Btw when I say I'm in the fandom's fandom I meant it?? Like I know I'm giving my own takes of the season etc but like I haven't watched a single ep?? Cus like I just wait for the episode to air then like scroll Tumblr and other places to see y'all's reactions and that's how I know what's up. And the amazing gifs and stuff tooo. Like y'all are real ones.
I literally kid u not have not seen a single ep anytime as it airs at all. I also don't want to? Like I'm invested enough that I like the fandom stuff and fics but yea
Read a 9-1-1 fic where someone called Buck Evan and Chris' first and only reaction was "Who the fuck is Evan?", and the thought that Christopher has reached the big age of 15 - 16 (as of season 9) and doesn't know that Buck's legal name is Evan is hilarious actually.
Whole ass essential second parent he thinks is named Buck Buckley đ
Its been a bit since I posted this and it blew the fuck up but I just have to say this is probably my favorite note I got on this post lmao
The idea of Chris being present while Buck and Eddie are having one of their angsty ass kitchen moments or something and Eddie calling him Evan because he's being serious and Chris pops up reminding them both he's even there, and asking who tf he's talking about because that's Buck.
And Eddie and Buck just look at each other and start laughing their asses off realizing he's never heard Buck be called Evan before almost entirely forgetting whatever they were being dramatic about in the kitchen and having to explain that, no, Buck's parents were not evil enough to name their son Buck Buckley and he does have an actual first name.
Buck is mildly offended Chris thought he had that bad a name and Chris' whole internal Buck knowledge had been re-written and he absolutely pulls the "My whole life was a lie???!" And calls him Evan exclusively out of spite for at least a week, it weirds everyone in the 118 family out because they already aren't used to him being called Evan let alone from Chris
He does revert back to calling him Buck eventually though because he's been calling him his Buck since he was little and it's much more comfortable.
Eddie finds the whole thing hilarious while Chris is in the spite period (the apptitude of being a little shit is genetic I fear) sometimes playing along and also calling him Evan. Buck on the other hand looks like a deer in headlights just about everytime either of them do it, despite Eddie having called him Evan before it was never in casual conversation or day to day and it's WEIRD
Thanks for this reblog it made me laugh coming up with this little narrative and now I lowk might write it, this made me smile :)
everytime someone calls him evan durring that week he pauses and goes "oh no what did I do" before remembering and this inspires laughter in both of them (and the rest of the 118)
and if we want to get serouis about it for a second maybe the two pepole he loves most in the entire world (three, if it spreads to theo- and you know chris would tell him to do it, too) calling him a name he's accosicated with his parents (and hate) his entire life would undo some anger he didn't even know he was holding untill it was gone. yes, I don't like when pepole call me evan still, but I don't feel that white-hot anxiety in my chest anymore when someone yells 'evan' across the house anymore. I just feel neutral. maybe even happy if it's chris or theo because they need me, and i'm cool and those are my sons!!!
and to happy-angsty-happy sandwich this addition to ur post, (tangent incoming) have you seen that clip of tom holland calling zendaya "marie" on some red carpet in order to get her attention instantly even though they're in a very very loud room and she turns because she knows only *he* calls her that? okay, it's that concept but buckandeddie. they're in a loud fire or at a 118 house barbecue or something and they're having separate conversations across the lawn but eddie needs to ask him a question so he goes "hey, evan!" and buck instantly turns to answer his question about something silly (what school theo goes to, or something) and then they both go back to separate conversations like nothing happened
they need to realize that they can just bring bobby back in season 10 and then people WILL FLOCK BACK and you'll have an ENTIRE GROUP OF PPL who hadn't watched s9 who will potentially go watch s9 on hulu just to catch up to s10 of Bobby being back or maybe some people WONT watch s9 so they can feel Lost like bobby and have the real 'gone for more than a year, dont know what happened to the firefam' experience which is like literally the BEST decision marketing wise and plot wise!!!!
Bobby can just be a recurring cast member like Karen? like he can retire? Athena is a detective now? she can go find him? Theo and Chris can stay with Bobby? He can help Chim navigate his guilt/his emotions over the entirety of the year that they've had that he had to captain?
Harry can talk to him about being a firefighter? Ravi being so awk cus he doesn't know if Bobby will approve of him and May? Eddie finally letting go of his guilt & talking about Abuela and her words to him with Bobby who gets it? BUCK AND THEO? BUCK AND BOBBY AND HIS SUBSTANCE ABUSE?
Maddie breaking down in Bobby's arms because this man gave her kid brother a FATHER AND A FAMILY and then saved her HUSBAND? this man that she doesnt know as well as she does the rest literally saved all her babies???
Chris having at least ONE PERSON BACK? Chris and Buck and Buck and Bobby???? PLEASE
"Is dis-dis..abbled a bad word?" Theo's voice cut through the table at Buck's house, stopping everyone in their tracks.
"Where did you hear that word buddy?" Buck asked, on the edge and alert. He didn't want to cause problems but if someone's made Theo feel bad about himself, then all bets were off.
"Mrs Reese was talking to the new Ms in class. She's going awayyy so new Ms Storm is with us now." Theo stuttered, his focus still on smushing the fruits around on his plate.
Eddie gently placed a hand on Buck's arm, stopping him from jumping out of his skin with worry. "And.. did Ms Storm say anything bad to you? When did you hear that word Spider-man?" Eddie asked.
Theo didn't look up at anyone but his movements become slower, more hesitant. "We won't be mad bud, just talk to us." Eddie voiced out again.
Theo looked up at Eddie and held out his pinkie for him to promise. Once Eddie sealed the deal, Theo said, "I uh could hear them talk outside the door. I know I'm not supposed to listen to adults talk if they don't know I'm there but they were LOUD!"
Theo continued without stopping, "Mrs Reese told Ms Storm that uh some of us, were uh disabl-thisabled, whatever that meant and then she said my name. and then a bunch of letters like ABCD."
Buck instantly breathed a sigh of relief that his kid, Theo wasn't being bullied. But immediately after, the stress set in of having to now explain to a four-year old what ADHD & disabilities meant. God how does he do that?
Buck looked to Eddie, pleading look on his face for his best friend to step in. But before Eddie could, Christopher spoke up.
"It's not a bad thing Theo. If someone is diasbled, it just means that they have a disability."
"What's that? Is that like what mommy & daddy had and then they left?" Theo asked, suddenly cautious.
"No!" Buck interjected immediately. "No, buddy it just means that uhm people with disabilities, well, they're born a bit different and need a bit more help to do things."
"I have one too Theo." Chris added on, picking up his previous conversation.
"I have a physical disability, which means my body isn't really working how other people's body works. That's why I have crutches and my chair to help me. But you, well you have a disability that's about your brain. it just works faster and in a more fun way than most people. That's why it's hard for you to sit still during bath time but when it's game time you're reallly good at being focused."
Chris didn't know if any of what he was saying was helping Theo, but he knew his lil brother needed to know that there was nothing wrong with him. He also knew that his dads would probably try to be nice but talk around the issue rather than say it like it is and Chris really didn't want to do that to Theo.
If Chris had looked up at his dads, he would have seen that both Eddie and Buck were looking at him with so much pride in their eyes.
"So... your body doesn't work right, and my brain doesn't work right?" Theo asked, his face looking curious albeit a bit sad.
"Different. There's nothing right or wrong about our brains and body. They just work different to other people." Christopher clarified, insistant.
Eddie noticed Buck's eyes tearing up and Eddie couldn't say he didn't feel the swell of tears himself.
"Your brain is awesome because it's your brain. It's just different from most people's. But that doesn't mean it's bad. I love it." Chris reaffirmed again.
"It just means we're special?" Theo asked, now wide with awe in his eyes.
"Yea, Theo. It just means we're special. And sometimes we need more help than other people but it NEVER means that we're bad. I love helping you remember things, and you love helping me walk up stairs right?" Chris questioned, knowing how much Theo loved to help Chris, especially with his physio exercises.
"YEA!" Theo shouted.
"And you don't think it's weird I talk funny?"
"NO! You talk like CHRIS and I love CHRIS." Theo shouted more enthusiastically this time.
By that point, Buck had given into his tears as he sat there trying to hide them just streaming down his face as he grips tight to Eddie's hand under the table.
"Well that's good because I think the way you talk Theo is very BUCK-like and I LOVE you and Buck! Even if you two talk very fast." Chris stated matter-of-fact, finally glancing up at his dads, but not acknowledging their sappy tears.
There was a beat of silence before it was broken by Theo's peal of giggles as he yells, "I talk faster than BUCK! I'm the FASTEST"
And with that, everyone at the table broke into laugher (and tears in Buck's case) and went back to their dinner.
