Shift-Less

"Shift-Less" is the sixteenth episode of the third season of 9-1-1: Lone Star and the fortieth episode overall. It aired on May 2, 2022.

Synopsis[]

Owen travels to Los Angeles to confront his estranged father and some painful childhood memories. Wyatt acts out and prompting Judd to take him to his family ranch where an emergency brings them closer together.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Rob Lowe as Owen Strand
Gina Torres as Tommy Vega (credit only)
Ronen Rubinstein as TK Strand
Sierra McClain as Grace Ryder
Jim Parrack as Judd Ryder
Natacha Karam as Marjan Marwani (credit only)
Brian Michael Smith as Paul Strickland (credit only)
Rafael Silva as Carlos Reyes
Julian Works as Mateo Chavez (credit only)
Brianna Baker as Nancy Gillian (credit only)
Kelsey Yates as Isabella Vega (credit only)
Skyler Yates as Evie Vega (credit only)

Guest Starring[]

Barry Corbin as Stuart Ryder
Jackson Pace as Wyatt Harris
Robyn Lively as Marlene Harris
Chad Lowe as Robert Strand
Robert Pine as Walter Strand
Constance Towers as Helen
Korbin Marum as Young Owen

Co-starring[]

Jesse Berry as Tyler Strand
Sarah Haruko as Lifeguard
Kevin Kempis as Surfer
Tarina Pouncy as Intake Nurse
Brandon Shypkowski as Paramedic
Ben Whitehair as Young Walter
Ashley Wood as Caroline

Trivia[]

7 out of the 12 main cast members are absent in this episode.
- This marks the first time Marjan, Paul, Mateo, and Tommy are absent since their first appearances.
Chad Lowe, the real life brother of Rob Lowe, appears as Owen’s half-brother Robert Strand.
We learn that TK is named after Tyler Strand, Owen's deceased brother.

Cultural References[]

Wyatt mentions he learned how to tie Judd's tourniquet from The Walking Dead. His actor, Jackson Pace co-starred as Gage in said show during Season 11.

Continuity[]

Judd mentions that TK is "bad luck on an airplane" which refers to how he and Owen almost died in a plane crash in "In the Unlikely Event of an Emergency".

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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 & 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 7	"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 8	"Buzzkill" • "When the Boeing Gets Tough..." • "Final Approach" • "No Place Like Home" • "Masks"

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"
Season 4	"The New Hotness" • "The New Hot Mess" • "Cry Wolf" • "Abandoned" • "Human Resources" • "This Is Not A Drill" • "Tommy Dearest" • "Control Freaks" • "Road Kill" • "Sellouts" • "Double Trouble" • "Swipe Left" • "Open" • "Tongues Out" • "Donors" • "A House Divided" • "Best Of Men" • "In Sickness and In Health"
Season 5	"Both Sides, Now" • "Trainwrecks" • "CI2" • "My Way"