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[This story contains major spoilers from the season nine finale of 9-1-1 , “Hearts and Flowers.”]

Ryan Guzman has learned to roll with the punches on 9-1-1 . Back in 2021, when his firefighter-paramedic character, Eddie Diaz, was shot by a sniper, the actor genuinely feared for his job security. But when he recently learned that Eddie was going to face another near-death experience, Guzman’s reaction was surprisingly blasé, despite the fact that the ABC first-responder procedural had just killed off its first main character last year .

“We get these production packets [from showrunner Tim Minear], so we never get a full script, really. It always keeps us on the edge of our seat,” Guzman tells The Hollywood Reporter with a wry smile.…