The 911 timeline is an actual shit show but Eddie's timeline is probably one of the worst.
We know that Eddie says that he enlisted because Shannon was pregnant but also that he re-enlisted after Chris got his CP diagnosis, as in his contract was up and he signed on for more years.
Now the issue with those statements is that the minimum years required to serve in the army is AT LEAST two years, though typically 3-6 is more common (4 years being the most common), especially if you require specialized training. Medic training takes almost a year so the two year contracts are rarely offered to people wanting that specialty (they do exist, admittedly, but the chances of Eddie being allowed to do that is slim to none).
The issue this creates is that in Eddie Begins when they're arguing about Eddie re-enlisting after Chris's diagnosis, Chris is too young to line up with Eddie's first contract being at an end no matter which way you spin it. That is a baby Eddie is holding in that episode, not a toddler, like if I was to guess I would say at most that baby is 1. In addition to that, while CP is typically diagnosed between 12-24m, it can be diagnosed earlier with certain symptoms. Symptoms that Chris, whose CP affects his muscles and mobility, would have had and likely would have delayed things like sitting, crawling, standing, etcetera enough to prompt a diagnosis before 12 months.
Now, the pregnancy would have been included in that initial contract time, but also included in the pregnancy timeline is the 4-8 weeks it usually takes to notice pregnancy symptoms, their court house/shotgun wedding, and Eddie deciding to enlist, doing it, and potentially having to wait to start (the wait between enlisting and starting bootcamp can apparently vary wildly), all also are things that would have had to happen during that pregnancy. I'm saying at most, 6-7months of Shannon's pregnancy was Eddie actually enlisted, which puts Chris at around 18 months in Eddie Begins (accept that baby is not 18 months). Which would technically work if Eddie was on a two year contract but we've already established that the likelihood of Eddie being on a two year contract as an army medic is slim to none and that Chris likely would've have been under or just around 12 months when he got diagnosed.
Now the length of Eddie' second contract is less of an issue, for a number of reasons. The first being that since Eddie was discharged after he got injured, how long the contract actually was for can be almost whatever and his injury can be whenever needed in the timeline. We do also know that while Shannon left not that long after he got back since her mom was diagnosed while he was still in Afghanistan, one could still somewhat play fast and loose with how long she tried to get him to agree to come with her to fit timeline needs.
However, since we know Chris was around five when Shannon left and (for the timeline to make sense) was closer to one than two when Eddie signed the second contract, chances are the second contract was four years or longer. This gives enough time for Eddie to complete a chunk of it, get injured and discharged, healed enough to not have any obvious injuries during the kitchen argument before Shannon left (that I can remember), and for Shannon to have tried for a while to convince Eddie to go with her before she went to LA alone.
In all, Eddie was - at minimum - in the military for 6 years but again, his first contract only being two years is very, very unlikely. It would've have made a lot more sense if his story was he'd gone into the military as an escape/rebellion, Shannon got pregnant while he was in the army, and then he re-enlisted after Chris's diagnosis.
THEN the timeline gets all messed up because he apparently finishes the LA Fire Academy and immediately joins the 118 in the late summer/fall of 2018 but somehow graduates from his probie year in the spring/early summer time of 2019 even though in LA you have to graduate from the Fire Academy and then do 365 days of being a probie to be a full firefighter. But, the timeline of season 2 starting the spring/early summer of 2018 doesn't work because of the different holiday episodes but it also doesn't work for him to have graduated in the late summer/fall because of Buck's injury. He's still in a cast at Eddie's ceremony and he's in recovery for 5 months, which also doesn't work because of the timeline and holiday episodes of season 3.
They should've just made Eddie a transfer from another house (but still a probie) at the start of season 2 if they wanted him to graduate at the end. Could've made the reason he didn't start immediately at the 118 because they already had a probie (Buck) and they had to wait until Buck had finished his year before they were allowed another on the roster.
Also, it would add to Buck's one-sided beef with Eddie to have Bobby having to wait months to do this whole song and dance, to put in so much effort, to get Eddie transferred to the 118 only a few months after starting his probie year somewhere else because Eddie was just that impressive.
Eddie is working hard on figuring himself out, getting a life, and also reestablishing contact with Buck after worrying about them drifting apart and their friendship changing. Realizing that sometimes people misunderstand his relationship with Buck should not be the shock it is. Also, if Chris could stop launching verbal sneak attacks on him, heâd appreciate it.
Meanwhile, Buckâs learning to parent a toddler while not at all being insecure about something said by one Margaret Buckley. Heâs just studiously avoiding the word âParentâ like the plague, and otherwise doing his damn best.
or
If Buck had a nickel for every time someone left him their kid in their will without his knowledgeâwell, heâd have two nickels. Which isnât a lot, but itâs weird that itâs happened twice now.
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Iâve been quietly waiting for this WIP to finish posting so I could a) finish it, obviously, but then b) immediately rec it here.
Itâs 200k of beautiful, nuanced exploration of what the addition of Theo to Buck (and Eddie and Chrisâ) lives could mean. Thereâs so much about it thatâs wonderful, not least that with 200k words, the story really has time to breath that it almost certainly will not get in a 44 minute weekly network procedural tv show.
The focus, of course, is Eddie working through some stuff about himself, and Buck working through what it means to become whatever he is now to Theo, but the depth of love and understanding and respect and trust between them is the undercurrent that drives everything, and itâs shown (not told) beautifully in the way the author shapes their thoughts, interactions, choices and behaviours all the way through.
Honestly, it was a total joy. I cannot recommend this highly enough, if youâre someone whoâs at all open to the Theo storyline. For those who arenât, I guess itâs maybe not for you, but I donât know, maybe try it anyway? It might help recontextualise what little weâve seen so far on screen into something with potential to be a beautiful, nuanced exploration of (chosen) family.
was waiting for this to finish!!! Read up to two chapters, fell in love and decided to wait for the whole thing!!! Gonna DEVOUR it now that it's complete
⢠If pigeons started appearing in his living room, it would take maybe two before Ryan thought someone was putting them there on purpose. On 9-1-1, Buck would be the responsible for putting them there. In real life, it would be his daughter
⢠Ryan feels extremely grateful for the support and for the fact that so many fans resonate with Eddie, and he thinks that is all an actor can dream about
⢠When a fan gave him a speech about their love for Ryan and Eddie, it reportedly left Ryan blushing and a bit teary
⢠Question âIf Eddie was around for Bobby's death, do you think he would have been in lab or helping save everyone with Buck and Athena? And how do you think he would have handled that from there, especially if he were to grieve there in the moment like everyone else?â
⢠Answer âI think Eddie might've died. Like, to be honest, I think he's that type of person that, like, if he's lost.. Okay, just hear me out. He's lost his whole squad. He's lost so many different individuals that matter to him. The last thing he's gonna do is want to lose anybody else, so he'd rather sacrifice himself than lose somebody else. Especially somebody like Bobby. Bobby is so integral to the 118 and he's helped so many people and I think Eddie is an individual that downplays how many people he actually helps, and what he offers. So he would more than likely wear his silver star and break down that, you know, that chamber and save Bobby and somehow sacrifice himself. So, maybe it's a good thing that Tim had me in Texas.â
Someone who's going to the cons PLEASE I BEG YOU can y'all ask Ryliver and ESPECIALLY OLIVER STARK who he thinks Buck would put in his will as Theo's legal guardian and why would it be Eddie or if someone else then why NOT Eddie
Matt Cohen: Iâll stop talking now, âcause I know you guys are excited for our next two guests. Are we? Are we not excited? [Audience cheers] Are the people in the back excited? [Audience cheers] Are the people in the front excited? [Audience cheers] Fine. And with no further ado, I bring to you Oliver Stark and Ryan Guzman! [Audience cheers]
Ryan Guzman: Had to do it [entering with a fake mustache]. Someone gave this to me, and so many people have been talking about my mustache lately and made me miss it so, yeah.
Oliver Stark: You have it.
RG: I know, but itâs not there really. I gotta shave all the other stuff.
OS: On stage, now, live.
RG: Bring a razor, letâs go [Audience cheers].
MC: Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to stay up here and take over this panel as much as possible, âcause I really like these fellas and I got to hang out with them a couple times over the last month or so. But you guys look like you have plenty of questions, so I will turn the stage over to you guys. Gentlemen, you know how it goes. If thereâs a problem, just call me and Iâll throw my boot at somebody and weâll handle that business.
OS: We sure will.
MC: Have fun, fellas.
OS: Thank you [Audience claps]. Hi, everybody. Wow, this is a big room.
RG: Woah, yeah. It keeps on going.
OS: Wave at the back. Let me see if I can see your hands.
