’9-1-1: Lone Star’ Boss Addresses Making [SPOILER] Carlos’ Father’s Killer | 9-1-1 Lone Star, Fox, Rafael Silva, Television | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!
In the fall finale episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star, Carlos (Rafael Silva) finally learned the true identity of his father’s killer.
Keep reading to find out more…
Though it seemed his new partner Campbell (Parker Young) sold out criminal informants and then killed Gabriel Reyes, he was actually set up by Chief Bridges (Alan Autry).
Campbell then saved Carlos’ life, taking out Chief Bridges during a standoff with the Rangers.
Making Chief Bridges the one who killed Gabriel goes back to Season 4, co-showrunner Rashad Raisani explained to TV Insider.
“We realized quickly that Alan Autry was gold, and so we really wanted to give him as much interesting stuff as possible,” he said, adding that they researched real-life police and saw that high-level DEA agents were giving tips to attorneys for cartels.
“I was like, wow, what a very specific and interesting form of corruption,” he said.
“Bridges was the person that Carlos trusted the most of anybody after his dad died,” the showrunner added.
“Part of it was the pure emotion of who could fool Carlos, who would be able to have kept the wool over Carlos’ eyes that long. Chief Bridges was the only one that, to be honest, I felt like was worthy of it.”
He added that it would be “a hell of a twist…but if you look back on everything that happened, he was always there in sort of inopportune moments where it all kind of makes sense. And he’s the last person Gabriel would’ve ever suspected either, which is what made him, I think, such a good choice for us to make the ultimate villain.”
As far as what to expect for Carlos next, he teased: “Really, it’s like he can be a full human being again. He hasn’t been able to be a person since this happened. He’s been in this tiny little box. In these last few episodes, his heart gets bigger and he gets more human. He’s still a Texas Ranger and all that, but I think you’ll see a softness and a warmth from Carlos that you haven’t seen from him since before his dad died.”
9-1-1: Lone Star will return on Monday, January 20, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.
Find out if one key character will return before the series finale.
