On 9-1-1: Lone Star, when somebody on the 126 is going through a criticism, everybody simply assumes it’s Owen (Rob Lowe), even when he hasn’t hit anybody currently. But that’s not the case this time.
Instead, it’s Marjan (Natacha Karam), with the girl she rescued from her cell dwelling as her husband drove off with it — and her nonetheless inside it — claiming the firefighter’s use of the phrase “loopy” made her really feel unsafe. The (reunited!) couple wished Marjan to publish a public apology on social media with a hyperlink to their GoFundMe … or face a lawsuit. Marjan in the end decides to stop — through a video she shares on-line — and leaves behind the 126 (for now?).
Karam assures us she’s not going wherever and teases what’s forward for Marjan.
This isn’t goodbye for you, proper?
Natacha Karam: No. There is processing time for Marjan. You will observe her as she will get additional into her self-discovery and he or she must study what’s proper for her and what her calling is in life. The viewers goes to get an opportunity to observe her on that. And then lastly she’ll decide.
But that was fairly the farewell scene with the 126, particularly Marjan and Paul’s (Brian Michael Smith). Talk about filming that.
It was truly a really emotional day filming that as a result of to suppose that Marjan’s been backed right into a nook the place she’s going through her personal morality and integrity and to ensure that her to really feel OK and in step with her integrity, she has to say goodbye to one thing and lots of people who she loves very a lot… I believe for her, staying there can be too tough and there’s some soul looking to be completed, which is why she has to go away.
When we had been filming it that day, there was this sort of weight that was current of none of us know what’s coming subsequent. It’s all the time onerous to say goodbye to somebody once you don’t know once you’ll be again once more.
I’ve to respect her for what she did, and her reasoning is sound as a result of she will’t do her job and maintain civilians, the 126, or herself secure if she’s worrying about all the pieces she does or says in the course of a harmful scenario. Is any a part of her questioning her determination?
Yeah, in fact she is. I believe she thinks that in that actual second she’s incapable of doing her job to the usual that she want to and lives are completely actually on the road each second in that job. So in the event you’re not feeling 100%, you shouldn’t actually be there. And for her, it’s too tough to take a seat there and slowly determine it out. She wants to go away and have that point to face herself and do her soul looking.
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Is this expertise going to vary how she views how she makes use of her social media? Because yeah, she does good with it along with her younger followers, as she mentions, however the consideration it brings her additionally led to this case. But for her, the nice does nonetheless outweigh the dangerous, proper?
Yeah, I believe the nice does outweigh the dangerous along with her use of social media. I believe for most individuals which have a sort of sense of morality or objective, social media will be very helpful as a result of it provides you entry to so many individuals and even simply the chance to make one individual really feel seen or heard, not to mention a whole bunch of hundreds or tens of millions of individuals is a large duty. I believe Marjan by no means forgets that social media comes with a duty, not simply enjoyable.
You’ve introduced up this self-discovery path she’s on now. What is her plan precisely? Just to hit the highway and determine issues out as she goes?
Yeah, I don’t suppose she’s ever actually had that point to herself. There’s all the time been one thing that wanted to be achieved, whether or not it was studying to turn out to be a firefighter, passing no matter check she must turn out to be, whether or not then it’s turning into one then transferring from Miami to Austin. She hasn’t actually had break day and doesn’t actually ever get time like this. So I don’t suppose she had a plan. She simply knew she wanted to get away from Austin, get away from the firehouse, spend a while on the highway, see if something comes up when she’s simply along with her personal ideas, spending time inside herself and never having any distractions actually. Or she thinks.
I suppose it’s an excessive amount of to hope that she leads to Los Angeles and crosses paths with the 118 for a 9-1-1 crossover.
[Laughs] I believe that that concept had been performed with. But that’s not the place she finally ends up. No, as an alternative she does find yourself kind of northern… I gained’t say the place she finally ends up.
We noticed Owen within the cabin when he frolicked away. Is she following in his footsteps?
She’s going just a little additional. She’s going to completely different states. She’s actually on a highway journey on that bike.
I observed trying on the images from the episode after this one, there’s one the place it seems to be like everybody might be FaceTiming her (beneath). So is that one thing we’re going to be seeing?