RG: Hey, there we go!
OS: Alright, now wave in the middle.
RG: Are we doing a wave?
OS: Thatâs enthusiastic.
RG: They should have done the wave.
OS: Alright, yeah. Letâs do like a little wave-y thing. Alright, further back. Count them in. You got more rhythm.
RG: Three, two, one, go! Here we go. Oh, thatâs nice! Right side is going a little stronger. Beautiful. Thank you, guys, for doing that.
OS: And one more⌠No, Iâm joking.
Audience: You just gotta end it [Ryan and Oliver do the wave].
OS: Okay, should we answer some questions?
RG: Letâs do it.
Fan: Hello, how are you?
OS: Cool helmet.
RG: Second place winner.
F: Yes, I am! And I was being you, so rock. If Eddie Diaz and Buck, obviously, if they were participating in a drag show, what would their drag queen names be? [Audience cheers]
OS: [Smiles] Busty Buckley [Audience cheers].
RG: I feel like Di-Ass is pretty good, yeah [Audience cheers].
OS: Di-Ass! Yo, Busty Buckley and Di-Ass? Kill it [Ryan and Oliver high-five]. We get Season 11 immediately [Ryan laughs].
F: Alright, thank you.
OS, RG: Thank you.
Fan: Hi.
OS: Hi.
F: What is your favorite opening emergency and your least favorite and why?
RG: Favorite emergency or what?
OS: Opening emergency. Favorite opening emergency and least favorite opening emergency.
RG: To be honest, I liked the last episode. You fell right in the middle of the emergency and it was Aisha-
OS: Opening emergency [Audience laughs].
RG: Oh-Oh, like, opening to the season?
A: Opening scene.
RG: Opening scene?
OS: No, no, no, no. The big, the big disasters at the beginning of the season, right?
F: Yeah.
RG: Oh, big disasters, okay.
OS: I got you [Fan].
RG: She [Audience] was confused just like me. I wasnât the only one. I would say I had fun the first time I was on-on the 9-1-1⌠So, the whole earthquake thing was-was really fun. Tsunami probably comes in close second. Least favoriteâŚ?
OS: That blimp shit that we did [Audience laughs].
RG: Thatâs the least favorite. Thank you for reminding me, yeah. What was that?
OS: Like, that was weird. Like, it didnât work, did it? We can say that now. And it was kinda weird, awkward to film. Like, we had to go up that ladder and-
RG: Lasts for two seconds.
OS: Yeah.
RG: Yeah.
OS: Blimp, eh [thumbs down]. Yeah, yeah, tsunami, earthquake. I love the, of this season, the stuff we did in the subway. So, it wasnât, like, the main one, but it was like a-a subsection of it, right? Like, any time we do water stuff, that was cool. Us in that thing just being pelted with water. You looked, like, smoldering. Like, whatâs-whatâs the word you had to keep on shouting? Bolus, was it that?
RG: That was Kenny.
OS: Bolus!
RG: Bolus!
OS: I donât know even what that means.
RG: We need to look it up one day.
OS: We cut our leg [laughs]. We should probably have done that before. Thank you.
Fan: Hi. So, the, I know the storyline for 9-1-1 gets kinda, like, crazy sometimes, and all, like, the scripts. So, what do you think when you get the script? Like, the tsunami one had a lot of crazy stuff that, likeâŚ
RG: I think the craziest one for me was the bees [Audience laughs]. Weâre doing a tornado full of what? But accompanied with the mustache, we made it work.
OS: Whereâs the link between the mustache and the bees?
RG: Iâm sure someoneâs written, like, a five-page, like, thing on it. I know it, I know it. But that was the craziest part. I think the rest of them have been like âOkay, this makes sense. An earthquake in LA, yeah. TsunamiâŚ? Yeah, I meanâŚâ.
OS: It could happen.
RG: It could happen, yeah.
OS: I think once we, like, the tsunami was the first time where we did something where, well, âHow will we do that? Thatâs too big.â. But then having pulled it off, now whenever I see them, Iâm just excited for like âWow, how are we gonna bring this to life?â. Because itâs fun for us, right? Like, we get to kinda really do the stuff. Like, weâre really in the water, weâre really in these buildings that are tipped over. And-And so, yeah, the-the-the bigger and the more ridiculous and bizarre it gets, the more fun we get to have in it.
F: Thank you.
Fan: Hi. So, my name is Jess. What defining scene, sorry, what scene would you say is, like, defining moment for your character?
OS: Well, thatâs deep, I like that. Ryan first.
RG: [Laughs] I need some time.
OS: I guess, now, the death of Bobby Nash. Right? Like, I think if you were to, like, make a graph of Buckâs trajectory, like, that is such a huge event and that, like, altered who he becomes and, like, steps into different roles now and, you know, it feels like more of a mentor since. So, I think in terms of turning him into this new version of himself, that was such a catalyst. So, yeah, R.I.P. Bobby Nash.
RG: Iâm not gonna mention the mustache again [Audience laughs].
OS: No, go on, talk about it.
RG: No, I think a defining moment was actually a moment between our characters when Eddie has kinda lost his-his whole unit, and heâs just in the worst place heâs ever been. And his best friend comes and has that conversation with him, allows him to work through these emotions. And I think itâs the first point where Eddie is actually able to, like, acknowledge his emotions and-and understand that he canât be bottling this stuff in anymore. So, it was, it was a-a pivot point.
OS: Were you gonna say when you shaved the mustache?
RG: I was [Audience laughs]. Tried every bit of me to avoid that.
OS: I think thatâs a good answer. I would have accepted it.
RG: Yeah?
OS: Yeah. Would you like to talk about it?
RG: Shave the mustache, yeah.
F: Thank you.
Fan: Hi, Iâm Amanda. If your characters were Pop-Tarts, what flavor would they be?
OS: Wow, thatâs deep [Audience laughs].
F: I ask hard-hitting questions.
OS: Raspberry.
RG: Raspberry⌠Iâm gonna go strawberry.
OS: Thereâs no wrong answers. I mean, what is that?
RG: You found the only wrong answer.
OS: Yeah. NoâŚ? Well, I donât even know other flavors they do.
A: Brown sugar. The wild berry one that tied in with the Spider-Man movie.
RG: Brown sugar, actually, yeah.
OS: [Raises hand] No, brown-brown sugar!
RG: Itâs got cinnamon in it, doesnât it?
A: Yeah.
F: Buck wouldnât be the wild berry that tied in with the 2002 Spider-Man movie?
OS: Yes, he would. Youâre right. And I was testing you to see if you knew what Pop-Tart we would be, and itâs that one. Youâre right. Well done, Amanda. Youâve watched the show [Audience laughs].
Fan: Hi, Iâm Amy. First things really quick, do you know that theyâre calling your sperm donor baby a buckling? I donât know, I thought it was adorable.
OS: I like it.
F: And then for the question, how do you think the dynamic of the households are gonna change now that you have Theo in the situation? âCause you used to help out with Chris, like, your character. So, you think weâre gonna see that collaboration again?
OS: Yeah, I donât think the dynamic will change all that much, you know? I think there are characters that have shown up for each other time and time again and I think they will continue to do that. And, genuinely, like, Iâm really excited to see what those, what showing up for each other will look like going forward, you know, and who it will involve. And, you know, characters like, somebody brought this up to me, I think, at a previous conventions, and I spoke about it in some Meet & Greets today, like, that first meeting between Chris and Theo and what that will look like and how heartwarming that might be. And so, yeah, Iâm really excited for those. I donât, I donât think it will change too many dynamics, but Iâm looking forward to whatever they turn out to be and how they play out.
F: Thank you.
Fan: Hi, Iâm Madison, Iâm from Tennessee.
OS: Yeah.
F: So, since weâre in Nashville, which one of you is the better bull rider?
RG: [Raises his hand] [Audience laughs]
OS: Before⌠So, we did some bull riding in Nashville for the show. I donât wanna make a fool of myself, I looked up some YouTube videos the night before I did.
RG: Thatâs right.
OS: And hereâs what Iâve decided about bull riding. Do we have kids here? Thatâs just some bullshit, right? Because you come off when the guy decides that you come off. âCause he, like, there was a time I was like âYeah, Iâm nailing this. I, oh, no, heâs throwing me offâ. Like, you just, youâre on it until he does a quick change of direction. So, the question doesnât exist. Nobody can be better or worse.
RG: Sounds like a loser to me [Audience laughs]. I am.
OS: Bring out the bull [Audience laughs]. We did, oh, sorry, donât go anywhere [Fan]. Do you [Ryan] remember there was the stunt girl, I think she was Jessicaâs, and she was, like, this was her thing.
RG: Yeah, yeah.
