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9-1-1: Lone Staractor Jim Parrack knows what makes his character Judd tick.
“That applied to the original 126 that got wiped out.
And then it applied to Grace she was everything.”
Judd (Jim Parrack) on ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ season 5, episode 10, “All Who Wander”.Credit:Kevin Estrada/FOX
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What were your thoughts when they first told you this was Judd’s path this season?
JIM PARRACK:I said, “Well, great.
There should be something really consequential about Judd and Grace being split apart like this.”
Judd (Jim Parrack) on season 5 of ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’.Kevin Estrada/FOX
Then we started finding ways to foreshadow it a little bit, because alcoholism doesn’t happen overnight.
Was there a particular scene that most affected you?
That was maybe to me the most important scene in the episode.
How did you choose to play that scene?
What was he about to do if he hadn’t heard from Grace?
Do I or don’t I?"
It was a “One last try: God if you’re there…” kind of thing.
And that was moving to me, to come at it that way.
It was a moving experience.
Was he also looking for death when he walked into that firing range earlier in the episode?
By that point, [the 126] knew what was going on.
It wasn’t that we didn’t know the place was really dangerous and full of exploding ammunition.
I just wanted to come at it like, “Look, my family’s falling apart.
I’m pretty sure there’s no God, which means there’s no heaven or hell.
Maybe just put an end to all this and go to sleep and get out of here.
And if I don’t die, fine, I’ll save this guy’s life.
And if I do, no problem these foundational, meaningful things aren’t in my life anymore.”
Well I’m sure fans will be glad to see Judd come out the other side.
What can you tease for viewers heading into the final two episodes of Lone Star?
The main thing they can expect and deserve to see is how much the 126 mean to each other.
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