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T2 WHATS UP! January 19 - 25, 2020 BY BREANNA HENRY TV Media T he first-responder series "9-1-1" is cur- rently Fox's highest- rated drama, so it stands to reason that it should get its own spinoff. Set in Aus- tin, Texas, "9-1-1: Lone Star" has all the makings of a major- ly successful second install- ment: a talented, high-profile cast, fantastic source material, eye-catching artistic direction and a compelling jumping-off point for the storyline. The brand-new series premieres Sunday, Jan. 19, on Fox. "Lone Star" is centered around a character named Owen Strand, who is played by former Brat Packer Rob Lowe ("Code Black"). You can think of him as a variation of "9-1-1's" Bobby Nash (Peter Krause), only shorter, a little older and with a more chiselled jawline. Nearly 20 years before "9-1-1: Lone Star" opens, Owen worked as a firefighter in Manhattan during the harrow- ing events of 9/11, which took the lives of every member of his firehouse but him. The lone survivor, he spent the next decade rebuilding his team from the ground up, and this unenviable entry on Capt. Owen Strand's resume makes him uniquely qualified for a job in Texas at Firehouse 126. Tragically, the 126 received a rescue call, and much like Strand's Manhattan team, the result was the devastating loss of all of the responders but one. The parallel tragedies set the stage for "9-1-1: Lone Star," and act as the catalyst for Strand's move from the Big Apple to the Lone Star State. There is a stereotype about close-knit teams of first re- sponders, specifically police and firefighters: they don't like outsiders. This is true in "9-1-1: Lone Star," too, as Owen Strand is met with a prickly chief paramedic Michelle Watts (Liv Tyler, "Harlots") and Firehouse 126's sole survi- vor, Judd Ryder (Jim Parrack, "The Deuce"). Watts is a ge- nius and Judd is a cowboy, but both of them seem to agree that the aforementioned ste- reotype holds true. Rob Lowe stars in "9-1-1: Lone Star" 9-1-1 in the 5-1-2 continued on page T10 TV FEATURE