Eddie’s Buddie Moment 4x01
OKAY SO I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS PART:
After Eddie figures out that the bus is going to blow, the first thing he does is radio Buck, and Eddie radios the fuel venting ONLY to Buck. Not the whole team, and NOT directly to Bobby, who Eddie was communicating with just a second before while they were doing the bus maneuver. Instead he radios directly to Buck about the fuel, and only we know this was only to Buck because he literally calls him by name. In asking him if everyone is off of the bus, Eddie is also subtly asking Buck if he is off the bus and safe too.
Mind you, Eddie does not know what is going on down there (because they have him stuck on the roof). He does not know that Buck is away from the bus, Chim and Hen are with the medical cases, and Bobby is in still on the bus and in the path of the explosion. Eddie is remaining relatively clueless about the movement in the building. Despite not knowing what is going on and who was still in the vicinity, Eddie’s first instinct when he sensed trouble was to check on Buck, to make sure Buck was off the bus, and to make sure he knew that the bus was going to blow, and not to get stuck in it.
Despite how little Buck and Eddie communicated throughout the rescue, at this moment Eddie knew that an explosion was imminent and his first instinct was to radio Buck and make sure he knew what was about to happen. Eddie’s first instinct was to make sure Buck would be out of harms way.
