Jennifer Love Hewitt Teases What's to Come for Maddie & Chimney After the '9-1-1' Hostage Crisis Episode

Jennifer Love Hewitt is opening up about what’s to come on the third season of 9-1-1 following that incredible tense hostage crisis episode.

This post contains some spoilers from the episode, so stop reading now if you don’t want to know what happens!

At the end of last week’s episode, it was unclear if Jennifer‘s character Maddie would survive the crisis, but thankfully she did. And at the end of the episode, she had a tearful reunion with her boyfriend Chimney, who she finally said “I love you” to.

Jennifer has told TheWrap that “big things” are coming for the couple!

“Here’s what I can promise you, there shouldn’t for the rest of the season be any doubt that those two people are a couple and that they’re together,” she said. “I think this episode solidifies the ‘Oh my gosh, we’ve almost lost each other twice. And we can’t lose each other again’ kind of moment in their relationship. So I think what’s beautiful about this is now you’ll get to see a lot of joy between them.”

“They are making baby steps, I like that they take baby steps. If Maddie in her life took anything more than baby steps, I would severely worry about her outcome. I think she’s a smart person who knows that mentally, physically and emotionally, she’s been through a real s–t storm the last two years and probably needs those baby steps more than anything. And honestly, Chimney does too,” she added.

“And what I like about it is it’s different than some of the things that are shown on television,” she continued. “We’re seeing a realistic relationship of two people in their 40s who have been through a lot and are trying to be smart and not hurt each other. So I have a lot of respect for the way they are handling it and I think it’s beautiful. But I do think big things are coming for them, I do. I don’t wanna give away anything necessarily that happens but I do think big things are coming for them and it really means a lot to Kenny and I off camera how much people love Maddie and Chimney together.”

Catch the next 9-1-1 episode on Monday at 8/7c on Fox!