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RAFAEL SILVA on his last day of filming 911: LONE STAR

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The Cast and Production Crew of 911: LONE STAR on the set of the Series Finale

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The cast of 911: LONE STAR on the final day of filming

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The cast of 911: LONE STAR on the set of the Series Finale

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RAFAEL SILVA as CARLOS REYES on the set of the 911: LONE STAR Series Finale

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The Cast of 911: LONE STAR on set of the Series Finale

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There was also a job change for T.K. (Ronen Rubinstein) — he’s now a stay-at-home dad, with him and Carlos adopting his half-brother Jonah.

“Because T.K. wants it so much, he knew that he would have to make the sacrifice,” says Rubinstein. “I think he’s at the point where his priorities are a little different. It’s now starting a family with the man that he loves rather than continuing his work as a first responder. And we know how much he loves that and how passionate he is about that. So it truly means a lot for him to step away from that.”

He adds, “I think Tarlos deserves a happily ever after they’ve been through everything and have still managed to come out at the end as incredible men, incredible partners, incredible professionals, and then I would think incredible fathers. It’s really beautiful full circle, and I’m so happy with how they ended it.”

Silva agrees: “And I don’t think there’s ever a bad time to give visibility to families that look like T.K. and Carlos. There is never a bad time to bring it to center and front and shine the spotlight on people that are in a same-sex relationship who are just trying to have more love in their lives by adopting kids, by having kids. It doesn’t make them extraordinary. In fact, I think the search is to explain how beautiful it is to be in an ordinary situation where you can just adopt kids without facing so much unnecessary adversity, so much false adversity because of a false narrative that has been created about a community that is based on love.”

Torres, Parrack, Rubinstein, and Silva are all on board to reprise their roles in the future in some capacity (9-1-1, the potential spinoff, or a revival).

For Silva, it’s about “when the timing is right. It has to be an addition. It has to add to the narrative. It can’t just be gratuitous.”

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The cast of 911: LONE STAR on the set of the Series Finale