‘9-1-1’ Star Jennifer Love Hewitt Gives First Real Season 9 Update

We’re officially one step closer to more rescues, more chaos, and more family drama. After “9-1-1″ dropped a gut-punch of a Season 8 finale; RIP Bobby Nash (yeah, we’re still not over it either). Luckily, Deadline confirmed the show’s renewal on ABC back in April. Since then, fans have been circling the internet for even the tiniest scrap of news.

And now? Jennifer Love Hewitt finally threw us a bone. In a new update, the actor revealed that filming for Season 9 kicks off in just a couple of weeks… yep, mid-to-late July is the current target window. Get ready: things are heating up, and we’re about to dive back into all the crazy.

Maddie’s Back — But Don’t Expect Smooth Sailing

If you thought Maddie’s storyline was intense last season, buckle up. Hewitt told ScreenRant she’ll be in “a totally different trauma” in Season 9; because why stop now, right?

In case you need a refresher: last season Maddie got kidnapped, had her throat slashed by a detective with dissociative identity disorder, went into labor, and still managed to name her newborn daughter after Bobby Nash. Talk about multitasking under pressure. Even this trailer from season 8 still gives us chills.

While the details for the new season are under wraps (as always), Hewitt seems to be saying this won’t just be a recovery arc. She’s stepping into something new and likely just as gut-wrenching. Naturally, fans on Reddit are already spinning theories.

One person said, “Maddie will still be at dispatch but hopefully she’ll get a promotion,” while another chimed in with, “I hope Maddie has a relatively drama free season after the whole kidnapping thing. But I can see them playing around more with her trauma from that and thinking she talked a man into killing himself.”

Only time will tell where Season 9 of “9-1-1” actually takes us and Maddie, but it seems like Hewitt’s character could either leveling up… or about to break again (if the fans are on the right track).