9-1-1: Lone Star season four is well underway, with the Firehouse 126 family already facing plenty of drama, including frog rainfalls, an FBI operation into a motorcycle gang and a road trip gone seriously wrong - but what is the latest with the station’s big brother, Judd Ryder? Here’s everything to know…
Has Judd Ryder died on 911: Lone Star?
In a word, no! Although Judd has had some close calls in the past, including the opening episode where his fellow firefights were killed in an explosion with him being the sole survivor, Judd is still a firefighter, as well as the husband of Grace and father to two children, Charlie and the teenage son he didn’t realise that he had, Wyatt.
Other near-death experiences for the firefighter include a car accident involving him and Grace in season two, which saw Grace trapped underwater after their car was forced off-road and into a river. He also found himself trapped in a collapsed building in the season three finale but escapes with the help of his team.
The show’s co-creator Tim Minear has previously made his feelings about Judd’s future on the show clear, telling EW: "Judd and Grace [Sierra McClain], to me, are the foundation of everything, and they have been since the pilot."
The role is played by Jim Parrack, 42, who is perhaps best known for playing Hoyt in True Blood. He previously opened up about how important the role is to him, telling Assignment X: "When the opportunity came, the feeling was a strong one, this is a really good thing to get familiar with and get to act.
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"I think I like comfort far too much to pluck it out as a life choice for myself. My admiration for these people and what they do has gone through the roof, and the kind of courage that they have, and the willingness they have to do what has to be done, is something we’ll probably only ever approximate with the acting. There’s no way [without doing it in reality] to know what that’s like."
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