The first part of Station 19’s series finale delivered as much long-awaited good news as it did shocking developments, promising one last tension-filled episode to conclude the firefighting drama in style. Like previous momentous challenges forcing Station 19 to navigate impossible situations that risked its firefighters’ safety, Station 19 season 7, episode 9 didn’t disappoint, with the episode simultaneously hinting at the conclusion of multiple stories introduced in season 7 and beyond and setting up the stage for a highly dramatic finale. Life moving on already threatened Station 19’s fabric, but the wildfire coming for Seattle exponentially upped the ante
Station 19 season 7, episode 9 was simultaneously action-packed and revealed where the Station 19 family might go next after concluding only a part of central story arcs like Vic’s future leading Crisis One and Natasha and Sully’s now-stable relationship. With hints at new recruits potentially joining Station 19 in the future and old ones returning to their rightful spot, Station 19 season 7, episode 9 set up a path for all its characters, letting their multi-season storylines pay off superbly if Station 19’s firefighters were to survive the wildfire and fire tornado of Station 19 season 7, episode 10
Vic’s Crisis One Success Marks The End Of An Era
Moving To DC Perfectly Ends Her Station 19 Story But It’s Still A Goodbye
Vic’s path to firefighting was always one of the most unusual in Station 19, and a big part of her storyline in Station 19 season 6 focused on her lack of passion for her job, despite liking it and finding it indispensable. Choosing to lead Crisis One nationally proves how much Vic has grown, going from someone who deeply believed in the project but didn’t feel up for the task of leading it to someone synonymous with it, having internalized its biggest teachings and made them available for all firefighters in Seattle.
Station 19 season 7 had already established Vic as perfect for the job, but Travis’s opposition to Vic’s move to DC also gave Vic the chance to defend her choice to move, proving that it didn’t come from wanting to escape but from a wish to see the project through. Vic welcomed that change despite loving her life in Seattle, as she was excited she could make Crisis One as useful as it was to Seattle to the entire country, showing how much she had grown since Station 19 season 1.
Beckett’s Advice Hints At Maya Possibly Carrying Her & Carina’s Baby
Even Maya & Carina’s Talk Showed How Invested Maya Became In The Idea
Beckett’s personal history with IVF painted a grim future for Maya and Carina, but Maya’s outlook also showed that she wouldn’t let her and Carina’s family disintegrate even if it turned out Carina wasn’t able to conceive. Station 19 season 7, episode 9’s last moments dispelled Carina’s worries as she finally learned she was pregnant, but even if she weren’t, Maya had already proven her Station 19’s happy ending involved family.
Maya’s heart-to-heart with Andy in the forest was the final proof of Maya’s change of priorities and her growth. Having known her since their Academy days, Andy reminding Maya’s past views on monogamy showed the two friends how much Maya had changed for the better, having finally understood what her desires were. Potentially wanting to carry her and Carina’s baby also proved once again how much Maya wanted to build their family, as she would do so not just for Carina, but to pursue their plans and dreams of family because they wanted.
Andy & Maya’s Talks Highlight How Central Their Friendship Will Always Be For Station 19
They Will Always Count On Each Other No Matter Life’s Changes
Andy going to Maya first after learning about Vic leaving Station 19 to lead Crisis One nationally painted a picture of how much the team was changing. While the change evidently upset Andy, who wanted to lead the team she had grown up as a firefighter with, Maya’s words of support offered her another perspective. Indeed, while losing Jack first, then Theo, and now Vic was unsettling, it also meant Andy could now build her own team, shaping Station 19 like she wanted instead of how her father Pruitt did.
Although Maya’s priorities had changed with her family taking center stage, the importance of firefighting was never in doubt, only scaled down. Andy and Maya always finding each other, with Maya being Andy’s right-hand woman everywhere in the forest, proved that they would always be there for each other, even with Station 19 losing key team members like Vic and Jack, making one thing the same after Station 19’s end, were Maya to survive the wildfire.
Travis’s Refusal To Accept Vic’s Move Shows He Still Needs To Overcome His Fear Of Change
Michael’s Death Solidified That Fear & Travis Still Has To Work On That
Travis was arguably the only one who could have had reservations about Vic moving across the country, because of his inability to deal with change and his record of making other people’s news about him. Their fight in Station 19 season 7, episode 9 was both synonymous with Travis and Vic’s friendship, given how often they processed upsetting changes that way, and proof he would have eventually wrapped his head around Vic moving away, as past betrayals painfully stopped him from talking altogether to Vic.
Learning that Vic was right in deeming him terrified of change might finally let Travis face the problem that haunted him since Michael’s death. Whether he does that by staying in Seattle as Vic moves on or by uprooting his life and moving with Vic, willingly going toward the biggest change in his life, instead of putting up with it as he did with Michael’s death, Travis finally has the chance to tackle his biggest impediment since he was introduced in Station 19 season 1, making it his biggest development if he were to win against it.
