Performer of the Week: Angela Bassett in 9-1-1

Performer of the Week this week goes to the incomparable Angela Bassett as Athena Grant on 9-1-1. There is no way fans are over the death of Athena’s man, Robert “Bobby” Nash and just like Athena we are mad that he left us. Especially after knowing this was not Peter Krause’s choice but the powers that be “creative decision.” 

This week on 9-1-1 Athena delayed making the arrangements for Bobby’s funeral, not wanting to face reality and in all honesty, who could blame her? She already lost one fiancée to violence. An off duty cop going to run an errand that Athena sent him on so she could surprise him and he gets shot trying to stop a corner store robbery. If that was not enough trauma, her second husband dies in the line of duty stopping a crazy scientist, not even a fire. 

I guess I’d rather have him be able to say his final words and not blow up or burn to death. Angela delivered all the emotions this week as a freshly wounded widow. Her line “he just left me” was a blow to the head not even the gut. We felt for her in that moment along with her and her kids at the funeral and finally at the burial site. 

We know Angela can act and she finally got her Oscar (she received an Honorary Oscar in 2024) after being looked over for What’s Love Got to Do With It and Wakanda Forever, but if the Television Academy does not honor her in the next ceremony with an Emmy nomination and win, we are going to have some problems. 

Now the show is on Angela’s shoulders and we are sure she will be strong enough to pull off whatever the writers have in store, just now sure how many of us will be there to watch it.