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9-1-1<\/a><\/em>\u2019s Bobby Nash is gone but far from forgotten. The fire captain died in Season 8<\/a> as actor Peter Krause<\/a> left the cast of the Fox show, but his presence will still be felt in Season 9<\/a>, according to costar Oliver Stark<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s not gonna be a linear path of healing, as I don\u2019t think grief is,\u201d Stark, who plays Evan \u201cBuck\u201d Buckley, explained to Deadline<\/a> at ABC\u2019s End of Summer Soir\u00e9e<\/a> on Friday, September 5. \u201cThere are episodes that maybe feel lighter and like we\u2019re moving directly past it and then, as grief does, it sneaks up on you again. So I don\u2019t think it\u2019s an overall down feeling of the show. I think it\u2019s looking to move forward, but in a way that is respectful to the memory of the Bobby Nash character and finding creative ways for him to still haunt the narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n As for Buck\u2019s mindset as Season 9 picks up, Stark said, \u201cWe definitely come back to a more settled Buck, not looking to leave, and instead \u2014 I would say, probably \u2014 looking to put down more secure roots, if anything. He was obviously in a dark place at the time, and I think that has washed over him and may well come back again, but, for now, I think he\u2019s finding more and more reasons to want to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a> How Will ‘9-1-1’ Move on Without Bobby? Oliver Stark Teases Season 9<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Related<\/p>\n Speaking of the 118\u2019s late captain, Stark told TV Insider in May that Bobby and Buck were nearly pitted against one another in a love triangle<\/a> with dispatcher Abby Clark (Connie Britton<\/a>), thanks to the machinations 9-1-1<\/em>\u2019s Season 1 writers.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is going to be a big throwback,\u201d he said. \u201cDo you remember in Season 1 of the show? I was in a hospital bed. [Abby] was at my bedside. And, R.I.P., Bobby Nash walks in, and the original plan was that there was going to be a little love triangle there. My strong feelings for that were, I remember at the time being like, \u2018No, what do you mean? No, that\u2019s Buck and Abby. You can\u2019t.\u2019 I was really, like it was my own relationship, against it, so I\u2019m glad it didn\u2019t work out. I\u2019m glad we never went down that road.\u201d<\/p>\nHow Will ‘9-1-1’ Move on Without Bobby? Oliver Stark Teases Season 9<\/a><\/h3>\n