Robert Sullivan was almost fired for stealing medication and mendacity on ‘Station 19.’
Robert arrived at Station 19 within the Season 2 premiere, taking part in the hearth station’s new chief — and later, the battalion chief overseeing a number of stations.
Halfway by way of that second season, Robert suffers a leg damage throughout a windstorm when the station’s support automotive is pushed down a cliff with him and Andy (Jaina Lee Ortiz) inside.
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He avoids paralysis, however he has months of painful remedy and lingering after-effects all through Seasons 2 and three, and ultimately, he begins stealing fentanyl from the station’s medical provides and lies in regards to the fentanyl stock rely to Ben (Jason George).
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The jig is up, nonetheless, as soon as Emmett (Lachlan Buchanan) finds Robert overdosing in his workplace. And in Season 4, Robert — now married to Andy — faces a disciplinary listening to, the place nearly all of his colleagues testify that he’s a person of excellent character. The commissioners permit Robert to remain a firefighter, however they strip him of his rank, making him a “probie” firefighter once more.
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The actors are glad Robert and Andy don’t have an ideal relationship.
In a current interview with Leisure Tonight, Jaina Lee Ortiz and Boris Kodjoe mentioned the roadblocks to the characters’ marriage — and the way the trials and tribulations may make them stronger.
“I believe it begins out along with his drug abuse,” Boris mentioned. “That is a problem in itself, after which her trauma and unhappiness and rage about her father leaving her, after which her discovering out her mom remains to be alive, that alone is a lifetime price of drama. So, we’ll see how they deal with it. I believe everyone knows that they love one another very a lot and so they wish to be collectively. I believe it is attention-grabbing if you discover relationships from the angle of not giving up somewhat than letting obstacles break you aside.”
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“Proper, as a result of if Andy and Sullivan had the proper relationship, if it was all rainbows and butterflies and cotton sweet, it might be boring. It would not be attention-grabbing,” Jaina added. “And the truth that we’re confronted with traumatic challenges, it makes you recognize how they arrive collectively and the way they work by way of these exhausting instances as a result of what does not kill you makes you stronger.”
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