The firefights of Seattle’s Station 19 first graced viewers’s screens in 2018 on ABC as they balanced their harmful occupation with their generally chaotic private lives, from household drama to romance. The present was the second spin-off of Gray’s Anatomy. Station 19came to an end within the spring of 2024 after seven seasons and over 100 episodes, and followers have been campaigning to save it.
Though Station 19 remained compelling and entertaining all by way of its run, some episodes nonetheless stand out among the many others. At its finest, the professional and personal lives of the team collided, with their choices and the harmful conditions they confronted having an impression on not simply their jobs however their relationships. One of the best episodes additionally featured intense emergencies which saved viewers on the sting of their seats, and it is no shock that a few of the present’s finest tales have been additionally amongst its most heartbreaking.
10 “Invisible to Me”
Season 1, Episode 2
With Pruitt (Miguel Sandoval) gone after having retired within the sequence premiere, Andy (Jaina Lee Ortiz) and Jack (Gray Damon) struggled to work collectively in “Invisible to Me” as each have been in cost till new management could possibly be put in place, and so they have been competing with one another for the place of Captain. The crew responded to a automotive accident, in addition to to a pulled hearth alarm at a center faculty, the place a pregnant 13-year-old wanted assist.
One of many strongest episodes of Station 19 got here early on with “Invisible to Me.” Though it’s not among the many highest-rated episodes, it set the tone for the sequence shifting ahead and gave audiences an concept of what to anticipate. The present’s solid have been additionally spectacular within the episode, from their interactions with one another to their dealing with of the episode’s emergencies, and the scenario involving the 13-year-old lady was significantly compelling.
9 “Comfortably Numb”
Season 4, Episode 14
Ben (Jason George) lastly addressed the likelihood that he had testicular most cancers and went into surgical procedure, with Andy and Sullivan (Boris Kodjoe) by his facet, whereas Jack and Inara (Colleen Foy) helped their neighbor after she fell out of a window in Season 4 episode “Comfortably Numb.” In the meantime, Maya (Danielle Savre) and Carina (Stefania Spampinato) practically confronted splitting up when points with Carina’s visa threatened to drive her again to Italy, however ultimately, the couple acquired engaged, regardless of Carina having mentioned she’d by no means get married.
“Comfortably Numb” was an enormous episode for Maya and Carina particularly. After loads of ups and downs, together with on this episode alone, they lastly determined to tie the knot. Given Carina’s stance on marriage, tinheritor engagement got here as a little bit of a shock, nevertheless it was additionally proof of why she was keen to go to stick with Maya. The episode was additionally a significant one for Ben, as he lastly acknowledged the advantages of surgical procedure and confronted his fears.
8 “Crash and Burn”
Season 2, Episode 8
Within the mid-season premiere “Crash and Burn,” Andy and Sullivan have been trapped in an overturned ambulance in a ravine after a windstorm. Sullivan couldn’t really feel his legs, and it was unclear if his paralysis was short-term. To make issues worse, their radios have been down, which means the remainder of the workforce didn’t know the place they have been and raced to search out them. And though Andy and Sullivan survived, sadly, their affected person didn’t.
Any episode through which a workforce member’s life is at stake is an intense one, and “Crash and Burn” was no exception. However on high of being a compelling episode, it put Andy within the highlight and showcased her abilities, in addition to a few of her finest character traits, as the one one within the crash in a position to act, she pushed by way of her personal accidents, which may’ve been life-threatening, to do the whole lot she may to verify they have been discovered.
7 “Scorching Field”
Season 1, Episode 9
In “Scorching Field,” with the station nonetheless anxiously awaiting the choice of who could be promoted to captain, Pruitt suggested Andy to not be upset when it was introduced. In the meantime, the workforce acquired trapped contained in the storage of a burning home, and the storage’s metal construction made it harder for anybody to interrupt by way of to rescue them, on high of the truth that the warmth was not solely harmful however insufferable.
A number of the most intense moments of Station 19 got here when a number of members of the workforce have been in peril, the aptly titled “Scorching Field” included. It was a hectic scenario not just for these trapped however for Pruitt, too, Andy was amongst them, and he’d labored in the same scenario, solely by the point he made it in, everybody in that state of affairs was lifeless. The episode additionally confirmed the workforce working collectively and pondering exterior the field to save lots of lives.
6 “I will Be Seeing You”
Season 3, Episode 12
Pruitt’s outdated associates visited the station in “I’ll Be Seeing You.” In the meantime, the workforce responded to a fireplace at a storage facility, brought on by a lit cigarette, and the unstable roof made it much more harmful. The scenario ended up being extra difficult than it initially appeared when the workforce realized somebody was residing and had grow to be trapped in one of many models. After the workforce grew to become trapped, Pruitt determined to vent the fireplace and he fell by way of the roof, resulting in his dying.
