There Goes the Groom

"There Goes the Groom"
Episode Information
Season 7
Episode 6
Airdate	May 2, 2024
Viewers	4.28 million
Written by	Tim Minear & Nicole Barraza Keim
Directed by	John J. Gray
Episode Chronology
Preceded by	"You Don't Know Me"
Followed by	"Ghost of a Second Chance"

There Goes the Groom is the sixth episode of the seventh season of 9-1-1, and the one hundred-and-second episode overall. It aired on May 2, 2024.

Synopsis

After years of anticipation, Maddie and Chimney’s long-awaited wedding day arrives. However, when the groom mysteriously vanishes, the 118 races against time to ensure he doesn’t miss the most crucial day of his life.

Cast

Starring Angela Bassett as Athena Grant Peter Krause as Bobby 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 Gavin McHugh as Christopher Diaz

Guest Starring Tracie Thoms as Karen Wilson Debra Christofferson as Sue Blevins Bryan Safi as Josh Russo Anirudh Pisharody as Ravi Panikkar Brian Hallisay as Doug Kendall Lou Ferrigno Jr. as Tommy Kinard Gregory Harrison as Phillip Buckley Dee Wallace as Margaret Buckley Freda Foh Shen as Anne Lee Kelvin Han Yee as John Lee James Chen as Kevin Lee Ana Mercedes as Isabel Diaz Co-Starring Chris Wu as Officer Williams Mario Ardila as Mario Brandon Bales as Thom Desalvo Brea Bee as Becca Exie Booker as Carl Khorri Ellis as Jeff Safiya Fredericks as Louann Juliet Cassidy as Amber Alysha Young as Bus Driver Bailey and Hailey Leung as Jee-Yun Buckley Han

Trivia

• Multiple scenes in this episode were cut during post production to fit the episode length, including a karaoke scene between Buck and Eddie, according to Kenneth Choi.
  • According to Tim Minear, the karaoke song Eddie and Buck perform is The Romantic's "What I Like About You."
• Ryan Guzman mentions the bachelor party scenes being his favorite memory filming in Season 7.
• Gavin McHugh mentions the wedding scene in the hospital was his favorite memory filming Season 7.

Continuity

• Kevin Lee makes his first reappearance as a vision to Chimney since "Chimney Begins".
• Several of the events that occurred in "Chimney Begins" are seen and mentioned in this episode.
• A flashback of Chimney being stabbed by Doug Kendall outside of Maddie's apartment in "New Beginnings" is seen.
• A flashback of Maddie's video message to Chimney after she left for Boston in "Desperate Measures" is also seen, as Doug uses it to taunt Chimney in his hallucinations.
• During the wedding, a cover of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers's Islands in the Stream is heard sung by Jennifer Love Hewitt herself. The song was featured during Maddie and Chimney's first karaoke date back in "Buck, Actually".
• Maddie and Chimney mention that the hospital being their honeymoon location is better than being on an upside down cruise ship, referencing the events of Bobby and Athena's disastrous cruise ship disaster from "Abandon ‘Ships" to "Capsized".
• Chimney and Maddie get married in this episode.

Cultural References

• Chimney and the Lees are seen practicing jesa, a ceremony practiced in Korea to honor those who have passed on their death anniversary by burning incense and offering food to the spirits.
• Tommy mistakenly believes Buck and Eddie are dressed in a similar style as the characters from the 1998 film, "The Wedding Singer", but he corrects him saying they are meant to be dressed as Crockett and Tubbs (though they both end up dressing as Crockett), two of the lead characters of the 1984 series Miami Vice.

Multimedia

Gallery

Videos

9-1-1 7x06 Promo "There Goes the Groom" (HD)

Sneak Peek- Where's Chimney? - 9-1-1

Chimney is Confused -- But He's Still Chimney - 9-1-1

Jennifer Love Hewitt on Maddie & Chimney Tying the Knot - 9-1-1 - ABC