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The actor: “Formidable” is often used to describe
Gina Torres’ onscreen presence, whether she’s playing the unflappable second-in-command on a ramshackle spaceship on
Firefly, a midriff-baring Sumerian princess on
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, or a high-powered lawyer intent on making the most of her second chance on
Pearson. And the statuesque actor, whose genre-laden career now spans three decades, certainly emanates competence and poise, making her look like every bit the natural-born leader. But a closer inspection of the DNA of a Gina Torres character reveals as much warmth and vulnerability as poise and prowess it’s not for nothing that
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Hot off creating and leading her own series, the
Suits spin-off
Pearson, Gina Torres has joined the first responder crew on Fox’s
9-1-1: Lone Star. Torres stars as Tommy Vega, who returns to work as a paramedic captain after an eight-year absence. Like other medical dramas,
Lone Star has made room for our COVID reality, which is part of Tommy’s storyline the pandemic-related shutdowns devastated her husband’s restaurant business, and now she’s back to saving lives.
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Any doubts Tommy had about how well she’d readjust to her adrenaline-driven workplace quickly dissipated after the season-two premiere last month. She continues to show off her nerves of steel in “Difficult Conversations,” the fifth episode of season two. In this exclusive clip from the episode, which airs Monday night at 9:01 p.m. ET, firefighter captain Owen Strand (Rob Lowe) leads his team at the scene of a gnarly collision between an SUV and beam-laden
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(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Monday’s “9-1-1”/”9-1-1: Lone Star.”)
Henrietta “Hen” Wilson (Aisha Hinds) has gone through some pretty dark experiences on “9-1-1.” But one of the paramedic’s most horrifying moments came when she and a couple other members of the 118 headed over to “9-1-1: Lone Star” for Monday’s epic crossover event of the Ryan Murphy-produced Fox dramas.
In the premiere of season two, we’re introduced to new characters, getting updates on old ones we love, and of course, still getting our harrowing 9-1-1 calls. This episode was a loooot of setting up for the rest of the season, so I may be skipping a few 9-1-1 calls and heading straight for our character updates.
To start us off, though, that first call? Strange is the word I’m deciding to use. Owen is communicating over his walkie with a man who stole a military tank from a local museum who’s headed for a VA hospital because of the wrongful death of his daughter. Owen says to the man, “I understand you want to blame the government for what happened to your daughter” and my head tilted and my brain went huh? Look, I’m not sure if this was intentional or not, but if so, it’s a weird way to break the fourth wall and discuss COVID. Then there was a 9/11 tie-in for Owen as we’re going to be learning more about that this season and it all felt so strange and quick t
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