don't worry about me when I say this but I think in a way being hunted for sport would be a relief. my nervous system would be like, wow. finally, a proportional reaction
Hi, hi, hello, and welcome to did Tim Minear decide that episodes 17 are the ones to callback to all things buddie. (817 is full of callbacks too, here's what have caught so far, it's funny to me that this is happening on another 17 lol)
I'm actually buzzing, I can feel my brain vibrating, so let's break down the callbacks and parallels I've seen so far in 917 with Buck and buddie before I go crazy. Usual shoutout to @stagefoureddiediaz 💜
So, we have what I'm gonna call the ladder truck of life-changing events from now on.
This parallels 102 and 610 in a more intense way. It's also very similar to 811, and if we stretch definitions here, also 202.
All these events are around something that's going to permanently change Buck's life. His first loss on the job, dying, the Eddie of it all from 811 that he refuses to acknowledge, and finding out about Chris. It all kickstarts life changing stuff.
Buck is also crushed by a ladder truck, and the truck is also the thing that's damaged that makes the well collapse, so... ladder truck of life-changing events.
The ladder truck also leads buddie to the shooting.
Someone has already pointed out the splatter on Buck's shirt as foreshadowing. But not only that, but Buck also changes to the parenting maroon, aka the color he is wearing when he steps up with Chris, both during the tsunami and 414. (Breakdown of the blue and red and parenting here)
So, in the same way the shooting makes Buck a parent on purpose, he makes the choice to be there for Chris without anyone asking him to, this could also lead to Buck making the choice to be the one to adopt Theo if he goes into the system.
Theo's sneakers and the balloon make him the red for Buck and Eddie's blue in a similar way Chris' glasses and that borrowed hoodie do for Chris in 303.
In the same parenting colors, the show uses blue and red for parenthood. Hen and Karen decide they want another kid in a blue and red playground. Same as the discussion about Buck's lack of involvement with Theo because he would get attached.
Fitting into the Buckley Diaz family color wheel theory, part of the blue and yellow of it all, explained here, Theo has blue, red, and yellow on him for 2 out of 3 outfits.
The 3rd being Theo fully becoming the red element to Buck's blue, similar to Eddie rushing to Chris in 303.
The conversation Buck and Eddie have in the playground parallels the sentiment of one of the fights Eddie has with Shannon in 315. The feeling of not knowing your kid, your kid not knowing you, the helplessness of not knowing what's best, also, they imply that Theo is the same age Chris was when Eddie came back and became a single father. That conversation also parallels 210 and the fountain scene, where Eddie explains the way he was running in a similar fashion Buck ran from knowing Theo.
Visually, the crash is a mirror of Shannon's death.
I don't know why, but I'm stuck on this.
Lately, there's been a focus on buddie inside the ambulance, and it keeps bringing me back to 201.
Everything about buddie goes back to the choice to walk into that ambulance together and taking care of each other ever since.
Obviously, there's the blue and yellow of the bridge. Both of them are surrounded by their own colors, both of them wearing both blue and yellow.
But this also attaches this life-changing moment for Buck to the event that defines Eddie, since Shannon's death is blue and yellow. Which, paired with the way we see Eddie frustrated about Theo's emergency placement, attaches Eddie to this, too. Eddie becoming a single parent changed their dynamic, it made them stronger, the expectation would be that Buck ending up in the same situation will have the same effect.
Also, Shannon dies in 217, leaving Eddie to be a single father, 917 leaving Buck to be a single father. 218 with Buck almost dying, 918 with Eddie in danger, the parallels are paralleling.
Like I said a couple weeks ago, it's all shaping up to be a repeat of what makes them meet, but this time they have all the tools to help each other already. Buck is living through the concept of Eddie Begins, but unlike Eddie, Buck has someone in his corner. So it seems like we are about to see a "what happens if they do it all again, but without the distractions that make them stop looking at each other". Because Eddie stepping up with Buck for this, while both of them are single, there's only so much you can still rationalize before you make them crash together. So, in a similar vein to how 704 is "what if Eddie had grabbed Buck and kissed him in 201" this kinda feels like a "what would happen if both of them were single and weirder about each other and queer when they stumbled into coparenting." Everything about this can lead to the realization that they are family and they already have the partnership they crave.
Also, because, well, Buck, Eddie, their teenager, and their toddler is too much. The plausible deniability has left the chat.
But what I'm trying to say is that this episode feels like Tim finally getting back as many triggers Fox censored as possible. So I'm intrigued. We'll see how this unfolds in s10.
Anyways, if I figure something else out, I'll add to this, and if you read this, I love you.
I can’t stop thinking about this: post-lightning, everyone was checking on Buck, asking how he was, and Eddie let him be, knowing Buck would come to him when he was ready. And now post-held hostage, Eddie isn’t waiting, he’s pushing, he’s backing off when it doesn’t work but shows up and makes plans to show up again, and no one but Eddie is doing that. No one but Eddie even notices that something is wrong. Because Buck always, eventually, finds him. Buck always finds Eddie, even when it’s just to get Eddie to talk. And now Buck isn’t talking, but he’s also not seeking Eddie out, because he’s hiding. So now, just like New Mexico, Eddie has to find him. And Buck thinks Eddie is expecting the same man, the same Buck, just like after the lightning, but the thing is, it is just like the lightning: Eddie sees him, really sees him and that something is different, it’s just usually Buck doesn’t keep it from Eddie. And isn’t that the underlying fear Buck carries, the reason he can’t admit to being in love with Eddie: that no one will want him for him, for who he becomes. He comes out to Eddie and Eddie promises things wouldn’t change. And now Buck’s changed again, and maybe he’s worried it’s just one change too many for Eddie to take
Reminder that Dean Winchester drove around grief-stricken out of his mind looking for the perfect place to spread Cas’ ashes and probably collapsed onto his knees in despair while the breeze carried Cas’ remains over the grass underneath the shadow of a windmill
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