But co-showrunner Rashad Raisani tellsEntertainment Weeklythat theLone Starteam actually started with a completely different plan for the Gabriel mystery.
“It goes back to when we first started to think about killing Carlos dad,” Raisani says.
And then we cast [Alan Autry as Gabriel’s boss, Ranger Bridges].

Ranger Campbell (Parker Young) and Carlos (Rafael Silva) on ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ season 5.Kevin Estrada/FOX
It started to float in our minds that maybe hes a bad guy.
Or maybe hes not the bad guy maybe we just want people tothinkhes the bad guy.
Regardless, we knew immediately we wanted to invest more in this character."

Carlos (Rafael Silva) on ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ season 5, episode 9, “Fall From Grace”.FOX
“If we didnt know, then they couldnt know.”
We knew it would be the most pain for him to deal with."
“So it was harder for me to believe that Campbell would be able to orchestrate it all.