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Recap / 9-1-1 S5E3 "Desperate Measures"

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The reason why Jeffery hates Athena is revealed, when he assaulted her, she managed to shoot him in the privates blowing them completely off. Athena has a tough choice to make in order to save Harry. While Eddie makes a final decision about his relationship with Ana. After a mistake involving Jee-Yun, Maddie makes a decision that she thinks is best.

Tropes featured in the episode:

  • Big Disaster Plot: The rescue services must deal with the aftermath of a city-wide blackout.
  • Cop Killer: Ransome is revealed to have succumbed to his Slashed Throat at the hands of Jeffery's lawyer. He does not take it well and kills her.
  • Impersonating an Officer: Jeffery fends a bystander off by showing her a fake badge to justify why he's taking Harry with him.
  • Mood Whiplash: After Athena explains exactly why Jeffery hates her so much, she and Michael can't help but make several jokes about it
  • Multipart Episode: The third part to a three-part mini-arc.
  • Put on a Bus: Maddie leaves Los Angeles to resolve her depression.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Jeffery gives his lawyer an earful before killing her over slashing Det. Ransome's throat.
Jeffery: And then what? You made me a murderer. That's what a crappy lawyer you are. Instead of getting me off for rape, you're going to get me hung for murder.
Lawyer: You didn't kill him, I did.
  • Unwanted Assistance: Jeffery calls out his lawyer for killing Lou in front of him in her attempt to free him, and shoots her dead in response.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: The hacker group who unleashed the Computer Virus causing the chaos in "Panic" go offline and scrub their information off the internet. Everything else about them remains unanswered, such as why they did it or how they were stopped. Any relevant information regarding them via Taylor's newscast is rendered as indecipherable background noise as Harry and Michael talk about the kidnapping.
  • Would Hit a Girl: Jeffery kills his lawyer for trying to free him from custody.

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