9-1-1: Lone Star boss responds to controversial Tarlos storyline
The acclaimed procedural drama returned to American audiences on 3 January and left fans heartbroken with the revelation that fan-favourite couple Tarlos – TK Strand (Ronen Rubinstein) and Carlos Reyes (Rafael Silva) – had broken up in the months following the season two finale.
After Rubinstein acknowledged their split with the tweet, “So are we gonna just avoid #Tarlos breaking up or… #911LoneStar,” hundreds of fans vented their frustrations with the series for breaking up television’s favourite first responder couple. “YOU AND RAFA ARE PAYING FOR OUR GROUP THERAPY,” tweeted one fan, while another said: “Worst thing the writers/creators could have done!
It is unnecessary to have them breakup, whatever the reason.” In an interview with TV Insider, Minear explained the writers’ decision to separate Tarlos and told fans to “not despair”. “One of the challenges of coming in in January after we had our finale in May and the fact that these shows pretty much play in real-time in terms of when they’re first broadcast — so if we’re off for six months, then I can’t just say that six months didn’t pass, right?” he said. “I could have just come back in and T.K.
and Carlos could have progressed for six months off camera. I think it’s in a weird way more interesting that something happened to kind of break them up at some point when we weren’t looking so that we can experience how they go forward together and I can play all that stuff on camera and not just have it actually be off-camera. “So while it seems like it’s happening off-camera, this is a trick designed to keep it on camera, if that makes sense.” Minear said viewers will receive answers in forthcoming episodes, before directly addressing Tarlos fans with the following
