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Angela Bassett and Peter Krause worked together on 9-1-1 for eight seasons — playing a married couple for seven — and their bond was evident from the jump.
“He’s just so strong, and stable, and secure,” Bassett told People in March 2025 of her longtime scene partner Krause.
The twosome began playing police officer Athena Grant and firefighter captain Bobby Nash, respectively on 9-1-1 in 2018 when the series was on Fox. During season 2, their characters got married and in 2024 the actors made the jump with their castmates from Fox to ABC for season 7.
Warning: Spoilers below for 9-1-1 season 8, episode 15.
Despite being two of the show’s anchors, Bassett and Krause experienced a massive shock in April 2025 when the writers killed off Bobby during the second half of a season 8 two-part event. Bobby died after being infected with a dangerous virus, which nearly killed Chimney (Kenneth Choi) before he was given the only dose of the vaccine. (Bobby didn’t tell anyone until it was too late that he too had started to have symptoms.)
Following the heartbreaking TV death, Krause gave Bassett a special shout-out after being his fictional wife for nearly a decade — and it wasn’t the first time they gushed about each other.
Scroll down to see what Krause and Bassett have said about working together:
Longest Partner
After filming several near-death experience scenes together, including Bobby and Athena nearly drowning on a cruise ship during season 7, Krause said he couldn’t have done it all without Bassett by his side.
“There’s that saying, ‘Misery loves company.’ I can tell you … It felt very real,” Krause recalled during a March 2024 episode of The Talk, remembering the water-filled scenes. “Angela and I, she’s wonderful. I couldn’t have wished for a better costar. She’s going to become my longest standing scene partner.”
Family Forever
“We have a great time on the set. We have a beautiful family. We’re a beautiful family of people, artists, crew and cast,” Bassett said during a May 2024 appearance on The Talk. “We get along so well. We have fun doing it.”
Partner in Crime
“She is fantastic. I have been working with Angela now for eight seasons and we’ve been married for seven of them. Very successful relationship in Hollywood,” Krause teased during a February 2025 appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, speaking about Bassett. “She’s a blast to work with.”
The former Parenthood actor added: “I think that people don’t give her enough credit for how funny she is. She’s such a warm individual and so on top of it. She’s a real pro. I’m very fortunate to get to work with her. It’s been a fantastic eight years.”
Her ‘Calming Influence’
“It would be so different,” Bassett told People in March 2025 when asked if she could envision a 9-1-1 world without Bobby and Athena being together. “I don’t even know what the show would be like without them together. It’s hard to imagine.”
The actress called the characters “your metaphorical, weekly mom and dad” who always vow, “We’ll keep you safe.”
When it came to working with Krause year after year, Bassett said, “He’s just calm. He’s just a calming influence. He’ll joke a little bit, but he don’t mind being the butt of the joke. Yeah. So he’d always have one.”
His Heartfelt Goodbye
“I will miss all my 9-1-1 family. Our incredible crew whose professional excellence is second to none,” Krause wrote in an April 2025 letter obtained by Deadline after his character’s death. “All the writers who keep pulling rabbits out of hats. All the directors tasked with the same. All the incredible guest cast over the years as well as Jennifer Love Hewitt and the cast in the call center.”
He then gave Bassett a shout-out, writing, “I will miss my partner, Angela Bassett. Her strength and her sweetness, and us holding hands. We parted ways too soon. Much love.”
Krause then called the showrunners his “pillars” and “two of the best in the business.” He concluded by showing love for his “beloved and unruly children of the 118.” Krause jokingly told his TV firefighter crew, “Stay unruly, but be professional and get the job done. Misfit heroes need each other. That’s how we do it at our firehouse. Pass it along to the next new guy.”
An ‘Inconceivable’ Loss
Bassett confessed in April 2025 that she thought Athena would be killed off before Bobby. “It was inconceivable to me that it was Bobby,” Bassett told The Hollywood Reporter after the episode aired. “It was incredulous to me that it was Bobby, so it was just very surprising.”
She continued, “Sometimes, you’re just struck dumb — and that’s one of those moments because their bond has been so wonderful and so strong these past four or five years. I didn’t see that coming. None of us saw that coming.”
He’ll Miss Them All
“I will miss everyone dearly. This was my workplace, for eight years, eight seasons,” Krause said during a Good Morning America appearance in April 2025. “And I am really going to miss everybody: Angela and the fire team and the crew.”
He also gushed about his on-screen marriage with Bassett, stating, “I won’t have a relationship like that again on TV. It’s been a fantastic eight years. I’m going to miss her a lot.”
Their Final Scene
Despite being in shock over Bobby’s death, Bassett told Deadline in April 2025 that she “enjoyed” filming Athena’s last scene with him, especially because their physical distance made it so emotional.
“You’re separated by the glass, by the partition, by everything that separates people, your metaphor for whatever separates people, the virus, all of it,” she said. “And seeing them, seeing their eyes, the memory of who they are, who they are to you, it was just there, every moment, every take for the two of us — the history, the bond.”
Farewell ‘Dear Friend’
Once the dust settled, Bassett penned a heartfelt tribute to Krause via social media. “For eight seasons, this kind, funny, compassionate, talented actor became not only my trusted colleague, but also a dear friend,” she wrote in an April 2025 Instagram post. “#peterkrause as #bobbynash helped to introduce @911onabc to the homes and hearts of fans around the world. I know this is hard for all of you. It’s hard for us, too.”
Bassett added, “Peter’s Bobby Nash will be missed but his character will never be forgotten. He is forever a part of our family. We should all give Peter a lot of love as he expands beyond ‘the 118’ and into all adventures that await him. Love you, my friend. Athena will never be the same.”