OS: And I asked her advice and she said the same stuff the YouTube videos said. Hold on with your thighs and the guy will throw you off when he throws you off.
RG: Did she say that?
OS: Thank you [Audience laughs].
Fan: Hi, my nameâs Heather. Yâall probably my Top 3 friendship show, on the show, anyways. Well, on any show I watch.
RG: Whoâs the other two?
OS: [Indistinguishable]
Fan: No, I mean on all shows I watch, I got a little nervous there. Anyways, what is the most emotional scene that you have filmed for each of you?
RG: Go ahead. I think yours is more recent, no?
OS: What is it? [Audience laughs]
RG: The whole drug thing that you just had.
OS: Oh, yeah. That. No, yeah, that was emotional. [Sighs] I donât know, is that, is that the most emotional oneâŚ?
A: Derek!
OS: What did you call me?
RG: She said âDerek!â.
OS: Who the fuck is Derek? [Audience laughs]
RG: Who the fuck is Derek?
OS: I know who Derek is. [To Ryan] Derek was the-the son in Motherâs Boy that I was replacing.
RG: Oh, yeah.
OS: Watch the show.
RG, OS: [Indistinguishable]
RG: I didnât read that part.
OS: Hereâs a story, and Iâm gonna do the, use the Bobby Nash card again.
A: Oh.
OS: Someone said âOhâ. And I hope it was like âOh, he diedâ, not âOh, is he talking about that again?â [Audience laughs]. So-So, the breakdown, right? He dies or dying and I leave and I take off my mask and have a little cry in the hallway. I was super nervous about that scene. Like, super, super nervous. You see, in general, like, Iâm not a big emotional person like that, like, Iâm not a crier⌠Eh. On-On screen. And itâs such a, like, big pivotal moment. I was like âWhat if I canât do this? Like, what if I canât nail it? What if it just looks dumb?â. So, I had so much pressure on that moment. And it was really, like, cathartic and liberating to then shoot it and be like âIâm feeling the stuffâ. So, that was a really nice, like, in touch with the character of, like, real stuff coming to the surface. So-So that one probably sticks out as one of the most emotional.
RG: For me, it was something that touched a little too close to home. I-I had just lost my grandmother, and I hadnât really cried other than at her funeral. And I think right after her funeral, maybe like a couple weeks later, I-I shot the scene where Abuela dies in front of me. And it was the first time I actually, like, really let go, and it was hard to kinda, like, bring it back in. So, that-that one was difficult, because it was just tears flowing, but youâre not feeling, like, youâre not, you donât have a sad face. Itâs just, it just kinda comes. So, that was the hardest one.
F: Iâm sorry about your grandmother, and thank you, guys.
RG: Thank you. Sheâs in a better place.
OS: Thank you.
Fan: Hi, my name is Abdu. So, I asked this question to Kenny and Aisha earlier but, if your character died, knock on wood, we donât want that to happen, but if your character died next season, what song would you want playing? Like, how they have Work Song for Bobby Nashâs death.
OS: Thatâs good. Oh, I have an answer! Wait, I donât know what itâs called. You go first, let me look on my phone, hold on [Audience laughs].
RG: That was really quick.
F: Also, Oliver, I just wanna say Iâm sorry about Arsenal losing.
RG: You wanna see him cry again? [Audience laughs]
F: No, I meant in a place of love.
OS: Weâre having a nice time, what are you doing?
F: I meant it in a place of love. PSG gotta go.
RG: Yeah.
OS: I appreciate that. Iâll be right with you. I gotta look into my other phone.
A: Two phones?
RG: Did you bring out two phones?
OS: Answer the questionâŚ
RG: Maybe, like, Whatta Man, but sung like in a slow version [Audience laughs].
OS, RG: Whatta man, whatta manâŚ
RG: You should sing it.
OS: I should. I will, one day. Oh, I didnât know itâs called this. Ironic. [The song] Itâs called Keeping Me Alive [Audience laughs], by a guy called Jonathan Roy. I like the acoustic version [Ryan signals Oliver to play the song].
A: Can you play it?
OS: Iâm doing it [Audience laughs]. [Song starts playing] It ainât that part that weâre playing, the song. Alright. So, I know this song because when I was shooting Buck Begins, thereâs a line in it and itâs like something, it literally says, thereâs a line like âThis fire is the only thing keeping me aliveâ. And I wanted it to play in, like, the Buck Begins when Iâm like âAh!â [mimics struggling]. And⌠Donât take a photo of that [Audience laughs]. And itâs been in my head as, like, a Buck song ever since. So, if you strike me down, maybe youâre here keeping me alive.
RG: [Pretends to hit Oliver with the microphone] [Audience laughs]
F: Alright. Thank you, guys.
OS: Thank you. What did Kenny and Aisha say?
F: Oh, okay. Aisha said something Madonna, I canât, or from BeyoncĂŠ, I canât remember. Kenny said Vogue by Madonna [Audience laughs].
OS: I would watch that.
F: Me too.
Fan: Hi, Iâm Amanda and my question is, if you could take the entire 9-1-1 cast and put them into a show from the 80âs or 90âs, any show, what show would it be and why? And do not say Friends.
OS: Hey, there, what would you say? Thatâs a good question for you.
RG: Oh, man, I gotta think of 80âs shows.
OS: Or 90âs.
RG: Or 90âs?
OS: Yeah.
RG: Buffy The Vampire Slayer [laughs] [Audience cheers]. It could work.
OS: Yeah, thatâs nice. thatâs crazy, I was gonna say the same thing, so my answer [Ryan laughs]. We-We both think-
RG: You would be Buffy.
OS: Yeah.
F: Thank you.
Fan: Hello, my name is Katie, Iâm the one that drove twelve hours to be here.
RG: From Ontario, right?
F: Yeah.
RG: Thatâs right.
F: My question is for both of you. What is one interesting fact about you that anyone might not know?
RG: Should we tell them?
OS: You know the things theyâre gonna do with that.
RG: [Laughs] Oh, true. I didnât think about that. Oh, man. Something interesting⌠I feel like weâre open books, I donât know.
OS: No, we gotta give her something, she drove from Canada.
RG: Well, think of something.
OS: Buffy The Vampire Slayer [Audience laughs]. An interesting factâŚ
RG: Interesting factâŚ
OS: My, this is not an interesting fact, itâs just a-a fact.
F: Thatâs okay.
OS: Iâve had two cats in my life, but- [Audience laughs].
RG: Starting off strong.
OS: Both of them have been unfortunately mauled by wild animals [Audience gasps]. Yeah, itâs not funny anymore, is it? [Audience laughs] The first one living in London, outside cat is, in England is like the, nobody has indoor cats, and it was later in life and a fox got it. And then my cat Norman here, unfortunately, he used to be an indoor cat and then when I moved to a, like, gated property, I let him be an outdoor car and we had a very⌠This is not the answer you wanted [Audience laughs]. [Inaudible] happy for years and then eventually was unfortunately killed by coyotes. So, yeah, maybe, I donât know. Keep your cats indoors.
RG: Wow, how do I follow that? Iâm gonna stay on the animals. At one point in time, I did have a small farm in my backyard in LA and donât do that [Audience laughs]. Yeah, I had goats, I had chickens, I had bunnies, I had all the things and my neighbors hated me. So, it didnât, it only lasted for maybe, like, three, four months, but, yeah.
OS: I forgot you had those.
RG: Yeah, they climb, goats, I donât know, they can climb on things. So, I would show up and theyâd be on my car [Audience laughs].
F: Yeah, I got six cats and two geckos, soâŚÂ       Â
RG: But no goats.
OS: Keep them inside.
F: Thank you.
Fan: Hi. First, can you say hi to my friend Carolina? She couldnât make it today.
RG: What was her name?
F: Carolina.
RG, OS: [Wave] Hi, Carolina.
F: Thank you so much. And if any celebrity could play your character on 9-1-1, who would you want it to be?
RG: Brad Pitt [Audience laughs]. Benicio del Toro.
OS: Ah.
RG: Yeah. You could be Brad Pitt.
OS: I could be Brad Pitt [laughs]. Chris Evans, maybe? I think heâd be a good Buck.
RG: Chris Evans would be a good Buck, yeah.
OS: Oh, my God, what if they recast us for Season 10?
RG: Donât tell Brad Pitt.
OS: With Benicio del Toro and Chris Evans. I think weâre alright.
RG: No one will watch that.
F: Thank you.
RG, OS: Thank you.
Fan: My question is, if your character was to be in a cartoon, what cartoon would you want it to be in?
OS: Powerpuff Girls [Audience cheers].
