‘9-1-1’ Missed an Opportunity To Give Maddie a Truly Devastating Storyline
By revealing that Maggie had nothing to do with Richard Bullock's death, 9-1-1 missed the opportunity for some nuance.
9-1-1 knows how to grasp its audience, and in the Season 8 mid-season premiere, "Sob Stories," they brought it to another level, kicking off with Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Maddie taking a phone call from a kidnapper who is conflicted over what to do with his victim – release her, or kill her. Efforts to track down his location prove fruitless, and throughout the episode, Maddie talks to the man, who is revealed by Detective Amber Braeburn (Abigail Spencer) to be Richard Bullock, a man suspected of being a serial killer that she has been tracking for years.
