Mind you, even in the darkness, there will be some light, Ortiz hinted. But if anybody can bounce back, that’s your girl… I’m excited to see how people feel about the next chapter.” Factor in her split from boyfriend Theo, and yeah, “she’s on the struggle bus. “It’s challenging, and I love watching such a happy-go-lucky character go through some dark, dark stuff,” she continued. “She still has a journey left to go on this season, and I’m really excited for everyone to go on that ride with her. “I used to think I had so much in common with Andy, but as the seasons go on, I’m like, ‘I’m nothing like that girl.’”Īs for Vic, portrayer Barrett Doss sighed, “The struggle continues” in the wake of Dean’s passing. Benjamin Warren Barrett Doss as Victoria Hughes Danielle Savre as Maya Bishop Jay Hayden as Travis Montgomery Boris Kodjoe as Robert. Miranda Bailey 3 Stefania Spampinato, 40 Dr. “Thanks to Krista, got turmoil and tragedy thrown every direction, which makes it exciting, so I’m never bored,” she said. Jaina Lee Ortiz as Andrea Herrera Jason Winston George as Dr. 1 Danielle Savre, 34 Maya Bishop 2 Chandra Wilson, 53 Dr. Vernoff got no argument on that subject from Jaina Lee Ortiz, who plays Andy. The old Bank of England building on Bridge Street was transformed into a London police station. At this point, “they just start singing at me, ‘Seasonnn of Funnn!’ It’s not superfun, but it’s superfun for the actors to play.” Martin Clunes leads the cast of the drama which is being shown. Sweet enough to forgive the show's cheesiness? You be the judge.“And then everything I got pitched was darker than anything” that had come before, she continued with a laugh. 'Find your medal and go after it,' Maya advises Andy, supportively, during a sharing session, whereupon Andy rests her head on her friend's shoulder. The fire-of-the-week setup ensures plentiful drama, the cast is pretty and ready for mix-and-match pairings, the dialogue and friendships between cast members (particularly the female ones) are natural and believable. During this weeks crossover event with Greys Anatomy, the firefighters of Station 19 were called out to a neighborhood where a gas line had ruptured. It even has a similarly diverse cast, and painfully faux-poetic voice-overs from our main female character.īut people who like that type of thing will probably like Station 19 too. Romantic or personal complications are interrupted by fire alarms, just the same way a medical emergency disrupted Grey's soap opera antics. It's predictable, it's hackneyed, but it's an easily digestible fantasy: Andy is heroic at work, surrounded by friends and family who love her, has hunky guys desperately in love with her. Like on Grey's, the cast is racially and ethnically diverse, includes women in powerful central roles, and has openly gay characters.įor better or for worse, what we have here is classic Shondaland, basically Grey's Anatomy set in a firehouse instead of a hospital (even down to the suspiciously brief establishing shots of the Seattle skyline).

Language is mild: 'damn,' 'ass,' 'hell.' Adults drink alone at home and at social occasions no one acts drunk. There are same- and opposite-sex pairings with passionate kissing that sometimes progresses to characters removing their clothes (no nudity) and having implied sex off-camera. When they're not fighting fires, characters are often engaging in romantic antics: hooking up, cheating, breaking up. Firefighters must frequently do dangerous things like climbing buildings on fire or jumping out of high windows. Several fire or other emergencies take place on each episode expect to see injuries, burns, blood, and characters in pain or mortal danger, including children. It's also very similar in content and tone to Grey's. A drama about a group of Seattle firefighters who risk their lives and hearts in the line of duty and while off the clock.

It was created by the same team as long-running medical soap Grey's Anatomy, and includes a character spun off from that show. ABC’s Station 19 is coming back with its fifth season this week. Parents need to know that Station 19 is a drama about a Seattle fire station and the quirky characters who work there.

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