RG: Thatâs so crazy, âcause I wanna say Dexterâs Laboratory [Audience cheers]. They were on right after another, like, yeah. Did you actually watch Powerpuff Girls?
OS: Fuck yeah!
RG: Whoâs your favorite one?
OS: Bubbles [Audience cheers]. Itâs just the first one that came to mind. I canât think of the other- Bubbles⌠What are the other ones? Butterfly? No.
A: Blossom, Buttercup!
OS: Blossom. And Buttercup. Oh, yeah, I knew there was a Butter in there somewhere.
RG: He loved that show.
OS: Itâs been, itâs been a while.
F: Thank you.
RG, OS: Thank you.
Fan: Hi, guys, my nameâs Riley. What is your favorite, like, core memory from set?
RG: So many, actually. We have a lot of fun on set and in between shooting [The Good, The Bad and The Ugly theme song starts playing] [Audience laughs]. That was great.
OS: Mine is actually, the one that comes to mind is from Season 1. The dark days, as theyâre known [Ryan sighs].
RG: Go ahead.
OS: No. Are-Are you sure?
RG: Yeah, no. Act like Iâm not here.
OS: No, I donât need to be. Alright. So, we were shooting in a trash truck. A garbage truck, right? And they got this garbage truck, itâs, like, sanitized. They say it was sanitized, who knows? Weâre literally crawling around in the back of it. And they take all the tracking, trash out, or maybe there was some bags that we were laying on. It was me, Kenny and Pete. I think Aisha was sensible and didnât spend more time than necessary in there. And, like, we found these magnets, and obviously weâre in a metal truck. And I donât know why, we just were in hysterics, like, laughing, just throwing these magnets so casually against the wall, just like a TIK. And we were still, you know, Season 1, early days, and it was so dumb. Like, whatâs funny about that? Nothing. But we had the time of our lives for some reason. And, like, look, Iâm twenty-six at the time. Like, theyâre in their 40âs and 50âs, they gotta grow up. Like, Iâm allowed to find that funny. But we just bonded over, like, we just couldnât stop laughing for some reason. And thatâs always one that sticks out in my mind.
RG: We, for a while now, weâre playing this game called Botticelli. I donât know if anybody has hear that, but itâs a silly little, like, name game. And for whatever reason, we played it for almost like a full season, didnât we? [Oliver nods] Maybe even longer. But we got so caught up in it that, like, we were looking forward to it every single time they called cut, and weâd be thinking of things, and then the crew would get involved. So, it was like, one of these, like, expanding games and-
OS: It was like the, remember it was, like, Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana� And then we go into that big-
RG: Oh, you talking about Aisha doing the Little Mermaid too? That kinda stuff?
OS: Yeah, that was Aisha.
Aisha Hinds: [Yelling from backstage] Hey, hey, hey! [Audience laughs]
OS: Okay, what are you doing?
RG: It was horrible.
OS: Go take some photos!.
RG: Donât play with Aisha Hinds.
OS: Look, alright, so, weâre playing this card. So, the game is, you say the first letter. I hope youâre [Aisha] still back there.
RG: Listen to this.
OS: You say the first letter of a name, right? So, if-if Iâve chosen Ryan, I would say R, and then itâs just Yes or No questions to get to who they are. Weâve played months and months and itâs always real people. And our friend back there does T, and we just cannot get it, and sheâs done The Little Mermaid. Like, thatâs-thatâs cheating, right?
RG: Thatâs what it is, yeah, yeah.
OS: Thank you. And then we got into about somebody like Hannah or Miley Cyrus, and then it became this big thing about, like, is she better known as Miley Cyrus, the pop star-
RG: Or Hannah Montana.
OS: No, Iâm not gonna do a vocal. Sheâs better known as an actress, right? Like, from her Hannah Montana day.
A: Yeah.
OS: Alright, thank you. I hope youâre still back there.
RG: So, yeah, that.
AH: [Indistinguishable] for anybody who say that [Everyone laughs].
F: Thank you so much.
RG: Thank you.
OS: Thank you. Sorry.
RG: You brought back repressed trauma [Audience laughs].
Fan: Hi, my name is James.
OS: Hi, James.
F: And have you ever dis-disagreed with how your character handled a situation? And what would you have done differently?
RG: Yeah, I agreed with the-the death of Bobby Nash [Audience laughs]. Yeah, the way Eddie handled it, I-I would have expanded a little bit more, at least, like, I donât know, done something different for that. But that was the one thing that just didnât feel right, to be honest, yeah. [Oliver points at Ryan] What?
OS: Thatâs interesting.
RG: What do you mean?
OS: Like, what do you mean?
RG: Just the fact that, like, he was in Texas and living his own life, and-and when he found out, it was through the phone and it was, like, two seconds of, like, remorse, and I feel like that should have just been bled out a little bit more for-for Eddie. And knowing his past, being an angry individual, like, some kind of, like, reoccurrence of, like, what heâs been going through throughout the past couple seasons. So, I mean, itâs a huge character, so it just didnât seem right for the character to not wanna just, like, explode or do something much more grander.
F: Thank you.
OS: I donât know if there are, like, things I disagree with like that, in a sense of like, I donât know. Itâs, like, they write the character, they can, but there are things that maybe I think I wish he hadnât have been that way, I donât think itâs wrong for the character but, like, for example, like, when Eddie was moving to Texas and Buck was kinda bratty about it. Itâs like, heâs doing a thing that works for him and his, and his kid. But I donât think thatâs wrong for the character. I do think thatâs who Buck is. For me, as a somewhat sane person, Iâm like- [Audience laughs]. Why is that? Iâm like âYeah, that is not how you should handle your friend doing something that is right for his lifeâ.
RG: Oh, yeah. And when they replaced you too. I donât think Eddie should have been so jovial about this new guy.
OS: Oh, is Sam-
RG: Yeah.
OS: Lead of Obsession.
RG: Obsession. Yeah, crazy. Have you not seen it?
OS: A hundred million dollars.
RG: Yeah, itâs crazy.
OS: Thatâs amazing.
RG: Yeah, maybe they shouldâve replaced you [Audience laughs].
OS: I laughed and then I realized what you said [Audience laughs]. And then I cried.
Fan: Hi, guys. My question is, how would you describe yourselves as an ice cream flavor? And it can be plant-based, for Oliver.
OS: Brown butter. Brown-Brown sugar! Yeah, brown sugar. As an ice cream flavor⌠I donât wanna say raspberry.
RG: Rocky Road or something. Yeah, I mean, that describes Eddie.
OS: How so [laughs]?
RG: The title.
OS: [Laughs] Seriously, I think that describes Eddie. Rocky Road.
RG: Itâs got chunks of stuff [Audience laughs].
OS: You do got chunks of stuff [laughs].
RG: I donât know. Itâs-Itâs all over the place, yeah. I think, I think I was just thinking about the title, the Rocky Road. Itâs just been a rocky road for Eddie.
OS: Oh, yeah, okay.
RG: Yeah.
OS: I wanna say Neapolitan. Like, thereâs a little bit of something for everybody, you know? Sometimes itâs a little bit strawberry, sometimes a little bit vanilla, sometimes a little bit chocolate [Audience laughs].
F: Sometimes you swirl them together.
OS: Yeah, he does.
F: Thanks, guys.
Fan: Hi, my name is Rebecca. I was wondering, if you ever did a crossover with The Rookie or High Potential, which-which one would you choose and why?
RG: Rookie [Audience cheers].
OS: Yeah. Yeah, in the last few weeks, Iâve met a ton of actors and actresses from The Rookie. And like, theyâre super cool, I think weâd have a blast over there. Iâve had somebody, somebody recently said to me that I would be buried in a barrel with Lucy [Audience laughs]. And I was like âAlright, sure, yeahâ. And they were like âBut sheâs with Timâ, and I was like âWeâre buried in a barrel, weâre not falling in love. She can be with Timâ. But, yeah, I think weâd have a good time. Melissa, we met her at [Disney] Upfronts.
F: Thank you.
A: [Indistinguishable]
OS: What?
A: You remembered it from Dream It [Convention]?
OS: It was a week ago [Audience laughs].
A: Remember yesterday?
OS: Oh, yeah, I remember. Hi.
Fan: Hi, guys, Iâm Leah. First of all, I just wanna say, could you say hi to Cora and Haley? They could not make it.
RG, OS: Cora [Wave].
F: And Haley.
RG: Hi, Haley.
OS: Where are you?
F: Well, one is in Texas and the other oneâs in Indiana. So, they both had work.
OS: That ainât very far. She [points at the audience] came from Canada.
F: I know, right?
OS: Thereâs a girl here who flew in from Paris. Sorry, weâre just [indistinguishable].
