# ‘9-1-1’ Needs To Say Goodbye to Its Biggest Gimmick

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/9-1-1-needs-to-say-goodbye-to-its-biggest-gimmick/
- Published: 2026-10-31T12:03:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T12:48:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/9-1-1-season-10-disaster-episodes-gimmick/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- Season 10 starts with a volcano erupting in Los Angeles.
- The show’s disaster plots have grown increasingly far-fetched.
- The article says the formula has become a gimmick.

## Summary

Season 10 of *9-1-1* opens with a volcano erupting in Los Angeles, continuing the show’s habit of building season premieres around spectacular disasters inspired by films. The article argues that this once entertaining formula has become an overused gimmick, with increasingly far-fetched scenarios distracting from the characters and their stories.

Earlier seasons featured events such as an earthquake, a blackout and a cruise-ship crisis, while later plots escalated to a “bee-nado”, a space storm and now a volcanic eruption. The article sees the shift from plausible emergencies to stacked-up disaster-movie references as the problem: the outlandish set pieces can still be fun, but they are losing their impact through repetition.

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