First Respodcast: A 9-1-1 Watch-Along

<p>First Respodcast is a lighthearted rewatch podcast for ABC's 9-1-1. Hosts Ryan Kearns and Jane Mulcahy bring their respective backgrounds in theater and film, middling YouTuber skills, and love/hate relationship with Ryan Murphy to this episode-by-episode discussion of TV's silliest procedural drama. Updated every Friday.</p>

Stream Izzy Chainz (S4 EP 6 "Jinx")

Hear us discuss one of our favorite 9-1-1 episodes ever, the one where the gang gets cursed! Jinxed! Hexed! Whatever! Don't get mad at me for leaving the long rant about the Red White and Royal Blue movies at the end.Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we discuss Halloween movies that star 9-1-1 actors: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-9-142422294?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

11-07
01:47:35

The Coolest Mixologist in Virginia Beach (S4 EP 5 "Buck Begins")

We've finally reached Buck's backstory episode, a beloved episode among 9-1-1 fans. Do Jane and Ryan share the fandom's adoration of Buck Begins? Not always! Hear us discuss everything from Buck's Village People eras to Maddie's nonbinary arc!Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we discuss Halloween movies that star 9-1-1 actors: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-9-142422294?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

10-31
01:55:20

Murder On the Corgi-ent Express (S4 EP 4 "9-1-1, What's Your Grievance?")

We're back! Hear us discuss another one of those 9-1-1 episodes with one extremely serious plot and one silly ridiculous plot. Presumably Athena sought capital punishment for the corgi off screen.We catch up for a while at the beginning of this episode, skip to 14:31 if you want to get right into our coverage of the episode.This week on 9-1-1, Eddie is in his technophobe era, Bobby is in his roomba bloodthirst era, and Buck feels stuck. A classic!Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we share some hot takes about 9-1-1 fandom drama: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-140090876?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

10-24
01:43:06

Hildy, Play Despacito (S4 EP 3 "Future Tense)

This week on 9-1-1, Eddie is in his technophobe era, Bobby is in his roomba bloodthirst era, and Buck feels stuck. A classic!Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we share some hot takes about 9-1-1 fandom drama: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-140090876?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

10-10
01:36:11

TERROR! At the Hollywood Sign! (S4 EP 2 "Alone Together")

Hear us discuss the thrilling culmination of season 4's opening disaster. A deliciously campy episode that manages to pack so much whimsy and emotion into its 42-minute runtime that it makes one genuinely mourn this era of the show. Ah well, nevertheless...Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we share some hot takes about 9-1-1 fandom drama: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-140090876?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

10-03
01:37:07

Bus Fuel Can't Melt Bobby Nash (S4 EP 1 "The New Abnormal")

Hear us finally dive into 9-1-1 season 4! Covid-19 has come to 9-1-1. And as if that wasn't bad enough, dams are breaking, buses are crashing into buildings, and Bobby is surviving blatantly unsurvivable events. Funny, that.Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we [gasp] pitch our personal versions of 9-1-1 season 9! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-9-137791016?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

09-26
01:27:20

Into You Like a Train (S3 EP 18 "What's Next?")

We've finally reached the end of season 3! Hear us discuss the train crash that isn't a trainwreck, the wife-ification of Eddie Diaz, and the absolute mother convention that is the confluence of Angela Bassett, Brooke Shields, Connie Britton, and Jennifer Love Hewitt.Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we [gasp] pitch our personal versions of 9-1-1 season 9! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-9-137791016?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

09-12
01:35:36

Ice Ice Bobby (S3 EP 17 "Powerless")

CONTENT WARNING/TIMESTAMPS: In this episode, we discuss the show's depiction of a rapist and some of the events surrounding that. We don't go into any detail about any of the assaults, but we do spend some time both recapping those parts of the episode and discussing the implications of the show dealing with such subject matter. If you want to skip any of that, here are the specific moments in the episode:28:06 - 33:45 - Recapping the part of the episode in which Athena is trying to track down a rapist + questioning his victims, also discussing the show's tonal problems in depicting these things56:56 - 1:04:58 - Discussing the implications/coding of Athena's beating at the hands of a rapistStay safe respodcasters 🫡Today we discuss the penultimate episode of season 3, POWERLESS. You already know characters are going to say the name/theme of the episode over and over again.Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we [gasp] pitch our personal versions of 9-1-1 season 9! Jane took the teachers' pet 'canon-compliant' route, while Ryan took the rebellious, Riverdale-meets-Watchmen-meets-Welcome-to-Night-Vale-meets-horrors-comprehensible-only-to-Ryan-himself route. It's a fun one! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-9-137791016?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

09-05
01:31:20

Code Red (S3 EP 16 "The One That Got Away")