Yeah, that does occur. For some time Marjan’s probably not going to be round, however she doesn’t disappear out of individuals’s ideas. And so for the opposite characters to nonetheless have what appears like an genuine expertise of their good friend leaving, there might be check-ins. They’ll be making an attempt to determine the place I’m at, what I’m as much as, get recommendation. Paul and Marjan keep in touch. They’re greatest mates, in order that they contact base typically. But I can’t actually say a lot else about that.

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I appreciated the scenes on this episode between Marjan and Owen and him telling her that she all the time has a spot on the 126. She does have a house there due to Owen.
I believe that’s what makes it hardest for her to stroll away. That’s why she will’t simply sit in Austin in her condo and give it some thought. She has to get actually far-off, get the house that she wants, and actually not get pulled again in by something apart from her personal sense of what’s proper and mistaken and what’s for her.
It’s in all probability a very good factor she’s getting out of city now as a result of there’s this bomber (Brennan Keel Cook) storyline, and to this point, she’s the one one to work together with him. Did he set off any severe alarm bells in her? She appeared to possibly know one thing was odd, however probably not precisely what’s occurring.
Let’s simply say not but. The alarm bells haven’t gone off but. She’s distracted with what’s occurring with herself. He appeared like an odd dude, however the penny hasn’t dropped but.
Marjan says she’ll be again for T.Okay. (Ronen Rubinstein) and Carlos’s (Rafael Silva) wedding ceremony. So does that imply she’s probably not going to be concerned in any of the planning, however simply all the enjoyable of it?
Yeah, I believe it seems to be that approach as a result of she’s gone for fairly a while and he or she doesn’t know what the reply is as to if she’s going to come back again and work there however she positively is aware of that she’s going to come back again and nonetheless be mates and have fun the individuals closest to her. So throughout the season that plenty of the planning is occurring in she gained’t be there.
What else are you able to say is developing?
There is an episode the place truly the viewers will get to observe Marjan out on her little Route 66 discovery of self. And as per regular in Lone Star world, it doesn’t go fairly as deliberate. Basically it’s sort of an remoted film with simply Marjan.
How many rescue scenes does she get in that episode?
[Laughs] I can’t say something about that. She’s not a firefighter anymore. What do you imply?
Yes, however we all know her. If one thing is happening, she’s going to step in.
What else would we make a film out of, I suppose. But yeah, there’s that to sit up for. The viewers does get to go journey along with her.
Can you say if we’ll see every other fundamental characters in that episode, or is it primarily going to be new one?
It’s primarily going to be new characters. She’s in a special state.
Everything occurring proper now along with her stems with that rescue from the chopper, which was superior for Marjan. Going again to that, discuss filming it.
I like filming stuff like that. We don’t do inexperienced display screen fairly often as a result of plenty of [the time] what you see is precisely what we did. When we’re rappelling down the perimeters of mountains or these sorts of issues, that’s actually us hanging down the aspect of the mountains. Sometimes within the large photographs, it’s a stunt double.
But with this one, clearly we’re in a helicopter, so it was fairly enjoyable as a result of there was a inexperienced display screen, all of the hanging and the ropes, after which just a little simulator that was shaking the entire home once I was truly within the cell dwelling. It was numerous bodily stuff with our superb stunt crew. My co-star who performed the girl who I acquired out of the home, I believe it was her first time on wires. And so she was like, “What a enjoyable strategy to be doing this in my pajamas, all snug.”
Originally, I used to be within the firetruck when Owen gave the command that I used to be going to go down in a helicopter and also you get to see that cheeky bit of pleasure that Marjan will get when she will get to do one thing filled with adrenaline. But to chop the episode collectively to make extra sense, that sort of disappeared. And then me and T.Okay. appeared within the helicopter somewhat than having the entire thing defined.
That cheeky pleasure is why it’s so onerous to think about Marjan away for too lengthy.
I imply, hey, plenty of issues might go mistaken on Route 66 in your bike. There’s quite a bit to see and there’s quite a bit to expertise. It relies upon how far-off from dwelling you get.
I can’t wait to see this journey of self-discovery from Marjan as a result of I really feel prefer it’s going to be thrilling.
It is. It’s actually huge. There’s sort of virtually like a two-hander. It’s not even only one film. It’s sort of two episodes that go back-to-back. I believe it’s [Episodes] 8 and 9.
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