Gonna toss in a few coins and join this bucktommy speculation because I've read/written a hefty few romances over the years and based on formatting, based on storytelling, based on this trope... bucktommy shouldn't be over or written off just yet.
I have seen many people take the stance that certain scenes were actually closure -vs- those scenes aren't closure at all. I believe both arguments to be true and the show wants you to feel that way.
When Tommy ultimately broke up with Buck it definitely felt like painful fucking closure .. but then Buck pined for multiple episodes. Tommy bubbled Buck. Buck became Bucky Crocker.
All of these things led people to question the closure, the break-up. [I even suspect the exit interviews were meant to upset so many]
Then, Tommy Kinard comes back. He admits that he has been desperate to reach out to Buck. He goes home with him. They fall back into bed together. Tommy even wants to try again before he ultimately sticks his foot into his mouth as does Buck [miscommunication trope I really hate you]
Then... there's not closure on screen but there's a weird factor at play here... the actual showrunner tries to create a sense of closure in an interview. That is practically unheard of. "Oh he forgot to call Tommy..." riiiight.
Suddenly, the actor who plays Tommy, an actor that very rightfully so has been in hiding from social media, posts that he's filming an episode after the episode that featured the morning of miscommunication hell.
This is all screaming will they/won't they.
The episode airs and we get the - "and for you."
And could that be closure? Sure. It's a shitty way to do it as if to say, this means we're still friends and I'll still be there.
But then they added that shot of Tommy in the tent. For a reason.
You don't add that scene and then not refer back to it in some way. It's just not done in storytelling. I won't even pretend to understand why they would choose to have Tommy in a flashback about Bobby except because he's important.
I've rifled through many interviews and fandom posts -shivers- and I noticed the biggest tell of all that, to me, proves bucktommy isn't over just yet:
The fact that the showrunner claimed the break-up was premature by design.
Even the bloke who plays Oliver knew it was an option at the beginning of season 8. An option. Not something set in stone.
I believe the break-up was premature due to the final decision of Bobby dying.
Buck losing everyone around him - his best friend, his boyfriend, plus Bobby who was essentially his father is exactly where the show wanted Buck to be. Completely alone.
As the audience whether you realize it or not, we, you, feel the emotions of the story on screen through different characters and Bobby's death was felt heavily through Buck's eyes. They hit us with all that and then gave us the final blow with having Athena be the only one there.
We know how many loses these characters have suffered through and season 9 will continue this theme obviously.
If I was a betting woman I'd say Buck will have a major breakdown this season and no one will see it coming until it's too late. Tommy is essentially gone. Eddie is back, but he's partnered up with Hen learning how to be a paramedic. Chim is dealing with survivor's guilt and being Captain, learning to trust his own decisions. Maddie just had another baby. Athena has her kids to focus on...
Now I'm not sure this breakdown will happen during an emergency but I do see it starting gradually. There might be a fight within the 118 or maybe even with Maddie. I think it might parallel Bobby's moment in season 1.
However, I think the main scene will take place whenever we see Tommy again. Will he be dating someone new? Will he have a NDE? Will he have gotten a job offer somewhere else and Buck finds out?
I have no idea but I do know that we haven't seen the end of Buck and Tommy's story yet and if I had to imagine, it's going to be epic.
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