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At some point in there, she took a break to shop for houses with her firefighter husband.
The woman has a lot on her plate.
Her character does have a name, for the record.
Which, like, of course she is.
Thats the whole point.
On another show, in another context, with another actor, maybe this doesnt work as well.
Maybe you want a performance in which the actor vanishes into the role.
Thats not what were doing here, though.
Let me go ahead and answer that one for you: No one.
Give me Angela Bassett in that situation ten times out of ten.
Tom Cruise could never inspire this much confidence.
Shes been doing this for a while, too.
This is the eighth season of9-1-1, spread across two networks.
But things are on another level since the move to ABC.
This season, we had the bees and airplanes.
Feels like I should mention that.
This could all be very silly.
(Try binge-watching the series and doing a shot every time someone almost loses their children.
Youll be calling 911 yourself by season four.)
But thats what makes the stuff Angela Bassett is doing here so special.
There is no winking at the camera, no tongue in cheek none of it.
Thats what makes the whole thing work.
Angela Bassett is giving you the full goddamned Angela Bassett on data pipe television every Thursday night.
She doesnt have to do this, either.
Bassett is correctly regarded as an icon.
Go look at her IMDb page sometime.
Its just banger after banger with everything from biopics to cult classics to award-winning performances in Marvel movies.
Lesser actors sleepwalk through prestige-y dramas on streaming services all the time.
There are a few lessons here.
Honestly, I would trust her to land this plane in real life at this point.
Maybe more than the actual pilot.
I think you would, too.
