Last week 9-1-1 returned to FOX, and it didn’t waste any time getting into the craziness as the team was called to assist a women whose doctors passed out in the middle of her face-lift procedure. Afterwards, they assisted with a shark that was stuck in the middle of a highway, chomping away on one of its handler’s arms. Meanwhile, Maddie and Athena teamed up to look into a suspicious 9-1-1 call from a boy who claimed nothing was wrong—it turns out that he and his new brother had both been abducted by their so-called father. This reminded Athena of a little girl that went missing in her own neighborhood when she was young, and it was these events that had inspired her to become a cop.

When not at work, Athena was dealing with a visit from her parents. Her mom Beatrice wasted no time in letting her daughter know how disappointed she was in her. She was particularly upset that she decided to marry Bobby, a white man, and that he was already acting like a parent to her grandchildren. Meanwhile, before the break, we saw that Doug, Maddie’s crazy ex, had made his way to town and had secretly befriended Chimney in order to get some intel on his ex. This week, he followed Chimney on his way to a date with Maddie, stabbed him multiple times in the courtyard and left him bleeding out, and then made his way into the apartment, to a shocked and frightened Maddie.

Chimney has already had rebar go through his forehead, and now he’s been stabbed several times in the chest. Will he get lucky and survive yet another devastating injury, or is this it? I’m a little nervous that tonight’s episode appears to be a Chimney origin story. Are we going to get one final look at how he became the fireman and paramedic he is, just to then say goodbye, or will he miraculously pull through? And what about Maddie? Can she escape from Doug, and either have him arrested, or better yet, more permanently disposed of?

In tonight’s episode, “Chimney Begins”, looking back at how Chimney joined Station 118 and became the firefighter and paramedic he is today.

Tonight I’ll also be watching/recording The Fix, The Resident, and Arrow.

For additional suggestions on what to check out tonight, including The Resident, check out the If We Controlled Your Remote… 3/25/19 post at TVisMyPacifier.com.