‘9-1-1’ Fans Go Off on Reddit After the Show Teases Bobby’s Successor

• 9-1-1 season 9 premiered on ABC on October 9.

• The ABC drama seemingly revealed that Howard "Chimney" Han (Kenneth Choi) is stepping in as interim captain of the 118.

• Fans on Reddit react to seeing Chimney step up and take over for Bobby Nash (Peter Krause) in the newest season of the procedural drama.

  
  

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This story contains light spoilers from the 9-1-1 season 9 premiere.

9-1-1 season 9 just premiered on ABC, and viewers already have so much to say about a potential new change in leadership.

The latest installment just started airing new episodes on October 9, and the season 9 premiere continued following the 118 as they navigate working without their late captain, Bobby Nash (

Peter Krause). While the episode showed the team dealing with an emergency involving a big-shot billionaire (played by Mark Consuelos) that swarms into two members preparing for a trip to space, folks also got to see Howard "Chimney" Han (Kenneth Choi) step into Bobby's old shoes for the time being.

Even though it's not necessarily settled who's going to permanently replace Bobby on 9-1-1, the show dropped the official promo for the October 16 episode that seemingly inferred Chimney's spot as captain. Amid seeing everyone react to an unexpected explosion, viewers see Chimney as he steps up to the plate to try and protect his fellow first responders.

"Everybody—in the engine!" Chimney screams in the clip that was later shared on YouTube.

Shortly after the promo aired on TV, fans on Reddit couldn't help but voice how they wouldn't mind seeing Chimney take over for Bobby in this role.

"I'm so in for Chim to become captain. Just take the damn test!" one person wrote. "Exactly. Chimney take the test!" another agreed. "Really looking forward to Chimney getting past his personal doubts to realize he deserves to be captain. Loved the reassurances he already got this episode!" a different follower added.

Even though we'll have to wait and see whether Chimney permanently becomes the captain of the 118, Kenneth previously spoke out on how he thinks 9-1-1 will move forward without Bobby.

"For Chimney, this is going to be a tough one, definitely," he previously told Entertainment Weekly in April 2025. "He's been through a lot of rough things in his life, but I think this will trump all of them. He's been on death’s door maybe 1,000 times, but emotional and mental scars are sometimes worse than physical, so the burden for the 118 is going to be tough."

Guess we'll need to tune in and see what happens next...