“I’ll Be Seeing You” introduced one problem after one other. Finally, it was a becoming however devastating sendoff for Pruitt, he died doing what he liked and, most significantly, sacrificed himself to save lots of his workforce, together with his daughter, and his dying was made all of the extra poignant by the truth that his associates had been visiting. His most cancers analysis meant his dying was inevitable, nevertheless it ended up occurring in an sudden approach.
5 “Little Woman Blue”
Season 5, Episode 6
In “Little Woman Blue,” the workforce of Station 19 gathered with Station 23 to have a good time Thanksgiving within the aftermath of a neighborhood explosion, which killed Dean (Okieriete Onaodowan) and left his colleagues grieving. His dying significantly affected Vic (Barrett Doss), his finest buddy, who he’d requested to hitch him in California and who was recovering from her personal accidents. Dean’s dying additionally raised the query of who would take care of his daughter, Pruitt (Janai Kaylani).
The vacation mixed with the contemporary lack of Dean meant “Little Woman Blue” was filled with emotional moments, though it glossed over his funeral. Pru was a stark reminder of what occurred. On high of asking the place her father was, Vic struggled to be round her, whereas Andy was reminded of her personal childhood. The episode additionally addressed the various methods grief can manifest, generally in the identical particular person.
4 “Pleasant Hearth”
Season 2, Episode 14
Vic and Ripley (Brett Tucker) confronted doable disciplinary motion over their relationship and attempt to give you an answer in “Pleasant Hearth,” main them to contemplate marriage, a loophole within the guidelines, whereas Andy finds out about Maya and her ex Jack’s relationship. Elsewhere, Station 19 responded to a fireplace at a coffee-processing plant, the place the flammable espresso beans made the scenario significantly harmful, and Ripley put himself in hurt’s solution to save one other captain on the scene.
“Pleasant Hearth” was an intense, dramatic episode. Andy and Maya hit a snag of their friendship, one which threatened to finish it completely. However one of many episode’s largest moments concerned Ripley, though he made it out of the fireplace unscathed, he collapsed the subsequent morning, and his destiny was left unknown. The truth that it got here simply as he and Vic have been contemplating getting married made it all of the extra terrifying and devastating.
3 “At all times Prepared”
Season 2, Episode 15
Within the aftermath of the fireplace on the espresso plant in “Pleasant Hearth,” Ripley checked himself out of Gray Sloan hospital, solely to be taught his well being was in danger after being uncovered to hydrofluoric acid in Gray’s Anatomy crossover “At all times Prepared.” He returned to the hospital for therapy, nevertheless it was too late, the acid affected his physique shortly and was in his lungs and had affected his already weak coronary heart.
Ripley’s well being made “At all times Prepared” an intense episode, and issues grew to become downright devastating when he realized simply how unhealthy the scenario was. The episode was not solely top-of-the-line but in addition one of many saddest, filled with emotional moments, particularly for Ripley and Vic. His dying got here simply because the couple have been discussing marriage, and he supposed to simply accept her proposal. The flashbacks to earlier within the relationship solely served to make the episode much more heartbreaking.
2 “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
Season 2, Episode 16
In “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” the crew gathers for Ripley’s funeral. They have been all nonetheless struggling within the aftermath of his dying. Particularly, Jack struggled along with his PTSD, which he had from the skyscraper hearth, however leaned on one another for help. In the meantime, Andy and Ben helped a person who had been impaled by a chandelier, whereas the workforce organized provides to assist with a wildfire raging in California.
Station 19 delivered a number of gut-punch episodes in a row with Season 2’s hearth at a coffee-processing plant. The final of them, “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” was an emotional sendoff for Ripley, with a tragic however poignant funeral for him and a shifting eulogy from Sullivan. The episode additionally continued to discover the workforce’s grief, from Jack’s PTSD to Vic’s vary of feelings, difficult by the truth that she couldn’t precisely outline her relationship with Ripley.
1 “Not Your Hero”
Season 1, Episode 10
In “Not Your Hero,” the workforce reply to a skyscraper hearth, the place Charlotte (Jee Younger Han), a firefighter from one other crew, raced in with out contemplating the hazards. In the meantime, Ripley held last interviews to fill the function of captain, and Andy was satisfied she was out of the working. Warren handed the 50-fire milestone, which means he was now not thought-about a rookie and was given the keys to the help automotive.
“Not Your Hero” was an excellent, intense finish to Station 19’s inaugural season. Charlotte and Andy’s habits contrasted the variations of their characters—Charlotte was impulsive and reckless, and though Andy acknowledged the hazard, she couldn’t stand by when somebody was presumably damage or worse. The episode ended on a number of cliffhangers, in addition to questions for the next season, with an explosion in its last moments and a number of firefighters left injured or unaccounted for.
