Powerless

"Powerless" is the seventeenth episode of the third season of 9-1-1, and the forty-fifth episode overall. It aired on May 4, 2020.

Synopsis

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. Meanwhile, Athena's investigation into the serial rapist case puts her life in danger. ^[2]

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 (credit only)

Special Guest Star

Connie Britton as Abigail Clark

Guest Starring

Tracie Thoms as Karen Wilson
Bryan Safi as Josh Russo
Sasha Roiz as Det. Lou Ransone
Noah Bean as Jeffery Hudson
Scottie Thompson as Suzanne Barker
Gigi Rice as Tammy Felton
La Monde Byrd as Doctor Hale
Romeo Brown as Gordon Johnson
Dante Brown as Darius
Austyn Johnson as Sophie Barker

Co-Starring

Chris Wu as Officer Williams
Ashwin Gore as Jamal Momed
Gigi Zumbado as Officer Diane Stafford
Patrick Robert Smith as Gabe
Declan Pratt as Denny Wilson
Ashley Gallegos as Michelle Rivera
Gabriela Fresquez as Joan Bailey
Melanie Hawkins as Alexis Ward
Rachael Perrell Fosket as Zoey Simmons
Sara Young Chandler as Colleen Thompson
Adam Wang as Nick Cameron
Vayu O'Donnell as Radiologist
Carlos J Castillo as Hank
O'Neil Cespedes as Arthur
Ted Jonas as Driver

Trivia

Connie Britton returned as Abigail Clark in this episode. She had not appeared in the series since the Season 1 finale.
Buck mentioning that a friend had told him that the dispatch center receives calls often from hot air balloon areas is a callback to "Trapped" when he tried to take Abby on a date in a hot air balloon.

Multimedia

Gallery

Videos

Preview It's Gonna Be A Long Day Season 3 Ep. 17 9-1-1

Athena Worries She Might Not Catch The Serial Rapist Season 3 Ep. 17 9-1-1

Josh Confides In Maddie About Greg Season 3 Ep. 17 9-1-1

The Power Goes Out Across The City Season 3 Ep. 17 9-1-1

The 118 Rescues Gordon From A Freezer Season 3 Ep. 17 9-1-1

Athena Gets Attacked Season 3 Ep. 17 9-1-1

Maddie Gets A Call About A Train Derailment Season 3 Ep. 17 9-1-1

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" • "Boston" • "Fear-O-Phobia" • "Dumb Luck" • "FOMO" • "May Day" • "Hero Complex" • "Starting Over"
Season 6	"Let the Games Begin" • "Crash and Learn" • "Animal Instincts" • "Evil" • "Home Invasion" • "Henren Begins" • "Cursed" • "Pilgrimage" • "Warning Signs"

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" • "The ATX-Files" • "Red vs. Blue" • "In the Unlikely Event of an Emergency" • "The Bird" • "Parental Guidance" • "Prince Albert in a Can" • "Negative Space" • "Riddle of the Sphynx" • "Impulse Control" • "Down To Clown" • "Shift-Less" • "Spring Cleaning" • "A Bright and Cloudless Morning"

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[2] ttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20200416fox03/

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