Josh Russo is a recurring character on 9-1-1, debuting during Season 2. As of Season 7 he is a Supervising Dispatcher who is also responsible for training recruits.
History[]
In "Fight or Flight", Josh is greatly alarmed when Maddie's brother Buck calls dispatch to reveal her boyfriend Chimney was stabbed outside her home and was worried to hear that Maddie was abducted by her abusive estranged husband. He quickly calls for aid to rescue Chimney and to locate Maddie. Much later, Buck and Athena Grant arrive for help to locate Maddie. Wanting to help, Josh quickly states he recognizes the number that Doug used under his alias and his phone was tracked. Afterwards, he is happy that Maddie was found alive and well.
During "Kids Today", Josh and Maddie are disturbed when a woman reports being stabbed by another woman and left for dead, while further learning she's pregnant. The police and fire department investigate, quickly finding the baby with the kidnapper and saving the woman in time, to Josh and Maddie's relief.
In "Fools", he meets a date at a cemetery movie but his date and friend jump him in a secluded spot and steal his wallet, but it is reclaimed by cops. At the hospital, he refuses to notify Sue because he's embarrassed by his experience. The next day, he speaks with Maddie about his date and tells her of the cops being there for a sit down. To his horror, he recognizes his date posing as a cop before he and his colleagues are taken hostage.
As of "The Taking of Dispatch 9-1-1", Josh and his fellow dispatchers are held captive by the burglars, who assume control of the building. Josh quietly tells Maddie that his date is one of the criminals, while realizing they only returned his wallet to copy his pass to get access to the building. With Sue and Maddie's quick thinking, the police raid the building and Josh saves the life of his assailant, feeling he needs to be alive to get proper punishment.
In "Blindsided", Josh notes on May Grant being forgetful until she reveals a high school bully friended her on social media and offers help but she politely turns it down. Very soon, he and the other dispatchers receive word of a drunk driver on the freeway, and he notes on how Maddie is on the phone with the driver's distraught son. When Maddie goes into labor, Josh helps Maddie with getting in the elevator. Afterwards, he announces Maddie had delivered a a baby girl.
In "Parenthood", he and the other dispatchers welcome Maddie back from her maternity leave while congratulating her on her baby's birth.
During "First Responders", he assumes temporary control of the dispatch service when Sue is struck in a hit-and-run. A flashback reveals that Sue previously saved his life in a call when he was caught in a fire at his old job but escaped while saving another civilian. When personally meeting Sue, he thanked her for saving him with her instructions and she offered him a job at the office, something decided to take her up on. Afterwards, Josh visits Sue and her husband hoping that she wakes up after it was soon discovered Sue may have been struck by the driver to silence her on a kidnapping of a young woman. Their combined efforts lead to the girl being found at a container yard field. Josh's capabilities as a dispatcher are greatly shown when his instructions save the 118 from the armed assailant and he easily guides the surrounding police into boxing the perp in, leading to him being arrested for the kidnapping and Sue's attempted murder. Josh later expresses joy when Sue awakes and told her of how her efforts were a success. Josh and the others celebrate when Sue is later discharged and is happily welcomed back to work.
Trivia[]
- Like Maddie, he is a fan of The Bachelor.[2]
Appearances[]
| Season Two | |||||
| "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 Three | |||||
| "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 Four | |||||
| "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 Five | |||||
| "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" | "Boston" |
| "Fear-O-Phobia" | "Dumb Luck" | "FOMO" | "May Day" | "Hero Complex" | "Starting Over" |
| Season Six | |||||
| "Let the Games Begin" | "Crash & Learn" | "The Devil You Know" | "Animal Instincts" | "Home Invasion" | "Tomorrow" |
| "Cursed" | "What's Your Fantasy?" | "Red Flag" | "In a Flash" | "In Another Life" | "Recovery" |
| "Mixed Feelings" | "Performance Anxiety" | "Death and Taxes" | "Lost & Found" | "Love Is in the Air" | "Pay It Forward" |
| Season Seven | ||||
| "Abandon ‘Ships" | "Rock the Boat" | "Capsized" | "Buck, Bothered and Bewildered" | "You Don't Know Me" |
| "There Goes the Groom" | "Ghost of a Second Chance" | "Step Nine" | "Ashes, Ashes" | "All Fall Down" |
| Season Eight | |||||
| "Buzzkill" | "When the Boeing Gets Tough..." | "Final Approach" | "No Place Like Home" | "Masks" | "TBA" |
| "TBA" | "TBA" | "TBA" | "TBA" | "TBA" | "TBA" |
| "TBA" | "TBA" | "TBA" | "TBA" | "TBA" | "TBA" |
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