The 9-1-1 family is still getting used to Peter Krause's absence.
Three months after the Fox procedural shocks fans by unexpectedly killing off Krause's LAFD captain Bobby Nash during season eight, costar Jennifer Love Hewitt shared an update on how the cast and crew are doing after recently returning to set for season nine.
"It's not the same," the actress told Entertainment Tonight at the July 14 premiere of her new film I Know What You Did Last Summer. "Nothing is the same."
Despite still being sad about Krause's untimely departure, Hewitt noted of the Ryan Murphy-produced drama, "I do think that, you know, when you're telling a story about first responders, unfortunately, those are the things that happen."
Still, Hewitt—who portrays 9-1-1 dispatcher Maddie Han on the show—misses her friend dearly after working alongside the Parenthood alum for seven seasons.
"He was the person that mattered to everyone in the cast the most," she added. "He was our hero. And he always will be."
But the show must go on—and Hewitt couldn't be more excited to film another adrenaline-pumping season.
"It's my favorite," the 46-year-old gushed. "I miss my people. I oddly miss crying every day, all day long. So I'm excited to go do that again and see what emergencies we have."
Following Bobby's death during the April 17 episode, Krause penned an emotional farewell letter to his time on the show.
“Bobby Nash was written in sacrifice, and he was built for this,” Krause wrote in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter. “First responders risk their lives on the job so that others can see another day. His story arc honors them.”
Of course, the 59-year-old—who has been a part of the 9-1-1 series since its 2018 premiere—acknowledged that longtime fans might be “upset by this loss, and they have a right to be."
And no one was more shocked than Krause's onscreen wife, a.k.a. costar Angela Bassett.
“It was inconceivable to me that it was Bobby,” she explained to The Hollywood Reporter in April of the moment showrunner Tim Minear told her the storyline. “It was incredulous to me that it was Bobby, so it was just very surprising. Sometimes, you’re just struck dumb—and that’s one of those moments.”
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