Station 19will officially join the TGIT lineup on Thursday.
Check out first-look photoshereand our deep dive with showrunner Stacy McKeehere.
Now that the spin-off is officially launching on Thursday, read Part 2 of our interview with Ortiz below.
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I guess the only difference is fire.
Well, thats not the only difference, but at the end of the day, were firefighters.
So that dynamic in itself calls for higher energy, more life-threatening situations.
Shondas storytelling in all of her shows, its all very fluid.
There are strong characters.
The storytelling is very dynamic in the sense that its all about their relationships.
People will fall in love with the characters, and want to ride this journey with them.
So thats whats special about her shows.
What kind of dynamic does Andy have with the rest of the firehouse?Andys this natural born leader.
She takes after her dad.
She likes to set the example being a second-generation firefighter.
She doesnt think males are better than her.
Shes a total alpha female.
I think that her best friend Maya is very special in her life.
We have two other badass females, Barrett Doss and Danielle Savre.
I think everyones going to fall in love with them.
They are the rock stars of the station.
Thats whats unique and special aboutStation 19.
The show launches with a pretty huge turning point for Andy.
She knows exactly what she wants when it comes to her work life.
When it comes to her love life, shes a hot mess.
The last thing she needs is to have a family crisis.
When her father is put in a life-threatening situation, it turns her world upside down.
She almost loses it.
You see a very intimate and personal personality trait about her.
At the end of the day, she realizes that family matters most.
He is the new guy.
He is the boot firefighters call the newbies boots.
They involve cleaning bathrooms and doing laundry.
Its great to pick on him.
He is the new guy in our house.
We know hes not the new guy in theGreys Anatomyworld, but it is so fun.
There is that respect for him, because he has experience as a doctor.
So its just fun, because hes just an easy target.
Station 19debuts with a two-hour premiere Thursday at 9 p.m.
