First Respodcast: A 9-1-1 Watch-Along
Jane Mulcahy & Ryan Kearns
Show overview
First Respodcast: A 9-1-1 Watch-Along has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 85 episodes, alongside 4 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 140 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 5th season.
Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 1h 31m and 1h 53m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language TV & Film show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 23 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 51 episodes published. Published by Jane Mulcahy & Ryan Kearns.
From the publisher
First Respodcast is a lighthearted rewatch podcast for ABC's 9-1-1. Hosts Ryan Kearns and Jane Mulcahy bring their respective backgrounds in theater and film, middling YouTuber skills, and love/hate relationship with Ryan Murphy to this episode-by-episode discussion of TV's silliest procedural drama. Updated every Friday.
Latest Episodes
View all 85 episodesTerror! At the Happiness Symposium (S6 EP 2 "Crash and Learn")
Butthurt Buck Begins (S6 Ep 1 "Let the Games Begin")
Small Talk: The Episode (S5 EP 18 "Starting Over")
The Johnlock of 9-1-1 (S5 EP 17 "Hero Complex")
The A-May-zing Race (S5 EP 16 "May Day")
Bonus: Our Thoughts on Season 9
To Catch a Thief (#FOMO AF) (S5 EP 15 "FOMO")
Karma Police (S5 EP 14 "Dumb Luck")
Eddie on the Verge of a Stupid Breakdown (S5 EP 13 "Fear-o-Phobia")
Maddie's Lost Days (S5 EP 12 "Boston")
S5 Ep 11We Don't Love Lucy (S5 EP 11 "Outside Looking In")
EThis week's episode made us (mostly Jane) ANGRY. And CRINGED OUT. And OVERSTIMULATED. Come along with us to RANT and COMPLAIN and be BITTER!!!!Check out our latest Patreon episode, where we discuss a few choice Angela Bassett movies: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-154425359?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast
S5 Ep 10Christmas in the Communist Utopia (S5 EP 10 "Wrapped in Red")
EThis week, it's Christmas in April! Put on your Santa hats and destroy your gingerbread houses out of rage to get into the spirit of the season.Check out our latest Patreon episode, where we discuss a few choice Angela Bassett movies: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-154425359?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast
S5 Ep 9It's Like Poetry, It Rhymes (S5 EP 9 "Past Is Prologue")
EJoin us for a discussion of a fun, flirty 9-1-1 season 5 episode. Something something past affecting present, prologue, idk...Listen to our latest Patreon episode where we identify fanfic tropes in 9-1-1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-in-151909261?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast
S5 Ep 8Straight Rockmond (S5 EP 8 "Defend in Place)
EOh boy, it's Michael's goodbye episode! I hope you had the time of your life...Listen to our latest Patreon episode where we identify fanfic tropes in 9-1-1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-in-151909261?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast
S5 Ep 7The Worst Episode of 9-1-1? (S5 EP 7 "Ghost Stories")
EHear us reluctantly unpack another boring episode that some IMDB reviewers have dubbed the WORST episode of the show. Probably an exaggeration, but yeah it's pretty lame.Listen to our latest Patreon episode where we identify fanfic tropes in 9-1-1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-in-151909261?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast
S5 Ep 6So Imagine a Burger (S5 EP 6 "Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1")
EThis week's season 5 episode is a bit of a nothing burger, but at least there's a good deal of Buddie to go around. Also, if you have the cilantro soap gene, you're dead to me.Listen to our latest Patreon episode where we identify fanfic tropes in 9-1-1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-in-151909261?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast
S5 Ep 5Mansplain, Manipulate, Malewife (S5 EP 5 "Peer Pressure")
EThis week, Jane and a freshly-canceled-for-his-Claudette-takes Ryan discuss another drama and workplace harassment-filled episode of 9-1-1.Check out our new Patreon episode where we discuss HEATED RIVALRY! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-149509645?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast
S5 Ep 4You May Grant Me What? (S5 EP 4 "Home and Away")
EThis week we recap a classic 9-1-1 episode: A devastating call, Grant family drama, and Buddie crumbs all make appearances. Plus Ryan and Jane have a heated argument about something that doesn't matter very much at all!Check out our new Patreon episode where we discuss HEATED RIVALRY! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-149509645?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast
S5 Ep 3CHOPped (S5 EP 3 "Desperate Measures")
EIt's time to discuss a highly flawed episode of 9-1-1: The one where they spread copaganda misinformation about contentious real-life events! Also Eddie is gay.KUOW's reporting on CHOP misinfo: https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-police-and-fire-confusion-slowed-response-to-chop-shooting-not-protestersCheck out our new Patreon episode where we discuss HEATED RIVALRY! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-149509645?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast
S5 Ep 2Nightmare Jenga Rotation (S5 EP 2 "Desperate Times")
EHear us continue to discuss the drama-filled opening of season 5. Mind-boggling police incompetence, exploding helicopters, BUDDIE, what more could you want?Check out our new Patreon episode where we discuss HEATED RIVALRY! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-149509645?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTwitter: https://x.com/FirstRespodcastJane: https://x.com/jane_mulcahyRyan: https://x.com/dancommadirtyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRespodcast