Wyatt Harris is a main character on FOX's 9-1-1: Lone Star who is the son of Judd Ryder and Marlene Harris. He begins working as a 9-1-1 dispatcher in Season 5. He first appears in the fifth episode of the third season and is portrayed by starring cast member Jackson Pace.
History[]
Meeting Judd[]
Wyatt came to meet Judd at the firehouse after tracking him down with the help of an online genetic ancestry website. He told Judd that he was his son. While there, he meets Judd's wife Grace Ryder and daughter Charlie. Judd was skeptical at first because if he had gotten someone pregnant over the past 20 years, he'd know about it, but after Wyatt showed him an old picture of his mother, he instantly recognized the woman. Wyatt told him that he did not want to blow up anyone's life or want money, he just wanted to meet his father. Before he left the firehouse, Grace asked him to put his number in her phone so that they could contact him.[1]
Bonding with Judd[]
A week later, Judd and Grace hosted Wyatt for the weekend. At dinner, Wyatt told them that he is vegan when he was offered meat. Judd then realized that the whole weekend he had planned with Wyatt is ruined because his weekend plans included deer hunting and bass fishing. Grace suggested to Judd that maybe he should just ask Wyatt what he likes to do for fun. He told them that he likes to skate, make TikTok's, and play "Magic", which is a fantasy-based tabletop card game. Judd asked him if he likes aliens after Wyatt apologized and said that he's weird.
With Owen's help, Judd took him on an alien-hunting excursion as a way to bond, but Wyatt ended up bonding with Owen more, discussing veganism and aliens. At the end of the shift, Judd came home to find Wyatt playing video games with Grace. He apologized for missing his whole last day, but Wyatt told him it has been the best weekend of his life because he had always wanted to go camping with his father and now he has. Judd told him that the next time he visits, he will take him to his uncle Cash's ranch.[2]
He gets arrested for destroying mailboxes. Judd decides to bring him to his uncle Cash's ranch and there Wyatt meets one of his uncles and paternal grandfather Stuart, who welcome him with open arms. In a conversation with Judd, Wyatt reveals his pent-up anger at how Judd was never there for him and how he is actually trying, and he doesn't know how to process it. Much later, Wyatt saves Judd's life after he breaks his leg after falling from his horse. During this experience, he accepts and refers to Judd as his father, much to the latter's joy. Wyatt continued to accept his family, by referring to Stuart as his grandfather and introducing him to his favorite food, something the latter accepted.[3]
In the next episode, Wyatt has an interview for an internship at a company and it falls through because he followed Judd's advices of wearing a suit. Later, while he's waiting for Judd who went back to talk to the owner of the company, the building explodes and Wyatt has to call 9-1-1.
Later, he's graduating from high school and celebrating with his mother, Stanley and Judd, Grace and Charlie on Facetime.
Joining the Fire Academy[]
Wyatt tells him that he's dropping out of college to become a firefighter and that he and his girlfriend Leigh-Anne are having a baby. Wyatt asks Judd to contact the Austin FD's chief to give him more chances to get accepted into the academy but Judd refuses because he doesn't think Wyatt would make a great firefighter, as he finds him "too soft". Later, Judd goes back on his position and decides to help Wyatt - not by going to the Chief because Wyatt already did it on his own - but by helping him train, by jogging in the streets.[4]
Wyatt gets hit by a truck while riding his bike and the 126-paramedic team respond to the call. His father was devastated and quickly made sure to be there for him. At the hospital, Tommy tells Judd that Wyatt is in surgery for brain swelling and several broken vertebrae. [5]
A new path[]
A year later, Wyatt more or less recovered from his injuries but became wheelchair bound. He and Leigh-Anne later became parents of a son named Liam, who they are over the moon about. Wyatt decided to choose a new way of helping people, by becoming a 9-1-1 dispatcher.
Wyatt and his family are introduced to a new apartment that Judd had renovated for Wyatt to be able to function with his family. Wyatt is overjoyed by this, though somewhat worried about how his father used his new free time to do all this but the latter stated he had to be there for his family. Much later, he was at work when Carlos Reyes, a Texas Ranger had come in for questions. Wyatt and Carlos recalled the other, with Carlos voicing how he's happy Wyatt found a calling. After Carlos voiced suspicion about the emergencies being connected to a string of robberies, Wyatt helped out by stating they must have used a different way to call. His theory proved accurate and its revealed the robbers created disasters to have the armored trucks change routes, so they could be ambushed. Wyatt's actions earned him thanks and the Texas Rangers later foiled the robbers. [6]
Trivia[]
- He is vegan.
- He likes to skate.
- He is the first main character of the franchise to be wheelchair bound, although this was due to an accident.
Appearances[]
| Season Three | |||||
| "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 Four | |||||
| "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 Five | |||||
| "Both Sides, Now" | "Trainwrecks" | "CI2" | "My Way" | "" | "" |
| "" | "" | "" | "" | "Impact" | "" |
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ "Child Care"
- ↑ "The ATX-Files"
- ↑ "Shift-Less"
- ↑ "Double Trouble"
- ↑ "A House Divided"
- ↑ "Both Sides, Now"