😵 Spoilers Coming for the 9-1-1's Fall Finale: ‘9-1-1’ Boss on ‘Christmas Angel’-Like Introduction to Maddie’s Abusive Ex – And That Surprise Casting!
I was like NO WAY! Huge Surprise! 😵 “My feeling was, certain members of the audience, their antennas are gonna go up immediately,” Tim Minear tells TheWrap Jennifer Maas | November 26, 2018 @ 7:01 PM (Warning: This post contains spoilers for Monday’s midseason finale of “9-1-1” Season 2.) “9-1-1” dove into one of its biggest emergencies yet on the Season 2 fall finale Monday night: We met Maddie’s abusive ex-husband Doug in the final moments of the episode, just as everyone’s Christmas seemed so merry and bright. Tim Minear, the first-responder drama’s showrunner, spoke with TheWrap ahead of the episode to explain how he decided to reveal the man who has haunted Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt). He also explained why he cast Hewitt’s real-life husband, Brian Hallisay, in the part. Doug “Well, to be honest with you, I gave Brian Hallisay his first job at least 10 years ago on a show I did for Fox called ‘The Inside,'” Minear said. “It was literally his first netwo...
