'9-1-1' is a Ryan Murphy show, which for some people may be reason enough to dive in without even worrying what the show is about. That's because Ryan Murphy is responsible for such shows as 'American Horror Story,' 'Glee,' 'Scream Queens,' and 'Pose.' That's quite a resume, but one thing you may notice is that all of those shows have a hyper stylized vibe. How does that fit into the perilous world of 9-1-1 operators and first responders? Not well.
The first season was so ridiculous that it was hard to tell if the show was a comedy or not (hint: it's not!). It often teeters on being fun and horrible, but mostly lands on horrible. As it turns out, when you're dealing with very real feeling storylines, Ryan Murphy's specific charm doesn't work well. Skip this one.