Ahead of the emotional Season 7 finale of 9-1-1, there were two burning questions on every viewer’s mind: Is Peter Krause leaving 9-1-1, and is Bobby Nash going to die? Now, we finally know the answers to both of those questions.
Peter Krause has played Robert Wade “Bobby” Nash, the captain of Station 118 of the Los Angeles Fire Department, since 9-1-1 debuted in January 2018. Bobby was married to Marcy Nash, and together they had two children, Robert and Brook Nash. Tragically, he lost his entire family in a fire he inadvertently caused by leaving a space heater on.
After their deaths and an investigation that determined it was an accident, Bobby went to rehab and relocated to the LAPD, where he first met field sergeant Athena (Angela Bassett). Bobby and Athena started dating at the end of Season 1 and eventually married in Season 2.But lately, things haven’t been going well for Bobby, and his character arc this season has been traumatic, to say the least. In Season 7, Episode 9, “Ashes, Ashes,” he resigned as captain of Station 118 after confronting Amir, a figure from his past whose family perished in the same Minnesota apartment fire that Bobby caused many years ago.
The heartbreaking episode also featured Bobby admitting to Athena his plan to commit suicide after saving 148 people as a firefighter — the same number that lost their lives in the fire he caused. While 9-1-1 has hinted at Bobby’s death over the years, this scenario feels different. So, what happened?
