Who loves movies as much as “9-1-1” firefighter Chim (Kenneth Choi)? The producers of the Fox-turned-ABC drama, of course.
Season 7 kicked off with a three-parter in which Athena (Angela Bassett) and Bobby’s (Peter Krause) honeymoon cruise turned into — just as she feared — “The Poseidon Adventure.”
While we wait for the wedding episode “There Goes the Groom,” which already gave us déjà vu for “The Hangover” in the trailer, here are some of our favorite movie references from “9-1-1.”
“The Poseidon Adventure” in “Capsized”
Even before she and Bobby go on their long-delayed honeymoon cruise, Athena tells her therapist she was traumatized by watching the ’70s disaster movie “The Poseidon Adventure,” in which a ship is overturned by a rogue wave, killing almost everyone on board. She finally gets on the ship, only for her worst fears to be realized. And, of course, a Category 5 hurricane hits only after terrorists board the ship and set off a bomb…
“The Hangover” in “There Goes the Groom”
A scenario where groom Chim goes missing and his friends are hungover with no idea what happened the night of the bachelor party? Sure sounds a lot like “The Hangover.” Be sure and check the roof, guys. The episode airs Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and streams later on Hulu.
“Ocean’s Eleven” in “Ocean’s 9-1-1”
In this extremely entertaining episode, the 118 is called in when a bank manager and an armored truck driver display symptoms of a possible nerve agent attack. Then Hen (Aisha Hinds) gets trapped in the vault, so Bobby orders the crew to break in to get her out. Buck (Oliver Stark) jokes that they’ve broken in but haven’t taken anything, but then how did that huge stash of cash end up in one of the engines? The entire station is hauled in by police and everyone’s a suspect.
“Rear Window” in “There Goes the Neighborhood”
When a bored Michael (Rockmond Dunbar) begins spying on his neighbors with a telescope, Athena sends Bobby over as a distraction. Instead, he gets just as into the surveillance of a suspicious neighbor as Michael. Turns out, they’re right. That shady neighbor across the way who is taking out garbage all the time is up to no good. But both have to promise Athena their amateur detective days are over.
“The Birds” in “Monsters”
Chim is freaked out when a flock of crows gathers at an amusement park after two young bullies threw rocks at them — especially since they’re gathering on the playground equipment, just like in the Alfred Hitchcock. He’s even more unnerved when one crow keeps following him, all the way back to the station.
