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Omg Coby Bell is on 911 Nashville
EVAN BUCKLEY
9-1-1 1x07 - "FULL MOON (CREEPY AF)"
911 Episode Review: 1x07 Full Moon (Creepy AF)
This episode was like the writers decided, "You know what would be fun? Getting a whole bunch of ideas from horror movies and whacking them in one episode. Slasher film? Check. Zombies? Check. Something feeling like it's going to burst out of a stomach? Check. And what should be the cause of this... oh, I know, the full moon!" Now, I'm not saying this makes this a bad episode - it certainly wasn't. However, I am not a fan of the horror genre, so seeing a shadow standing outside a house or a guy getting his face EATEN by another man makes me shudder.
The stories they chose for this episode were very fitting, though - it gave that creepiness that was befitting for a full moon episode. (I mean, they literally had a woman hiding in a shower at one point - definite homage to Psycho there.) Because of the chaos, everyone had to be split up to deal with it all, so we got to cover a whole host of stories - Hen and Chim dealing with a potential home invasion victim and the "zombie man" along with Athena (and Abby), and Buck and Bobby dealing with... well, things in stomachs - a tapeworm and babies.
Another nightmare of mine that happened to be in this episode? It wasn't horror related; it had to do with said babies when the full moon triggered a bunch of women in a yoga class to go into labour. Now, I've never wanted kids, and having to give birth is one big part of that. Seeing the baby's umbilical cord be cut? I know, miracle of life and all that, but I was cringing. (To be fair, I'm not a fan of gore in general. That scene last episode where Abby cut into Buck's throat? Full body shudders.) It was kind of funny though, seeing Buck's mini bout of panic because he had no idea what to do, and then I the end suggesting either he or Bobby's name as potential names for the new baby boy - except he offers "Buck" instead of Evan. Oh, Buck. Great nickname, but not exactly a first choice for a given name.
One thing I did notice, which I hated to notice, was that this might be the very start of people underestimating Buck - not taking him seriously, calling him an idiot, and acting surprised whenever he comes out with anything remotely smart. Look, I'm not saying some of it is unwarranted - up to this point, Buck certainly has certainly acted before thinking on several occasions (taking an axe to a wall where a baby is trapped or contemplating using a floating pool toy to get a kid stuck in an electrified pool are some examples), but he's slowly learning, and that inpulsitivity is not his entire personality. In this episode, Bobby calls Buck an idiot because he's spouting out the theory that the full moon may have some influence on the strange calls they're having.
Now I don't think Bobby meant to be mean, and Buck was probably annoying him, but the thing is, this is the start of a trend where everyone in the 118 treats Buck like he's dumb. And the thing is, in regards to this episode? Buck was right. The yoga instructor says that the full moon at this time of year is documented at triggering births. The tape worm they pull out, Buck explains that the full moon is a part of a trigger in the life cycle of a tapeworm. So, while there may not have been anything... paranormal, or anything like that, in the end, Buck was RIGHT, the full moon DID bring out the crazy calls. He also spouted off a bunch of facts about tapeworms that he learned from a summer in South America - this was a SERIOUSLY impressive amount of facts that he could remember off the top of his head. The man is smart AND eager to learn, yet (and we'll see this more as the seasons progress) everyone discounts him as the 118 idiot. (I have a theory that his eternal, childlike enthusiasm may have something to do with that - as a result, everyone seems him as "the kid brother", even when he's in his 30's or not even the youngest member of the 118 anymore.)
Okay, away from my "defence of Evan Buckley" rant and onto my Hen rant. The first time I watched this episode, I HATED Hen's storyline. Watching it again, my attitude has not changed. It's almost like we're watching a different Hen - the normally kind, considerate Hen just callously going to sleep with her ex without a thought about her wife back home? Her wife, who was not only supportive but still very much sexually attracted to her? Hen's whole demeanour just seemed... off, compared to what we had seen in previous episodes. And I just don't get her motivations. A lot of the time, the excuse for cheating is "oh well, that's because they wouldn't have sex with me and I was desperate," but Hen can't exactly use that as an excuse here, as the episode starts with Karen trying to get her into bed! Yes, I get that Eva was apparently "some great love" of Hen's, but the fact that she chose Eva, a reformed drug addict who literally JUST got out of prison, over her loving, rocket scientist wife? Screw any "the heart wants what it wants" bullshit, BARE MINIMUM, she has a family, and CHILD, to think of at home. Look, I know I'm heavily biased here - I ABHOR cheating storylines, heavily influenced by the fact that my childhood was negatively impacted by a parental affair/s - so what Hen did to Karen is the reason that in my first watch of season 1 of 911, Hen was my least favourite character. I'm not saying that I didn't like her, just that when ranking my order of preference, she was down the bottom. (Well, maybe tied with Abby, but that's only because Abby kind of irks me.) And I'm sorry, and call me callous, but I just find it hard to feel sorry for Hen's tears at the end of the episode - she brought this on herself. Now, she's going to have to deal with the consequences.
HOW does Buck know so much about tapeworms?
Oh, never mind, Bobby just asked that question for me.
I love Buck's little smiles as he's dealing with it like he's having the time of his life and just rambling off all of these little facts. The people on this show are quick to call Buck an idiot (Bobby called him one earlier in this ep actually) and yes, he DOES do some stupid shit sometimes, but sometimes I think they just mistake his childlike enthusiasm for stupidity and that's just not it - when Bobby called him an idiot, Buck was going on about the effects of the full moon, but the thing is, a lot of the calls they dealt with people confirmed could be triggered by the moon (births and tapeworm cycles), so there was basis to his theories. Like I said, people are quick to call Buck stupid, but do they ever acknowledge how smart he actually is?
Hen to Athena: Karen's not a bomb waiting to go off.
No, but EVA is. You shouldn't even be entertaining her
First scenes straight from slasher films, and now a real life zombie. As someone who doesn't even LIKE horror movies, this episode is making me shudder
All these women in labour - my worst fricking nightmare.