Series co-creator Tim Minear reveals why that character “had” to die.

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So I felt like there had to be a casualty, a casualty that mattered.

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Gina Torres on ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’.Kevin Estrada/FOX

So that is why she had to go.

I actually would have loved to have kept Amanda around, I thought she was fantastic.

I wasn’t super interested in playing uber villains.

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Rob Lowe, Chuck Biondi, and Neal McDonough on ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’.Kevin Estrada/FOX

They are not really going to go out and blow up anything.

All bark and no bite, you might say?

I think so, right?

I’m being forced to do things I don’t want to do."

What inspired this story line?

But in this instance, I think…

I really love watchingNeal McDonough.

Oh wait, he’s a bad guy.

Oh, he’s a good guy."

I love showing America that McDonough is actually a real good guy.

But yeah, this was really about male friendship.

I love that moment so much.

What can you tease of the coming episodes?

So we’ll see him become a bit of a father of the groomzilla.

Then, further on, we’ll be hittingMarjan on the road more than once which will be fantastic.

9-1-1: Lone Starairs Tuesdays at 8 p.m.