The 9-1-1: Nashville season 2 premiere featured a solemn tribute to Chad Lowe’s daughter Fiona, who died by suicide last month.
“In Loving Memory,” read a title card shown at the end of the Thursday, October 15, episode, alongside Fiona’s name and photo.
Chad, 58, has directed multiple episodes of both 9-1-1: Nashville and 9-1-1: Lone Star, which starred his brother Rob Lowe. He also portrayed Rob’s onscreen brother in a brief arc. (9-1-1: Lone Star aired for five seasons until its cancellation in 2025.)
News broke in September that Chad’s daughter had died. She was 13.
“We are deeply heartbroken by the loss of our beloved Fiona,” Chad and wife Kim Painter wrote in a joint statement, calling Fiona “a loving young girl who was smart, creative and loved to dance.”
They continued at the time, “She was adored by her sisters and she was deeply loved by her parents. In fact, she was the light of our lives. Her passing is devastating for our entire family and we ask for prayers and privacy at this time. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please reach out to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.”
Chad and Painter, 52, are also parents of daughters Mabel, 17, and Nixie, 10. Mabel has since been candid about grieving the loss of her sibling.
“I love you so much, Fiona ❤️. I wish your short time here was easier and I hope your mind is at ease now,” she wrote via Instagram on October 3. “I will honor you forever and keep your memory alive. I love you, I hope you knew just how much.”
Neither Chad nor Painter have further addressed Fiona’s death, with the Pretty Little Liars alum returning to social media on October 8 to repost a candid message about grief and healing.
“We both possess the human and the divine,” Gerry Hussey said during a 2025 appearance on the “Of Healing” podcast, which Lowe shared via his Instagram Stories earlier this month. “Through consciousness and awareness when we awaken the peaceful observer and we get beyond our physical human emotions and our physical human needs and the needs of the ego, and we just let go and we release all that and we connect to a feeling, that is the divine frequency.”
Two days after his social media return, Chad and Painter attended nephew Matthew Lowe’s wedding to now-wife Emily Markus.
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.
9-1-1: Nashville airs on ABC Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
