Picture it, El Paso, late 2025:
Eddie Diaz is FaceTiming with Evan Buckley, they're talking about the last unlikely disaster to hit Los Angeles. As Buck is explaining just how the swarm of plague infected howler monkeys stopped traffic on the 405 for a week, how they stole Tommy's helicopter, and why they kidnapped Ravi for ransom, he hears someone in the background of the call and asks Eddie if it's Chris and if he can say hi. Eddie starts talking loudly about how crazy that story is, Buck, wow, but he really needs to go because the stove is on fire and the sink is flooding.
He hangs up and looks at Bobby Nash, who's sheepishly standing in the doorway. Eddie has a lightbulb moment. He's already met his dead wife's lookalike, who's to say he can't run into a guy who looks like his old dead boss in El Paso? Who's to say they can't fall in love?
And that's how Peter Krause is going to stay on 911 for season 9.