Chief Ross’s Orders For Andy Prove How Much They’ll Change SFD Together
Natasha Knows She Can Trust Andy To See Her Plans Through
Chief Ross leaving the probies with Andy continues building on Station 19 season 7’s most fitting ending storyline for Andy, especially considering that Natasha called them the best new recruits and motivated leaving them with Andy because she was the best. Chief Ross had already seen Andy’s potential as a captain when she was only interim captain at Station 23, but what they managed to achieve together by supporting each other proved how much more they could improve SFD, and Natasha knew Andy would have seen her vision through.
The probies going from learning under Natasha’s curriculum only to becoming firefighters in the field taught by a captain like Andy could mean forming a force that truly espoused the SFD values Natasha and Andy swore by. With the probies showing promise and Andy having open spots on her team, they can become the team Andy raised instead of the one Pruitt did, securing Andy’s legacy within SFD.
The Wildfire Proves Theo Is Still A Firefighter – Quitting Station 19 Was Wrong
Even Without Vic, Theo Always Returns To Station 19 Because He’s Finally Part Of The Team
Theo itched to be part of the team fighting the wildfire instead of protecting the cabin from the moment he got to the scene in Station 19 season 7, episode 9. While he replied to Andy’s words by stating the obvious, that he was doing his job and that he quit only to make her life easier with the budget, he knew deep down that she was right, or he wouldn’t have disobeyed his company’s basic rules to help people over and over again.
Theo’s reaction to dive under the falling branch and getting injured to save Travis was the ultimate proof of how wrong his new job was for him. While Theo left Station 19 to solve the budget problem, he also did so because he didn’t feel part of the team. Theo having effectively become part of Station 19 only after leaving and even putting himself in danger to save one of them finally proved his place is with Station 19, and were he to be saved in Grey’s Anatomy season 20’s finale, his future must be within SFD at Station 19.9
Warren’s First Impulse At The Wildfire Shows He Misses Medicine
Even If He Is Healthy To Be A Firefighter, He Might Still Choose Medicine
Station 19 season 7, episode 9 reintroduced Warren’s shoulder pain, bringing with it hints that his future might carry him away from Station 19. However, the biggest hint of Ben possibly returning to Grey Sloan Memorial was his tendency to always go to the triage tent instead of toward the fire. Even with his severely burned patient, Ben didn’t wait and felt the rush of saving a life using the skills he learned as a surgeon.
Ben’s talk with Vic reiterated how good it felt to save a life, even if he felt like a terrible firefighter because he couldn’t carry the patient. However, another hint to Ben changing back his career to surgery was Vic’s perspective about firefighters thinking they would be firefighters forever before something happens and they want or have to stop. Station 19 season 7, episode 10 will likely unveil where Ben’s future might bring him, but if Ben were to return to medicine because he missed it, at least it would be on his terms.
Theo Getting Injured Saving Travis Links Them Once Again Tragically
Theo’s Mistakes As Captain Killed Michael, But His Choices Now Saved Travis
Theo putting himself in grave danger only to save Travis brought back one of Station 19’s most tragic storylines. While Travis and Theo’s relationship had almost gotten back to how they were before Michael died after Theo and Vic became a couple, the two had avoided each other for years because Theo’s miscalculations as captain killed Michael. Theo would have likely wished to protect anyone from the falling branch, but Travis being the one in harm’s way made Theo even more willing to sacrifice himself to protect him.
Theo’s guilt for the hand his choices had on Michael’s death destroyed him because he lost his best friend, but also because he lost the life he had built with Travis and Michael. Hopefully, Grey’s Anatomy season 20’s finale will reveal the doctors could save Theo, leading Theo to forgive himself for having a hand in Michael’s death and Travis forgiving him too at last, especially after Theo’s actions saved his life.
Station 19 Season 7, Episode 9’s Cliffhanger Ending Promises A Nerveracking Finale
Maya, Theo Being In Danger & The Wildfire Set Up The Biggest Challenge Yet For Station 19
The wildfire expanding in Station 19 season 7, episode 9’s ending set up various life-altering challenges for the Station 19 firefighters, especially with Theo’s life hanging in the balance after his injuries and Maya being cut off from Andy by the fire. Considering Station 19’s multiple shocking deaths through the years, it would be wise to consider all characters potentially in danger.
However, the 5-alarm fire can also be the perfect way to end Station 19. These kinds of calls characterized the most pivotal and memorable episodes in Station 19, and putting everyone in danger wouldn’t necessarily mean one of the team should die as a result, especially with the episode counting as the series finale. Were the Station 19 firefighters to overcome all adversities and succeed in containing the wildfire, it would be the best sendoff for Station 19, especially after season 7 as a whole set up the characters’ future paths.