F: No, yeah, youâre so right. They should have come with me, itâs-itâs on them. This is for both of you. For your characters and yourself, if you body swapped with each other, whatâs the first thing you would do? [Everyone laughs]
OS: Iâd probably dance in my underwear [Audience laughs]. Yeah, no, genuinely. Thatâs what I would do, I would dance around. Wow, itâs all so smooth [laughs, gets up, trips over a bottle and sits back down] [Ryan laughs]. See, thatâs why Iâm doing that. Alright, bye.
RG: I donât know what I would do in your body. Thatâs crazy-
OS: You should be so lucky. [Indistinguishable] [Laughs].
RG: [Laughs] Thatâs crazy. Oh, man. Talk about clips. I donât know. âCause the first thing that I think of was, like, your first, like, season, and you were just slutting around [Audience laughs]. So, I donât know. Maybe be a slut.
F: Thank you, guys.
OS: Thanks.
Fan: From any TV show or movie, what would your dream-
OS: Wait, wait. Sorry, what?
F: What?
OS: No, I, sorry. I was still somewhere else.
F: From any TV show or movie, what would your dream blunt rotation be? Like, any characters. Or your, and your nightmare blunt rotation?
RG: Dream blunt rotation from any movie?
F: Yeah.
RG: Okay. [Oliver whispers] Make up, make believe. Yeah. My immediate thought would be Cheech and Chong. But I also like the Seth Rogan, just-
OS: I was thinking, like, Pineapple Express or⌠Whatâs the other one? With the baby. Knocked Up.
OS: Yeah, playing ping-pong. Yeah, playing ping-pongs.
RG: Yeah. Oh, that actually could be pretty good too. Stephen Se-, whatâs his name? Seagull somebodyâŚ
A: Jason Seagull.
RG: Jason Seagull! There it is.
OS: Steven Seagal.
RG: Steven Seagal!
RG, OS: [Indistinguishable]
OS: Oh, nightmare blunt rotation [laughs].
RG: Yeah.
OS: Fate.
RG: Yeah. I think [thumbs up]. I donât know.          Â
OS: Or you tell us.
F: Did you answer both?
OS: Yeah, we said-
F: Okay.
RG: Yeah, I would do it with Chimney.
OS: Yeah, we said Steven Seagal would be our nightmare one. Maybe, like, Conor McGregor. Like, he strikes me as the type where, like, youâre having a good time, and then itâs like âOh, wait, are we serious now? Are you trying to fight me?â.
RG: I donât know if heâs doing weed though.
OS: Yeah, thatâs what I mean. Is it a nightmare?
RG: Yeah. [Ryan and Oliver turn around] Everybody! [Audience cheers] [Inaudible] The man, the myth, the legend!
OS: Gavin, Gavin McHugh!
Gavin enters the stage
RG: Hang on, buddy. Get him right in between us. Yeah!
OS: [Is handed a microphone] Two microphones.
RG: Show stealer. [Gavin sits down] Dad took us in there.
OS: Do our best. Here, this is your microphone, so you can speak to the people.
RG: Donât say the rude things we told you [Audience laughs].
Gavin McHugh: Okay.
OS: [Tries to hand a microphone to Gavin] Okay, Iâll hold it.
GM: Okay.
OS: Hello?
RG: Next question.
Fan: Whatâs your favorite part about Buckâs kidnapping in Season 9?
GM: Okay, they wanna get into the serious. So what, so what does, what do, what does she mean?
OS: She said, what-whatâs this favorite part about the kidnapping episode? You have one?
GM: Oh, I remember when Eddie walked into the house and heâs, like, I think âWhat are you doing here?â. [Ryan whispers] Oh, heâs-
RG: The one where he [Oliver] gets, he gets stolen by some crazy old lady.
OS: Did you not watch my episode?
GM: No!
RG: [Inaudible] super cool in it, just letting you know.
OS: Yeah, youâll like it.
GM: Wait, which episode are you talking about?
OS: You know, when we were on a road trip and we had a crash.
GM: Thirteen.
RG: Yeah. Yeah!
OS: Yes, thirteen. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
A: Yeah!
GM: Oh, whatâs my favorite part?
RG, OS: Yeah.
OS: You know, mine was, mine was when Iâm like âIâm Derek, Iâm Derek, Iâm Derekâ, when sheâs prodding me with the cattle prod. That was my favorite part, âcause it was really dark, and I wasnât sure if it would be too dark for network TV. That was my favorite part.
GM: I really donât pay close attention [Audience and Ryan laugh].
RG: I love you, dude.
OS: Welcome to our life [Laughs].
RG: I think my favorite part was the driving sequence, like, just singing and having fun, throwing cheese balls at each other.
OS: Do you remember how good we were at throwing cheese balls? [Ryan nods] So, they had to ask us to miss.
RG: Yeah.
OS: âCause we might wanna use a miss. And we just couldnât miss.
F: Thank you.
RG, OS: Thank you.
GM: Of course.
Fan: Hello. I was gonna ask, Iâm giving Oliverâs question to Gavin, but Gavin, whatâs your favorite memory from set?
GM: Oh⌠A lot of people, technically, have asked me this question a lot of times.
OS: Be original [Audience laughs].
F: I didnât know you were coming out!
GM: And I think my favorite memory was when I first worked on set with Ryan. He would always read me books [Audience coos]. Yeah, he would always read me books. My-My momâs like âDo you remember that memory?â, and Iâm like âNoâ [Everyone laughs].
RG, OS: She said âYour favorite memoryâ.
RG: (Laughs] I love that.
GM: Yeah [Ryan laughs].
RG: Itâs my favorite memory that he forgot.
F: And I was just gonna ask Ryan if he can say who he thinks called when he found out about Bobby.
RG: Who I think called?
F: Or if you know.
RG: I do know, yes. It was this guyâs [Oliver] sister. Yeah, it was Maddie. Was, you know, any Maddie scene they [mimics scissors cutting] [Audience laughs].
OS: Oh, wait, you actually shot that?
RG: No, but I guess it was technically supposed to be Maddieâs voice on the other end. And, yeah. That scene actually lasted a lot longer than what was shown, so⌠Yeah, it was Maddie.
F: They need to release it.
GM: Well, again, again I didnât pay close attention [Audience laughs].
F: Thank you.
RG: Thank you.
OS: What do you got?
Fan: Hi, my nameâs Valentina and my question is, if you could be any character from the 118 for one episode, who would you be and why?
GM: What? Oh, I did not know this question was coming to me, just so you know.
OS: I thought I passed this guy, âcause we are in the 118. So, I figuredâŚ
GM: I would be Ryan, typically [Ryan celebrates].
RG: [Indistinguishable]
OS: And why?
GM: Because heâs always so funny, he cra-, he cracks up jokes and Iâm like-
RG: God, I gotta bring you around more often [hugs Gavin]. I love you so much.
GM: Cracks up jokes, and-and I just think theyâre so funny. Yeah, yeah.
OS: I would not be Hen, âcause she got that medical dialogue.
GM: Oh! You know she can hear you [Audience and Ryan laugh].
OS: No! No, itâs [indistinguishable] a compliment, and she nails it. Iâm saying âI donât wanna have to deal with itâ. I would struggle. Donât get me in trouble. Donât come out here and get me in trouble. It would be difficult. Like, I-I really have sympathy for them having to do all the medical jargon. So, maybe Iâll be, like, Ravi. Iâd look pretty. Take a blood pressure.
A: You are pretty!
OS: Thank you.
F: What about you, Ryan?
RG: Chimney. I think Iâd be Chimney. I donât know why, I think I just wanna be different right now. But⌠What did you say?
A: Youâd finally get scenes with Maddie.
RG: Oh, good call. Yes. Chimney, so I can actually work with Maddie.
F: Thank you.
RG: Thank you.
Fan: Hi, my name is Jackson and my question was, how did you guys film the tsunami scene?
OS: Gavin, you remember when we shot that?
GM: Oh, yeah.
OS: Remember-Remember shooting that?
GM: That was way back in Season 3, and actually I do remember. I was hanging over Buckâs shoulders and I did not stop laughing [Audience laughs].
OS: It was fun, right?
GM: It was fun.
OS: So-
GM: And we got to ride the truck ride. The funny thing is, Buck was too tall to ride under the rides so, but he, but itâs so funny, because he rode, he rode the shark ride with me even though heâs too tall.
OS: The rule breaker.
RG: You remember where you shot that, buddy?
GM: Oh, yeah. I remember that was in Mexico.
OS: Yeah, we went to Mexico. And you remember the big� So, they had these big water tanks, remember?
GM: Wotah, yeah [Audience and Ryan laugh].
OS: What?
GM: Wotah. Wotah. They had these big wotah.