Hear us discuss the episode where Buck befriends an old man (that he may or may not desire carnally), an episode Ryan likes for some reason.Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we [gasp] pitch our personal versions of 9-1-1 season 9! Jane took the teachers' pet 'canon-compliant' route, while Ryan took the rebellious, Riverdale-meets-Watchmen-meets-Welcome-to-Night-Vale-meets-horrors-comprehensible-only-to-Ryan-himself route. It's a fun one! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-9-137791016?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

08-29
01:14:57

Zero Dark Fruity (S3 EP 15 "Eddie Begins")

It's finally time to cover an episode we have a very complicated relationship with, Eddie Begins. BEHOLD!!!!Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we discuss Lifetime first responder movies! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-135410497?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

08-22
01:46:12

Worst Workday Ever (S3 EP 14 "The Taking of Dispatch 9-1-1")

In which we spend much of our discussion of 9-1-1's dispatch hostage situation coming up with toxic yuri/doomed yaoi rarepairs.Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we discuss Lifetime first responder movies! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-135410497?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

08-15
01:30:30

Embraceable You (S3 EP 13 "Pinned")

This week's episode is all about Madney, another boring Michael sidequest, and Jane and Ryan's love of musical theater. And nobody even gets eaten by wolves!Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we discuss Lifetime first responder movies! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-135410497?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

08-08
01:44:34

Should've Used the Poop Knife (S3 EP 12 "Fools")

This week's episode is all about FOOLS. And we also spend a pretty long time talking about POOPING. What a show.Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we discuss Lifetime first responder movies! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-135410497?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

08-01
01:58:29

Stuck: The Revenge (S3 EP 11 "Seize the Day")

On this week's episode, 9-1-1 returns to Stuck and Trapped-levels of name-dropping the episode every five seconds. Hear about Michael's lackluster cancer storyline, the Degrassi Junior High-core Chimney and Albert storyline, and of course, gay guy who walks into a bunch of poles.Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we take gay Eddie to court: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-132605435?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

07-25
01:45:32

Women on the Verge of a Christmas Breakdown (S3 EP 10 "Christmas Spirit")

It's Christmas in July, everybody! For real this time! In season 3's Christmas episode, Buck continues to be a child/dog, Bobby appears not to be deathly ill (THIS time anyway), Michael is walking into glass doors like a confused bird, and a whole lot of 9-1-1 callers are struggling to feel that Christmas Spirit. I guess the only remedy is some good old fashioned Christmastime exposure therapy.Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we take gay Eddie to court: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-132605435?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

07-18
01:40:51

Intricate Video Game Rituals (S3 EP 9 "Fallout")

Season 3, episode 9 of 9-1-1 has everything: An Athena copaganda subplot, an iconic Buddie scene, and Hen and Karen bonding at a distractingly cult-like wellness spa. You wanna go for the title... of this episode?Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we take gay Eddie to court: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-132605435?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

07-11
01:42:39

Twin Cities Junior Champions (S3 EP 8 "Malfunction")

In this week's episode, we discuss the culmination of Eddie's fight club arc, Bobby's secret ice dancing past (also the title of my debut Lifetime movie), and Hen's tiny little oopsie.Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we take gay Eddie to court: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-132605435?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkAnd Jane's Step Up video: https://youtu.be/06jKZadsiFETwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

07-04
01:40:39

It Needs Be Said (S3 EP 7 "Athena Begins")

Uh-oh, it's another copaganda episode from our frenemies at 9-1-1! Hear about the LAPD recruitment ad that is Athena's origin story, right up to its deeply unsatisfying conclusion.Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/FirstRespodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkAnd Jane's Step Up video: https://youtu.be/06jKZadsiFETwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

06-27
01:55:51

Crow-paganda (S3 EP 6 "Monsters")

Join us as we discuss 9-1-1's second Halloween episode, Monsters. It's Halloween in June! Just like Hallmark's Christmas in July, but with fewer uptight city women learning to let loose through the love of conservative-coded small town tradesmen, and more homoerotic, technically-platonic lovers' quarrels in between pedestrians getting embedded in windshields.Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/FirstRespodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkAnd Jane's Step Up video: https://youtu.be/06jKZadsiFETwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

06-20
01:36:44

All the Rage (S3 EP 5 "Rage") Feat. Kyla Thomas-Rechsteiner

Hear us and guest Kyla (a.k.a. Ryan Murphy racism scholar and lukewarm Jukebox the Ghost fan) break down one of 9-1-1's most misguided episodes ever: the one where they try to tackle police brutality. It's a bit of a doozy! Sorry this episode is so long, but there was just so much to unpack.Kyla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyla.atr/Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/FirstRespodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast

06-13
02:19:55

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