It's always funny when people argue Buck Bothered and Bewildered was always about Eddie. No, that was the bait and switch and you missed the switch.
There's a reason why Eddie had invited Buck to play basketball a bunch of times and he only went when Tommy was there.
There's a reason Buck went for a tour at Harbor before he even knew Eddie and Tommy were hanging out.
There's a reason Buck was mining Christopher for information about Tommy.
There's a reason why three seasons later Buck's definitive answer on if he's in love with Eddie is STILL 'hell no that's my best friend and nothing more'.
You're supposed to be able to watch the episode the first time, think Buck is crazy about Eddie the whole time (bait), and then in the end it's actually about Tommy (switch). So when you watch it a second time with hindsight, you can see it was always about Tommy.
But that would require shippers to watch the episode more than once instead of just looking up 'best buddie clips' on TikTok and ignoring the context of the episode.