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“9-1-1: What’s your emergency?”<\/p>\n
The famous words from Ryan Murphy\u2019s adrenaline-fueled franchise premiered Oct. 9 from a new location: Music City.<\/p>\n
Episode 1 wasted no time diving into the charm and clich\u00e9 of Nashville \u2014 from galloping horses at the Nashville Rodeo to the verdant Belle Meade countryside to boisterous bachelorette parties flooding Broadway. Throw in a few inventive emergencies, some corny dialogue, a CGI tornado that’s stuck in I-40 traffic and two half-brother firefighters vying for their father’s approval, and Murphy may have hit all the right notes in a third city, behind “9-1-1”<\/a> in Los Angeles and Austin.<\/p>\n As the signature yellow-and-white audio waveform flashed across ABC screens, the first high-stakes emergency in Nashville sent crews rushing to a Kane Brown concert at Ascend Amphitheater. The stage collapsed. A country star’s crew needed saving from an impending tornado.<\/p>\n All units be advised: spoilers of Episode 1 ahead<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Y’all need help: <\/strong>Stars weigh in on most ‘Nashville disasters’ for a \u20189-1-1\u2019 episode.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The screen fades to two days prior; Brown’s concert chaos will have to wait on character development.<\/p>\n Chris O’Donnell<\/a>, a.k.a Captain Don Hart, stands underneath the stands at Bridgestone Arena for the inaugural Music City Rodeo, a real life event that took place May 29-31.<\/a><\/p>\n Deep in thought, the camera pans up to Hart’s son Ryan, played by Michael Provost, trotting over to him on horseback. O’Donnell walks over to his black horse Duke who senses the unsettled energy coming from the captain. Even Duke feels the icy storm that is Dixie Bennings, played by LeAnn Rimes. Although she’s not in the scene, the foreshadowing is palpable.<\/p>\n “What the hell’s wrong with Duke?” Ryan asks.<\/p>\n “I don’t know. He’s been acting spooky lately,” Capt. Hart answers.<\/p>\n “What did you do? Piss in his oats?” Ryan returns.<\/p>\nA stormy setup<\/h2>\n