7.1" • "Help Is Not Coming" • "Stuck" • "Awful People" • "Dosed" • "Haunted" • "Buck, Actually" • "Hen Begins" • "Merry Ex-Mas" • "New Beginnings" • "Chimney Begins" • "Fight or Flight" • "Broken" • "Ocean's 9-1-1" • "Bobby Begins Again" • "Careful What You Wish For" • "This Life We Choose"
Season 3	"Kids Today" • "Sink or Swim" • "The Searchers" • "Triggers" • "Rage" • "Monsters" • "Athena Begins" • "Malfunction" • "Fallout" • "Christmas Spirit" • "Seize the Day" • "Fools" • "Pinned" • "The Taking of Dispatch 9-1-1" • "Eddie Begins" • "The One That Got Away" • "Powerless" • "What's Next?"
Season 4	"The New Abnormal" • "Alone Together" • "Future Tense" • "9-1-1, What's Your Grievance?" • "Buck Begins" • "Jinx" • "There Goes the Neighborhood" • "Breaking Point" • "Blindsided" • "Parenthood" • "First Responders" • "Treasure Hunt" • "Suspicion" • "Survivors"
Season 5	"Panic" • "Desperate Times" • "Desperate Measures" • "Home and Away" • "Peer Pressure" • "Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1" • "Ghost Stories" • "Defend in Place" • "Past is Prologue" • "Wrapped in Red" • "Outside Looking In" • "Dumb Luck" • "Fear-O-Phobia"

9-1-1: Lone Star Episode Guide
Season 1	"Pilot" • "Yee-Haw" • "Texas Proud" • "Act of God" • "Studs" • "Friends Like These" • "Bum Steer" • "Monster Inside" • "Awakening" • "Austin, We Have a Problem"
Season 2	"Back in the Saddle" • "2100°" • "Hold the Line" • "Friends With Benefits" • "Difficult Conversations" • "Everyone and Their Brother" • "Displaced" • "Bad Call" • "Saving Grace" • "A Little Help From My Friends" • "Slow Burn" • "The Big Heat" • "One Day" • "Dust to Dust"
Season 3	"The Big Chill" • "Thin Ice" • "Shock and Thaw" • Push" • "Child Care" • "Red vs. Blue" •"In the Unlikely Event of an Emergency"

[1] ttps://www.foxflash.com/releases/view/week-of-nov-14-21-2021

[2] ttps://deadline.com/2021/11/rockmond-dunbar-exits-911-covid-vaccine-mandate-medical-religious-exemptions-1234874927

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