Angela Bassett Is 'Making No Promises' About Peter Krause’s Potential Return to“ 9-1-1” Season 9

Is location immoderate chance of a early for Captain Bobby Nash aft his tragic presumed decease astatine nan extremity of play 8 of 9-1-1?

Star and executive shaper Angela Bassett was precocious asked astir nan anticipation of her on-screen husband, played by Peter Krause, returning to nan deed series. 

Nash supposedly died aft being exposed to a virus during a laboratory mishap successful section 15 of nan season, leaving Bassett’s character, Police Sergeant Athena Grant, devastated. 

However, fans person speculated that Nash, who is nan first awesome characteristic nan show has killed off, is not really dead. Considering viewers ne'er saw his existent body, conscionable a afloat assemblage container pinch his helmet sitting adjacent to it, questions people arose. 

“My sister’s 1 of nan fans, and she won’t extremity talking astir it,” Bassett told Today.com of Nash’s evident death. “She is mad.”

Bassett added that her sister, D’nette, has repeated a building that galore 9-1-1 fans person besides said to her: “It don’t make consciousness … Is he coming back?”

But contempt some her and Krause being executive producers connected nan Ryan Murphy series, Bassett claimed she has nary insider knowledge regarding nan existent destiny of Krause’s character. 

“I’m making nary promises,” she said. “I’m wondering for illustration you, conscionable for illustration nan fans.”

However, she plans “to support his representation live successful immoderate way,” noting that Athena’s children will beryllium featured much prominently this season. 

Bassett said that she often hears astir upcoming crippled points from members of nan crew. 

“Maybe I person to spell successful for a fitting, truthful possibly I’ll hear, ‘Oh, you’re going to beryllium doing thing crazy,’ because a batch times nan heads of nan section will get, if not nan script, nan thought of what it’s going to beryllium astir earlier we do truthful they tin get a small caput start. And past sometimes they can’t thief but share,” Bassett said. 

However, those specifications aren’t ever accurate. 

“And past nan book comes,” she continued, “and I’ve ever made it retired to beryllium crazier successful my head, conscionable proceeding astir it, past erstwhile I publication it, it’s like, ‘Okay, this is doable. I guess.’ ”

Athena fell for Bobby connected play 1 of nan show, amid her divorce, and nan mates joined successful play 2. 9-1-1 is presently successful accumulation for play 9, however, showrunner Tim Minear antecedently confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter, “Bobby’s dead.” 

Krause antecedently said of nan decease of his characteristic successful a connection to THR, “I’ve heard that galore fans are upset by this loss, and they person a correct to be. It is simply a loss. That said, it was much than a bold imaginative prime connected a bold show. Bobby Nash was written successful sacrifice, and he was built for this. First responders consequence their lives connected nan occupation truthful that others tin spot different day. His communicative arc honors them.”