RG: This might be my new favorite show right here [Audience laughs].
GM: No!
OS: I see how it is, I see. And these big wotah tanks, they meet the ocean-
GM: Oliver, Oliver.
OS: Yeah?
GM: You donât wanna be messing around with me, âcause, you know- [Audience laughs].
RG: Woah, woah, woah, woah [Lowers Gavinâs microphone] [Oliver laughs]. Keep it PG. He already knows. He already knows not to mess with you, yeah.
OS: Did you want to tell him how we, how we, you want to answer Jackâs question? So, we didnât, weâre in the water tanks, werenât we? And they met the ocean.
GM: Oh, yeah.
OS: So, when youâre in the water tanks, it looks like youâre just in the ocean, because the edge of them joins up with the ocean. So, they rebuilt the pier, the Santa Monica pier and the thing, and then they threw us down there-
GM: And then Buck saved my life.
OS: And you couldnât stop laughing.
RG: Fun fact, thatâs the same place they shot the Titanic, the movie Titanic, soâŚ
OS: So, they built those water tanks, yeah, for Titanic.
F: Thank you. Have a great weekend.
RG: You too.
OS: Thank you, you too, buddy.
Fan: Hello again, my name is Quinn. So, we know a lot of the fandom ships Buck and Eddie, and my question is, if you guys were the writers and you had to make Buddie go canon, how would you do it?
OS: She said âIf you had to make Buddie go canon-
RG: How would you do it, Gav?
GM: Sorry, I didnât quite catch the question.
RG: Explain it [Oliver].
OS: Tell him, tell him the question, Ryan.
RG: So, if you had to make Oliverâs character, Buck, and my character, your dad- [Audience laughs]
GM: Yeah.
RG: Be boyfriends-
GM: Oh, yeah. Okay, okay.
RG: How would you do it?
OS: Keep going, keep going.
RG: How would you do it? Whatâs the story youâd bring us into?
GM: Oh, you know, this is kind of a tough question here, âcause⌠How would I do it?
OS: I think thatâs part of the difficulty, right? Thereâs, there would be a lot of anticipation for it, right? I think some people are interested in that story, and so there would be a lot of questions on how to make that come around.
GM: Yeah.
OS: Ryan, what do you got?
RG: Donât you do that. I see what youâre doing. If I had to do it, I donât know, maybe like a⌠Weâve always played around with the idea of doing like a telenovela-type episode. So, something like that. It integrates, like, Eddie Diaz loves watching telenovelas, weâve already established that and everything. So, maybe some-something in that nature.
A: What does that mean?
RG: What does that mean?
OS: I would have-
RG: Super, super dramatic.
OS: Itâs raining.
RG: Yeah, yeah. What?
OS: Itâs raining.
RG: âBuck, no, aquĂ noâ [Audience laughs].
OS: âWhy didnât you write me? I wrote you every dayâ.
RG: Yeah, youâll be speaking Spanish in this one. Sorry, buddy.
OS: Well, sĂ.
RG: [Laughs] SĂ.
OS: I think, you know, I would do as well, I would do⌠Iâd probably have you realize and then Iâd have you run away from it. And Iâd be like âWhy are you being weird? Why donât you talk to me? I wrote you every dayâ [Audience laughs]. I think thatâs what I got, maybe.
F: Thank you.
GM: Oh, my God.
OS: Yeah, wow. That was, like-
RG: This guy [Gavin] is still buffering, so weâll get back to you [Audience laughs].
Fan: Hello, my name is Matthew.
RG, GM: Hello.
F: I was wondering if you could say hi to Cara and Gracie for me.
RG: What up, Cara? What up, Gracie?
OS: Where are you?
GM: Oh, is that your new favorite question right now? Where are you? [Audience laughs]
RG: They love each other, they do.
GM: Thank you, thank you.
F: Anyway, my question is, what do you think your characterâs, like, guilty pleasure/binging show to watch after they get home from shift?
GM: Youâre gonna have to take this one, Ryan [Everyone laughs]. âCause I, typically, again, donât really pay much attention [Oliver laughs].
RG: Yeah. Weâre starting to get the theme, buddy [Oliver laughs].
GM: Are you good? Are you good?
F: Or, like, for Christopher, what is, like, what is his favorite video game to play?
OS: I-I think, I think for Buck, Iâm just throwing on some sports. Like, I think itâs kind of how I feel when I get back from a, like, heavy day of work. Iâm like âI donât wanna, like, dive into something heavy. Just put something on, it becomes background noiseâ. So, this is not my option of choice, but I feel like Buckâs, like, watching a baseball or something.
RG: Yeah.
OS: Which-
RG: I-I feel like Eddie is, again, going on with the telenovela thing. Maybe, like, popping in and being, like, The Real Housewives of Atlanta or something [Audience laughs]. I donât know.
GM: The Real Housewives? Why would you�
RG: Itâs Eddie, not me, buddy.
OS: [Inaudible], Ryan.
GM: Oh, okay, okay.
RG: Yeah. What would you be watching or what-what would you be playing?
OS: Yeah, when Chris gets back from school, whatâs he gonna do?
RG: Sesame Street [Audience laughs].
GM: Well, you know, you know, Chris always has, Christopher always has homework assignments from his teacher, so his dad makes him do it, because, even though he doesnât wanna do it. But he⌠Whatâs the favorite video?
RG: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
GM: Oh.
RG: Skinner Max.
GM: To be honest- [Oliver laughs]. No, I actually have an answer for this question. So, to be honest-
RG: Donât lie to us.
GM: I think, I think Christopherâs favorite video game is the one, the one where-where Buck is talking to, where Buck is talking to Christopher and Eddie and theyâre playing-
RG: Oh, the fighting game?
OS: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
GM: Yeah, yeah. And I said âNo mercyâ.
RG: Itâs like [inaudible].
OS: Itâs fighting games.
RG: Yeah. Okay.
OS: Thank you, Matthew.
F: Thank you.
RG, GM: Thank you.
GM: And then you lost and I won [Audience laughs].
RG: Eh, Iâll run it back. I think I won.
GM: Okay. Okay.
RG: I think you won the first one. Anyway, next question.
GM: Okay.
Fan: Iâve been watching your show with my daughter since she was probably way too young to be watching.
GM: No way.
F: But I think the tsunami arc was the most, like, tense and stressful for us, because we didnât really know what was happening. What was the most stressful on set to film, to go through? Most dramatic.
OS: You know, one of the most physically demanding ones was actually the earthquake. Do you remember, like, doing all that stuff? Because, so-so, they built these huge sets, right, that could tip over. And it was really hard, like, traveling across these hallways and stuff and, like, trying to keep your balance and, like, carry stuff. And I had the-the Ali character, you know, trying to support her. Like, and it was the first time, I think, we- Oh, no! I change my answer [Audience laughs]. The plane in Season 1.
GM: Oh.
OS: Yeah, they built this lake and flew in this plane. Obviously, thatâs how you get planes places [Audience laughs]. And put it in the middle of this lake. And we shot that across nights, and it was the coldest week of the year. And they would ferry us out to the plane, and as itâs in the middle of this lake that they had dug, and then they take the ferry away. So, we were just stuck out there. It was so cold, and it was, like, the first⌠Me, Pete and Aisha are the ones on the thing, and we had this one scarf that we found and we would, like, stow up in the thing, and we just stand in a three little, like, triangle, like, right here [gets up and exemplifies], and weâd wrap it around all three of our heads and just be like âAlright, weâre ready for the next take. Actionâ. You know? So, yeah, that was probably one of the most, like, physically traumatic ones and, like, set the tone for âOh, this show could be, like, tough on youâ. But it was cool and, to be honest, it was totally worth it in the end.
F: Got it. Thank you.
GM: And-And can it be from any season?
RG: Any season.
GM: My stressful part of the show is-is Season 9. I always, I always, Season 9, episode 11, I mean, I hate to see Eddie going through stuff with Abigail and⌠Oh, yeah.
RG: Okay.
GM: And-
RG: Stressed you out?
GM: Yeah, that stresses me out. Imagine if I had to, just imagine if I had to talk, just imagine if I were the one going into the kitchen and talking with her. Well, thank goodness, I wasnât, so [Audience laughs].
OS: Thank you.
Fan: Hi, Iâm Carrie and I was just wondering if thereâs ever been scenes that you watched cast members film that youâre ma-, that youâre like âMan, I wish I got to do that instead of themâ?
OS: You know that scene where you [Ryan] got to smash up your bedroom? Iâd love to do a scene like that.
RG: Oh, yeah, that was fun.
