‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ Season 5 Details: 126 Promotion, Tarlos Tested & Everything We Know So Far

Meredith Jacobs July 16, 2024, 6:12 pm

Brian Michael Smith, Rob Lowe, Jim Parrack, Julian Works and Natacha Karam — '9-1-1: Lone Star' — Kevin Estrada / FOX

It has now been over a year since 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 4 ended, and fans have been waiting (im)patiently to see what’s next for the first responders.

The series, a spinoff of 9-1-1 (now over on ABC, having moved networks after its sixth season), follows the firefighters, paramedics, and dispatchers in Austin, Texas, both on and off the job, facing major emergencies around the city and in their personal lives. Fortunately, we’ve already known for some time that 9-1-1: Lone Star will be back for a fifth season; it was renewed in May 2023, two weeks before the fourth’s finale.

But when will Season 5 premiere? What do we know so far about it? Read on and keep checking back for updates.

Where Did Season 4 Leave Off?

The Season 4 finale, in May 2023, ended on both happy and tragic notes. T.K. (Ronen Rubinstein) and Carlos (Rafael Silva) got married. But Carlos’ father was murdered, and the person responsible is still out there. Owen (Rob Lowe) stayed by his brother Robert’s (Chad Lowe) side when, with his Huntington’s symptoms worsening, he chose to die via assisted suicide. Judd (Jim Parrack) filed for early retirement to be his son Wyatt’s (Jackson Pace) full-time caretaker following an accident that left him paralyzed.

When Will Season 5 Premiere?

9-1-1: Lone Star Season 5 will premiere on Monday, September 23 at 8/7c. It did not return during the 2023-2024 broadcast season (it has been a midseason show). Rather, due to the actors and writers’ strikes in the summer of 2023, it was held for the 2024-2025 season.

What Do We Know About the Season 5 Premiere Emergency?

Season 5 is kicking off with a three-episode train derailment. Rob Lowe raved to TV Insider about “just the scale and spectacle of the train derailment and the arduousness of shooting it. I mean, I love it. I find it really challenging. I love the challenge of it, but it is a brutal, backbreaking grind and I’m like, ‘Yeah, I can do that. Let’s go. I turn 60, let’s f**king go.’ Do you know what I mean? I get off on it, and so the more painful, the crawling, the smoke, the carnage, it’s really fun. And it’s not for everybody. I mean, believe me, I know plenty of actors who are like, ‘I’m not doing that.’ But I love the results of it. I love how big it looks. It looks like a movie. Yeah, I think people are going to be blown away.”

Ronen Rubinstein & Rafael Silva on Tarlos Wedding on '9-1-1: Lone Star'

What’s Coming up for the 126 in Season 5?

Fox offered a few teases about that with a description to go along with the premiere date: “In the upcoming fifth season, Captains Strand and Vega (Gina Torres), along with the 126 team, race into action when in a multi-episodic opening storyline, a catastrophic train derailment endangers several lives including some of their own. With Judd resigning from the 126 to take care of his recently handicapped son Wyatt (Jackson Pace), Owen must find a new lieutenant to replace Judd and has a difficult decision ahead of him when both Marjan (Natacha Karam) and Paul (Brian Michael Smith) apply for the promotion. Tommy is ready to take the next step in her relationship, but she finds the road to happiness is filled with obstacles. On his 30th birthday, T.K. gets a surprise visit from someone from his past that could change his and Carlos’ lives forever. Now officially husband and husband, T.K. and Carlos’ marriage is put to the test when Carlos becomes obsessed with solving his father’s murder.”