Not for lack of effort, Raisani toldTVLineabout attempts to have McClain return.

I just thought that that was the best way to protect her character and also to honor her character.

Or at least hes not admitting on a conscious level that hes angry.

Sierra McClain clasps a hospital patient’s hand next to their bed in a still from ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’.

Sierra McClain on ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’.Scott Everett White/Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection

We get to that a little bit later.

Amid Graces absence, Judd continues reconnecting with his grown son Wyatt.

The midseason finale of9-1-1: Lone Starairs Monday, Dec. 2 at 8/7c on Fox.

9-1-1 Lone Star: L-R: Rob Lowe, Rafael Silva, Brian Michael Smith, Gina Torres, Julian Works and Natacha Karam

Jim Parrack and Sierra McClain on9-1-1: Lone Star. (Kevin Estrada/Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection)