9-1-1: Lone Star Showrunner Explains The Shocking Betrayal In Season 5’s Fall Finale
The fall finale of 9-1-1: Lone Star finally reveals the identity of Gabriel Reyes’ killer, and it’s different from who viewers were led to believe. Carlos is warned not to trust Ranger Campbell at the end of season 5, episode 8, and all signs point to Parker Young’s character being the culprit. When Chief Bridges discovers that he accessed confidential case files without authorization, Carlos’ suspicions are further confirmed. Campbell runs when confronted at his son’s birthday party, but the team eventually tracks him down.
However, while being directed to kill his partner, Carlos states that there is one other person with access to the CIs. Bridges shoots him in response, admitting that he murdered Gabriel and set up Campbell. Before the Chief can finish him off, another shot is fired, and Carlos turns to see that the man he falsely accused has saved his life. When speaking with ScreenRant, co-showrunner and executive producer, Rashad Raisani, explains why Chief Bridges is the only person capable of deceiving both Carlos and his father. Check out what he had to say about the plot twist below:
Rashad Raisani: We knew that the betrayal had to hit as close to home as possible because the person Carlos trusted the most would be the only person who could have kept it from him this long. And frankly, we also wanted somebody of Alan Autry’s gravitas. He was the only person capable of pulling the wool over Gabriel’s eyes also.
So that was part of why I really wanted it to be the person who could hurt Carlos the most to be the one who did it, because he was the only one who could stay in front of these two brilliant minds being Carlos and Gabriel the way that he did. And I also was hoping that the audience, because of Parker Young, and I love Parker, but he has this sort of rakish, quasi-cocky manner about him that the audience would go, “Okay, you know what? I can kind of see this cocky guy might do this.”
But at the end of the day, one thing I know about Parker as well is that he has this deep goodness about him. And I think at the end of this episode, you see when he’s in the hospital, and I think his performance is brilliant, but he’s almost crying because he’s still mourning their chief who betrayed him. The main point is the person that Carlos and Gabriel trusted the most in the world was the only one who could have been capable of deceiving them at the level that he did.