OS: Like, that would be really fun to me. Like, one of those, I always think that when I see those-those scenes in movies of people, like, destroying TVs and smashing everything. Itâs, like, a rage room. Yeah, something like that would be cool. I donât know why Buck would ever be doing that, but, you know.
GM: Yeah, just donât smash anyone into the...
RG: I think [laughs], your-your storyline where you [Oliver] almost died and you, like, came out of your body and, like, were talking to yourself.
OS: I did die.
RG: Well, you did die. That-That kind of thing, that-that scene, super, super cool, yeah. I would love to do that.
OS: That-That was interesting, doing that. Actually, being the one side and then going over, being the other side.
RG: Yeah. Did you do it, like, tennis ball kind of thing or what?
OS: No, I had Skyler, whoâs my stand up on the show. He would dress up as me, and so I do the scenes with him. And then I, then weâd swap clothes and go to do the scene again.
RG: Yeah, that seemed fun.
OS: That was cool. Any scene that you [Gavin] would wanna do, that somebody else has had on the show that you can think of?
GM: Oh, any scene, okay. And it can be from any of the-
RG: Any.
OS: Any, any of the other characters, right.
GM: [Sighs] Letâs try to think about this. I-I mean, just thinking about what Bobby went through with Athena. Like-
RG: Youâd wanna do that? Youâd wanna tap into Bobby and Athena?
GM: Yeah. If Bobby was still alive [Audience coos].
RG: They-They always do that [Audience laughs].
OS: [Inaudible] anytime. It happens every time. Watch. If Bobby was still alive [Audience coos].
RG: Bobby. Here we go. Wanna try it?
GM: What?
RG: [Indistinguishable]
GM: No, no.
RG: Okay. So, youâd wanna be Bobby at some point in time with Athena. Who wouldnât? [Audience laughs]
RG, OS: Thank you.
Fan: Hi. I wanted to ask what your guysâ favorite colors are.
OS: Brown sugar [Audience laughs].
GM: What?
RG: Your favorite color. Whatâs your favorite color?
GM: Me, personally, I like the color⌠I mean, they always change from point of view to point of view, but Iâd say my favorite color isâŚ
RG: The suspense is killing us [Audience laughs].
OS: Donât worry, thereâs no wrong answer.
RG: Yeah.
GM: My favorite two colors are green and blue.
RG, OS: Alright.
OS: You know, at a convention, somebody at once asked me to guess your favorite color. And you know what I guessed? I guessed red.
GM: Oliver, have you ever played a game where itâs, like, youâre in water and-and-and-and if you guessed the wrong color, you get dunked in the water?
OS: So I would have just been dumped, yeah. I like a nice-
GM: Wet.
OS: Anyway, heâs already answered [laughs]. You also-
RG: Mineâs really easy. Iâve always said brown.
OS: Brown.
RG: Yeah.
OS: Youâre always wearing a brown, yeah.
GM: Well-Well, Iâm assuming your [Ryan] favorite color is red, because-
OS: No, itâs brown [laughs].
RG: No, itâs brow.
GM: Oh, no.
Matt tries to enter the stage and is collectively booed
OS: We gotta go into speed mode, we gotta go into speed mode. I like a nice dark green. Great. Thank you. What do you got? Go, go, go.
Fan: Okay. What do you guys do to kind of get out of the mindset of your character, since you guys play him for so long? During hiatuses or even at the end of the day?
RG: Sleep.
OS: Yeah, like, itâs fun while weâre there and then go home and, like, real life takes over. Like, I-I know thatâs not, but thereâs not much of an answer, I donât think. Itâs just like, that was work, this is⌠Now I gotta scoop up dog poop.
RG: It used to be smoke with Kenny, but not anymore [Audience laughs].
GM: NoâŚ!
RG: [Indistinguishable] [covers Gavinâs ears].
OS: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes?
Fan: Hi.
OS: Hi.
F: If you guys could bring in a supernatural element, like, werewolves-
OS: Could you put your mic a little bit closer to you? Iâm sorry.
F: Hi. If you could bring in a supernatural element, what would it be? Like, vampires, werewolves�
OS: Oh⌠We would be able to fly to emergencies. Like âOh, no, this has happenedâ, âAlright, 118, SHHâ. Thatâs a flying voice.
RG: Yeah, each person could have a superpower.
OS: Does that count as a supernatural element? Not really, no?
F: Yeah. I mean, yeah.
OS: Thanks.
RG: I feel like if each person had their own, like, thing about elements, itâd be cool too. Like, one could, one could do fire, one could do lightning, one could do, like, all these-
OS: Fire?
GM: Fi-ah!
OS: But weâre firefighters.
RG: Fair. I donât know.
OS: That was a cool question. Thank you.
RG: And theyâre leaving us.
OS: OhâŚ
A: We are forced to!
Fan: Last question, I guess.
OS: I guess make it a good one.
F: Well, I was gonna ask yâall what, out of the three of yâall scenes together, what are yâallâs favorite scenes youâve filmed together?
RG: Thatâs a good one.
OS: That is a nice one, yeah.
GM: Oh, Iâm gonna let Oliver go first.
OS: Oh, thanks so much.
GM: Youâre welcome, buddy [pats Oliverâs shoulder] [Audience and Oliver laugh]. Youâre welcome.
OS: May-Maybe the skateboard scene way back in the day, where we brought a skateboard and we were⌠Do you remember that? When we were all riding through the park? We were, like, guiding that big frame and you were on the skateboard.
GM: No [Audience laughs].
OS: Okay, great. Meaningful to me, but [shrugs].
GM: I actually take that back, I do remember that. That was Season 3, episode 11. And then there was an extra scene where-
OS: A minute ago you didnât remember it.
GM: 11 or 12, I canât remember. But there was a scene where Eddie, Christopher and Carla are sitting on-
OS: The question was about Buck [Audience laughs]. The three of us. You cut me out. No, you can say the one with Carla. Itâs all good.
GM: So, the one with Carla [Audience laughs]. Eddie, Christopher and Carla were sitting at the dining table and-and Eddie, I-I-I guess, I-I guess it was my, I-I guess it was my idea to get on the skateboard, which I should never have done, but-
RG: You had a good time.
GM: Yeah. Well-Well, it-itâs different when an-another kid, older, pushes a-a-
RG: Yeah. How rude.
GM: A-A kid with CP on a skateboard, when-when-when everybody knows that he-heâs gonna fall off. Like-LikeâŚ
RG: My favorite scenes of us together though, bud, are the ones where we put popcorn or licorice in front of this guy [Gavin], âcause he turns into, like, a garbage disposal-
OS: Woah, he eatsâŚ!
RG: Shoveling it into his mouth.
OS: Remember when we had the macaroons on the table? Was it macaroons, macarons?
RG: Yeah.
OS: Remember that one recently?
RG: Oh, yeah. Iâm smacking on your hand, but you kept on eating them. Yeah.
OS: Oh, yeah.
RG: He loves his sweets. So, I love him, watching him just devour things.
GM: So does my sister [Audience laughs].
RG: [Looks back] [Inaudible]
RG, OS: Thank you.
F: Thank you.
RG: There he [Matt] is [Audience boos].
OS: Oh, donât boo him. We love him.
RG: Give it up for Matt [Audience cheers].
MC: Guys, make some damn noise for Gavin McHugh, Oliver Stark and Ryan Guzman! [Audience cheers]
Ryan, Oliver and Gavin start to leave the stage
A song starts playing
RG: So sad.
OS: This is the song that I died! This is my death song. My death song. I donât know why I got so excited. You can imagine it right now [pretends to die]. [Ryan pretends to strangle Oliver] Wait-Wait for the drop and youâll be like âOh, yeah, Buck could die to thisâ. Eddieâs crying [Ryan pretends to cry]. Maybe Pete comes back and itâs, like, we reunite in the afterlife.
RG: I can see it now. Yeah, yeah, I can see.
OS: And the, like⌠I got nothing.
RG: Mic drop [leaves his microphone on the chair].
OS: Buck is dead. Wait, you gotta take this [microphone] with you. Buck could die to this song, right?
Y'know what we were robbed of? retired bobby being at home and everyone turning up at his door like clockwork because they still need him to help them out.
Like the episode when Bobby was first suspended and it was just everyone going to Bobby for advice and venting while Interim Captain Han was being too much.
We were robbed of Retired Bobby Nash bring a stay at home dad, helping his kids and his firefam w advice and then also helping solve his detective wife's cases while hanging out w his best buds Micheal and David
Rewatching 2x01 Under Pressure and then immediately watching 9x13 Mother's Boy immediately after is an EXPERIENCE like
man these two boys kinda beefing w each other on the first day don't know how much they'll do and how far they'll drag their beaten and broken bodies just to kill/die for the other and their shared child in the future like
