8.1/101,540 votes#1 - Under Pressure
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2018
On one of the hottest days of the year, the first responders feel the pressure as harrowing incidents keep happening around the city, including a road rage accident involving a van full of tourists, an emergency at an auto-repair shop and a grenade. Meanwhile, Buck gets a surprise visit from his sister, and a handsome new hire Eddie jeopardizes Buck's chances of being chosen for a fireman calendar.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear
8.7/101,584 votes#2 - 7.1
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2018
When a massive earthquake rocks Los Angeles, the first responders rush to rescue victims from a crumbling high-rise hotel both under the rubble and high above the ground. Athena must deal with wreckage from a collapsed freeway overpass and Maddie is thrown into the fire as she faces her first crisis as a 911 dispatcher.
Director: Bradley Buecker
Writer: Zachary Reiter
8.4/101,406 votes#3 - Help Is Not Coming
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2018
The first responders continue to deal with the fallout of a massive earthquake and its deadly aftershocks. Athena tries to keep the peace as Bobby and team continue to rescue victims from a collapsing high-rise hotel, both under the rubble and high above the ground. Maddie 's first day on the job involves helping a pregnant couple deliver their baby safely.
Director: Bradley Buecker
Writer: Tim Minear
8.0/101,206 votes#4 - Stuck
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2018
Athena contemplates accepting a promotion that will take her out of the field.
Director: Sarah Boyd
Writer: John Gray
8.0/101,204 votes#5 - Awful People
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/2018
Maddie goes for a ride-along with Athena in the hopes of being on the other end of a 9-1-1 call; Hen attempts to learn how to prevent her family from falling apart at the seams; disaster strikes at a military funeral and movie theater.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Kristen Reidel
8.0/101,252 votes#6 - Dosed
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/2018
When the first responders race to the rescue of a crashed news copter, they unwittingly become the subject of an eager reporter's first on-air assignment. Meanwhile, Bobby tries to deal with his daughter's death, as Athena prepares for May's homecoming dance. Then, Maddie struggles to let go of her fear of the past. Also, the team responds to emergencies at an eating contest, a bodybuilding competition and a toddler pageant.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto
7.8/101,247 votes#7 - Haunted
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2018
Halloween finds the first responders racing to the rescue at a cemetery, a haunted hayride and a spooky Hollywood parade; Meanwhile Maddie thinks she has received a "ghost" call from a missing hiker; Hen finds herself facing with a life or death situation with the father who abandoned her; Eddie reconnects with his estranged wife.
Director: Loni Peristere
Writer: Erica L. Anderson
7.9/101,288 votes#8 - Buck, Actually
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2018
Buck jumps back into the dating scene but fears he will return to his old ways; a woman goes to great extremes on a freeway overpass to get the attention of her husband; a couple have a car accident on their wedding day.
Director: Varda Bar-Kar
Writer: Matthew Hodgson
8.3/101,348 votes#9 - Hen Begins
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2018
Hen relives her evolution into the firefighter she is today as she recalls the first times she met Chimney and Athena.
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Aristotle Kousakis
8.5/101,309 votes#10 - Merry Ex-Mas
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2018
The holidays are naughty and nice for the first responders, who must deal with a stampede at a toy store, a mistletoe stunt gone awry and neighbors competing in a Christmas-light showdown. Meanwhile, Bobby contemplates his future with Athena, Chimney and Buck attempt to lift Maddie's spirits and Eddie must decide if he wants to give his son what he really wants for Christmas - a visit with his mom.
Director: Bradley Buecker
Writer: Christopher Monfette
8.5/101,196 votes#11 - New Beginnings
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/2019
Bobby meets Athena's parents for the first time and Maddie attempts to end her marriage for good, causing Doug to insinuate himself even deeper into Chimney's life. Meanwhile, a tanker carrying a tiger shark crashes on the freeway and a gas leak in a plastic surgeon's office happens mid-surgery.
Director: John Gray
Writer: Tim Minear, Kristen Reidel
8.6/101,342 votes#12 - Chimney Begins
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/25/2019
Look back at how Chimney joined Station 118 and became the firefighter and paramedic he is today.
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Erica L. Anderson
8.9/101,503 votes#13 - Fight or Flight
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/1/2019
The First Responders rally together to search for a missing Maddie.
Director: Millicent Shelton
Writer: Kristen Reidel
8.3/101,035 votes#14 - Broken
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 4/15/2019
When Metro LA's 9-1-1 system is hit with a massive system-wide power outage, the call center must go old school in responding to emergencies. The first responders must deal with explosions in multiple homes and a difficult child birth. Meanwhile, Michael confronts Bobby about parenting his kids.
Director: Bradley Buecker
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto
8.3/101,113 votes#15 - Ocean's 9-1-1
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 4/22/2019
A going-away party for a bank manager turns into an emergency, and then a mystery, as the first responders are accused of pulling off a daring heist.
Director: Mary Wigmore
Writer: Andrew Meyers
8.2/101,062 votes#16 - Bobby Begins Again
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 4/29/2019
Bobby Nash decides to move to Los Angeles in the hopes of restarting his life after a devastating tragedy that struck his family back in Minnesota, but in Los Angeles, he first meets Athena Grant and works his way to captain of the 118.
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Christopher Monfette
8.1/101,017 votes#17 - Careful What You Wish For
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 5/6/2019
The first responders deal with a calamity at a chocolate factory; a mail bomb explosion; Eddie receives some surprising news from Shannon; Maddie contemplates her future in the call center.
Director: Bradley Buecker
Writer: Matthew Hodgson
8.5/101,104 votes#18 - This Life We Choose
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 5/13/2019
The 118 deals with a situation where a stunt driver is placed in a precarious position, two mail bombs are detonated and a teenaged social influencer loses their mind; Eddie's family decides to visit; Buck confronts a deadly series of events.
Director: Bradley Buecker
Writer: Tim Minear
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Under Pressure" is the best rated episode of "9-1-1" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 1540 votes. Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton and written by Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear, it aired on 9/23/2018. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "7.1".