When Angela Bassett started filming Season 8 of "9-1-1," she had no idea of the heartbreak in store for her character.

Bassett plays police Sgt. Athena Grant on the long-running first responder procedural drama. The eighth season, which aired from September 2024 to May 2025, opened with Athena having to land a plane after a swarm of bees caused a midair crash (really). But it ended with the truly unthinkable: the death of fire Capt. Bobby Nash (Peter Krause) — who has been married to Athena since the show's Season 2 finale — after he sacrificed his life to save his team during a tragic lab accident.

In an exclusive interview with TODAY.com, Bassett reveals she found out about Bobby's tragic end "late." In fact, she says she first received a "fake script" which portrayed the death of a di

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