9-1-1: Lone Star may have aired its series finale, but the Texas-based spinoff’s lingering presence threatens to overshadow the franchise’s next project. The upcoming 9-1-1 spinoff will be the third Ryan Murphy show following first responders in a specific location, but the new setting feels too reminiscent of its predecessor. 9-1-1’s next spinoff will take place in Nashville, Tennessee, though the cast and plot specifics are still unknown. Following the ending of 9-1-1: Lone Star, creating a spinoff set in Nashville feels less like a calculated decision and more like an attempt at a replacement for the canceled Texas crew.
Despite the controversial time jump in 9-1-1: Lone Star’s series finale, the franchise’s first spinoff retains a passionate, vocal following that continues mourning its cancelation. Yet, rather than any possible continuation for the characters we met in Austin, Texas, 9-1-1: Nashville is instead doomed to come across as a mere imitation of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Unless 9-1-1’s second spinoff takes extreme precautions to establish a unique identity, its setting is already setting the series up for failure.
